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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FLUID DISTRIBUTION IN A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR A system and method for determining fluid distribution in subterranean reservoirs including determining a water saturation in macroporosity from the capillary pressure data representative of the macroporosity using a saturation height function, correcting capillary pres... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120084115 | TURF MANAGEMENT A turf management system includes an irrigation system for providing water to the turf at a turf site, and an irrigation evaluation system for evaluating the performance of the irrigation system. The irrigation evaluation system segments the turf site into irrigation ma... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120035850 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE FLUX OF A SOIL GAS A method for determining a flux of a gas contained in a medium through a boundary of the medium comprises 1) measuring at least twice with a probe a concentration C of the gas over a time interval Δt and 2) determining the flux of the gas using the following mathematic... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE REMOTE MONITORING OF POTTED PLANTS The invention relates to a system and method for determining the state, state changes, and/or condition changes of a potted plant and for indicating the determined state of said object to the owner or user thereof, wherein the system and method locally determine at leas... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120004847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING TREES IN LIDAR DATA USING VIEWS A method and apparatus for identifying individual trees in LiDAR data based on the view of a LiDAR data point. In one embodiment, the number of trees represented by a LiDAR data point cluster is estimated based on a calculated value related to the exposure to the sky of... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004848 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE OF A DYNAMIC CONE PENETROMETER FOR EVALUATING SOIL COMPACTION The present invention includes a device and method for more particularly evaluating the compaction of soil by automating the use of a prior art dynamic cone penetrometer such that user error and error caused by field conditions are eliminated. Recordation of penetromete... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004849 | EFFICIENT WINDOWED RADON TRANSFORM One or more computer-readable media including computer-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to define a Radon transform convolution mask; specify an angle that defines a line extending at least partially across a pixel image; and apply the mask success... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320124 | VISIBILITY DETERMINATION IN ENVIRONMENTS CONTAINING AIRBORNE DUST PARTICLES Determining optical visibility in an environment that may contain airborne dust particles is described. In one aspect, a method determines an ambient relative humidity in the environment. A near infrared wave is transmitted through a portion of the environment. An optic... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313666 | METHOD FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CROP CULTIVATION The invention relates to a method, a system, apparatus, and software to be used for the method for the determination of the environmental impact of the production of cultivation plants and for increasing or maximizing a positive environmental impact. In the method, prod... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VOLUMETRIC SOIL WATER CONTENT The present invention relates to a method that obtains emissivity or reflectivity based on ratios of the brightness temperature measured by a satellite and the land surface temperature, calculates two reflectivity using polarizing features of a microwave according to su... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110295500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING AGRICULTURAL FIELD DATA A system and method for managing the collection and processing of agricultural field data from a single location is provided. The system includes functionality to create workorders for the taking of samples at a predetermined location, transmit the sampling workorders t... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110246073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING TREES IN LIDAR DATA USING VIEWS A method and apparatus for identifying individual trees in LiDAR data based on the view of a LiDAR data point. In one embodiment, those LiDAR data points that do not have neighboring LiDAR data points that block the local view at a defined angle are considered to be in ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246075 | Providing a Transform Function to Produce a Mechanical Property of a Subterranean Structure A transform function is useable to map a characteristic (e.g., acoustic impedance, shear impedance, density, and/or other characteristic) to a mechanical property (e.g., Young's modulus or other mechanical property). Values of the characteristic can be derived based on ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110161008 | LAND SETTLEMENT MEASURING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Provided are a land settlement measuring apparatus and a land settlement measuring system. The land settlement measuring apparatus includes a magnetic field detection unit, a microprocessor, and a containing unit. The magnetic field detection unit includes a plurality o... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153213 | Method to evaluate plants and soils to optimize conditions for phytoremediation Phytoremediation is an economical method to remove contaminants from soils. Understanding the mechanisms that control adsorption of a contaminant to a soil particle is the first step in designing a phytoremediation project in order to optimize removal of said contaminan... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110141117 | System and method for determining the environmental impact of a process A system and method for determining the environmental impact of a process is disclosed in which resources are categorized into distinct Environmental Performance Indicators (“EPI's”), some of which are value EPIs that are derived based on the amount of the resource ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110137563 | ELECTRONIC GARDENING TOOL AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING THE SAME The tools and methods disclosed herein can convert an analog signal from the soil sensor probes into a digital format that can be read by a low cost digital microcontroller which acts on the digital data with formulae and tables so that the displayed information is the ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110070145 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CARBON CREDITS A method of providing data relating to carbon sequestration, including the steps of:
| 03/24/2011 |
| 20110060525 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING, DETERMINING, AND REPORTING DIRECTIONAL SPECTRA OF OCEAN SURFACE WAVES IN NEAR REAL-TIME FROM A MOORED BUOY A moored buoy floating at the ocean surface and anchored to the seafloor precisely measures acceleration, pitch, roll, and Earth's magnetic flux field of the buoy over a limited sampling period. The system includes: 1) A buoy, 2) A mooring system, 3) An electronic data ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110035151 | SUBSURFACE NUCLEAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS Methods and related systems are described for use for making subterranean nuclear measurements. The system can include a plurality of elongated scintillator members each generating optical signals in response to ionizing radiation. Optical detector units can be opticall... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110006774 | SUBSURFACE POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MOVEMENT UNDERGROUND A system for monitoring movement in a subsurface environment, which may be used to determine flow dynamics within a fluid mass such as an ore body, or track subsurface persons or moving assets. A plurality of underground positioning system (UPS) elements in the subsurfa... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004407 | REFRACTIVITY RETRIEVAL VIA DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF GNSS BENDING ANGLE A method and system for taking direct measurements of GNSS signal's arrival angle to remotely measure the atmospheric variables used for weather prediction. More specifically, an improved method and system for obtaining and processing accurate information regarding the ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110004405 | EARTH HORIZON SENSOR An Earth horizon sensor that images the vicinity of the Earth horizon or limb to locate the non-thermal airglow emissions and calculates the orientation of the horizon plane or alternately the vector pointing towards the center of the Earth based on the location of the ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100318296 | IDENTIFYING VEGETATION ATTRIBUTES FROM LIDAR DATA Aspects of the present invention are directed at using LiDAR data to identify attributes of vegetation. In this regard, a method is provided that identifies the location of individual items of vegetation from raw LiDAR data. In one embodiment, the method includes select... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318297 | IRRADIANCE MAPPING LEVERAGING A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS A computer processor implemented method of developing irradiance mapping using a distributed network of solar photovoltaic systems, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a predetermined geographic area having at least five solar photovoltaic systems to provide a... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100307016 | Magnetometer Accuracy and Use A parameter related to the Earth's magnetic field can be used to determine accuracy of a magnetometer of a mobile device. In one aspect, a first instance of a parameter related to Earth's magnetic field is determined using data generated by the magnetometer. The magneto... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100305859 | PORTABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING INSTRUMENT A portable environmental monitoring instrument comprising: a housing comprising a main body and a cap; a display mounted to the housing; a processing circuit disposed within the main body, the processing circuit electrically connected to the display; a light sensor moun... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100286914 | CO2 concentration correcting apparatus and CO2 concentration correcting method Hourly CO2 concentration, amount of solar radiation, and plant distribution information are calculated through observation from predetermined satellites. A concentration of CO2 absorbed by plant-chlorophyll per each time unit is calculated. By addi... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100286973 | Real-Time Process For Targeting Trait Phenotyping of Plant Breeding Experiments A method for targeting trait phenotyping of a plant breeding experiment includes collecting soil data for at least one location, applying the soil data to a crop model, performing environmental monitoring at the at least one location to generate environmental data, upda... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100282184 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SURROUNDING AN ANIMAL AND COMMUNICATING SAME TO A REMOTE DEVICE In one aspect the invention provides an apparatus for monitoring environmental conditions and communicating an index value of thereof to a remote device. The apparatus comprises a controller, a temperature sensor operably coupled to the controller and capable of generat... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100280755 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID ASSESSMENT Systems and devices for assessment of an impact by an event on an environment are disclosed. Processes for automated impact assessment are also disclosed. An impact assessment can be performed in computer-generated environments which include data regarding the environme... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100256912 | LOCATE APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING UNDERGROUND FACILITY MARKING OPERATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS In a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of at least one underground facility using a locate device, an applied signal is transmitted to the at least one underground facility, and/or a magnetic field emitted from the at least one underground facility is det... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100256911 | Indicating device capable of detecting environmental conditions An indicating device capable of detecting environmental conditions includes a detection module, a selector, a functional processing unit, a display, and a power supply. The detection module detects UV light strength, temperature, moisture, and pressure. The selector sel... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253514 | LOCATE TRANSMITTER CONFIGURED TO DETECT OUT-OF-TOLERANCE CONDITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH UNDERGROUND FACILITY LOCATE OPERATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS A locate transmitter and method for performing a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of an underground facility. An applied signal is generated to be applied along the underground facility. One or more environmental conditions of an environment in which the... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100241356 | PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR DEEP GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL A performance assessment system for deep geologic repository for radioactive waste disposal is introduced to integrate a number of independent sub-system to perform the repository assessments in a systematic way under computer-based environment. Basically, the sub-syste... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100188245 | LOCATE APPARATUS HAVING ENHANCED FEATURES FOR UNDERGROUND FACILITY LOCATE OPERATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS Locate information relating to use of a locate device to perform a locate operation may be acquired from one or more input devices, logged/stored in local memory of a locate device, formatted in various manners, processed and/or analyzed at the locate device itself, and... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100191468 | Estimating Photospheric Velocities for Space-Weather Prediction A computer-implemented method for accurately estimating plasma velocities on the photosphere based on magnetic field data from vector magnetograms. Spatial and temporal derivatives of the magnetic field components are computed and a structure tensor containing terms tha... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100189887 | MARKING APPARATUS HAVING ENHANCED FEATURES FOR UNDERGROUND FACILITY MARKING OPERATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS Marking information relating to use of a marking device to perform a marking operation may be acquired from one or more input devices, logged/stored in local memory of a marking device, formatted in various manners, processed and/or analyzed at the marking device itself... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100141261 | Precise location and orientation of a concealed dipole transmitter A method for determining the location of an underground sonde transmitter is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes measuring a set of complex electromagnetic field magnitude and phase strengths at one or more of positions while traversing a target sonde pa... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100145619 | COMPUTATION OF ENERGY VALUES FOR ZODIAC DEGREES A personal computer including a CPU, storage disk, software program and arithmetic logic circuits are used for computing the amount of energy in each degree of the zodiac using the longitudinal positions of various planetary bodies and their angular separations for astr... | 06/10/2010 |
