Patents by Inventor David Anthony Fowler

David Anthony Fowler 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: 10223588
    Abstract: System and techniques for an image filter based on row identification are described herein. A crop row center represented in an image of a crop row can be calculated. A filter corresponding to a set of expected crop characteristics of the crop row can be obtained. Elements in the image can then be categorized based on applying the filter to the image when the filter anchored on the crop row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Ernest Wilson, Robert Leonard Nelson, Jr., David Anthony Fowler
  • Publication number: 20170302760
    Abstract: In a system and method for a web based system using events and pushed web content to interact with remote users for notifications and data collections operations may be performed including receiving, from a computing device, event data concerning a job being performed by a piece of agricultural equipment wherein the event data includes an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment. A database may be queried to determine a subscriber associated with the identifier. The event data may be transmitted to a network address associated with the subscriber. A response message may be received from the subscriber and forwarded to the computing device. The computing device may connect with the subscriber via a web application address included in the response message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: David Anthony Fowler, Mark Ingalls, Kelby R. Kleinsasser
  • Publication number: 20170228595
    Abstract: System and techniques for an image filter based on row identification are described herein. A crop row center represented in an image of a crop row can be calculated. A filter corresponding to a set of expected crop characteristics of the crop row can be obtained. Elements in the image can then be categorized based on applying the filter to the image when the filter anchored on the crop row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Edwin Ernest Wilson, Robert Leonard Nelson, JR., David Anthony Fowler
  • Patent number: 9691237
    Abstract: A system for generating a non-visual notification of a machine condition includes a machine condition sensor configured to sense a machine condition. A notification generation controller is in communication with the machine condition sensor. The notification generation controller generates a notification according to the sensed machine condition. In a feedback configuration the notification generation controller compares an integral of a rate of change of the sensed machine condition with a threshold to trigger the generation of a notification. In a guidance configuration the notification generation controller uses the deviation of the machine condition from a guidance direction determined with a steering algorithm to control the generation of a notification. A non-visual notification generator is in communication with the notification generation controller and generates a non-visual notification based on the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Leonard Nelson, Jr., David Anthony Fowler, Dale L. Gambill, Daniel R. Weber, Charles D. Parker, James Darrell McCauley
  • Patent number: 9675000
    Abstract: System and techniques for optical flow sensing applications in agricultural vehicles are described herein. A plurality of digital images of an agricultural environment can be obtained from a sensor affixed to agricultural equipment. The plurality of digital images can include a first image and a second image, the second image being captured subsequent to the first image. A transformation of a landmark between the first image and the second image can be identified. A degree of motion for the agricultural equipment relative to an environmental target can be calculated based on the transformation of the landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Ernest Wilson, Robert Leonard Nelson, Jr., David Anthony Fowler
  • Patent number: 9576215
    Abstract: System and techniques for an image filter based on row identification are described herein. A crop row center represented in an image of a crop row can be calculated. A filter corresponding to a set of expected crop characteristics of the crop row can be obtained. Elements in the image can then be categorized based on applying the filter to the image when the filter anchored on the crop row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Ernest Wilson, Robert Leonard Nelson, Jr., David Anthony Fowler
  • Patent number: 9259745
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for a multi-section applicator having variable-rate sections. In an example, an apparatus can include at least one distribution manifold, a user interface, and an applicator controller. The at least one distribution manifold distributes a substance and can include an inlet port configured to receive the substance, a plurality of outlet ports, one or more sensors located at an outlet port, a controllable valve that supplies the substance to the inlet port. The applicator controller measures a value of the distribution parameter using the sensor signal produced by the at least one sensor of an outlet port, detects when the measured value differs from a specified target value by more than a specified error threshold value, and presents an indication, using the user interface, that the measured value differs from the target value according to the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Ernest Kocer, Joshua D. Grabow, Warren L. Thompson, Steve S. Jensen, Patrick A. Hansen, Nicholas O. Michael, Scott Porter, Clarence Walt Fowler, David Anthony Fowler
  • Publication number: 20150324648
    Abstract: System and techniques for an image filter based on row identification are described herein. A crop row center represented in an image of a crop row can be calculated. A filter corresponding to a set of expected crop characteristics of the crop row can be obtained. Elements in the image can then be categorized based on applying the filter to the image when the filter anchored on the crop row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Edwin Ernest Wilson, Robert Leonard Nelson, JR., David Anthony Fowler
  • Publication number: 20150319911
    Abstract: System and techniques for optical flow sensing applications in agricultural vehicles are described herein. A plurality of digital images of an agricultural environment can be obtained from a sensor affixed to agricultural equipment. The plurality of digital images can include a first image and a second image, the second image being captured subsequent to the first image. A transformation of a landmark between the first image and the second image can be identified. A degree of motion for the agricultural equipment relative to an environmental target can be calculated based on the transformation of the landmark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Edwin Ernest Wilson, Robert Leonard Nelson, JR., David Anthony Fowler
  • Publication number: 20150097707
    Abstract: A system for generating a non-visual notification of a machine condition includes a machine condition sensor configured to sense a machine condition. A notification generation controller is in communication with the machine condition sensor. The notification generation controller generates a notification according to the sensed machine condition. In a feedback configuration the notification generation controller compares an integral of a rate of change of the sensed machine condition with a threshold to trigger the generation of a notification. In a guidance configuration the notification generation controller uses the deviation of the machine condition from a guidance direction determined with a steering algorithm to control the generation of a notification. A non-visual notification generator is in communication with the notification generation controller and generates a non-visual notification based on the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Leonard Nelson, JR., David Anthony Fowler, Dale L. Gambill, Daniel R. Weber, Charles D. Parker, James Darrell McCauley