A CROP MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A harvester monitoring system configured to determine one or more parameters associated with harvested items, the system comprising: a camera module having a field of view and configured to generate image data associated with the harvested items; a mounting bracket configured to secure the camera mo...

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Main Authors HALES, Ian, SMITH, Melvyn, SAMWORTH, Dave, GURURAJAN, Vidyanath, HANSEN, Mark, SMITH, Lyndon, WRIGHT, Alison, GREENWOOD, Luke
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 16.09.2020
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
FISHING
FORESTRY
HARVESTING
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
MOWING
TRAPPING
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Summary:A harvester monitoring system configured to determine one or more parameters associated with harvested items, the system comprising: a camera module having a field of view and configured to generate image data associated with the harvested items; a mounting bracket configured to secure the camera module to a harvester such that a conveyor of the harvester is within the field of view of the camera module; a location sub-system configured to determine and output location data representative of a geographical location of the harvester monitoring system; and a processing unit configured to receive the image data and the location data, to determine one or more parameters associated with the harvested items, and to record the one or more parameters in association with the location data on a computer readable medium.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20170817849