Patent ID: 7859674
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A01D,G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for measuring a quality parameter of a harvested crop, the system adapted to be carried by a harvesting device such that the sensor device is capable of measuring the quality parameter of a harvested crop, the system comprising: a sensor device enclosure configured to contain the sensor device in a controlled environment defined by at least one environmental parameter; a verification device disposed within the sensor device enclosure, the verification device being characterized by a known parameter; an actuator device configured to selectively convey the sensor device to a measuring position relative to the harvesting device such that the sensor device is capable of measuring the quality parameter of the harvested crop, the actuator device being further configured to selectively convey the sensor device to a verification position substantially adjacent to the verification device such that the sensor device is capable of measuring a verification parameter of the verification device so as to verify an operating capacity of the sensor device by comparing the known parameter of the verification device to the verification parameter measured by the sensor device when the sensor device is conveyed to the verification position.