54 results about "Animal data" patented technology

An inventive animal collar device is described herein that monitors location, physiological information and / or environmental information relating to an animal wearing the device. The collar may include multiple sensors and other electrical components embedded within the collar body that provide means for: tracking and monitoring an animal's activity and whereabouts, increasing visibility of the collar, and storing and retrieving animal, environment and system information. The collar may implement one or more wired or wireless communication devices so that the collar may transmit data to a connected computing device. The collar may also include one or more antennas to send and / or receive location information associated with the device. The collar may include a removable module that attaches to the collar via a module dock. The removable module may include any of the electronic components and may allow for the collar body to remain on the animal during information transfer and / or charging.

A computer-enabled method and system for generating a script for veterinary pharmaceutical and other animal-related product transactions comprising aggregation of participant data, including animal hospital data, veterinarian data, client data and animal data into the script, adding treatment regimen data to one or more orders associated with the script in accordance with the veterinarian's treatment plan, to enable determination of the initial date to begin filling the product, quantity of product, the number of fills and frequency to enable automatic generation of a series of autoship records including projected dates for shipping the orders to the animal owner upon verification of funds available, to print usage instructions, Rx labels, product information, shipping labels and packing slips, and to send notification emails to the animal owner and confirmation emails to the animal hospital.

An animal data communication system, including a rover unit to be carried by an animal, an animal accessory device to interact with the rover unit and / or animal, at least one detector to detect an occurrence of an action engaged in by the animal, and to generate a signal indicative of a detected action, a processing unit to generate animal data identifying the detected action based on the generated signal, and a communication unit disposed on at least one of the rover unit and the animal accessory device to transmit the animal data over a network in response to an occurrence of one or more particular conditions associated with the detected action.

The invention relates to a device and method for providing information about animals walking through an animal passage (I), the information comprising at least the number of animals walking through the animal passage, using a detection device having a sensor device connected to a processor for capturing animal data about animals walking through the animal passage, and an analysis device for recognizing animals in the data / signals captured by the sensor device for the purpose of outputting counter impulses when animals are detected in said signals, the sensor device being designed for producing 3D images, and the analysis device being designed for detecting animals in the 3D data of the 3D images and for counting the animals using said detection.

The disclosure relates to the use of one or more association rule mining algorithms to mine data sets containing features created from at least one plant or animal-based molecular genetic marker, find association rules and utilize features created from these association rules for classification or prediction.

A method and apparatus for locating teats of an animal uses an automated three-dimensional image capturing device and includes automatically obtaining and storing a three-dimensional numerical image of the animal that includes a teat region of the animal; making the image available for review by an operator; receiving manually input data designating a location of the teats in the image; from the designated location of the teats, creating a teat position data file containing the location co-ordinates of each defined teat from within the image; updating an animal data folder with the teat position data file. The method references the teat position data file containing the location co-ordinates of each defined teat during an animal related operation involving connecting a milking or cleaning apparatus to the teats of an animal.

An animal data gathering device comprise: a radio transmitter and receiver, a processor for controlling the operation of the device, and memory for storing, information including a first unique identifier associated with the device, wherein the processor is arranged to transmit a signal, by means of the radio transmitter, and to receive, by means of the radio receiver, one or more signals, each representing a second unique identifier from other devices and the processor is arranged to store in the memory each second unique identifier. Thus a record is kept of all radio devices with which the device has come into radio contact.

An animal data communication system, including a rover unit to be carried by an animal, an animal accessory device to interact with the rover unit and / or animal, at least one detector to detect an occurrence of an action engaged in by the animal, and to generate a signal indicative of a detected action, a processing unit to generate animal data identifying the detected action based on the generated signal, and a communication unit disposed on at least one of the rover unit and the animal accessory device to transmit the animal data over a network in response to an occurrence of one or more particular conditions associated with the detected action.

Described is an animal data communication system for detecting particular conditions and actions of an animal, compiling information indicative of the detected conditions and actions, communicating the information to a remote location, and presenting the information at the remote location. The animal data communication system includes a carried device and an interfacing device. The carried device detects particular conditions and actions of the animal and compiles the corresponding information. The carried device is in communication with the interfacing device and transmits the information to the interfacing device. The interfacing device communicates the information to a network. The user of the animal data communication system accesses the network by way of a display device, which is in communication with the network, and perceives the information. The display device is disposed at a location remote to the animal such that the user can perceive the information at the remote location.

The present invention discloses a terminal-based animal data processing method and a terminal. The method can comprise the steps of receiving the animal audio data, and obtaining the corresponding animal audio characteristics; according to a mapping relation of the preset animal audio characteristics and the meaning expression, searching the meaning expression corresponding to the obtained animal audio characteristics; determining the characteristic elements and the expression modes of the meaning expression, and outputting the characteristic elements corresponding to the meaning expression according to the expression modes. According to the present invention, the terminal automatically finishes a process of converting the animal audio data into the information types capable of being identified by the human, and the users can visually and accurately know the meaning that the animals want to express via the sound just by the terminal, thereby providing a mode of knowing the sound of the animals rapidly and accurately to the users, solving the problem that the animal voices are difficult to understand, and improving the experiences of the users.

The invention discloses an intelligent animal health monitoring system, a data acquisition and transmission method and a data query method thereof. The health monitoring system comprises an intelligent monitoring system and an intelligent terminal application; the intelligent terminal application receives animal data of an acquisition device, identifies the animal data into animal behaviours, and then, uploads the data; the expert system of the intelligent monitoring system evaluates the behaviour data to obtain health and alarm information; and the intelligent terminal application queries all kinds of local or remote health information through a human-computer interaction system and a query module, and can receive the health and alarm information. By means of the animal health monitoring system, the data uploading level can be effectively reduced; the transmission efficiency can be increased; animal behaviour information having medical reference value also can be provided; furthermore, the intelligent diagnostic service can be realized through the expert system; and the monitoring function really having the medical value is provided for health supervision of animals.

A method and system for creating a customized animal feed is disclosed. The method and system include having ingredient data from more than one location, animal data, and representative of the mix of ingredients available at one or more locations. A customized feed is generated which is designed to fulfill the nutritional requirements for the animal's diet. The nutritional requirements are derived from the animal data. Furthermore, the feed is optimized to fulfill the requirements of the evaluation criteria. Evaluation criteria such as (i) animal production rate, (ii) the cost of feed per unit animal weight gain, and (iii) the feed weight per unit animal weight gain, are then utilized together with the feed data and animal data to provide a customized feed which has been generated based upon evaluation data which is representative of one or more of the evaluation criteria.

An identification tag is provided including a piercing element which captures a tissue sample of the animal during tagging. The tissue sample may be used to positively identify the animal for purposes of animal health tests, and the tissue sample may be further used to positively identify the animal tagged at all stages of the animal's life, as well as after the animal dies, by comparing the tissue sample with previously recorded DNA or other animal data. Visual indicia may also be incorporated on the tag, as well as electronic identification by use of a transponder.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a wild animal image automatic recognition system based on big data and deep learning. The system takes a wild animal monitoring image database as a main body,and achieves processing and analysis of wild animal data through combining a super-resolution image recovery technology and a wild animal automatic recognition algorithm; a front-end interface of thesystem is built through data visualization. Specifically, the wildlife monitoring image database is used for storage management of wildlife images and the related information, the super-resolution image recovery technology is used for achieving recovery and reconstruction of low-quality compressed images, and the automatic recognition algorithm is used for realizing automatic recognition and monitoring analysis of the wildlife images through deep learning; therefore, classification processing of the images and elimination of invalid images are realized. According to the method, efficient classified storage of wild animal images and automatic analysis and visual display of wild animal data can be realized, and the intelligent level of wild animal image management is improved.

The embodiments herein relate to the combination of herbal and probiotic (optionally with prebiotic) treatment for chronic liver diseases to be novel and more effective. Embodiments herein relate to a composition comprising a probiotic and a medicinal herb (and optionally a prebiotic), wherein the composition is effective in treating a liver disease such as inflammation of liver in a novel approach to disease management. The combination of a prebiotic, a probiotic and a medicinal herb constitutes a symbiotic formulation. Clinical and animal data exists to show efficacy of these combinations. The ingredients, as well as the categories, in the combination are novel. Using a combination of twelve herbs and three probiotics, a highly efficacious and novel supplement is disclosed herein. Embodiments of the compositions herein could further include homeopathic drugs and an active pharmaceutical ingredient such as an allopathic drug.

The invention discloses an animal body temperature monitoring system and a machine learning based body temperature state recognition method. The monitoring system includes an acquisition device and an intelligent terminal application; the acquisition device can acquire a contact pressure, the body temperature, and the acceleration information of an animal to be monitored, and can determine if there is an effective contact or not according to the contact pressure; and the intelligent terminal application receives effective animal data of the acquisition device, and recognizes the effective animal data as an animal body temperature state. The recognition method can learn and acquire the normal body temperature of the animal to be monitored in different motion states, and can recognize the body temperature state of the animal on the basis of learned information. The monitoring system can achieve automatic detection and remote real-time monitoring of the animal body temperature without manual detection or records, and can save lots of manpower. The recognition method can eliminate differences in species, ages, individuals and motion states of the animals, is really customized for each object to be monitored, and can achieve accurate and effective body temperature monitoring.

An identification tag is provided including a piercing element which captures a tissue sample of the animal during tagging. The tissue sample may be used to positively identify the animal for purposes of animal health tests, and the tissue sample may be further used to positively identify the animal tagged at all stages of the animal's life, as well as after the animal dies, by comparing the tissue sample with previously recorded DNA or other animal data. Visual indicia may also be incorporated on the tag, as well as electronic identification by use of a transponder.

The invention discloses an animal heart rate monitoring system and a neural network based heart rate state recognition method. The monitoring system includes an acquisition device and an intelligent terminal application; the acquisition device can acquire a contact pressure, the heart rate, and the acceleration information of an animal to be monitored, and can determine if there is an effective contact or not according to the contact pressure; and the intelligent terminal application receives effective animal data of the acquisition device, and recognizes the effective animal data as an animal heart rate state. The recognition method is based on a neural network, can perform training and learning based on a sample set, and can recognize the animal heat rate state on the basis of the trained model. The monitoring system can achieve automatic detection and remote real-time monitoring of the animal heart rate without manual detection or records, and can save lots of manpower. The recognition method can eliminate differences in species, ages, individuals and motion states of the animals, is really customized for each object to be monitored, and can achieve accurate and effective body temperature monitoring.

The invention discloses an animal snarling monitoring system and a snarling state recognition method based on machine learning. The animal snarling monitoring system comprises an acquisition device and an intelligent terminal application, and the acquisition device acquires contact pressure, vocal cord state and snarling information of monitored animals and judges whether effective contact occursor not according to the magnitude of the contact pressure; the intelligent terminal application receives effective animal data of the acquisition device and recognizes the effective animal data into the animal snarling state. By means of the recognition method, the normal snarling state of monitored animals in different motion states can be obtained through learning, and based on the learnt information, the snarling state of the animals can be recognized. By means of the system, animal snarling can be automatically detected and remotely monitored in real time, manual detection or recording isnot needed, and a lot of manpower can be saved; by means of the method, the difference like the type, the age, the individual and the motion state of the animals can be eliminated, all monitored objects are truly customized, and the purpose of precisely and effectively detecting snarling is achieved.

The invention discloses an animal activity monitoring system and an activity state recognition method based on a neural network. The animal activity monitoring system comprises an acquisition device and an intelligent terminal application, and the acquisition device acquires contact pressure, activity range and acceleration information of monitored animals and judges whether effective contact occurs or not according to the magnitude of the contact pressure; the intelligent terminal application receives effective animal data of the acquisition device and recognizes the effective animal data into the animal activity state. By means of the recognition method, based on a neural network model, a sample set can be trained and learned, and based on the trained model, the activity state of the animals can be recognized. By means of the system, animal activities can be automatically detected and remotely monitored in real time, manual detection or recording is not needed, and a lot of manpowercan be saved; by means of the method, the difference like the type, the age, the individual and the motion state of the animals can be eliminated, all monitored objects are truly customized, and the purpose of precisely and effectively detecting the activity range is achieved.

The invention provides an animal database maintenance method, device and system. According to the method, a pre-established animal database comprises at least one species sub-database, and each species sub-database comprises a vocal print information base and a multimedia information base; when surrounding sounds are acquired, first vocal print information is extracted from acquired source sound signals and matched with vocal print models in the vocal print information bases in all the species sub-databases; if matching succeeds, the source sound signals are saved in the corresponding multimedia information bases; and then second vocal print information of all the source sound signals is analyzed, and the source sound signals in all the species sub-databases are clustered. In this way, thefunction of maintaining the animal sound database without the need for manual operation is achieved, the efficiency of collecting animal data in all regions is greatly improved, and meanwhile convenience is provided for realizing automatic statistical analysis of animal quantities in the collection regions and establishing individual databases of animal individuals.

The invention discloses a multifunctional animal identifying system. The multifunctional animal identifying system comprises a user using module and a managing module. The user using module comprises an animal querying module, a data displaying module and an animal sharing module. The animal sharing module comprises an image obtaining module, an image uploading module and a communicating module. The managing module comprises a data database module, a query managing module, a data feedback module and a sharing managing module. The data database module comprises a basic data module and a relevant animal data module. The query managing module and the sharing managing module receive information of the animal querying module and information of the animal sharing module respectively, and the data displaying module receives information of the data feedback module. According to the method, the multifunctional animal identifying system has the advantages that people can understand and survey animals around anytime anywhere and conveniently master information of animals, functions are various, and using is convenient.

Disclosed is an animal shape phenotype automatic measuring method. An animal shape phenotype is automatically measured through template deformation. The method comprises the following steps: establishing a database, i.e., establishing a template model database storing three-dimensional stereo templates of different animals in different growth periods, and a shape phenotype measuring definition database storing shape phenotype index measuring definitions measuring different animal shape phenotype indexes; coupling, i.e., according to the three-dimensional stereo templates in the template model database, comparing input animal data models, obtaining three-dimensional stereo templates which are closest to the types of the currently input animal data models and the growth periods as the coupling templates of the currently input animal data templates; deformation, i.e., according to the input animal data models, deforming the coupling templates until the coupling templates are close to the currently input animal data models in terms of body size; and calculating, i.e., according to the shape phenotype measuring definitions in the shape phenotype measuring definition database and the deformed coupling templates, obtaining the shape phenotype indexes of the input animal data models. The animal shape phenotype automatic measuring method improves the automation degree of animal shape phenotype measurement.