APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF LIVESTOCK WEIGHT
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1. A method of determining an animal weight, the method comprising:
- receiving a digital image of a target object, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, the target object being at least a portion of an animal, the at least a portion of the animal disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition;
analyzing at least some of the pixels of the image of animal to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal;
determining the weight of the animal using the at least one characteristic.
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Abstract
A digital image of a target object is received and the image includes a plurality of pixels. The target object is at least a portion of an animal, and the portion of the animal is disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition. The weight of the animal is determined using the model and at least one characteristic. At least some of the pixels of the image of animal are analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal. The weight of the animal is determined using the at least one characteristic.
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1. A method of determining an animal weight, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital image of a target object, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, the target object being at least a portion of an animal, the at least a portion of the animal disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition; analyzing at least some of the pixels of the image of animal to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal; determining the weight of the animal using the at least one characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for determining an animal weight, the apparatus comprising:
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an interface having an input, the input configured to receive a digital image of a target object, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, the target object being at least a portion of an animal, the at least a portion of the animal disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition, the interface having an output; a controller coupled to the interface, the controller configured to identify the target object from the image, the controller further configured to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal, the controller further configured to determine the weight of the animal using the at least one characteristic and present the weight at the output of the interface. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining an animal weight, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital image of a target object, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, the target object being at least a portion of an animal, the at least a portion of the animal disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition; constructing a model, the model representing expected visual perimeter of the animal in the predetermined disposition; identifying the target object included in the digital image using the model and according to an analysis of at least some of the pixels in the digital image; determining the perimeter of the outline of the animal and an area enclosed by the perimeter using the identified target object; receiving at least one characteristic of an animal from a database, the animal being the same species as the animal in the target image; determining the weight of the animal using the perimeter, the area enclosed by the perimeter, and at least one characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for determining an animal weight, the apparatus comprising:
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an interface having an input, the input configured to receive a digital image of a target object, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, the target object being at least a portion of an animal, the at least a portion of the animal disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition, the interface having an output, the input further configured to receive at least one characteristic of an animal from a database, the animal being the same species as the animal in the target image; a controller coupled to the interface, the controller configured to construct a model, the model representing expected visual perimeter of the outline of the animal in the predetermined disposition, the controller further configured to identify the target object from the image using the model and according to an analysis of at least some of the pixels in the image, the controller further configured to determine the perimeter of the outline of the animal and an area enclosed by the perimeter using the identified target, to determine the weight of the animal using the perimeter, the area, and at least one characteristic, and present the weight at the output of the interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of determining an animal weight, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital image of a target object, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, the target object being at least a portion of an animal, the at least a portion of the animal disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition; performing an analysis of the digital image by analyzing at least some of the pixels in the image; determining the perimeter of the outline of the animal and an area enclosed by the perimeter according to the analysis; receiving at least one characteristic of an animal from a database, the animal being the same species as the animal in the image; determining the weight of the animal using the perimeter, the area, and at least one characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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