US 12,446,486 B2
Method for determining a condition of harvested crop conveyed by a root crop conveyor
Daniel Bösenberg, Emsdetten (DE); and Wolfram Strothmann, Osnabrück (DE)
Assigned to Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme (DE)
Appl. No. 18/245,505
Filed by Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075348
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/058359, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020124037.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329142 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 43/08 (2006.01); A01D 17/00 (2006.01); A01D 33/10 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 17/00 (2013.01) [B65G 43/08 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a characteristic of harvested material conveyed by a root crop conveyor device, the method comprising the following steps:
measuring, by at least one measuring device, measurement data that characterize at least one condition of at least one root crop conveyed by the root crop conveyor device,
calculating, by an evaluation device, result data which are dependent at least on the measurement data and are suitable for adjustment of the root crop conveyor device,
providing, by the evaluation device, the result data or a signal dependent thereon,
wherein the measurement data are measured at least in part by a tactile sensor of the measuring device which is to be moved toward the root crop.