Patents by Inventor JON THOMAS GOWA

JON THOMAS GOWA 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).

  • AUTOMATED PLANT TRIMMER
    Publication number: 20200344956
    Abstract: The automated trimming of an untrimmed plant stem comprises a device for transporting an untrimmed plant stem to an imaging stage, using a camera to capture at least one image of the plant stem, sending the at least one image to a central processor which creates a trim map which constructs a pattern for moving a cutting armature along the plant stem, and trimming the plant stem by cutting structure of the cutting armature to change the untrimmed plant stem to a trimmed plant stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventor: Jon Thomas GOWA
  • Automated plant trimmer
    Patent number: 10687476
    Abstract: The automated trimming of an untrimmed plant stem comprises a device for transporting an untrimmed plant stem to an imaging stage, using a camera to capture at least one image of the plant stem, sending the at least one image to a central processor which creates a trim map which constructs a pattern for moving a cutting armature along the plant stem, and trimming the plant stem by cutting structure of the cutting armature to change the untrimmed plant stem to a trimmed plant stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Bloom Automation, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon Thomas Gowa
  • AUTOMATED PLANT TRIMMER
    Publication number: 20190075732
    Abstract: The automated trimming of an untrimmed plant stem comprises a device for transporting an untrimmed plant stem to an imaging stage, using a camera to capture at least one image of the plant stem, sending the at least one image to a central processor which creates a trim map which constructs a pattern for moving a cutting armature along the plant stem, and trimming the plant stem by cutting structure of the cutting armature to change the untrimmed plant stem to a trimmed plant stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: JON THOMAS GOWA