Remote thermographic sensing of livestock
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1. An apparatus for remote sensing of weight information about an animal in an area and making said information available in a decipherable form to an observer, comprising:
- means without human operation for remotely obtaining a thermographic image of the area, which image can be used directly or indirectly to provide a weight of an animal in the area;
means for converting maid image into computer readable form;
means for interpreting said form to provide said information; and
means for displaying said information in a decipherable form to said observer.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for remote sensing of livestock, using a thermographic image sensing system, in order to determine one or more of the number, weight, location, temperature, carcass pH, etc., of animals in a surveillance area. A thermographic image comprising pixels of the area is sent to a digitizing board in a microcomputer, where the image is converted into a number array. The numbers are then interpreted by software to provide the desired information in a decipherable form.
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1. An apparatus for remote sensing of weight information about an animal in an area and making said information available in a decipherable form to an observer, comprising:
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means without human operation for remotely obtaining a thermographic image of the area, which image can be used directly or indirectly to provide a weight of an animal in the area; means for converting maid image into computer readable form; means for interpreting said form to provide said information; and means for displaying said information in a decipherable form to said observer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of remotely sensing weight information about an animal in an area, which comprises:
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obtaining, without human operation, a thermographic image of the area, wherein the image can be used to provide a weight of an animal in the area; converting said image into computer readable form; interpreting said form to provide said information; and displaying said information in a decipherable form to a human observer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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