CN1087457C

CN1087457C - Pigeon counting system

Info

Publication number: CN1087457C
Application number: CN98102093A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 阿纳托利·施托伯
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1997-06-11
Filing date: 1998-06-11
Publication date: 2002-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 2018-06-11
Also published as: PL186955B1; DE19724559A1; CN1201958A; PL326785A1; EP0884700B1; DE59811562D1; EP0884700A2; EP0884700A3

Abstract

Pigeon counting system consists of a reader with a timer, a data receiver, a data memory, a display, a power transmitter, a power source and an antenna coil for contactless data communications with a mobile transponder. The transponder is attached to the foot of the carrier pigeon with a data transmitter, a data receiver, a memory and a power receiver.

Description

Pigeon counting system

The present invention relates to a kind of pigeon counting system.

European patent application EP 0,544 277 A2 discloses a kind of pigeon counting system, and this system includes a reader, and it disposes a display, a timer, a data transmitter, a data sink, an energy transmitter and an antenna traffic pilot.Reader links to each other with the aerial coil of being located at dove grid inlet below by cable.The antenna traffic pilot is with short time slot conversion, so that can the transponder of each homing pigeon be received when several pigeons fly to reach and drop on the inlet rafter plate simultaneously.

For contest flight is assessed, behind the relevant data that has write down the pigeon that has returned, reader and aerial coil are separated, then it is connected with the assessment apparatus of association and the data that will temporarily be stored in storer dump on the assessment apparatus from reader with cable.

For in training flight, pigeon being carried out manual record, an additional antenna coil can be set, the pigeon poultry raiser is with the pedestrian worker operation of going forward side by side that links to each other with reader of this coil.

Therefore, above-mentioned known pigeon counting system includes the unit of at least three separation, they must be interconnected with cable according to different application targets.

The present invention aims to provide a kind of pigeon counting system of improvement, thereby making it to be convenient to operate and to reduce necessary cable connection reduces production costs.

For realizing above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of pigeon counting system, include a reader (10), it has a timer (12), one data sink (14), one data-carrier store (16), one display device (18), one energy transmitter (20), one power supply (56) and an aerial coil (22), this aerial coil maybe can be fixed on a homing pigeon (24) pin for fixing with at least one, be with a data transmitter, one data sink, the mobile pulse signal repeater (26) of one storer and an electric energy receiver is made contactless data and is transferred, it is characterized in that, the timer of described reader (12), display device (18), data sink (14), energy transmitter (20), aerial coil (22) is arranged in the common housing (28), the a certain side of housing (28) has the size of pigeonloft inlet (48) rafter plate (50), the winding of aerial coil (22) is located at the outer rim of this housing face, then be positioned under pigeonloft inlet (48) rafter plate (50) with this housing side during stationary housing (28), perhaps housing itself constitutes rafter plate (50) and is fixed on inlet (48) side.

Pigeon counting system of the present invention, reader assembly and aerial coil constitute a common tight structural entity, therefore, this letter life metering system is applicable to various application targets, the race-entry data of locating registered homing pigeon as organizer for games in association transfer, believe that life race-entry back returns the record of pigeonloft and directly carries out exchanges data with organizer for games's computing machine afterwards and need not anyly reequip, because be that one constitutes, production cost also can reduce.

Power supply is one can be installed in the battery in the common housing and/or be the battery that connects of outside, available cable and/or be the power distribution network breakout box of an available cable bond.Battery can be that rechargeable battery also can be non-rechargeable battery, thereby reader is optionally made portable manual record by the poultry raiser to homing pigeon or is placed on regularly that the inlet of pigeonloft is other makes automatic record.Artificial reception returns pigeon and notes down and meets the habit of pigeon, and record then brings temporal facility automatically.

Reader is preferably in portable operation and/or connects between read period by a button/switch when battery-operated, and continues to connect when fixedly mounting and/or be the power distribution network driving.

In view of the above, when battery-operated, also can obtain a kind of energy-conservation mode of operation.

Housing is equipped with a braces, is carried at easily on neck or the trunk by the poultry raiser whereby, does not take both hands.

Therefore, the poultry raiser can catch homing pigeon with two hands, and the dove pin by will having transponder carries out record near the aerial coil of the entrained reader in front.

In addition, one side of pigeon counting system housing has the size of pigeonloft inlet rafter plate, the winding of aerial coil is located at the outer rim of housing face, then places under the pigeonloft inlet rafter plate with this housing side during stationary housing, and perhaps housing itself constitutes the rafter plate and is fixed on the inlet side.

In view of the above, can realize the full-automatic record of homing pigeon.The pulse signal transponder on the complete reader mission pin and the aerial coil of reader are realized optimum coupling, and this just need not stube cable.The data of record can be read on display device when writing down by the poultry raiser.

Reader also can contain an antenna traffic pilot and an antenna terminal, and other aerial coil is located in other the housing and it is connected with the antenna terminal of reader by cable.

In this way, pigeon counting system can expand to a plurality of antennas, thereby can write down a plurality of homing pigeons of reaching of flying simultaneously in practice simultaneously.Though at this moment additional housing, cable and plug assembly will be arranged, the antenna in the reader can be public, and therefore, the relative prior art of full payment is minimized.

During of the present invention other constitutes, reader also includes a data transmitter, it can be described as the pulse signal transponder, also can carry out reciprocal wireless data transmission in addition, so that use computing machine will transfer into contest such as the record data in the storer that is stored in reader the time.Can avoid the wearing and tearing of contact head in this way, this wearing and tearing take place when the assessment apparatus with each reader and association carries out wired connection, and the latter's wearing and tearing more so.

Reader also can include an input media in the practical application, the poultry raiser just can be with the function expansion of its reader like this, as fly the use of cage in training, also can in association, wait the contest computing machine that writing function is opened the race-entry data of back input contest flight, and record data are input in the contest computing machine by wired or wireless connection.

Below by accompanying drawing the present invention is illustrated.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 represents the block scheme of a reader;

Fig. 2 illustrates that reader 10 makes the view of pigeonloft inlet end rafter plate 50;

Fig. 3 is another embodiment of reader 10;

Fig. 4 represents that reader 10 is in the situation that data is sent to organizer for games's computing machine;

Fig. 5 represents that reader 10 utilizes a contact head 60 to be electrically connected with computing machine by a converting interface 64;

Fig. 6 represents that reader 10 utilizes read-write instrument 66 to link to each other with computing machine 52 inductions with antenna.

The reader of representing with block scheme among Fig. 1 10 includes a data transmitter 42, and it also has oscillatory circuit 46, an antenna traffic pilot 32 and other antenna terminal 34 and the power data joint 60 that an aerial coil 22 is used as transmission and receiving antenna simultaneously as energy transmitter 20, a data sink 14, a timer 12, a data-carrier store 16, an input media 44, a display 18, a power supply 56, a button/switch 58, simultaneously.The control of each assembly realizes by a control module 54, and all components is arranged in the common housing.

But by aerial coil 22 can with colligation or the pulse signal transponder 26 of colligation on pigeon 24 legs carry out exchanges data.This pulse signal transponder 26 is by reader 10 supply of electrical energy wirelessly, contained data are transferred on the data sink 14 of reader 10 and deposit in the storer 16 by a data transmitter that is provided with on pulse signal transponder 26 in storer, and a timer 12 meanwhile provides the time sequencing that receives data.If reader has a data transmitter 42, then the reversed arrangement of data stream also is feasible.

For when several homing pigeons 24 fly to reach simultaneously, reading its a plurality of pulse signal transponders 26 simultaneously, a plurality of aerial coils 36 can be linked to each other with reader 10 by connecting line 40.With short time slot switching/switch on aerial coil 36 different, that link to each other by joint 34, then can adopt the same energy transmitter 20 and the data sink 14 of reader 10 by antenna traffic pilot 32 this moment.

Fig. 2 represents that reader 10 makes the enter the mouth view of 48 end rafter plates 50 of pigeonloft.Step on rafter plate 50 to pass inlet 48 when entering pigeonloft when homing pigeon flies to reach pigeonloft, reader and pulse signal transponder 26 carry out exchanges data, can realize the automatic record that homing pigeon flies to reach thus.

Fig. 3 represents another embodiment of reader 10, and this moment, reader hung on poultry raiser's the neck with a braces 30, and at this moment the poultry raiser can look oneself and reclaim the pigeon 24 that returns after training or the contest flight and make manual record.Power supply 56 feeds of dress in carrier 10 usefulness one have a button to make switch for saving Tongli in this case.

Fig. 4-6 expression reader 10 is at the example of the computing machine one of computing machine 52-that data is transferred to the organizer for games such as association, and computing machine 52 links to each other with a printer 62 all the time.The contact head 60 of reader 10 is electrically connected with computing machine 52 by a breakout box 64 among Fig. 4.The reading and writing of the pulse signal transponder 26 of homing pigeon 24, check and correction link to each other, are with the Writing/Reading instrument 66 of antenna 68 to carry out with computing machine 52 by one equally, and during the pigeon race-entry, each poultry raiser is joined reader 10 separately with breakout box 62.By the pigeon 24 of tape pulse signal repeater 26 is taken on contest antenna 68 limits, then can read its code, write down the contest data, the check and correction and and then with the contest data storage in contest computing machine 52 and reader 10.

Among Fig. 5, reader 10 is electrically connected with computing machine 52 by a breakout box 64 with its contact head 60 equally.At this moment participate in competition the reading and writing, check and correction of pulse signal transponder 26 of pigeon 24 without organizer's contest antenna, but the reader 10 of dress data transmitter 42 in each poultry raiser's the band.The race-entry writing function of reader is provided by the contest computing machine for anti-cheating temporarily, and then with the contest data storage in contest computing machine 52 and reader 10.

Among Fig. 6, reader 10 links to each other with computing machine 52 inductions by organizer's read-write instrument 66 and contest antenna 68 thereof, and the reading and writing of the pulse signal transponder 26 of the pigeon 24 of at this moment participating in competition, check and correction are undertaken by the write-read instrument 66 of the contest antenna 68 that " D band " D is electrically connected with computing machine 52.The relevant contest data of post-games will wirelessly be relayed on poultry raiser's oneself the reader 10.

Claims

1. pigeon counting system, include a reader (10), it has a timer (12), one data sink (14), one data-carrier store (16), one display device (18), one energy transmitter (20), one power supply (56) and an aerial coil (22), this aerial coil maybe can be fixed on a homing pigeon (24) pin for fixing with at least one, be with a data transmitter, one data sink, the mobile pulse signal repeater (26) of one storer and an electric energy receiver is made contactless data and is transferred, it is characterized in that, the timer of described reader (12), display device (18), data sink (14), energy transmitter (20), aerial coil (22) is arranged in the common housing (28), the a certain side of housing (28) has the size of pigeonloft inlet (48) rafter plate (50), the winding of aerial coil (22) is located at the outer rim of this housing face, then be positioned under pigeonloft inlet (48) rafter plate (50) with this housing side during stationary housing (28), perhaps housing itself constitutes rafter plate (50) and is fixed on inlet (48) side.

2. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, power supply (56) is one can be installed in the battery in the common housing (28) and/or be the battery that connects of outside, available cable and/or be the power distribution network breakout box of an available cable bond, reader (10) for homing pigeon (24) is done manual record can by poultry raiser's move operation or for do record automatically be fixedly placed in pigeonloft enter the mouth (48) near.

3. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, reader is operated and/or connected between read period by a button/switch (58) when battery-operated in movable type, and continues to connect when fixedly mounting and/or be the power distribution network driving.

4. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, housing (28) is equipped with a braces (30), and the poultry raiser can be carried at it on neck or the trunk whereby easily, does not take both hands.

5. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, reader (10) also includes an antenna traffic pilot (32) and antenna terminal (34), and other aerial coil (36) is located in other the housing (38) and by cable (40) and is connected with the antenna terminal (34) of reader (10).

6. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, reader (10) also includes a data transmitter (42).

7. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, reader (10) also includes an input media.

8. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, poultry raiser's reader (10) can wirelessly or with the computing machine (52) of cable with contest flight organizer be connected for the data transmission that realizes the race-entry pigeon when contest.

9. pigeon counting system as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, poultry raiser's reader (10) when contest also can to the homing pigeon that will participate in competition note down and can be transmission that writing function and race-entry data are provided and with an organizer for games wireless or wired being connected of computing machine (52).