Patents by Inventor Axel Roland Meyer

Axel Roland Meyer 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).

  • Harvester with a sensor mounted on an aircraft
    Patent number: 8909389
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring a plant population in front of a harvester and a transfer process of the crop from the harvester to a transport vehicle is arranged on an unmanned aircraft. The aircraft moves in the vicinity of the harvester in the harvesting mode and communicates in a wireless fashion with a control unit that controls an actuator for influencing an operating parameter of the harvester and/or the transport vehicle (in real time based on signals of the sensor in the harvesting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Axel Roland Meyer
  • HARVESTER WITH A SENSOR MOUNTED ON AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20120029732
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring a plant population in front of a harvester and a transfer process of the crop from the harvester to a transport vehicle is arranged on an unmanned aircraft. The aircraft moves in the vicinity of the harvester in the harvesting mode and communicates in a wireless fashion with a control unit that controls an actuator for influencing an operating parameter of the harvester and/or the transport vehicle (in real time based on signals of the sensor in the harvesting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Axel Roland Meyer