Method and device for measuring the height of the cutting table
First Claim
1. A method of measuring the height of the cutting table of an earth processing implement or an agricultural implement relative to a surface of the ground with crops by means of an acoustic transducer arrangement, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming the sound signal emitted by the transducer arrangement by a pseudonoise signal covering a predetermined frequency band;
receiving a reflected signal;
correlating said sound signal with the reflected signal;
mutually delaying said sound signal and said reflected signal until the correlation has reached its maximum, whereafter the delay represents a measurement of the distance to the surface of the ground.
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Abstract
A method for measuring the height of the cutting table of an earth-processing implement or an agricultural implement, such as, for example, a combine harvester, relative to a surface of a ground having crops by means of an acoustic transducer arrangement. The method includes forming the sound signal emitted by the transducer arrangement by a pseudonoise signal covering a predetermined frequency band. Comparing the sound signal with the reflected signal. Mutually delaying the sound signal and the reflected signal until the comparison has reached its optimum. Whereafter, the delay represents a measurement of the distance to the surface of the ground.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of measuring the height of the cutting table of an earth processing implement or an agricultural implement relative to a surface of the ground with crops by means of an acoustic transducer arrangement, said method comprising the steps of:
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forming the sound signal emitted by the transducer arrangement by a pseudonoise signal covering a predetermined frequency band;
receiving a reflected signal;
correlating said sound signal with the reflected signal;
mutually delaying said sound signal and said reflected signal until the correlation has reached its maximum, whereafter the delay represents a measurement of the distance to the surface of the ground. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device for measuring the height of the cutting table of an agricultural implement relative to the surface of the ground with an acoustic transducer arrangement, said device comprising:
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means for forming a sound signal emitted by the transducer arrangement by a pseudonoise signal covering a predetermined frequency band;
means for receiving a reflected signal;
means for correlating said sound signal with the reflected signal;
means for mutually delaying said sound signal and said reflected signal until the correlation has reached its maximum, whereafter the delay represents a measurement of the distance to the surface of the ground. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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