On-The-Go Sensor Reads Sugar Content During Harvest
- Technology Benefits
- Reliable sugar content readings created as the beets are being harvested.Combined with yield mapping techniques, provides accurate site-specific mapping of sugar content.
- Detailed Technology Description
- None
- Supplementary Information
- Patent Number: US6851662B2
Application Number: US2003632048A
Inventor: Panigrahi, Suranjan | Hofman, Vernon
Priority Date: 12 Jan 2000
Priority Number: US6851662B2
Application Date: 31 Jul 2003
Publication Date: 8 Feb 2005
IPC Current: A01D003300 | G01J000302 | G01J000310 | G01J000328 | G01N002131 | G01N002135 | G01N003302 | G01N000128
US Class: 356326 | 256326
Assignee Applicant: NDSU Research Foundation,Fargo
Title: On-the-go sugar sensor for determining sugar content during harvesting
Usefulness: On-the-go sugar sensor for determining sugar content during harvesting
Summary: Used for determining sugar content of an agricultural product e.g. sugar beet, grape and grapefruit.
Novelty: Agricultural product sugar content e.g. sugar beet, determining device, has sample preparation mechanism attached to defoliator utilized in product during harvesting to create exposed sample processed by computer
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Sub Category
- Plant
- *Abstract
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This invention provides a fast, reliable and nondestructive method of determining sugar content during the harvest of sugar beets. This on-the-go sugar content sensor, developed at North Dakota State University, uses optical technology in combination with intelligent information processing techniques to provide sugar content information in real time as the sugar beets are being harvested.By combining the sugar data with the yield information, the producer hasunprecedented, site-specific accuracy.
- Country/Region
- USA
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