Intervet Inc.

Applied Invention, LLC

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

American Tire Distributors, Inc.

James Wallace Sarrett

Russel Howe

Peter Jon Abrahamson

Jascha Tucker Little

Zachary Lizer

W Daniel Hillis

Adrian Kaehler

Thomas Anthony Tombrello, Jr

Kjerstin Irja Williams

Luke Walter Khanlian

David C Douglas

Mark E Duttweiler

Bruce J Walker

Jeffrey D Carpenter

Kent Vander Velden

Harley P Janssen

Stephen T Dieke

At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method for an autonomous vehicle (e.g., a fully autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle) to communicate with external observers. The method includes: receiving a task at the autonomous vehicle; collecting data that characterizes a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle from a sensor coupled to the autonomous vehicle; determining an intended course of action for the autonomous vehicle to undertake based on the task and the collected data; and conveying a human understandable output via an output device, the human understandable output expressly or implicitly indicating the intended course of action to an external observer.

Communication between autonomous vehicle and external observers

A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of:

Method and system for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture

A method for external fish parasites, such as sea lice, monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: —submerging a camera () in a sea pen () comprising fish (); —capturing images of the fish () with the camera (); and —identifying external fish parasites such as sea lice on the fish () by analyzing the captured images, characterized by the steps of: —distinguishing between at least two different classes of external fish parasites such as sea lice which differ in the difficulty of recognizing the external fish parasites such as sea lice; —calculating quality metrics for each captured image, the quality metrics permitting to identify the classes of external fish parasites such as sea lice for which the quality of the image is sufficient for sea lice detection; and —establishing separate detection rates for each class of sea lice, each detection rate being based only on images the quality of which, as described by the quality metrics, was sufficient for detecting external fish parasites such as sea lice of that class.

A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: —submerging a camera in a sea pen comprising fish; —capturing images of the fish with the camera; and —identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by the steps of: —distinguishing between at least two different classes of external fish parasite which differ in the difficulty of recognizing the external fish parasite; —calculating quality metrics for each captured image, the quality metrics permitting to identify the classes of external fish parasite for which the quality of the image is sufficient for lice detection.

System for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture

A system for external fish parasites monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: &#x2014;a camera () suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing comprising fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and&#x2014;an electronic image processing system () configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, wherein: &#x2014;a ranging detector () configured for detecting the presence of fish and measuring a distance from the detector to the fish is mounted adjacent to the camera (); and&#x2014;an electronic control system () is arranged to control a focus of the camera () on the basis of the measured distance and to trigger the camera () when a fish has been detected within a predetermined distance range.

A system for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: &#x2014;a camera () suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and &#x2014;an electronic image processing system () configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by a camera and lighting rig () having a vertical support member (), an upper boom () articulated to a top end of the support member () and carrying an upper lighting array (), a lower boom () articulated to a lower end of the support member () and carrying a lower lighting array (), and a housing () attached to the support member and carrying the camera (), wherein the upper and lower lighting arrays () are configured to illuminate, from above and from below, a target region inside a field of view of the camera ().

A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: &#x2014;submerging a camera () in a sea pen containing fish, the camera having a field of view; &#x2014;capturing images of the fish with the camera (); and&#x2014;identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized in that a target region within the field of view of the camera () is illuminated from above and below with light of different intensities and/or spectral compositions.

The disclosed technology includes a system comprising a tire-mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU). The IMU can be configured to measure linear acceleration data and angular velocity data associated with a tire, and the system can be configured to determine various indicators of tire health based on the linear acceleration data and angular velocity data. The system can be configured to determine a distance between the IMU and an outer rolling surface of the tire. The system can be configured to monitor changes in this distance over time, which can be indicative of tread wear over time. Accordingly, the system can be configured to monitor change in the tread depth over time such that the system is configured to monitor tread depth of the tire.

Tire health monitoring systems and methods thereto

A device and methods for wirelessly transferring farming data to and from an agricultural monitor. Certain embodiments also relate to specific methods used to change the boot order of a computing device that may be used to enable wireless data transfer.

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Sunland, CA, United States of America

James Wallace Sarrett