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Spectrometric measuring head for forestry, agricultural and food industry applications

US11009395B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Deere & Company · US

Inventors

Peter Schade · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Helge Klein · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2019
Grant date	May 18, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2201/0216
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A spectrometric measuring head for forestry, agricultural and food industry applications comprises a housing having a window and a spectrometer that is arranged inside the housing and comprises a dispersive element and a sensor, a first light source for exposing a sample to light, which reaches the spectrometer through the window after having been transmitted and/or reflected by the sample, and a standard that can be exposed to light to provide a reference for the spectrometer, which standard can be exposed to light by a light source arranged in the housing.

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