Patent ID: 9521829
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A livestock identification method comprising: (1) capturing animal image data (AID) of a livestock animal using an image capture computer (ICC); (2) transmitting said AID to a livestock web server (LWS); (3) storing said AID in a livestock image database (LID); (4) comparing said AID against an eigenface weight vector (EWV) retrieved from a livestock eigenface database (LED); (5) determining if there is a match of said AID with said EWV, and if not proceeding to said step (1); (6) generating a livestock animal identifier (LAI) based on said comparison of said AID against said EWV; (7) storing livestock state parameters associated with said LAI in a livestock historical database (LHD); (8) determining the health or harvesting potential of livestock animal associated with said LAI; and (9) generating a report of said health or said harvesting potential, said report viewable on a graphical user interface (GUI).