Patents by Inventor Matthew Koch
Matthew Koch 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).
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Patent number: 11968923Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for monitoring soil properties and applying fertilizer during a planting operation. Various sensors are disposed in ground engaging components for monitoring soil properties. The ground engaging components may have structure for opening a side trench in the sidewalls of the seed trench and may include liquid application conduits for injecting liquid into the sidewalls of the resulting side trenches.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Derek Sauder, Ian Radtke, Michael Strnad, Dale Koch, Matthew Morgan, Tracy Leman, Paul Wildermuth
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Publication number: 20240074358Abstract: A grain handling system having an air system is presented that is capable of automatically detecting and clearing a plug in a tube of an air system using a central controller, an air pressure sensor, a dynamic pressure relief valve and a variable frequency drive connected to and controlling a blower motor. When a plug is detected, the central controller stops the flow of grain into the tube and ramps up the output of the blower motor to full capacity. Thereafter, the central controller performs an unplugging routine by opening and closing the dynamic pressure relief valve causing surges of air to impact the plug either breaking up the plug or bumping the plug along the tube until it clears. Once the plug clears, the central controller resumes normal operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Matthew Koch, Matthew Koenen Koehler, Daniel Wayne Shrock
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Patent number: 11839181Abstract: A grain handling system having an air system is presented that is capable of automatically detecting and clearing a plug in a tube of an air system using a central controller, an air pressure sensor, a dynamic pressure relief valve and a variable frequency drive connected to and controlling a blower motor. When a plug is detected, the central controller stops the flow of grain into the tube and ramps up the output of the blower motor to full capacity. Thereafter, the central controller performs an unplugging routine by opening and closing the dynamic pressure relief valve causing surges of air to impact the plug either breaking up the plug or bumping the plug along the tube until it clears. Once the plug clears, the central controller resumes normal operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Sukup Manufacturing Co.Inventors: Matthew Koch, Matthew Koenen Koehler, Daniel Wayne Shrock
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Patent number: 11739546Abstract: A modular shelter pod and system are described herein. In one example, a pod may be formed by a number of foldable or detachable panels, where a first panel includes at least four cavities at first locations having a first shape and a first cross section. A second panel may include at least four tabs at second locations corresponding to the first locations, and having a second shape and a second cross section that fits into and engages the at least four first cavities, such that the at least four tabs engage the at least four cavities to resist movement between different pods when arranged vertically. The pod may additionally include a third panel removably connecting the first panel and the second panel and forming an opening defining a cleaning port that is sealable, where the cleaning port is shaped to removably engage a cleaning device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Empowerment Innovation LabInventors: Nicole Vickers, Mallory Hall, Natasha Weiss, Matthew Koch
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Publication number: 20230082011Abstract: A system is presented for evaluating grain in a grain handling system. The system includes a sensor system and a sample conveyor system. In one or more arrangements, the sensor system is operatively connected to the grain handling system and includes an optical sensor. The sample conveyor system is configured to collect samples of grain in the grain handling system, deliver the samples of grain to the sensor system, and remove the samples of grain from the sensor system. The sensor system is configured to measure characteristics of the samples of grain delivered to the sensor system by the sample conveyor system. In one or more arrangements, the system includes a cleaning system configured to clean the optical sensor, the lens; and/or other components of the sensor system. In one or more arrangements, the system includes a recalibration system configured to recalibrate the optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Casey Scott Heilskov, Matthew Koch, David Jay Brownmiller, Ryan Eilertson
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Publication number: 20230067298Abstract: A sensor system for a grain storage device is presented. The sensor system includes sensor cable segments configured to connected together in series to form a modular multi-segment sensor cable. In one or more arrangements, each sensor cable segment has a housing, a sensor circuit positioned in the housing, a support cable, and a data cable. The sensor circuit has an upper electrical connector and a lower electrical connector. The data cable is configured to communicatively connect the electrical connector of the segment with and the lower electrical connector of another segment. The support cable is configured to operably connect an upper end of the housing in one segment with a lower end of the housing of another segment in the sensors. The support cables and housings in the multi-segment sensor cable prevent strain on data cables and sensor circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Matthew Koch, Daniel Wayne Shrock
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Publication number: 20220042342Abstract: A modular shelter pod and system are described herein. In one example, a pod may be formed by a number of foldable or detachable panels, where a first panel includes at least four cavities at first locations having a first shape and a first cross section. A second panel may include at least four tabs at second locations corresponding to the first locations, and having a second shape and a second cross section that fits into and engages the at least four first cavities, such that the at least four tabs engage the at least four cavities to resist movement between different pods when arranged vertically. The pod may additionally include a third panel removably connecting the first panel and the second panel and forming an opening defining a cleaning port that is sealable, where the cleaning port is shaped to removably engage a cleaning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Nicole Vickers, Mallory Hall, Natasha Weiss, Matthew Koch
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Patent number: 10794978Abstract: A method for correcting one or more artifacts within a multi-spectral magnetic resonance image is provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of spectral bins each including a plurality of voxels and corresponding to a different frequency of MR signals emitted by an imaged object. The plurality of voxels of each spectral bin correspond to the frequency of the spectral bin so as to define a spatial coverage of the spectral bin. The method further includes expanding each spectral bin by increasing the spatial coverage of the spectral bin, and generating the multi-spectral magnetic resonance image based at least in part on the expanded spectral bins.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSINInventors: Suryanarayanan Sivaran Kaushik, Kevin Matthew Koch
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Publication number: 20200196532Abstract: A grain handling system having an air system is presented that is capable of automatically detecting and clearing a plug in a tube of an air system using a central controller, an air pressure sensor, a dynamic pressure relief valve and a variable frequency drive connected to and controlling a blower motor. When a plug is detected, the central controller stops the flow of grain into the tube and ramps up the output of the blower motor to full capacity. Thereafter, the central controller performs an unplugging routine by opening and closing the dynamic pressure relief valve causing surges of air to impact the plug either breaking up the plug or bumping the plug along the tube until it clears. Once the plug clears, the central controller resumes normal operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Matthew Koch, Matthew Koenen Koehler, Daniel Wayne Shrock
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Patent number: 10638949Abstract: A method includes: accessing MRI data acquired from a joint area, the MRI data including a series of spatially mapped spectral data points; generating MRI images of the joint area; receiving information encoding a region of interest that encompasses a suspected metal particle deposition area over at least one of the MRI images; constructing magnetic field maps using the MRI data, each representing off-resonance frequency shifts over the joint area; removing a background of off-resonance field inhomogeneity from the magnetic field map such that the region of interest is free from off-resonance field inhomogeneity; identifying clusters from the magnetic field maps with the background of off-resonance field inhomogeneity removed, the clusters defined over a first dimension of offset frequencies and a second dimension of cluster volumes; and computing a quantitative metric by combining information from the identified clusters according to both the first dimension and the second dimension.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignees: New York Society for the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery, Medical College of WisconsinInventors: Kevin Matthew Koch, Matthew F. Koff, Hollis Potter
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Patent number: 10478090Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system can include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, having a plurality of radio frequency (RF) receivers, and a processor. The MRI scanner can perform a full field of view (fFOV) scan on an anatomy area including an implant to acquire first multi-spectral MRI data associated with a plurality of frequency bins. The processor can generate, for each pair of a single RF receiver and a single frequency bin, a respective spectral sensitivity map using at least a portion of the fFOV multi-spectral MRI data. The MRI scanner can perform a reduced FOV (rFOV) scan to acquire second multi-spectral MRI data associated with the plurality of frequency bins. The processor can reconstruct one or more MRI images according to the rFOV using the rFOV multi-spectral MRI data and the spectral sensitivity maps.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Medical College of WisconsinInventors: Kevin Matthew Koch, Andrew Scott Nencka
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Patent number: 10436858Abstract: An imaging system and method are disclosed. An MR image and measured B0 field map of a target volume in a subject are reconstructed, where the MR image includes one or more bright and/or dark regions. One or more distinctive constituent materials corresponding to the bright regions are identified. Each dark region is iteratively labeled as one or more ambiguous constituent materials. Susceptibility values corresponding to each distinctive and iteratively labeled ambiguous constituent material is assigned. A simulated B0 field map is iteratively generated based on the assigned susceptibility values. A similarity metric is determined between the measured and simulated B0 field maps. Constituent materials are identified in the dark regions based on the similarity metric to ascertain corresponding susceptibility values. The MRI data is corrected based on the assigned and ascertained susceptibility values. A diagnostic assessment of the target volume is determined based on the corrected MRI data.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dattesh Dayanand Shanbhag, Rakesh Mullick, Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam, Florian Wiesinger, Sudhanya Chatterjee, Kevin Matthew Koch
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Publication number: 20190150781Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system can include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, having a plurality of radio frequency (RF) receivers, and a processor. The MRI scanner can perform a full field of view (fFOV) scan on an anatomy area including an implant to acquire first multi-spectral MRI data associated with a plurality of frequency bins. The processor can generate, for each pair of a single RF receiver and a single frequency bin, a respective spectral sensitivity map using at least a portion of the fFOV multi-spectral MRI data. The MRI scanner can perform a reduced FOV (rFOV) scan to acquire second multi-spectral MRI data associated with the plurality of frequency bins. The processor can reconstruct one or more MRI images according to the rFOV using the rFOV multi-spectral MRI data and the spectral sensitivity maps.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Medical College of WisconsinInventors: Kevin Matthew Koch, Andrew Scott Nencka
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Publication number: 20180292496Abstract: A method for correcting one or more artifacts within a multi-spectral magnetic resonance image is provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of spectral bins each including a plurality of voxels and corresponding to a different frequency of MR signals emitted by an imaged object. The plurality of voxels of each spectral bin correspond to the frequency of the spectral bin so as to define a spatial coverage of the spectral bin. The method further includes expanding each spectral bin by increasing the spatial coverage of the spectral bin, and generating the multi-spectral magnetic resonance image based at least in part on the expanded spectral bins.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicants: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSINInventors: SURYANARAYANAN SIVARAN KAUSHIK, KEVIN MATTHEW KOCH
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Patent number: 10064589Abstract: A method for attenuation correcting a PET image of a target includes locating a radiopaque structure by MRI scan of the target; fitting a model of the radiopaque structure to the MRI scan image; and correcting attenuation of the PET image based on the fitted model.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin Matthew Koch, Gaspar Delso
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Patent number: 10061007Abstract: A method for acquiring 3D multispectral MRI of a target includes scanning a spectrum of spectral windows with an MRI scanner, wherein each spectral window of the spectrum defines a continuously-differentiable distribution of frequencies around a scan frequency and adjacent scan frequencies are spaced apart by substantially uniform frequency offsets such that adjacent spectral windows substantially uniformly overlap, wherein selected adjacent spectral windows are scanned in consecutive passes, and nearest neighbor spectral windows within each pass are scanned at a maximum temporal spacing within the pass.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Dawei Gui, Kevin Matthew Koch
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Publication number: 20170371010Abstract: An imaging system and method are disclosed. An MR image and measured B0 field map of a target volume in a subject are reconstructed, where the MR image includes one or more bright and/or dark regions. One or more distinctive constituent materials corresponding to the bright regions are identified. Each dark region is iteratively labeled as one or more ambiguous constituent materials. Susceptibility values corresponding to each distinctive and iteratively labeled ambiguous constituent material is assigned. A simulated B0 field map is iteratively generated based on the assigned susceptibility values. A similarity metric is determined between the measured and simulated B0 field maps. Constituent materials are identified in the dark regions based on the similarity metric to ascertain corresponding susceptibility values. The MRI data is corrected based on the assigned and ascertained susceptibility values. A diagnostic assessment of the target volume is determined based on the corrected MRI data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Dattesh Dayanand Shanbhag, Rakesh Mullick, Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam, Florian Wiesinger, Sudhanya Chatterjee, Kevin Matthew Koch
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Publication number: 20170307709Abstract: A method includes: accessing MRI data acquired from a joint area, the MRI data including a series of spatially mapped spectral data points; generating MRI images of the joint area; receiving information encoding a region of interest that encompasses a suspected metal particle deposition area over at least one of the MRI images; constructing magnetic field maps using the MRI data, each representing off-resonance frequency shifts over the joint area; removing a background of off-resonance field inhomogeneity from the magnetic field map such that the region of interest is free from off-resonance field inhomogeneity; identifying clusters from the magnetic field maps with the background of off-resonance field inhomogeneity removed, the clusters defined over a first dimension of offset frequencies and a second dimension of cluster volumes; and computing a quantitative metric by combining information from the identified clusters according to both the first dimension and the second dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Kevin Matthew Koch, Matthew F. Koff, Hollis Potter
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Patent number: 9727953Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and repairing a ring artifact in a multi-spectral magnetic resonance image includes an image processor, which is configured to obtain an off-resonance magnetic field map and a deblurred composite image, to calculate a spatial gradient of the image based on the magnetic field map, to kernel search the spatial gradient, to mask the image, based on the kernel search, in order to identify voxels affected by a ring artifact, and to apply a filter in order to smooth intensities of the voxels identified by the image mask.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Weitian Chen, Robert Donald Peters, Zachary William Slavens, Kevin Matthew Koch
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Publication number: 20170131030Abstract: A grain drying control system including a grain drying device, a plurality of sensors associated with the grain drying device and a computer. The computer controls the grain drying device based on the data transmitted from the sensors related to ambient conditions, grain temperature and moisture, and unload speed to achieve a desired grain moisture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Matthew Koch, Graham Giddings