Patent ID: 7086269

Claim:
A method of testing seed singulation of a seed meter, said method comprising; a. providing a continuous belt having a plurality of substantially equidistantly spaced cells, each cell defined by a leading and a trailing flight; b. providing a seed meter to be tested, said seed meter having a seed selection mechanism for selecting and discharging seeds supplied to said seed meter; c. disposing said seed meter to be tested with respect to said continuous flighted belt such that said seeds to be discharged by said seed meter are operably dispensed onto said continuous flighted belt; d. driving said seed meter to discharge seeds supplied to said seed meter at a substantially uniform predetermined seed discharge rate; e. driving said continuous flighted belt at a substantially uniform, predetermined rate of speed; f. detecting said discharged seeds on said continuous flighted belt passing a first point disposed along a path of travel of said continuous belt, including generating a first signal corresponding to each flight passing said first point and recording said generated first signal.