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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventor:
Brett James Kaye, Tauranga, NZ;
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a length of material, comprises at least one processor configured to: receive a signal indicating manual designation of a point along the length of material as a first end point; receive at least one signal from at least one distance measuring device associated with a timber-working head, the signal indicating the distance between the first end point and a second end point on the length of material; and determine the actual length of material to be processed. An associated method is disclosed.