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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Elliot Little, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Mark Breutzman, Potosi, WI (US);
Karle Wigginton, Dubuque, IA (US);
Elliot Little, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Mark Breutzman, Potosi, WI (US);
Karle Wigginton, Dubuque, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A forestry machine includes a frame, and a felling saw carried by the frame. The felling saw includes a saw head. A tree counter associated with the saw head includes an audio sensor providing an output signal representing an audio parameter associated with a cutting action of the saw head. An electrical processing circuit is coupled with and receives the output signal from the audio sensor. The electrical processing circuit determines a tree count associated with the saw head, dependent upon the output signal from the audio sensor.