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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Intervet Inc., Madison, NJ (US);
Russel Howe, Glendale, CA (US);
Zachary Lizer, Burbank, CA (US);
James Wallace Sarrett, Sunland, CA (US);
Peter Jon Abrahamson, Burbank, CA (US);
Jascha Tucker Little, Austin, TX (US);
Intervet Inc., Madison, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: —a camera () suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; and —an electronic image processing system () configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by a camera and lighting rig () having a vertical support member (), an upper boom () articulated to a top end of the support member () and carrying an upper lighting array (), a lower boom () articulated to a lower end of the support member () and carrying a lower lighting array (), and a housing () attached to the support member and carrying the camera (), wherein the upper and lower lighting arrays () are configured to illuminate, from above and from below, a target region inside a field of view of the camera ().