DE4313000C1 - Multiplexed carrier pigeon heart rate monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

Carrier pigeon heartbeat monitor consists of microphone (1) installed in each enclosure of pigeon carrier box (5). Microphone is attached to amplifier (3). Several amplifiers are connected to multiplexer (4) then to monitoring PC.General measurement programme in PC monitors heart rate for end enclosure over long intervals. The resulting heart rate is a measure of physical condition. The microphone/sensor may be incorporated in a perch and be fitted with a heater element.

Description

The invention relates to a measuring device according to the preamble of claim 1.

There are already facilities for evaluating the condition of people, racing horses and dogs Known measurements of pulse and blood pressure (US 4671296). ECG measurements can be made by attaching suitable sensors (electrodes) provide revealing data on the state of human health or to document the animal (US 4625733).

Nothing comparable is available in pigeon racing. Suitable non-contact sensors are currently not available. Correspondingly simple procedures that every pigeon fancier at his up can apply to 100 pigeons, there is no.

The invention has for its object to provide a measuring device with which simple and reliable the heart rates of racing pigeons can be recorded. This task comes with the subject of claim 1 solved.

In pigeon racing there is a problem for every breeder, in good condition before the price flight Recognize pigeons in order to prevent them from inevitably missing.

In the interest of animal protection and environmental protection, this facility can prevent that homing pigeons take part in price flights they are not up to and exhausted in the cities settle as a nuisance or die painfully on the way. This is a very big current problem and threatens pigeon racing as hundreds of thousands of pigeons per year die.

According to the proposed solution, the seat of each pigeon or cell is individual Sensor equipped. For this purpose, the well-known "seat block" of the pigeon in Art Modified that built-in electronics record the measurement data and for evaluation to the evaluation computer or transmits to a central office via modem.

The cell or seat block electronics serve as a "receiver" in connection with a central unit, which evaluates and displays all "data" or transmits them to the central computer via modem and receives and displays evaluated data.

To implement this method, the system is used in such a way that all to be taken into account Pigeons find a transducer in their cell or on their seat or sleeping place, which, for. B. can be designed as a "seat block". In conjunction with a suitable microphone and downstream The amplifier can transmit the heart rate and misfires to the central unit via the sensor become.

If the "seat block" is designed as a resonance body, the heart rate can be audible directly, similar to be recorded with a stethoscope and evaluated in the central unit.  

To make all measurements on the pigeons without touching the breeder and thus without adulteration To be able to perform, the transducers or "seat blocks" in the multiplex process from the Central unit switched off continuously during the pigeons' night's sleep.

The resultant series of measurements result in a statement about the Condition of the pigeon and thus a decision-making aid for the breeder to use his pigeons for price flights or not.

This procedure contributes to animal welfare in pigeon sport and to the performance measurement for Price flights.

An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawing. It shows

Fig. 1 a transducer as a "seat pad",

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram for measuring and transmitting the heart rate via multiplexers.

For the exemplary embodiment of the measuring device, the carrier pigeon of a breeder is in the drawing chosen.

To measure the pigeon's heart rate, the pigeon is ideally placed in the cell with the "seat block" 1 , which is preferably assumed to be a place to sleep. In order to achieve an even higher acceptance of the pigeon, the seat block 1 can additionally be equipped with a heating foil.

The modified "seat block" 1 as a transducer contains an acoustic measuring device consisting of the resonance body "seat block" 1 , a microphone 2 with a subsequent amplifier 3 .

During the night's rest, the pigeon sits or lies on its "seat block" 1 . The microphone 2 receives through the sound box 1 the heart sounds of the pigeon.

The downstream amplifier 3 delivers a corresponding signal for transmission to the multiplex 4 , which is controlled by the central unit 6 .

Each transducer 1 is connected via a connecting cable 7 to the multiplexer unit 4 , which is controlled by the central unit 6 and periodically polls all measured value receivers 1 and transmits the measured values to the central unit 6 for evaluation and storage.

The central unit 6 essentially consists of a processor, memory module and an interface to the printer or modem.

Claims (3)

1. Measuring device for assessing the condition of racing pigeons, characterized in that a sensor for measuring their heart rate is attached to the seat of each pigeon and that each sensor is connected via a multiplex unit to a central unit. 2. Measuring device according to claim 1, characterized in that each transducer as a seat block is formed, which is each equipped with a microphone for recording the heart rate. 3. Measuring device according to claim 2, characterized in that each seat block additionally with a Heating foil is equipped.