Patents by Inventor Zachary Peters

Zachary Peters 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).

  • Determining effective trailer wheelbase length
    Patent number: 12128971
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating a length of at least a portion of a trailer that is carried by a tractor. The tractor has a fifth wheel coupling that is configured to be connected to a kingpin of the trailer. The height of the fifth wheel coupling is adjustable by adjustment of an angle of a boom that carries the fifth wheel coupling. The angle of the boom is determined by a sensor. The angle of the trailer is determined by a sensor. The length of at least a portion of the trailer is calculated based on the boom length, the determined boom angle, and the determined trailer angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ISEE, Inc
    Inventors: Zachary Peters, Gregory J. Paraskos
  • Determining Effective Trailer Wheelbase Length
    Publication number: 20220212732
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating a length of at least a portion of a trailer that is carried by a tractor. The tractor has a fifth wheel coupling that is configured to be connected to a kingpin of the trailer. The height of the fifth wheel coupling is adjustable by adjustment of an angle of a boom that carries the fifth wheel coupling. The angle of the boom is determined by a sensor. The angle of the trailer is determined by a sensor. The length of at least a portion of the trailer is calculated based on the boom length, the determined boom angle, and the determined trailer angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Zachary Peters, Gregory J. Paraskos
  • 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