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Monitor and control system for a harvester

US10827676B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 2018
Grant dateNov 10, 2020
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V2201/12
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A harvester including a frame supported by a drive assembly for movement along a support surface, a head unit coupled to the harvester and configured to selectively harvest crop material, a camera coupled to the frame and configured to generate one or more images of a field of view, and a controller in operable communication with the camera and the head unit, where the controller is configured to determine one or more crop attributes based at least in part on the one or more images produced by the camera.

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