Remote thermographic sensing of livestock

Details Remote thermographic sensing of livestock Remote thermographic sensing of livestock

1994-02-24

1995-12-12

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

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119174, A61B 5103

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054740851

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method and apparatus for remote sensing of livestock, using a thermographic image sensing system, in order to determine one or more of the number, weight, location, temperature, carcass pH, etc., of animals in a surveillance area. A thermographic image comprising pixels of the area is sent to a digitizing board in a microcomputer, where the image is converted into a number array. The numbers are then interpreted by software to provide the desired information in a decipherable form.

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