CN113331798A

CN113331798A - Animal sign monitoring devices and system

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Publication number: CN113331798A
Application number: CN202010098418.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王永春; 杨田荣
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-02-18
Filing date: 2020-02-18
Publication date: 2021-09-03

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention relates to an animal sign monitoring device, which is used for detecting and sending sign data of an animal to a communication unit, and comprises: a vital signs sensor disposed at least partially within the body of the animal to acquire vital signs data of the animal; the ear tag is fixed on the ear of the animal and is connected with the physical sign sensor through a data line so as to receive the physical sign data from the physical sign sensor and send the physical sign data to the communication unit.

Description

Animal sign monitoring devices and system

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of detection of cultured animals, in particular to an animal sign monitoring device and system.

Background

The wide application of the information technology in the animal husbandry greatly improves the management efficiency of animals, reduces the management cost, and can predict and early warn the diseases and epidemic situations of individual animals.

Animal sign is the important index of judging livestock health state, to livestock sign, if: accurate measurement and monitoring of body temperature is helpful for timely distinguishing unhealthy livestock so as to take treatment measures as soon as possible. In particular for some infectious diseases, close monitoring of the body temperature of livestock helps to control the epidemic at an early stage to prevent further economic losses.

In the prior art, the body temperature of the livestock is generally monitored through a temperature sensor in an ear tag, however, the temperature of the ears of the livestock cannot reflect the actual body temperature of the ears of the livestock, particularly in cold weather, the temperature of the ears of the livestock is often lower than the actual body temperature of the ears of the livestock, and therefore the livestock with abnormal body temperature cannot be identified in such a mode.

In addition, in the aspect of the transmission mode of the physical sign data, the current conventional mode adopts a passive transmission mode, animals need to be driven one by one to pass through a passage door, so that the livestock ID and the physical sign information are identified, and the mode consumes a large amount of manpower and material resources and is very easy to cause some livestock, such as: pigs develop anorexia.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a new animal sign monitoring device and system to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention also relate to an animal signs monitoring system, comprising: the system comprises a physical sign sensor, an ear tag and at least one communication unit; wherein the vital signs sensor is at least partially disposed within the body of the animal to acquire vital signs data of the animal; the ear tag is fixed on the ear of the animal and is connected with the sign sensor through a data line so as to receive the sign data from the sign sensor; and the communication unit is used for receiving the physical sign data from the ear tag and sending the physical sign data to a cloud.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the physical sign sensor and the ear tag are designed in a split mode, so that accurate measurement of animal physical signs is realized, and the influence of the outside air temperature environment or other environmental factors on physical sign detection is avoided.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an animal signs monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

figure 2 is a schematic view of an animal signs monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

figure 3 is a schematic diagram of an animal signs monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous technical details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application in various embodiments of the present invention. However, the technical solution claimed in the present application can be implemented without these technical details and various changes and modifications based on the following embodiments.

The implementation mode of the invention relates to an animal sign monitoring system, and the core of the implementation mode lies in the split type design of a sign sensor and an ear tag, so that the accurate measurement of animal signs is realized, and the influence of outside air temperature or other environments on the sign detection is avoided. The following describes in detail the implementation of the animal signs monitoring device of the present embodiment, and the following is provided only for the convenience of understanding and is not necessary for implementing the present embodiment.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an animal signs monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, an animal signs monitoring system 100 includes: an animal signs monitoring device 150 and at least one communication unit 130, wherein the animal signs monitoring device 150 comprises a signs sensor 110, an ear tag 120 and a data line 140; wherein the vital signs sensor 110 is adapted to be at least partially disposed within the body of the animal, and the ear tag 120 is adapted to be mounted on an ear of the animal and connected to the vital signs sensor 110 via a data line 140 to receive the vital signs data from the vital signs sensor 110; the communication unit 130 is configured to receive the vital sign data from the ear tag 120 and send the vital sign data to the cloud 900. Preferably, the physical sign data is wirelessly transmitted between the ear tag 120 and the communication unit 130, and the communication unit 130 also wirelessly transmits the physical sign data to the cloud 900.

The vital signs sensor 110 is adapted to be disposed at least partially within the body of the animal, for example: obtaining animal sign data from subcutaneous tissue of the animal; wherein the vital sign data may include, but is not limited to, one or more of body temperature data, blood pressure data, pulse data, blood oxygen saturation data, and blood components. Depending on the vital sign data being detected, the vital sign sensors may be located in different parts of the animal's body, which may include the head, neck, torso, and limbs. In addition, according to different detected sign data, the sensing chip in the sign sensor can be divided into a contact type and a non-contact type, wherein the contact type means that the sensing chip is directly contacted with the body tissue of the animal, and the non-contact type means that the sensing chip is packaged in a protective shell, and then the sensing chip with the protective shell is placed in the body of the animal.

In some embodiments, the vital signs sensor 110 is a body temperature sensor for measuring the body temperature of the animal, in which case the body temperature sensor can be placed on the neck or torso of the animal, which can allow more accurate body temperature data to be obtained. Preferably, the body temperature sensor is injected into the neck of the animal, so that both relatively accurate body temperature data can be obtained and the distance from the body temperature sensor to the ear tag can be shortened as much as possible to reduce the length of the data line.

Compared with the prior art, this embodiment is separated sign sensor outside the ear tag, sets up independent sign sensor in the internal at the animal, promptly: subcutaneous tissue of animals to obtain accurate sign data. In addition, sign sensor and ear tag pass through the data line and link to each other, not only can improve data transmission's stability like this, more can prevent that sign sensor from getting into the food chain because of sliding.

In some embodiments, animal signs monitoring system 100 includes a plurality of communication units evenly distributed throughout the animal's activity site such that the range of signals that can be received by the communication units covers the entire site of animal activity, such that data transmitted by ear tags on the ears of an animal can be received by one or more of the communication units regardless of the animal's location within the site.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an animal signs monitoring device 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 2, the animal condition monitoring device 250 includes a temperature sensor 210, an ear tag 220, and a data line 240, wherein the temperature sensor 210 and the ear tag 220 are connected via the data line 240, and wherein the temperature sensor is used for detecting the body temperature of the animal.

Specifically, the temperature sensor 210 includes a sensor protection housing 211 and a temperature sensing chip 212, and the temperature sensing chip 212 is used for acquiring body temperature data of the animal, and is placed in the sensor protection housing 211 and connected with the ear tag 220 through a data line 240. Wherein, sensor protective housing 211 is located animal's internal at least partly, and temperature sensing chip 212 is located animal's internal completely to obtain accurate body temperature data.

Preferably, the protective shell 211 is made of biological material, such as: bioglass. Preferably, the temperature sensor chip is packaged by using a wafer level packaging technology, which can reduce the overall volume of the temperature sensor 210; for example: the diameter of the temperature sensor is in the range of 1-2mm, and the length of the temperature sensor is in the range of 5-9 mm; furthermore, the diameter of the temperature sensor is about 1.25mm, and the length of the temperature sensor is about 7 mm; thus greatly relieving the pain of the livestock in the injection stage. In addition, the reduction of the inner diameter of the inner cavity of the sensor protection shell 211 can further improve the accuracy of temperature measurement.

The ear tag 220 includes a holder for securing the ear tag to an animal's ear. As shown in fig. 2, the anchor comprises a first anchor 221 and a second anchor 222, the first anchor 221 comprises a base 224 and a neck 223 perpendicular to the base, the neck 223 is adapted to pass through the ear of the animal, and the second anchor 222 has a recess or through hole matching with the neck, the recess or through hole can wrap around at least part of the neck 223 and is adapted to be fixed to the head end of the neck after the neck passes through the ear to prevent the neck from falling out of the ear of the animal.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an animal signs monitoring system according to an embodiment of the invention, and referring to fig. 3, an animal signs monitoring system 300 includes: a vital signs sensor 310, a data line 340, an ear tag 320, and a communication unit 330.

The signs sensor 310 includes a signs sensing chip 312 for measuring signs of the animal. The ear tag 320 includes a processor 325, a data transceiver 326, and a battery 327; the processor 325 is connected to the vital sign sensing chip 312 through the data line 340, and the processor 325 is configured to receive the vital sign data from the vital sign sensing chip 312 and process the vital sign data; the data transceiver 326 is connected to the processor 325, and the data transceiver 326 is configured to receive the processed physical sign data and send the processed physical sign data to the communication unit 330 through a wireless signal; the battery is used to power the processor 325 and the data transceiver 326. The wireless signal may be a digital signal in ISM band, and specifically, the wireless signal may be a signal conforming to a public protocol, such as: and wifi, BLE, ZigBee, Lora and other standard protocols, or the wireless signal is a signal conforming to a self-defined private protocol. Preferably, the wireless signal is a wireless radio frequency digital signal.

In some embodiments, the data transceiver 326 is embodied as a radio frequency front end chip of an active radio frequency identification tag, and the processor 325, the radio frequency front end chip, and the battery 327 together form the active radio frequency identification tag. In other embodiments, the data transceiver 326 may also be a passive radio frequency chip, a bluetooth transceiver, a Zigbee transceiver, a wifi transceiver, and a Lora transceiver.

Referring again to fig. 2, the processor 325, the data transceiver 326, and the battery 327 may be disposed within the first holder 221 or the second holder 222. Preferably, the processor 325, the data transceiver 326 and the battery 327 are all disposed in the base 224 of the first holder 221, in which case the second holder 222 may be configured to be removable, so that the first holder 221 with the electronic components disposed therein may be reused after the ear tag is removed from the animal, thereby further reducing costs.

The communication unit 330 includes a data receiver 331 and a data transmitter 332, the data receiver 331 is configured to communicate with the data transceiver 326 to receive the processed vital sign data, and the data transmitter 332 is configured to transmit the vital sign data to the cloud 900. Wherein the kind of the data receiver 331 matches with the data transceiver 326.

In some embodiments, the data transceiver 326 is an rfid tag rfid front-end chip, and the data receiver 331 is an rfid receiver, which communicates with the rfid front-end chip via rf signals. In some embodiments, the frequency of communication between the active radio frequency identification receiver and the radio frequency front end chip is in the range of 100 kilohertz to 5.8 gigahertz (GHz). Preferably, the communication frequency between the active radio frequency identification receiver and the radio frequency front-end chip is in the range of 2GHz-3GHz, for example: 2.45 GHz; in the frequency range, the data transmission speed between the active radio frequency identification receiver and the radio frequency front-end chip is high, and the multi-tag reading capability is high.

Compared with the prior art, the active radio frequency identification technology is adopted in the embodiment, so that the identity information and the physical sign information of the animal can be actively sent, the identification distance can reach tens of meters or even hundreds of meters, the capacity of simultaneously identifying multiple tags is strong, and the management cost is greatly reduced.

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the foregoing embodiments are specific examples for carrying out the invention, and that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in practice.

Claims

1. An animal signs monitoring device for detecting and transmitting animal signs data to a communication unit, the animal signs monitoring device comprising:

a vital signs sensor disposed at least partially within the body of the animal to acquire vital signs data of the animal; and

the ear tag is fixed on the ear of the animal and is connected with the physical sign sensor through a data line so as to receive the physical sign data from the physical sign sensor and send the physical sign data to the communication unit.

2. The animal signs monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the ear tag comprises: a processor and a data transceiver; the processor is connected with the sign sensor through the data line and is used for receiving the sign data from the sign sensor and processing the sign data; the data transceiver is connected with the processor and used for receiving the processed physical sign data and sending the processed physical sign data to the communication unit.

3. The animal signs monitoring device of claim 2, wherein the data transceiver is a radio frequency front end chip of an active radio frequency identification tag, the ear tag further comprising a power source for powering the radio frequency front end chip and the processor.

4. The animal signs monitoring device of claim 3, wherein the communication unit comprises an active radio frequency identification receiver and a data transmitter, the active radio frequency identification receiver is configured to communicate with the radio frequency front-end chip to receive the signs data, and the data transmitter is configured to transmit the signs data to a cloud.

5. The animal signs monitoring device of claim 4, wherein the frequency of communication between the active radio frequency identification receiver and the radio frequency front end chip is from 100 kilohertz to 5.8 gigahertz.

6. The animal signs monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the signs data comprises: one or more of body temperature data, blood pressure data, pulse data, blood oxygen saturation data, blood component data.

7. The animal signs monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the signs sensor is disposed on one or more of the neck, torso, and extremities of the animal.

8. The animal signs monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the signs sensor comprises: sensor protective housing and be used for detecting the temperature sensing chip of the body temperature data of animal, temperature sensing chip place in the sensor protective housing and through the data line with the ear tag is connected.

9. An animal signs monitoring system, comprising: the system comprises a physical sign sensor, an ear tag and at least one communication unit; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the vital sign sensor is at least partially disposed within the body of the animal to acquire vital sign data of the animal;

the ear tag is fixed on the ear of the animal and is connected with the sign sensor through a data line so as to receive the sign data from the sign sensor; and

the communication unit is used for receiving the physical sign data from the ear tag and sending the physical sign data to a cloud.

10. The animal signs monitoring system of claim 9, wherein when the communication unit is plural, the plural communication units are evenly distributed within the locus of the animal activity.