US 12,266,142 B2
Monitoring livestock in an agricultural pen
Anatoly Mindel, Ganey Tikva (IL); and Yossi Cohen, Netanya (IL)
Assigned to FARMSEE LTD., Hod Hasharon (IL)
Appl. No. 17/256,153
Filed by FARMSEE LTD., Hod Hasharon (IL)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IL2019/050706
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/003310, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/827,203, filed on Apr. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/689,251, filed on Jun. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153479 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. G06V 10/22 (2022.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G16B 40/00 (2019.01)
CPC G06V 10/22 (2022.01) [A01K 11/006 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G16B 40/00 (2019.02); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of estimating weight of one or more livestock animals, the method comprising:
receiving at least one image depicting a scene comprising one or more livestock animals;
processing said at least one image to define, for each of one or more depicted animals, a bounding box enveloping a respective depicted animal of said one or more depicted animals;
evaluating a suitability of each of said one or more depicted animals for further processing, by determining whether the bounding box thereof has a specific shape, said further processing being performed to determine weight of said one or more depicted animals;
for a specific animal of those of said one or more depicted animals that are evaluated suitable for further processing, segmenting a respective bounding box to determine boundaries of a segment associated with a head part of the specific animal;
detecting, within the segment associated with the head part, a visible mark, associated with the specific animal, said visible mark comprising a plurality of tags having more than one color and being attached to the specific animal;
assigning an identification to the specific animal according to a color code configuration pre-defined based on a combination of colors of said plurality of tags, provided that two colors of said more than one color are detected within a predetermined distance range from each other; and
further processing said at least one image to determine weight of the specific animal.