Patents by Inventor Bradley D. Null

Bradley D. Null 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).

  • Remote contactless stereoscopic mass estimation system
    Patent number: 8369566
    Abstract: A contactless system and method for estimating the mass or weight of a target object is provided. The target object is imaged and a spatial representation of the target animal is derived from the images. A virtual spatial model is provided of a characteristic object of a class of object to which the target object belongs. The virtual spatial model is reshape to optimally fit the spatial representation of the individual animal. Finally, the mass or weight of the target object is estimated as a function of shape variables characterizing the reshaped virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Eric D. Sinzinger, Bradley D. Null
  • Remote Contactless Stereoscopic Mass Estimation System
    Publication number: 20100289879
    Abstract: A contactless system and method for estimating the mass or weight of a target object is provided. The target object is imaged and a spatial representation of the target animal is derived from the images. A virtual spatial model is provided of a characteristic object of a class of object to which the target object belongs. The virtual spatial model is reshape to optimally fit the spatial representation of the individual animal. Finally, the mass or weight of the target object is estimated as a function of shape variables characterizing the reshaped virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Eric D. Sinzinger, Bradley D. Null