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Image processing spout control system

  • US 6,943,824 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2002
  • Issued: 09/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A spout control system for controlling and aiming a crop delivery spout of a material collecting vehicle with respect to a separate material hauling vehicle moving alongside the collecting vehicle, the control system comprising:

  • an image device for viewing a field of view including a portion of the hauling vehicle and generating an image signal;

    a control unit receiving the image signal, processing the image signal and automatically generating a spout command signal as a function thereof; and

    an actuator which moves the spout automatically in response to the spout command signal.

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