Poultry Disease Detection via Image Behavior Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rearing place management systems struggle to effectively detect and isolate diseased livestock, particularly in environments where attaching identification tags to small animals like chickens and ducks is difficult, leading to challenges in preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
Innovation Solution
A rearing place management device and method that utilizes a photographing unit to capture image data, a controller to detect abnormal behavior patterns, and a communicator to transmit information about abnormal signs, along with sensors to trigger the system and adjust lighting, allowing for precise identification and isolation of diseased animals without the need for individual identification tags.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If identification tags are attached to each animal for monitoring, then disease detection accuracy is improved, but the method is difficult to apply to small poultry in high-density environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses image data as a copy representation of the livestock instead of physical identification tags. The photographing unit captures visual information, and the controller analyzes behavior patterns in the images to identify diseased animals, thereby eliminating the need for physical tags on each animal while maintaining detection capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical identification tag system with an optical/electronic system. Instead of mechanically attaching tags to each animal, the system uses a photographing unit to optically capture images and a controller to electronically analyze behavior patterns, making the system suitable for small poultry in high-density environments
2Reliability
If the photographing unit continuously monitors the rearing place, then real-time disease detection is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic monitoring instead of continuous monitoring. The photographing unit operates periodically based on triggers from sensor units (detecting abnormal sounds, odors, or other environmental changes), allowing the system to maintain real-time disease detection capability while significantly reducing power consumption during periods when no abnormalities are detected
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AI summary
A rearing place management device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a photographing unit for photographing a rearing place; a control unit for detecting abnormal signs in the rearing place by comparing behavior patterns in image data obtained by the photographing unit with behavior patterns in normal image data; and a communication unit for transmitting the abnormal signs, wherein the control unit extracts a region of interest including the abnormal signs from the obtained image data, transmits information on the region of interest to the photographing unit, receives, from the photographing unit, image data obtained by photographing the region of interest, and extracts an abnormal region which is narrower than the region of interest from the behavior patterns in the image data of the region of interest.