| CPC G01G 23/14 (2013.01) [G01G 21/22 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); A01D 90/12 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A system for measuring a weight of material offloaded from a first storage carrier to a second storage carrier, the system comprising:
a machine vision camera combined to one of the first storage carrier and the second storage carrier for detecting an offloading event;
a sensor for measuring the weight of material offloaded from the first storage carrier to the second storage carrier;
a scale controller in communication with the machine vision camera and the sensor wherein the scale controller enters a tear mode in response to the offloading event and records and stores the weight of material offloaded from the first storage carrier to the second storage carrier as measured by the sensor;
a processor in communication with the machine vision camera for processing images from the machine vision camera, wherein the processor receives a plurality of time-sequenced images from the machine vision camera and determines a beginning of the offloading event by comparing the plurality of time-sequenced images with images in a library of tagged events; wherein in response to the beginning of the offloading event, the processor communicates to the scale controller causing the scale controller to enter the tear mode and store the weight of material as measured by the sensor offloaded from the first storage carrier to the second storage carrier.
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