Device and method for recognizing animal's identity by using animal nose prints
AssigneeIscilab Corporation
InventorsNam Sook WEE, Su Jin CHOI, Haeng Moon KIM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of an animal recognition using nose patterns, and particularly to an apparatus and method of an animal recognition comprising a body stabilizer unit to minimize movement of the subject animal for optimal nose pattern image acquisition, an image acquisition unit to obtain and store the nose pattern image, and an image recognition unit to generate, enroll, verify, and identify the raw or processed nose pattern code from the acquired nose pattern image.
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An animal recognition apparatus using nose patterns, comprising a body stabilizer unit to minimize movement and resistance in the subjects during the nose pattern image capture and acquisition.
An animal recognition apparatus comprising an image acquisition unit that captures, acquires and stores nose pattern images.
An animal recognition apparatus comprising an image recognition unit that generates and matches processed nose pattern images.
An animal recognition method comprising
- a body stabilizing step minimizing movement and resistance in the subject animal using the body stabilizer unit;
- a nose pattern image capture and acquisition step using the image acquisition unit;
- a nose pattern code generation step occurring at the image recognition unit using the images from the image acquisition unit;
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- an identification step involving the enrollment and storing of generated nose pattern codes in the DB and the matching process by the image recognition unit.
An animal recognition method comprising
- a nose pattern image acquisition step utilizing the body stabilizer unit and image acquisition unit;
- a ROI fixing step at the image recognition unit;
- a nose pattern code generation step at the image recognition unit from said ROI;
- the storing and enrollment of the generated nose pattern codes on the database at the image recognition unit;
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- a matching step where newly generated nose pattern codes are matched against previously enrolled nose pattern codes at the image recognition unit.
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