Systems and methods for analyzing and monitoring alligator growth
AssigneeClicRweight, LLC
InventorsDorian Garcia, Joseph A. Spicola, Jr., Joseph A. Spicola, Sr.
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Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for determining one or more dimensions of an alligator based upon an image. A sensor coupled to a computing device captures an image of an alligator. The computing device extracts a portion of the image that corresponds to a silhouette of the alligator and determines a contour of the silhouette. The computing device transforms the contour to a predetermined position and/or rotation and determines one or more dimensions of the alligator based upon the transformed contour.
Claims10
A chute assembly for capturing images of an alligator, the chute assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a ceiling;
- a plurality of guides connecting the base and the ceiling, each guide comprising a support attached to the base and a concentric, free-moving cylinder attached to the ceiling;
- a bed attached to the plurality of guides and positioned between the ceiling and the base, the bed including one or more floats attached to an underside of the bed, wherein the floats operate to keep the bed at a waterline when the chute assembly is placed into a water tank;
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- a camera box attached to the ceiling, the camera box comprising an imaging device coupled to a processor and a memory, the imaging device operable to capture images of the bed.
A computerized method for determining one or more dimensions of an alligator based upon an image, the method comprising:
- capturing, by a sensor coupled to a computing device being housed in a camera box of a chute assembly, an image of an alligator positioned on an illuminated bed of the chute assembly;
- extracting, by the computing device, a portion of the image that corresponds to a silhouette of the alligator;
- determining, by the computing device, a contour of the silhouette;
- transforming, by the computing device, the contour to a predetermined position and/or rotation;
- and
- determining, by the computing device, one or more dimensions of the alligator based upon the transformed contour.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.