ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,588, issued on June 30, was assigned to MARS Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Systems and methods for classifying pet information" was invented by Michael Wolfgang Fitzke (Verden, Germany), Mark Justin Parkinson (Newark, N.J.), Andre Dourson (Haguenau, France) and Robert Michael Wiggall (West Yorkshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for analyzing an input image that includes a view of fecal matter. One example method includes: receiving an input image from a client device; determining that the input image comprises a view of fecal matter excreted by an animal; processing at least a por...