Patents by Inventor Robert Brauer

Robert Brauer 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: 12632957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing image data associated with plots are provided. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing a data set including multiple images, a mask for each of the images, and classification data for each of the images, and inputting each of the images to a classifier of a model architecture. The method also includes, for each of the images input to the classifier, generating, by an encoder of the model architecture, a latent image from the input image; generating, by a decoder of the model architecture, an output mask from the latent image; determining, by the classifier, an output classification indicative of a type of crop in the image; comparing the output mask to the corresponding mask in the data set; comparing the output classification to the corresponding classification data in the data set; and modifying a parameter of the model architecture based on the comparisons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Nima Hamidi Ghalehjegh
  • Publication number: 20230108422
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in processing image data associated with crop-bearing fields. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing a first data set including images associated with a field, where the images have a spatial resolution of about one pixel per at least about one meter, and generating, based on a generative model, defined resolution images of the field from the first data set. In doing so, the defined resolution images each have a spatial resolution of about X centimeters per pixel, where X is less than about 5 centimeters. The method also includes deriving index values for the field, based on the defined resolution images of the field, and predicting a characteristic (e.g., a yield, etc.) for the field based on the index values and, in some implementations, at least one environmental metric for the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Robert BRAUER, Bhaskar DUTTA, Mohammad Alfi HASAN, Kyle PARMLEY
  • Publication number: 20230100004
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing image data associated with plots are provided. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing a data set including multiple images, a mask for each of the images, and classification data for each of the images, and inputting each of the images to a classifier of a model architecture. The method also includes, for each of the images input to the classifier, generating, by an encoder of the model architecture, a latent image from the input image; generating, by a decoder of the model architecture, an output mask from the latent image; determining, by the classifier, an output classification indicative of a type of crop in the image; comparing the output mask to the corresponding mask in the data set; comparing the output classification to the corresponding classification data in the data set; and modifying a parameter of the model architecture based on the comparisons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Robert BRAUER, Nima Hamidi GHALEHJEGH
  • Publication number: 20230093903
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in processing image data of crops associated with one or more plots. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing a data set including images associated with one or more plots. The method then includes, for each plot, comparing a first index value of a first image of the plot at time n to an index value of a second image of the plot at time n+1; in response to the second index value being greater than the first index value, flagging the second image; and modifying the data set by removing at least part of the second image based on the flag. The method further includes accessing phenotypic data for the one or more plots at a time consistent with the images and training a model based on data including the modified data set and the accessed phenotypic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Steven BALDWIN, Robert BRAUER, Mohammad Alfi HASAN, Kyle PARMLEY, Venkata Soumya PISUPATI
  • Patent number: 10122917
    Abstract: Techniques for entering an image-capture user interface from a locked mobile device and capturing an image while the mobile device is still in a locked state. In an example implementation, a mobile device at a lock-screen may detect a change in orientation of the mobile device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. In response, the mobile device may display an image-capture UI. In some implementations, the image-capture UI may be overlaid over one or more elements of the lock-screen. Accordingly, the mobile device may provide visual notice to a user that the phone is still in a locked state while offering image capture functionality. In another implementation, the mobile device may provide another indication that the mobile device is still locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Sebastian Amorim
  • Publication number: 20180115702
    Abstract: Techniques for entering an image-capture user interface from a locked mobile device and capturing an image while the mobile device is still in a locked state. In an example implementation, a mobile device at a lock-screen may detect a change in orientation of the mobile device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. In response, the mobile device may display an image-capture UI. In some implementations, the image-capture UI may be overlaid over one or more elements of the lock-screen. Accordingly, the mobile device may provide visual notice to a user that the phone is still in a locked state while offering image capture functionality. In another implementation, the mobile device may provide another indication that the mobile device is still locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Sebastian Amorim
  • Patent number: 9888172
    Abstract: Techniques for entering an image-capture user interface from a locked mobile device and capturing an image while the mobile device is still in a locked state. In an example implementation, a mobile device at a lock-screen may detect a change in orientation of the mobile device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. In response, the mobile device may display an image-capture UI. In some implementations, the image-capture UI may be overlaid over one or more elements of the lock-screen. Accordingly, the mobile device may provide visual notice to a user that the phone is still in a locked state while offering image capture functionality. In another implementation, the mobile device may provide another indication that the mobile device is still locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Sebastian Amorim
  • Publication number: 20170094162
    Abstract: Techniques for entering an image-capture user interface from a locked mobile device and capturing an image while the mobile device is still in a locked state. In an example implementation, a mobile device at a lock-screen may detect a change in orientation of the mobile device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. In response, the mobile device may display an image-capture UI. In some implementations, the image-capture UI may be overlaid over one or more elements of the lock-screen. Accordingly, the mobile device may provide visual notice to a user that the phone is still in a locked state while offering image capture functionality. In another implementation, the mobile device may provide another indication that the mobile device is still locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Sebastian Amorim
  • Patent number: 9560282
    Abstract: Techniques for entering an image-capture user interface from a locked mobile device and capturing an image while the mobile device is still in a locked state. In an example implementation, a mobile device at a lock-screen may detect a change in orientation of the mobile device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. In response, the mobile device may display an image-capture UI. In some implementations, the image-capture UI may be overlaid over one or more elements of the lock-screen. Accordingly, the mobile device may provide visual notice to a user that the phone is still in a locked state while offering image capture functionality. In another implementation, the mobile device may provide another indication that the mobile device is still locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Sebastian Amorim
  • Publication number: 20160295124
    Abstract: Techniques for entering an image-capture user interface from a locked mobile device and capturing an image while the mobile device is still in a locked state. In an example implementation, a mobile device at a lock-screen may detect a change in orientation of the mobile device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. In response, the mobile device may display an image-capture UI. In some implementations, the image-capture UI may be overlaid over one or more elements of the lock-screen. Accordingly, the mobile device may provide visual notice to a user that the phone is still in a locked state while offering image capture functionality. In another implementation, the mobile device may provide another indication that the mobile device is still locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Sebastian Amorim
  • Patent number: 9374521
    Abstract: Techniques for entering an image-capture user interface from a locked mobile device and capturing an image while the mobile device is still in a locked state. In an example implementation, a mobile device at a lock-screen may detect a change in orientation of the mobile device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. In response, the mobile device may display an image-capture UI. In some implementations, the image-capture UI may be overlaid over or displayed concurrently with one or more elements of the lock-screen. Accordingly, the mobile device may provide visual notice to a user that the phone is still in a locked state while offering image capture functionality. In another implementation, the mobile device may provide another indication that the mobile device is still locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brauer, Sebastian Amorim