Patents by Inventor Andre Robert

Andre Robert 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).

  • Publication number: 20250139965
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may determine a first real-world geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The system can receive captured images depicting real-world agricultural objects of a geographic scene. The system can associate captured images with the determined geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The treatment system can identify, from a group of mapped and indexed images, images having a second real-word geo-spatial location that is proximate with the first real-world geo-spatial location. The treatment system can compare at least a portion of the identified images with at least a portion of the captured images. The treatment system can determine a target object and emit a fluid projectile at the target object using a treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Lorenzo Ibarria, Curtis Dale Garner, Patrick Christopher Leger, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, John Phillip Hurliman, II, Wisit Jirattigalachote, Hasan Tafish
  • Patent number: 12262663
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
  • Patent number: 12205369
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may determine a first real-world geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The system can receive captured images depicting real-world agricultural objects of a geographic scene. The system can associate captured images with the determined geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The treatment system can identify, from a group of mapped and indexed images, images having a second real-word geo-spatial location that is proximate with the first real-world geo-spatial location. The treatment system can compare at least a portion of the identified images with at least a portion of the captured images. The treatment system can determine a target object and emit a fluid projectile at the target object using a treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Lorenzo Ibarria, Curtis Dale Garner, Patrick Christopher Leger, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, John Phillip Hurliman, II, Wisit Jirattigalachote, Hasan Tafish
  • Publication number: 20240324486
    Abstract: A system provides for receiving data representing a policy with which to implement one or more actions in association with one or more subsets of agricultural objects. The system identifies a subset of payloads to provide actions based on data representing the policy for one or more subsets of agricultural objects. The system determines whether a payload is sufficient to implement the one or more actions. The system transmits data representing executable instructions to implement the one or more actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
  • Patent number: 12101615
    Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm (12) comprising a woven fibre body supports damping material (25), for example PVA polymer, on a rearward-facing surface (24). The woven fibre body may be formed of lengths (14) non-metallic fibre material (for example glass fibre) coating with a thin metal coating (32). The mass of the layer of damping material (25) may be less than the mass of the woven fibre body. An attractive sparkly looking loudspeaker diaphragm (12) may thus be provided which damps undesirable vibration whilst providing a flatter frequency-response curve (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: B&W Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas O′Brien, Martial Andre Robert Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20240295192
    Abstract: A fuel supply circuit of an aircraft engine includes a centrifugal pump mechanically coupled with an engine shaft delivering mechanical power. The circuit further includes at least one electromagnetic pump including at least one stator delimiting an annular internal volume in which is present a rotor able to drive a fluid, a plurality of magnets annularly distributed on the rotor and at least a plurality of coils annularly distributed inside the stator face-to-face with the magnets. The rotor is connected to the engine shaft by a one-way clutching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Albert Robert DUPEU, Jean-Marie André Robert GIGON, David Simon Serge TAIEB
  • Publication number: 20240268248
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatuses, methods, systems, and computer program products described herein are directed to a treatment system having a first group of in line emitters, a second group of in line emitters, and one or more payload sources, configured to identify a first group of one or more agricultural objects, select a first emitter from the first group of in line emitters to apply a first liquid-based treatment to the identified first group of one or more agricultural objects, identify a second group of one or more agricultural objects, select a second emitter from the second group of in line emitters to apply a second liquid-based treatment to the identified second group of one or more agricultural objects, simultaneously apply the first liquid-based treatment towards the first group of one or more agricultural objects and apply the second liquid-based treatment towards the second group of one or more agricultural objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
  • Patent number: 12006873
    Abstract: A fuel supply circuit of an aircraft engine includes a centrifugal pump mechanically coupled with an engine shaft delivering mechanical power. The circuit further includes at least one electromagnetic pump including at least one stator delimiting an annular internal volume in which is present a rotor able to drive a fluid, a plurality of magnets annularly distributed on the rotor and at least a plurality of coils annularly distributed inside the stator face-to-face with the magnets. The rotor is connected to the engine shaft by a one-way clutching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Albert Robert Dupeu, Jean-Marie André Robert Gigon, David Simon Serge Taieb
  • Patent number: 12004443
    Abstract: Computer vision and autonomous identification of objects are used for the application of a treatment to an object. Robotics and mobility technologies navigate a delivery system which is configured to identify and apply an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. The delivery system identifies a subset of payloads to provide one or more actions based on data representing a policy for one or more subsets of agricultural objects. The delivery system causes one or more cartridges to be charged based on the subset of payloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
  • Publication number: 20240141911
    Abstract: A turbomachine including a rotary body including a motor shaft supplying mechanical power, and at least one magnetic drive pump including at least: one stator delimiting an annular inner space and including a first and a second flange, a rotor arranged in the inner space between the first and second flanges and capable of driving fluid, the rotor being able to rotate about an axis of rotation, a pair of magnets having opposite polarities coaxially arranged on the rotor with the axis of rotation, a magnet arranged on the first flange in order to co-operate with one of the magnets of the pair of magnets of the rotor, a magnetic rotator for rotating the rotor arranged on the second flange, the second flange being non-magnetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: David Simon Serge TAIEB, Jean-Marie Andre Robert GIGON, Franck Albert Robert DUPEU
  • Patent number: 11963473
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include, receiving data representing a policy specifying a type of action for an agricultural object, selecting an emitter with which to perform a type of action for the agricultural object as one of one or more classified subsets, and configuring the agricultural projectile delivery system to activate an emitter to propel an agricultural projectile to intercept the agricultural object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
  • Publication number: 20240074340
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously survey an agricultural environment. In some examples, a system can receive sensor data of a geographic boundary from one or more sensors onboard of the agricultural observation system, detect a plurality of external dynamic objects, a plurality of external static objects, one or more agricultural objects, or a combination thereof from the sensor data, determine a position of a component of the agricultural observation system relative to the plurality of external dynamic objects, the plurality of external static objects, the one or more agricultural objects, or a combination thereof, and generate a local map, in real time, via one or more processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
  • Publication number: 20240048910
    Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm (12) comprising a woven fibre body supports damping material (25), for example PVA polymer, on a rearward-facing surface (24). The woven fibre body may be formed of lengths (14) non-metallic fibre material (for example glass fibre) coating with a thin metal coating (32). The mass of the layer of damping material (25) may be less than the mass of the woven fibre body. An attractive sparkly looking loudspeaker diaphragm (12) may thus be provided which damps undesirable vibration whilst providing a flatter frequency-response curve (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas O'Brien, Martial Andre Robert Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20230413798
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may receive captured sensor data of an agricultural environment by one or more image capture devices, generate a first image from the captured sensor data, detect a first real-world agricultural object from the first image, determine a first pose of the first real-world agricultural object, identify the detected first real-world agricultural object as a new agricultural object or a preidentified agricultural object, and determine a treatment policy associated with the first real-world agricultural object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Lorenzo Ibarria, Curtis Dale Garner, Patrick Christopher Leger, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, John Phillip Hurliman, II, Wisit Jirattigalochote, Hasan Tafish
  • Patent number: 11812681
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include, receiving data representing a policy specifying a type of action for an agricultural object, selecting an emitter with which to perform a type of action for the agricultural object as one of one or more classified subsets, and configuring the agricultural projectile delivery system to activate an emitter to propel an agricultural projectile to intercept the agricultural object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Curtis Dale Garner, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Lorenzo Ibarria, Patrick Christopher Leger, Benjamin Rewis, Shi Yan
  • Publication number: 20230360392
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may determine a first real-world geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The system can receive captured images depicting real-world agricultural objects of a geographic scene. The system can associate captured images with the determined geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The treatment system can identify, from a group of mapped and indexed images, images having a second real-word geo-spatial location that is proximate with the first real-world geo-spatial location. The treatment system can compare at least a portion of the identified images with at least a portion of the captured images. The treatment system can determine a target object and emit a fluid projectile at the target object using a treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Lorenzo Ibarria, Curtis Dale Garner, Patrick Christopher Leger, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, John Phillip Hurliman, II, Wisit Jirattigalochote, Hasan Tafish
  • Patent number: 11802195
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), 70 phr to 95 phr of diene based elastomer, wherein said diene based elastomer comprises 25 phr to 60 phr of a first diene based elastomer having a glass transition temperature within a range of ?49° C. to ?15° C., and 10 phr to 45 phr of a second diene based elastomer having a glass transition temperature within a range of ?50° C. to ?110° C., 5 phr to 30 phr of one or more of natural rubber and synthetic polyisoprene rubber, 40 phr to 70 phr of silica, and 10 phr to 40 phr of at least one terpene resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 900 g/mol. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to tire comprising a tire tread with aforementioned rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Claude Schweitzer, Cecilia Aguiar Da Silva, Marc-André Robert Paulus, Marc Antoine Norbert Hédo, Serge Guillaume Feltes, Stefano Picchiotti
  • Patent number: 11751558
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may determine a first real-world geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The system can receive captured images depicting real-world agricultural objects of a geographic scene. The system can associate captured images with the determined geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The treatment system can identify, from a group of mapped and indexed images, images having a second real-word geo-spatial location that is proximate with the first real-world geo-spatial location. The treatment system can compare at least a portion of the identified images with at least a portion of the captured images. The treatment system can determine a target object and emit a fluid projectile at the target object using a treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Lorenzo Ibarria, Curtis Dale Garner, Patrick Christopher Leger, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, John Phillip Hurliman, II, Wisit Jirattigalochote, Hasan Tafish
  • Patent number: 11743651
    Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm (12) comprising a woven fibre body supports damping material (25), for example PVA polymer, on a rearward-facing surface (24). The woven fibre body may be formed of lengths (14) non-metallic fibre material (for example glass fibre) coating with a thin metal coating (32). The mass of the layer of damping material (25) may be less than the mass of the woven fibre body. An attractive sparkly looking loudspeaker diaphragm (12) may thus be provided which damps undesirable vibration whilst providing a flatter frequency-response curve (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: B&W Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas O'Brien, Martial Andre Robert Rousseau
  • Patent number: 11694434
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system may determine a first real-world geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The system can receive captured images depicting real-world agricultural objects of a geographic scene. The system can associate captured images with the determined geo-spatial location of the treatment system. The treatment system can identify, from a group of mapped and indexed images, images having a second real-word geo-spatial location that is proximate with the first real-world geo-spatial location. The treatment system can compare at least a portion of the identified images with at least a portion of the captured images. The treatment system can determine a target object and emit a fluid projectile at the target object using a treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Verdant Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Lorenzo Ibarria, Curtis Dale Garner, Patrick Christopher Leger, Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, John Phillip Hurliman, II, Wisit Jirattigalochote, Hasan Tafish