Abrégé

Aspects of this disclosure include a system for providing non-contact, computer-vision based monitoring of the health and pollination activity of a beehive. The system may include camera positioned proximate to a beehive. The camera may include an onboard processor that analyzes video of the beehive captured by the camera and calculates an activity value that estimates a number of bees moving about the beehive. The video calculated activity values may be uploaded to a server where they can be accessed via a user device. The user device may allow the user to display interactive plots of the activity values over a variety of time bases. The disclosed beehive monitoring system relies on relatively lost-cost hardware and requires neither modification to the hive nor special constraints on the placement of the camera.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 47/06 - Autres détails des ruches, p. ex. dispositifs d'aération, entrées de ruches, dispositifs de sûreté, séparations ou issues pour les abeilles
• G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p. ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
• G06V 10/46 - Descripteurs pour la forme, descripteurs liés au contour ou aux points, p. ex. transformation de caractéristiques visuelles invariante à l’échelle [SIFT] ou sacs de mots [BoW]Caractéristiques régionales saillantes

Abrégé

Aspects of this disclosure include a system for providing non-contact, computer-vision based monitoring of the health and pollination activity of a beehive. The system may include camera positioned proximate to a beehive. The camera may include an onboard processor that analyzes video of the beehive captured by the camera and calculates an activity value that estimates a number of bees moving about the beehive. The video calculated activity values may be uploaded to a server where they can be accessed via a user device. The user device may allow the user to display interactive plots of the activity values over a variety of time bases. The disclosed beehive monitoring system relies on relatively lost-cost hardware and requires neither modification to the hive nor special constraints on the placement of the camera.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 47/06 - Autres détails des ruches, p. ex. dispositifs d'aération, entrées de ruches, dispositifs de sûreté, séparations ou issues pour les abeilles
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p. ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
• G06V 10/46 - Descripteurs pour la forme, descripteurs liés au contour ou aux points, p. ex. transformation de caractéristiques visuelles invariante à l’échelle [SIFT] ou sacs de mots [BoW]Caractéristiques régionales saillantes

Abrégé

Aspects of this disclosure include a system for providing non-contact, computer-vision based monitoring of the health and pollination activity of a beehive. The system may include camera positioned proximate to a beehive. The camera may include an onboard processor that analyzes video of the beehive captured by the camera and calculates an activity value that estimates a number of bees moving about the beehive. The video calculated activity values may be uploaded to a server where they can be accessed via a user device. The user device may allow the user to display interactive plots of the activity values over a variety of time bases. The disclosed beehive monitoring system relies on relatively lost-cost hardware and requires neither modification to the hive nor special constraints on the placement of the camera.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 47/06 - Autres détails des ruches, p. ex. dispositifs d'aération, entrées de ruches, dispositifs de sûreté, séparations ou issues pour les abeilles
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06K 9/48 - Extraction d'éléments ou de caractéristiques de l'image en codant le contour de la forme

Abrégé

Aspects of this disclosure include a system for providing non-contact, computer-vision based monitoring of the health and pollination activity of a beehive. The system may include camera positioned proximate to a beehive. The camera may include an onboard processor that analyzes video of the beehive captured by the camera and calculates an activity value that estimates a number of bees moving about the beehive. The video calculated activity values may be uploaded to a server where they can be accessed via a user device. The user device may allow the user to display interactive plots of the activity values over a variety of time bases. The disclosed beehive monitoring system relies on relatively lost-cost hardware and requires neither modification to the hive nor special constraints on the placement of the camera.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 47/06 - Autres détails des ruches, p. ex. dispositifs d'aération, entrées de ruches, dispositifs de sûreté, séparations ou issues pour les abeilles
• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• G06K 9/48 - Extraction d'éléments ou de caractéristiques de l'image en codant le contour de la forme

Abrégé

Aspects of this disclosure include a system for providing non-contact, computer-vision based monitoring of the health and pollination activity of a beehive. The system may include camera positioned proximate to a beehive. The camera may include an onboard processor that analyzes video of the beehive captured by the camera and calculates an activity value that estimates a number of bees moving about the beehive. The video calculated activity values may be uploaded to a server where they can be accessed via a user device. The user device may allow the user to display interactive plots of the activity values over a variety of time bases. The disclosed beehive monitoring system relies on relatively lost-cost hardware and requires neither modification to the hive nor special constraints on the placement of the camera.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
• A01K 47/06 - Autres détails des ruches, p. ex. dispositifs d'aération, entrées de ruches, dispositifs de sûreté, séparations ou issues pour les abeilles
• G06K 9/48 - Extraction d'éléments ou de caractéristiques de l'image en codant le contour de la forme