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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
William D. Todd, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Bhanu Kiran Palla, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 57/01 (2006.01); A01D 41/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2013.01); A01D 41/06 (2013.01); A01D 57/01 (2013.01); G01N 33/025 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A harvesting head yield monitor comprises two sensing elements () respectively disposed in two adjacent row unit covers (). A driver circuit () drives one of these sensing elements () to produce a high radio frequency signal. The other sensing element () receives the signal. A signal conditioning circuit () receives the signal from the other sensing element. A controller () coupled to the signal conditioning circuit converts the received signal into a signal that indicates the crop yield of the row unit that is disposed underneath the two adjacent row unit covers.