SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PLANT ATTRIBUTES USING A PRIORI PLANT MAPS
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1. A system for measuring plant attributes during harvesting of a row crop comprising:
- a plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110);
a digital a priori plant location map (118); and
an ECU (126) coupled to the plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110) and configured to retrieve and use the a priori plant location map (118) to anticipate the presence of a plant to be harvested and to use the anticipated presence of a plant to improve accuracy of a plant measurement, wherein the plant measurement is provided by the plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110).
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Abstract
A system for measuring plant attributes comprises a plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110); a digital a priori plant location map (118); and an ECU (126) coupled to the plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110) and configured to retrieve and use the a priori plant map and to anticipate a plant measurement based upon the a priori plant map and to use that anticipation to improve the accuracy of the plant measurement.
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1. A system for measuring plant attributes during harvesting of a row crop comprising:
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a plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110); a digital a priori plant location map (118); and an ECU (126) coupled to the plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110) and configured to retrieve and use the a priori plant location map (118) to anticipate the presence of a plant to be harvested and to use the anticipated presence of a plant to improve accuracy of a plant measurement, wherein the plant measurement is provided by the plant attribute sensor (103, 108, 110). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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