ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,129, issued on June 17, was assigned to Groupe Ro-Main Inc. (St. Lambert-de-Lauzon, Canada).
"Monitoring livestock" was invented by Jacquelin Labrecque (St-Bernard, Canada), Frank Gouineau (Levis, Canada), Pierre Savatte (Pays-de-la-loire, France), Dimitri Estrade (Levis, Canada) and Joel Rivest (Quebec, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of counting pigs or poultry includes mounting a camera at an alleyway through which the livestock pass with a width such that the livestock can pass at least two abreast and are free to turn to move in an opposite direction against the direction of travel before all livestock of the grou...