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US 9,405,039 B2Granted
Ground engaging member accumulation determination
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorNoel W. Anderson
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Abstract
A sensor to be mounted to an implement senses a region proximate a flow by ground engaging member of the implement. A electronics receives signals from the sensor and identifies accumulation on the grounding engaging member based upon the signals. The electronics outputs signals based upon the identified accumulation.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a multi-row implement comprising:
- a flow by ground engaging member for a first row of the implement, the flow by ground engaging member to cut into soil and project below a surface of ground;
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- a second flow by ground engaging member for a second row of the implement, the flow by ground engaging member to cut into soil and project below a surface of ground;
- a sensor mounted to the implement so as to sense a first volume where soil, residue or trash accumulation is expected to occur proximate the flow by ground engaging member for the first row of the implement;
- a second sensor mounted to the implement so as to sense a second volume where soil, residue or trash accumulation is expected to occur proximate the second flow by ground engaging member for the second row of the implement;
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- electronics to receive signals from the sensor and the second sensor, the electronics to identify soil, residue or trash accumulation in the volume on the flow by ground engaging member and the second flow by ground engaging member based upon the signals and to output signals identifying soil, residue or trash accumulation with a row-by-row resolution based upon the identified accumulation, wherein different soil, residue or trash accumulation results are identified for different rows of the implement.
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An implement to be pulled by a vehicle, the implement comprising:
- a frame;
- flow by ground engaging members supported by the frame;
- sensors supported by the frame to output signals indicating accumulation,
- wherein the flow by ground engaging members are configured to cut into and part soil while projecting below a surface of the ground,
- wherein the sensors are the sense a volume proximate the ground engaging members where accumulation is expected to occur and wherein the signals indicate accumulation of soil, residue or trash in the volume.
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A method comprising:
- sensing a volume proximate a flow by ground engaging member that cuts into soil, that projects below a surface of ground and that is carried by an implement, the sensing carried out by using a sensor supported by the implement;
- determining, with electronics, the presence of soil, residue or trash accumulation in the volume and on the flow by ground engaging member based upon signals received from the sensor;
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- outputting, from the electronics, a signal based upon the determination of accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.