Systems for monitoring seeds and methods thereof
US9867328B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06M7/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
At least one example embodiment discloses a seed monitoring system including a light source configured to emit light in an interior of a seed tube, a plurality of light receivers, each of the plurality of light receivers configured to receive light in at least two sectors of a plurality of sectors of a plane in the interior of the seed tube and generate a sensing signal corresponding to the received light, a processing system including a plurality of conditioning channels, the processing system configured to process the sensing signals to generate conditioned signals and a controller configured to generate a seed count value based on the generated conditioned signals.
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