ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,830, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Temperature compensation system and method for NIR sample on baler" was invented by Kevin J. Hamilton (Newton, Kan.) and Patrick Kendrick (Hesston, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baler includes a near-infrared testing system configured to receive near-infrared radiation reflected by plant material in a bale and to analyze the near-infrared radiation and generate evaluation data reflecting one or more properties of the plant material. The near-infrared testing system is calibrated using a calibration sample at a calibration temperature. A temperature sensor meas...