Patents by Inventor TRACY HERSHEY

TRACY HERSHEY 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).

  • Automated location-based information recall
    Patent number: 9111320
    Abstract: A geoposition is determined at a point using a geoposition determining mobile communication device. A crop management zone is identified based on one or more predetermined crop management boundaries and the geoposition of the point. Information about the field is wirelessly communicated between the geoposition determining mobile communications device and a remote site. Analysis may be performed at the remote site with the results of the analysis communicated to the mobile communication device at the growing point. Information may be collected at the point which is stored or analyzed at the remote site. Information may include digital images of plant conditions which may be analyzed to determine conditions such as disease or pest infestation. Contextual information from a number of different types of sources may be used to provide meaningful analysis and feedback to the producer. The producer may define crop management zones using the geoposition determining mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: William A. Belzer, Todd A. Peterson, Douglas L. Gardner, Warren Richardson, Barry Anderson, Dana Torquil Terndrup, Tracy Hershey, Steven J. Corak, David K. Langer, David Bowen
  • Automated location-based information recall
    Patent number: 8417534
    Abstract: A geoposition is determined at a point using a geoposition determining mobile communication device. A crop management zone is identified based on one or more predetermined crop management boundaries and the geoposition of the point. Information about the field is wirelessly communicated between the geoposition determining mobile communications device and a remote site. Analysis may be performed at the remote site with the results of the analysis communicated to the mobile communication device at the growing point. Information may be collected at the point which is stored or analyzed at the remote site. Information may include digital images of plant conditions which may be analyzed to determine conditions such as disease or pest infestation. Contextual information from a number of different types of sources may be used to provide meaningful analysis and feedback to the producer. The producer may define crop management zones using the geoposition determining mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Belzer, Todd A. Peterson, Douglas L. Gardner, Warren Richardson, Barry Anderson, Dana Torquil Terndrup, Tracy Hershey, Steven J. Corak, David K. Langer, David Bowen
  • AUTOMATED LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION RECALL
    Publication number: 20080157990
    Abstract: A geoposition is determined at a point using a geoposition determining mobile communication device. A crop management zone is identified based on one or more predetermined crop management boundaries and the geoposition of the point. Information about the field is wirelessly communicated between the geoposition determining mobile communications device and a remote site. Analysis may be performed at the remote site with the results of the analysis communicated to the mobile communication device at the growing point. Information may be collected at the point which is stored or analyzed at the remote site. Information may include digital images of plant conditions which may be analyzed to determine conditions such as disease or pest infestation. Contextual information from a number of different types of sources may be used to provide meaningful analysis and feedback to the producer. The producer may define crop management zones using the geoposition determining mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: WILLIAM A. BELZER, TODD A. PETERSON, DOUGLAS L. GARDNER, WARREN RICHARDSON, BARRY ANDERSON, DANA Torquil TERNDRUP, TRACY HERSHEY, STEVEN J. CORAK, DAVID K. LANGER, DAVID BOWEN