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US 9,317,979 B2Granted
Crop density map using row sensors
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorCarlos D. Halmann
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Abstract
A harvester has a stool width sensor that senses stool width of a crop stool. A position sensor senses a position of the harvester, and a map generator generates a map based on the sensed stool width and the sensed position.
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A sugarcane harvester, comprising:
- a stool width sensor that senses a width of a sugarcane stool during harvesting when a width sensing component contacts the sugarcane stool, and provides a width signal indicative of the sensed stool width;
- a position sensing component that senses a position of the harvester and provides a position signal indicative of the sensed position;
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- a map generator coupled to the stool width sensor and the position sensing component and generates a map based on the sensed stool width and the sensed position.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a stool width signal, from a stool width sensing component of a harvester, wherein the signal is indicative of a sensed stool width, as a harvester travels over a ratoon crop field and the stool width sensing component contacts a stool within the ratoon crop field;
- receiving a position signal indicative of a geographical location of the harvester as the harvester travels over the ratoon crop field;
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- generating a stool width map indicative of the sensed stool width at locations in the ratoon crop field, based on the stool width signal and the position signal.
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A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a stool width signal indicative of a sensed stool width when a width sensing component contacts the stool of a ratoon crop, as a harvester travels over a ratoon crop field;
- receiving a position signal indicative of a geographical location of the harvester as the harvester travels over the ratoon crop field;
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- generating a stool width map indicative of the sensed stool width at locations in the ratoon crop field, based on the stool width signal and the position signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.