Patents by Inventor Luke Andrew MCBEATH

Luke Andrew MCBEATH 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).

  • USING NON-REAL-TIME COMPUTERS FOR AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230413713
    Abstract: A precision steering computer installed on a tractor uses waypoints generated by a hand-held smart-device to steer a tractor. The smart-device is the operators primary interface and is a component of the entire precision agriculture guidance system. The batched, time ordered waypoints represent a list of coordinates for steering the tractor. As the tractor is automatically steered in the field, the waypoints are consumed and discarded by the real-time steering computer in the order they are received from the non-real-time smart device. A planned path is generated by the tractor operator on the smart device and the tractors progress and status are displayed on the same smart-device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: AgJunction LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kreider, Mark Alan Villela, Michael Brett McMickell, Luke Andrew McBeath
  • Using non-real-time computers for agricultural guidance systems
    Patent number: 11800827
    Abstract: A precision steering computer installed on a tractor uses waypoints generated by a hand-held smart-device to steer a tractor. The smart-device is the operators primary interface and is a component of the entire precision agriculture guidance system. The batched, time ordered waypoints represent a list of coordinates for steering the tractor. As the tractor is automatically steered in the field, the waypoints are consumed and discarded by the real-time steering computer in the order they are received from the non-real-time smart device. A planned path is generated by the tractor operator on the smart device and the tractors progress and status are displayed on the same smart-device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AGJUNCTION LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kreider, Mark Alan Villela, Michael Brett McMickell, Luke Andrew McBeath
  • USING NON-REAL-TIME COMPUTERS FOR AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200084955
    Abstract: A precision steering computer installed on a tractor uses waypoints generated by a hand-held smart-device to steer a tractor. The smart-device is the operators primary interface and is a component of the entire precision agriculture guidance system. The batched, time ordered waypoints represent a list of coordinates for steering the tractor. As the tractor is automatically steered in the field, the waypoints are consumed and discarded by the real-time steering computer in the order they are received from the non-real-time smart device. A planned path is generated by the tractor operator on the smart device and the tractors progress and status are displayed on the same smart-device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: AgJunction LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. KREIDER, Mark Alan VILLELA, Michael Brett MCMICKELL, Luke Andrew MCBEATH