Multi-sensor crop yield determination
AssigneesDeere & Company, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsNiels Dybro, Aaron J. Bruns, Matthew J. Darr, Robert McNaull
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Abstract
A crop yields sensing system comprises a first sensor of a first type associated with a portion of a harvester to output first signals facilitating determination of crop yield and a second sensor of a second type different than the first type to output second signals facilitating determination of crop yield for the portion of the harvester. The system further comprises a processing unit to receive the first signals and the second signals and determine crop yield for the portion of the harvester based on a combination of the first signals and the second signals.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first sensor of a first type to output first signals facilitating determination of crop yield, wherein the first sensor senses a force of impact of grain with a portion of a harvester that harvests a less than complete portion of a total harvesting swath being harvested by the harvester;
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- a second sensor of a second type different than the first type to output second signals facilitating determination of crop yield for the portion of the harvester;
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- a processing unit to receive the first signals and the second signals and determine crop yield for the portion of the harvester based on a combination of the first signals and the second signals.
An apparatus comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing code to direct a processing unit to:
- receive first signals from a first sensor of a first type, wherein the first signals are from the first sensor sensing a force of impact of grain with a portion of a harvester that harvests a less than complete portion of a total harvesting swath being harvested by the harvester;
- receive second signals from a second sensor of a second type different than the first type;
- determine a crop yield for the portion of the harvester using a synergistic combination of the first signals and the second signals.
A method comprising:
- receiving first signals from a first sensor of a first type that senses only a portion of total crop being harvested at a moment in time by a portion of a harvester;
- receiving second signals from a second sensor of a second type different than the first type, the second sensor sensing only the portion of total crop being harvested at the moment in time by the portion of the harvester;
- determining a crop yield for the portion of the harvester using a combination of the first signals and the second signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.