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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Applicant:
The Gsi Group, Llc, Assumption, IL (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Fournier, St-Hubert, CA;
Benoit R. Laberge, St-Hubert, CA;
Yvon Gaudreau, St-Hubert, CA;
Nicolas Bégin, Saint-Jean sur Richelieu, CA;
Adam A. Weiss, Forsyth, IL (US);
Assignee:
The GSI Group LLC, Assumption, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01G 17/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/64 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G01G 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/564 (2017.01); A01K 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 17/08 (2013.01); G01G 9/005 (2013.01); G06T 7/564 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/64 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method executed by a computing system, comprising: receiving pixel samples from three-dimensional (3D) data corresponding to one or more images comprising one or more animals; fitting curves for the received pixel samples; deriving parameters from the curves; determining measurements based on variations in the parameters; and estimating a weight of the one or more animals by applying one or more regression algorithms to the measurements.