Patents by Inventor Baptiste Lelong

Baptiste Lelong 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).

  • Patent number: 10602665
    Abstract: A robotic system for use in agriculture includes at least one tool-holding arm to hold an agricultural tool and capable of being controlled to enable the agricultural tool to be raised or lowered, a sensor for measuring the height of crops, and a computer to determine a set value for controlling the at least one tool-holding arm on the basis of measurements taken by the sensor for measuring the crop height. The tool-holding arm is connected to a connection member such that it can be mounted on a control arm provided on an agricultural vehicle. The computer can determine a set value for controlling the control arm to enable the tool-holding arm to be raised or lowered on the basis of measurements taken by the sensor for measuring the crop height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nolwenn Briquet-Kerestedjian, Frederic Colledani, Christophe Duissard, Baptiste Lelong, Delphin Theallier
  • Patent number: 10420279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for adjusting the height of an agricultural implement, including an arm that can be controlled so as to raise and lower the implement; a height measuring sensor mounted on the arm and positioned in front of the implement in the direction of travel of the vehicle equipped with the arm. A calculator configured to provide a control set point for the height of the arm on the basis of the measurements obtained by the sensor, wherein the sensor is a light screen device formed by an emitter in the form of a column of light sources and a receiver in the form of a column of photoreceptors. The emitter and the receiver are mounted on the arm facing one another and extending along their longitudinal axis, perpendicularly to the ground, in order to measure the height of plants located therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nolwenn Briquet-Kerestedjian, Frederic Colledani, Baptiste Lelong
  • Patent number: 10172289
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for adjusting the height of an agricultural implement, including an arm that can be controlled to raise and lower the implement, a height measuring sensor, and a calculator configured to provide a control set point for the height of the arm on the basis of the measurements obtained by the height measuring sensor. The height measuring sensor is an imaging system including at least one camera mounted such that the sensor can form an image of a scene located in front of the agricultural implement in the direction of travel of the vehicle equipped with the arm. A computer processing unit is configured to produce, on the basis of the images delivered by the at least one camera, a 3D reconstruction representative of the depth of the aforementioned scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGUE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nolwenn Briquet-Kerestedjian, Frederic Colledani, Baptiste Lelong, Patrick Sayd
  • Publication number: 20180279556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for adjusting the height of an agricultural implement, including an arm that can be controlled to raise and lower the implement, a height measuring sensor, and a calculator configured to provide a control set point for the height of the arm on the basis of the measurements obtained by the height measuring sensor. The height measuring sensor is an imaging system including at least one camera mounted such that the sensor can form an image of a scene located in front of the agricultural implement in the direction of travel of the vehicle equipped with the arm. A computer processing unit is configured to produce, on the basis of the images delivered by the at least one camera, a 3D reconstruction representative of the depth of the aforementioned scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nolwenn BRIQUET-KERESTEDJIAN, Frederic COLLEDANI, Baptiste LELONG, Patrick SAYD
  • Publication number: 20180199502
    Abstract: A robotic system for use in agriculture includes at least one tool-holding arm to hold an agricultural tool and capable of being controlled to enable the agricultural tool to be raised or lowered, a sensor for measuring the height of crops, and a computer to determine a set value for controlling the at least one tool-holding arm on the basis of measurements taken by the sensor for measuring the crop height. The tool-holding arm is connected to a connection member such that it can be mounted on a control arm provided on an agricultural vehicle. The computer can determine a set value for controlling the control arm to enable the tool-holding arm to be raised or lowered on the basis of measurements taken by the sensor for measuring the crop height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nolwenn BRIQUET-KERESTEDJIAN, Frederic COLLEDANI, Christophe DUISSARD, Baptiste LELONG, Delphin THEALLIER
  • Publication number: 20170303470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for adjusting the height of an agricultural implement, including an arm that can be controlled so as to raise and lower the implement; a height measuring sensor mounted on the arm and positioned in front of the implement in the direction of travel of the vehicle equipped with the arm. A calculator configured to provide a control set point for the height of the arm on the basis of the measurements obtained by the sensor, wherein the sensor is a light screen device formed by an emitter in the form of a column of light sources and a receiver in the form of a column of photoreceptors. The emitter and the receiver are mounted on the arm facing one another and extending along their longitudinal axis, perpendicularly to the ground, in order to measure the height of plants located therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nolwenn BRIQUET-KERESTEDJIAN, Frederic COLLEDANI, Baptiste LELONG
  • Publication number: 20090042300
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of gene expression in plants and describes methods and constructs using the first intron of a FAD2 gene in order to enhance gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: BIOGEMMA S.A.S.
    Inventors: Wyatt Paul, Thierry Risacher, Baptiste Lelong