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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2002
Barry Michael Alexia, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew Jackson Brislen, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
John Roderic Wicking, Nelly Bay Queensland, AU;
Walter James Frandsen, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Barry Michael Alexia, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew Jackson Brislen, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
John Roderic Wicking, Nelly Bay Queensland, AU;
Walter James Frandsen, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Albuquerque Real Time, Systems, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A spout control system controls and aims a spout and a spout cap of a crop harvesting vehicle with respect to a separate crop hauling vehicle moving with the harvesting vehicle. The control system includes a video camera which is mounted on the cap and which views a field of view which includes a portion of the hauling vehicle. An image signal generated by the camera is received by an image processing unit. The image processing unit processes a digitized form of the image signal and automatically generates spout and cap control signals as a function thereof. Actuators automatically aim the spout and the cap in response to the control signal.