US 12,327,370 B2
Apparatus and method for monitoring inactive livestock
You Jin Kim, Daejeon (KR); Se Han Kim, Daejeon (KR); Dae Heon Park, Daejeon (KR); Hyeon Park, Daejeon (KR); Jee Sook Eun, Daejeon (KR); Jae Young Jung, Daejeon (KR); Seng Kyoun Jo, Daejeon (KR); and Won Kyu Choi, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,612.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0135143 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0179946 (KR), filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115772 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/70 (2017.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/762 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01)
CPC G06T 7/70 (2017.01) [A01K 29/005 (2013.01); G06V 10/762 (2022.01); G06V 20/41 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring an inactive livestock, as a monitoring method for visualizing a location of an inactive livestock in a livestock pen, the method comprising:
extracting livestock objects from a video image acquired for each frame;
calculating center coordinates indicating a location of the inactive livestock based on coordinates of the extracted livestock objects; and
displaying an object icon representing the inactive livestock in a display region mapped to the calculated center coordinate among a plurality of display regions defined on a display screen; and
emitting light by light emitting units selected based on the calculated center coordinate, among a plurality of lighting units installed in a livestock structure,
wherein
the emitting of light by the selected light emitting units includes:
generating, by a lighting controller included in the video analysis device, a triangle area by connecting three coordinates selected from coordinates of the plurality of lighting units represented on a two-dimensional plane coordinate system,
determining whether the center coordinate exists in the triangle area; and
when the center coordinate exists in the triangle area generating a dimming control signal for controlling light emitting operation of three lighting units corresponding to the three coordinates.