Patent Application
20180058909
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The present invention relates to a process, application and scale to measure and record the amount of harvested plants and more particularly associated with measuring output.
There are a number of harvested product in which a worker or seller is sold on a unit basis which includes weight. These type of products could include such things as saffron stems, spices, and other precious material, which must be measured at an extremely accurate rate. These can also include marijuana as it has been legalized for both medical and recreational marijuana in many states and is a growing industry in the US. This industry recently registered approximately $2 billion in sales in the most recent year of data.
In the current marketplace for competing products, several digital scales were found to exist. These scales are developed for use in the cooking and other industries but do have carryover effects to growers but it is important to note that none of these competing products were seen to carry out the same calculations expected from the growers. Also these scales are not smart scales that keep track of a pickers or users work and cannot be used automatic to track output and amount earned.
There is still room for improvement in the art.
The current invention is a scale to record and measure the amount of harvested plants as well as a process and software application that works with the scale or a number of scales that communicate with each other via a wireless connection.
The invention allows grow operations to track their worker's (trimmers and pickers) productivity. It also allows the workers to see how much they are making, in real time. The scale and system allows that administrator to “see the productivity, put individuals in groups, and also see how much to pay each person at the end of the day or week.
It has a table top scale that also counts each bud and measure the weight. It will have a read out mode in grams or ounces. It will have a camera and image recognition to count buds or other desired part of the plant being harvested.
The scales and system can show growers the worker's productivity per strain and keep workers and growers accountable.
The innovative process is more efficient, effective, accurate and functional than the current art.
Without restricting the full scope of this invention, the preferred form of this invention is illustrated in the following drawings:
There are a number of significant design features and improvements incorporated within the invention.
The current invention is a scale, process and software application that communicate with other scales via a wireless connection.
The current invention allows grow operations to track their worker's such as trimmers and pickers productivity. It also allows the workers to see how much they are making, in real time. The scale and system allows that administrator to “see the productivity, put individuals in groups, and also see how much to pay each person at the end of the day or week.
In
The system 1, data and processing code can reside in the non-transitory memory 310 of the one or more computing devices. The system 1 in the preferred embodiment would be written to act like a smart phone application (app).
The Scale
As shown in
On one side of the top of the scale 20 sits a monitor 40 with touch screen input capabilities. The monitor 40 is a flat screen that will allow input into the scale 20 as well as displaying the results of the scale including weight and the number of buds or other countable measurable factor desired by the producer of the agricultural product. The weight will be read from the output of the weighing means based on the product on the scale platform 50.
The scale 20 can have its own wireless device or it can use a smart phone 30 or any computing or wireless device which serves in that function. In the preferred embodiment, there is a slot on the back top of the scale 20 into which the smart phone or device 30 is place.
The scale 20 can communicate with other scales 20 or to a master server which can be another scale 20 or a smartphone 30 or any type of computing device. The communication would include data about each grower, trimmer or picker and sum the total regardless which scale 20 is used.
In the preferred embodiment, as shown in
It is this database 310 that will store the information collected and distribute it to the users, such as the growers and employees as a function of the trim tracker system. Letting them know how they or their workers are performing.
The scale 20 will have a camera 36 and image recognition to count buds or other desired part of the plant being harvested. The camera 36 will serve as a counting mechanism. The scale 20 will use a HD Mini Camera 36, as shown in
Operation
The system 1 is designed to be used like a smart phone computer application or app. The data and processing code can reside in the non-transitory memory 310 of the one or more computing devices.
A user would log on to the system 1 using a login and password as shown in
As shown with the screenshots in
The system 1 will have a scale 20 result screen as shown in
The Profile screen as shown in
The system 1 can group workers and users of the system into groups as shown in
Advantages
The invention allows grow operations to track their worker's (trimmers and pickers) productivity. It also allows the workers to see how much they are making, in real time. The scale and system allows that administrator to “see the productivity, put individuals in groups, and also see how much to pay each person at the end of the day or week.
The scales and system can show growers the trimmers productivity per strain and keep workers and growers accountable. For example, a trimmer gets paid $150 a pound. the simple math is $150 divided by 456 grams/lbs the trimmer would make 0.3289473684 or 33 cents a gram rounded and based on long it took to trim 456 grams will give the hourly wage.
Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain preferred versions thereof, other versions are possible. Therefore, the point and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the preferred versions contained herein. The system is not limited to any particular programming language, computer platform or architecture.
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. With respect to the above description, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
