IP Library Granted Patent US 11,328,525
Granted Patent B2
US 11,328,525 · App. 17/002,873 · Granted May 10, 2022

Method for calculating deviation relations of a population

Inventor: Björn Lagerman (Lindesberg, SE)
Assignee: BeeScanning Global AB
G06V40/10
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Patent No.
US 11,328,525
App. No.
17/002,873
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of calculating the deviation relation of a population registered on an image includes: i.) identifying the objects in the image, ii.) counting the number of identified objects, iii.) identifying abnormalities in the image, iv.) identifying objects with abnormalities in the image, v.) counting the number of objects with abnormalities, vi.) calculating the relation of objects with abnormalities to all objects. A computer program, a handheld computer device, and a system are also provided.

Claims (13)

1. A method for calculating a deviation relation of a population of a random number of objects registered on an image comprising:

i.) identifying the objects in the image,

ii.) estimating a number of identified objects,

iii.) identifying abnormalities in the image,

iv.) identifying objects with abnormalities in the image,

v.) estimating a number of objects with abnormalities, and

vi.) calculating a relation of objects with abnormalities to all objects in the image;

wherein the objects are organisms, the organisms are bees, the abnormalities are pests, and the identification of the objects in the image comprises using a combination of deep and shallow convolutional neural networks.

2. The method for calculating the deviation relation of the population registered on the image according to claim 1 wherein the pests are varroa mites.

3. The method for calculating the deviation relation of the population registered on the image according to claim I wherein the identification of the abnormalities in the image comprises utilizing the changes and/or difference in color, reflectivity, and/or shadows between the abnormality and the object for identifying the abnormality.

4. A non-transitory programmable medium comprising a computer program which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method according to claim 1 .

5. A handheld computer device comprising at least one image sensor, at least one microprocessor and at least one application for communicating image information to a server and/or an externally arranged computer device executing the a computer program that causes the computer device to perform the method according to claim 1 .

6. A system comprising means for communication associated with at least one computer, where the computer is arranged with at least one microprocessor and an arrangement for storage of a computer program wherein the computer executes a computer program that causes the computer to perform the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: LAGERMAN, BJÖRN
To: BEESCANNING GLOBAL AB
Reel/Frame 053598/0726 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 1930281-9 · Sep 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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