47 results about "Animal locomotion" patented technology

A system for recognizing various human and creature motion gaits and behaviors is presented. These behaviors are defined as combinations of “gestures” identified on various parts of a body in motion. For example, the leg gestures generated when a person runs are different than when a person walks. The system described here can identify such differences and categorize these behaviors. Gestures, as previously defined, are motions generated by humans, animals, or machines. Where in the previous patent only one gesture was recognized at a time, in this system, multiple gestures on a body (or bodies) are recognized simultaneously and used in determining behaviors. If multiple bodies are tracked by the system, then overall formations and behaviors (such as military goals) can be determined.

An exercise harness for an animal which comprises three elements: (a) a web of flexible material adapted to be affixed to the body of the animal in a region adjacent to the animal's front legs and/or rear legs; (b) at least one strap, connected to the web and adapted to retain the web on the animal; and (c) a measured weight attached to the web by a holding device, such as a pocket, clip or the like. This weight is preferably removable and replaceable with weights of different sizes.

An animal exercise wheel is illuminated by LEDs connected to a battery via a reed switch. A magnet actuates the reed switch when an animal begins to rotate the wheel. The LEDs flash with the frequency of rotation of the animal wheel or continuously. As long as the wheel rotates, the magnet continues to actuate the reed switch, which resets a counter. When the wheel stops and the reed switch is no longer actuated, the counter counts a predetermined time, and terminates the illumination of the LEDs.

A transmitter for driving a perimeter wire of an animal control system, in which a collar is attached to an animal, and the collar has a signal receiver configured to receive signals outputted to the perimeter wire by the transmitter. The collar is adapted to trigger a control stimulus responsive to detecting a pre-determined signal pattern received at the signal receiver. Different collars have different pre-determined signal patterns. The transmitter has a user interface allowing the transmitter to be configured to output the pre-determined signal pattern for a particular collar. In one aspect, the transmitter monitors current in the wire and adjusts signal magnitude driving the wire and achieves more consistent stimulus activation and detects system abnormalities. Data defining patterns for the different signal types can be stored in a database and be assembled into an appropriate pattern for a particular collar by a microprocessor.

The present invention provides a device to make use of an overturning cage to measure the exercise capacity of the animals. The device is composed of the overturning cage, a frame, a control system and a power system; when in use, the animals are placed in the turning cage; the cage body can overturn for 180 degrees at any designated time, so as to overturn the animals in the cage to be upward of the ventral surface. The present invention uses the capacity of self-correcting posture of the animals to measure the exercise capacity. The device can measure the exercise capacity of the animals continuously without artificial intervention, compared with the conventional turning cages, the present invention has clear judgment standard, and the behaviors of the animals are less affected by the environmental factors, thus having obvious advantages. The present invention can be used in the teaching and research of the pharmacology and toxicology.

A herd management system for monitoring and managing the movements of animals within a herd comprises a user interface for defining one or more virtual fences for each to comprise a paddock, a plurality of wireless tags affixed to the monitored animals, and a network server for managing communications between the user interface and wireless communication with the tags. The tags include devices for stimulating the animal to move as desired by the herd management system, including staying within a paddock or moving from one paddock to another as guided by the system.

The invention relates to an animal motion measurement method, in particular to a method for measuring motion ability of fruit flies. The technical scheme of the invention comprises the following steps that: (1) the fruit flies are put in a container; (2) the container in which the fruit flies are put does up-and-down movement according to a certain frequency, so that the container is lifted to a certain height, and then, the container does downward movement of a freely-falling body; (3) the container is marked with height scales; and (4) the container does the up-and-down movement with a certain frequency, then after some time, the number of the fruit flies at different height stages is recorded. By adopting the method of the invention, the fruit flies can move according to own inverse gravity climbing characteristic through the up-and-to movement, the movement time and the frequency are controllable, the operation is simple, the observation is intuitive, and a molecular mechanism related to aging can be researched fast and conveniently at a large scale.

A method for training a locomotion controller of a robotic animal comprising obtaining a motion data of a reference animal, an environmental parameter, and a disturbance parameter; generating a plurality of primitive distributions and a first primitive influence according to the motion data by a policy network; selecting a current state of the reference animal from the motion data and set an adapting state of the reference animal; generating a second primitive influence, by the policy network, according to the current state, the adapting state, and the plurality of primitive distributions at least; and training the policy network according to a result determined by a discriminator according to the first primitive influence and the second primitive influence.

A system, apparatus, and/or method of determining a condition of an animal is provided. Movement data of the animal for a predetermined time period may be received. The movement data may include at least one of an acceleration and/or velocity of the animal, a distance traveled by the animal, a location of the animal, and/or steps taken by the animal. A gait of the animal may be determined for the predetermined time period based on the movement data of the animal. A duration and/or a frequency of the gait of the animal may be determined. An activity level of the animal for the predetermined time period may be determined based on at least one of the duration or the frequency of the gait of the animal. The activity level of the animal may be caused to be displayed via a display device.

The invention discloses a patrol robot recognizable fence which comprises four stand columns, and rotating pipes are rotationally mounted on the opposite sides of a pair of adjacent stand columns from top to bottom. Animals wanting to enter the fence can be blocked through a first transverse rod and a second transverse rod which can rotate, so that the animals slide down; and when the animal wants to enter the fence, the rotation of a first cross rod and a second cross rod is utilized to cooperate with a piston assembly, a liquid supply assembly, a first pipe body and a valve body, so that the movement path of the animal outside the fence can be disinfected, the animal can be further warned, the animal is prevented from entering the fence, and the safety of the animal is improved. Meanwhile, the rod body can generate vibration to generate knocking sound, so that animals can be frightened, the protection effect is further improved, meanwhile, the robot can recognize the fence, the robot can be prevented from colliding with the fence to stop patrolling, and the device is worthy of application and popularization.

The invention discloses a medicated bath device for preventing hoof diseases for livestock. The medicated bath device structurally comprises a front body baffle plate, a hoof buckling end plate, a medicated bath roller box groove, a bottom lining plate, an inclined frame plate and a base cushion block. By virtue of the match of the hoof buckling end plate and the medicated bath roller box groove,animal joints are locked at the top ends of hoofs through catching groove rings and end face plates to prevent the hoofs from moving randomly to affect soaking of hoofs by medicinal liquid, then medicated bath is conducted on the hoofs in a frame groove body through the hoofs, the hoofs of the animals can tread conveniently through inclined half-pace pedal blocks, and the hoofs of the four limbs are subjected to liquid medicine prevention nursing operation through cotton pad wheel paddle discs and brush wheel bodies; and the periodic medicated bath effectively ensures the healthy and strong development of animal hoofs in animal husbandry, efficiently supports the body to form the stability and health effect of the whole animal movement, and improves the maintenance operation effect of thewhole subsequent hoof covering and pressing part.

A system, apparatus, and/or method of identifying an activity of an animal. The activity may include the animal drinking, eating, urination, or defecating. Motion data of a first animal may be received, for example, via a sensor. Predetermined signatures of one or more second animals may be received. The predetermined signatures of the one or more second animals may be associated with one or more activities of the one or more second animals. A signature of an activity of the first animal may be determined based on the motion data of the first animal. Based on the signature of the activity of the first animal and the predetermined signatures of the second animal, the activity of the first animal may be identified. The identified activity of the first animal may be displayed via a display device.

The invention relates to a data processing method and system for animal motion information statistics, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the first position information of a target animal at a first moment through the first image information collected at the first moment; acquiring second position information of the target animal at a second moment through second image information acquired at the second moment; acquiring position change information of the target animal according to the first position information and the second position information; determining motion state information of the target animal according to the first moment, the second moment and the position change information; and analyzing according to the first moment, the second moment and the motion state information to obtain motion information of the target animal. The motion information of the animal is counted through computer vision, electronic tracking equipment does not need to be installed on the animal, the monitoring cost can be effectively reduced, and damage to the animal when the electronic tracking equipment is installed can be effectively avoided.

The invention discloses a machinery tail applying the bionics principle and belongs to the automatic control technology field. According to the machinery tail, the bionics principle is applied to modern life, the machinery tail is abstracted from a tail of an animal having great importance to self balance, the machinery tail is utilized to regulate an automatic control system to improve integral stability of the automatic control system, so a motion carrier applying the machinery tail can be adjusted and controlled under the limit condition, and response time of the system for recovery to a balance state can be greatly shortened. The motion carrier is equipped with the machinery tail, so balance of the motion carrier is realized through utilizing the machinery tail to do up and down and left and right motions. Stability of the motion carrier in a motion process can be greatly improved, mechanical vibration can be reduced. The bionic tail structure is utilized to balance the motion carrier to greatly improve integral system robustness and controllability, and the machinery tail is easy to mount, has a simple structure and is convenient to control.

The invention discloses an animal simulation movement mechanical device which comprises a base and further comprises an animal model located above the base, and a linkage mechanism located on the inner side of the base. The linkage mechanism comprises a swing frame, the swing frame is composed of a vertical rod and a transverse rod, the transverse rod is located on the inner side of the animal model, two parallel leg rods are installed in the transverse rod, the leg rods are driven by a transmission shaft, and a cam is installed at the bottom of the vertical rod. By designing the device, the animal model is driven to move through cooperation of the swing rod and the cam, the leg rods can be driven to rotate through swing of the swing rod in the movement process, accordingly, swing of the leg rods and legs is achieved, the structure is simple, animal movement characteristics can be restored as much as possible, interestingness is increased, and meanwhile, the user can clearly know the characteristics of animal movement.

The present invention provides a holding area (110) and method (500) executed in a holding area (110) arranged at a milking parlour (120) of a farm. A location system (200) is arranged at the holdingarea (110), and is configured to monitor animal movements in at least two directions. The location system (200) comprises a control unit (210), a tag (220), and transceivers (230a, 230b, 230c), configured to detect signals emitted by the tag (220), and communicate information with the control unit (210). The method (500) comprises determining (501) arrival time of the animal (100) and/ or animal movement;identifying (502) the animal (100); monitoring (503) a waiting time of the animal (100) in the holding area (110) and/ or animal movements of the animal (100); comparing (509) the waiting timeand/ or animal movements with a respective reference threshold; and triggering (510) an action, when the reference threshold is exceeded.

The invention provides a split type handheld remote nerve stimulation system suitable for birds. The split type handheld remote nerve stimulation system comprises a stimulation generation end, a relay communication end, a handheld control end and a trajectory tracking end, wherein the stimulation generation end comprises a stimulation end control module, a stimulation end short-range communication module, a stimulation generation module, a first power supply module and a signal indication module; the relay communication terminal comprises a relay control module, a second power supply module, a relay short-range communication module and a relay remote communication module; the handheld control end comprises a handheld end control module, a third power supply module, a display module, a parameter setting module and a handheld end remote communication module; and the trajectory tracking end comprises a tracking end control module, a tracking end short-distance communication module, a fourth power supply module and a positioning module. Aiming at the physiological structure and movement characteristics of birds, different modules are matched with one another and are respectively arranged at different parts of animals, so that the weight borne by the different parts can be effectively reduced, and the influence of borne devices on the animal movement performance is reduced.

The invention discloses a breeding house. The breeding house comprises at least one breeding fence, a plurality of light sources and a moving assembly; the multiple light sources are arranged above the breeding industry; the moving assembly is connected with the light sources and can move around the periphery of the breeding fence to drive the light sources to move. According to the breeding house provided by the embodiment of the invention, the light sources are arranged to illuminate animals to induce the animals to oestrus, so that the oestrus cycle of the animals is shortened; the moving assembly can carry the light sources to move around the periphery of the breeding fence, so that a more appropriate position can be formed between the light sources and the animals under the condition that the animals move, and then the oestrus inducing efficiency of the animals is improved.