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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:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Joseph A. Spicola, Tampa, FL (US);
Erion Hasanbelliu, Gainesville, FL (US);
Amir C. Rubin, Gainesville, FL (US);
Eric Sinzinger, Lubbock, TX (US);
Bradley Null, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph A. Spicola, Tampa, FL (US);
Erion Hasanbelliu, Gainesville, FL (US);
Amir C. Rubin, Gainesville, FL (US);
Eric Sinzinger, Lubbock, TX (US);
Bradley Null, Austin, TX (US);
Spicola Tool, LLC, Tampa, FL (US);
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (US);
Abstract
A contactless system and method for estimating the volume, mass or weight of a target animal is provided. First, the target animal is imaged, preferably with a stereoscopic camera. A spatial representation of the target animal is derived from the stereoscopic images. Next, a virtual three-dimensional spatial model is provided, preferably having a shape resembling that of a characteristic of the animal to which the target animal belongs. A software module is provided to reshape the virtual spatial model, using a finite set of independently configurable shape variables, to approximately fit the spatial representation of the individual animal. Finally, the volume, mass or weight of the target animal is estimated as a function of shape variables characterizing the reshaped virtual model.
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