Body measuring cage and column dividing system for donkeys

Abstract

The utility model provides a body measuring cage and a column separating system for a donkey, which belong to the technical field of donkey group feeding and comprise a cage body, the cage body comprises two cage doors, at least two side columns are connected between the two cage doors, the bottoms of the two side columns are connected with a bottom plate, the body measuring cage further comprises automatic opening and closing doors, and one automatic opening and closing door is correspondingly arranged in each cage door; the weight sensing plate is connected to the upper part of the bottom plate; the image acquisition unit is arranged above the cage body, and a camera shooting area faces the interior of the cage body; and the image processor is used for receiving pictures captured by the image acquisition unit and calculating body type parameters of the donkey by taking the cage body and / or the weight sensing plate as a reference object. In the body measurement process, the donkey is located in the body measurement cage, manual operation measurement is not needed, and potential risks such as manual injury are avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of donkey breeding, and in particular relates to a body measuring cage and a fence system for donkeys. Background Art

[0002] With the development of agricultural modernization, the management and monitoring of donkey herds have become more and more refined. In the process of donkey herd breeding, it is very important to accurately measure the body shape of the donkey herd, so as to facilitate the subsequent management of the donkey herd and the rational use of feed.

[0003] Traditional weighing methods often require driving the donkey onto a weighing platform for weighing, but the donkey's body size needs to be measured manually afterwards. Manual measurement not only increases labor costs, but may also face various potential dangers, such as exposure to disease, injury and other risks.

[0004] Based on this, a donkey body measurement cage and pen system were developed to measure the body data of donkeys and then raise them in corresponding pens. Utility Model Content

[0005] In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, a donkey measuring cage and a pen system are provided.

[0006] The technical solution adopted by the utility model to solve its technical problems is:

[0007] The utility model provides a body measurement cage for donkeys, comprising a cage body, wherein the cage body comprises two groups of cage doors, at least two groups of side fences are commonly connected between the two cage doors, and the bottoms of the two side fences are commonly connected to a bottom plate, and further comprises:

[0008] Automatic opening and closing door: each set of cage doors is equipped with an automatic opening and closing door;

[0009] A weight sensor plate, the weight sensor plate is connected above the bottom plate;

[0010] An image acquisition unit, wherein the image acquisition unit is arranged above the cage, and the acquisition area faces the interior of the cage;

[0011] An image processor is used to receive the picture captured by the image acquisition unit.

[0012] Preferably, a side baffle is connected to the inner side of the side rail, and reference scale lines are provided on the side baffle and the bottom plate.

[0013] Preferably, an ear tag reader is provided inside the cage, and the ear tag reader is electrically connected to the image processor.

[0014] Preferably, two groups of spaced-apart brackets are connected above the side rails, a top baffle is commonly connected to the two brackets, and the image acquisition unit is connected to the bottom surface of the top baffle.

[0015] Preferably, the cage door comprises an upper beam and a lower beam, the upper beam and the lower beam are commonly connected with a support beam, and the two support beams are symmetrically located on both sides.

[0016] Preferably, the automatic opening and closing door comprises two door rails, and the two door rails are slidably arranged between the upper beam and the lower beam.

[0017] Preferably, the upper beam is a hollow structure, and two rotatable sprockets are arranged in the upper beam, one of which is connected to a driving motor, and a chain is commonly sleeved on the outside of the two sprockets; a guide rod is also fixedly connected in the upper beam, and a first limit rod and a second limit rod are respectively fixedly connected above the two door bars, and the first limit rod and the second limit rod are slidably arranged along the guide rod; wherein, the top of the first guide rod is fixed to the lower half of the chain, and the top of the second guide rod is fixed to the upper half of the chain.

[0018] Preferably, the lower beam is provided with a guide groove, and guide protrusions are fixedly connected under the two door rails respectively, and the guide protrusions are located in the guide groove and slide along the guide groove.

[0019] The utility model also proposes a column system, which includes:

[0020] A donkey measuring cage as described above;

[0021] The divison fence is connected with the cage door.

[0022] Preferably, the dividing fence includes a pad, and two groups of guardrails are fixedly connected on both sides above the pad, and automatic dividing fence doors are arranged in the two groups of guardrails; the other ends of the two guardrails are connected to the cage door.

[0023] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0024] 1. The utility model has an automatic opening and closing door corresponding to the cage door to prevent the donkey from running out during the measurement process. A weight sensor plate for measuring the weight of the donkey is provided at the bottom of the cage body. An image acquisition unit is also provided on the cage body. The image acquisition unit is connected to an image processor. The image captured by the image acquisition unit and the cage body and / or the weight sensor plate are used as reference objects to calculate the body parameters of the donkey. During the measurement process, the donkey is in the measurement cage, which is separated from the manual operation measurement, avoiding the potential risks of manual injury and the like.

[0025] 2. In the utility model, a relatively slidable gate is provided inside the cage door. Through the rotation of the sprocket and the chain, the lower half of the chain moves to the left and the upper half of the chain moves to the right during the rotation, thereby driving the two gates to move relative to each other outwards to achieve the opening of the two gates. The gate slides horizontally during the opening and closing process, which reduces the space occupied in the cage body and the split fence, and also avoids the donkey from bumping into the fence and other problems.

[0026] 3. The utility model also provides a fence system, which includes two matching body measurement cages and position fences. After weighing, the gate on the left is opened, and then the corresponding automatic fence door is opened according to the measured weight of the donkey to realize the fence separation for donkeys of different weights. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and easily understood from the description of the embodiments in conjunction with the following drawings, in which:

[0028] Figure 1 The utility model is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of a donkey measuring cage.

[0029] Figure 2 It is a front view of a donkey measuring cage according to the utility model.

[0030] Figure 3 yes Figure 2 Cross-sectional view along AA direction.

[0031] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the utility model column partition system.

[0032] Description of reference numerals:

[0033] a-cage;

[0034] 1-side rail; 2-cage door; 21-upper beam; 22-lower beam; 23-support beam; 24-guide groove; 3-active opening and closing door; 31-door rail; 32-sprocket; 33-drive motor; 34-chain; 35-guide rod; 36-first limit rod; 37-second limit rod; 38-guide bump; 4-weight sensor plate; 5-image acquisition unit; 7-image processor; 8-side baffle; 9-reference scale line; 10-ear tag reader; 11-bracket; 12-baffle;

[0035] b-quantile column;

[0036] 13- pad; 14- guardrail; 15- automatic partition door. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] In the description of the present utility model, it is to be understood that when a component is considered to be "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to the other component or there may be a centrally arranged component at the same time. When a component is considered to be "set on" another component, it may be directly set on the other component or there may be a centrally arranged component at the same time.

[0038] In addition, terms such as "long", "short", "inside", and "outside" indicating orientation or positional relationships are based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention. They do not indicate or imply that the components or elements referred to must have this specific orientation or operate in a specific orientation structure, and should not be understood as a limitation of the present invention.

[0039] The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the specific embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, these embodiments do not limit the present invention, and any structural, methodological, or functional changes made by a person skilled in the art based on these embodiments are all within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0040] like Figure 1-4 As shown, this embodiment provides a donkey measuring cage, which includes:

[0041] The cage body a comprises two sets of cage doors 2 spaced apart from each other, at least two sets of symmetrical side fences 1 are commonly connected between the two cage doors 2, and the bottoms of the two side fences 1 are commonly connected to a bottom plate;

[0042] Automatic opening and closing door 3, an automatic opening and closing door 3 is correspondingly arranged in each group of cage doors 2, and the opening and closing of the cage body a as a whole is controlled by the automatic opening and closing door 3 to prevent the donkey in the cage from running out when measuring the body;

[0043] A weight sensor plate 4 is connected to the top of the bottom plate, covers the entire bottom plate surface, and weighs the donkey through the weight sensor plate 4;

[0044] Image acquisition unit 5, the image acquisition unit 5 is arranged above the cage a at intervals, and the camera area faces the inside of the cage a. The image captured by the image acquisition unit 5 is a top-down perspective, which is convenient for measuring the donkey's body height, buttocks height, buttocks width and other data;

[0045] The image processor 7 is located outside the cage a. The image processor 7 is used to receive the image captured by the image acquisition unit 5, and calculate the body parameters of the donkey with the side rail 1 and / or the weight sensor plate 4 in the cage a as reference. The distance between the weight sensor plate 4 and the image acquisition unit is pre-entered in the image processor 7. When the donkey enters the measurement area, the body height, buttocks height, buttocks width and other data can be measured through the algorithm in combination with the initial calibration data. As an implementation method, a monocular vision measurement method can be adopted in this embodiment, and the height of the reference object in the measurement picture, the height of the camera and the viewing angle direction parameters are captured by the image acquisition unit 5 to restore the height size of the target; the measurement accuracy is pre-adjusted through a deep learning network, and the side rail 1 and / or the weight sensor plate 4 are used as reference objects, and the body height of the donkey is calculated by the actual height of the reference object.

[0046] Furthermore, a camera may be arranged on the upper part of the cage door, and the image captured by the camera is a downward oblique view, and the images captured by the camera and the image acquisition unit 5 are combined to further improve the measurement accuracy;

[0047] It also includes a computer intelligent device, which includes the above-mentioned image processor 7, and the computer intelligent device is also controlled and connected with the above-mentioned automatic opening and closing door 3 and weight sensor plate 4; the computer intelligent device controls the opening and closing of the automatic opening and closing door 3 and displays the measurement data of the weight sensor plate 4 and the data measured by the image processor 7.

[0048] In order to further improve the accuracy of body height measurement, a side baffle 8 is connected to the inner side of the side fence 1. The side baffle 8 blocks the donkey's line of sight to a certain extent to prevent it from taking emergency actions. Reference scale lines 9 are provided on the side baffle 8 and the bottom plate. The image processor 7 can perform reference calculations based on the captured reference scale lines 9 to further improve the accuracy of body height measurement.

[0049] Optionally, an ear tag reader 10 is provided inside the cage a, and the ear tag reader 10 is electrically connected to the image processor 7. The image processor 7 reads the information of the measured donkey through the ear tag reader 10, determines the donkey's number, and adds the newly measured body parameters of the donkey into the donkey's information, and the computer intelligent device stores and records the information.

[0050] Optionally, two sets of spaced-apart brackets 11 are connected above the side rail 1, the brackets 11 are U-shaped as a whole, a top baffle 12 is commonly connected between the two sets, and the bottom surface of the top baffle 12 is connected to the above-mentioned image acquisition unit 5; the overall height of the image acquisition unit 5 is increased by the brackets 11, so that more information in the cage a can be further captured, and the field of view of the image acquisition unit 5 is increased; at the same time, the image acquisition unit 5 is further protected by the top baffle 12 to prevent the image acquisition unit 5 from being damaged by external factors.

[0051] Optionally, the cage door 2 includes an upper beam 21 and a lower beam 22, and a support beam 23 is commonly connected between the upper beam 21 and the lower beam 22, and the two support beams 23 are symmetrically located on both sides; the automatic opening and closing door 3 includes two door fences 31, and the two door fences 31 are relatively slidably arranged between the upper beam 21 and the lower beam 22; specifically, the upper beam 21 is a hollow structure, and two rotatable sprocket wheels 32 are arranged in the upper beam 21, one of the sprocket wheels 32 is connected to a driving motor 33, and a chain 34 is commonly sleeved outside the two sprocket wheels 32, and a guide rod 35 is also fixedly connected in the upper beam 21, and a first limiting rod 36 and a second limiting rod 37 are respectively fixedly connected above the two door fences 31, and the first limiting rod 36 and the second limiting rod 37 are slidably arranged along the guide rod 35, and the top of the first guide rod 35 is fixed to the lower half of the chain 34, and the top of the second guide rod 35 is fixed to the upper half of the chain 34;

[0052] When in use, the start and stop of the drive motor 33 is controlled by a computer intelligent device. When the drive motor 33 is started, the sprocket 32 ​​and the chain 34 on the two sprockets 32 are driven to rotate. During the rotation, the lower half of the chain 34 moves to the left, and the upper half of the chain 34 moves to the right, thereby driving the two door rails 31 to move relative to the outside, thereby realizing the opening of the two door rails 31.

[0053] In order to increase the stability of the two door rails 31 when sliding, a guide groove 24 is opened on the lower beam 22 , and guide protrusions 38 are fixedly connected below the two door rails 31 . The guide protrusions 38 are located in the guide grooves 24 and slide along the guide grooves 24 .

[0054] It is worth noting that the captured sets of images can be analyzed by computer intelligent equipment to obtain the best image for measurement, and the most accurate body data can be calculated through the image. This method can effectively avoid the phenomenon of errors in the data measured when the donkey is stimulated.

[0055] Working principle of this device:

[0056] Open the automatic opening and closing door 3 on the right side in advance, and close the automatic opening and closing door 3 after the donkey enters the cage body a;

[0057] The weight of the donkey is known and measured by the weight sensor plate 4;

[0058] The image acquisition unit 5 transmits the captured picture to the image processor 7. By pre-setting the height between the image acquisition unit and the weight sensor plate 4, when the donkey to be measured enters above the weight sensor plate 4, combined with the initial calibration data, the algorithm can measure the body height, buttocks height, buttocks width and other data.

[0059] At the same time, the information of the weighing donkey is read by the ear tag reader 10, and the measured body data is entered into the information of the donkey.

[0060] After the object to be tested is finished, open the automatic opening and closing door 3 on the left to release the donkey.

[0061] The utility model also provides a fence system, which includes the above-mentioned measuring cage and a fence b, which is connected to one of the cage doors 2 in the measuring cage.

[0062] refer to Figure 4 The dividing fence bb includes a pad 13, and two groups of guardrails 14 are fixedly connected on both sides above the pad 13. Automatic dividing fence doors 15 are arranged in the two groups of guardrails 14; the other ends of the two guardrails 14 are connected to the above-mentioned cage door 2.

[0063] Three weight intervals are input into the computer intelligent device in advance. After measurement, if the donkey of the corresponding weight falls into a certain weight interval, the corresponding automatic fence gate 15 is opened for fence separation. If the weighing donkey wants to go out from between the two guardrails 14 for fence separation, the automatic fence gate 15 is located in the two groups of guardrails 14 to block both sides, so that the weighing donkey passes through the middle; if the weighing donkey passes through the guardrail 14 on one side, the motor on the automatic fence gate 15 drives the automatic fence gate 15 to rotate inward. After rotation, the automatic fence gate 15 blocks the passage between the two guardrails 14, and the other automatic fence gate 15 is still in the current guardrail 14, so that the weighing donkey can pass through the opened guardrail.

[0064] Among them, the automatic dividing fence 15 is an opening and closing door system that can be opened automatically by a motor control. The implementation method belongs to the prior art and will not be described in detail here. Furthermore, a magnetic suction component is arranged on the two guardrails 14 and between the two groups of guardrails 14. The magnetic suction component is arranged on the upper part of the dividing fence b. The automatic dividing fence 15 is further adsorbed by the magnetic suction component to make it more stable when closed.

[0065] The specific operation steps of the column system are as follows:

[0066] S1: Place a donkey into the measuring cage and close the automatic door 3;

[0067] S2: The computer intelligent device reads the information of the ear tag reader 10 to identify the donkey;

[0068] S3: measuring the weight of the donkey through the weight sensor plate 4; sending the captured image to the image processor 7 for processing through the image acquisition unit 5, and the image processor 7 calculates the body shape data of the donkey according to the parameter information in the cage a;

[0069] S4: It is known through calculation that the weight of the donkey falls into a certain weight range, and then the corresponding automatic fence gate 15 is opened to classify the donkey.

[0070] It is worth noting that the method of calculating the animal body data by using the image acquisition unit 5 in cooperation with the image processor 7 in this solution is a prior art, and the method of calculating the body shape by video recording can be found on the Internet and other platforms.

[0071] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A donkey body measurement cage, comprising a cage body, the cage body comprising two sets of cage doors, at least two sets of side rails are connected between the two cage doors, and the bottoms of the two side rails are connected to a bottom plate, characterized in that: Also includes: Automatic opening and closing door: each set of cage doors is equipped with an automatic opening and closing door; A weight sensor plate, the weight sensor plate is connected above the bottom plate; An image acquisition unit, wherein the image acquisition unit is arranged above the cage, and the acquisition area faces the interior of the cage; An image processor is used to receive the picture captured by the image acquisition unit.

2. A donkey measuring cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner side of the side rail is connected with a side baffle, and the side baffle and the bottom plate are both provided with reference scale lines.

3. A donkey measuring cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: An ear tag reader is arranged inside the cage body, and the ear tag reader is electrically connected to the image processor.

4. A donkey measuring cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two groups of spaced-apart brackets are connected above the side rails, a top baffle is commonly connected to the two brackets, and the image acquisition unit is connected to the bottom surface of the top baffle.

5. A donkey measuring cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cage door comprises an upper beam and a lower beam, a support beam is commonly connected between the upper beam and the lower beam, and the two support beams are symmetrically located on both sides.

6. A donkey measuring cage according to claim 5, characterized in that: The automatic opening and closing door comprises two door rails, and the two door rails are relatively slidably arranged between an upper beam and a lower beam.

7. A donkey measuring cage according to claim 6, characterized in that: The upper beam is a hollow structure, and two rotatable sprockets are arranged in the upper beam, one of which is connected to a driving motor, and a chain is commonly sleeved outside the two sprockets; a guide rod is also fixedly connected in the upper beam, and a first limit rod and a second limit rod are respectively fixedly connected above the two door rails, and the first limit rod and the second limit rod are slidably arranged along the guide rod; wherein, the top of the first guide rod is fixed to the lower half of the chain, and the top of the second guide rod is fixed to the upper half of the chain.

8. A donkey measuring cage according to claim 7, characterized in that: The lower beam is provided with a guide groove, and guide protrusions are fixedly connected under the two door rails respectively. The guide protrusions are located in the guide groove and slide along the guide groove.

9. A column system, characterized in that: include: A donkey measuring cage according to any one of claims 1 to 8; The divison fence is connected with the cage door.

10. A column system according to claim 9, characterized in that: The dividing fence comprises a pad, and two groups of guardrails are fixedly connected on both sides above the pad, and automatic dividing fence doors are arranged in the two groups of guardrails; the other ends of the two guardrails are connected to the cage door.

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