Integrated RFID Earring for Cattle Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current animal identification systems in cattle management, such as SisBov, face inefficiencies due to dirt accumulation, movement, and light conditions affecting visual readability, and electronic earrings with short reading ranges and high maintenance costs, requiring close proximity and additional software for dual code management.
Innovation Solution
A system integrating a tracking system into cattle management by using a first reading device to read a numeric code on a visual earring, processing it, and recording it on a third earring with superior technology for longer-range radio-frequency reading, allowing a single unique numerical code for animal identification, facilitating easier handling and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If electronic earrings with short reading range are used, then reading distance is reduced, but handling difficulty increases and reading efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the tracking system's electronic earring (with superior reading range) and the management system's electronic earring into a single integrated device. This merged earring contains both the SisBov code and the breeder's management code, eliminating the need to handle multiple separate earrings and allowing reading at distances up to 10 meters while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated earring serves multiple functions: it provides both the national tracking identification (SisBov) and the breeder's proprietary management identification simultaneously. This multi-functional device replaces the need for separate earrings for different purposes, improving both handling ease and reading efficiency through a single universal identifier.
2Reliability
If dual code management is implemented, then identification completeness is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges two separate code management systems into a single integrated earring that contains both the SisBov tracking code and the breeder's management code. This consolidation maintains complete identification capabilities while simplifying the overall system architecture by eliminating the need for separate reading devices and dual database management.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated earring provides universal identification functionality for both national tracking purposes and proprietary management purposes. A single reading device can access both codes, reducing system complexity while maintaining the reliability of dual-code identification for different operational requirements.
3Ease of manufacture
If visual earrings are used, then reading cost is reduced, but readability is compromised due to environmental factors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the visual/mechanical barcode reading system with an electronic RFID reading system. The earring contains an electronic chip that communicates wirelessly with the reader, eliminating the need for line-of-sight reading and making identification unaffected by dirt, light conditions, or animal movement, while maintaining cost-effectiveness through integrated electronics.
4Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If electronic earrings with superior technology are used, then reading distance is improved, but investment cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the expensive superior technology earring (with 10-meter reading range) with the standard SisBov earring into a single integrated device. This merger allows the breeder to benefit from the extended reading distance capability while using the same investment for both tracking and management purposes, effectively reducing the per-function cost compared to purchasing separate earrings.
Solution Approach 2:
The superior technology earring is designed to serve dual purposes: national tracking (SisBov) and proprietary management. This multi-functionality justifies the higher initial investment by eliminating the need to purchase separate expensive earrings for different purposes, making the overall investment more cost-effective.
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
Enhances animal identification efficiency by enabling reading at greater distances, reducing handling difficulties, and eliminating the need for dual code management, improving the overall cattle management system's operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Implementation Method 1
Radio Frequency Identification (RAD) is an identification method that uses electromagnetic waves to transmit signals between an electronic device, known as a transponder, which, in this case, refers to the electronic earphone, and a reading device, referred to as a 'transceiver', which refers to a reader or data collector.
Implementation Method 2
The visual earrings are earrings that comprise bar codes engraved with a numeric or alphanumeric code, which can be read with the use of special readers that, through photoelectric sensors, interpret the code by means of the absence or presence of light reflected in the bars.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention refers to a system and method for integrating a tracking system, specifically the tracking system SisBov, into a cattle management system, particularly configured for beef cattle herd management, comprising a first reading device (1) which sends information to a processing center (2), the processing center (2) processing and sending the processed information to a recording device (3), the first reading device (1) reading a numeric code recorded on a first earring (10) and sending the information read to the processing center (2), the processing center (2) receiving the information read by the reading device (1) and processing and sending the information processed by the recording device (3), the recording device (3) recording the numerical code processed by the processing center (2), the same numerical code being preferably read by the first reading device (1), in a third earring (12), the system determining a unique numerical code for identifying each animal in a herd.