Patents Assigned to ACUMEN DETECTION, INC.
  • Methods and systems for biometric identification of dairy animals using vein pattern recognition
    Patent number: 10474791
    Abstract: A method for identifying a dairy animal, the method comprising the steps of: providing an identification system comprising an imaging device and a database of stored vein patterns; obtaining at least one image of at least a portion of an udder of the dairy animal; extracting a vein pattern from the at least one image; comparing the extracted vein pattern to the database of stored vein patterns; and identifying, based on said comparison, the dairy animal in the database of stored vein patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ACUMEN DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Francis Moshier, Kenton Arthur Doctor, Stephanie A. C. Schuckers, Sean K. Banerjee, Boyang Li