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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
Bart M. A. Missotten, Herent, BE;
Jethro Martin, Ephrata, PA (US);
Cory Douglas Hunt, Millersville, PA (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 57/04 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 41/14 (2006.01); A01D 57/12 (2006.01); G01V 8/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 57/04 (2013.01); A01D 41/127 (2013.01); A01D 41/141 (2013.01); A01D 57/12 (2013.01); G01V 8/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media for detecting reel-crop engagement for a header of a harvester. The header includes a reel configured to draw crop from a crop field toward the header as the harvester moves through the crop field and at least one crop detector mounted to the reel. Data is received from the at least one crop detector mounted on the reel, processed, and used to detect reel-crop engagement.