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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Alexander C. Reiners, Thibodaux, LA (US);
John A. Dighton, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Ana E. Carbunaru, Houma, LA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 43/08 (2006.01); A01D 45/10 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 43/085 (2013.01); A01D 34/008 (2013.01); A01D 43/086 (2013.01); A01D 45/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A harvester includes a feed system operable at a feed speed and configured to feed a crop towards a blade. The blade is configured to cut the crop into crop billet and is operable at a cutting speed. The harvester further includes an optical sensor configured to generate a signal corresponding to a length of the crop billet and a control system with a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface. The control system is configured to receive the signal and programmed to adjust one or both of the cutting speed or the feed speed based on the signal.