Patents by Inventor Klas Rydhmer

Klas Rydhmer 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).

  • Patent number: 12239105
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining an index of insect biodiversity comprises a plurality of optical insect sensor devices configured to be individually positioned within a geographic area and a data processing system. Each sensor device is configured to monitor insect activity within a detection volume by detecting light from the detection volume, and to output detector data indicative of one or more optically detected attributes associated with respective detected insect detection events. Each insect detection event is indicative of one or more insects being present in the detection volume. The data processing system is configured to receive detector data from respective ones of the plurality of optical insect sensor devices. The detector data is indicative of one or more optically detected attributes associated with respective detected insect detection events. The system computes, from the received detector data, an index of insect biodiversity indicative of insect biodiversity within the geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: FaunaPhotonics Agriculture & Environmental A/S
    Inventors: Klas Rydhmer, Thomas Nikolajsen, Laurence Still, Mikkel Brydegaard Sörensen, Flemming Bent Rasmussen, Alfred Gösta Victor Strand
  • Publication number: 20230106933
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining an index of insect biodiversity, comprising: a plurality of optical insect sensor devices configured to be individually positioned within a geographic area, each insect sensor device configured to: monitor insect activity within a detection volume extending outside the insect sensor device by detecting light from the detection volume, and to output detector data indicative of one or more optically detected attributes associated with respective detected insect detection events, each insect detection event being indicative of one or more insects being present in the detection volume; a data processing system communicatively coupled to the plurality of optical insect sensor devices and configured to: receive detector data from respective ones of the plurality of optical insect sensor devices, the detector data being indicative of one or more optically detected attributes associated with respective detected insect detection events, and to compute, from the received detector data, an i
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Klas Rydhmer, Thomas Nikolajsen, Laurence Still, Mikkel Brydegaard Sörensen, Flemming Bent Rasmussen, Alfred Gösta Victor Strand
  • Publication number: 20210342597
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and identifying moving organisms, the apparatus comprising: an illumination module configured to illuminate a target space; a detector module comprising an imaging system and an image sensor, the detector module being configured to capture a plurality of images of the illuminated target space, the target space comprising one or more organisms moving about said target space; a processors configured to: detect, from the captured images, a trajectory of an organism moving about said target space; recognize a type of organism from the detected trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Klas Rydhmer, Alfred Gösta Victor Strand, Ludvig Malmros
  • Publication number: 20210329906
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing an insecticide across an area of land; the apparatus comprising a vehicle configured to travel along a travelling path across the area of land, the vehicle defining a direction of travel, the vehicle comprising an insecticide dispensing device configured to dispense an insecticide along said traveling path when the vehicle travels along the travelling path; a dispensing control system configured to control an amount of insecticide to be dispensed when the vehicle travels along the travelling path; an insect sensor configured to detect insects in a detection volume; wherein the detection volume is located in front of the vehicle relative to the direction of travel; wherein the dispensing control system is configured to receive sensor data from the insect sensor, the sensor data being indicative of detected insects in the detection volume, and to control the amount of dispensed insecticide responsive to the received sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Frederik Taarnhøj, Klas Rydhmer, Alfred Gösta Victor Strand, Flemming Rasmussen, Michael Stanley Pedersen, Thomas Nikolajsen