| US 7,584,663 B2 | ||
| Material stream sensors | ||
| Bart M. A. Missotten, Herent (Belgium); Pieter W. J. Calmeyn, Sint-Joris-Weert (Belgium); and Bart De Ketelaere, Boechout (Belgium) | ||
| Assigned to CNH America LLC, New Holland, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/713,918. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0604860.7 (GB), filed on Mar. 10, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0209423 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 29/12 (2006.01); A01D 75/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—579 [73/12.11; 209/599; 460/2; 460/45] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method of determining the content of a desired component in a stream of material including two or more types of component,
comprising the steps of:
causing the stream, comprising plural particles of material, to impact a sensor member located in a path of the material thereby
inducing vibration of the sensor member;
analysing vibrations of the sensor member and from the analysis determining whether individual impacts caused by the stream
are one of any two or more types selected from three possible impact types, wherein the three impact types are grain impacts,
straw impacts and straw tip impacts; and
performing an operation based on the result of the analysis, wherein the step of performing an operation includes the steps
of generating a grain loss signal indicative of the amount of grain in the stream and a MOG signal that is indicative of the
amount of material other than grain (MOG) in the stream, and correcting the grain loss signal in dependence on the MOG signal.
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