Patents by Inventor Nicholas Helland

Nicholas Helland 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).

  • Predictive seed scripting for soybeans
    Patent number: 12737825
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting seeding rates at a sub-field level is provided. The method comprises identifying a set of target agricultural fields having intra-field crop variability above a threshold based upon historical agricultural data; determining vegetative index values for geo-locations within each field using subsets of digital images, wherein each subset corresponds to a specific target field; for each target field, determining a plurality of sub-field zones based upon vegetative index values for geo-locations within each target field, wherein each sub-field zone contains similar vegetative index values; determining vegetative index productivity scores for each sub-field zone that represent a relative crop productivity specific to a type of seed planted within corresponding sub field zones; determining adjusted seeding rates for each of the sub-field zones by adjusting current seeding rates using the vegetative index productivity scores corresponding to each of the sub-field zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Shilpa Sood, Jigyasa Bhagat, David Rock, Allan Trapp, Nicholas Helland, Morrison Jacobs, Susan Andrea MacIsaac
  • PREDICTIVE SEED SCRIPTING FOR SOYBEANS
    Publication number: 20200202458
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting seeding rates at a sub-field level is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Shilpa Sood, Jigyasa Bhagat, David Rock, Allan Trapp, Nicholas Helland, Morrison Jacobs, Susan Andrea Jacobs