Patents by Inventor Elliott Imhoff

Elliott Imhoff 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: 11696542
    Abstract: Techniques are described for generating population counts for seed production plants based on one or more images obtained from a camera on an aerial vehicle including, but not limited to, UAVs. The image(s) is processed to identify the plurality of rows of seed production plants, classify each one of the identified rows as either male or female, and produce a count of the number of seed production plants in the male rows and produce a count of the number of seed production plants in the female rows. The seed production plants can be corn seed plants or any other type of seed production plant in which male and female seed production plants can be distinguished from one another based on one or more aerial images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sentera, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Muehlfeld, Elliott Imhoff