Remote moisture sensor and methods for the same

摘要

A system for measuring crop moisture content in a harvester elevator includes a receiver and processing node and one or more moisture sensing instruments coupled to one or more paddles of the harvested elevator, respectively. The moisture sensing instruments each include a moisture sensor and a transmitter in communication with a receiver and processing node. The moisture sensor is configured to dynamically measure the moisture content of a static harvested crop, relative to the sensor and corresponding paddle, at ascends in the harvester elevator.

主权项

1. A system for measuring crop moisture content in a harvester elevator having ascending paddles for moving crop in an ascending segment, comprising:
a receiver and processing node; one or more moisture sensing instruments, each of the one or more instruments including:
a moisture sensor configured for coupling with a portion of the ascending paddle, anda transmitter in communication with the receiver and processing node; and wherein each moisture sensing instrument is coupled with a respective one of the ascending paddles of the harvester elevator so that the each moisture sensing instrument moves with the respective ascending paddle to measure a crop moisture content of a harvested crop as the harvested crop moves along the ascending segment of the harvester elevator.