Animal body identifying device and body identifying system
US6081607A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/18
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An animal body identifying device of the present invention includes a camera for photographing an eye of an animal, a body data capturer for capturing body data for the photographed animal from an image photographed by the camera, a body data registry for pre-storing a plurality of body data and a body data collator for correlating body data stored in the body data registry with body data captured by the body data capturer and identifying whether or not the photographed animal is a registered animal. An animal body identifying system of the present invention includes a body data capturing device for photographing an eye of an animal and capturing body data for the animal and a body data comparing device for collating body data obtained from the body data capturing device with pre-registered body data and determining whether or not the photographed animal is a registered animal.
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