Patents by Inventor Michael Milton

Michael Milton 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: 20220205656
    Abstract: An ultraviolet light-emitting device can be used to inactivate pathogens in air circulating through an HVAC system. The UV device can include a first and optionally a second UV light source that emits UV light at a predetermined peak wavelength that is selected to inactivate a specific pathogen. The second UV light source can emit a different predetermined peak wavelength that is selected to inactivate a different pathogen. The UV light sources can be included in a housing located within the HVAC system. Two or more housings can be placed within the same or different components of the HVAC system. The two or more housings can include UV light sources that emit the same or different peak wavelengths. An amplifier can be used to increase the intensity of the UV light emitted such that a desired percentage of a specific pathogen is inactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Milton
  • Patent number: 10817754
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and a method for assigning pixels within agricultural imagery collected from overhead platforms to one or more classes based on spectral and/or spatial content. The system comprises one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform, the output signals conveying information related to one or more agricultural images; and assign pixels within the agricultural images to one or more classes based on spectral and/or spatial content of the agricultural images, wherein the one or more classes include a signal class and a noise class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SLANTRANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton, Peter Matusov
  • Patent number: 10803313
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and a method for determining statistics of plant populations based on overhead optical measurements. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform. The output signals may convey information related to one or more images of a land area where crops are grown. The one or more hardware processors may be configured by machine-readable instructions to distinguish vegetation from background clutter; segregate image regions corresponding to the vegetation from image regions corresponding to the background clutter; and determine a plant count per unit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SLANTRANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton, Peter Matusov
  • Publication number: 20190286905
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and a method for determining statistics of plant populations based on overhead optical measurements. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform. The output signals may convey information related to one or more images of a land area where crops are grown. The one or more hardware processors may be configured by machine-readable instructions to distinguish vegetation from background clutter; segregate image regions corresponding to the vegetation from image regions corresponding to the background clutter; and determine a plant count per unit area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton, Peter Matusov
  • Patent number: 10318810
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and a method for determining statistics of plant populations based on overhead optical measurements. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform. The output signals may convey information related to one or more images of a land area where crops are grown. The one or more hardware processors may be configured by machine-readable instructions to distinguish vegetation from background clutter; segregate image regions corresponding to the vegetation from image regions corresponding to the background clutter; and determine a plant count per unit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SLANTRANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton, Peter Matusov
  • Patent number: 10217188
    Abstract: Spatially variable data associated with a geographical region such as a map or image from multiple samples acquired by one or more airborne vehicles taken across sub-regions of the geographical region may be aggregating and displayed. High-resolution image data of a geographical region acquired by one or more airborne vehicles may be obtained. The image data may comprise images corresponding to sub-regions of the geographical region. The images may be acquired at an image resolution corresponding to a first spatial frequency. Individual images may be analyzed to determine statistical information corresponding to the sub-regions of the geographical region. The statistical information corresponding to the sub-regions of the geographical region may be provided, for presentation to a user, by resampling the statistical information based on a second spatial frequency. The second spatial frequency may be equal to or less than the first spatial frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SlantRange, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton
  • Publication number: 20170316282
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and a method for assigning pixels within agricultural imagery collected from overhead platforms to one or more classes based on spectral and/or spatial content. The system comprises one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform, the output signals conveying information related to one or more agricultural images; and assign pixels within the agricultural images to one or more classes based on spectral and/or spatial content of the agricultural images, wherein the one or more classes include a signal class and a noise class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton, Peter Matusov
  • Patent number: 9791316
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calibrating spectral measurements taken of one or more targets from an aerial vehicle. Multiple photo sensors may be configured to obtain spectral measurements of one or more ambient light sources. The obtained spectral measurements of the one or more ambient light sources may be used to calibrate the obtained spectral measurements of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SLANTRANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton
  • Publication number: 20170084039
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and a method for determining statistics of plant populations based on overhead optical measurements. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform. The output signals may convey information related to one or more images of a land area where crops are grown. The one or more hardware processors may be configured by machine-readable instructions to distinguish vegetation from background clutter; segregate image regions corresponding to the vegetation from image regions corresponding to the background clutter; and determine a plant count per unit area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton, Peter Matusov
  • Publication number: 20170010155
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calibrating spectral measurements taken of one or more targets from an aerial vehicle. Multiple photo sensors may be configured to obtain spectral measurements of one or more ambient light sources. The obtained spectral measurements of the one or more ambient light sources may be used to calibrate the obtained spectral measurements of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton
  • Patent number: 9470579
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calibrating spectral measurements taken of one or more targets from an aerial vehicle. Multiple photo sensors may be configured to obtain spectral measurements of one or more ambient light sources. The obtained spectral measurements of the one or more ambient light sources may be used to calibrate the obtained spectral measurements of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SLANTRANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton
  • Publication number: 20160133039
    Abstract: Spatially variable data associated with a geographical region such as a map or image from multiple samples acquired by one or more airborne vehicles taken across sub-regions of the geographical region may be aggregating and displayed. High-resolution image data of a geographical region acquired by one or more airborne vehicles may be obtained. The image data may comprise images corresponding to sub-regions of the geographical region. The images may be acquired at an image resolution corresponding to a first spatial frequency. Individual images may be analyzed to determine statistical information corresponding to the sub-regions of the geographical region. The statistical information corresponding to the sub-regions of the geographical region may be provided, for presentation to a user, by resampling the statistical information based on a second spatial frequency. The second spatial frequency may be equal to or less than the first spatial frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton
  • Publication number: 20160069741
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calibrating spectral measurements taken of one or more targets from an aerial vehicle. Multiple photo sensors may be configured to obtain spectral measurements of one or more ambient light sources. The obtained spectral measurements of the one or more ambient light sources may be used to calibrate the obtained spectral measurements of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Michael Milton