Patent ID: 11871702
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A bale identification system for a baler implement, the bale identification system comprising:
a tag installer operable to attach an identification tag to a bale;
a reader positioned to interrogate the identification tag for receiving data from the identification tag;
a baler implement controller in communication with the reader and having a processor and memory having a bale identification algorithm stored thereon, wherein the processor is operable to execute the bale identification algorithm to:
receive data related to the bale from a sensor;
control the reader to emit an interrogation signal in accordance with a pre-defined timing sequence regardless of a position of the bale on the baler implement;
receive identification data from the identification tag in response to the interrogation signal;
associate the data related to the bale with the identification data from the identification tag of the bale; and
communicate the associated data related to the bale and the identification data from the identification tag to a remote memory.