Patents by Inventor Vladimir Kushnir

Vladimir Kushnir 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).

  • DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEAT STRESS OF A LIVESTOCK ANIMAL
    Publication number: 20110054338
    Abstract: A method of estimating heat stress of livestock animals. The method comprises capturing a sequence of images each depicting a thorax of a livestock animal during a monitoring period, analyzing the sequence of images to detect a movement frequency of the thorax during the monitoring period, computing a breathing rate of the livestock animal as a function of the movement frequency, and estimating a heat stress status for the livestock animal according to the breathing rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Raphael LINKER, Vladimir Kushnir