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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Peter Schade, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
Ambarish Panambilly, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Carsten Struve, Ladenburg, DE;
Renke F. Gralfs, Trippstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/12 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); G01N 21/85 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/1277 (2013.01); A01D 41/1272 (2013.01); G01N 21/85 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8592 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for measuring grain on a harvesting machine for harvesting cereals comprising: acquiring an image of the grain in the harvesting machine using a camera; and processing the image in an image processing system and generating an output value in respect of properties of the grain, wherein the output value contains information relating to at least one of the following quantities per unit area of the field: grain count, grain dimensions, and grain mass.