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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Mahesh Somarowthu, Pune, IN;
Mohan A. Vadnere, Pune, IN;
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A windrower implement includes a merger attachment having a conveyor positioned relative to an implement head to receive discharged crop material from the implement head and convey the crop material to a laterally offset location on a discharge side of the merger attachment. An image sensor is positioned to capture an image of a windrow laterally offset from the central longitudinal axis on the discharge side of the frame. A merger controller is disposed in communication with the image sensor and is operable to capture an image of the windrow with the image sensor, identify and locate an edge of the windrow in the captured image relative to the conveyor. The merger controller may then control a current speed of the conveyor based on the location of the edge of the windrow so that crop material is discharged onto the existing windrow.