Patents by Inventor Terence D. Pickett

Terence D. Pickett 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).

  • Patent number: 12322220
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to obtain diagnostic information for a system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes vehicle interface circuitry to obtain information corresponding to a detected problem of a vehicle, cloud interface circuitry to obtain, via a network communication, an output of a machine learning model executed based on the information, the output to indicate (a) a component associated with the detected problem, and (b) a probability associated with the component, instruction generation circuitry to generate instructions for performing a test on the component, and user interface control circuitry to cause the instructions to be displayed on a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Brandon M. McDonald, Timothy A. Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20250017192
    Abstract: An agricultural material application machine includes a material reservoir, a controllable valve, a pump that pumps material from the material reservoir to the controllable valve, an image sensor that captures in image of a portion of the worksite ahead of the controllable valve, and a light sensor that detects ambient lighting conditions at the worksite and generates sensor data indicative of the ambient lighting conditions. The machine further includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to adjust the image based on the sensor data indicative of the ambient lighting conditions to generate an adjusted image of the portion of the worksite ahead of the controllable valve and to control the controllable valve based on the adjusted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Steven Rees, Broughton BOYDELL, Tarik LOUKILI, Travis J. DAVIS, Terence D. PICKETT, Scott M. BUSE, Mark M. CHANEY
  • Patent number: 12075769
    Abstract: An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied. A controller controls applicators, such as nozzles or other applicators, to apply the material to the sensed targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Steven Rees, Broughton C. Boydell, Tarik Loukili, Travis J. Davis, Terence D. Pickett, Scott M. Buse, Mark M. Chaney
  • Patent number: 12029162
    Abstract: Crop is routed past a sample window on an agricultural combine harvester. Light it is impinged on the crop from an illumination source and reflected radiation is directed to a sensor. The output of the sensor is indicative of various constituents in the harvested crop. The illumination source is controlled based on the temperature proximate the crop sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Joseph J. Ellerbach, Michael A. Kool
  • Patent number: 12013310
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor engine starting systems. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute instructions to measure engine starting system data from a machine; determine a total starting crank time and an ambient air temperature for the machine from the engine starting system data; compare the engine starting system data using a machine learning model; model a relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time; generate a score of an engine starting system from the machine learning model; determine comparison result from the relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time; and display an alert to a user based on at least one of the score of the engine starting system or the comparison result from the relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Timothy A. Wilcox, Terence D. Pickett, Trong Duong, Larry D. Kassens, Sean M. Kennelly
  • Patent number: 11937528
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancing identification of crop conditions and execution of remedial actions in near real-time. An agricultural vehicle may include a crop analysis system having a computing device and an imaging array for capturing a set of images of a crop. The computing device analyzes images acquired by the imaging array to determine whether a crop experiences a particular condition. The computing device, when a condition is identified, can signal an agriculture machine to perform a remedial action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Broughton C. Boydell, Richard A. Humpal, Steven Rees
  • Patent number: 11832609
    Abstract: An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied. A controller controls applicators, such as nozzles or other applicators, to apply the material to the sensed targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Steven Rees, Broughton C. Boydell, Tarik Loukili, Travis. J. Davis, Terence D. Pickett, Scott M. Buse
  • Publication number: 20230380345
    Abstract: Crop is routed past a sample window on an agricultural combine harvester. Light it is impinged on the crop from an illumination source and reflected radiation is directed to a sensor. The output of the sensor is indicative of various constituents in the harvested crop. The illumination source is controlled based on the temperature proximate the crop sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Joseph J. Ellerbach, Michael A. Kool
  • Patent number: 11825761
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for field operations based on historical field operation data. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a field map generator to generate a field map including locations of a plurality of crop rows, the locations of the plurality of crop rows determined based on a first implement path travelled by a first implement of a first vehicle during a first operation, the first implement having a first operational width, the first implement path different from a first vehicle path of the first vehicle during the first operation, and a guidance line generator to generate a guidance line for a second vehicle during a second operation on the field, the second vehicle including a second implement to perform the second operation, the second implement having a second operational width different from the first operational width, the guidance line based on (a) the field map and (b) the second operational width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Curtis A. Maeder, Qiang R. Liu, Terence D. Pickett, Jeffery J. Adams
  • Publication number: 20230298394
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to obtain diagnostic information for a system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes vehicle interface circuitry to obtain information corresponding to a detected problem of a vehicle, cloud interface circuitry to obtain, via a network communication, an output of a machine learning model executed based on the information, the output to indicate (a) a component associated with the detected problem, and (b) a probability associated with the component, instruction generation circuitry to generate instructions for performing a test on the component, and user interface control circuitry to cause the instructions to be displayed on a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Brandon M. McDonald, Timothy A. Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20230194423
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate calibration models in a cloud environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes training circuitry to generate a calibration model based on a correlation of reference data and spectra, the reference data based on physical samples collected by one or more vehicles, the spectra associated with the physical samples, and distribution circuitry to provide, via a network communication, the calibration model to the one or more vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Peter Schade, Broughton Boydell, John H. Stone
  • Publication number: 20230175926
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor engine starting systems. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute instructions to measure engine starting system data from a machine; determine a total starting crank time and an ambient air temperature for the machine from the engine starting system data; compare the engine starting system data using a machine learning model; model a relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time; generate a score of an engine starting system from the machine learning model; determine comparison result from the relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time; and display an alert to a user based on at least one of the score of the engine starting system or the comparison result from the relationship between the ambient air temperature and the total starting crank time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy A. Wilcox, Terence D. Pickett, Trong Duong, Larry D. Kassens, Sean M. Kennelly
  • Patent number: 11647691
    Abstract: Crop is routed past a sample window on an agricultural combine harvester. Light it is impinged on the crop from an illumination source and reflected radiation is directed to a sensor. The output of the sensor is indicative of various constituents in the harvested crop. The illumination source is controlled based on the temperature proximate the crop sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Joseph J. Ellerbach, Michael A. Kool
  • Patent number: 11641790
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, a vehicle path planning system and a method for planning a path of a vehicle having a work tool are provided. The method includes determining an actual path through a work area, modifying the actual path with a margin to determine a modified path plan through the work area, and passing the work tool through the work area with the vehicle along the modified path plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Smith, Jacob D. Mayer, Terence D. Pickett, Noel W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20220192174
    Abstract: An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Steven Rees, Broughton C. Boydell, Tarik Loukili, Travis J. Davis, Terence D. Pickett, Scott M. Buse, Mark M. Chaney
  • Publication number: 20220192175
    Abstract: An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Richard A. Humpal, Steven Rees, Broughton C. Boydell, Tarik Loukili, Travis J. Davis, Terence D. Pickett, Scott M. Buse
  • Patent number: 11310954
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for efficient material application. An example landscape treatment apparatus includes a main carrier tank to store a solvent, a concentrate tank to store a solute, and a first mix tank to receive the solvent and the solute as a first mixture. The example apparatus further includes a second mix tank to receive the solvent and the solute as a second mixture, where the first mix tank is to receive the solvent and the solute in alternation with the second mix tank receiving the solvent and the solute. The example apparatus also includes a boom to apply the first mixture and the second mixture to a landscape via a plurality of nozzles, where the boom is to apply the first mixture and the second mixture in alternation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Travis J. Davis, Brandon M. McDonald
  • Publication number: 20220110240
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for field operations based on historical field operation data. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a field map generator to generate a field map including locations of a plurality of crop rows, the locations of the plurality of crop rows determined based on a first implement path travelled by a first implement of a first vehicle during a first operation, the first implement having a first operational width, the first implement path different from a first vehicle path of the first vehicle during the first operation, and a guidance line generator to generate a guidance line for a second vehicle during a second operation on the field, the second vehicle including a second implement to perform the second operation, the second implement having a second operational width different from the first operational width, the guidance line based on (a) the field map and (b) the second operational width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Curtis A. Maeder, Qiang R. Liu, Terence D. Pickett, Jeffery J. Adams
  • Publication number: 20220046854
    Abstract: Crop is routed past a sample window on an agricultural combine harvester. Light it is impinged on the crop from an illumination source and reflected radiation is directed to a sensor. The output of the sensor is indicative of various constituents in the harvested crop. The illumination source is controlled based on the temperature proximate the crop sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Terence D. Pickett, Joseph J. Ellerbach, Michael A. Kool
  • Patent number: 11212954
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for field operations based on historical field operation data. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a guidance line generator to generate a guidance line for operation of a vehicle during a second operation on a field, the guidance line based on (1) a field map generated from location data collected during a first operation in the field, the field map including a plurality of crop rows and (2) an implement of the vehicle, the implement to perform the second operation on the field. The example apparatus further includes a drive commander to cause the vehicle to traverse the field along the guidance line, and an implement commander to cause the implement to perform the second operation as the vehicle traverses the field along the guidance line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Curtis A. Maeder, Qiang R. Liu, Terence D. Pickett, Jeffery J. Adams