Fences – Flood
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-08
2005-02-08
Lee, Diane I. (Department: 2876)
Fences
Flood
Reexamination Certificate
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06851662
ABSTRACT:
An on-the-go sensor for determining the sugar content of an agricultural product, such as a sugar beet, during harvesting or at other times. The sensor is coupled to a harvester/defoliator and uses a knife to slice a cross-section from the crown of the sugar beet during harvesting. An illumination chamber radiates the exposed crown, and a sensor head receives the reflected radiation. A spectrometer converts the reflected radiation to a spectral signal. A computer digitizes and processes the spectral signal to produce data points relating to the sugar content of the sugar beet. The processing of the data points includes normalization, linearization, and other techniques. One of the techniques eliminates the conventional need to use the spectral signature of a separate physical standard as a reference.
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Hofman Vernon
Panigrahi Suranjan
Lee Diane I.
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