Patents by Inventor Silvio Holder

Silvio Holder 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the optical evaluation of harvested crop in a harvesting machine
    Patent number: 8831292
    Abstract: An arrangement for the optical evaluation of harvested crop in a harvesting machine includes a camera located for taking images of threshed out crop elements (grain and material other than grain) being conveyed within a channel of the machine. An electronic image processing system receives the images and identifies individual objects in the images, these objects being classified into predetermined object classes by way of comparing at least one of color, contour or texture features of the individual objects and corresponding characteristics of reference objects filed in a data bank. The processing system then determines the absolute or relative numbers or areas of the individual objects assigned to the respective object classes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Deer & Company
    Inventors: Peter Brueckner, Steffen Lerm, Daniel Garten, Silvio Holder
  • Method And Arrangement For The Optical Evaluation Of Harvested Crop In A Harvesting Machine
    Publication number: 20140050364
    Abstract: An arrangement for the optical evaluation of harvested crop in a harvesting machine includes a camera located for taking images of threshed out crop elements (grain and material other than grain) being conveyed within a channel of the machine. An electronic image processing system receives the images and identifies individual objects in the images, these objects being classified into predetermined object classes by way of comparing at least one of color, contour or texture features of the individual objects and corresponding characteristics of reference objects filed in a data bank. The processing system then determines the absolute or relative numbers or areas of the individual objects assigned to the respective object classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Brueckner, Steffen Lerm, Daniel Garten, Silvio Holder