Patents by Inventor Warren Huffman

Warren Huffman 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: 20220007590
    Abstract: One variation of a method for automating transfer of plants within an agricultural facility includes: dispatching a loader to autonomously deliver a first module—defining a first array of plant slots at a first density and loaded with a first set of plants at a first growth stage—from a first grow location within an agricultural facility to a transfer station within the agricultural facility; dispatching the loader to autonomously deliver a second module—defining a second array of plant slots at a second density less than the first density and empty of plants—to the transfer station; recording a module-level optical scan of the first module; extracting a viability parameter of the first set of plants from features detected in the module-level optical scan; and if the viability parameter falls outside of a target viability range, rejecting transfer of the first set of plants from the first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Brandon Ace Alexander, Jonathan Binney, Winnie Ding, Bianca Homberg, Warren Huffman, Tom Kendall, Saqib Naveed, Pete Turner, Adrian Canoso, Ansgar Lorenz