ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,546, issued on June 9, was assigned to DeLaval Holding AB (Tumba, Sweden).
"Method and control device for surveying eating behaviour of animals" was invented by Ilka Klaas (Tumba, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for managing animals by surveying eating behavior of the animals in a livestock area, including monitoring the animals over a time period subsequent to distributing feed at a feed table in the livestock area, identifying animal behavior that fails to meet a criteria, and performing an such as regrouping the animals or conducting a health check on the animals."
The patent was filed on June 21, 2022,...