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Method, a device and a system for detecting a state of an animal

a technology a system, applied in the field of methods for detecting the state of an animal, can solve the problems of lack of accuracy of methods and devices, and achieve the effects of facilitating the minimisation of energy requirements of devices, facilitating the determination of health and other issues of animals, and reducing energy consumption

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-03-26
DAIRYMASTER
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The system achieves high accuracy in detecting animal states with a low power consumption, enabling long battery life and minimal data transmission, allowing for precise monitoring of animal activities and health conditions.

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However, to date such methods and devices lack accuracy.

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[0122]Referring to the drawings, there is illustrated a system according to the invention, indicated generally by the reference numeral 1, for determining detectable states of a plurality of animals 2, which in the case are cows, and may be dairy cows. In this embodiment of the invention the detectable states of the animals 2 include the states of ruminating, resting, feeding and active states, which include a state of high activity in which the animal is highly active, a state of low activity in which the level of activity of the animal is relatively low, but would be more active than if the animal were ruminating, resting or feeding, and a state of medium activity in which the level of activity of the animal is substantially midway between the state of high activity and the state of low activity. The system 1 comprises a plurality of devices also according to the invention, indicated generally by the reference numeral 5, for attaching to the animals, one device 5 being provided fo...

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A device (5) attached to the neck (6) of an animal (2) includes an accelerometer (28) which produces first and second signals indicative of movement of the animal (2) and the raised and lowered states of the head of the animal. A microprocessor (30) in the device (5) processes the first and second signals to detect ruminating, resting, feeding and three activity states of the animal during respective second predefined time periods of approximately 15 minutes duration. Data indicative of the states of the animal is stored by the microprocessor (30) in the device (5) and periodically transmitted to a cloud computer server which further processes the data to determine various health states and other issues of the animal.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 14 / 998,496 filed Dec. 10, 2015, which is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT / IE2014 / 000009 filed Jun. 16, 2014 claiming priority based on Irish Patent Application Nos. S2013 / 0193 filed Jun. 14, 2013 and S2013 / 0194 filed Jun. 14, 2013, the contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a method for detecting the state of an animal, and the invention also relates to a device for detecting the state of the animal. Further, the invention relates to a system for detecting the state of an animal.[0003]Devices and methods for detecting the state of an animal are known. Such devices, typically, are electronic devices and they may include sensors, for monitoring, for example, the temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and the like of an animal. Other such devices are provided for d...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01K29/00A01K11/00A61B5/00A61B5/11
CPCA01K11/006A01K29/005A61B5/1118A61B2562/0219A61B2503/40A61B5/7246A61B5/7278A61B5/7282A61B5/1114A61B5/1121A61B5/0022A61B5/1123A61D17/002A61B5/02055
Inventor HARTY, EDMOND PATRICKMULLANE, LIAM EOGHANDALY, JOHN GERARD
Owner DAIRYMASTER
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