Intelligent animal husbandry equipment: automating measurement of sheep

Automatic measurement of sheep mainly uses a series of special measuring tools to accurately measure different parts of the sheep's body, including height, width, length and the circumference of certain parts.

System composition

The automatic measurement system of sheep body size usually consists of a base plate, an industrial camera, a weighing panel, an RFID identifier (or an electronic ear tag), a measurement channel, a positioning grating, a computer, an image acquisition Working principle

Identity recognition: When the sheep enters the measurement system, the RFID identifier or the electronic ear tag will first read the sheep's identity information.

Image acquisition: The industrial camera will capture the sheep's posture, movement, and body shape in real time, including body height, body oblique length, chest depth, abdominal depth, chest width, abdominal width, hip width, etc.

Data analysis: The system uses multi-dimensional image fusion technology to analyze the captured images and obtain the length of the line segment on the image.

Data conversion: Through a mathematical model, the length of the line segment on the image is converted into the actual length.

Data upload: upload the measurement data and identity information to the management system or other relevant databases.

System advantages

Accurate measurement: The system uses advanced image recognition technology and mathematical models to ensure the accuracy of measurement.

High efficiency: Large sheep farms adopt this daily management method for sheep, which can achieve data acquisition of hundreds of sheep per hour, greatly improving work efficiency.

Low cost: The whole process of measurement is automated, reducing the consumption of manpower and time costs.

Complete data: Using RFID readers or electronic ear tags to collect data can ensure the integrity of breeding basic data.

Application scenarios

The automatic measurement system for sheep body size is widely used in large sheep farms, breeding bases and other places for daily management of sheep, breeding and selection. Through this system, breeders can understand the growth and development of sheep in real time, providing a scientific basis for breeding and selection.