Patent ID: 7643655

Claim:
A system for detecting animal seizure behavior, comprising: a seizure analysis module implementable by a processor configured to analyze video images including images of an animal to detect and classify seizure behavior of the animal, wherein the seizure analysis module comprises: an animal identification module configured to segregate images of the animal from the video images; a posture and body part identification module configured to identify a posture of the animal as one of a set of predetermined postures and to identify at least one body part of the animal; a seizure-salient feature detection module configured to detect at least one of seizure-salient features using the posture and the at least one body part of the animal; and a seizure detection and classification module configured to detect and classify occurrences of seizure behavior in the video images using the seizure-salient features and to calculate seizure parameters, including a type of seizure.