ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,163, issued on June 16, was assigned to SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (Guangzhou City, China).

"Breeder chicken parameter measurement instrument in which visible-light camera and infrared camera are combined, and flexible gripper" was invented by Tiemin Zhang (Guangzhou, China), Hongzhi Zhao (Guangzhou, China), Haikun Zheng (Guangzhou, China), Chuang Ma (Guangzhou, China) and Zeying Li (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention belongs to the technical field of the breeding industry, and particularly relates to a breeder chicken parameter measurement instrument in which a visible-light camera and an ...