JP7054121B2 - Biometric information processing equipment and programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a biometric information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a biometric information processing apparatus that processes biometric information acquired from an animal image.

There is provided a pet biometric data measurement system that can detect abnormalities in a non-contact manner without stressing the pet. For example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-165416) was taken by attracting the eyes of a pet and taking a facial image by a method such as positively stimulating a pet living in a natural state. At least one biometric data of pupil size, eye temperature, and nose gloss is extracted from the image data. In Patent Document 1, the health condition of a pet is determined from this extracted data.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-165416

The technique of Patent Document 1 does not disclose a method for identifying an individual pet. In recent years, the number of cases of multi-headed pets in which many pets are bred is increasing, and there is a desire to manage biometric data for each pet, but Patent Document 1 does not propose a method for identifying pets. Therefore, it was difficult to meet the request.

Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to provide a biometric information processing apparatus capable of processing biometric information of an individual while identifying an individual animal.

The biometric information processing apparatus according to a certain aspect of the present disclosure includes a biometric information acquisition unit that acquires predetermined biometric information from an captured image of an animal, and a unique biometric information acquisition unit that acquires unique information that can identify an individual from an animal. An information acquisition unit, a collation unit that collates the unique information acquired from the imaged animal with the identification information of one or more individuals stored in advance, and a processing unit that processes biological information based on the collation result. And.

Preferably, the identification information includes the feature amount of the image of the predetermined portion of the individual, the unique information acquisition unit includes the feature extraction unit that extracts the feature amount of the portion from the captured image, and the collation unit is from the captured image. It includes a feature matching unit that collates the extracted feature amount with one or more feature amounts stored in advance.

Preferably, the processing unit includes a storage processing unit for storing the biometric information in association with the identification information when the collation results show a match.

Preferably, the captured image includes a temperature image in which the temperature of the body surface of the animal is imaged, and the biological information acquisition unit acquires the surface temperature of a specific portion of the body surface of the animal from the temperature image.

Preferably, when the collation results show a discrepancy, the captured image is stored.

In certain aspects of the present disclosure, it is possible to process individual biometric information while identifying individual animals.

It is a figure which shows the state which three the toilets 200 of the cat which concerns on Embodiment 1 are arranged side by side. It is a figure which shows typically the mode in which a cat invades a toilet 200. It is a figure which shows typically the image capture image 202 of the face of a cat by the image pickup unit 20 which concerns on Embodiment 1, and the feature amount 203 of the face extracted from the image capture image 202. It is a figure which shows the thermographic image 204 of the face of a cat by the imaging unit 20 which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows typically the hardware composition of the biological data processing apparatus 100 which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically the functional structure of the biological data processing apparatus 100 which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the storage of the biological information which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart for data processing which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the body motion signal processing apparatus of each embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings referred to below, the parts with the same reference numerals have the same function, and therefore the description thereof will not be repeated unless there is a particular need.

[overview]
The biological data processing apparatus 100 according to the present disclosure is information that can identify the individual from an individual animal such as a pet, acquires unique information unique to the individual, and also obtains the unique information of the animal from the captured image of the animal. Get information. The processing unit collates the acquired unique information with the identification information of one or more individuals stored in advance, and processes the biometric data based on the collation result.

Therefore, it is possible to process the acquired biometric information while identifying each individual animal such as a pet.

In each embodiment, the individual from which biological information should be acquired exemplifies a cat bred in large numbers as a pet, but the individual is not limited to a cat and can be applied to animals in general.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which three cat litter boxes 200 according to the embodiment are arranged side by side. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a mode in which a cat invades the toilet 200. Focusing on the behavior of cats, when entering the toilet 200, always enter from the head. Further, since the toilet 200 is provided with an entrance, it is possible to surely encourage the toilet 200 to enter the toilet 200 from the head.

Cat litter 201 is spread on the floor of the toilet 200 because it is excreted on the sand as a cat's excretion habit. Further, a load cell 14 constituting a weight scale for measuring a load is provided on the floor surface of the toilet 200.

Therefore, when the cat invades the toilet 200, the output of the load cell 14 changes. Further, a biological data processing device 100 having an imaging unit 20 described later is attached to the toilet 200. As shown in FIG. 2, the subject imaging direction of the imaging unit 20 is attached so that the face of the cat is located in the imaging range when the cat enters from the entrance of the toilet 200. The image pickup unit 20 includes a camera 16 (described later) that captures a normal image and a thermography 17 (described later) that is an infrared camera. Therefore, the cat in the toilet 200 is photographed centering on the face by the imaging unit 20, and the biological data processing device 100 does not have the unique information unique to the individual that identifies the individual from the partial image of the face included in the captured image. It is detected by contact, and body temperature is detected non-contact from the temperature distribution detected from the image of the eye and the area around the eye. The above-mentioned unique information is acquired by analyzing the color component from the face image and analyzing the distribution of the coat color.

(Captured image and features)
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a captured image 202 of a cat's face by the imaging unit 20 according to the first embodiment and a facial feature amount 203 extracted from the captured image 202. The image pickup unit 20 is installed on the side opposite to the entrance so that when the cat enters from the entrance of the toilet 200, the image can be taken from the front of the face centering on the face. The captured image 202 of FIG. 3A shows a case where the entire face of the cat is photographed from almost the front.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the captured image 202 has a feature amount 203 of the facial image showing the distribution of the coat color of the face. The feature amount 203 shows the color distribution of the three primary colors of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) in the face image. In general, it is known that the distribution of coat color on a cat's face is unique to an individual and can be information that distinguishes the individual from others.

In the first embodiment, the feature amount 203 representing the distribution of the coat color in FIG. 3 (B) is used as the unique information for identifying the individual, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be a feature amount of an arrangement pattern of facial parts (scratches, eyes, mouth, nose, etc.), or it may be a combination of both feature amounts. When individual identification is performed using a combination, the identification accuracy can be improved as compared with the case where only the feature amount 203 is used. Since a well-known technique can be used for the method of extracting the feature amount of the arrangement pattern of the facial parts, the details are not repeated here.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a thermographic image 204 by the imaging unit 20 according to the first embodiment. In the thermography image 204, which is an image captured by the thermography 17 in FIG. 4, the temperature of the face surface is distinguished by color. Here, since it is known that the body temperature of a cat can be measured in the eyes and around the eyes, the positions of the eyes and the periphery of the eyes were specified and specified by matching the above-mentioned arrangement pattern in the thermographic image 204. The temperature from the color information of the position, that is, the body temperature can be detected.

In FIG. 4, the measured body temperature (36.6 ° C.) of the eyes and the area around the eyes is displayed in the upper left, and the temperature of the face surface has a range of approximately 25 ° C to 36 ° C in the lower part. However, the thermography image 204 actually output from the thermography 17 does not include such information.

(Structure of biometric data processing device 100)
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of the biometric data processing device 100 according to the embodiment. With reference to FIG. 5, the biometric data processing apparatus 100 includes a control unit 10 having a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 10 includes a communication unit 12 for communicating with an external wired or wireless network NT, a display unit 13 including a display such as a liquid crystal display, a load cell 14, and a sensor drive unit 15 for driving a sensor of the load cell 14. An imaging unit 20 for imaging a subject and a storage unit 11 are connected. The storage unit 11 includes a storage medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

The image pickup unit 20 includes a camera 16 and a thermography 17 made of a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or the like. Electric power is supplied to each part of the biometric data processing device 100 from the power supply unit 18. The power supply unit 18 includes a rechargeable battery. A data storage unit 250 corresponding to a cloud server device is connected to the network NT. The biometric data processing device 100 communicates with the data storage unit 250 via the network NT. The biometric data processing device 100 may include an operation unit including a switch or the like for receiving a user instruction for the own device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of the biological data processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. The functions of each part of FIG. 6 are realized mainly by the control unit 10 having a CPU reading and executing the program stored in the storage unit 11. Alternatively, it is realized by a combination of a program and a circuit.

With reference to FIG. 6, the biometric data processing apparatus 100 includes an image pickup image input unit 30A, a biometric information acquisition unit 38 that acquires predetermined biometric information from an image captured by an animal (cat), and an animal. A unique information acquisition unit 32 that acquires information unique to the individual from the individual, and a collation unit 37 that collates the acquired unique information with the identification information of one or more individuals stored in advance in the storage unit 11. , A processing unit 40 for processing biometric data based on the result of this collation. The captured image input unit 30A includes an image acquisition unit 30 and a thermography image acquisition unit 31. The image acquisition unit 30 inputs the image data output from the camera 16, performs noise processing and the like, and then outputs the captured image 202. The thermography image acquisition unit 31 inputs the captured image data output from the thermography 17, and outputs the thermography image 204 after performing noise processing or the like.

The above-mentioned identification information includes the feature amount of the face image of the animal, and the unique information acquisition unit 32 includes the feature extraction unit 32A for extracting the feature amount of the face image from the captured image. Further, the collation unit 37 includes a feature collation unit 37A that collates the feature amount extracted from the captured image with the feature amount of the face image of one or more individuals stored in the storage unit 11.

When the collation results output from the collation unit 37 show a match, the processing unit 40 stores the biometric information output from the biometric information acquisition unit 38 in the storage unit 11 in association with the identification information described above. 42 is included. Further, when the collation results show disagreement, the processing unit 40 stores the image output from the captured image input unit 30A, more specifically, the output image from the image acquisition unit 30 in a predetermined area of the storage unit 11. Remember in.

The processing unit 40 stores the communication processing unit 43 that controls the communication unit 12 so as to store the acquired biometric information and the identifier in the data storage unit 250 via the network NT, and the acquired information (including biometric information). A display processing unit 41 that controls the display unit 13 to display is included.

The temperature distribution analysis unit 36 inputs the thermography image 204 output from the thermography image acquisition unit 31, extracts the eyes and the area around the eyes in the face image from the thermography image 204 by the above pattern matching, and determines the extracted area. Detects the color distribution of partial images. Then, the temperature distribution analysis unit 36 outputs the detected color information to the biological information acquisition unit 38. The temperature acquisition unit 39 of the biological information acquisition unit 38 searches for a color temperature table (not shown) in which the color-temperature correspondence stored in advance in the storage unit 11 is registered based on the color information from the temperature distribution analysis unit 36. Then read the corresponding temperature data from the color temperature table. As a result, the body temperature is acquired as the biological information of the cat by the biological information acquisition unit 38. The acquired body temperature data is output to the processing unit 40.

The feature extraction unit 32A of the unique information acquisition unit 32 inputs the captured image 202 output from the image acquisition unit 30. In the feature extraction unit 32A, the face recognition unit 33 identifies a partial image of the face in the captured image 202 by the pattern matching described above by the eye / nose / mouth analysis unit 35. The color component analysis unit 34 analyzes the color distribution of the specified partial image and outputs the analyzed color distribution information to the collation unit 37. The color distribution information shows the distribution of the coat color peculiar to the cat, and is an example of the identification information of each individual.

The collation unit 37 collates the unique information output from the unique information acquisition unit 32 (that is, the color distribution information of the coat color) with one or more identification information stored in advance in the storage unit 11. The one or more identification information is information for uniquely identifying each individual who may use the toilet 200, and in the first embodiment, it is information representing the distribution of the coat color of the face. Features of the collating unit 37 The collating unit 37A has the color distribution information (unique information) of the cat in the toilet 200 from the unique information acquisition unit 32 and the identification information of the storage unit 11 (each individual that may use the toilet 200). (Information representing the distribution of the coat color of the face) is collated, and the collation result (matching match, mismatch) is output to the processing unit 40.

Based on the above-mentioned collation result, the processing unit 40 processes the biological information (body temperature data) from the biological information acquisition unit 38 by the display processing unit 41, the storage processing unit 42, or the communication processing unit 43.

(Other examples of biometric information)
In the first embodiment, the body temperature is acquired as the biological information of the cat, but the type of the biological information is not limited to the body temperature. For example, the body weight, the degree of dryness of the nose, and the like may be used. The body weight is detected by the biological information acquisition unit 38 from the output change of the load cell 14 when the cat invades the toilet 200. Further, the degree of dryness of the nose is detected by the biological information acquisition unit 38 from the color information of the nose portion based on the output from the feature extraction unit 32A.

(Contents of stored data)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of storage of biological information according to the first embodiment. The storage unit 11 stores identification information 51 of one or more individual cats, body temperature data 52, weight data 53, and data 54 indicating the degree of dryness of the nose in association with each identification information 51. FIG. 7 shows the data storage format in the storage unit 11, but the biometric information for each individual is stored in the data storage unit 250 according to the same storage format. The data storage formula is not limited to this.

(flowchart)
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for data processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. The program according to the flowchart of FIG. 8 is stored in the storage unit 11 in advance, and the processing is realized by the CPU of the control unit 10 reading this program from the storage unit 11 and executing the read program.

First, the CPU determines whether or not a cat has invaded (entered) the toilet 200 (step S1). In this detection, for example, when the displacement of the output of the load cell 14 exceeds a predetermined threshold value, it is determined that the target (cat) has entered the room. When the CPU determines that the room has been entered, the CPU turns on the power of the camera 16 and the thermography 17 so that the camera can take a picture. Further, when the CPU determines that the displacement of the output of the load cell 14 exceeds a predetermined threshold value after determining the entry into the room, the CPU determines that the room has left the toilet 200 and shuts off the power of the camera 16 and the thermography 17. do. This can save power consumption.

While the CPU does not determine the entry of the cat (NO in step S1), the CPU repeats the determination of entry based on the output from the load cell (step S1).

When the CPU determines that the cat has entered the room (YES in step S1), the CPU controls the shutters of the camera 16 and the thermography 17. As a result, an image centered on the cat's face near the entrance is taken (step S3).

The captured image 202 and the thermography image 204 acquired by shooting are output to the unique information acquisition unit 32 and the temperature distribution analysis unit 36, respectively, via the captured image input unit 30A. The unique information acquisition unit 32 acquires color information, which is a feature amount of the coat color of the face, from the captured image 202 by using the feature extraction unit 32A, and outputs the color information to the collation unit 37 (step S5).

In the collation unit 37, the feature collation unit 37A collates the coat color color information output from the unique information acquisition unit 32 with the identification information of each individual in the storage unit 11. The collation result (whether or not the color information matches the identification information) is output to the processing unit 40.

The processing unit 40 determines whether or not the collation results indicate a match (step S7). When it is determined that the collation result does not show a match (NO in step S7), the series of processes ends, but when it is determined that a match is shown (YES in step S7), the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S9, the temperature distribution analysis unit 36 detects the color distribution information representing the temperature distribution between the eyes and the eyes from the thermography image 204, and outputs the color distribution information to the biological information acquisition unit 38. In the biological information acquisition unit 38, the temperature acquisition unit 39 acquires the temperature corresponding to the color distribution, that is, the body temperature, based on the color distribution information from the temperature distribution analysis unit 36 (step S9).

The processing unit 40 processes the biological information from the biological information acquisition unit 38, that is, the body temperature by using the display processing unit 41, the storage processing unit 42, or the communication processing unit 43. The storage processing unit 42 stores the body temperature in the storage unit 11 as body temperature data 52 in association with the corresponding identification information 51. In step S9, biometric information indicating the body weight or the degree of dryness of the nose may be acquired. In that case, in step S11, the body weight and the degree of dryness of the nose are stored in the storage unit 11 as the weight data 53 and the data 54 of the degree of dryness of the nose in association with the corresponding identification information 51.

In the body temperature measurement according to the first embodiment, the accuracy of the integrated average in the image processing may be improved and the body temperature measurement accuracy may be improved by taking a focus image of a characteristic portion such as an eye.

In addition, by enabling non-contact individual identification and body temperature measurement from the feature amount of the facial image, it is possible to handle multiple toilets 200 and multiple heads, and stress the health management of each individual. It can be realized without and while reducing the burden on the owner.

(Embodiment 2)
In the second embodiment, a modification of the first embodiment will be described. In FIG. 8, when the individual can be identified (that is, when the collation result shows a match) (YES in step S7), the biometric information is acquired (step S9), but the order of acquiring the biometric information is this. Not limited to. For example, after acquiring the biometric information, a collation match / mismatch determination may be performed. In this case, if the collation results do not match, the processing unit 40 stores the captured image 202 in a predetermined area of the storage unit 11. As a result, when the matching mismatch reaches a predetermined number of times, that is, when a predetermined number of captured images 202 are stored, the CPU performs feature matching so that the number of matching mismatches is reduced. The reference threshold value for determining the match / mismatch of the collation set in the unit 37A is changed. Alternatively, if it is determined from the captured image that the collation mismatch is caused by the deviation of the imaging range, the shooting angle of the camera is adjusted.

(Embodiment 3)
In each of the above embodiments, the color distribution information of the fur is used to identify the individual, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the unique information acquisition unit 32 receives information from an electronic chip for individual identification embedded in the body of an animal, information on a nose print extracted from a captured image 202, print information on a collar attached to an individual, and the like. May be acquired and used as the unique information of the individual.

Further, as the unique information of the individual, the feature amount of the coat color of the face image, which is an example of the predetermined part of the individual, is used, but the part from which the feature amount is extracted is not limited to the face.

Further, the temperature acquisition unit 39 acquires the surface temperature around the eyes and eyes, which is an example of a specific portion of the body surface, from the thermography image 204, but the acquisition portion of the surface temperature is not limited to the eyes and the periphery of the eyes. ..

(Embodiment 4)
A modification of each of the above embodiments is shown. In each embodiment, the biological data processing device 100 is installed in the toilet 200, but the target to be installed is not limited to the toilet 200. Any installation mode may be used as long as the facial image of the individual to be measured can be imaged without giving stress, and may be attached to, for example, a water supply device, a feeder, or the like.

(Embodiment 5)
A modified example of each of the above embodiments will be described. In each embodiment, the biometric data processing device 100 is attached integrally with the toilet 200, but the biometric data processing device 100 may be detachable from the toilet 200. Alternatively, the load cell 14, the camera 16, and the thermography 17 may be attached to the toilet 200, and the control unit 10 may receive and process these output data by remote communication.

(Embodiment 6)
A modified example of each of the above embodiments will be described. In each embodiment, body temperature, body weight, and degree of dryness of the nose are acquired as biological information, but the present invention is not limited to these. For example, based on the output of the load cell 14, the excretion amount (urine volume, etc.) and the excretion time of an individual are measured based on the difference between the output of the load cell 14 before entering the toilet 200 and after leaving the room, and this is referred to as the identification information 51. You may associate and memorize it. This makes it possible to manage the excretion amount and time for each individual.

(Embodiment 7)
In the seventh embodiment, a program for causing the CPU to execute the process according to each of the above-described embodiments is provided. Such a program is a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a ROM, a RAM, and a memory card attached to the computer (control unit 10) of the biometric data processing device 100. It can also be recorded at and provided as a program product. Alternatively, the program can be provided by recording on a recording medium such as an HDD of the storage unit 11. The program can also be provided by downloading via the network NT.

The program may be a program module provided as a part of an OS (operating system) of a computer, in which necessary modules are called in a predetermined array at a predetermined timing to execute processing. In that case, the program itself does not include the above module and the process is executed in cooperation with the OS.

Further, the program according to the seventh embodiment may be provided by being incorporated into a part of another program. Even in that case, the program itself does not include the modules included in the above other programs, and the processing is executed in cooperation with the other programs. A program incorporated in such another program may also be included in the program according to the seventh embodiment.

The provided program product is installed and executed in a program storage unit such as a hard disk. The program product includes the program itself and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[Effect of embodiment]
In the non-contact measurement by the pet biometric data measurement system of Patent Document 1, the line of sight is guided to the camera by giving a positive stimulus such as an odor to the pet in order to acquire a facial image.

However, pets do not always look in the expected direction of a camera or the like in response to a positive stimulus. In that case, taking a facial image is also indistinguishable and the health status cannot be confirmed. Since the technology is limited to the one-headed user, there is a problem that it cannot be used by the multi-headed user. On the other hand, since the biometric data processing device 100 of each embodiment has a configuration of processing biometric information while identifying each individual, this problem can be solved.

Further, in Patent Document 1, it is essential to guide the pet's line of sight to the camera by positively stimulating the pet, and it is not always the case that the pet is positively stimulated by odor or the like. It is not always possible to guide the line of sight in the expected direction and take a facial image. Moreover, the fact that it cannot be identified means that the health condition cannot be confirmed. On the other hand, in each embodiment, since the face image is taken with the natural behavior of an individual invading the toilet 200, it is possible to prevent the case where the picture of Patent Document 1 cannot be taken.

It should be considered that the embodiments disclosed this time are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the scope of claims rather than the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims.

10 Control unit, 11 Storage unit, 12 Communication unit, 13 Display unit, 14 Load cell, 16 Camera, 17 Thermography, 18 Power supply unit, 20 Imaging unit, 30 Image acquisition unit, 30A image acquisition image input unit, 31 Thermography image acquisition unit, 32 Unique information acquisition unit, 32A feature extraction unit, 33 face recognition unit, 34 color component analysis unit, 35 eye / nose / mouth analysis unit, 36 temperature distribution analysis unit, 37 collation unit, 37A feature collation unit, 38 biometric information acquisition Unit, 39 Temperature acquisition unit, 40 Processing unit, 41 Display processing unit, 42 Storage processing unit, 43 Communication processing unit, 51 Identification information, 52 Body temperature data, 53 Weight data, 54 Dry nose data, 100 Biometric data Processing device, 200 toilets, 202 captured images, 203 features, 204 thermography images, 250 data storage units, NT network.

Claims (10)

An imaging unit that starts imaging when an animal enters the toilet,
A biometric information acquisition unit that acquires predetermined biometric information from the animal,
A unique information acquisition unit that acquires unique information that can identify an individual from the animal,
A time information acquisition unit that acquires time information for excretion from the detection of entering and leaving the toilet, and
A collation unit that collates the unique information acquired from the captured image of the animal with the identification information of one or more individuals stored in advance.
Based on the result of the collation, the processing unit that processes the biometric information and
A biometric information processing device including a communication unit that communicates acquired information with an external device. The identification information includes the feature amount of the image of the predetermined portion of the individual.
The unique information acquisition unit
A feature extraction unit for extracting a feature amount of the site from the captured image is included.
The collation unit
The biometric information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a feature matching unit that collates a feature amount extracted from the captured image with one or more feature amounts stored in advance. The processing unit
The biometric information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a storage processing unit for storing the biometric information in association with the identification information when the results of the collation indicate a match. The captured image includes a temperature image in which the temperature of the body surface of the animal is imaged.
The biometric information acquisition unit
The biometric information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the temperature of the body surface of the animal is acquired from the temperature image of the captured image of the animal. The biometric information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which stores the captured image when the results of the collation show a disagreement. A load sensor provided on the floor of the toilet in which the animal enters is further provided.
The biometric information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which detects entry or exit from the output of the load sensor. A load sensor provided on the floor of the toilet in which the animal enters is further provided.
The biometric information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the biometric information acquisition unit acquires the body weight or excretion amount of the animal from the output of the load sensor. A program for making a computer execute a biometric information processing method.
The biometric information processing method is
The step to start imaging when detecting the entry of an animal into the toilet,
The step of acquiring predetermined biological information from the animal, and
The step of acquiring unique information that can identify an individual from the animal,
The step of acquiring time information for excretion from the detection of entering and leaving the toilet, and
A step of collating the unique information acquired from the captured image of the animal with the previously stored identification information of one or more individuals.
Based on the result of the collation, the step of processing the biometric information and
A program comprising the steps of communicating the acquired information with an external storage device. The biometric information processing method further comprises
The program according to claim 8, further comprising a step of detecting the entry or exit of the room from the output of a load sensor provided on the floor of the toilet in which the animal enters. The step of acquiring the biometric information is
The program according to claim 8 or 9, comprising the step of acquiring the weight or excretion of the animal from the output of a load sensor provided on the floor of the toilet in which the animal enters.

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