Patents by Inventor Gunnar Brostedt

Gunnar Brostedt 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting lameness in livestock
    Patent number: 9597017
    Abstract: A device and method for detecting lameness in a standing animal uses at least one optical imaging device coupled to processing arrangement. The optical imaging device is arranged in a position to capture at least one image showing the lower portions of at least one leg of an animal and to forward the image to the processing arrangement, which, in turn, analyses the image to determine a condition of lameness when said at least one leg is held in a raised position on or above ground level. The system is particularly suited to detecting lameness in dairy animals and can be integrated in a milking or feeding stall or with an automatic or semi-automatic milking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventors: Thomas Axelsson, Gunnar Brostedt
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING LAMENESS IN LIVESTOCK
    Publication number: 20140350410
    Abstract: A device and method for detecting lameness in a standing animal uses at least one optical imaging device coupled to processing arrangement. The optical imaging device is arranged in a position to capture at least one image showing the lower portions of at least one leg of an animal and to forward the image to the processing arrangement, which, in turn, analyses the image to determine a condition of lameness when said at least one leg is held in a raised position on or above ground level. The system is particularly suited to detecting lameness in dairy animals and can be integrated in a milking or feeding stall or with an automatic or semi-automatic milking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Axelsson, Gunnar Brostedt