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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2020
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Bryan E. Dugas, Napoleonville, LA (US);
John A. Dighton, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Peter A. Johnson, Thibodaux, LA (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A harvester including an inlet configured to receive a crop including a stalk, a blade configured to cut the crop into a billet, a sensor configured to detect a three-dimensional appearance of at least a portion of the billet and generate a signal associated with the three-dimensional appearance of the at least a portion of the billet, and a control system having a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface. The control system is configured to receive the signal from the sensor and programmed to 1) analyze the three-dimensional appearance of the at least a portion of the billet, 2) classify the three-dimensional appearance using an indicator of cut quality and 3) index the indicator of cut quality into the memory.