US 12,336,515 B2
Method and system for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture
Russel Howe, Glendale, CA (US); Zachary Lizer, Burbank, CA (US); James Wallace Sarrett, Sunland, CA (US); Peter Jon Abrahamson, Burbank, CA (US); and Jascha Tucker Little, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Intervet Inc., Rahway, NJ (US)
Filed by Intervet Inc., Rahway, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,136.
Application 18/507,136 is a continuation of application No. 18/058,497, filed on Nov. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,849,707.
Application 18/058,497 is a continuation of application No. 16/767,624, granted, now 11,533,893, issued on Dec. 27, 2022, previously published as PCT/EP2018/085743, filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/608,253, filed on Dec. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 18153818 (EP), filed on Jan. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081298 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 61/13 (2017.01); G06V 20/05 (2022.01)
CPC A01K 61/13 (2017.01) [G06V 20/05 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An end-user interface for a system for external fish parasites monitoring in aquaculture, said system comprising:
a camera suitable to be submerged in a pen suitable for containing fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish;
a lighting system; and
an electronic image processing system configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images;
wherein the electronic image processing system comprises a fish detector configured to recognize a silhouette of a fish in the captured image, and an external fish parasite detector configured to detect external fish parasites in the silhouette of the fish;
and wherein the end-user interface integrates with additional aquaculture tools.