Livestock weight estimation method and livestock weight estimation system

Abstract

A livestock weight estimation system includes: a path along which livestock move in a single direction; one or more cameras that captures the livestock from above the path; and one or more computing devices, wherein the system further includes: an indication device that estimates the body weight of the livestock based on an image captured by the camera, determines, using weight class information stored in a storage device and sortable into three or more classes according to the body weight, weight class information corresponding to the estimated body weight of the livestock, and gives an instruction regarding the weight class information of the livestock according to the weight class information; or a marking device that applies, with paint, a physical mark relating to the weight class information onto a body surface of the livestock according to weight class information.

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