US 12,433,190 B2
Method for operating a machine for harvesting and/or separating root crops, associated machine and associated computer program product
Wolfram Strothmann, Osnabrück (DE)
Assigned to Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme (DE)
Appl. No. 17/904,271
Filed by Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/053070
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/160607, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020103941.7 (DE), filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080863 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01D 33/04 (2006.01); A01D 33/08 (2006.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01)
CPC A01D 33/04 (2013.01) [A01D 33/08 (2013.01); G06V 20/68 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a machine for harvesting root crops and/or for separating root crops from further additionally conveyed material that includes at least soil in the form of loose earth and/or soil aggregates, the method comprising the steps of:
capturing, by means of at least one electromagnetic or acoustic image acquisition unit, an inspection image of at least one portion of the material moved relative to a machine frame of the machine by a transport element,
generating, on the basis of at least one inspection data set generated using the inspection image and/or formed by the inspection image, via an evaluation device, an adjustment signal for adjusting at least one operating parameter of the transport element and/or a further transport element of the machine,
determining at least one feature for describing a capability of the additionally conveyed soil to be screened by the evaluation device and
using the at least one feature for adjusting the at least one operating parameter.