Product Overview
The sheep weighing and measuring system ensures that each sheep passes through the weighing platform, and automatically collects data such as time, ear tags, weight, body height, body slant length, body straight length, chest circumference, abdominal circumference, and cross height. Data can be stored and integrated with the ranch management system. The system can analyze feed to meat ratio, daily weight gain, monthly weight gain, cumulative weight gain, and population weight gain of sheep. Timely and effectively eliminate stiff sheep, providing a basis for early slaughter and effective TMR feed formula. Using AI intelligent image analysis technology to collect growth performance data such as sheep body size while in motion.
In the field of animal husbandry, the weight and size of sheep can reflect their growth and nutritional status. By monitoring body weight and size, breeders can make reasonable and dynamic adjustments to feeding plans, and develop different feeding and management plans based on individual sheep to achieve precise feeding.
At present, there are two main methods for measuring sheep weight and body size: manual measurement and automatic measurement. The manual measurement method refers to directly measuring the weight and body size of animals manually or with the assistance of auxiliary clamping devices. This method is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and poses potential risks and injuries to both sheep and humans.
Automatic measurement method generally uses weighing channels to drive sheep into weighing platforms or scales, and then restricts animal movements through automatic fences or auxiliary clamping devices to achieve automated measurement of body weight and size.
The technical problem to be solved by the sheep weighing scale measurement system is to provide a sheep scale detection system and method, which can achieve non-contact automatic measurement of sheep and has the characteristics of safety, reliability, and high degree of automation.
Scheme description
An automatic detection device composed of an infrared sensor array and a computer PC. The animal detection channel includes a horizontal channel for animal walking and symmetrical fences on both sides of the channel. Infrared sensors are vertically spaced on the fence at the front of the animal detection channel to form an infrared sensor array. A depth camera is set above the animal detection channel to capture images of animals entering the channel; The circuit structure of the automatic detection device is as follows: each infrared sensor in the infrared sensor array transmits the received infrared signals to the computer PC through its corresponding I/O interface through its signal output terminal. When the computer PC detects that the infrared signals emitted by each infrared sensor jump from bottom to top, it determines that the animal has entered the animal detection channel. The computer PC sends control signals through its corresponding I/O interface to control the depth camera to capture the animal entering the animal detection channel. The depth image information of the animal collected by the depth camera is transmitted to the computer PC through its corresponding I/O interface through its signal output terminal Based on the known height of the depth camera from the channel and the depth image information of the animal collected by the depth camera, it is transmitted wirelessly to the image analysis big data platform to calculate and output the animal's body size information. The animal's body size information is transmitted to the output device through the corresponding I/O interface of the computer PC. Cycle in sequence.
Technical Features
Infrared sensor array provides signals
Automatic detection device composed of infrared sensor array and computer PC
Take photos with the help of a depth camera
Establishing a cow body model using computer software
Utilizing big data statistical algorithms
The camera is installed on the side of the smart camera fence to take photos and sample the entire contour of the sheep