Patents by Inventor Edward Theil

Edward Theil 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).

  • Apparatus and method for estimation of livestock weight
    Patent number: 8971586
    Abstract: A digital image of a target object is received and the image includes a plurality of pixels. The target object is at least a portion of an animal, and the portion of the animal is disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition. The weight of the animal is determined using the model and at least one characteristic. At least some of the pixels of the image of animal are analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal. The weight of the animal is determined using the at least one characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: Steve Gomas, John Sweeney, Edward Theil
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF LIVESTOCK WEIGHT
    Publication number: 20140193043
    Abstract: A digital image of a target object is received and the image includes a plurality of pixels. The target object is at least a portion of an animal, and the portion of the animal is disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition. The weight of the animal is determined using the model and at least one characteristic. At least some of the pixels of the image of animal are analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal. The weight of the animal is determined using the at least one characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Steve Gomas, John Sweeney, Edward Theil
  • Apparatus and method for estimation of livestock weight
    Patent number: 8755570
    Abstract: A digital image of a target object is received and the image includes a plurality of pixels. The target object is at least a portion of an animal, and the portion of the animal is disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition. The weight of the animal is determined using the model and at least one characteristic. At least some of the pixels of the image of animal are analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal. The weight of the animal is determined using the at least one characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventors: Steve Gomas, John Sweeney, Edward Theil
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF LIVESTOCK WEIGHT
    Publication number: 20120275659
    Abstract: A digital image of a target object is received and the image includes a plurality of pixels. The target object is at least a portion of an animal, and the portion of the animal is disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition. The weight of the animal is determined using the model and at least one characteristic. At least some of the pixels of the image of animal are analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal. The weight of the animal is determined using the at least one characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Steve Gomas, John Sweeney, Edward Theil
  • Fast time-scale modification of digital signals using a directed search technique
    Patent number: 7899678
    Abstract: The time-scale of a digital signal is efficiently modified. A system suitable for embedded or stand-alone processing includes a module that can transform the time-scale of the signal according to a user's preference. An improved method for time-scale modification is based on envelope-matching but introduces a new function that is very fast to compute, the use of which avoids the computation of correlation coefficients where they are not needed. The invention is demonstrably faster than other methods related to SOLA (synchronized-overlap-and-add) with envelope matching, yet with no sacrifice in quality of the processed output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventor: Edward Theil
  • Fast Time-Scale Modification of Digital Signals Using a Directed Search Technique
    Publication number: 20080170650
    Abstract: The time-scale of a digital signal is efficiently modified. A system suitable for embedded or stand-alone processing includes a module that can transform the time-scale of the signal according to a user's preference. An improved method for time-scale modification is based on envelope-matching but introduces a new function that is very fast to compute, the use of which avoids the computation of correlation coefficients where they are not needed. The invention is demonstrably faster than other methods related to SOLA (synchronized-overlap-and-add) with envelope matching, yet with no sacrifice in quality of the processed output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventor: Edward Theil