US 12,121,007 B2
Method for determining biometric data relating to an animal based on image data
Susan Wernimont, Lawrence, KS (US); Robin Thompson, Northumberland (GB); and Stephen G. Matthews, Oxford (GB)
Assigned to Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,276.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/241,173, filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073738 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06N 3/08 (2023.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC A01K 29/005 (2013.01) [G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining a body attribute of an animal, the system comprising:
one or more sensors configured to capture image data relating to the animal; and
one or more processors configured to:
receive the captured image data relating to the animal;
identify at least two portions of the animal depicted within the image data;
input, into a machine learning model, the at least two portions of the animal depicted within the image data; and
determine, via the machine learning model and the at least two portions of the animal, an ideal body weight (IBW), a body condition score (BCS) of the animal, a body fat index (BFI) of the animal, or a weight of the animal.