Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre DA COSTA

Jean-Pierre DA COSTA 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).

  • System and method for estimating a harvest volume in a vineyard operation
    Patent number: 10672138
    Abstract: Some embodiments are related to a system for estimating a harvest volume in a vineyard operation organized into rows of vine stocks, including: a photographic device for capturing a photographic image of a set of stocks when the system passes between two rows of the vineyard operation; a device for measuring a distance between the vine stocks and the photographic device; and a calculator for detecting the berries within the photographic image, determining a number of berries in a bunch, determining a number of bunches on a stock, and determining an indicator of the volume depending on the number of berries in a bunch, the number of bunches on a stock and the diameter of the berries determined from the photographic image and the distance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, É COLE NATIONALE SUPERIÉ URE DES SCIENCES AGRONONOMIQUES DE BORDEAUX (BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO)
    Inventors: Christian Germain, Barna Keresztes, Gilbert Grenier, Olivier Lavialle, Jean-Pierre Da Costa
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A HARVEST VOLUME IN A VINEYARD OPERATION
    Publication number: 20180158207
    Abstract: Some embodiments are related to a system for estimating a harvest volume in a vineyard operation organized into rows of vine stocks, including: a photographic device for capturing a photographic image of a set of stocks when the system passes between two rows of the vineyard operation; a device for measuring a distance between the vine stocks and the photographic device; and a calculator for detecting the berries within the photographic image, determining a number of berries in a bunch, determining a number of bunches on a stock, and determining an indicator of the volume depending on the number of berries in a bunch, the number of bunches on a stock and the diameter of the berries determined from the photographic image and the distance measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Christian GERMAIN, Barna KERESZTES, Gilbert GRENIER, Olivier LAVIALLE, Jean-Pierre DA COSTA