US Patent Issued to M3SEN on Nov. 11 for "Technique for calculating the backfat thickness of a sow" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,024, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to M3SEN Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Technique for calculating the backfat thickness of a sow" was invented by Man Hyeong Seo (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Hee Kwang Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for calculating a backfat thickness of a sow by a processor of a device is disclosed. The method may comprise: recognizing a dorsal angle measurement region using frame data; recognizing a plurality of three-dimensional coordinate values related to at least three points within the dorsal angle measurement ...