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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Pepperl+fuchs SE, Mannheim, DE;
Ernst Luber, Neukirchen, DE;
Philipp Seitz, Hirschbach, DE;
Pepperl + Fuchs SE, Mannheim, DE;
Abstract
Agricultural detection device, having a sensor unit, an evaluation unit and a control unit. The sensor unit includes a first sensor with a first directivity and is configured to emit a first transmission signal and to receive a first reflection signal. The first sensor has a second directivity and emits a second sensor signal with the second directivity and receives a second reflection signal, or the sensor unit has a second sensor with a second directivity arranged adjacent to the first sensor for emitting the second transmission signal and for receiving the second reflection signal. The evaluation unit is configured to ascertain at least the structure of plants and a height value from the first reflection signal and the second reflection signal.