Patent Document ID: 9104906
Application ID: 13467869
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computerized method for transforming digital images representing a plurality of individual animals of a particular type into a predictor of a characteristic of an animal of the type, comprising: for each of the plurality of individual animals, storing one or more digital images representing the individual animal in a memory operably connected to a digital computer; annotating the one or more digital images with a plurality of reference points; associating at least one other data value about the individual animal with the one or more digital images representing the individual animal; computing, with the digital computer, a plurality of metrics using measurements derived from the plurality of reference points; determining one or more relationships between the plurality of metrics and the at least one other data value for the plurality of individual animals; and selecting a combination of the plurality of metrics usable for predicting the characteristic of an animal of the type based on the determined one or more relationships.