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Monitoring System for Animal Husbandry

a monitoring system and animal husbandry technology, applied in the field of automatic monitoring of animals, to achieve the effect of minimizing the difficulty of updating the processing logi

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-28
BIO EQUIDAE LLC
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[0011]In this regard, the present invention is directed to a method and apparatus (“utility”) for monitoring an animal for a condition of interest. The invention enables such monitoring to detect medical and non-medical events of interest or to obtain or aggregate information regarding animal behaviors and conditions. In this regard, the invention allows for safe and reliable long-term monitoring of animals in a variety of conditions including in the animals' customary living environments, whether in stalls or outside. Significantly, the invention allows for identification of events that may require prompt attention as well as remote notification of caregivers. In this manner, the invention can be used to save animals, improve diagnosis, minimize the potential harmful consequences of various conditions, enhance treatment options, reduce lost revenues, and increase caregiver peace of mind.
[0024]According to a still further aspect of the present invention, a utility is provided for monitoring multiple animals, for example, in a communal setting, to identify conditions of interest. The utility involves attaching at least one sensor to each of the animals, providing a processing platform operative for processing sensor signals to identify conditions of interest and linking the sensors attached to the multiple animals to the processing platform. In one implementation, the sensors are linked to the processing platform via a wireless connection and the signals are encoded in a manner that enables distinguishing the signals from the different animals. In this manner, certain efficiencies are provided in relation to the processing. For example, a single processing platform can support monitoring multiple animals and difficulties associated with updates to the processing logic are minimized. The processing platform may be locally controlled or may be interconnected to the sensors via a wide area network such as the Internet.

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[0034]Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which assist in illustrating the various pertinent features of the present invention. Although the invention will now be discussed primarily in conjunction with equine applications, and in particular to the detection of colic, it should be expressly understood that the invention is applicable to other applications. For instance, the invention may be applied to other animals such as cattle as well as exotic animals (e.g., zoo animals) for the purpose of detecting estrus, birthing, lameness, as well as other conditions such as injury. Additionally, certain aspects of the invention are useful in gathering and aggregating various information, for example, regarding animal behavior, health and physiology, for medical, scientific or other purposes. In this regard, the following description of an equine monitoring system is presented for purposes of illustration and is not intended to limit the invention to the form or applicat...

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A monitoring system (800) is operative for receiving sensor signals and analyzing the sensor signals to identify events or conditions of interest, such as Birthing, with respect to a monitored animal. The sensors may be animal-borne sensors such as motion related sensors. The system (800) includes a processor (802) operative to identify the conditions of interest based on a stored pattern database (806), threshold tables (808) and heuristic engines (812). Upon identification of a condition of interest, a human expert may be consulted and alerts may be generated as required.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 120 as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 198,914 entitled “Monitoring System for Animal Husbandry,” having a filing date of Aug. 5, 2005 and which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119 to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 599,133 entitled “Animal Monitoring System,” having a filing date of Aug. 5, 2004; the contents of each of which are incorporated herein as if set forth fully herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention is directed to automated monitoring of animals. More specifically, the present invention is directed to monitoring symptoms or indications such as characteristic movements or other behaviors or medical parameters of animals to detect events / conditions of interest.BACKGROUND[0003]In animal husbandry settings, for example equine boarding facilities, breeding facilities, zoos and dairy farms, the health of animals is typically moni...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61D99/00A61B5/103
CPCA61B5/02055A61B5/1113A61B5/112A61B5/1123A61B5/6814A61B5/6829A61B5/0022A61B2562/0219A61D17/00G06F19/3418G06F19/345Y10S128/92A61B2503/40A61B2560/045A01K29/005G16H40/60G16H50/20Y02A90/10
Inventor RUGG, GEOFFREY BRADEN
Owner BIO EQUIDAE LLC
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