Patents by Inventor Manuel Cândido DUARTE DOS SANTOS

Manuel Cândido DUARTE DOS SANTOS 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).

  • Publication number: 20220078982
    Abstract: Device and agricultural device, and operation method thereof, for measuring plant water present in vegetation comprising: an microwave emitter of a displaceable beam; a microwave receiver; an electronic data processor connected to receive a signal from the microwave receiver; wherein the microwave emitter is arranged to direct said displaceable beam towards the microwave receiver for measuring attenuation of the beam passing through each of a plurality of locations of the vegetation; wherein the electronic data processor is configured for calculating the attenuation of the displaceable beam between the emitter and receiver to obtain a 2D image corresponding to the measurement of water present in the vegetation. In particular, said beam is displaceable by the device being mounted on a vehicle which is movable along the vegetation to be measured in a horizontal direction, the microwave emitter and microwave receiver being jointly mounted in opposite ends of an arched structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Cândido DUARTE DOS SANTOS, Filipe BATISTA NEVES DOS SANTOS, Rodrigo GOMES BORGES