US 12,302,866 B2
Computer vision-based feeding monitoring and method therefor
Joao Reboucas Dorea, Madison, WI (US); Sek Cheong, Madison, WI (US); and Guilherme Jordao de Magalhaes Rosa, Middleton, WI (US)
Assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,874.
Application 18/615,874 is a continuation of application No. 17/428,230, granted, now 11,937,580, previously published as PCT/US2020/016804, filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/801,439, filed on Feb. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0224947 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/70 (2017.01); A01K 5/01 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/02 (2012.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 29/005 (2013.01) [A01K 5/01 (2013.01); G06Q 50/02 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
utilizing machine vision logic circuitry, characterizing an amount of available feed and presence of livestock depicted in respective images of a livestock feed area captured over time;
assigning time-based condition values based on the characterized amount of available feed and the characterized presence of livestock; and
outputting an instruction characterizing presentation of feed in the livestock feed area based on the assigned time-based condition values and a current time.