Patent ID: 9686913
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A system for automatically correcting yield values of a yield monitoring system of a harvesting vehicle between calibrations of the monitoring system, comprising: a harvesting vehicle having a transport structure configured to unload packages of harvested crop, and a yield monitor system calibrated as a function of at least one crop related parameter, configured to automatically determine a yield value; at least one transport vehicle including a holding area for receiving and holding at least one of the packages of harvested crops and transport structure for loading and unloading the at least one of the packages; a load sensing apparatus associated with at least one of the vehicles configured to determine weight or load values of the packages, respectively; and a control system configured to monitor the yield value determined by the yield monitor system and the weight or load value determined by the load sensing apparatus for a designated at least one of the packages, to determine a yield value correction factor as a function thereof to apply to the yield values for the packages harvested thereafter, and to monitor yield data generated by another apparatus for the designated at least one of the packages, to determine a load value correction factor to apply to the load values for the packages harvested thereafter wherein the yield value correction factor and the load value correction factor are reset when the load sensing apparatus is calibrated, and the yield value correction factor is reset when the yield monitor system is calibrated.