Patent ID: 11946785
Assignee: TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 15:
16. A combine for harvesting material from a field, the combine having a material independent mass flow sensor (MIMFS), the sensor comprising:
a load curve configured to guide an object received at one end of the load curve to an opposite end of the load curve;
a three-measurement transducer attached to the load curve for measuring bend force FB, stretch force FS, and torque T;
a processor; and
a memory storing computer program instructions, the computer program instructions, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
determining an angular center of mass location of the object along the load curve based on data received from the three-measurement transducer;
determining a coefficient of friction of the object;
determining a velocity of the object; and
determining a mass of the object based on the angular center of mass location of the mass, the coefficient of friction of the mass, and the velocity of the mass.