	US 12,236,588 B2
	Bovine embryo evaluation using AI/ML analysis of real-time video for predicting male-sex offspring
Cara Elizabeth Wessels Wells, Dripping Springs, TX (US); and Russell Killingsworth, Shamrock, TX (US)
Assigned to Emgenisys, Inc., Dripping Springs, TX (US)
Filed by Emgenisys, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,368.
Application 17/687,368 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/044423, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,554, filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189020 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06N 3/02 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01)

CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06N 3/02 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30044 (2013.01)]

44 Claims

1. A method for assessing a characteristic of an embryo by processing video of the embryo, the method comprising:

obtaining real-time video of a bovine target embryo having a continuous recording duration of ten minutes or less, said video comprising image data representing micro-movement of the target embryo; and

processing said image data using a trained machine learning model and thereby assessing a likelihood the target embryo is a male-sex bovine embryo.