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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2024
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
John A. Dighton, Napoleonville, LA (US);
Mark S. Louviere, Houma, LA (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A sugarcane harvester includes an image sensor positioned to capture an image of a cut cross section of a sugarcane plant after removal of an upper leaf portion by a top cutter. A controller is operable to analyze an image of the cut cross section of the sugarcane plant and determine a location of the cut cross section of the sugarcane plant relative to a soft joint of the sugarcane plant from the image based on identification of any discrete leaf portions in the image. The controller may then control a topper actuator to adjust a cut height of the top cutter relative to the ground surface based on the location of the cut cross section of the sugarcane plant relative to the soft joint of the sugarcane plant.
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