US 12,014,531 B2
Method for controlling the operation of a machine for harvesting root crop
Wolfram Strothmann, Osnabrück (DE); and Daniel Bösenberg, Emsdetten (DE)
Assigned to Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme (DE)
Appl. No. 17/287,055
Filed by Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/080263
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/094654, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018127844.6 (DE), filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378167 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06V 10/56 (2022.01); A01D 17/10 (2006.01); A01D 33/00 (2006.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/56 (2022.01) [A01D 17/10 (2013.01); A01D 33/00 (2013.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06V 10/255 (2022.01); A01D 2017/105 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30128 (2013.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling the operation of a machine for harvesting root crop, the method comprising the steps of:
capturing, via at least one optical image-capturing unit, at least one image of harvested material comprising root crop which is moved along relative to a machine frame by a conveyor element;
generating a data set formed using the image or by the image;
generating, via an evaluation device, a signal for setting a speed of the conveyor element based on the data set and independent of a speed of the harvested material; and
setting the speed of the conveyor element based on the signal,
wherein the evaluation device compares the data set with an initial data set which is generated on the basis of an initial image or formed from the initial image.