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US 10,420,328 B2Granted
System for determining feed consumption of at least one animal
AssigneeViking Genetics FMBA
InventorsSoren Borchersen, Niels Worsoe Hansen, Claus Borggaard
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Abstract
The invention regards an animal monitoring system for determining feed consumption of one or more animals feeding at a feeding area, comprising an imaging unit for range imaging the feeding area, identification means configured to uniquely identify each feeding animal, and processing means configured for assessing the amount of feed consumed by each identified animal by determining the reduction of feed in subsequent images of the feeding area in front of each identified animal.
Claims19
A system for determining feed consumption of at least one animal in a livestock, the system comprising:
- at least one camera configured for acquiring images of a feeding area having feed accessible to the at least one animal, wherein said images comprise information about the distance between said at least one camera and the feeding area;
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- a processor configured for identifying said at least one animal and for determining the feed consumed by an identified animal by analyzing the reduction of feed as represented on at least two of said images.
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