RAPID TEMPERATURE-MEASUREMENT BY CALCULATING THE FINAL TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RESPONSE-TIME

For the early detecition of an epidemic among animals in mass production, rapid information about the temperature of the animals is important. The response time of conventional thermometers is too long to permit rapid measurement. For adequate accuracy the measuring time required is about five times the response time. Using a microcomputer and regression computation, measurement of the final temperature can be effected within the period of a single response time. In addition, several thousand data can be stored for evaluation at a later date.