US Patent Issued to Synetic on Aug. 19 for "Method and system for detecting livestock respiratory compromise" (Washington, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,066, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Synetic Inc. (Woodinville, Wash.).

"Method and system for detecting livestock respiratory compromise" was invented by Octavian Alexandru Blaga (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and David Benjamin Scott (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Video cameras capture video images of livestock and transmit the images to a computer. The computer identifies individual livestock based on biometric markings. The computer performs pixel enhancement to amplify breathing motion and calculates a respiration rate. A sudden increase in respiration rate indicates respiratory compromise, such as pneumonia or BRD....