Patents by Inventor Robert Francis Zyskowski

Robert Francis Zyskowski 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).

  • System and method for managing and predicting crop performance
    Patent number: 8671006
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of managing fertilizer and irrigation inputs for a crop, the method comprising obtaining management data for the crop, the management data including a planting date for the crop; obtaining weather data representative of the geographic area of the crop; obtaining soil description data representative of the geographic area of the crop; calculating an emergence date at least partly from the planting date; calculating a plurality of nitrogen deficit values at least partly from the emergence date and the soil description data, the nitrogen deficit values associated with respective dates each later than the emergence date; calculating a plurality of water deficit values at least partly from the emergence date and the weather data, the water deficit values associated with respective dates each later than the emergence date; and presenting on a display a schedule of recommended nitrogen application values, irrigation values and application dates, the schedule calculated at least partly
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
    Inventors: Robert Francis Zyskowski, Peter Douglas Jamieson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND PREDICTING CROP PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20100306012
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of managing fertiliser and irrigation inputs for a crop, the method comprising obtaining management data for the crop, the management data including a planting date for the crop; obtaining weather data representative of the geographic area of the crop; obtaining soil description data representative of the geographic area of the crop; calculating an emergence date at least partly from the planting date; calculating a plurality of nitrogen deficit values at least partly from the emergence date and the soil description data, the nitrogen deficit values associated with respective dates each later than the emergence date; calculating a plurality of water deficit values at least partly from the emergence date and the weather data, the water deficit values associated with respective dates each later than the emergence date; and presenting on a display a schedule of recommended nitrogen application values, irrigation values and application dates, the schedule calculated at least partly
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research limited
    Inventors: Robert Francis Zyskowski, Peter Douglas Jamieson