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MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC

MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC, despite its name, shows a surprisingly strong and emerging focus on software-centric innovations, with Business Methods & Fintech patents growing by 100.0% and Natural Language Processing by 200.0% year-over-year. While core computing categories like Computer Vision remain dominant at 56.1% of its portfolio, the company appears to be diversifying into broader AI applications and even fintech, shifting away from a declining focus in Harvesting & Mowing (-50.0% YoY) and Material & Chemical Analysis (-50.0% YoY).

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

57 US filings (since 2023) · 11 categories · 12 themes

Machine Vision for Crop & Field Analysis

Utilizing optical sensors and image processing to detect, classify, and analyze crops, terrain features, or harvested material to inform automated machine actions and decision-making.

Harvesting & Mowing
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41since 2023
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Horticultural Sensing & Analytics

Technologies for monitoring plant health and environmental conditions using optical, chemical, or physical sensors, combined with data processing and informatics to provide insights and optimize cultivation workflows.

Horticulture & Forestry
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27since 2023
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Vision-Based Object & Pose Estimation

Methods and apparatus for detecting objects and determining their three-dimensional position and orientation (pose) using imagery or point cloud data, often for navigation, surveying, or environmental understanding.

Computer Vision
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4since 2023
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Large Model Text Generation

Techniques for generating human-like text or other content using large pre-trained models, often involving prompt engineering, speculative decoding, or multi-modal inputs for content creation.

Natural Language Processing
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3since 2023
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Generative AI for Images

Techniques utilizing deep learning models like Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) or diffusion models to create new images, modify existing ones, or generate synthetic data based on various inputs or conditions.

Image Processing
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2since 2023
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Automated Climate & Irrigation

Systems employing sensors, controllers, and actuators to automatically regulate environmental factors such as water delivery, humidity, temperature, and light spectrum for optimal plant growth.

Horticulture & Forestry
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2since 2023
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Multi-modal Sensor Fusionfiltered

Techniques for combining data from disparate sensor types (e.g., cameras, radar, mobile device signals) to achieve a more robust and comprehensive understanding of an environment or subject, often leveraging machine learning for interpretation and correlation.

Computer Vision
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1since 2023
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Video Quality & Encoding Optimization

Methods and apparatus for improving the visual fidelity, resolution, or compression efficiency of video signals, often through advanced processing, up-scaling, or neural network-based filters.

Computer Vision
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1since 2023
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Autonomous Path Planning

Algorithms and systems for generating, optimizing, and executing trajectories for autonomous vehicles or robots to move through an environment, often involving obstacle avoidance, route validation, and goal reaching.

Industrial & Autonomous Control
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1since 2023
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Multi-Agent System Coordination

Methods and systems for managing the interaction, communication, and collaborative tasks among multiple autonomous entities, or between autonomous entities and a central control system or users.

Industrial & Autonomous Control
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1since 2023
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Efficient Visual Feature Extraction

Algorithms and hardware optimizations for rapidly identifying and characterizing relevant visual features (e.g., objects, motion, gradients) from images or video streams, often integrating machine learning for feature representation and recognition, with a focus on real-time performance and reduced computational cost.

Pattern Recognition & ML Models
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1since 2023
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Geospatial Intelligence

Technologies that process, analyze, and leverage geographic information system (GIS) data, location data, and spatial analytics for applications such as monitoring, navigation, and environmental assessment.

Databases & Information Retrieval
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1since 2023
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