Paul W Wills

US Patent:

20210064034, Mar 4, 2021

Filed:

Mar 6, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/811669

Inventors:

- Boca Raton FL, US
Paul Wills - Vero Beach FL, US
Jason Hallstrom - Boca Raton FL, US
Tsung-Chow Su - Boca Raton FL, US
Martin Riche - Fort Pierce FL, US
Peter Reiff - Murphysboro IL, US
Yufei Tang - Boca Raton FL, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/00
G05B 19/4155
B25J 19/02
G05D 1/10
G05D 1/06
B63B 79/40
B63B 79/15
B63G 8/14
B63G 8/00
B60L 53/30
B64C 37/00
B60F 5/00
A01K 61/13

Abstract:

Systems and methods for operating a HAUCS sensing platform. The methods comprise: autonomous travel by a UAAV to a first location in proximity to a body of water (“BoW”) in accordance with a mission plan; actuating a mechanical device to transition a sensor from a retracted position in which the sensor is adjacent to a UAAV to an extended position in which the sensor resides a given distance from a UAAV; collect, by HAUCS sensing platform and sensor, sensor data concerning a water condition of BoW at different depths; actuating the mechanical device to transition the sensor from the extended position to the retracted position after the sensor data has been collected; causing the sensor data to be processed using a machine learning-based analytical engine to determine whether a water distress condition exists/is predicted to occur; and modifying the mission plan when the water distress condition exists/is predicted to occur.

US Patent:

20180213753, Aug 2, 2018

Filed:

Jan 23, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/877941

Inventors:

- Boca Raton FL, US
Paul S. Wills - Vero Beach FL, US
Fraser Dalgleish - Vero Beach FL, US
Anni Dalgleish - Vero Beach FL, US

International Classification:

A01K 61/95
G06K 9/00
G06K 9/20
G06T 7/62
A01K 61/10
A01K 63/06

Abstract:

Systems and methods for object enumeration in a culture tank. The methods comprise: obtaining an array of two dimensional images of an illuminated scene in a culture tank; correcting non-uniform background illumination in the two dimensional images; improving a color contrast between a background and object edges shown in the two dimensional images; performing a defocus analysis using the two dimensional images to generate a focus map image; generating a modified focus map image by eliminating isolated spots shown in the focus map image and merging relatively small spots with adjacent relatively large objects in the focus map image; classifying each object shown in the modified focus map image as an object of interest or an object of no interest; and counting the number of objects classified as objects of interest.