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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2019
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Christopher Barrick, Morton, IL (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring field surface conditions includes a support arm and a housing coupled to the support arm such that the housing is supported adjacent to a surface of a field, with the housing extending over a portion of the surface such that a shielded surface area is defined underneath the housing. The system also includes a light source configured to illuminate at least a portion of the shielded surface area defined underneath the housing such that a shadow is created adjacent a surface feature positioned within the shielded surface area and an imaging device configured to capture an image of the surface feature and the adjacent shadow created by the surface feature. Moreover, the system includes a controller configured to estimate a parameter associated with the surface feature based at least in part on an analysis of the adjacent shadow depicted within the image.