DE3581772D1 - Verfahren zur signalverarbeitung fuer einen gegenstandszaehler. - Google Patents

Verfahren zur signalverarbeitung fuer einen gegenstandszaehler.

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DE3581772D1
DE3581772D1 DE8585306372T DE3581772T DE3581772D1 DE 3581772 D1 DE3581772 D1 DE 3581772D1 DE 8585306372 T DE8585306372 T DE 8585306372T DE 3581772 T DE3581772 T DE 3581772T DE 3581772 D1 DE3581772 D1 DE 3581772D1
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signal
area
seed
value
time
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Kenneth Dale Friend
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Deere and Co
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Deere and Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M9/00—Counting of objects in a stack thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M1/00—Design features of general application
    • G06M1/08—Design features of general application for actuating the drive
    • G06M1/10—Design features of general application for actuating the drive by electric or magnetic means
    • G06M1/101—Design features of general application for actuating the drive by electric or magnetic means by electro-optical means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C7/00—Sowing
    • A01C7/08—Broadcast seeders; Seeders depositing seeds in rows
    • A01C7/10—Devices for adjusting the seed-box ; Regulation of machines for depositing quantities at intervals
    • A01C7/102—Regulating or controlling the seed rate
    • A01C7/105—Seed sensors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V8/00—Prospecting or detecting by optical means
    • G01V8/10—Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers
    • G01V8/20—Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers using multiple transmitters or receivers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M7/00—Counting of objects carried by a conveyor

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Soil Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Apparatuses For Bulk Treatment Of Fruits And Vegetables And Apparatuses For Preparing Feeds (AREA)
  • Sowing (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Radiation (AREA)
  • Communication Control (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Selective Calling Equipment (AREA)
  • Channel Selection Circuits, Automatic Tuning Circuits (AREA)
  • Pretreatment Of Seeds And Plants (AREA)
  • Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
  • Geophysics And Detection Of Objects (AREA)
DE8585306372T 1984-09-10 1985-09-09 Verfahren zur signalverarbeitung fuer einen gegenstandszaehler. Expired - Lifetime DE3581772D1 (de)

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US06/649,108 US4635215A (en) 1984-09-10 1984-09-10 Article or seed counter

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DE3581772D1 true DE3581772D1 (de) 1991-03-28

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US (1) US4635215A (de)
EP (2) EP0380186A3 (de)
JP (1) JPS6170683A (de)
KR (1) KR920008276B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE60955T1 (de)
AU (1) AU574835B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1238385A (de)
DE (1) DE3581772D1 (de)
ZA (1) ZA856923B (de)

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KR860002771A (ko) 1986-04-28
AU4733285A (en) 1986-03-20
ZA856923B (en) 1987-05-27
US4635215A (en) 1987-01-06
JPS6170683A (ja) 1986-04-11
CA1238385A (en) 1988-06-21
EP0174818A3 (en) 1988-01-13
KR920008276B1 (ko) 1992-09-26
EP0174818B1 (de) 1991-02-20
JPH0439715B2 (de) 1992-06-30
EP0380186A2 (de) 1990-08-01
AU574835B2 (en) 1988-07-14
EP0380186A3 (de) 1992-09-30
EP0174818A2 (de) 1986-03-19
ATE60955T1 (de) 1991-03-15

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