Patents by Inventor Torben Töniges

Torben Töniges 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: 20240057503
    Abstract: A device for detecting a windrow deposited on an agricultural area to be worked is disclosed. The device includes a camera configured to generate an image of the windrow deposited on the agricultural area and a computing unit that is configured to use artificial intelligence in order to evaluate the image. The artificial intelligence may be configured to identify a harvested material windrow in the image. The computing unit may be configured to determine a position of the harvested material windrow on the agricultural area to be worked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: CLAAS E-Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Torben Töniges, Axel Schröder, Jannik Redenius, Stefan Linke
  • Patent number: 11880970
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining a portion of broken grain and/or non-grain components in a stream of harvested material is disclosed. The device includes a camera to generate images of the stream of harvested material and an evaluation unit to estimate the portion in an image supplied by the camera. The evaluation unit includes a first-order classifier to estimate a first parameter of the stream of harvested material, and a plurality of second-order classifiers assigned to various values of the first parameter to estimate the portion in a stream of harvested material that has the assigned parameter value. The evaluation unit, with assistance of the first-order classifier, estimates a value of the first parameter using a first number of images of the camera, and then selects the second-order classifier assigned to the value of the first parameter to estimate the portion with assistance of the selected second-order classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Frédéric Fischer, Johann Witte, Boris Kettelhoit, Torben Töniges
  • Publication number: 20220225568
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a broken grain fraction of a quantity of grains is disclosed. The system includes at least one camera and a computing unit, with the camera configured to create an image of the quantity of grains, and with the computing unit configured to evaluate, using artificial intelligence, the image to determine broken grains in the image, and to determine, based on the broken grains, the broken grain fraction of the quantity of grains in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Torben Töniges, Frédéric Fischer, Boris Kettelhoit, Johann Witte
  • Publication number: 20220084191
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining a portion of broken grain and/or non-grain components in a stream of harvested material is disclosed. The device includes a camera to generate images of the stream of harvested material and an evaluation unit to estimate the portion in an image supplied by the camera. The evaluation unit includes a first-order classifier to estimate a first parameter of the stream of harvested material, and a plurality of second-order classifiers assigned to various values of the first parameter to estimate the portion in a stream of harvested material that has the assigned parameter value. The evaluation unit, with assistance of the first-order classifier, estimates a value of the first parameter using a first number of images of the camera, and then selects the second-order classifier assigned to the value of the first parameter to estimate the portion with assistance of the selected second-order classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Frédéric Fischer, Johann Witte, Boris Kettelhoit, Torben Töniges