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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Method of determining a remaining capacity of an energy source of an information tag for agriculture
Applicant:
Wilhelmus Johannes Adrianus Van Lier, Roosendaal, NL;
Inventor:
Wilhelmus Johannes Adrianus Van Lier, Roosendaal, NL;
Assignee:
Lely Patent N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of determining a remaining capacity of an energy source of an agricultural information tag. The method includes adjusting, such as increasing or decreasing, a counter at the occurrence of an event which leads to a consumption of energy from the energy source, and determining a remaining capacity of the energy source from a value of the counter. The event may include the elapsing of a predetermined period of time and a transmission of information by the information tag.