US 12,262,697 B2
Apparatus and methodologies for improved detection of important biological states in animals
Allan Schaefer, Lacombe (CA); Hartmut Von Gaza, Tofield (CA); Clover Bench, Edmonton (CA); and Hector Perez Marquez, Edmonton (CA)
Appl. No. 17/996,423
Filed by THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton (CA); Allan Schaefer, Lacombe (CA); and Hartmut Von Gaza, Tofield (CA)
PCT Filed Apr. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/050520
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/207853, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,529, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225294 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01); G01J 5/48 (2022.01)
CPC A01K 29/005 (2013.01) [G01J 5/0025 (2013.01); G01J 5/485 (2022.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented system for identifying at least one biological state in an animal, the system comprising:
at least one high-resolution radiometric imaging device configured to obtain infrared thermography images about the animal, simultaneously capturing both
thermal information, comprising at least one thermal coat pattern, and
behavioural information, comprising at least one biomechanical feature,
the imaging device being operably connected to a processor, and
at least one processor configured to
receive the infrared thermography images, and
process the thermal and behavioural information from the infrared thermography images to calculate at least one thermal profile value, the thermal profile value being indicative of the at least one biological state in the animal.