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ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BODY CONDITION SCORE OF AN ANIMAL

  • US 20110279650A1
  • Filed: 11/03/2009
  • Published: 11/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An arrangement for determining a body condition score of an animal comprising:

  • a three-dimensional camera system provided for being directed towards the animal and for recording at least one three-dimensional image of the animal; and

    an image processing device connected to the three-dimensional camera system and provided for;

    forming a three-dimensional surface representation of a portion of the animal from the three-dimensional image recorded by the three-dimensional camera system;

    statistically analyzing the surface of the three-dimensional surface representation to determine a texture characteristic of the surface of the three-dimensional surface representation; and

    determining the body condition score of the animal based on the determined texture characteristic of the surface of the three-dimensional surface representation.

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