Patents by Inventor Henry Allen Torbert, III

Henry Allen Torbert, III 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).

  • SCANNING MODE APPLICATION OF NEUTRON-INDUCED GAMMA ANALYSIS FOR SOIL CARBON MAPPING
    Publication number: 20220326408
    Abstract: A system for analyzing soil content of a field includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect gamma spectra of each of a plurality of soil samples, wherein a surface area of the field is divided into a plurality of portions and the plurality of soil samples comprises at least one soil sample from each of the plurality of portions, a navigation unit configured to detect geographic coordinates of each of the plurality of soil samples, a data analysis unit configured to associate the detected gamma spectra of each of the plurality of soil samples with the geographic coordinates of the soil sample and determine a weight percent of at least one element within each of the soil samples based on the detected gamma spectra, and an element content map unit configured to generate a map indicating concentration of the at least one element within the soil of the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan A. CHIN, Henry Allen TORBERT, III, Galina N. YAKUBOVA, Aleksandr KAVETSKIY, Nikolay SARGSYAN
  • Scanning mode application of neutron-induced gamma analysis for soil carbon mapping
    Patent number: 11397277
    Abstract: A system for analyzing soil content of a field includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect gamma spectra of each of a plurality of soil samples, wherein a surface area of the field is divided into a plurality of portions and the plurality of soil samples comprises at least one soil sample from each of the plurality of portions, a navigation unit configured to detect geographic coordinates of each of the plurality of soil samples, a data analysis unit configured to associate the detected gamma spectra of each of the plurality of soil samples with the geographic coordinates of the soil sample and determine a weight percent of at least one element within each of the soil samples based on the detected gamma spectra, and an element content map unit configured to generate a map indicating concentration of the at least one element within the soil of the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: AUBURN UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Henry Allen Torbert, III, Galina N. Yakubova, Aleksandr Kavetskiy, Nikolay Sargsyan
  • SCANNING MODE APPLICATION OF NEUTRON GAMMA ANALYSIS FOR SOIL CARBON MAPPING
    Publication number: 20200178459
    Abstract: A system for analyzing soil content of a field includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect gamma spectra of each of a plurality of soil samples, wherein a surface area of the field is divided into a plurality of portions and the plurality of soil samples comprises at least one soil sample from each of the plurality of portions, a navigation unit configured to detect geographic coordinates of each of the plurality of soil samples, a data analysis unit configured to associate the detected gamma spectra of each of the plurality of soil samples with the geographic coordinates of the soil sample and determine a weight percent of at least one element within each of the soil samples based on the detected gamma spectra, and an element content map unit configured to generate a map indicating concentration of the at least one element within the soil of the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Henry Allen Torbert, III, Galina N. Yakubova, Aleksandr Kavetskiy, Nikolay Sargsyan
  • Method of reducing nitrous oxide emissions from a plant growth substrate
    Patent number: 9266786
    Abstract: A method of modulating and in particular, reducing nitrous oxide emission from a substrate for growing on or more plants by applying a microbial based soil additive and a fertilizer blend to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture, Auburn University, Tenfold Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joseph W Kloepper, Pamela Calvo Velez, Henry Allen Torbert, III, Dexter B Watts, Robert Norman Ames