Patents by Inventor Sebastian Blank

Sebastian Blank 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).

  • Publication number: 20150199637
    Abstract: A set of data indicative of sensed parameters on an agricultural machine is evaluated against a reference data set to obtain an evaluation value indicative of how the set of data compares to the reference data. A performance score is generated based on the evaluation value and indicates a performance of a given operator in operating the agricultural machine. An operator performance report is generated based on the performance score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Dohn W. Pfeiffer, Sebastian Blank
  • Publication number: 20150199360
    Abstract: A set of data is received. The data is indicative of sensed parameters on a mobile machine. The data is evaluated against a set of actionable conditions to determine the degree of fulfillment of each condition. A recommendation for changing the operation of the mobile machine is identified based on the degree of fulfillment. An output is generated based on the recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Dohn W. Pfeiffer, Sebastian Blank
  • Patent number: 8935059
    Abstract: A system and a method for controlling a work machine. A plurality of sensor arrangements provide a respective output value. A data transmission network connects the sensor arrangements to a processor unit. The processor unit is operated to convert output values from the sensor arrangement into a standard data format on the basis of formatting data associated with the sensor arrangements and to amalgamate them to form a combined measured value. It is proposed that the processor unit be able to operate to obtain the formatting data via the transmission network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Sebastian Blank
  • Publication number: 20140277960
    Abstract: A method, a system and a harvester (100) are arranged to detect a steady operating state of the harvester (100). A crop sensor (178b, 178c, 178e, 178f, 178g) senses a crop parameter. A processing result sensor (172a, 172b, 174, 178a, 178d) senses at least one processing result parameter. The crop parameter, the processing result parameter and time derivatives of the crop parameter and the processing result parameter are submitted as input signals to a fuzzy logic circuit (222). The fuzzy logic circuit (222) is configured to generate a binary steady state signal value indicating a steady state of the crop processing in the harvesting machine based upon the input signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: SEBASTIAN BLANK, CAMERON R. MOTT
  • Publication number: 20140277961
    Abstract: A system for detecting an operating state of a work machine (100), comprises at least two sensors (160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 178b, 178c, 178e, 178f, 178g, 172a, 172b, 174, 178a, 178d) for sensing parameters affecting an operation state of the machine (100) and an operating state evaluation circuit (228) having an output for an operating state signal value (232). The operating state evaluation circuit (228) determines the operating state signal value (232) based upon fused signals from the sensors and a sensor reliability signal from a weighing function evaluator (240).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: SEBASTIAN BLANK, CAMERON R. MOTT
  • Publication number: 20140129192
    Abstract: A device for detecting the operating state of a machine comprises one or more sensors for making available in each case an output value relating to a current parameter of a component of the machine, and a processing unit which is connected to the sensors and is programmed to derive information about the operating state of machine using a Hidden Markov Model and on the basis of the measured values of the sensors and/or values derived therefrom. The processing unit can be supplied with a state transition matrix A, elements of an emission probability matrix B for the probability that an observation is conditioned by a certain state, and a vector ? for describing an input state, in order to derive the operating states of the machine therefrom. The processing unit is programmed to derive elements of the emission probability matrix B from the measured values of the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: SEBASTIAN BLANK, FOLKER BECK, FRANK KNEIP
  • Publication number: 20130116896
    Abstract: A system and a method for controlling a work machine. A plurality of sensor arrangements provide a respective output value. A data transmission network connects the sensor arrangements to a processor unit. The processor unit is operated to convert output values from the sensor arrangement into a standard data format on the basis of formatting data associated with the sensor arrangements and to amalgamate them to form a combined measured value. It is proposed that the processor unit be able to operate to obtain the formatting data via the transmission network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Sebastian Blank