Adaptive Tensioning Wearable for Stable Poultry Temperature Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current body temperature monitoring technologies for poultry and livestock face challenges such as low accuracy, high practical costs, and difficulty in maintaining stable sensor wearing due to rapid growth, causing significant stress and poor practical results, especially for fast-growing white-feathered broilers.
Innovation Solution
A self-adaptive tensioning wearable monitoring device with a flexible loop band and a self-adaptive tensioning module that adjusts to the growth of poultry and livestock, featuring a bionic octopus sucker array for stable attachment and a wireless sensing module for accurate physiological data collection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If direct-contact sensors are used for body temperature monitoring, then measurement accuracy is improved, but the device causes significant stress and is difficult to wear for extended periods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible loop band made of soft, skin-friendly material that can be comfortably worn on the poultry's neck or leg. This flexible structure allows the sensor to maintain close contact with the skin for accurate temperature measurement while minimizing stress and discomfort to the animal, enabling extended wear periods without causing harm.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates an adaptive tensioning mechanism that automatically adjusts the tightness of the loop band as the poultry grows. This dynamic adjustment ensures the sensor remains securely attached and maintains proper contact pressure for accurate measurements throughout the growth period, while preventing excessive tightness that would cause stress or injury to the animal.
2Device complexity
If manual measurement methods are used for body temperature, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement accuracy deteriorates and significant stress is caused
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical measurement methods with an automated electronic sensing system. A temperature sensor in direct contact with the skin electronically measures body temperature, eliminating the need for manual insertion of thermometers into the cloaca. This substitution provides continuous, accurate measurements without the stress and inaccuracy associated with manual methods.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If non-contact thermal imaging cameras are used for temperature monitoring, then stress to animals is reduced, but measurement accuracy and practical cost effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible loop band with integrated temperature sensors that maintain close contact with the animal's skin. This approach combines the benefits of contact-based measurement (high accuracy) with the advantages of a flexible, comfortable design that minimizes stress, achieving both accurate temperature monitoring and animal welfare.
4Device complexity
If fixed-size wearable devices are used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to growth of poultry and livestock deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates an adaptive tensioning mechanism with a spring element that automatically adjusts the loop band's tightness as the poultry grows. The spring allows the band to expand while maintaining appropriate tension, ensuring the sensor remains securely attached and functional throughout the growth period without requiring manual intervention or device replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The loop band is designed as a flexible, segmented structure that can expand and contract. This segmentation allows the device to adapt to changing body dimensions while maintaining its functional integrity and secure attachment to the animal.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures accurate, long-term monitoring of physiological indicators like body temperature and electrodermal responses with minimal skin irritation, reducing the need for manual adjustments and enhancing stability and precision.
Implementation Method 1
a bionic octopus sucker array for stable attachment
Implementation Method 2
The self-adaptive tensioning module includes a tensioner, a rotating core, and a spiral spring
Data Source
AI summary
The provided is a self-adaptive tensioning wearable monitoring device for poultry and livestock, where a flexible loop band is threaded through a self-adaptive tensioning module and a monitoring module, and is connected end-to-end inside the self-adaptive tensioning module; a surface of the monitoring module is provided with a wireless sensing module; the monitoring module is slidably connected to the flexible loop band; the self-adaptive tensioning module includes one end fixedly connected to a fixed end of the flexible loop band and the other end telescopically connected to a movable end of the flexible loop band; the self-adaptive tensioning module is disposed at a poultry/livestock back; and when the flexible loop band is tightened, the wireless sensing module at the surface of the monitoring module is in close contact with a skin in a poultry/livestock body temperature measurement area.