Patents by Inventor Max BOUTEN

Max BOUTEN 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: 12568951
    Abstract: A method for operating an agricultural machine having working tools configured for mechanical weeding including receiving in a control unit first weed condition data indicative of a first weed condition of weed to be mechanically weeded by the working tools; providing first control signals in response to receiving the first weed condition data, the first control signals assigned to the first weed condition according to operation control data stored in a memory device; operating the working tools according to the first control signals; receiving second weed condition data indicative of a second weed condition of the weed to be mechanically weeded; providing second control signals in the control unit in response to receiving the second weed condition data, the second control signals assigned to the second weed condition according to the operation control data; and operating the working tools according to the second control signals for mechanical weeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Max Bouten, Leandro O. Santos, Masahiro Kawabata, Peter Van Der Vlugt
  • Patent number: 12507636
    Abstract: A method for determining output data from crop plant characteristics for a crop plant comprising, in a data processing system: providing measurement data detected for a crop plant; determining model data representing a three dimensional model of the crop plant from the measurement data; segmenting the three dimensional model; determining first crop plant characteristics for a first subpart of the crop plant provided in a first three dimensional segment; and providing output data at an output device. The output data comprise at least one of the following: media data; and operation control data indicative of operation control signals for controlling operating of an agricultural machine working on the crop plant, the operation control signals comprising first operation control signals determined from the first crop plant characteristics and configured to control operation of the agricultural machine for applying an agricultural treatment to the first subpart of the crop plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawabata, Max Bouten, Leandro O. Santos, Peter Van Der Vlugt
  • Publication number: 20240381804
    Abstract: Harvesting fruits or vegetables—comprises providing a tractor and a plurality of storage bins in a supply location for the fruit or vegetable; deploying the storage bins to a harvesting area using the tractor; providing a harvester; harvesting fruit or vegetable and storing same in the storage bins at the harvesting area; relocating the fruit or vegetable in the filled storage bins with the tractor to a storage location; providing an operation control and management system (OCMS) configured to receive and process data; receiving storage bin location data indicative of a location of the storage bins from the storage bins; receiving harvesting data indicative of at least one harvesting process parameter in the OCMS; and providing tractor control data in the OCMS in response the received process parameter(s). Tractor control data controls an operation mode of the tractor for deploying and/or relocating—the storage bins. Also a system is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: Kubota Corporation, Tevel Aerobotics Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter VAN DER VLUGT, Masahiro KAWABATA, Leandro O. Santos, Max BOUTEN, Yaniv MAOR, Nir HERMONI
  • Publication number: 20230309459
    Abstract: A method for determining output data from crop plant characteristics for a crop plan comprising, in a data processing system providing measurement data detected for a crop plant; determining model data representing a three dimensional model of the crop plant from the measurement data; segmenting the three dimensional model determining first crop plant characteristics for a first subpart of the crop plant provided in a first three dimensional segment segments; and providing output data at an output device. The output data comprise at least one of the following: media data and operation control data indicative of operation control signals for controlling operating of an agricultural machine working on the crop plant, the operation control signals comprising first operation control signals determined from the first crop plant characteristics and configured to control operation of the agricultural machine for applying an agricultural treatment to the first subpart of the crop plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KAWABATA, Max BOUTEN, Leandro O. SANTOS, Peter VAN DER VLUGT
  • Publication number: 20230309545
    Abstract: A method for operating an agricultural machine having working tools configured for mechanical weeding including receiving in a control unit first weed condition data indicative of a first weed condition of weed to be mechanically weeded by the working tools; providing first control signals in response to receiving the first weed condition data, the first control signals assigned to the first weed condition according to operation control data stored in a memory device; operating the working tools according to the first control signals; receiving second weed condition data indicative of a second weed condition of the weed to be mechanically weeded; providing second control signals in the control unit in response to receiving the second weed condition data, the second control signals assigned to the second weed condition according to the operation control data; and operating the working tools according to the second control signals for mechanical weeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Max BOUTEN, Leandro O. SANTOS, Masahiro KAWABATA, Peter VAN DER VLUGT