Patent ID: 11871698
Assignee: 10691976 CANADA LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 16:
17. The method for growing crops in a growth medium comprising:
on a harvesting machine harvesting machine harvesting elements from crops in the growth medium;
causing relative movement between the growth medium and the harvesting machine;
wherein there is provided a device for singulating the harvested elements into a singulated stream of the harvested elements so that each harvested element is singulated from the other harvested elements into a singulated stream of the harvested elements for measurement,
using a sensing system to measure at least one property of each the singulated elements indepently of the other harvested elements while in the singulated stream;
dividing some of the singulated elements from others of the singulated elements into a separate path based on the property sensed;
and planting seeds from at least some of the collected elements in said growth medium;
wherein the sensing system comprises a device that receives a particle flux from each singulated element and performs the measurement which includes one or more of photons, electrons, neutrons, atoms, ions, molecules, or any combination of the aforesaid.