US 5,979,359 · Granted 1999-11-09
Analysis of color tone in images for use in animal breeding
The present invention relates to a method and a device in animal breeding for recording information on individual animals and/or collectives of animals which are within a defined area of residence, one or more video cameras being used to record video signals including image information from the animal or animals, and monitoring, position and/or positioning data being extracted from the recorded image information, comprising: analyzing the recording image information in respect of this pixel related content of one or more color tones being characteristic of one or more animals and/or one or more defined portions and/or states thereof; examining, in the analysis, the color content of the pixels in respect of its pertinent to one or more predefined color tone volumes; and calculating the data on the basis of pixels whose color content falls within the one or more predefined color tone volumes.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 5,979,359
- Filing date
- 1996-10-24
- Grant date
- 1999-11-09
- Assignee
- Alfa Laval Agri Ab
- Inventor(s)
- HANSSON; JENS
- CPC class
- G01J3/46
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