Wireless Animal Management System Versatility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current automated animal management systems lack versatility, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness, often requiring dedicated communication devices and complex customization, which limits their applicability and accuracy.
Innovation Solution
The method employs a system of wireless communication devices with unique identifiers that can be interchangeably assigned to various animal management effectors, allowing for flexible and automated determination of animal management parameters, enabling enhanced usability and decision-making without the need for custom communication means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dedicated communication devices are integrated with animal management effectors during production, then communication reliability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal wireless communication protocol that allows any wireless device to communicate with any animal management effector without dedicated integration. The system uses standardized identifiers and communication methods, enabling interchangeable devices from different manufacturers to work together, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining communication reliability through proven wireless technology standards.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication system is segmented into independent components: wireless communication devices, animal management effectors, and a central control system. This segmentation allows each component to be developed, tested, and deployed independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliable communication through standardized interfaces between segments.
2Measurement precision
If custom communication means are developed for specific animal management effectors, then communication accuracy is improved, but ease of manufacture and versatility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes a universal communication framework where standardized wireless protocols and identifier systems enable accurate communication without custom development. Any wireless device with the appropriate identifier can accurately communicate with any effector, maintaining communication accuracy while dramatically improving ease of manufacture through off-the-shelf component usage.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of developing custom communication protocols for each effector, the system uses copied standardized wireless communication patterns and identifier structures. This approach maintains communication accuracy by replicating proven communication models while reducing manufacturing complexity through reuse of established protocols.
3Adaptability or versatility
If wireless communication devices are interchangeably assigned to various animal management effectors, then versatility and ease of use are improved, but system reliability may worsen without proper registration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a registration system that performs preliminary action by recording the assignment relationships between wireless communication devices and animal management effectors before actual use. This pre-registration ensures that when devices are interchangeably assigned, the system can reliably identify and track each assignment, maintaining system reliability while enabling versatile device allocation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the central control system tracks and monitors the assignment status of wireless communication devices to effectors. This feedback loop ensures that interchangeable device assignments are properly recorded and managed, maintaining system reliability through continuous verification of device-effector relationships.
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AI summary
Method for automated animal management, comprising: using an animal management system including a plurality of wireless communication devices, each of the wireless communication devices having a respective identifier associated therewith in the system; assigning a first one of the wireless communication devices to an animal management effector and registering, in the animal management system, an indication of the assigning; causing a second one of the wireless communication devices to be carried by an individual animal; using the respective identifier of at least one of the first and second wireless communication devices, causing a wireless communication between at least said first and second wireless communication devices; and automatically determining, by the animal management system, using the registered indication of the assigning, at least one parameter of an animal management relationship between the animal and the animal management effector in dependence of the wireless communication.