Domestic Animal Tracking via Relay Signal Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in managing domestic animals by accurately determining their residence based on age, sex, species, and reproductive cycles within grazing lands or segmented barns, as they struggle to separately track individual animals effectively.
Innovation Solution
An information processing server and system that utilize signal transmission devices attached to domestic animals, relayed by signal relay devices, to determine the rearing region and generate notification information for managing domestic animals based on their individual information and relay device identifiers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If signal transmission devices are attached to each domestic animal for tracking, then individual animal management capability is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the monitoring task into two segments: a simple transmission device attached to each animal that only sends signals, and a separate relay device infrastructure that handles signal routing and processing. This segmentation allows individual animals to be tracked without making each animal-bearing device complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay device acts as an intermediary between the simple transmission devices on animals and the central server. The relay device receives signals from transmission devices, determines the appropriate rearing region based on its own location information, and forwards signals to the correct server, thereby simplifying the transmission device design while maintaining accurate location tracking.
2Area of stationary object
If relay devices are installed throughout the rearing region to track animal movement, then tracking coverage is improved, but installation cost and maintenance difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The relay device is designed with multi-functionality: it not only relays signals from transmission devices but also stores location information of rearing regions and autonomously determines which server to forward signals to. This universal design reduces the need for additional dedicated devices, simplifying deployment while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
3Measurement precision
If individual animal tracking is implemented with detailed information storage, then management precision is improved, but information processing load and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and stores only essential location information (relay device identification and rearing region correspondence) at the relay device level, rather than storing complete animal profiles at every node. This selective extraction reduces data storage requirements while maintaining the precision needed for individual animal management.
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AI summary
[Object] To provide an information processing server, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of more appropriately managing domestic animals. [Solution] An information processing server. A transmission signal, transmitted from a signal transmission device attached to a domestic animal and relayed to the information processing server by at least one or more signal relay devices installed to correspond to a rearing region of the domestic animal, includes a transmission device identifier for specifying the signal transmission device and a relay device identifier for specifying the signal relay device, the information processing server including: a control unit configured to determine whether or not the domestic animal stays in a rearing region corresponding to a rearing stage on a basis of the relay device identifier and individual information regarding the domestic animal corresponding to the transmission device identifier; and a notification information generation unit configured to generate notification information for controlling notification in an information terminal on a basis of the determination by the control unit.