Patents by Inventor Ajit K. Thankappan Pillai

Ajit K. Thankappan Pillai 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: 11856890
    Abstract: An agricultural system automatically detects a turn pattern and automatically identifies a next path that will be taken through the field. The agricultural system automatically controls the machine through the next turn that navigates the machine from a current path to the identified next path. This continues until a land size has been completed at which point the agricultural system identifies a next land in a field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Ryan C. Burnley, Michael A. Torzewski, Ajit K. Thankappan Pillai
  • Publication number: 20230389462
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of controlling a mobile agricultural machine includes receiving field map data representing a first agricultural operation performed on a field, receiving a location sensor signal indicative of a sensed geographic location of the mobile agricultural machine on the field, the mobile agricultural machine having a plurality of sections that are independently controllable to perform a second agricultural operation on the field that is different than the first agricultural operation, and generating a control signal to control the plurality of sections based on the field map data and the location sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Qiang R. LIU, Patrick C. DOUGHERTY, Michael R. MOODY, Ajit K. THANKAPPAN PILLAI
  • Publication number: 20230119306
    Abstract: An agricultural system automatically detects a turn pattern and automatically identifies a next path that will be taken through the field. The agricultural system automatically controls the machine through the next turn that navigates the machine from a current path to the identified next path. This continues until a land size has been completed at which point the agricultural system identifies a next land in a field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan C. BURNLEY, Michael A. Torzewski, Ajit K. Thankappan Pillai
  • Publication number: 20220128993
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to display acquisition paths. An example apparatus includes a display handler to, in response to a directional condition of an autonomous vehicle satisfying a threshold, render an acquisition path for the autonomous vehicle, the acquisition path specifying a route along which the autonomous vehicle is to travel to acquire a guidance path; and a vehicle condition controller to, in response to determining that a real time display criterion is satisfied, redetermine whether the directional condition of the autonomous vehicle satisfies the threshold to cause the display handler to re-render the acquisition path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan C. Burnley, Claudia R. Athens, Ajit K. Thankappan Pillai