ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,771, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Feedbunk volume estimation via image segmentation" was invented by Nickolas Junior Ver Steeg (Midway, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are embodiments for segmenting an animal feed bunk. The feed bunk is segmented, in some embodiments, into segments that include reachable animal feed, and other segments that include unreachable animal feed. Volume estimates of feed in each of the segments are generated, in some embodiments, via imaging data of the feed bunk captured by a LIDAR sensor or passive optical sensor. The volume estimates trigger al...