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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Christopher E. Mainini, Knoxville, TN (US);
Greg Gillis, Escondido, CA (US);
Anita White, Knoxville, TN (US);
Darryl Millis, Knoxville, TN (US);
Erica Shoults, Mission, KS (US);
Jessica Morris, Knoxville, TN (US);
Rick Seltzer, Knoxvillle, TN (US);
Christopher E. Mainini, Knoxville, TN (US);
Greg Gillis, Escondido, CA (US);
Anita White, Knoxville, TN (US);
Darryl Millis, Knoxville, TN (US);
Erica Shoults, Mission, KS (US);
Jessica Morris, Knoxville, TN (US);
Rick Seltzer, Knoxvillle, TN (US);
Litecure, LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of analyzing the distribution of weight of animals, including a base member, a plurality of sensor regions connected to the base member to respectively receive feet of the animal when the animal is standing, each sensor region having a plurality of sensors to generate signals indicative of weight applied by each foot to a respective sensor region, at least a portion of the sensors being located between the base member and the sensor regions and spaced apart proximate perimeter portions of each sensor region, and a control unit to generate an output indicative of the weight applied by each foot to the respective sensor regions based on an aggregation of the generated signals.