NEAR INFRARED SPECTROMETER USED IN COMBINATION WITH A COMBINE FOR REAL TIME GRAIN ANALYSIS

An apparatus and method for combining NIR spectography with a combine (10) for measuring major constituents of harvested grain in real time includes a monochrometor (32) having no moving optical parts. The monochrometor (32) includes a fixed diffraction grating (38) and a photodiode collector (40) c...

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Hauptverfasser:	HOOD, C., FRED, WRIGHT, STEVEN L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY COLORIMETRY DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE FISHING FORESTRY HARVESTING HAY OR STRAW PRESSES HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT MEASURING MOWING PHYSICS PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE RADIATION PYROMETRY TESTING TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus and method for combining NIR spectography with a combine (10) for measuring major constituents of harvested grain in real time includes a monochrometor (32) having no moving optical parts. The monochrometor (32) includes a fixed diffraction grating (38) and a photodiode collector (40) comprised of a plurality of photodiodes (54). A radiation source (44) irradiates a grain sample (51) while a bundle of fiber optic strands transmits the reflected radiation to the diffraction grating (38). By analyzing the intensities and wavelengths of the reflected radiation at the photodiode collector (40), the presence and amount of major constituents of the harvested grain can be determined. The present invention may be used on a research combine (10) along with the conventional instrumentation which measures the weight, moisture, and volume of grain harvested in a test plot.