Methods and systems for biometric identification of dairy animals using vein pattern recognition
AssigneeAcumen Detection Inc.
InventorsTimothy Francis Moshier, Kenton Arthur Doctor, Stephanie A. C. Schuckers, Sean K. Banerjee, Boyang Li
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Abstract
A method for identifying a dairy animal, the method comprising the steps of: providing an identification system comprising an imaging device and a database of stored vein patterns; obtaining at least one image of at least a portion of an udder of the dairy animal; extracting a vein pattern from the at least one image; comparing the extracted vein pattern to the database of stored vein patterns; and identifying, based on said comparison, the dairy animal in the database of stored vein patterns.
Claims20
A method for identifying a dairy animal using a computing device comprising an imager, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining, via the imager of the computing device, at least one image of at least a portion of an udder of the dairy animal;
- extracting a vein pattern from the at least one image;
- comparing the extracted vein pattern to a database of stored extracted vein patterns, wherein each extracted vein pattern in the database is associated with an animal in a herd of dairy animals;
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- identifying, based on the comparison, the dairy animal in the database of stored extracted vein patterns.
A system for identifying a dairy animal, the system comprising:
- a database of stored extracted vein patterns, wherein each stored extracted vein pattern is associated with a specific dairy animal;
- a computing device comprising an imager configured to obtain at least one image of at least a portion of an udder of the dairy animal;
- a controller configured to:
- (i) extract a vein pattern from the at least one obtained image;
- (ii) compare the extracted vein pattern to one or more extracted vein patterns in the database of stored extracted vein patterns;
- and (iii) identify, based on said comparison, the dairy animal in the database of stored extracted vein patterns.
A herd management computing device, the device comprising:
- an imager configured to obtain at least one image of at least a portion of an udder of the dairy animal;
- a controller configured to:
- (i) extract a vein pattern from the at least one obtained image;
- (ii) compare the extracted vein pattern to one or more extracted vein patterns in a database of stored extracted vein patterns, wherein each stored extracted vein pattern is associated with a specific dairy animal;
- and (iii) identify, based on said comparison, the dairy animal in the database of stored extracted vein patterns.
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