Patent ID: 7689434

Claim:
An animal feedlot management system, comprising: a database to store feedlot information representative of an animal feedlot and objects within the feedlot; a first display screen to visually display the feedlot and positions of the objects within the feedlot based upon the feedlot information from the database; a vehicle GPS receiver to determine a position of a vehicle; an information system to transmit vehicle information, including positional information of the vehicle and the state of operation of the vehicle, to the database; a local information acquisition subsystem for acquiring coordinate information regarding an object in the feedlot, including animals in the feedlot, enabling viewing of the object in the first display screen; a processor configured to update the feedlot information with the coordinate information specifying the relative position of the vehicle to at least one other object within the feedlot, including animals, and configured to generate a 3-D geometric model of the feedlot and objects therein including the vehicle; and a second display screen within the feedlot vehicle, configured to display the 3-D geometric model, for purposes of navigating the vehicle and managing at least one additional feedlot management action including at least one of feeding an animal and treating the animal.