Patents by Inventor Aki Juha Antero Putkonen

Aki Juha Antero Putkonen 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).

  • Method and arrangement for monitoring the collection of plant material
    Patent number: 9880559
    Abstract: A method of and arrangement for monitoring the collection of plant material includes the following steps and apparatus for executing these steps, respectively: collecting plant location and attribute data with respect to plant material, before and/or during and/or after harvesting the plant material, providing the plant location and attribute data on a collecting vehicle adapted to collect the harvested plant material, moving the collecting vehicle to the harvested plant material based on the plant location data, collecting the harvested plant material, sensing attribute data of the harvested plant material before and/or during and/or after the collecting, and comparing the sensed attribute data with the plant attribute data and generating an output dependent on the result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Aki Juha Antero Putkonen, Johannes Kaarnametsä, Vesa Siltanen
  • METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING THE COLLECTION OF PLANT MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170075354
    Abstract: A method of and arrangement for monitoring the collection of plant material includes the following steps and apparatus for executing these steps, respectively: collecting plant location and attribute data with respect to plant material, before and/or during and/or after harvesting the plant material, providing the plant location and attribute data on a collecting vehicle adapted to collect the harvested plant material, moving the collecting vehicle to the harvested plant material based on the plant location data, collecting the harvested plant material, sensing attribute data of the harvested plant material before and/or during and/or after the collecting, and comparing the sensed attribute data with the plant attribute data and generating an output dependent on the result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Aki Juha Antero Putkonen, Johannes Kaarnametsä, Vesa Siltanen