Patents by Inventor Todd MOCKLER

Todd MOCKLER 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: 11116154
    Abstract: A field controller and sensor is presented as an elongate body having a hollow interior and axially opposite first and second ends with a first arm extending outward from the elongate body adjacent to the first axial end and a second arm extending outward from the elongate body adjacent to the second, axially opposite end. Each of the arms has an imaging device. The first arm imaging device is positioned to obtain images in a direction toward the second axial end of the elongate body. The second arm imaging device is positioned to obtain images in a direction toward the first axial end. The first and second arms are spaced apart from one another along a length of the elongate body at a distance sufficient to image a canopy of crop growth in a field in which the field controller and sensor is deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    Inventors: Nadia Shakoor, Todd Mockler, William Francis Kezele
  • Publication number: 20210045301
    Abstract: A field controller and sensor is presented as an elongate body having a hollow interior and axially opposite first and second ends with a first arm extending outward from the elongate body adjacent to the first axial end and a second arm extending outward from the elongate body adjacent to the second, axially opposite end. Each of the arms has an imaging device. The first arm imaging device is positioned to obtain images in a direction toward the second axial end of the elongate body. The second arm imaging device is positioned to obtain images in a direction toward the first axial end. The first and second arms are spaced apart from one another along a length of the elongate body at a distance sufficient to image a canopy of crop growth in a field in which the field controller and sensor is deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    Inventors: Nadia SHAKOOR, Todd MOCKLER, William Francis KEZELE