Patents by Inventor John Kenneth Schueller

John Kenneth Schueller 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).

  • Intelligent tool for collecting and managing data during manual harvesting of fruits and vegetables
    Patent number: 10055700
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting and managing data during an agricultural manual operation is provided. The agricultural manual operation includes harvesting, planting roots, cutting flowers, and pruning and thinning fruit trees or vegetables. The apparatus comprises: an intelligent tool configured to log an event including an agricultural manual operation when a picker succeeds in picking at least one harvested product by using the intelligent tool, or planting event when a worker succeeds in planting at least one product, or cutting flowers event when a worker succeeds in cutting at least one flower product, or pruning and thinning event when a worker succeeds in thinning fruit trees. The apparatus further comprises a means for collecting a set of data relevant to at least one manually picking event, or manually planting event, or manually cutting event, or manual pruning or thinning event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventors: John Kenneth Schueller, Arthur Francis Lange, Uriel Aparecido Rosa
  • INTELLIGENT TOOL FOR COLLECTING AND MANAGING DATA DURING MANUAL HARVESTING OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
    Publication number: 20150278719
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting and managing data during an agricultural manual operation is provided. The agricultural manual operation includes harvesting, planting roots, cutting flowers, and pruning and thinning fruit trees or vegetables. The apparatus comprises: an intelligent tool configured to log an event including an agricultural manual operation when a picker succeeds in picking at least one harvested product by using the intelligent tool, or planting event when a worker succeeds in planting at least one product, or cutting flowers event when a worker succeeds in cutting at least one flower product, or pruning and thinning event when a worker succeeds in thinning fruit trees. The apparatus further comprises a means for collecting a set of data relevant to at least one manually picking event, or manually planting event, or manually cutting event, or manual pruning or thinning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
    Inventors: John Kenneth Schueller, Arthur Francis Lange, Uriel Aparecido Rosa