Multi-variable yield monitor and methods for the same

A method for dynamically measuring yield comprising:

• measuring a plurality of harvested crop characteristics with a suite of yield instruments within a harvester elevator, measuring including:
• measuring a harvested crop volume of a moving flow of the harvested crop within the harvester elevator, and
• measuring a harvested crop weight of the moving flow of the harvested crop within the harvester elevator including measuring the weight of a quantity of the harvested crop while moving the quantity along an ascending segment of the harvester elevator, the quantity of the harvested crop carried by one or more paddles, and the quantity of the harvested crop is static relative to a weight instrument configured to measure the weight of the quantity;
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• communicating the measured plurality of harvested crop characteristics to a receiver and processing node;
• determining a variable harvested crop test weight of the moving flow of the harvested crop based on at least the measured harvested crop volume and weight of a quantity of the moving flow of the harvested crop within the harvester elevator;
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• generating one or more variable yield values based on the measurements of the harvested crop characteristics including at least the measured harvested crop volume and weight and the determined variable harvested crop test weight.

A method of generating a variable crop measurement based yield map comprising:

• measuring a plurality of harvested crop characteristics with a suite of yield instruments, measuring including:
• measuring a harvested crop volume of a moving flow of the harvested crop, and
• measuring a harvested crop weight of a moving flow of the harvested crop, measuring the harvested crop weight includes measuring the weight of a quantity of the harvested crop while moving the quantity along an ascending segment of a harvester elevator, the quantity of the harvested crop carried by one or more paddles, and the quantity of the harvested crop is static relative to a weight instrument associated with the paddle and configured to measure the weight of the quantity;
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• determining a variable test weight of the moving flow of the harvested crop based on the plurality of measured harvested crop characteristics of a quantity of the moving flow of the harvested crop, the variable test weight varying according to changes in one or more of the plurality of measured harvested crop characteristics;
• determining a location of the harvester within a field;
• generating one or more variable yield values based on the measurements of the harvested crop characteristics and the variable test weight determined from the measured harvested crop characteristics;
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• generating a yield map for the field, generating the yield map including associating one or more of the variable yield values with a plurality of corresponding locations of the field.