Patents by Inventor Scott S Hendron
Scott S Hendron 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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Patent number: 11635262Abstract: A rotary heat exchanger includes a hub configured to be rotatably driven by a shaft, a fan including a plurality of fan blades integrally coupled to the hub and extending radially outwardly therefrom, and a heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger sections. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of cooling fins for receiving air from the fan. Each of the plurality of heat exchanger sections is located between two of the plurality of fan blades. The hub, the fan, and the heat exchanger are integrally formed as a single body by a three-dimensional printing process.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Scott S. Hendron, Sean P. West, Reginald M. Bindl, Mark J. Cherney
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Patent number: 11162241Abstract: A robotic machine includes at least one sensor coupled to the robotic machine configured to generate a signal indicative of a worksurface for which a worksurface operation is to be conducted. The robotic machine also includes a machine and robotic control system configured to receive the signal indicative of the worksurface, identify the worksurface operation to be conducted, and generate control signals for an end effector of the robotic machine to carry out the identified worksurface operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Scott S. Hendron, Mark J. Cherney, Michael G. Kean, John J. O'Brien
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Patent number: 11062511Abstract: Images, which are captured by an image capture device on a ground disturbing work machine, and that are taken from different perspectives, and are received. A machine learned image identification model identifies items of interest in the images. A three-dimensional representation is generated based on the set of images. The three-dimensional representation identifies a depth at which the recognized items lie beneath the surface of the soil being excavated. A map request is received which identifies a location and depth for which image data is to be provided. A three-dimensional representation of the location and depth are provided in response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventor: Scott S. Hendron
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Patent number: 10927522Abstract: A structural assembly for a work machine and method of assembling a node and strut structure are provided. The assembly includes at least one strut extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The assembly further includes node members. Each of the node members has a first node portion with a first node cavity. The first end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of one of the node members. The second end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of another node member. An adhesive bonds the first end portion and the second end portion of the strut to the node members at the first node cavity of each of the node members.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventors: Scott S. Hendron, Nathan F. Tortorella, Mohamad S. El-Zein, Hector Portillo, Hema V. Guthy, Sankaran Subramaniam, Kristine M. Johanning, Kent A. Burkett, Jamie M. Coates, Jesse J. Kueter
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Publication number: 20200370270Abstract: A structural assembly for a work machine and method of assembling a node and strut structure are provided. The assembly includes at least one strut extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The assembly further includes node members. Each of the node members has a first node portion with a first node cavity. The first end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of one of the node members. The second end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of another node member. An adhesive bonds the first end portion and the second end portion of the strut to the node members at the first node cavity of each of the node members.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: SCOTT S. HENDRON, NATHAN F. TORTORELLA, MOHAMAD S. EL-ZEIN, HECTOR PORTILLO, HEMA V. GUTHY, SANKARAN SUBRAMANIAM, KRISTINE M. JOHANNING, KENT A. BURKETT, JAMIE M. COATES, JESSE J. KUETER
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Publication number: 20200349760Abstract: Images, which are captured by an image capture device on a ground disturbing work machine, and that are taken from different perspectives, and are received. A machine learned image identification model identifies items of interest in the images. A three-dimensional representation is generated based on the set of images. The three-dimensional representation identifies a depth at which the recognized items lie beneath the surface of the soil being excavated. A map request is received which identifies a location and depth for which image data is to be provided. A three-dimensional representation of the location and depth are provided in response to the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventor: Scott S. Hendron
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Patent number: 10733991Abstract: A mobile construction machine detects a speech processing trigger. It then performs speech processing (such as speech recognition and natural language understanding, speech synthesis, etc.) based on the detected speech processing trigger, to generate a speech processing result. A control signal generator generates control signals based on the speech processing result. The control signals can be used to control the mobile construction machine, to control another mobile construction machine, to provide information to a remote server location, or to aggregate information from multiple remote server locations.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Mark J. Cherney, Keith N. Chaston, Michael G. Kean, Douglas K. Wink, Sean P. West, John M. Hageman, Scott S. Hendron
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Publication number: 20200200186Abstract: A rotary heat exchanger includes a hub configured to be rotatably driven by a shaft, a fan including a plurality of fan blades integrally coupled to the hub and extending radially outwardly therefrom, and a heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger sections. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of cooling fins for receiving air from the fan. Each of the plurality of heat exchanger sections is located between two of the plurality of fan blades. The hub, the fan, and the heat exchanger are integrally formed as a single body by a three-dimensional printing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Scott S. Hendron, Sean P. West, Reginald M. Bindl, Mark J. Cherney
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Patent number: 10689831Abstract: A computing system includes actuator control logic configured to generate and send control signals to an actuator of a mobile machine configured to drive direction and speed movement of a linkage on the mobile machine. The computing system also includes a control map generator system configured to receive sensor signals indicative of the direction and speed movement of the linkage on the mobile machine, and, based on the received sensor signals, generate a control mapping that maps the control signals to the direction and speed movement of the linkage of the mobile machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Michael G. Kean, Scott S. Hendron
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Patent number: 10621982Abstract: A mobile construction machine detects a speech processing trigger. It then performs speech processing (such as speech recognition and natural language understanding, speech synthesis, etc.) based on the detected speech processing trigger, to generate a speech processing result. A control signal generator generates control signals based on the speech processing result. The control signals can be used to control the mobile construction machine, to control another mobile construction machine, to provide information to a remote server location, or to aggregate information from multiple remote server locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Mark J. Cherney, Keith N. Chaston, Michael G. Kean, Douglas K. Wink, Sean P. West, John M. Hageman, Scott S. Hendron
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Publication number: 20200026086Abstract: A head-mounted augmented reality device for an operator of a work machine is presented. The augmented reality device comprises a display component configured to generate and display an augmented reality overlay while providing the operator with a substantially unobstructed view. The augmented reality device also comprises a field of view component configured to detect an object within a field of view of the operator. The augmented reality device also comprises a wireless communication component configured to communicate with at least one information source. The augmented reality device also comprises a processing component configured to receive an indication from the at least one information source, and display the indication in association with the detected object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventor: Scott S. Hendron
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Publication number: 20190301131Abstract: A robotic machine includes at least one sensor coupled to the robotic machine configured to generate a signal indicative of a worksurface for which a worksurface operation is to be conducted. The robotic machine also includes a machine and robotic control system configured to receive the signal indicative of the worksurface, identify the worksurface operation to be conducted, and generate control signals for an end effector of the robotic machine to carry out the identified worksurface operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Scott S. Hendron, Mark J. Cherney, Michael G. Kean, John J. O'Brien
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Publication number: 20190301144Abstract: A computing system includes actuator control logic configured to generate and send control signals to an actuator of a mobile machine configured to drive direction and speed movement of a linkage on the mobile machine. The computing system also includes a control map generator system configured to receive sensor signals indicative of the direction and speed movement of the linkage on the mobile machine, and, based on the received sensor signals, generate a control mapping that maps the control signals to the direction and speed movement of the linkage of the mobile machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Michael G. Kean, Scott S. Hendron
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Patent number: 10337169Abstract: A stabilizer device for a work vehicle. The work vehicle having a first ground-engaging device having a first midpoint and a second ground-engaging device having a second midpoint. The first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device configured to move the work vehicle along a surface. The stabilizer device comprising a mount coupled to the work vehicle between the first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device. A stabilizer bar coupled to the mount. An actuator coupled to the mount and the stabilizer bar and configured to raise the stabilizer bar from a ground-engaging position to a stowed position. The stabilizer device extends to one of equal to and beyond the second midpoint in the ground-engaging position.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Wylie C. Pfaff, Scott S. Hendron, Robert C. Moore, Martti Johannes Lampela, John William Krieger, Peter Fraser Falt, Michael McLaughlin
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Publication number: 20190198017Abstract: A mobile construction machine detects a speech processing trigger. It then performs speech processing (such as speech recognition and natural language understanding, speech synthesis, etc.) based on the detected speech processing trigger, to generate a speech processing result. A control signal generator generates control signals based on the speech processing result. The control signals can be used to control the mobile construction machine, to control another mobile construction machine, to provide information to a remote server location, or to aggregate information from multiple remote server locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Mark J. Cherney, Keith N. Chaston, Michael G. Kean, Douglas K. Wink, Sean P. West, John M. Hageman, Scott S. Hendron
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Publication number: 20190198015Abstract: A mobile construction machine detects a speech processing trigger. It then performs speech processing (such as speech recognition and natural language understanding, speech synthesis, etc.) based on the detected speech processing trigger, to generate a speech processing result. A control signal generator generates control signals based on the speech processing result. The control signals can be used to control the mobile construction machine, to control another mobile construction machine, to provide information to a remote server location, or to aggregate information from multiple remote server locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Mark J. Cherney, Keith N. Chaston, Michael G. Kean, Douglas K. Wink, Sean P. West, John M. Hageman, Scott S. Hendron
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Patent number: 10144390Abstract: A remote start system for a work vehicle includes a communication unit configured to receive a remote start input signal; optical sensors providing a first image of the work vehicle or work vehicle environment; and a controller including at least a start module and a verification module. The start module is configured to generate a verification request in response to the remote start input signal. In response to the verification request, the verification module is configured to confirm that the first image satisfies a verification condition and to generate a verification confirmation when the first image satisfies the verification condition. The start module is configured to generate a start command in response to the verification confirmation. The remote start system further includes a starter device coupled to the controller and configured to energize a prime mover of the work vehicle upon receipt of the start command from the controller.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Keith N. Chaston, Sean P. West, Scott S. Hendron
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Publication number: 20180334136Abstract: A remote start system for a work vehicle includes a communication unit configured to receive a remote start input signal; optical sensors providing a first image of the work vehicle or work vehicle environment; and a controller including at least a start module and a verification module. The start module is configured to generate a verification request in response to the remote start input signal. In response to the verification request, the verification module is configured to confirm that the first image satisfies a verification condition and to generate a verification confirmation when the first image satisfies the verification condition. The start module is configured to generate a start command in response to the verification confirmation. The remote start system further includes a starter device coupled to the controller and configured to energize a prime mover of the work vehicle upon receipt of the start command from the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Keith N. Chaston, Sean P. West, Scott S. Hendron
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Patent number: 10099624Abstract: A storage apparatus for a work vehicle where the work vehicle comprises an operator's station defining a floor, a seat assembly coupled to the floor, wherein the seat assembly is rotatable about a seat assembly pivot axis between a forward facing position and a rearward facing position. The storage apparatus comprises at least one drawer support coupled to a backside of the seat assembly, and at least one drawer slidably disposed with the drawer support where the drawer is movable between an access position and a storage position.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Scott S. Hendron, Wylie C. Pfaff, Robert C. Moore, Martti Johannes Lampela, John William Krieger, Peter Fraser Falt, Michael McLaughlin
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Publication number: 20180251073Abstract: A storage apparatus for a work vehicle where the work vehicle comprises an operator's station defining a floor, a seat assembly coupled to the floor, wherein the seat assembly is rotatable about a seat assembly pivot axis between a forward facing position and a rearward facing position. The storage apparatus comprises at least one drawer support coupled to a backside of the seat assembly, and at least one drawer slidably disposed with the drawer support where the drawer is movable between an access position and a storage position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Scott S. Hendron, Wylie C. Pfaff, Robert C. Moore, Martti Johannes Lampela, John William Krieger, Peter Fraser Falt, Michael McLaughlin