Patents by Inventor Bradley Null

Bradley 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: 8351656
    Abstract: A contactless system and method for estimating the volume, mass or weight of a target animal is provided. First, the target animal is imaged, preferably with a stereoscopic camera. A spatial representation of the target animal is derived from the stereoscopic images. Next, a virtual three-dimensional spatial model is provided, preferably having a shape resembling that of a characteristic of the animal to which the target animal belongs. A software module is provided to reshape the virtual spatial model, using a finite set of independently configurable shape variables, to approximately fit the spatial representation of the individual animal. Finally, the volume, mass or weight of the target animal is estimated as a function of shape variables characterizing the reshaped virtual model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Spicola Tool, LLC, Texas Tech University
    Inventors: Joseph A. Spicola, Erion Hasanbelliu, Amir C. Rubin, Eric Sinzinger, Bradley Null
  • Remote Contactless Stereoscopic Mass Estimation System
    Publication number: 20110196661
    Abstract: A contactless system and method for estimating the volume, mass or weight of a target animal is provided. First, the target animal is imaged, preferably with a stereoscopic camera. A spatial representation of the target animal is derived from the stereoscopic images. Next, a virtual three-dimensional spatial model is provided, preferably having a shape resembling that of a characteristic of the animal to which the target animal belongs. A software module is provided to reshape the virtual spatial model, using a finite set of independently configurable shape variables, to approximately fit the spatial representation of the individual animal. Finally, the volume, mass or weight of the target animal is estimated as a function of shape variables characterizing the reshaped virtual model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicants: SPICOLA TOOL, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph A. Spicola, Erion Hasanbelliu, Amir C. Rubin, Eric Sinzinger, Bradley Null