Patents by Inventor Karel Viaene

Karel Viaene 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).

  • Unloading system for agricultural harvesting machines
    Patent number: 10959378
    Abstract: An unloading apparatus is arranged to direct material to a container. A controller determines a build-up speed of the material in the container; in accordance with the determined build-up speed, determine a rate of change to be applied when setting an attribute of at least one of the unloading apparatus and container; and set an attribute of at least one of the unloading apparatus and container in accordance with the determined rate of change in order to direct the material from the unloading apparatus to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Ward M. R. Byttebier, Bernard E. D. Depestel, Karel Viaene, Pieter Vanysacker
  • UNLOADING SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL HARVESTING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20200093063
    Abstract: An unloading apparatus is arranged to direct material to a container. A controller determines a build-up speed of the material in the container; in accordance with the determined build-up speed, determine a rate of change to be applied when setting an attribute of at least one of the unloading apparatus and container; and set an attribute of at least one of the unloading apparatus and container in accordance with the determined rate of change in order to direct the material from the unloading apparatus to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Ward M.R. Byttebier, Bernard E.D. Depestel, Karel Viaene, Pieter Vanysacker
  • Unloading apparatus controller for agricultural harvesting machines
    Patent number: 9655301
    Abstract: A controller for a movable unloading apparatus of an agricultural harvesting machine, wherein the movable unloading apparatus directs crop material from the agricultural harvesting machine to a container driven in the vicinity of the agricultural harvesting machine, and wherein the controller receives image data representative of a stream of crop material as it passes from the unloading apparatus to the container; processes the image data in order to determine a shape of the stream of crop material in the image data; and sets an attribute of the unloading apparatus in accordance with the determined shape of the stream of crop material in order to direct the crop material from the unloading apparatus to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Bart M.A. Missotten, Joachim Boydens, Bernard Depestel, Pieter Vanysacker, Karel Viaene
  • Unloading Apparatus Controller for Agricultural Harvesting Machines
    Publication number: 20160150733
    Abstract: A controller for a movable unloading apparatus of an agricultural harvesting machine, wherein the movable unloading apparatus directs crop material from the agricultural harvesting machine to a container driven in the vicinity of the agricultural harvesting machine, and wherein the controller receives image data representative of a stream of crop material as it passes from the unloading apparatus to the container; processes the image data in order to determine a shape of the stream of crop material in the image data; and sets set an attribute of the unloading apparatus in accordance with the determined shape of the stream of crop material in order to direct the crop material from the unloading apparatus to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Bart M.A. Missotten, Joachim Boydens, Bernard Depestel, Pieter Vanysacker, Karel Viaene