Patents by Inventor Russel Howe
Russel Howe 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).
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Publication number: 20240081298Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: submerging a camera (52) in a sea pen containing fish, the camera having a field of view; capturing images of the fish with the camera (52); and identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized in that a target region within the field of view of the camera (52) is illuminated from above and below with light of different intensities and/or spectral compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Publication number: 20240057565Abstract: A system for external fish parasites monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: a camera (52) suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing comprising fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and an electronic image processing system (86) configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, wherein: a ranging detector (54) configured for detecting the presence of fish and measuring a distance from the detector to the fish is mounted adjacent to the camera (52); and an electronic control system (12) is arranged to control a focus of the camera (52) on the basis of the measured distance and to trigger the camera (52) when a fish has been detected within a predetermined distance range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Patent number: 11849707Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: submerging a camera (52) in a sea pen containing fish, the camera having a field of view; capturing images of the fish with the camera (52); and identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized in that a target region within the field of view of the camera (52) is illuminated from above and below with light of different intensities and/or spectral compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: INTERVET INC.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Patent number: 11825814Abstract: A system for external fish parasites monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: —a camera (52) suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing comprising fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and—an electronic image processing system (86) configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, wherein: —a ranging detector (54) configured for detecting the presence of fish and measuring a distance from the detector to the fish is mounted adjacent to the camera (52); and—an electronic control system (12) is arranged to control a focus of the camera (52) on the basis of the measured distance and to trigger the camera (52) when a fish has been detected within a predetermined distance range.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: INTERVET INC.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Publication number: 20230311749Abstract: At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method for an autonomous vehicle (e.g., a fully autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle) to communicate with external observers. The method includes: receiving a task at the autonomous vehicle; collecting data that characterizes a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle from a sensor coupled to the autonomous vehicle; determining an intended course of action for the autonomous vehicle to undertake based on the task and the collected data; and conveying a human understandable output via an output device, the human understandable output expressly or implicitly indicating the intended course of action to an external observer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Kjerstin I. Williams, Thomas A. Tombrello, James W. Sarrett, Luke W. Khanlian, Adrian L. Kaehler, Russel Howe
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Publication number: 20230189767Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: submerging a camera (52) in a sea pen containing fish, the camera having a field of view; capturing images of the fish with the camera (52); and identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized in that a target region within the field of view of the camera (52) is illuminated from above and below with light of different intensities and/or spectral compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Patent number: 11632939Abstract: A system for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: —a camera (52) suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and —an electronic image processing system (86) configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by a camera and lighting rig (10) having a vertical support member (14), an upper boom (16) articulated to a top end of the support member (14) and carrying an upper lighting array (22), a lower boom (18) articulated to a lower end of the support member (14) and carrying a lower lighting array (24), and a housing (20) attached to the support member and carrying the camera (52), wherein the upper and lower lighting arrays (22, 44) are configured to illuminate, from above and from below, a target region inside a field of view of the camera (52).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Patent number: 11619998Abstract: At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method for an autonomous vehicle (e.g., a fully autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle) to communicate with external observers. The method includes: receiving a task at the autonomous vehicle; collecting data that characterizes a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle from a sensor coupled to the autonomous vehicle; determining an intended course of action for the autonomous vehicle to undertake based on the task and the collected data; and conveying a human understandable output via an output device, the human understandable output expressly or implicitly indicating the intended course of action to an external observer.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: APPLIED INVENTION, LLCInventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Kjerstin I. Williams, Thomas A. Tombrello, James W. Sarrett, Luke W. Khanlian, Adrian L. Kaehler, Russel Howe
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Patent number: 11533893Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: —submerging a camera (52) in a sea pen containing fish, the camera having a field of view; —capturing images of the fish with the camera (52); and—identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized in that a target region within the field of view of the camera (52) is illuminated from above and below with light of different intensities and/or spectral compositions.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Patent number: 11223191Abstract: A power distribution and communication system includes nodes connected by power lines and communication links. The system receives power from one or more power sources. Each node contains at least one power port, data port and load port. Associated with each power port and load port is a port monitor for measuring current flowing into or out of the port and the voltage difference between the port outlet and ground, which measurements are passed to a processing element. The processing element and monitor analyze measured values to detect fault conditions. Upon fault condition detection, the port is disabled by opening a switch, disconnecting the port from the system voltage. The processing element receives power directly from the power line, thus receiving power from a live power line even if the associated power port is disabled allowing the processing element to enable a disabled node following a failure.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Applied Invention, LLCInventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Anthony N. Gardner, Russel Howe, Randall Adam Yates
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Publication number: 20200367475Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: —submerging a camera (52) in a sea pen containing fish, the camera having a field of view; —capturing images of the fish with the camera (52); and—identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized in that a target region within the field of view of the camera (52) is illuminated from above and below with light of different intensities and/or spectral compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Publication number: 20200337274Abstract: A system for external fish parasites monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: a camera (52) suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing comprising fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and an electronic image processing system (86) configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, wherein: a ranging detector (54) configured for detecting the presence of fish and measuring a distance from the detector to the fish is mounted adjacent to the camera (52); and an electronic control system (12) is arranged to control a focus of the camera (52) on the basis of the measured distance and to trigger the camera (52) when a fish has been detected within a predetermined distance range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Publication number: 20200288679Abstract: A method for external fish parasites, such as sea lice, monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: —submerging a camera (52) in a sea pen (40) comprising fish (72, 74); —capturing images of the fish (72, 74) with the camera (52); and —identifying external fish parasites such as sea lice on the fish (72, 74) by analyzing the captured images, characterized by the steps of: —distinguishing between at least two different classes of external fish parasites such as sea lice which differ in the difficulty of recognizing the external fish parasites such as sea lice; —calculating quality metrics for each captured image, the quality metrics permitting to identify the classes of external fish parasites such as sea lice for which the quality of the image is sufficient for sea lice detection; and —establishing separate detection rates for each class of sea lice, each detection rate being based only on images the quality of which, as described by the quality metrics, was sufficient for detecting external fish paraType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Publication number: 20200288678Abstract: A system for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: —a camera (52) suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and —an electronic image processing system (86) configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by a camera and lighting rig (10) having a vertical support member (14), an upper boom (16) articulated to a top end of the support member (14) and carrying an upper lighting array (22), a lower boom (18) articulated to a lower end of the support member (14) and carrying a lower lighting array (24), and a housing (20) attached to the support member and carrying the camera (52), wherein the upper and lower lighting arrays (22, 44) are configured to illuminate, from above and from below, a target region inside a field of view of the camera (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Publication number: 20200288680Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: submerging a camera in a sea pen comprising fish; capturing images of the fish with the camera; and identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by the steps of: distinguishing between at least two different classes of external fish parasite which differ in the difficulty of recognizing the external fish parasite; calculating quality metrics for each captured image, the quality metrics permit-ting to identify the classes of external fish parasite for which the quality of the image is sufficient for lice detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Intervet Inc.Inventors: Russel Howe, Zachary Lizer, James Wallace Sarrett, Peter Jon Abrahamson, Jascha Tucker Little
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Publication number: 20200136367Abstract: A power distribution and communication system includes nodes connected by power lines and communication links. The system receives power from one or more power sources. Each node contains at least one power port, data port and load port. Associated with each power port and load port is a port monitor for measuring current flowing into or out of the port and the voltage difference between the port outlet and ground, which measurements are passed to a processing element. The processing element and monitor analyze measured values to detect fault conditions. Upon fault condition detection, the port is disabled by opening a switch, disconnecting the port from the system voltage. The processing element receives power directly from the power line, thus receiving power from a live power line even if the associated power port is disabled allowing the processing element to enable a disabled node following a failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: W. Daniel HILLIS, Anthony N. GARDNER, Russel HOWE, Randall Adam YATES
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Patent number: 10594540Abstract: A device and methods for wirelessly transferring farming data to and from an agricultural monitor. Certain embodiments also relate to specific methods used to change the boot order of a computing device that may be used to enable wireless data transfer.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Stephen T. Dieke, Russel Howe, Harley P. Janssen, James W. Sarrett, Kent A. Vander Velden
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Patent number: 10559953Abstract: A power distribution and communication system includes nodes connected by power lines and communication links. The system receives power from one or more power sources. Each node contains at least one power port, data port and load port. Associated with each power port and load port is a port monitor for measuring current flowing into or out of the port and the voltage difference between the port outlet and ground, which measurements are passed to a processing element. The processing element and monitor analyze measured values to detect fault conditions. Upon fault condition detection, the port is disabled by opening a switch, disconnecting the port from the system voltage. The processing element receives power directly from the power line, thus receiving power from a live power line even if the associated power port is disabled allowing the processing element to enable a disabled node following a failure.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Applied Invention, LLCInventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Anthony N. Gardner, Russel Howe, Randall Adam Yates
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Publication number: 20190235635Abstract: At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method for an autonomous vehicle (e.g., a fully autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle) to communicate with external observers. The method includes: receiving a task at the autonomous vehicle; collecting data that characterizes a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle from a sensor coupled to the autonomous vehicle; determining an intended course of action for the autonomous vehicle to undertake based on the task and the collected data; and conveying a human understandable output via an output device, the human understandable output expressly or implicitly indicating the intended course of action to an external observer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Kjerstin I. Williams, Thomas A. Tombrello, James W. Sarrett, Luke W. Khanlian, Adrian L. Kaehler, Russel Howe
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Patent number: 10303257Abstract: At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method for an autonomous vehicle (e.g., a fully autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle) to communicate with external observers. The method includes: receiving a task at the autonomous vehicle; collecting data that characterizes a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle from a sensor coupled to the autonomous vehicle; determining an intended course of action for the autonomous vehicle to undertake based on the task and the collected data; and conveying a human understandable output via an output device, the human understandable output expressly or implicitly indicating the intended course of action to an external observer.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Applied Invention, LLCInventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Kjerstin I. Williams, Thomas A. Tombrello, James W. Sarrett, Luke W. Khanlian, Adrian L. Kaehler, Russel Howe