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A method and a system for measuring an animal's height

A kind of animal and height technology, applied in the field of dairy farm management, can solve problems such as expensive and complex systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-19
阿菲克姆智能牧场管理系统公司
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Unfortunately, these systems have various disadvantages that make them complex and / or expensive

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[0105] The present invention is a method for measuring the height of animals. The method is based on the processing of images acquired when an animal passes through a narrow passage. Animal height was derived from image processing of multiple images or from image processing of selected images.

[0106] The principles and operation of the method and system for measuring animal height according to the present invention may be better understood with reference to the drawings and accompanying descriptions.

[0107] Referring now to the accompanying drawings, figure 1 Embodiments of the system according to the invention are illustrated. An animal 10 is guided through a narrow passage 11 , preferably with a uniformly colored background 12 , and as the animal passes, an imaging device 14 acquires a plurality of images, which are transmitted to a computing unit 15 . The calculation unit 15 calculates the height of the passing animal 10 using the method to be described in the next f...

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A method and a system for measuring animal's height is disclosed. The method, and the system as well, is comprised of the following steps: allowing the animal to pass through a passage with measurement-references; capturing plurality of images of the animal while the animal is passing; on each image of the captured images applying the following steps: filtering the background from the image; applying imaging-process technique on the lower area of the measuring-image to recognize the location of the legs; defining a vertical slice of the measuring-image, in which the back's contour of the animal - from neck to tail - appears and applying imaging processing and mathematical calculations to obtain the real height, as defined, of the animal.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of dairy farm management. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for measuring the height of animals, especially ruminants. Background technique [0002] The present invention generally relates to new systems and methods for obtaining animal height scales. [0003] In the domesticated livestock industry, it is advantageous to determine the various dimensions of animals, and height is an important dimension. For example, a heifer's growth rate (which can be defined as a heifer's height) is very helpful in estimating milk production as a mature cow. [0004] Various systems are known for obtaining the size and / or height of animals. Unfortunately, these systems suffer from various disadvantages that make them complex and / or expensive. US Patent 6,625,302 "System and method for obtaining animal and carcass measurements" by Kalscheur et al. uses infrared imaging and at least three fiduc...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06K9/00
CPCG06T7/60G06T7/0083A01K29/005G06T7/12
Inventor T·巴雷凯特N·平斯基
Owner 阿菲克姆智能牧场管理系统公司
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