Paint to show up on camera's

[rolibr24]

I am needing a paint color which will show up on a camera at night. All my cam's are Andy's 5442's.

I have tried blue and red, and that does not show up at night.

 

[wittaj]

Where is paint being applied and what are you trying to accomplish?

 

[rolibr24]

Where is paint being applied and what are you trying to accomplish?

The paint is going to be applied on the back of livestock to be able to identify them while monitoring over night.

I did have a few Color 4k cam’s as a trial to see the marking’s, but the visible light was not good for the livestock over night.

 

[wittaj]

Wonder if you could find some paint with reflective properties? Like reflective vests are easily visible.

 

[looktall]

There's definitely paint that will reflect under infrared light the problem is if it is safe to put on an animal.
I wonder could you use reflective tags instead?

 

[rolibr24]

Wonder if you could find some paint with reflective properties? Like reflective vests are easily visible.

Good idea

As we were watching our cameras this evening my wife also was wondering if black would work?

 

[mat200]

Good idea

As we were watching our cameras this evening my wife also was wondering if black would work?

It's not the color that we normally think of if the paint you are talking IR ..

For example a person can be wearing all black .. but on ir it shows up as 2 different shades of Grey due to the materials in reflective properties

 

[Mark_M]

If you're trying to identify animals at night with a camera's IR I would do paint patterns instead.
Such as an animal getting a paint pattern of three dots and two vertical lines, another gets the pattern of one dot 1 horizontal line.

It's not going to be as easy to distinguish when the animal is laying down, but it would give some hint in a black & white photo.

 

[Alaska Country]

3M at one time made a paint that contained glass beads for reflective purposes. Perhaps they will have something that will fit your needs.

 

[lulu5kamz]

Would white work? I've noticed that white cars always show up as white under IR.

 

[mat200]

Would white work? I've noticed that white cars always show up as white under IR.

Depends if how well the paint reflects ir ..

 

[CaptainCrunch]

What about reflective clear paint?

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[d5775927]

Why do you need to identify each cow?
Do you want to know the total count of cows?
Or you want to make sure each cow is not wounded or something similar?

 

[rolibr24]

Why do you need to identify each cow?
Do you want to know the total count of cows?
Or you want to make sure each cow is not wounded or something similar?

We have a bunch getting ready to birth. We wake up every 2 hours to monitor.
I‘d like to be able to mark the ones who’s due date is close to quicker identify them during the middle of the night.

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

What about collars with reflective material?

 

[d5775927]

We have a bunch getting ready to birth. We wake up every 2 hours to monitor.
I‘d like to be able to mark the ones who’s due date is close to quicker identify them during the middle of the night.

You can buy a car license plate (since it easy to read with IR on) and split it into digits.
Each cow gets a digit (assuming you have less than 10).
Maybe you can use velcro to attach it to the cow.

 

[d5775927]

Or something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Hotop-Reflective-Visibility-Marathon-Fluorescent/dp/B081KXVCZN

First cow gets 1 band, second cow 2 bands and so on (or you can place it on different leg for different cows - to minimize the band count).
You can also try drawing digits on the band - using black marker, to see if it's readable.

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Do your cows have ear tags? You could get some Oralite or 3m or other tape and put it on their tags.

https://a.co/d/3rMoAVF

https://a.co/d/gcAZ1KH

https://a.co/d/9NUAqF8

 

[Alaska Country]

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www.rfidinc.com/applications/animal-livestock-identification-tags

 

[looktall]

We have a bunch getting ready to birth. We wake up every 2 hours to monitor.
I‘d like to be able to mark the ones who’s due date is close to quicker identify them during the middle of the night.

Maybe try these instead.

https://www.moocall.com/product/moocall-sensors/