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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
John A. Dighton, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Bryan E. Dugas, Napoleonville, LA (US);
Rahul Gunda, Pune, IN;
Peter A. Johnson, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/14 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 63/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); A01D 47/00 (2006.01); A01D 90/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/141 (2013.01); A01D 41/127 (2013.01); A01D 63/04 (2013.01); G06K 9/00657 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); A01D 47/00 (2013.01); A01D 90/02 (2013.01); G06K 2209/40 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A harvester including a frame supported by a drive assembly for movement along a support surface, a head unit coupled to the harvester and configured to selectively harvest crop material, a camera coupled to the frame and configured to generate one or more images of a field of view, and a controller in operable communication with the camera and the head unit, where the controller is configured to determine one or more crop attributes based at least in part on the one or more images produced by the camera.