Patents by Inventor Patrick William Crawford

Patrick William Crawford 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).

  • AUTONOMOUS PLANT GROWING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200167909
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a system including: a camera, one or more light sources, and a controller. The controller is programmed to: receive an image of one or more plants from the camera; apply a segmentation algorithm to produce a binary image from the image; apply a thresholding algorithm to classify the one or more plants within the binary image as being in one or several stages of plant life; and control operation of the one or more light sources based on a classified stage of plant life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Growtonix, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Emilio Barrasso, Alexandru Serghei Rosca, Jesse Dean Fordyce, Patrick William Crawford
  • Autonomous plant growing systems
    Patent number: 10552951
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a system including: a camera, one or more light sources, and a controller. The controller is programmed to: receive an image of one or more plants from the camera; apply a segmentation algorithm to produce a binary image from the image; apply a thresholding algorithm to classify the one or more plants within the binary image as being in one or several stages of plant life; and control operation of the one or more light sources based on a classified stage of plant life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: GROWTONIX, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Emilio Barrasso, Alexandru Serghei Rosca, Jesse Dean Fordyce, Patrick William Crawford
  • AUTONOMOUS PLANT GROWING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160371830
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a system including: a camera, one or more light sources, and a controller. The controller is programmed to: receive an image of one or more plants from the camera; apply a segmentation algorithm to produce a binary image from the image; apply a thresholding algorithm to classify the one or more plants within the binary image as being in one or several stages of plant life; and control operation of the one or more light sources based on a classified stage of plant life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Emilio Barrasso, Alexandru Serghei Rosca, Jesse Dean Fordyce, Patrick William Crawford