Patents by Inventor Ricardo Junqueira Franco

Ricardo Junqueira Franco 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: 8923569
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a system for the diagnosis of plant anomalies which comprises at least: an acquisition device (1) capable of capturing images in real time of at least one sample of a plant to be diagnosed; a storage unit (2) comprised by a database of digitalized images (7) of samples of plants affected by anomalies and also comprised by a database of technical information (8) related to said anomalies; a human interface device (3) capable of displaying digitalized images of the plant samples; a human control device (4) capable of allowing for an active interaction between a user and the human interface device; and a processing unit (5) operatively associated to the acquisition device (1), to the storage unit (2), to the human interface device (3) and to the human control device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Ricardo Junqueira Franco Duarte
  • Publication number: 20120114187
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a system for the diagnosis of plant anomalies which comprises at least: an acquisition device (1) capable of capturing images in real time of at least one sample of a plant to be diagnosed; a storage unit (2) comprised by a database of digitalized images (7) of samples of plants affected by anomalies and also comprised by a database of technical information (8) related to said anomalies; a human interface device (3) capable of displaying digitalized images of the plant samples; a human control device (4) capable of allowing for an active interaction between a user and the human interface device; and a processing unit (5) operatively associated to the acquisition device (1), to the storage unit (2), to the human interface device (3) and to the human control device (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Ricardo Junqueira Franco Duarte
  • Publication number: 20060084935
    Abstract: Improvement in absorbing center for disposable diapers, process and machine for its manufacturing, of the type made by cellulose flakes (11) adequately compacted forming a coverlet that, in its turn, presents an upper and a lower part with one or more capping (4-6) or still, with no capping, but, independently from such aspects, such center presents a plurality of absorbing gel grains (16) concentrated in distinct points (30) strategically distributed throughout the flake coverlet (11), where each point keeps a certain distance from the adjacent points, just as each point concentrates a certain number of grains, such number disposed in the medium part of the thickness (E) of the cellulose flake layer (11), where each absorbing gel point (16) is compacted at least on the upper side of the center (2), forming a cavity (31), being yet another characteristic of the present improvement the fact that such capping (4), upper and lower, presents the internal surfaces with a thing layer of absorbing gel grains (16), w
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Celso Junqueira Franco, Ricardo Junqueira Franco