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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2021
Nitto Denko Corporation, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazumasa Okada, Ibaraki, JP;
Nobuyuki Kozonoi, Ibaraki, JP;
Yugo Kaseda, Ibaraki, JP;
Takamitsu Omasa, Tokyo, JP;
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A determining apparatus includes a skeleton estimating unit configured to estimate a skeleton position of a processing-target ruminant from a photographed image; an extracting unit configured to extract a region of the processing-target ruminant from the photographed image; a cutting unit configured to cut a determining area for performing action determining of the processing-target ruminant based on the estimated skeleton position and the extracted region; and a determining unit configured to perform the action determining of the processing-target ruminant based on the cut determining area.