Patent ID: 11950529
Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A stalk sensor system for providing improvements in agricultural science by determining yield values based on stalk-specific measurements collected by an agricultural combine harvester while traversing a field, comprising:
a first stalk sensor;
a second stalk sensor;
a yield sensor; and
processing circuitry configured to perform:
receiving, from a first stalk sensor associated with a first combine row unit of an agricultural combine harvester, a first signal that indicates a position of the first stalk sensor relative to a first stalk;
in response to receiving the first signal:
contacting the first stalk from a first side with a first feeler, the first feeler rotatably mounted to the first stalk sensor;
contacting the first stalk from a second side with a second feeler, the second feeler rotatably mounted to the first stalk sensor;
measuring a first displacement of the first feeler;
measuring a second displacement of the second feeler; and
determining a first stalk diameter based on the first displacement and the second displacement; and

generating, and displaying using a computer display device, a first yield map that depicts associations between the first stalk diameter and the position of the first stalk.