US 12,171,198 B2
Agricultural monitoring system using image analysis
Kelton Temby, Seattle, WA (US); and Jonathan Simpson, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to KELTRONIX, INC., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by KELTRONIX, INC., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,580.
Application 16/005,680 is a division of application No. 15/173,614, filed on Jun. 3, 2016, granted, now 9,992,977, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Application 18/233,580 is a continuation of application No. 17/577,244, filed on Jan. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,723,344.
Application 17/577,244 is a continuation of application No. 16/927,847, filed on Jul. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,224,206, issued on Jan. 18, 2022.
Application 16/927,847 is a continuation of application No. 16/005,680, filed on Jun. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,709,115, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/170,444, filed on Jun. 3, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380386 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 47/06 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 10/46 (2022.01)
CPC A01K 47/06 (2013.01) [G06V 20/53 (2022.01); G06V 10/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring the health of a beehive, the system comprising:
a camera that captures a sequence of video frames of the exterior of the beehive;
at least one additional sensor that captures additional data;
a processor in communication with the camera, the processor analyzes the sequence of video frames to calculate one or more activity values that represents an estimate of the number of bees in the vicinity of the beehive in the sequence of video frames;
a server in communication with the processor, the server stores the sequence of video frames in association with the one or more activity values and stores the additional data; and,
a user device in communication with the server, wherein the user device displays a plot of the activity values and the additional data over a time base, wherein the server receives the sequence of video frames via a first network connection and the server receives the additional data via a second network connection that does not include the camera.