Patents by Inventor Thomas MAHIEU
Thomas MAHIEU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10470366Abstract: An agricultural combine including a residue spreading system that is steerable to influence distribution of the residue spreading system. The combine is provided with a sensor provided for emitting a wave signal through the residue when the combine is spreading the residue. The sensor is configured to measure reflections of the signal from a first zone of the residue and from a second zone of the residue. The spreading system is steered based on the reflections. The wave signal has a wavelength that is larger than 0.001 mm and that is smaller than 50 mm.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Thomas Mahieu, Bart M. A. Missotten, Karel M. C. Viaene
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Patent number: 10470365Abstract: A monitoring system for a combine harvester having a header with a header width for harvesting a crop. The monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors, configured to provide a plurality of measurement waves to a discharge area for crop residue, and receive a plurality of response waves reflected from the discharge area. The system further includes a processing unit comprising an input terminal configured to receive a response signal of the plurality of sensors, the response signal representative of the plurality of response waves reflected from the discharge area. The processing unit is configured to process the response signal and determine, based on the response signal, a distribution of the crop residue over the discharge area. The processing unit further comprises an output terminal configured to output a distribution signal representative of the distribution of the crop residue over the discharge area.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Thomas Mahieu, Bart M. A. Missotten, Bart Lenaerts, Frederik Tallir, Jeroen Lowie
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Publication number: 20190335658Abstract: A monitoring system for a combine harvester. The monitoring system includes a sensor configured to provide a measurement wave to a flow of crop residue on the harvester and to receive a response wave from the flow of crop residue. The monitoring system further includes a processor having an input terminal for receiving a response signal of the sensor representative of the response wave. The processor is configured to determine a crop parameter associated with the density of the flow of crop based on the response signal of the sensor. The processor further has an output terminal for outputting a density signal representing the crop parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Thomas Mahieu, Bart M.A. Missotten
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Publication number: 20190274254Abstract: A system for controlling the aggressiveness of a tailings processor that re-threshes tailings received from the grain cleaning system in an agricultural harvester is provided with at least one imaging device to image a grain sample. At least a portion of the grain sample has at least once passed through the tailings processor. A controller is connected to the imaging device and to an arrangement to automatically adjust the aggressiveness of the tailings processor. The controller is configured to automatically adjust the aggressiveness of the tailings processor using the arrangement, based on information provided by the at least one imaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Clayton E. Banks, Jr., Dré W.J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Bart M.A. Missotten, William Mark McCully
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Publication number: 20190223375Abstract: A controller for a harvester. The controller is configured to receive crop flow information representative of how crop is flowing through the harvester and generate display information for providing a visual display to an operator of the harvester. The visual display includes an animation of crop flowing through the harvester. The controller is further configured to set one or more properties of the animation of the crop flowing through the harvester based on the received crop flow information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: BART M.A. MISSOTTEN, GLENN AESAERT, MICHAEL CARPENTIER, DRE W.J. JONGMANS, THOMAS MAHIEU, RICARDO MESQUITA, KAREL M.C. VIAENE, BART VROMAN, JOHNNY M.F. SCHERRENS
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Patent number: 10356979Abstract: A monitoring system for a combine harvester. The monitoring system includes a sensor configured to provide a measurement wave to a flow of crop residue on the harvester and to receive a response wave from the flow of crop residue. The monitoring system further includes a processor having an input terminal for receiving a response signal of the sensor representative of the response wave. The processor is configured to determine a crop parameter associated with the density of the flow of crop based on the response signal of the sensor. The processor further has an output terminal for outputting a density signal representing the crop parameter.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Thomas Mahieu, Bart M. A. Missotten
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Publication number: 20190150361Abstract: The present invention is in particular related to an agricultural harvesting vehicle, such as a combine harvester for gathering crops from a field and processing the crops in order to separate grain kernels from residue material such as stalks and leaves. The harvesting vehicle of the invention is provided with a cleaning section comprising a blower (10) and at least one sieve (3, 5), usually a set of an upper and lower sieve. The sieves (3, 5) are configured to transport a layer comprising a mixture of grain kernels and residue material towards an exit edge (16) of the sieve so that kernels fall through the sieve's openings and residue remains on the sieve until it is ejected from the sieve by crossing the exit edge (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Glenn Aesaert, Dré W.J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Karel M.C. Viaene
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Patent number: 10292323Abstract: A method for operating an agricultural combine in a field using at least one field-map. The method includes steps of determining (S1) a position of the agricultural combine in the field, retrieving (S2) field-related data from the at least one field-map related to the determined position in the field, and adjusting (S3) residue processing system settings of the agricultural combine based on the retrieved data.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Bart M. A. Missotten, Dré W. J. Jongmans, Frederik Tallir, Thomas Mahieu
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Patent number: 10254147Abstract: An unloading automation system for unloading of harvested crop from an agricultural vehicle, such as a combine harvester, into a container. The container may be part of a vehicle container combination that is arranged to maneuver next to the agricultural vehicle in the field. The unloading automation system includes a filling degree measurement system and position measurement system, wherein the position measurement is based on UWB technology. This non-optical technology improves measurement results in dusty environments. The filing degree measurement system and the position measurement system have at least one UWB tag or base station in common.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Koen J. J. Vermue, Bart M. A. Missotten, Thomas Mahieu, Karel M. C. Viaene, Dré W. J. Jongmans, Glenn Aesaert
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Patent number: 10194585Abstract: A harvesting vehicle including a cleaning section including a blower and at least one sieve. The sieve is configured to transport a layer comprising a mixture of grain kernels and residue material towards an exit edge of the sieve so that kernels fall through openings of the sieve and the residue remains on the sieve until it is ejected from the sieve by crossing the exit edge. The sieve may be subject to a grain loss, including a sieve-off loss and a blowout loss. The cleaning section further includes a sensor configured to determine whether the blowout loss or the sieve-off loss is a highest contributor to the grain loss. The cleaning section may also include a grain loss detector configured to measure the sieve-off loss and at least a portion of the blowout loss and a blowout sensor mounted above the sieve for measuring the blowout loss.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Glenn Aesaert, Dré W. J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Karel M. C. Viaene
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Patent number: 10130039Abstract: An agricultural harvester for harvesting a crop on a field. The harvester includes a chopping assembly configured to chop a crop residue of the harvested crop. The chopping assembly includes an inlet for receiving the crop residue, a rotor provided with one or more cutting tools and configured to chop the crop residue, a drive assembly configured to drive the rotor, and an outlet for outputting the chopped crop residue onto the field. The harvester further includes an image based sensor configured to generate a signal comprising an image of the chopped crop residue and a processing unit configured to receive the signal from the image based sensor, process the signal to derive a geometric parameter indicative of a geometry of the chopped crop residue, and determine a control signal for the drive assembly based on the geometric parameter.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Thomas Mahieu, Bart M. A. Missotten, Bart Lenaerts, Frederik Tallir, Pieter Van Overschelde, Tom N. N. Somers
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Patent number: 10104840Abstract: A cleaning section of an agricultural harvester. The cleaning section including a sieve, a plurality of load sensors, and a sieve slope compensating system. The sieve is positioned in the harvester to receive crop material from a threshing section. The plurality of load sensors are coupled to the sieve. The load sensors are configured to produce signals representative of a distributed load of the crop material on the sieve. The sieve slope compensating system is configured to tilt or side shake the sieve dependent upon the signals.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Frank R. G. Duquesne, Bart M. A. Missotten, Glenn Aesaert, Dré W. J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Frederik Tallir, Karel M. C. Viaene
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Publication number: 20180098490Abstract: A controller for a harvester. The controller is configured to receive crop flow information representative of how crop is flowing through the harvester and generate display information for providing a visual display to an operator of the harvester. The visual display includes an animation of crop flowing through the harvester. The controller is further configured to set one or more properties of the animation of the crop flowing through the harvester based on the received crop flow information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: BART M.A. MISSOTTEN, GLENN AESAERT, MICHAEL CARPENTIER, DRE W.J. JONGMANS, THOMAS MAHIEU, RICARDO MESQUITA, KAREL M.C. VIAENE, BART VROMAN, JOHNNY M.F. SCHERRENS
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Patent number: 9877427Abstract: A controller for a harvester. The controller is configured to receive crop flow information representative of how crop is flowing through the harvester and generate display information for providing a visual display to an operator of the harvester. The visual display includes an animation of crop flowing through the harvester. The controller is further configured to set one or more properties of the animation of the crop flowing through the harvester based on the received crop flow information.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Bart M. A. Missotten, Glenn Aesaert, Michael Carpentier, Dré W. J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Ricardo Mesquita, Karel M. C. Viaene, Bart Vroman, Johnny M. F. Scherrens
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Publication number: 20170276534Abstract: An unloading automation system for unloading of harvested crop from an agricultural vehicle, such as a combine harvester, into a container. The container may be part of a vehicle container combination that is arranged to maneuver next to the agricultural vehicle in the field. The unloading automation system includes a filling degree measurement system and position measurement system, wherein the position measurement is based on UWB technology. This non-optical technology improves measurement results in dusty environments. The filing degree measurement system and the position measurement system have at least one UWB tag or base station in common.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Koen J.J. Vermue, Bart M.A. Missotten, Thomas Mahieu, Karel M.C. Viaene, Dré W.J. Jongmans, Glenn Aesaert
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Publication number: 20170231156Abstract: A harvesting vehicle including a cleaning section including a blower and at least one sieve. The sieve is configured to transport a layer comprising a mixture of grain kernels and residue material towards an exit edge of the sieve so that kernels fall through openings of the sieve and the residue remains on the sieve until it is ejected from the sieve by crossing the exit edge. The sieve may be subject to a grain loss, including a sieve-off loss and a blowout loss. The cleaning section further includes a sensor configured to determine whether the blowout loss or the sieve-off loss is a highest contributor to the grain loss. The cleaning section may also include a grain loss detector configured to measure the sieve-off loss and at least a portion of the blowout loss and a blowout sensor mounted above the sieve for measuring the blowout loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Glenn Aesaert, Dré W.J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Karel M.C. Viaene
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Publication number: 20170215330Abstract: A method for operating an agricultural combine in a field using at least one field-map. The method includes steps of determining (S1) a position of the agricultural combine in the field, retrieving (S2) field-related data from the at least one field-map related to the determined position in the field, and adjusting (S3) residue processing system settings of the agricultural combine based on the retrieved data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Bart M.A. Missotten, Dré W.J. Jongmans, Frederik Tallir, Thomas Mahieu
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Publication number: 20170196169Abstract: A cleaning section of an agricultural harvester. The cleaning section including a sieve, a plurality of load sensors, and a sieve slope compensating system. The sieve is positioned in the harvester to receive crop material from a threshing section. The plurality of load sensors are coupled to the sieve. The load sensors are configured to produce signals representative of a distributed load of the crop material on the sieve. The sieve slope compensating system is configured to tilt or side shake the sieve dependent upon the signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Frank R.G. Duquesne, Bart M.A. Missotten, Glenn Aesaert, Dré W.J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Frederik Tallir, Karel M.C. Viaene
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Publication number: 20170142900Abstract: A monitoring system for a combine harvester having a header with a header width for harvesting a crop. The monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors, configured to provide a plurality of measurement waves to a discharge area for crop residue, and receive a plurality of response waves reflected from the discharge area. The system further includes a processing unit comprising an input terminal configured to receive a response signal of the plurality of sensors, the response signal representative of the plurality of response waves reflected from the discharge area. The processing unit is configured to process the response signal and determine, based on the response signal, a distribution of the crop residue over the discharge area. The processing unit further comprises an output terminal configured to output a distribution signal representative of the distribution of the crop residue over the discharge area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Thomas Mahieu, Bart M.A. Missotten, Bart Lenaerts, Frederik Tallir, Jeroen Lowie
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Patent number: D860232Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Bart M. A. Missotten, Glenn Aesaert, Michael Carpentier, Dre W. J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Ricardo Mesquita, Karel M. C. Viaene, Bart Vroman, Johnny M. F. Scherrens