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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon, CA;

Inventors:

Christopher A. Foster, Mohnton, PA (US);

James W. Henry, Saskatoon, CA;

Luca Ferrari, Modena, IT;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 35/32 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 35/32 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, a system for determining soil clod size as an implement is being towed across a field by a work vehicle may include an imaging device provided in operative association with the work vehicle or the implement such that the imaging device is configured to capture images of the field. Furthermore, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the imaging device. The controller may be configured to receive, from the imaging device, image data associated with an imaged portion of the field. Moreover, the controller may be configured analyze the received image data to identify at least one edge of a soil clod within the imaged portion of the field. Additionally, the controller may be configured to determine a size of the soil clod based on the identified at least one edge of the soil clod.


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