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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stephen R. Corban, East Moline, IL (US);
Scott Miller, Ankeny, IA (US);
William D. Todd, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Herman Herman, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Zachary Pezzementi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Trenton Tabor, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jonathan Chang, Laurel, MD (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A grain tailings elevator for a combine harvester includes a an elevator housing having an interior containing a conveyor arrangement configured to transport grain tailings through the elevator housing to a discharge outlet. The elevator housing has a side wall with a window to the interior of the elevator housing. A camera having a camera housing containing an image sensor is mounted to the side wall of the elevator housing over the window with the image sensor in registration with the window. The image sensor is trained on the conveyor arrangement and configured to image the grain tailings transported by the conveyor arrangement through the elevator housing.