Ground engaging member accumulation determination
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A01B-071/08
G01V-011/00
A01B-079/00
출원번호
US-0259104
(2014-04-22)
등록번호
US-9405039
(2016-08-02)
발명자
/ 주소
Anderson, Noel W.
출원인 / 주소
Deere & Company
대리인 / 주소
Rathe Lindenbaum LLP
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초록▼
A sensor to be mounted to an implement senses a region proximate a flow by ground engaging member of the implement. A electronics receives signals from the sensor and identifies accumulation on the grounding engaging member based upon the signals. The electronics outputs signals based upon the ident
A sensor to be mounted to an implement senses a region proximate a flow by ground engaging member of the implement. A electronics receives signals from the sensor and identifies accumulation on the grounding engaging member based upon the signals. The electronics outputs signals based upon the identified accumulation.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus comprising: a multi-row implement comprising: a flow by ground engaging member for a first row of the implement, the flow by ground engaging member to cut into soil and project below a surface of ground; anda second flow by ground engaging member for a second row of the implement, th
1. An apparatus comprising: a multi-row implement comprising: a flow by ground engaging member for a first row of the implement, the flow by ground engaging member to cut into soil and project below a surface of ground; anda second flow by ground engaging member for a second row of the implement, the flow by ground engaging member to cut into soil and project below a surface of ground;a sensor mounted to the implement so as to sense a first volume where soil, residue or trash accumulation is expected to occur proximate the flow by ground engaging member for the first row of the implement;a second sensor mounted to the implement so as to sense a second volume where soil, residue or trash accumulation is expected to occur proximate the second flow by ground engaging member for the second row of the implement; andelectronics to receive signals from the sensor and the second sensor, the electronics to identify soil, residue or trash accumulation in the volume on the flow by ground engaging member and the second flow by ground engaging member based upon the signals and to output signals identifying soil, residue or trash accumulation with a row-by-row resolution based upon the identified accumulation, wherein different soil, residue or trash accumulation results are identified for different rows of the implement. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises: a beam detector to be mounted to the implement; anda beam emitter to be mounted to the implement so as to form a beam proximate the ground engaging member, wherein accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member alters detection of the beam by the detector. 3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising flow by ground engaging members including the flow by ground engaging member and the second flow by ground engaging member and sensors including the sensor and the second sensor, wherein the sensors comprise emitter detector pairs, each of the emitter detector pairs being spaced across a different subset of the flow by ground engaging members, a subset including a plurality of the flow by ground engaging members. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronics output control signals adjusting a parameter of the sensor based upon the signals. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronics output control signals adjusting a position of the sensor based on the signals. 6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a shield carried by the implement adjacent the sensor. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the implement comprises a structural member and wherein the sensor is at least partially recessed within the structural member. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronics output control signals to adjust an operating parameter of the implement based on the determined accumulation. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronics is further to store data based on the determined accumulation. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronics is further to identify soil chips thrown by the flow by ground engaging member and distinguish soil chips from accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronics is further to determine a distribution of the accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member based upon the signals. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further to determine and output different non-zero accumulation amounts on the flow by ground engaging member based upon the signals. 13. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a third sensor to be carried by the implement, wherein the electronics is to receive second signals from the third sensor and wherein the identification of accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member is based on the signals from the sensor and the second signals from the third sensor. 14. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a third sensor to be carried by the implement, wherein the sensor is of a first type, wherein the third sensor is of a second type different than the first type, wherein the electronics is to receive second signals from the third sensor and wherein the identification of accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member is based on the signals from the sensor and the second signals from the third sensor. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the sensor comprises an infrared emitter detector pair, and wherein the third sensor comprises a Gamma Ray emitter detector pair the apparatus further comprising a second sensor comprising a Gamma Ray emitter detector pair, wherein the electronics is to receive second signals from the second sensor and wherein the identification of accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member is based on the signals from the sensor and the second signals from the second sensor. 16. The implement of claim 1, wherein the sensors comprise: a first sensor of a first type to output signals indicating accumulation on one of the flow by ground engaging members; anda second sensor of a second type different than the first type to output signals indicating accumulation on said one of the flow by ground engaging members. 17. An implement to be pulled by a vehicle, the implement comprising: a frame;flow by ground engaging members supported by the frame;sensors supported by the frame to output signals indicating accumulation,wherein the flow by ground engaging members are configured to cut into and part soil while projecting below a surface of the ground,wherein the sensors are the sense a volume proximate the ground engaging members where accumulation is expected to occur and wherein the signals indicate accumulation of soil, residue or trash in the volume. 18. The implement of claim 17, where the sensors comprise emitter detector pairs. 19. The implement of claim 17, wherein sensors comprise emitter detector pairs, each of the emitter detector pairs being spaced across a different subset of the flow by ground engaging members, each subset including a plurality of the flow by ground engaging members. 20. A method comprising: sensing a volume proximate a flow by ground engaging member that cuts into soil, that projects below a surface of ground and that is carried by an implement, the sensing carried out by using a sensor supported by the implement;determining, with electronics, the presence of soil, residue or trash accumulation in the volume and on the flow by ground engaging member based upon signals received from the sensor; andoutputting, from the electronics, a signal based upon the determination of accumulation on the flow by ground engaging member.
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