Patents by Inventor DONALD AVEY

DONALD AVEY 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: 11625798
    Abstract: Methods and systems for crop management are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving first information associated with an environmental management zone. The first information can relate to one or more of a land characteristic and a management practice. The first information can comprise a soil type of the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise, receiving historical weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise receiving real-time weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise executing a growth model to predict a nitrogen range for the environmental management zone based on one or more of the first information, the historical weather data, and the real-time weather data. The nitrogen range can comprise probabilities for one or more of a current time period and a future time period in the growing season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Donald Avey, Robert Alan Gunzenhauser, Joe Hanson, Bruce J Walker, Sean Warnick, Jun Wei, Chris Winkler
  • Publication number: 20220253957
    Abstract: Methods and systems for crop management are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving first information associated with an environmental management zone. The first information can relate to one or more of a land characteristic and a management practice. The first information can comprise a soil type of the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise, receiving historical weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise receiving real-time weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise executing a growth model to predict a nitrogen range for the environmental management zone based on one or more of the first information, the historical weather data, and the real-time weather data. The nitrogen range can comprise probabilities for one or more of a current time period and a future time period in the growing season.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Avey, Robert Alan Gunzenhauser, Joe Hanson, Bruce J. Walker, Sean Warnick, Jun Wei, Chris Winkler
  • Patent number: 11341591
    Abstract: Methods and systems for crop management are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving first information associated with an environmental management zone. The first information can relate to one or more of a land characteristic and a management practice. The first information can comprise a soil type of the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise, receiving historical weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise receiving real-time weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise executing a growth model to predict a nitrogen range for the environmental management zone based on one or more of the first information, the historical weather data, and the real-time weather data. The nitrogen range can comprise probabilities for one or more of a current time period and a future time period in the growing season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Donald Avey, Robert Alan Gunzenhauser, Joe Hanson, Bruce J Walker, Sean Warnick, Jun Wei, Chris Winkler
  • Publication number: 20210012442
    Abstract: Methods and systems for crop management are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving first information associated with an environmental management zone. The first information can relate to one or more of a land characteristic and a management practice. The first information can comprise a soil type of the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise, receiving historical weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise receiving real-time weather data relating to the environmental management zone. An example method can comprise executing a growth model to predict a nitrogen range for the environmental management zone based on one or more of the first information, the historical weather data, and the real-time weather data. The nitrogen range can comprise probabilities for one or more of a current time period and a future time period in the growing season.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: DONALD AVEY, ROBERT ALAN GUNZENHAUSER, JOE HANSON, BRUCE J. WALKER, SEAN WARNICK, JUN WEI, CHRIS WINKLER
  • Publication number: 20140188573
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and computer program products are provided for facilitating the exploration and evaluation of the comparative performance of agricultural inputs. Methods are provided that include receiving selection of one or more primary agricultural inputs and one or more comparison agricultural inputs. The methods further include accessing one or more primary data points comprising at least one performance measurement regarding the primary agricultural input and accessing one or more comparison data points comprising at least one performance measurement regarding the comparison agricultural input. The methods also include determining one or more comparative performance data points based on the primary and comparison data points and causing information regarding the comparative performance data points to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Avey, Phillip L. Bax
  • Publication number: 20140067745
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and computer program products are provided for providing targeted recommendations of agricultural inputs based on a given localized usage context. Methods are provided that include receiving one or more indications of the localized usage context, determining one or more suggested agricultural inputs based on the usage context, and causing the one or more suggested agricultural inputs to be provided. In the context of a further method, a plurality of usage scenarios may be presented for selection, each of the usage scenarios being associated with one or more additional indications of the localized usage context. According to an additional method, probabilities of achieving target and minimum acceptable yields may be determined and presented along with the usage scenarios, thereby allowing a user to select one or more usage scenarios in order to receive the input recommendations based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Avey, Phillip L. Bax, Wade Alexander Givens, Robert L. Heimbaugh, Steven Brent Mitchell, Jun Wei
  • Publication number: 20060293913
    Abstract: An agricultural input supplier can provide seed products by tying the compensation received for the seed products to an evaluation of the land base on which the seed products are to be planted and/or the performance of the seed products on the land base. The evaluation of the land base may be based on environmental classification and/or genotype-by-environment data. In addition to tying the compensation to the land quality and the seed performance, this approach to providing seed allows for recommendations to be made to the producer regarding which seed products should be used on the land base. The performance of the seed product on the land base may also be verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. du PONT de NEMOURS and COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Iwig, Joseph Foresman, Sue Hoover, Donald Avey, Phillip Bax, Richard Brooke, David Ertl, Joseph Gogerty, David Harwood, Michael Lauer, Terry Meyer, Todd Peterson, Andrew Goodman, J. Wanamaker
  • Publication number: 20060282296
    Abstract: Managing risks of crop production can be performed by understanding the relative performance of different agricultural inputs under the same or similar environmental conditions. In addition, managing of crop production risks can be performed by understanding variations in the performance of the same agricultural inputs over a range of environmental conditions. By being able to describe and understand these variations in performance, decisions can be made which are consistent with overall business and/or production objectives and limit risk associated with variations in environmental conditions. In addition to producers there are other stakeholders in the crop production process, such as financial institutions, insurance providers, users of crops produced, and input suppliers. These and other stakeholders can provide financial incentives to producers for managing crop production risks through use of environmental classification and/or genotype-by-environment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Avey, Phillip Bax, Richard Brooke, David Ertl, Joseph Gogerty, David Harwood, Michael Lauer, Terry Meyer, Todd Peterson
  • Publication number: 20060282299
    Abstract: Methods and software for selecting seed products or other agricultural inputs for planting within an associated land base include classifying the land base with an environmental classification, determining at least one seed product to plant within the land base based on the environmental classification, and providing an output comprising identification of the at least one seed product to plant within the land base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: DONALD AVEY, PHILLIP BAX, RICHARD BROOKE, DAVID ERTL, JOSEPH GOGERTY, DAVID HARWOOD, MICHAEL LAUER, TERRY MEYER, TODD PETERSON, ROBERT IWIG
  • Publication number: 20060282228
    Abstract: Methods and software for selecting seed products or other agricultural inputs for planting within an associated land base include dividing the field into regions, providing an environmental profile for each of regions, determining a recommendation of a seed product to plant within each of the regions based on the environmental profile and performance of the genotype of each of the seed products in the environmental profile of the regions, and providing an output identifying the seed product to plant within each of the regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: DONALD AVEY, PHILLIP BAX, RICHARD BROOKE, DAVID ERTL, JOSEPH GOGERTY, DAVID HARWOOD, MICHAEL LAUER, TERRY MEYER, TODD PETERSON