Patents by Inventor Zachary Peter Dragan Marston

Zachary Peter Dragan Marston 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).

  • Remote-sensing-based detection of soybean aphid induced stress in soybean
    Patent number: 11003908
    Abstract: A method of determining whether to treat soybeans for soybean aphids, the method includes collecting at least one image of a soybean canopy using one or more remote sensing instruments and processing the image into spectral reflectance data and selecting from the spectral reflectance data optimal spectral wavelength bands. The selected reflectance data is classified into one of a plurality of classification groupings using a machine learned classification model. To treat or not treat the soybean canopy for aphids is determined based on the classification of the reflectance data into one of the class groupings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Robert L. Koch, Ian V. MacRae, Zachary Peter Dragan Marston, David Mulla
  • REMOTE-SENSING-BASED DETECTION OF SOYBEAN APHID INDUCED STRESS IN SOYBEAN
    Publication number: 20210027056
    Abstract: A method of determining whether to treat soybeans for soybean aphids, the method includes collecting at least one image of a soybean canopy using one or more remote sensing instruments and processing the image into spectral reflectance data and selecting from the spectral reflectance data optimal spectral wavelength bands. The selected reflectance data is classified into one of a plurality of classification groupings using a machine learned classification model. To treat or not treat the soybean canopy for aphids is determined based on the classification of the reflectance data into one of the class groupings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Robert L. Koch, Ian V. MacRae, Zachary Peter Dragan Marston, David Mulla