Patents by Inventor Robert G. Curley

Robert G. Curley 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).

  • Robotic cultivator
    Patent number: 5442552
    Abstract: A robotic cultivator is provided for automatically positioning cultivation tools relative to a centerline of a plant row. The cultivator comprises a video camera for gathering visual information about plants in a plant row. A frame grabber is then utilized to generate a digitized image of the visual information. A computer then manipulates the visual information to determine a centerline of the plant row. Finally, a positioning device moves the cultivation tools based upon the current position of the tools with respect to the centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: David C. Slaughter, Robert G. Curley, Pictiaw Chen, Durham K. Giles