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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Thomas Mahieu, Ypres, BE;
Bart M. A. Missotten, Herent, BE;
Bart Lenaerts, Zutendaal, BE;
Frederik Tallir, Esen, BE;
Jeroen Lowie, Oostkamp, BE;
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A monitoring system for a combine harvester having a header with a header width for harvesting a crop. The monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors, configured to provide a plurality of measurement waves to a discharge area for crop residue, and receive a plurality of response waves reflected from the discharge area. The system further includes a processing unit comprising an input terminal configured to receive a response signal of the plurality of sensors, the response signal representative of the plurality of response waves reflected from the discharge area. The processing unit is configured to process the response signal and determine, based on the response signal, a distribution of the crop residue over the discharge area. The processing unit further comprises an output terminal configured to output a distribution signal representative of the distribution of the crop residue over the discharge area.