DETECTING LAMENESS IN ANIMALS

原文（中国語）

Techniques for detecting lameness in a limb of an animal are described herein. In one technique, a lameness detection system comprises multiple wearable footwear elements, each of which comprises a housing that is configured to fit snugly on a paw of the animal during ordinary gait. Each footwear element comprises a sensor or matrix of sensors that is configured to detect and generate data representative of pressure or force exerted by the paw on a ground surface. Each footwear element additionally comprises a wireless transceiver that is configured for short-distance communication of the data captured by the sensors. The system further comprises a computing device with a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the transceivers of the footwear elements and instructions which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to analyze lameness in a limb of the animal based on data received from the sensors.