Patent ID: 6256401
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A01K,G06K

Abstract:
A system for storage, retrieval, and display of information relating to specimens in public aquariums comprising:means for determining the location of a specimen under investigation (SUI) in an aquarium;means for indicating the location of the SUI within a field of view;means for optically scanning a restricted area around said location, creating an image thereby;means for storing a database of specimens comprising identification information and demographic information;means for bulk-shape comparing the images with the database;means for comparing color filtered images with the database;means for comparing aspect-ratio filtered images with the database;means for recording control fields of view without specimens;means for comparing the field of view with the control fields of view;means for spectral analysis of images;means for selecting a specimen of the database as a result of said comparisons and analysis; andmeans for outputting the demographic information corresponding to the specimen selected,so that each of the elements recited above either receives data from one of the previous elements, or creates data for one of the other elements.