Patents by Inventor Amy Stidworthy

Amy Stidworthy 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).

  • Turbulence monitoring and forecasting systems and methods
    Patent number: 11960049
    Abstract: Systems and methods are for determining and/or forecasting local atmospheric stability and/or turbulence. This information can be used to inform decisions regarding crop spraying, such as whether the atmospheric conditions are sufficiently turbulent to avoid airborne spray fines drifting in an undesirable manner. For example, a spray drift hazard alert system can include a data logger. The data logger is configured to: receive local meteorological observation data from one or more sensors at a location, analyze the data to determine a local vertical turbulence characteristic indicative of a current level of vertical turbulence at the location, compare the vertical turbulence characteristic with a predetermined threshold of the vertical turbulence characteristic, and transmit information to a client device indicating whether local meteorological conditions are suitable for crop spraying based on the comparison between the vertical turbulence characteristic and the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: The Western Australian Agriculture Authority, Grains Research and Development Corporation
    Inventors: Warwick Grace, Graeme Tepper, Amy Stidworthy, Martin Seaton, David Carruthers
  • TURBULENCE MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230194751
    Abstract: Systems and methods are for determining and/or forecasting local atmospheric stability and/or turbulence. This information can be used to inform decisions regarding crop spraying, such as whether the atmospheric conditions are sufficiently turbulent to avoid airborne spray fines drifting in an undesirable manner. For example, a spray drift hazard alert system can include a data logger. The data logger is configured to: receive local meteorological observation data from one or more sensors at a location, analyze the data to determine a local vertical turbulence characteristic indicative of a current level of vertical turbulence at the location, compare the vertical turbulence characteristic with a predetermined threshold of the vertical turbulence characteristic, and transmit information to a client device indicating whether local meteorological conditions are suitable for crop spraying based on the comparison between the vertical turbulence characteristic and the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Warwick Grace, Graeme Tepper, Amy Stidworthy, Martin Seaton, David Carruthers