Patents by Inventor Yongchao TIAN
Yongchao TIAN 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).
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Patent number: 12154290Abstract: A field wheat stem tillering number extraction method, including: acquiring field wheat point clouds by means of a LiDAR, and extracting any row of wheat point clouds in a research area; projecting a Y axis to a plane, and retaining an X and Z axis; applying adaptive layering to obtain number of clusters of the wheat row; applying hierarchical clustering analysis to obtain tillering number of each wheat cluster; and further obtaining stem tillering number of the whole wheat row, so as to extract a field wheat stem tillering number. The feasibility of an algorithm is verified by comparing the wheat stem tillering number extracted by means of the method with an actually measured field stem tillering number, and the method realizes rapid, accurate and nondestructive extraction of a large-field crop stem tillering number and provides theoretical basis and technical support for extraction of the field wheat stem tillering number.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Xia Yao, Tai Guo, Xiaohu Zhang, Yan Zhu, Hengbiao Zheng, Tao Cheng, Yongchao Tian, Weixin Cao, Caili Guo, Yu Zhang, Jifeng Ma, Rui Huang, Jie Zhu, Hongxu Ai, Chongya Jiang, Dong Zhou
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Patent number: 12093617Abstract: Disclosed is a design method for a three-dimensional special-shaped jet nozzle used in the field of water-saving irrigation in farmland.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiaoping Jiang, Weixing Cao, Yan Zhu, Jun Ni, Yongchao Tian, Bin Xu, Jinzhao Hu, Yaoyao Liao, Xingchen Wang, Ying Zhang
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Publication number: 20240220689Abstract: Disclosed is a design method for a three-dimensional special-shaped jet nozzle used in the field of water-saving irrigation in farmland.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Xiaoping JIANG, Weixing CAO, Yan ZHU, Jun NI, Yongchao TIAN, Bin XU, Jinzhao HU, Yaoyao LIAO, Xingchen WANG, Ying ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240135570Abstract: A method for improving estimation of leaf area index in an early growth stage of wheat based on red-edge bands of Sentinel-2 satellite images includes the following steps: acquiring field background spectrum and wheat canopy spectrum information by means of Sentinel-2; respectively acquiring a “straw-soil” spectrum and a “wheat-straw-soil” spectrum, and calculating slopes of red-edge areas of the “straw-soil” spectrum and the “wheat-straw-soil” spectrum; calculating a tangent function SATF corrected by a background adjustment coefficient ?; constructing a wheat LAI estimation model based on a spectral variable SATFNIR-RE2; performing preliminary screening on the LAI estimation model using cross validation; and then testing the screened model with independent data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Xia YAO, Wei LI, Tao CHENG, Yan ZHU, Yongchao TIAN, Weixing CAO, Dong LI, Hengbiao ZHENG, Yu ZHANG, Jifeng MA, Xue WANG, Caili GUO
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Patent number: 11709092Abstract: The disclosure discloses an apparatus for online volumetrically detecting grain yield based on weight calibration comprising left volumetric granary, right volumetric granary and push board. The left volumetric granary is provided on its bottom with first weighing sensor, and in its side with unload grain port opening and first closing door, the right volumetric granary is provided on its bottom with second weighing sensor, and in its side with unload grain port opening and second closing door, the left volumetric granary and the right volumetric granary are provided on their tops with the push board, the push board is a hollow box structure with a top side and a bottom side both opened, and is slidably mounted to a top of the left volumetric granary and the right volumetric granary through a slide driving mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jun Ni, Jinbo Yang, Yan Zhu, Weixing Cao, Xiaoping Jiang, Yongchao Tian
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Publication number: 20230225582Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity for processing items to be washed, and an air outlet designed to blow out dishwasher interior air of the dishwasher cavity. The air outlet is arranged in a lower quarter of a height of the household dishwasher and extends as a slot outlet over at least half of a width of the household dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Thomas Burggraf, Xabier Sagües García, Yongchao Tian
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Publication number: 20220189053Abstract: A field wheat stem tillering number extraction method, including: acquiring field wheat point clouds by means of a LiDAR, and extracting any row of wheat point clouds in a research area; projecting a Y axis to a plane, and retaining an X and Z axis; applying adaptive layering to obtain number of clusters of the wheat row; applying hierarchical clustering analysis to obtain tillering number of each wheat cluster; and further obtaining stem tillering number of the whole wheat row, so as to extract a field wheat stem tillering number. The feasibility of an algorithm is verified by comparing the wheat stem tillering number extracted by means of the method with an actually measured field stem tillering number, and the method realizes rapid, accurate and nondestructive extraction of a large-field crop stem tillering number and provides theoretical basis and technical support for extraction of the field wheat stem tillering number.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Xia YAO, Tai GUO, Yuan FANG, Miaomiao ZHAI, Xiao ZHANG, Tao CHENG, Yongchao TIAN, Yan ZHU, Weixin CAO, Yongqiang HU, Changjun XU
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Patent number: 11029251Abstract: A method for estimating the aboveground biomass of rice based on multi-spectral images of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), including: normatively collecting UAV multi-spectral image data of rice canopy and ground measured biomass data; after collection, preprocessing images, extracting reflectivity and texture feature parameters, calculating a vegetation index, and constructing a new texture index; and by stepwise multiple regression analysis, integrating the vegetation index and the texture index to estimate rice biomass, and establishing a multivariate linear model for estimating biomass. A new estimation model is verified for accuracy by a cross-validation method. The method has high estimation accuracy and less requirements on input data, and is suitable for the whole growth period of rice. Estimating rice biomass by integrating UAV spectrum and texture information is proposed for the first time, and can be widely used for monitoring crop growth by UAV remote sensing.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Yan Zhu, Hengbiao Zheng, Tao Cheng, Xia Yao, Yongchao Tian, Weixing Cao
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Publication number: 20210063235Abstract: The disclosure discloses an apparatus for online volumetrically detecting grain yield based on weight calibration comprising left volumetric granary, right volumetric granary and push board. The left volumetric granary is provided on its bottom with first weighing sensor, and in its side with unload grain port opening and first closing door, the right volumetric granary is provided on its bottom with second weighing sensor, and in its side with unload grain port opening and second closing door, the left volumetric granary and the right volumetric granary are provided on their tops with the push board, the push board is a hollow box structure with a top side and a bottom side both opened, and is slidably mounted to a top of the left volumetric granary and the right volumetric granary through a slide driving mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Jun NI, Jinbo YANG, Yan ZHU, Weixing CAO, Xiaoping JIANG, Yongchao TIAN
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Patent number: 10845301Abstract: A crop growth monitoring device based on multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle platform includes a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, a payload and a ground receiver; the payload part includes a multispectral crop growth sensor module, a signal amplification module, a controller module, a wireless data transmission module, and a power module for power supply and a power supply control module, which are connected in sequence; further comprising a gimbal. The crop growth monitoring device based on the multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle platform overcomes the influence on measurement caused by the down-wash flow field of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and can transmit the measured data to the ground receiver in real time for online analysis and processing, realizing continuous, real-time, convenient and large-scope acquisition of crop growth information.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jun Ni, Lili Yao, Yan Zhu, Weixing Cao, Xia Yao, Yongchao Tian, Fang Liu, Fangrong Pang
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Publication number: 20200141877Abstract: A method for estimating the aboveground biomass of rice based on multi-spectral images of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), including: normatively collecting UAV multi-spectral image data of rice canopy and ground measured biomass data; after collection, preprocessing images, extracting reflectivity and texture feature parameters, calculating a vegetation index, and constructing a new texture index; and by stepwise multiple regression analysis, integrating the vegetation index and the texture index to estimate rice biomass, and establishing a multivariate linear model for estimating biomass. A new estimation model is verified for accuracy by a cross-validation method. The method has high estimation accuracy and less requirements on input data, and is suitable for the whole growth period of rice. Estimating rice biomass by integrating UAV spectrum and texture information is proposed for the first time, and can be widely used for monitoring crop growth by UAV remote sensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Yan ZHU, Hengbiao ZHENG, Tao CHENG, Xia YAO, Yongchao TIAN, Weixing CAO
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Patent number: 10539437Abstract: A crop growth sensing apparatus and method supporting agricultural machinery variable-quantity fertilization, includes a shock-absorbing support, a shock-absorbing frame, and a cantilever beam. The shock-absorbing support is connected to an agricultural machinery vehicle frame. The cantilever beam is pivotally connected above a shock-absorbing spring of the shock-absorbing support. The cantilever beam, by means shock-absorbing springs mounted thereabove and thereunder, is pivotally connected to the shock-absorbing frame. The shock-absorbing frame is fixedly connected to a crop growth sensor. The crop growth sensing method employs an engine vibration model of the agricultural machinery and a vibration model for vehicle wheels and farmland road surface as excitations in analyzing vibrations of a crop growth multispectral sensor shock-absorbing apparatus to determine the number and mount positions of sensitive elements of the crop growth multispectral sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jun Ni, Weixing Cao, Yan Zhu, Shanshan Yu, Yongchao Tian, Xia Yao, Fangrong Pang, Lili Yao, Fang Liu
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Publication number: 20190017853Abstract: A crop growth sensing apparatus and method supporting agricultural machinery variable-quantity fertilization, includes a shock-absorbing support, a shock-absorbing frame, and a cantilever beam. The shock-absorbing support is connected to an agricultural machinery vehicle frame. The cantilever beam is pivotally connected above a shock-absorbing spring of the shock-absorbing support. The cantilever beam, by means shock-absorbing springs mounted thereabove and thereunder, is pivotally connected to the shock-absorbing frame. The shock-absorbing frame is fixedly connected to a crop growth sensor. The crop growth sensing method employs an engine vibration model of the agricultural machinery and a vibration model for vehicle wheels and farmland road surface as excitations in analyzing vibrations of a crop growth multispectral sensor shock-absorbing apparatus to determine the number and mount positions of sensitive elements of the crop growth multispectral sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jun NI, Weixing CAO, Yan ZHU, Shanshan YU, Yongchao TIAN, Xia YAO, Fangrong PANG, Lili YAO, Fang LIU
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Publication number: 20190011355Abstract: A crop growth monitoring device based on a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle platform includes a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, a payload and a ground receiver; the payload part includes a multispectral crop growth sensor module, a signal amplification module, a controller module, a wireless data transmission module, and a power module for power supply and a power supply control module, which are connected in sequence; further comprising a gimbal. The crop growth monitoring device based on the multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle platform overcomes the influence on measurement caused by the down-wash flow field of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and can transmit the measured data to the ground receiver in real time for online analysis and processing, realizing continuous, real-time, convenient and large-scope acquisition of crop growth information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jun NI, Lili YAO, Yan ZHU, Weixing CAO, Xia YAO, Yongchao TIAN, Fang LIU, Fangrong PANG