Biometric Livestock Facility Access for Biosecurity Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The livestock industry lacks a uniform and accurate biosecurity system to manage access and prevent pathogen intrusion through personnel, visitors, and repair contractors, relying heavily on inconsistent memory-based protocols and proprietary systems that are not interoperable across facilities.
Innovation Solution
A livestock biosecurity system utilizing a biometric recognition component, cloud database, and smart devices to verify identities, track movements, and enforce biosecurity protocols, including an intelligent 3D camera for facial recognition and automated door locking mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If paper logs are used to record entrant information, then a biosecurity tracking system is established, but the system is prone to inaccuracies and requires costly in-person attendance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual paper-based logging with automated biometric recognition systems (facial recognition, fingerprint scanning) that automatically capture and store entrant data. This eliminates the need for paper logs and manual attendance, providing accurate tracking without requiring costly in-person monitoring while maintaining biosecurity protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service biosecurity tracking where entrants are automatically identified and recorded through biometric scanners without requiring manual intervention. The automated system performs the tracking function independently, eliminating the need for paid attendants while ensuring accurate data collection and storage.
2Ease of operation
If proprietary identification systems are implemented at individual facilities, then access control is provided, but the systems are not interoperable across different facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a centralized cloud-based database that stores biometric data and access permissions for multiple facilities. This universal system allows the same biometric identifiers to be recognized across different animal production facilities, enabling interoperable access control while maintaining facility-specific security protocols and tracking requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges individual facility identification systems into a unified networked platform. By combining separate facility databases into a centralized cloud infrastructure, the system enables cross-facility recognition and tracking while preserving individual facility autonomy and security requirements.
3Measurement precision
If biometric recognition systems are deployed at all facilities, then accurate identification and compliance tracking are achieved, but system complexity and implementation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized cloud server as an intermediary that handles complex data storage, processing, and management functions. This allows individual facilities to use relatively simple biometric scanning devices while the cloud infrastructure manages the complexity of data integration, security protocols, and cross-facility coordination, reducing on-site system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses digital copies of biometric data (facial images, fingerprint patterns) stored in the cloud database instead of requiring complex local verification systems at each facility. The centralized database serves as a master copy repository, allowing simpler scanning devices at individual facilities to achieve accurate identification through cloud-based verification.
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AI summary
The present invention relates in general to a biosecurity system for the livestock industry, and more specifically, animal production facilities. The livestock biosecurity system comprises a biometric recognition component, a cloud database, and a smart device (e.g., smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc.). A purpose of the livestock biosecurity system is to track person(s) of interest and verify that persons of interest attempting to gain access to an animal production facility are compliant with pre-set biosecurity protocols. The livestock biosecurity system determines whether the person(s) of interest should or should not be granted entry into an animal production facility based on the preset biosecurity protocols and further provides employee oversight at the facility.