公开(公告)号：US06336051B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-01

申请号：US09648741

申请日：2000-08-28

申请人： Henning Pangels ,  Thomas Pilarski ,  Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  Michael Happold ,  Mark Ollis ,  William Whittaker ,  Anthony Stentz

发明人： Henning Pangels ,  Thomas Pilarski ,  Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  Michael Happold ,  Mark Ollis ,  William Whittaker ,  Anthony Stentz

IPC分类号： G05B1302

CPC分类号： A01D41/1278 ,  A01B79/005

摘要： An agricultural harvesting machine (harvester) is automatically controlled and steered so as to completely harvest all crop in a field. A Global Positioning System (GPS) and an Inertial Navigation System provide data regarding the position and orientation of the harvester in a field. A Field Coverage Planner constructs a field coverage plan which defines a path for the harvester to follow in cutting crop from a field. Video images of the field in front of the harvester are derived alternately from two video cameras mounted on opposite sides of the harvester. The video images are processed in a Video Processing Computer to detect the crop line between cut and uncut crop and generate steering signals for steering the harvester along the crop line. Video images are also processed to detect the end of a row at the end of a field and supply a measure of the distance to the end of the row. When the end of a row is reached, the harvester executes a 180° spin turn and traverses the field in the opposite direction.

摘要翻译： 农业收割机（收割机）自动控制和转向，以便在现场完全收获所有作物。 全球定位系统（GPS）和惯性导航系统提供有关领域的收割机的位置和方向的数据。 现场覆盖计划员构建一个现场覆盖计划，该计划定义了收割机在从场中切割作物时遵循的路径。 收割机前面的视野图像交替地从安装在收割机相对两侧的摄像机派生。 视频图像在视频处理计算机中进行处理，以检测切割和未切割作物之间的剪切线，并产生用于沿收割线转向收割机的转向信号。 还处理视频图像以检测字段末尾的一行的结尾，并提供距行末的距离的度量。 当达到一排的末端时，收割机执行180°旋转旋转，并沿相反方向横穿该场。

公开(公告)号：US5911669A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-15

申请号：US840771

申请日：1997-04-16

申请人： Anthony Stentz ,  Mark Ollis ,  Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  Regis Hoffman ,  William Whittaker

发明人： Anthony Stentz ,  Mark Ollis ,  Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  Regis Hoffman ,  William Whittaker

IPC分类号： A01B69/00 ,  A01D41/127 ,  G06F15/20

CPC分类号： A01D41/1278 ,  A01B69/001

摘要： A self-propelled harvester is provided with apparatus for tracking a crop line and steering the harvester along the crop line without operator assistance. The apparatus includes a video camera for viewing the landscape in front of the harvester and forming an image which may be electronically scanned pixel-by-pixel and line by line to produce a video signal containing information regarding the spectral characteristics of the image at each pixel. A microprocessor is programmed to act as a discriminator and a segmentor. The discriminator produces discriminant signals D(i,j) where i is the magnitude of a discriminant function and j is the relative position of a pixel on a scan line. The segmentor determines a step function which best fits the magnitudes of the discriminant signals for one scan line. The pixel position j.sub.n corresponding to the step of this step function is taken as a vote on the location of the crop line and thus a vote on the direction the harvester should be steered. The votes are summed for each pixel position j over one full scan of image. The summed votes are then normalized, time-weighted, and averaged with the normalized and time-weighted votes derived from previously scanned images to derive a steering command.

摘要翻译： 自走式收割机具有用于跟踪作物线并且在没有操作者帮助的情况下沿着作物线转向收割机的装置。 该装置包括摄像机，用于观看收割机前面的景观，并形成可以逐像素地并行逐行扫描的图像，以产生包含关于每个像素处的图像的光谱特性的信息的视频信号 。 微处理器被编程为用作鉴别器和分段器。 鉴别器产生判别信号D（i，j），其中i是判别函数的幅度，j是像素在扫描线上的相对位置。 分段器确定最适合一条扫描线的判别信号的幅度的阶梯函数。 将与该步骤功能相对应的像素位置jn作为对作物线的位置的投票，从而对收割机的方向进行投票。 在图像的一次完整扫描中对每个像素位置j求和。 然后将总和投票进行归一化，时间加权，并使用从先前扫描的图像导出的归一化和时间加权投票来平均，以得出转向指令。

公开(公告)号：US20050154560A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-14

申请号：US11032547

申请日：2005-01-10

申请人： Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  R. Coulter ,  Henning Pangels

发明人： Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  R. Coulter ,  Henning Pangels

IPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/12 ,  G06F11/30

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/12

摘要： A real-time buffer manager system that calculates optimal food buffer levels, for both completed products and product components, based on real-time counts of restaurant patrons throughout a restaurant's property and the estimated time for them to arrive at a food ordering station. The real-time buffer manager employs a computer vision system, running a series of 2D image processing techniques that detect and track vehicles and people in several camera views. Patron counts are fed from the computer vision system into a queuing model that estimates when each patron will arrive at an ordering station. Thus, instead of analyzing historical sales data, the buffer manager according to the present invention electronically performs direct measurement of probable future demand, and electronically predicts, in real-time, what the future food product demand will be in a predetermined time (e.g., 3-5 minutes) immediately following the direct measurement of the demand.

公开(公告)号：US20080107304A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11933655

申请日：2007-11-01

申请人： Robert Coulter ,  Ralph Gross ,  Kerien Fitzpatrick

发明人： Robert Coulter ,  Ralph Gross ,  Kerien Fitzpatrick

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00369 ,  G06Q10/0639 ,  G06Q50/12

摘要： In a method and system of service management, a radiative sensor is positioned to observe an area of interest. At least one frame of data of the area of interest is electronically acquired from the radiative sensor. The acquired frame of data is electronically processing to determine the presence or absence of at least one object in the area of interest. Based on the presence or absence of the object in the area of interest, (1) an alert is electronically caused to be generated in response to also electronically detecting another object in another area of interest, and/or (2) a timer is electronically caused to initiate or terminate counting a period of time.

摘要翻译： 在服务管理的方法和系统中，辐射传感器被定位成观察感兴趣的区域。 从辐射传感器电子地获取感兴趣区域的至少一帧数据。 所获取的数据帧是电子处理以确定感兴趣区域中是否存在至少一个对象。 基于感兴趣区域中对象的存在或不存在，（1）响应于电子地检测另一个感兴趣区域中的另一物体，和/或（2）计时器是电子的，电子地引起警报 导致启动或终止计数一段时间。

公开(公告)号：US20060218057A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-28

申请号：US11402552

申请日：2006-04-12

申请人： Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  R. Coulter ,  Ralph Gross

发明人： Kerien Fitzpatrick ,  R. Coulter ,  Ralph Gross

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/203 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/12

摘要： In a real time food production management system and method, real time data about consumers inside or in the vicinity of a food outlet and an amount of prepared food available to serve and/or an amount of food being prepared is electronically generated. Based on the real time data, a demand for an amount of food to be ordered by the consumers in a specified interval immediately succeeding the generation of the real time data is electronically predicted. In addition, at least one of the following is electronically determined based on the real time data: a predicted amount of additional food requiring preparation; the time at least one prepared food product has been available; a length of time that a cooked food component has been cooked; and an amount of a food component, a condiment and/or a topping resides in a food product assembly buffer.

摘要翻译： 在实时的食品生产管理系统和方法中，电子地产生关于食物出口内部或附近的消费者的实时数据和可用于服务的准备食物量和/或一定量的食物。 基于实时数据，电子地预测在紧接在生成实时数据之后的特定间隔内由消费者订购的食物量的需求。 此外，根据实时数据电子地确定以下中的至少一个：需要准备的额外食物的预测量; 至少有一个准备好的食品已经可用; 煮熟的食物组分的一段时间; 并且一定量的食物成分，调味品和/或顶部位于食品组合缓冲液中。