Patents by Inventor Ricardo Junqueira Franco Duarte

Ricardo Junqueira Franco Duarte 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 for diagnosis of plant anomalies
    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
  • SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PLANT ANOMALIES
    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