Patents by Inventor Aurelien BENOIT-LEVY

Aurelien BENOIT-LEVY 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 railway weeding
    Patent number: 12258055
    Abstract: A weeding system for a railway weeding vehicle including at least one camera for mounting on a railway vehicle to acquire an image of a portion of a railway track while the railway vehicle is moving. The system also includes a spraying unit to be mounted on the railway vehicle, a control unit to receive images from the camera, generate a weed species detection signal and selectively cause the spraying of a chemical agent on the basis of the weed species detection signal. The control unit executes a training-based algorithm based on a set of reference images labeled to indicate the presence or not of at least one weed species in the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Bilberry SAS
    Inventors: Aurelien Benoit-Levy, Loic Steunou, Hugo Serrat
  • Weeding system and method for use in agriculture
    Patent number: 12035702
    Abstract: A weeding system for an agricultural weeding vehicle including at least one camera for mounting on an agricultural vehicle to acquire an image of a portion of a field while the agricultural vehicle is moving. The system also includes a spraying unit to be mounted on the agricultural vehicle, a control unit to receive images from the camera, generate a weed species detection signal and selectively cause the spraying of a chemical agent by the spraying unit on the basis of the weed species detection signal. The control unit executes a training-based algorithm based on a set of reference images labeled to indicate the presence or not of at least one weed species in the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bilberry SAS
    Inventors: Aurelien Benoit-Levy, Loic Steunou, Hugo Serrat
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAILWAY WEEDING
    Publication number: 20220076065
    Abstract: A weeding system for a railway weeding vehicle including at least one camera for mounting on a railway vehicle to acquire an image of a portion of a railway track while the railway vehicle is moving. The system also includes a spraying unit to be mounted on the railway vehicle, a control unit to receive images from the camera, generate a weed species detection signal and selectively cause the spraying of a chemical agent on the basis of the weed species detection signal. The control unit executes a training-based algorithm based on a set of reference images labeled to indicate the presence or not of at least one weed species in the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Aurelien BENOIT-LEVY, Loic STEUNOU, Hugo SERRAT
  • A WEEDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN AGRICULTURE
    Publication number: 20220071192
    Abstract: A weeding system for an agricultural weeding vehicle including at least one camera for mounting on an agricultural vehicle to acquire an image of a portion of a field while the agricultural vehicle is moving. The system also includes a spraying unit to be mounted on the agricultural vehicle, a control unit to receive images from the camera, generate a weed species detection signal and selectively cause the spraying of a chemical agent by the spraying unit on the basis of the weed species detection signal. The control unit executes a training-based algorithm based on a set of reference images labeled to indicate the presence or not of at least one weed species in the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Aurelien BENOIT-LEVY, Loic STEUNOU, Hugo SERRAT