Optimizing organic growth using spectral measurement
AssigneeCan Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEric John Eden, Richard Joel Faris, Delphine Marie Pierre Melchior
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Abstract
A system for measuring a market performance metric of an animal comprising: a sensor unit that detects an emitted spectrum from the animal wherein the sensor unit filters the received emitted spectra to a set of spectral values; and a memory unit that comprises a set of predetermined chemometric data correlated to at least the market performance metric, wherein the memory unit is correlated to the set of spectral values.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- sensing an emitted spectrum from each animal of a plurality of animals, the plurality of animals comprising one or more aquaculture species, the emitted spectrum associated with a scan proximate a gill area of each animal;
- filtering each emitted spectrum to a set of spectral values;
- establishing a baseline for the plurality of animals based on the set of spectral values;
- correlating the set of spectral values from at least one animal of the plurality of animals to at least one of a set of predetermined chemometric data and the baseline to determine a health metric indicative of a health condition of at least one animal of the plurality of animals, the health metric comprising one or more of a growth rate, a flesh color, and a biomineralization level of the gill area of the at least one animal;
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- determining a recommendation based on the health metric, wherein the recommendation comprises a change in at least one of a feed, environment, or a medical treatment of the at least one animal.
A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive a set of spectral values from a sensor unit that detects an emitted spectrum from each animal of a plurality of animals and filters each emitted spectrum to the set of spectral values, the plurality of animals comprising one or more aquaculture species, the emitted spectrum associated with a scan proximate a gill area of each animal;
- establish a baseline for the plurality of animals based on the received set of spectral values;
- correlate the set of spectral values from at least one animal of the plurality of animals to at least one of a set of predetermined chemometric data and the baseline to determine a health metric indicative of a health condition of at least one animal of the plurality of animals, the health metric comprising one or more of a growth metric, a flesh color, and a biomineralization level of the gill area of the at least one animal;
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- determine a recommendation based on the health metric, wherein the recommendation comprises a change in at least one of a feed, environment, or a medical treatment of the at least one animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.