PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a crop harvester which does not wastefully consume energy by efficient harvest work.SOLUTION: The crop harvester is formed with an unloading route for taking a picture of a carrot X conveyed in a state that the foliage portion W of the carrot is nipped by a conveyance mechanism Ca, with a camera 21 from a side position, deciding the grade of the carrot X on the basis of the taken result, cutting off the carrot X of a low grade from the foliage portion W by an unloading cutter 25, and then unloading the cut carrot X to a field outside a crawler travel device.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】効率的な収穫作業により無駄にエネルギーを消費することのない作物収穫機を構成する。【解決手段】搬送機構Caで茎葉部Wが挟持される形態で搬送される人参Xを側方位置からカメラ21で撮影し、撮影結果に基づいて人参Xの等級を判定し、低い等級の人参Xを排出カッター25で茎葉部Wから切り離してクローラ走行装置の外方の圃場面に排出する排出経路を形成した。【選択図】図8
