Patents by Inventor Peter Carl KUFFNER

Peter Carl KUFFNER 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).

  • Plant scanning vehicle
    Patent number: 11420491
    Abstract: Plant scanning vehicles (10) including, but not limited to, plant scanning vehicles for use in field-based phenotyping. There is a central body (16); three or more legs (15) extending from the central body (16) to support a wheel (13) on each leg (15); wherein the three or more legs (15) are mounted to the central body (16) rotatably about a respective vertical axis (95) to allow adjustment of a track width W of the vehicle by rotating the legs wherein the legs are mechanically coupled to transmit rotation between the legs about their respective vertical axes and the central body (16) or the three or more legs (13) are configured to support a sensor (47) to scan plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Xavier Raymond Richard Sirault, Michael Salim, Peter Carl Kuffner, Jose Antonio Jimenez-Berni, Richard Sulman
  • PLANT SCANNING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200215865
    Abstract: Plant scanning vehicles (10) including, but not limited to, plant scanning vehicles for use in field-based phenotyping. There is a central body (16); three or more legs (15) extending from the central body (16) to support a wheel (13) on each leg (15); wherein the three or more legs (15) are mounted to the central body (16) rotatably about a respective vertical axis (95) to allow adjustment of a track width W of the vehicle by rotating the legs wherein the legs are mechanically coupled to transmit rotation between the legs about their respective vertical axes and the central body (16) or the three or more legs (13) are configured to support a sensor (47) to scan plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Xavier Raymond Richard SIRAULT, Michael SALIM, Peter Carl KUFFNER, Jose Antonio JIMENEZ-BERNI, Richard SULMAN