John J. McGlone,Brian Nutter,Sunanda Mitra,Ranadip Pal
申请号：
US14323268
公开号：
US09084411B1
申请日:
2014.07.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A livestock identification system/method configured to identify individual animals from a pool of livestock is disclosed. The system/method utilizes images of individual animals and determines the identity of a specific animal based on markers extracted from the image of the animal. These markers may then be used to characterize the state of the animal as to weight, health, and other parameters. The system is configured to log these parameters in a temporal database that may be used to determine historical activity of the animal, including but not limited to activity relating to food and/or fluid intake. This historical record in conjunction with analysis of the animal state parameters is used to determine the animal health status and may also be used to determine whether the animal is ready for harvesting.
