ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,739, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cattle Eye Ltd. (Belfast, Great Britain).
"Autonomous livestock monitoring" was invented by Terry Canning (Belfast Antrim, Great Britain), Adam Askew (Lurgan Antrim, Great Britain), Ryan McMillan (Templepatrick Antrim, Great Britain) and Ian Thompson (Belfast Antrim, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method and a system for monitoring the mobility levels of individual farm animals and accordingly determining their corresponding mobility score. The mobility score may be indicative of the health and/or welfare status of the animals. The present inventio...