Animal ID Station Integrating Marking and Sample Linking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing animal identification stations are limited to only automatic placement of identification marks and lack multi-functionality, failing to perform other essential animal care and identification operations simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
An animal identification station that integrates means for automatic marking, sample taking, reading identification information from marks, generating identifiers, and linking samples with animal information, allowing for simultaneous execution of all operations in the same place.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If an automatic identification mark placement machine is used, then placement speed and automation are improved, but the station lacks multi-functionality and can only perform marking operations
Solution Approach 1:
The identification station is designed to perform multiple functions including automatic mark placement, sample collection, reading identification information, generating identifiers, and linking samples with animal information. This multi-functional design allows a single station to handle various animal care and identification operations simultaneously, resolving the contradiction between automation and versatility.
2Ease of operation
If manual techniques are used for animal identification, then operational flexibility is maintained, but processing speed is slow and requires multiple operators
Solution Approach 1:
The station enables a single operator to control multiple functions through automated systems. The automatic mark placement machine, sample collection device, and information linking system work together to reduce the number of operators needed from multiple to just one, while maintaining processing speed and operational efficiency.
3Reliability
If separate stations are used for marking and sampling, then each function can be optimized independently, but the process requires multiple locations and increases processing time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines mark placement, sample collection, reading identification information, generating identifiers, and linking samples with animal information into a single integrated station. This merging of functions allows all operations to be performed at one location, eliminating the need to move animals between separate stations and reducing overall processing time.
4Ease of operation
If identification information is not linked with sample information, then operational simplicity is maintained, but sample identification accuracy and reliability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The station reads identification information from the mark on the animal, generates an identifier, and links this identifier with the collected sample information. This feedback loop ensures that each sample is accurately associated with its corresponding animal, improving identification accuracy while maintaining operational simplicity through automated processes.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an animal identification station, comprising means for the automatic marking (52) of animals by attaching an identification tag to each animal. According to the invention, such a station also comprises the following means, activated to identify at least one of said animals: - means for taking a sample of said animal, - means for reading (53) at least one identification piece of information of said animal carried by said identification tag, - means for generating (55) at least one identifier from said at least one identification piece of information read by said reading means, - means for identifying said sample with said at least one identifier.