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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Ole Peters, Enkenbach-Alsenborn, DE;
Benedikt Jung, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Klaus Hahn, Mannheim, DE;
Cristian Dima, St. Ingbert/Rohrbach, DE;
Ole Peters, Enkenbach-Alsenborn, DE;
Benedikt Jung, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Klaus Hahn, Mannheim, DE;
Cristian Dima, St. Ingbert/Rohrbach, DE;
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A arrangement is provided for the anticipatory assessment of plants to be gathered by a harvesting machine, disclosed as a combine harvester, and includes a non-contact sensor arrangement for the generation of signals representing at least one characteristic of plants located ahead of the machine, a measurement device for recording at least one characteristic of the plants actually gathered by the machine, and an evaluation device for producing calibration data with the aid of signals generated by the measurement device and from statistical parameters derived from the signals of the sensor arrangement and for the calculation of the characteristic of plants to be gathered with the aid of statistical parameters, which were derived from the signals of the sensor arrangement, corresponding to the plants to be gathered, and with the aid of the calibration data.