Automatic feeding apparatus for aquatic life, and a method for u

Details Automatic feeding apparatus for aquatic life, and a method for u Automatic feeding apparatus for aquatic life, and a method for u

1997-03-10

1998-03-31

Price, Thomas

Animal husbandry

Aquatic animal culturing

Fish culturing

A01K 6100

Patent

active

057326550

ABSTRACT:
An automatic feeding apparatus for aquatic life comprising a cultivating device 20 for cultivating the aquatic life 10, and a feeding device 80 for supplying food, which further comprises an image acquisition device 40A for taking an image of wave forms at surface of water 30 in the cultivating device, an image processing device 50 for processing the image to a binary image, an activity calculating device 60 for calculating a value indicating the activity of the aquatic life by calculating a total number and/or a total area of the wave forms based on the binary image, a feeding amount control device 70 for controlling feeding amount and feeding time of the feeding device based on the value, and a device 110 , 40B for adjusting the feeding amount based on cultivation environment and/or number and size of the aquatic life.

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