Yield monitor for forage crops
US6431981B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F29/09
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Yield monitor apparatus and methods for a forage processing machinery are provided. The yield monitor measures a forage yield by variously measuring a forage impingement force, a forage volume flow, a forage volume increment accumulation, or a forage processing machinery drive load. The yield monitor may generate a yield amount, with the yield amount capable of being stored and displayed to a forage processing machinery operator. Alternatively, the yield monitor may generate a groundspeed control signal that is used by the forage processing machinery to control a forage processing machinery groundspeed or other forage processing machinery parameters.
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