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Patent No.:

US 10188035 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2015

Load-based yield sensor

Applicant:

Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, Llc, Fargo, ND (US);

Inventors:

Adam A. Reich, Fargo, ND (US);

Paul A. Nystuen, West Fargo, ND (US);

Assignee:

Intelligent Agricultural Solutions LLC, Fargo, ND (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Matthew G Marini

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2006.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); A01D 57/12 (2006.01); G01B 7/14 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2013.01); A01D 41/1271 (2013.01); A01D 41/1272 (2013.01); A01D 41/1277 (2013.01); A01D 57/12 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); G01B 7/14 (2013.01); G01G 19/08 (2013.01); G01L 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/0098 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/87 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/026 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); A01D 41/1273 (2013.01); A01D 41/1274 (2013.01); A01D 41/1276 (2013.01); G06K 2209/17 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30128 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of estimating the mass of crop entering into a grain tank on a harvesting machine, comprising the steps of mounting a load sensor on the upper bearing of a conveyor belt moving crop through the clean grain elevator into the grain tank, connecting the load sensor to a processor, using the load sensor to measure a load on the conveyor belt when no crop is present in the clean grain elevator, and also when crop is moving through the clean grain elevator, and comparing the load with no crop present to the load when crop is present to estimate the mass of crop moving through the clean grain elevator.

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