Patents by Inventor John Roderic Wicking

John Roderic Wicking 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).

  • Image processing spout control system
    Patent number: 6943824
    Abstract: A spout control system controls and aims a spout and a spout cap of a crop harvesting vehicle with respect to a separate crop hauling vehicle moving with the harvesting vehicle. The control system includes a video camera which is mounted on the cap and which views a field of view which includes a portion of the hauling vehicle. An image signal generated by the camera is received by an image processing unit. The image processing unit processes a digitized form of the image signal and automatically generates spout and cap control signals as a function thereof. Actuators automatically aim the spout and the cap in response to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignees: Deere & Company, Albuquerque Real Time, Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Michael Alexia, Andrew Jackson Brislen, John Roderic Wicking, Walter James Frandsen, Jr.
  • Image processing spout control system
    Publication number: 20030174207
    Abstract: A spout control system controls and aims a spout and a spout cap of a crop harvesting vehicle with respect to a separate crop hauling vehicle moving with the harvesting vehicle. The control system includes a video camera which is mounted on the cap and which views a field of view which includes a portion of the hauling vehicle. An image signal generated by the camera is received by an image processing unit. The image processing unit processes a digitized form of the image signal and automatically generates spout and cap control signals as a function thereof. Actuators automatically aim the spout and the cap in response to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Barry Michael Alexia, Andrew Jackson Brislen, John Roderic Wicking, Walter James Frandsen