Patents by Inventor Christopher V. Horton

Christopher V. Horton 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).

  • Patent number: 11627724
    Abstract: A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones for real-time monitoring, delivery and dispensing of feed in feed bunks associated with feed lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Digi-Star, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher V. Horton, Samuel R. Vorpahl
  • Patent number: 11027248
    Abstract: An Animal Feed Mixer (Dairy or Beef) Scale indicator system records Feed Mixer Operating Speed along with the operating temperatures and hydraulic & lube oil pressures of the mixer gearboxes and hydraulic drive system and notifies the operator and records the temperature or pressures, along with the weight, date, and time, when limits have been exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DIGI-STAR, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome A. Bump, Jack Allen Danner, Christopher V. Horton
  • Patent number: 10421050
    Abstract: A method of operation of a machine control indicator located on a first machine includes the step of monitoring operational parameters of a second machine operationally associated with a first machine. Each of the operational parameters is associated with a common clock of the machine control indicator. The operational parameters are stored in a memory of the machine control indicator with a date and time stamp based on the common clock. The operational parameters are transmitted along with the date and time stamp to a user device separate from the first machine and the second machine. In one embodiment, the operational parameters comprise one or more of a weight value, a rotation value, a revolutions per minute value, a peak weight value, a gearbox temperature value, and a hydraulic pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: DIGI-STAR, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome A. Bump, Jack Allen Danner, Christopher V. Horton
  • Patent number: 10321663
    Abstract: A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones to improve the real-time monitoring, measuring and analysis of the health of livestock, in particular, the core body temperatures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: DIGI-STAR, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher V. Horton, Samuel R. Vorpahl
  • Publication number: 20190159431
    Abstract: A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones for real-time monitoring, delivery and dispensing of feed in feed bunks associated with feed lots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Digi-Star, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher V. Horton, Samuel R. Vorpahl
  • Patent number: 10231441
    Abstract: A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones for real-time monitoring, delivery and dispensing of feed in feed bunks associated with feed lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: DIGI-STAR, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher V. Horton, Samuel R. Vorpahl
  • Publication number: 20170127606
    Abstract: A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones to improve the monitoring, measuring and mapping of a field in order to produce contour maps that will be used in working a field, in particular, controlling a direction of tillage and/or controlling the spreading of matter (e.g., fertilizer, manure or sewage treatment sludge) across the field while preventing undue erosion and/or runoff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Digi-Star, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher V. Horton
  • Publication number: 20170086429
    Abstract: A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones for real-time monitoring, delivery and dispensing of feed in feed bunks associated with feed lots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: DIGI-STAR, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher V. Horton, Samuel R. Vorpahl
  • Publication number: 20170086428
    Abstract: A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones to improve the real-time monitoring, measuring and analysis of the health of livestock, in particular, the core body temperatures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: DIGI-STAR, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher V. Horton, Samuel R. Vorpahl
  • Publication number: 20160339405
    Abstract: A method of operation of a machine control indicator located on a first machine includes the step of monitoring operational parameters of a second machine operationally associated with a first machine. Each of the operational parameters is associated with a common clock of the machine control indicator. The operational parameters are stored in a memory of the machine control indicator with a date and time stamp based on the common clock. The operational parameters are transmitted along with the date and time stamp to a user device separate from the first machine and the second machine. In one embodiment, the operational parameters comprise one or more of a weight value, a rotation value, a revolutions per minute value, a peak weight value, a gearbox temperature value, and a hydraulic pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Digi-Star, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome A. Bump, Jack Allen Danner, Christopher V. Horton
  • Publication number: 20160339406
    Abstract: An Animal Feed Mixer (Dairy or Beef) Scale indicator system records Feed Mixer Operating Speed along with the operating temperatures and hydraulic & lube oil pressures of the mixer gearboxes and hydraulic drive system and notifies the operator and records the temperature or pressures, along with the weight, date, and time, when limits have been exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Digi-Star, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome A. Bump, Jack Allen Danner, Christopher V. Horton