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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2018
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arthur Francis Lange, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Ramos, Los Banos, CA (US);
Uriel Aparecido Rosa, Woodland, CA (US);
Gregory C. Best, San Francisco, CA (US);
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for estimating volumes of agricultural crops are provided. A geographic position sensor provides positions of a harvesting machine as it gathers an agricultural crop and places the crop on the ground in a windrow. A speed of the harvesting machine is determined using the geographic position sensor. Signals are received from a sensor system disposed at a bottom of the harvesting machine. The signals are indicative of profiles of segments of the windrow on the ground. Cross-sectional areas of the windrow are estimated using the signals. Volumes of the agricultural crop are estimated using the speed of the harvesting machine and the estimated cross-sectional areas of the windrow.