EP3487447A1 - Method of detection and indication of the preparatory phase of birthing in an animal, corresponding device, recording medium and computer program product - Google Patents
Method of detection and indication of the preparatory phase of birthing in an animal, corresponding device, recording medium and computer program productInfo
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- the field of the invention is that of agriculture, and in particular the monitoring of cattle and equines.
- the invention relates to a method and a device for detecting and reporting the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal of the family of cattle or equines.
- the invention also makes it possible to discriminate whether the farrowing is likely to proceed without difficulty or not.
- Calving detection techniques are known to introduce sensors measuring temperature, pressure and / or acidity within the reproductive tract of a cow to identify the imminence of the farrowing .
- One of these techniques is for example to introduce a thermometer into the vaginal canal of the animal that will be expelled with the water bag.
- a disadvantage of these intrusive techniques is that the introduction and positioning of the sensors in the genital tract of the cow is delicate, and that it is a source of infection and / or irritation for the latter.
- a disadvantage of this technique is that it raises reliability issues. Indeed, it is found that alerts can be triggered untimely, for example when the animal changes position or goes to bed.
- the belt presents a danger for the animal if it is too tight. However, it should not be too loose, as it may not work properly, requiring tightening every 3 to 4 hours. In addition this technique is expensive and does not allow in certain cases to distinguish the deformations due to the work of the animal other deformations resulting from a normal activity of the animal to eat or move.
- Document WO-A1-2013 / 186235 also discloses a technique for detecting the imminence of a farrowing putting an accelerometer fixed on the tail of a cow, in order to estimate the overall activity of the animal. from the measurements of the acceleration.
- a disadvantage of this known technique which is to compare the sole global activity to a threshold to detect if the animal is about to put down, is that it is not accurate enough to detect the imminence of farrowing in more than 50 to 60% of animals.
- the invention particularly aims to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art cited above.
- the invention aims to provide a technique for detecting and reporting the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal that is reliable.
- the invention particularly aims, in at least one particular embodiment of the invention, to propose such a detection and signaling technique which has a detection rate of the preparatory phase of farrowing at least equal to 80. % and advantageously greater than 85%.
- Another object of the invention is to provide such a detection and reporting technique that is simple to implement and a reduced cost.
- the object of the invention is also to provide a technique for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal which makes it possible to detect whether the farrowing is going on without difficulty or not.
- An object of the invention is also to propose such a detection and signaling technique that is reusable.
- Another objective of the invention is to provide a technique for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing of a bovine or equine which is reusable on several animals, which requires little maintenance and which is autonomous in energy over a period of several years.
- such a method for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of birthing comprises the following steps in this order:
- processing said measurements for detecting an occurrence of said preparatory phase comprising:
- determining a C-data representative of the occurrence of a colic attack in said animal comprising a step of applying a bandpass filter to said measurements of the components of the acceleration on at least two axes, and preference of the components of the acceleration on the X and Z axes
- determination of a data item T representative of the occurrence of contractions in said animal comprising a step of estimating the correlation coefficient, for each component of the acceleration, between a sequence of measurements of this component of the acceleration and a sequence of reference data;
- determining a TR representative of the occurrence of trampling in said animal comprising a step of identifying a predominant frequency in the frequency spectrum for a sequence of measurements of the component of the acceleration following the Y axis to establish if said frequency is in a predetermined frequency range;
- the invention proposes to exploit the measures of the acceleration of the tail of a cow, a mare or a donkey to classify the state of the animal between a state of readiness of the setting. low and a non-preparatory state from a reduced number of parameters Q, A, C, T and / or TR.
- the inventors have indeed found that in animals the tail lifts, activity, colic attacks, contractions and trampling were the most characteristic manifestations that can be observed through the movements of the tail of the animal during the preparatory phase of farrowing and that each of these events triggered a specific and reproducible sequence of movements at least on part of a bovine or equine population. The inventors have also found that these specific sequences could vary between two breeds of cows or mares.
- said step of processing said measurements comprises respectively steps a) and b), a) and c), a) and d), a) and e), b) and c) , b) and d), b) and e), c) and d), c) and e).
- said step of processing said measurements comprises at least three steps from steps a), b), c) d) and e).
- said step of processing said measurements comprises steps a), b) and c) or d).
- said step of processing said measurements comprises at least four steps from steps a), b), c), d) and e).
- said step of processing said measurements comprises the steps a), b), c) and d).
- said step of processing said measurements comprises the five steps a), b), c) d) and e).
- the classifier implemented in said automatic binary classification step is a linear classifier.
- the output of the classifier implemented in said automatic classification step is compared with a predetermined classification threshold.
- said step a) of determining a data representative of a raised or lowered position of the tail and / or said step b) of determining a datum representative of the activity and / or said step d) determining a data representative of the occurrence of contractions and / or said step e) of determining a datum representative of the occurrence of a trampling comprises a step of filtering said projections of the measurements or said measurements.
- said step a) of determining a datum representative of a raised or lowered position of the tail comprises a step of assigning to said datum Q a first value, preferably 1, when said angle value is greater than or equal to said threshold angle value and a second value, preferably 0 or -1, when said angle value is less than said threshold angle value.
- said threshold angle value is between 32 ° and 37 °, preferably is substantially equal to 35 °.
- the inventors have indeed found that a threshold angle value close to 35 ° allows an effective classification of the state of the animal.
- said step a) of determining a Q data representative of a raised or lowered position of said tail further comprises a step of reassigning to said value Q, for each moment of measurement tm eS ure, of an average, over a predefined time interval ⁇ , of the values assigned to the data Q for the measurement instants preceding the measurement instant tm eS ure included in the interval [tmesure-
- said step a) of determining a data item Q representative of a raised or lowered position of said tail comprises a step of weighting said value of the angle of the tail by the value of the measurement of the component of the acceleration, or of its projection, on the Y axis.
- said step b) of determining the activity of said animal comprises a step of calculating the root mean square of the variations of the components of the acceleration along the X, Y and Z axes with respect to at their average value.
- the cutoff frequencies of said bandpass filter are substantially equal to 6mHz and 12mHz.
- the inventors have observed that colic attacks are manifested by jolts repeating over time, spaced from 2mn 45s to 5mn 30s.
- said data reference sequence is a sequence of data representative of a peak of substantially triangular shape.
- said frequency range is bounded by the frequencies 150mHz and 300mHz.
- a method for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal as described above further comprises a step of determining a representative P data of the standing or lying state of said animal comprising a step of comparing the average over a predetermined period, preferably substantially equal to 1 minute, of the values of the measurements of the components of the acceleration, or of their projection, on the Y axis relative to a predetermined state threshold value and / or a step of comparing the number of sign changes of the acceleration on the Y axis over said predetermined period with respect to a threshold number.
- the inventors have found that, unlike in the case where the animal is lying down, the average acceleration of the component along the Y axis of the acceleration is substantially zero and there is a minimum number of sign changes of the acceleration following Y over a predetermined period, when the animal is standing.
- said state threshold value is substantially equal to 0.2 g.
- a method for detecting and reporting the preparatory phase of an animal birth as described above further comprises a step of automatically classifying the state of the animal. said animal between a low-calving condition and an easy farrowing status from at least three data, preferably at least four data, more preferably at least five data, from the Q, A data, C, T, TR and P.
- said step of automatic binary classification of the state of said animal between a difficult farrowing state and an easy farrowing state comprising the following steps:
- the invention proposes to discriminate the birth condition of the animal between a difficult farrowing state and an easy farrowing state from the parameters Q, A, C, T and P.
- said time interval ⁇ is between 30 seconds and 2 minutes, preferably is substantially equal to 1 minute.
- said predetermined period is of a duration substantially equal to 1 hour.
- a method for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing an animal as described above further comprises a step of calculating a confidence index G expressing themselves in the form:
- a method for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing an animal as described above comprises a step of determining the instant tf in corresponding to the end of the farrowing, comprising a step of calculating at each instant t the sum S t of the variations of the values of the data A representative of the activity over a predefined time interval preceding said instant t and a step of detecting the maximum values of St over a predetermined period, making it possible to determine the instant tf in for which said value of St is maximum.
- said predefined time interval implemented during said step of determining the instant tf in corresponding to the end of the farrowing is of a duration substantially equal to 20 minutes.
- said predetermined period implemented during said step of determining the end time t corresponding to the end of the farrowing is of a duration at least equal to 30 minutes and preferably at least 50 minutes.
- a method for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing an animal as described above comprises a step of generating an alert signal intended to signaling the occurrence of an abnormally long farrowing, when no second warning signal is generated 2 hours after the generation of said first warning signal.
- the warning signal signaling the occurrence of an abnormally long farrowing can generate at any time chosen between lh and 2h after the generation of said first warning signal, without departing from the scope of the invention.
- the invention also relates to a computer program product comprising program code instructions for implementing the step of processing the measurements of the method for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of the farrowing of an animal. as described above and / or the step of automatic binary classification of the state of said animal between a difficult calving state and an easy calving state of the method of detecting and reporting the preparatory phase of farrowing an animal as described above, when executed by a processor.
- the invention also relates to a processor-readable recording medium on which a computer program is recorded for the implementation of the step of processing the measurements of the method of detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of setting-up. the bottom of an animal as described above and / or the step of the binary automatic classification step of the state of said animal between a difficult farrowing state and an easy farrowing state of the method detection and reporting of the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal as described above.
- the invention also relates to a device for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal of the family of cattle or the family of equidae comprising a sealed housing adapted to be fixed on a portion of the tail said animal containing:
- a 3D accelerometer for measuring the components of the acceleration of said portion of the tail along 3 axes
- the device according to the invention thus cleverly integrates a software application recorded on a recording medium, ensuring a complete processing of the accelerometer measurements, which makes it possible to limit the energy consumption of the device because the quantity of signals it emits to the outside is very small and this gives it a particularly extended energy autonomy.
- said first signal emitted by said transmitting means has a range of between 150 and 500 meters.
- the signal can be transmitted to a relay located in or near the barn or stabule where the animal is parked, regardless of the location of the animal in the building.
- the signal can still be transmitted directly to a communication terminal of the farmer, such as a mobile phone or a personal assistant for example, if it is close to the building.
- a device for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal as described above comprises means for generating a second radiocommunication signal intended to alerting of the occurrence of a difficult birthing of said animal, configured to generate said second signal in the case where said processor calculates a decision criterion f t greater than or equal to said predetermined threshold value S, said generating means said second signal being able to be said means for generating said first signal, and in that said transmitting means are capable of transmitting said second generated signal to a relay collector or a terminal.
- Figure 1 is a schematic view of a device according to the invention fixed on the tail of a cow;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of the contents of the box shown with reference to Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of the steps of an exemplary method of detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing of an animal according to the invention
- FIG. 4 details the substeps of the step of automatic binary classification of the state of an animal between a difficult farrowing state and an easy farrowing state, of the method presented with reference to FIG. ;
- FIGS. 5A to 5E illustrate an example of the evolution over time of data Q, A, C, T and P at the approach of a farrowing for an animal.
- a device 10 for detecting and signaling the preparatory farrowing phase according to the invention is shown with reference to FIG. 1, attached to the tail of a cow 11.
- the device 10 is in the form of a sealed housing 12 whose face 13 in contact with the tail of the cow 11 is substantially frustoconical in shape so as to match the shape of the tail.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of the housing 12, it contains a 3D accelerometer 21 connected to an electronic card 22 incorporating a microcontroller 210, which performs the processing of the measurements provided by the accelerometer 21 , and an integrated circuit 24 ensuring an optimization of the energy consumed by the housing 12.
- the software application for processing the measurements is stored in the flash memory 211 of the microcontroller 210, which is read by the processor ⁇ .
- the microcontroller 210 fitted to the card 22 processes the measurements delivered by the accelerometer 21 and makes it possible to generate a first warning signal, when the preparatory phase of farrowing is detected, and a second warning signal when a difficult calving is detected. detected.
- the first and the second warning signal are emitted by the antenna 23, in this particular embodiment of the invention.
- the measurements of the acceleration components are recorded at a sampling frequency of 4 Hz.
- acceleration measurements are not preserved after treatment. Indeed, the device 10 being provided to be able to operate without stopping several years, and more specifically from 5 to 10 years in this particular embodiment of the invention, providing a storage memory of sufficient capacity is not possible.
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of the steps E1-E10 of processing the measurements of the method for detecting and signaling the preparatory phase of farrowing of a cow according to the invention implemented in FIG. the software application stored in the flash memory 211.
- the components of the acceleration along three orthogonal axes x, y and z linked to the housing 12 are measured every 25 ms by the accelerometer 21, in a step E0.
- a step E1 the measurements of the components are projected in a direct orthonormal coordinate system X, Y, Z, where the Z axis is a vertical axis and directed downwards, the X axis is horizontal and in the extension of the sacrum of said animal.
- the animal has previously calibrated the position of the x, y, z reference linked to the housing relative to the X, Y, Z mark.
- E2 is then determined for each measurement instant, a Q data representative of a raised or lowered position of said tail.
- the calculated angle is then compared with a threshold angle value of 35 ° (step E23).
- a value 256 is assigned to Q for the time of measurement tm eS ure if the calculated angle is greater than or equal to 35 °; otherwise a value of 0 is assigned to Q.
- a data item A representative of the activity of the animal is determined by calculating (step E31) a root mean square of the variations of the projected and filtered components of the acceleration along the X, Y and Z axes with respect to their value. average over a minute.
- a C-data representative of the occurrence of a colic crisis in the animal is determined by applying (Step 41) a 2nd order Chebyshev-type bandpass filter to the projections of the measurements of the components of the acceleration. on the X and Z axes whose cutoff frequencies are 6mHz and 12mHz and the sum of the squares of the projections of the measurements filtered by the bandpass filter on the C data is affected (step 42).
- a T-value representative of the occurrence of contractions in the animal is determined by calculating an estimate (step 51) of the correlation coefficient, for each component of the projected acceleration on the X, Y or Z axis, between a sequence of 3.5s of the projection of the measurements of this component of the acceleration with a reference mask formed of a data sequence of a substantially triangular shaped peak 3.5s wide.
- the correlation coefficient obtained on each axis X, Y and Z is then integrated over a period of 15 minutes (step 52) and the sum of squares of the values of the correlation coefficient estimated on each axis X, Y is assigned to the value T. and Z (step 53).
- a data item TR representative of the occurrence of trampling in the animal is determined by identifying (step E61) a predominant frequency in the frequency spectrum for a sequence of the projection of the component of the acceleration following Y-axis one minute and assigned (step E62) a value 1 if the frequency identified is in the frequency range [150mHz; 300mHz], -1 otherwise.
- the processing of the measurements is completed by applying to the data Q, A, C, T and TR, in a step E7, a linear classifier of a binary automatic classification algorithm known per se, and comparing the output of this classifier to a threshold Sdass equal to 5.10 5 in this particular embodiment of the invention (step E71).
- This classifier makes it possible to discriminate the state of the animal between a state of preparation of the farrowing and a non-preparatory state as a function of the value of the output of the classifier with respect to the threshold Sdass.
- this embodiment of the invention allows in 88% of cases a detection of the phase preparation farrowing, without false alarm.
- a first warning signal is generated by the microcontroller 210, when the result of the automatic binary classification is a preparation state of the farrowing, in the step E8.
- This second alert signal is emitted by the antenna 23 in step E80.
- a data item P representative of the standing or lying state of said animal is also determined.
- comparing (step E91) the average over a period of 1 minute preceding the measurement instant tm eS u re, values of the projection on the Y axis of the measurements of the acceleration with respect to a state threshold value equal to 0.2 g and the value 1, corresponding to a standing position, is assigned (step E92) when the average is less than the state threshold value and the value 0 otherwise, corresponding to a supine position.
- the data P may be envisaged to determine the data P from the number of sign changes of the acceleration on the Y axis over a predetermined period, for example from 1 minute. If this number of sign changes is greater than or equal to a threshold, for example equal to 10 over a period of 1 minute, then we can assign the value 1, corresponding to a standing position, to the data P, and 0 otherwise .
- a step E10 of automatic binary classification of the state of the animal is then carried out between a difficult farrowing state and an easy farrowing state from the Q, A, C, T and P data.
- a second alert signal is generated by the microprocessor 210 in a step E20, in the case where the output of the classifier implemented during step E10 is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value S, equal to -0, 8741 in this particular embodiment of the invention.
- This second alert signal is emitted by the antenna 23 in step E30.
- step E10 is detailed.
- This vector of five continuous real variables ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ , ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 5
- i integer such that l ⁇ i ⁇ 240, and M, 2 is the duration since the last changing from a supine position to standing or vice versa at the index i estimated from the sequence of successive values of P.
- a vector of characteristics F t (Ft 1 , Ft 2 , Ft 3 , Ft 4 , F t 5 ) is determined, where F t k , l ⁇ k ⁇ 5, is the maximum of mean values of M k during the hour before time t.
- P (F k F t k
- a decision criterion f t or classifier, is calculated, expressing the form:
- a subscript E105 is further calculated with a confidence index G expressed as: where ⁇ ⁇ , l ⁇ k ⁇ 5, are constants, and. ⁇ is the confidence provided by the characteristic k, l ⁇ k ⁇ 5, which is expressed as: e
- This confidence coefficient is transmitted to the farmer when the second warning signal is issued.
- the exemplary embodiment detailed above makes it possible to detect a difficult calving in 82% of the cases, with a confidence index greater than 0.78.
- step E40 the instant tf in corresponding to the end of the farrowing is determined. This step E40 is intended to prevent a second warning signal is issued, inadvertently and inappropriate, after the end of calving.
- the microcontroller is advantageously configured to no longer generate any second warning signal.
- an alert signal for signaling the occurrence of an abnormally long farrowing is generated by the microcontroller 210 when no second warning signal is generated 2 hours after the generation of the first warning signal without the end of farrowing time tf in is exceeded.
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