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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Cnh America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
Keith W. Wendte, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Bingcheng Ni, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 46/28 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 46/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 46/28 (2013.01); A01D 34/008 (2013.01); A01D 46/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A harvester for agricultural products such as fruits such as grapes, berries, vegetables, and the like, and method of harvesting, using an RFID system capable of detecting and interrogating RFID tags associated with objects or conditions along a path of the harvester in a manner to determine both presence and location of the associated object or condition, to enable responsively adapting or altering the operation of harvesting apparatus in a predetermined manner, such as by reducing or interrupting forces exerted thereby when about or proximate the object or condition.