Patents by Inventor Claudia BAHR

Claudia BAHR has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated monitoring of animal nutriment ingestion
    Patent number: 9807981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring in real time the nutriment intake (feed and/or water) of farm animals, including but not limited to poultry, turkeys, pigs and cows, based on the measurement and identification of the nutriment uptake sounds and/or the working of the nutriment supply system, while the presence and eating position of the animals is monitored by using real-time image analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Daniel Berckmans, Arda Aydin, Claudia Bahr
  • Automated Monitoring of Animal Nutriment Ingestion
    Publication number: 20160050888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring in real time the nutriment intake (feed and/or water) of farm animals, including but not limited to poultry, turkeys, pigs and cows, based on the measurement and identification of the nutriment uptake sounds and/or the working of the nutriment supply system, while the presence and eating position of the animals is monitored by using real-time image analysis
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Daniel BERCKMANS, Arda AYDIN, Claudia BAHR