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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 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., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for external fish parasites monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising: —a camera () suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing comprising 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, wherein: —a ranging detector () configured for detecting the presence of fish and measuring a distance from the detector to the fish is mounted adjacent to the camera (); and—an electronic control system () is arranged to control a focus of the camera () on the basis of the measured distance and to trigger the camera () when a fish has been detected within a predetermined distance range.