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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189877 | Remote sensing analysis of forest disturbances The present invention provides systems and methods to automatically analyze Landsat satellite data of forests. The present invention can easily be used to monitor any type of forest disturbance such as from selective logging, agriculture, cattle ranching, natural ha... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189876 | Sediment assessment There are described methods and apparatus for assessing sediments generated in liquid-based systems. The methods involve optically obtaining information to enable height and, thus, volume data relating to sediments to be measured. Although single samples of liquid-b... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8139824 | Crop particle discrimination methods and apparatus A method of discriminating between kernel and chaff particles, in crop, using a crop viewing apparatus that includes an image-capturing device that is capable of capturing one or more images of crop in the crop viewing apparatus. T... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135179 | Systems, methods and devices for use in assessing fat and muscle depth Methods, systems and devices are implemented in connection with measuring subcutaneous fat and loin depth in a portion of muscle tissue. Consistent with one such method a probe is presented to the portion of muscle tissue. The probe produces a response-provoking sig... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135178 | Process for normalizing images or other data layers A method of processing vegetation data including the steps of identifying data relating to an agricultural field, segregating areas of predetermined development patterns and prescribing application rates of an agricultural compound. The identifying step includes ide... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131020 | Method for controlling the appearance of products and process performance by image analysis A new application of machine vision for process industries is proposed. The invention consists of: (1) estimation of visual quality of products, (2) modeling causal relationship between estimated quality and process variables, and (3) optimization of visual quality ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126213 | Method and system for wholesomeness inspection of freshly slaughtered chickens on a processing line An imaging system containing an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device detector and line-scan spectrograph is used for identifying wholesome and unwholesome freshly slaughtered chicken carcasses on high-speed commercial chicken processing lines. Multispectral im... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8085988 | Apparatus and method for recognizing and determining a position An apparatus for recognizing and determining the position of at least one teat of a milking animal includes a scanning head comprising a light source and a camera. The light source emits light into a region which is expected to contain a teat or teats and the camera... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8059869 | Apparatus and method for recognizing and determining a position An apparatus for recognizing and determining the position of at least one teat of a milking animal includes a scanning head comprising a light source and a camera. The light source emits light into a region which is expected to contain a teat or teats and the camera... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050462 | Methods and systems for administering a drug program Systems and methods are described that provide a fast and simple way of administering a drug program related to an animal. Specifically, systems are provided that can receive, compile and analyze information regarding the condition of an organ in a form that is read... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045763 | Method and apparatus for recognizing and determining the position of at least one teat cup An apparatus (10) for recognizing and determining the position of at least one teat cup (401, 402, 403, 404) of at least one teat cup magazine (42, 421, 422 | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036429 | System and method for measuring animals A system and method for measuring an animal includes a light source and an optical source. The light source, which is preferably an array of monochromatic light emitting diodes, at least partially backlights one or more of the animal's legs. The optical sensor or de... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031910 | Method and apparatus for analyzing quality traits of grain or seed The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for and a method of measuring and selecting grain for use in milling, or seed for use in plant breeding. Said method is adapted to optically analyze seeds/grains to qualitatively and quantitatively characterize... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019125 | System and method for automatically determining the sex of chicks and device for conveying living animals A living animals conveying device for sorting animals with respect to a characteristic such as color, size, gender, or weight. In the case of chicks, an embodiment of the invention includes a section for conveying chicks with chicks positioned in buckets with their ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014569 | Method and apparatus for performing qualitative and quantitative analysis of produce (fruit, vegetables) using spatially structured illumination A method and an apparatus for noninvasively and quantitatively determining spatially resolved absorption and reduced scattering coefficients over a wide field-of-view of a food object, including fruit or produce, uses spatial-frequency-domain imaging (SFDI). A singl... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7949154 | Method and system for associating source information for a source unit with a product converted therefrom The invention provides a method and system having a computer system and imaging sensors that capture image data of an object, such as a carcass, as it moves through a processing facility and is converted into individual food products. The computer system analyzes th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7929731 | Data acquisition for classifying slaughtered animal bodies and for their qualitative and quantitative determination A non-invasive method is described for identifying contours with complex structures having an error recognition rate tending towards zero, which method can be used to distinguish and identify features of a slaughtered animal body with respect to each other, said met... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7882135 | Method for predicting treatment classes using behavior informatics A system and method used to assess animal behavior includes a module having sensors that collects a variety of physical and biological data from a test subject. Interpretation of the data is provided to assess the test subject's behavior, neurology, biochemistry and... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881502 | Method and system for three-dimensionally imaging an apical dome of a plant embryo Methods and systems for three-dimensionally imaging an apical dome located at the cotyledon end of a plant embryo are provided. Three-dimensional information of an apical dome can be obtained by scanning the apical dome at varying focal planes along an axis of the e... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7860277 | Food product checking system and method for identifying and grading food products A food product checking system for at least one of identification and grading of food products packed in a tray is provided, comprising a tray positioning area, an illumination device for illuminating the food product with white light, at least one camera for taking... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853046 | Imaging system and method for body condition evaluation An imaging method and system are presented for use in automatic monitoring the body condition of an animal A predetermined region of interest on the animal body is imaged, and data indicative of the acquired one or more images is processed to obtain a three-dimensio... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7817824 | Unified system and method for animal behavior characterization from top view using video analysis In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for finding the position and shape of an animal using video. The invention includes a system with a video camera coupled to a computer in which the computer is configured to automatically provide a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7747042 | Defining and checking conformance of an object shape to shape requirements A system and method are provided for automatically defining acceptable shape requirements for an object. A reference shape is a shape that the object should be in, and the acceptable shape requirements define an acceptable shape of the object that may deviate from t... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7711151 | System and method for determining physical characteristics of an unrestrained animal The invention provides a computer software means for determining physical characteristics of an unrestrained animal by enabling a user to interact with one or more images of the unrestrained animal on a graphical user interface connected to a computer. Using the gra... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7660440 | Method for on-line machine vision measurement, monitoring and control of organoleptic properties of products for on-line manufacturing processes A method for extracting feature information from product images using multivariate image analysis (MIA) to develop predictive models for organoleptic and other feature content and distribution on the imaged product. The imaging system is used to monitor product qual... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7643655 | System and method for animal seizure detection and classification using video analysis A system and method for analyzing video images including images of an animal to detect and classify seizure behavior of the animal. Seizure-salient features are detected from identified postures and identified movements of body parts of the animal. The seizure-salie... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7613330 | Methods and systems for tracking and managing livestock through the production process Systems and methods are described that provide a relatively quick and easy way of tracing meat products to their origins. Specifically, methods of tracing a fully processed meat product back through the production process use windows of traceability to quickly ident... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606394 | Methods and systems for administering a drug program related to livestock Systems and methods are described that provide a fast and simple way of administering a drug program related to livestock. Specifically, accurate, automated livestock-to-carcass, meat product, or organ identification systems are provided that can receive, compile an... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7570787 | X-ray inspection apparatus and method for creating an image processing procedure for the X-ray inspection apparatus An X-ray inspection apparatus is provided with a shied box, a conveyor, an X-ray irradiator, an X-ray line sensor, a monitor, and a control computer to enable the apparatus to inspect an article by automatically selecting an appropriate image processing procedure th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7555144 | Optical scanning device for liquid biological samples, process of operation and computer program for a computer connected to said device Optical scanning device for the production of a 2D computer image of a liquid or humid biological sample observed by transparency, wherein an even thickness of the liquid biological sample is disposed in a tank optically enclosed between an illumination assembly and... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7499573 | Plant growing analyzing system and method There are provided an image acquisition system capable of storing high-accuracy measurement of changes in the shape of a plant growing process in image information with high accuracy and an analyzing method for analyzing an acquired image to analyze plant growing. | 03/03/2009 |
| 7433059 | Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants, particularly onions, provided with a green end and a root end and a bulb axis extending therethrough, comprising means for holding the bulbs, means for cutting the green end and the root end off from the bulbs, means f... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424974 | Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents. Embodiments of the present invention can track physical locations of paper documents that have identification tags physically associated with them. Each identification tag that is physical... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415136 | Optical method and system for rapid identification of multiple refractive index materials using multiscale texture and color invariants An innovative optical system and method is disclosed for analyzing and uniquely identifying high-order refractive indices samples in a diverse population of nearly identical samples. The system and method are particularly suitable for ultra-fine materials having sim... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7379590 | Method for generating natural colour satellite images A simple and effective method is disclosed in the present invention to adjust the near natural colour of a satellite color composite to a visually more pleasing natural colour. This method includes two steps: (1) extracting vegetation “greenness” from available ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372978 | System and method for determining a seed vigor index from germinated seedlings by automatic separation of overlapped seedlings A system and method for automatically determining a seed vigor index for a lot of seeds by analysis of a scanned image of a plurality of seedlings grown from lot of seeds, including automatically separating and analyzing overlapped seedlings. According to one aspect... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373217 | Apparatus for slicing a food product and method therefore Apparatus and method for slicing a food product having a non-uniform cross-sectional area. A laser line scanner scans the cut face of the food product. A line scan camera receives light reflected from the cut face of the food product. The line scan camera is positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367284 | Automated poultry processing method and system Poultry processing methods and systems that provide for the processing of poultry at a plurality of processing stations, with the poultry being transferred between stations using an automated conveying system. Each individual poultry is retained in a poultry carrier... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367155 | Apparatus and methods for analyzing and improving agricultural products A trait of interest is detected as being present within individual ones of a plurality of agricultural samples (such as seeds or plant tissues) by imaging the plurality of samples to form a magnetic resonance image. The image of the plurality of samples is then anal... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366333 | Method and apparatus for selecting regions of interest in optical imaging There is provided a method and system for positioning a mammal for optical imaging in which a digital image of the mammal is obtained using a camera and a region of interest is selected using the digital image. The selected region is registered with an optical imagi... | 04/29/2008 |
