Patents by Inventor Michael Rogoff

Michael Rogoff 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).

  • System and method for automatically determining crop characteristics using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
    Patent number: 11442144
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically determining a characteristic of a crop using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes operating the UAV at an elevation above a ground surface of a field and collecting first data that indicates an elevation of the UAV with a barometric pressure based altimeter of the UAV. Second data is collected with a SONAR sensor of the UAV that indicates a distance to a nearest object on the ground surface. The SONAR sensor has a SONAR sensor range and the elevation above the ground surface is less than the SONAR sensor range. The method further includes receiving the first data and the second data on a processor, and determining a height of the nearest object above the ground surface with the processor based on the first data and second data. Output data that indicates the height of the nearest object is presented on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Biotique Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Burke, Michael Rogoff, Stephen Sanders
  • System and method for automatically determining crop characteristics using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
    Publication number: 20190170860
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically determining a characteristic of a crop using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes operating the UAV at an elevation above a ground surface of a field and collecting first data that indicates an elevation of the UAV with a barometric pressure based altimeter of the UAV. Second data is collected with a SONAR sensor of the UAV that indicates a distance to a nearest object on the ground surface. The SONAR sensor has a SONAR sensor range and the elevation above the ground surface is less than the SONAR sensor range. The method further includes receiving the first data and the second data on a processor, and determining a height of the nearest object above the ground surface with the processor based on the first data and second data. Output data that indicates the height of the nearest object is presented on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: John BURKE, Michael Rogoff, Stephen Sanders