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US 2026/0194380 A1Published application
Sugarcane harvester elevator mass flow sensor
AssigneeTopcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
InventorsJames SCHNAIDER, Matthew PETRYSHYN, Jeff CUNNINGHAM
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Abstract
A method for determining a mass flow of harvested material moving through a material elevator and a sugarcane harvester elevator mass flow sensor.
Claims20
A method for determining a mass flow of harvested material moving through a material elevator, the method comprising:
- receiving load data from a force sensor mounted to a slat of the material elevator;
- receiving data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) pertaining to an angle of the slat;
- and
- determining a mass flow of material conveyed by the material elevator based on the load data and the data from the inertial measurement unit.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a force sensor mounted to a slat of a material elevator and configured to generate load data;
- an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to generate IMU data;
- and
- a slat module mounted to a slat and configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving load data from the force sensor mounted to a slat of the material elevator;
- receiving data from the IMU pertaining to an angle of the slat;
- and
- determining a mass flow of material conveyed by the material elevator based on the load data and the data from the inertial measurement unit.
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A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for determining a mass flow of harvested material moving through a material elevator, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving load data from a force sensor mounted to a slat of the material elevator;
- receiving data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) pertaining to an angle of the slat;
- and
- determining a mass flow of material conveyed by the material elevator based on the load data and the data from the inertial measurement unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.