Systems for monitoring seeds and methods thereof

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PATENT NO 9867328
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14991210

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At least one example embodiment discloses a seed monitoring system including a light source configured to emit light in an interior of a seed tube, a plurality of light receivers, each of the plurality of light receivers configured to receive light in at least two sectors of a plurality of sectors of a plane in the interior of the seed tube and generate a sensing signal corresponding to the received light, a processing system including a plurality of conditioning channels, the processing system configured to process the sensing signals to generate conditioned signals and a controller configured to generate a seed count value based on the generated conditioned signals.

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DEERE & COMPANYONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265

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Garner, Elijah B Bettendorf, US 133 1901
Puhalla, Jeffrey S Hawley, US 15 240
Tevs, Nikolai Daytona Beach Shores, US 10 179

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