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Herdx, Inc.

Vital Accuracy Partners

James C Lyman

Michael R Williams

James Derwin King

Mark F Jones

Laird W Laurence

Jack C Laurence

Ronald B Hicks

Allen Nance

A system and method for managing a herd of animals possibly requiring medical treatment, such as cows in a feedlot. The animals are herded individually into a chute, where identification data is collected from a tag, and core temperature data is collected using a special non-contacting core temperature sensor. The animal is tagged with a color coded tag representing a range of temperatures into which that animal's temperature falls. The animal is then delivered to a pen corresponding to that range of temperatures, where appropriate medicinal treatment is automatically dosed and applied to the animal.

Core-temperature-based herd management system and methods

Core-temperature based herd management system and method

A method and apparatus for measuring the core temperature of an animal or human. Thermal black body emissions from the eyeball are detected, at one or more wavelengths selected on the basis of various factors, including the ability of that wavelength to reach the interior of the eyeball. An illumination marker shines a spot of light on the eyeball, such that the spot corresponds to the area from which emissions are being detected.

Means and apparatus for rapid, accurate, non-contacting measurement of the core temperature of animals and humans

The invention introduces applications of the use of coherent and non-coherent light in the high wavelengths of the visible spectrum and in the near wavelengths of the infrared spectrum. The applications include a system for the identification of objects under varying light conditions, a system to determine the distance to and size of objects under observation, and a movement sensor system to detect a significant change of position of objects under observation.

Object identification system applications

A system for the remote identification of objects under varying light conditions. Objects are illuminated with a non-coherent light source for viewing by an observer. A low power laser diode and lens system which sends a laser beam out on an inclined plane determines the distance to and size of objects under observation. A significant change of position of objects under observation causes an alarm to be activated.

Object identification system

A terrain imaging apparatus and method for indicating to a user the location and distance of moving objects from a user. A transmitting means transmitts a coherent radiation beam to distant objects and receives back the coherent radiation beam reflected from the objects. A communicating means indicates the direction and distance of objects moving in that field relative to the user by determining the distances to the objects from the transmitting and receiving means and the direction in which the beam is directed to synthesize a vector field image of the terrain based on a set of direction measurements and corresponding range measurements and indicating the direction the user is facing relative to the terrain image.

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Pipe Creek, TX, United States of America

James C Lyman