Methods and systems for determining and displaying animal metrics

A data processing system for estimating weight of an animal, comprising:

• a data store coupled to at least one computing device, wherein the data store stores a plurality of models that each represent an animal having a known weight;
• a fitting engine that executes on the at least one computing device, wherein the fitting engine
• (i) compares an image of an animal to the plurality of models to determine a selected one of the plurality of models that optimally matches a size and/or a shape of the animal;
• (ii) adjusts either (i) the image relative to the selected model or (ii) the selected model relative to the image, wherein the adjusting occurs for both height and length;
• (iii) determines a first differential adjustment parameter based upon the adjustment of the image or model;
• (iv) tunes the first differential adjustment parameter based upon one or more second differential adjustment parameters, the second differential adjustment parameters relating to measurement of anatomical features of the animal as represented in the image;
• and
• (v) determines a weight of the animal by adjusting the known weight of the selected model based upon the tuned differential adjustment parameter.

A computerized method for displaying animal metrics with a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising:

• determining, by at least one computing device, a daily weight for each of one or more animals for each of a plurality of days, wherein the daily weight is determined by:
• (i) acquiring an image of an animal;
• (ii) comparing the image to a plurality of models to determine a selected one of the plurality of models that optimally matches a size or shape of the animal, wherein each of the plurality of models has a known weight;
• (iii) adjusting either (a) the image relative to the selected model or (b) the selected model relative to the image, wherein the adjusting occurs for both height and length;
• (iv) determining a first differential adjustment parameter based upon the adjustment of the image or model;
• (v) tuning the first differential adjustment parameter based upon one or more second differential adjustment parameters, the second differential adjustment parameters relating to measurement of anatomical features of the animal as represented in the image;
• and
• (vi) determining a weight of the animal by adjusting the known weight of the selected model based upon the one or more tuned differential adjustment parameter;
• determining, by the at least one computing device, an average daily weight for each of the one or more animals, wherein the average daily weight for an animal is determined based upon the plurality of daily weights for the animal;
• storing, in a data store coupled to the at least one computing device, the average daily weight for each of the one or more animals,
• rendering, by a remote computing device coupled to the data store, a graphical user interface (GUI) window displaying the average daily weight for at least one of the animals.