Machine vision-based automatic detection system and method for nursery pig feeder

Abstract

The present invention provides a machine vision-based automatic detection system and method for the feeding amount of nursery pig feeders. The system includes a camera module, a water valve module, a flow meter module, a display module, a main control circuit, a motor module and a power supply module. The main control circuit is connected to all other modules. On the one hand, the water valve module is automatically launched according to the amount of water measured by the flowmeter module. On the other hand, according to the image information collected by the camera module, the target area segmentation method and area growth algorithm based on OpenCV are used. , to determine the amount of material in the material basin, and then control the motor module to automatically unload the material. The invention combines the machine vision with the nursery pig feeder, which can better improve the robustness of the nursery pig feeder's automatic loading and unloading, reduce the probability of more or less feeding, and realize more accurate feeding for pigs. delivery.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of machine vision, in particular to a machine vision-based automatic detection system and method for feeding amount of nursery pig feeders. Background technique [0002] my country's pig industry has played an important role in meeting market demand and increasing farmers' income. According to statistics, in 2017, 690 million pigs were slaughtered in my country, and the total pork output reached 52.99 million tons, accounting for half of the world's total output. my country has become the world's number one pork producer , but also the world's largest pork consumer. [0003] However, the level of pig raising in my country is still relatively low compared with the world level, especially in terms of slaughter rate and productivity. Yield rate, etc. Modern breeding technology enables sows to grow fast, have a high lean meat rate, and increase litter size. Lactating sows have insufficient body fat reserves and must secre...

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Therefore, most nutritionists and pig producers are committed to developing measures to increase feed intake of sows, such as improving feed formula for lactating sows, improving feed palatability, providing a comfortable farrowing room environment, and ensuring sufficient feed intake while meeting feed intake. Water supply, increase feeding times, eat less and eat more, etc., but these measures will increase the labor intensity of the breeder and increase labor costs

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