Patents by Inventor Kent Allan Vander Velden

Kent Allan Vander Velden 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PHENOTYPING PLANTS
    Publication number: 20180276818
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for imaging and phenotyping of plants. Plants are placed in an enclosure having an access door and a floor, A turntable is disposed on the floor of the enclosure. A side view camera assembly attached to a frame of the apparatus is configured to capture images of a plant placed on the turntable. An overhead view camera assembly attached to the frame above the turntable is configured to capture images of a plant placed on the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Kent Allan Vander Velden
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PHENOTYPING PLANTS
    Publication number: 20180077875
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for imaging and phenotyping of plants. Plants are placed in an enclosure having an access door and a floor. A turntable is disposed on the floor of the enclosure. A side view camera assembly attached to a frame of the apparatus is configured to capture images of a plant placed on the turntable. An overhead view camera assembly attached to the frame above the turntable is configured to capture images of a plant placed on the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Kent Allan Vander Velden
  • Acceleration of tag placement using custom hardware
    Publication number: 20140372476
    Abstract: A hardware device is configured to accelerate the process of determining the location of a query sequence (a tag) within a sequence library (such as a reference genome) using one or more comparison units having inputs for receiving the query sequence and a subsequence of the sequence library (a k-mer) and an output for reporting results where each comparison unit is capable of searching the tag in the sense and the antisense orientation against the sequence library in the sense and antisense orientation. Methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Kent Allan Vander Velden
  • ACCELERATION OF TAG PLACEMENT USING CUSTOM HARDWARE
    Publication number: 20100287189
    Abstract: A hardware device is configured to accelerate the process of determining the location of a query sequence (a tag) within a sequence library (such as a reference genome) using one or more comparison units having inputs for receiving the query sequence and a subsequence of the sequence library (a k-mer) and an output for reporting results where each comparison unit is capable of searching the tag in the sense and the antisense orientation against the sequence library in the sense and antisense orientation. Methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Kent Allan Vander Velden