KR20190139610A - Animal status remote monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for remotely monitoring an animal condition, which is to determine a health condition of an animal and pregnancy, and to rapidly respond thereto. According to the present invention, the system comprises: an animal condition information acquiring device attached to each animal body; a gateway for collecting extended transmission information and transmitting the same to an integrated control server; and an integrated control server for storing, analyzing, and managing the extended transmission information.

Description

Animal status remote monitoring system

The present invention relates to a system for remote monitoring of animal status, and in particular, by configuring to acquire and transmit the animal's status information about the movement of the animal as well as the skin temperature and humidity of the animal, so as to remotely monitor the health and pregnancy of the animal, etc. It is possible to make a judgment and quick response, and to expand the transmission information added with the power status information and GPS information in addition to the animal status information to be transmitted to the remote control server, thereby obtaining more detailed animal status and animal status information. The status of the device can be monitored remotely and appropriate action can be taken quickly, and the animal status information acquisition device attached to the barn animal and the grazing animal can be separated through separate short-range and long-range wireless communication. To configure data communication with the gateway. , The state of the animal that corresponds to at least one type of barn-type animals and grazing-type animals in remote relates to animal status remote monitoring system that enables integrated monitoring.

Animals including cows, pigs, sheep, horses, etc. need to be constantly checked for their health status, and these animals can provide healthy foods such as meat and milk to people through continuous health checks. In addition, continuous monitoring and management are necessary to identify and secure the pregnancy of animals.

In this regard, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2016-0036801 (hereinafter referred to as "prior art document") includes a fixing part to be fixed to the body of a companion animal; A storage unit for storing information on the health and medical care of the companion animal; A communication unit for enabling information transmission and reception with other devices; The control unit for controlling the overall operation; including the animal's exercise amount, feed intake, sleep time, pulse information, body temperature information, such as health information and hospital medical records such that the medical information such as the persistent health of the companion animal A health monitoring device and a health monitoring device, which are capable of management, easy medical treatment at a hospital, and enable continuous health management using information stored in a storage unit even in the case of transfer or loss of a companion animal; A portable terminal for transmitting and receiving information with the health monitoring device; A server that transmits and receives information to and from the portable terminal and provides information requested by the portable terminal, the owner of the pet can check the health status of the pet through the portable terminal, and based on the location signal of the health monitoring device. As a result, it is possible to find a veterinary clinic close to a pet and provides a pet health monitoring system to receive the latest medical information for the pet species.

Strictly speaking, such prior art documents refer only to a system for monitoring the health of a companion animal, and to a device for acquiring status information for determining the health status and pregnancy status of an animal that provides food such as meat and milk to humans. I never do that. Furthermore, since the prior art document does not present at all about the power saving method of the health monitoring device, it is impossible to use stable for a long time, and in particular, there is a disadvantage in that it is limited to be applied to grazing livestock animals.

In addition, when the distance for transmitting the status information of the animal is a long distance, when the communication state between the terminal attached to the animal and the remote gateway, server, etc. is poor, remote monitoring of the monitoring target may not be smooth. In particular, when the terminal attached to the animal is arranged in various shielding places, such as mountains, valleys, etc. that are obstacles in radio transmission and reception, communication may not be smooth. However, the prior art document does not present any way to solve the problems caused by the communication failure.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0036801 (published date: April 05, 2016, the name of the invention: pet health monitoring device and health monitoring system using the same)

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and is configured to acquire and transmit the animal's state information about the animal's movement as well as the skin temperature and humidity of the animal, so that the animal's health state remotely And judging whether or not a pregnancy is made and responding quickly, and configured to transmit extended transmission information including power status information and GPS information in addition to animal status information to a remote integrated control server, thereby making it more specific animal status. And animal status information acquisition devices can be remotely monitored and appropriate actions can be taken quickly, and the animal status information acquisition devices attached to the barn animals and grazing animals are separate short-range wireless communication and long-range wireless communication. Communication enables data communication with a separate gateway. Constructed by, the present invention is to provide an animal condition remote monitoring system for the status of the animal for the animal stall type and grazing type of at least one type of animal to be integrated with the remote monitoring for that purpose.

In addition, the present invention, the animal state information acquisition device that can be directly connected to the gateway performs data communication with the gateway and integrated control server directly, the animal state information acquisition device that can not be directly connected to the gateway indirectly gateway and integration through a repeater By providing data communication with the control server, it is possible to provide an animal condition remote monitoring system that ensures the certainty and elasticity of the connection of the animal status information acquisition device and the connection of the gateway and the integrated control server according to the installation environment. For that purpose.

In addition, the present invention allocates and schedules a time slot for performing data communication to each animal state information acquisition device to which the gateway (or repeater) is connected, and each animal state information acquisition device maintains its own sleep state. Wake up only in a time slot to perform data communication with a gateway (or repeater), wherein the gateway (or repeater) is configured to remain in a sleep state in an unassigned and empty time slot, whereby the animal status information obtaining device and gateway (or repeater) It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote monitoring system for the animal condition which can minimize the power consumption of the battery.

In addition, the present invention is configured so that the animal state information acquisition device can detect not only the skin temperature and humidity of the animal, but also the state information on the movement of the animal, thereby providing beneficial state information for determining the health state and pregnancy status of the animal. It is an object of the present invention to provide an animal condition remote monitoring system that can be obtained and utilized.

In addition, the present invention is configured so that the animal state information obtaining apparatus can perform data communication with the gateway (or repeater) through at least one of the Bluetooth communication unit and the Laura communication unit, to at least one of the barn type animal and grazing animal. It is an object of the present invention to provide an animal condition remote monitoring system that can be applied, and at the same time can be selectively obtained and transmitted to the gateway (or repeater).

In addition, the present invention is to maintain the sleep state of the animal state information acquisition device wakes up every set period or for a predetermined time or when the gateway request, so that the animal state information can be detected or transmitted under the control of the controller It is an object of the present invention to provide an animal condition remote monitoring system capable of minimizing power consumption of a power supply unit constituted by a battery.

In addition, the present invention is configured to display a notification or warning through the display unit when the animal state information acquisition device does not meet (set out) the value of the animal state information detected under the control of the control unit (set out) The aim is to provide a remote monitoring system for animal conditions that allows the supervisor or supervisor to carry out rapid response or response on site.

In addition, the present invention is configured so that the animal status information acquisition device can be transmitted to the integrated control server through the gateway (or relay and gateway), the status information (battery remaining amount) of the power supply unit consisting of a battery, so that the administrator or supervisor remotely It is an object of the present invention to provide an animal condition remote monitoring system that allows timely response such as battery replacement.

In addition, the present invention is configured so that the animal state information acquisition device can additionally transmit the GPS information of the animal to a remote integrated control server through a gateway (or a repeater and gateway), grasp and manage the movement path of the grazing animal It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for remote monitoring of animal status.

In addition, the present invention is so that whenever the animal state information acquisition apparatus is detected the animal state information, the detection time-state information data matching the detection time information and the detected animal state information can be stored in the memory unit in order In the transmission, the device ID information, the power supply status information, and the GPS information (when the GPS unit is applied) are added to each detection time-status data stored in the memory unit so that they can be sequentially transmitted. By transmitting the detected detection time-status data to be deleted from the memory unit, it is possible to improve the transmission efficiency and stability of the data including various information, and to apply a small amount of the memory unit remote monitoring system Its purpose is to provide.

The constituent means constituting the animal condition remote monitoring system of the present invention proposed to solve the technical problem as described above is attached to the body of each animal, and obtains and transmits the animal's state information at a set period or at a set time or on request An animal state information obtaining apparatus, a gateway for collecting extended transmission information including the state information of each animal transmitted from the animal state information obtaining apparatus, and transmitting to the integrated control server, for each animal state information obtaining apparatus received from the gateway And an integrated control server for storing, analyzing, and managing extended transmission information including animal status information.

Here, the animal state information obtaining apparatus is attached to a barn-type animal or a grazing animal, and the gateway collects extended transmission information including animal state information transmitted from the animal state information obtaining apparatus attached to the barn-type animal. It is characterized in that it comprises a short-range gateway and a long-range gateway for collecting extended transmission information including the state information of the animal transmitted from the animal state information acquisition device attached to the grazing animal.

The apparatus may further include a repeater configured to receive extended transmission information including the animal state information from the animal state information acquisition device attached to the grazing animal that cannot be directly connected to the remote gateway, and transmit the extended transmission information to the remote gateway. It is done.

Here, the apparatus for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal primarily attempts to directly connect to the remote gateway, and when directly connected to the remote gateway as a result of the connection attempt, directly with the integrated control server through the remote gateway. It performs data communication, and if not directly connected to the remote gateway, it is connected to the repeater secondly and indirectly through the repeater is characterized in that the data communication with the remote gateway and the integrated control server.

According to the present invention, the animal state remote monitoring system having the above-described technical problem and solving means, because it is configured to acquire and transmit the animal's state information on the movement of the animal as well as the skin temperature and humidity of the animal, It is effective to determine the state of health and pregnancy, and to proceed quickly.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the extended transmission information in addition to the power status information and GPS information in addition to the animal status information is configured to be transmitted to the remote integrated control server, a more specific animal status and animal status information acquisition apparatus The effect is that the condition can be monitored remotely and the appropriate action can be taken quickly.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the animal state information acquisition apparatus attached to the barn type animal and grazing animal is configured to perform data communication with a separate gateway through separate short range wireless communication and long range wireless communication, The effect of enabling remote and integrated monitoring of the condition of the animal corresponding to at least one of the barn and grazing animals occurs.

In addition, according to the present invention, the animal state information obtaining apparatus which can be directly connected to the gateway performs data communication with the direct gateway and the integrated control server, and the animal state information obtaining apparatus which cannot be directly connected to the gateway is indirectly connected through the gateway. And because it is configured to perform data communication with the integrated control server, there is an advantage to ensure the certainty and elasticity of the connection of the animal status information acquisition device, the connection of the gateway and the integrated control server according to the installation environment.

In addition, according to the present invention, a time slot for performing data communication is allocated to each animal state information obtaining device to which the gateway (or repeater) is connected and scheduled, and each animal state information obtaining device maintains a sleep state. Wake up only in its own time slot to perform data communication with a gateway (or repeater), and the gateway (or repeater) is configured to remain in a sleep state in an unoccupied and empty time slot. Or a repeater) to minimize power consumption.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the animal state information acquisition device is configured to detect not only the skin temperature and humidity of the animal but also the state information on the movement of the animal, it is advantageous to determine the health state and pregnancy of the animal, etc. The effect of acquiring and utilizing the state information occurs.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the animal state information obtaining apparatus is configured to perform data communication with the gateway (or repeater) through at least one of the Bluetooth communication unit and the Laura communication unit, In addition to being applied to at least one, there is an effect that the state information of the animal can be selectively acquired and transmitted to the gateway (or repeater).

In addition, according to the present invention, the animal state information acquisition device maintains a sleep state and wakes up at a set period or at a set time or when a gateway is requested, and according to the control of the controller, the animal state information can be detected or acquired or transmitted. Since it is configured to be able to, the advantage is generated that can minimize the power consumption of the power unit consisting of a battery.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the animal state information obtaining apparatus does not meet (set out) the value of the animal state information detected under the control of the control unit (preset) so that a notification or warning is displayed through the display unit. Because of the configuration, there is an advantage that allows the administrator or supervisor to perform a quick response or response in the field.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the animal state information obtaining apparatus is configured to transmit the state information (battery remaining amount) of the power unit composed of the battery can also be transmitted to the integrated control server through the gateway (or the repeater and the gateway), the remote administrator Or, there is an advantage that allows the monitor to perform a timely response, such as battery replacement.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the animal state information obtaining apparatus additionally configured so that the GPS information of the animal can be transmitted to the remote integrated control server through the gateway (or the repeater and the gateway), the moving path of the grazing animal The effect is to facilitate identification and management.

Further, according to the present invention, whenever the animal state information obtaining apparatus detects the animal state information, the detection time-state information data matching the detection time information and the detected animal state information may be stored in the memory unit in order. When transmitting, the device ID information, power status information, and GPS information (when GPS section is applied) are added to each detection time-status data stored in the memory section. In addition, since the detected detection time-state information data is configured to be deleted from the memory unit, the transmission efficiency and stability of data including various information can be improved, and the effect of enabling the application of a small capacity memory unit occurs. do.

1 is a block diagram of a configuration of a remote animal monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart for explaining some operations of the animal condition remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a detailed block diagram of an animal condition information obtaining apparatus constituting an animal condition remote monitoring system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an apparatus for obtaining animal condition information constituting an animal condition remote monitoring system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention animal remote monitoring system having the above problems, solving means and effects.

The terms or words used below should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors can properly define the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts corresponding to the technical spirit of the present invention. In addition, the size or shape of the components shown in the drawings in this process may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. In addition, terms that are specifically defined in consideration of the configuration and operation of the present invention may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user or operator.

1 is a block diagram of an animal condition remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the animal condition remote monitoring system 1000 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 and a plurality of animal state information obtaining apparatuses attached to and disposed on the body of each animal. Receive and store extended transmission information including the state information of each animal from the plurality of gateways 300 and the plurality of gateways 300 for collecting information necessary for animal monitoring and analysis through a short-range or long-distance communication method with the 100; And an integrated control server 500 for analyzing and managing integrated. In addition, the animal condition remote monitoring system 1000 according to the present invention is configured by adding an administrator access terminal 700 to be connected to the integrated control server 500 anytime and anywhere to check the animal state information and their analysis information. In particular, when the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is configured to perform data transmission and reception in a telecommunication method, in order to solve the problem of data communication failure, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and the gateway 300 In detail, the relay 200 may further include a repeater 200 for relaying data communication between the remote gateways 310.

The animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is attached to the body of each animal, and acquires and transmits the state information of the animal at a set period or at a set time or at the request of the gateway 300 or the repeater 200. To perform. That is, the apparatus 100 for acquiring the animal state information according to the present invention detects the state information of the animal to which it is attached at every set period or at a set time, or at the request of the gateway 300 (or the repeater 200 in some cases). And the extended transmission information obtained by adding the state information and additional information of the animal obtained at every set period or at a set time or at the request of the gateway 300 (or the repeater 200 in some cases). Transmits to the gateway 300 (or a repeater).

The apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information according to the present invention enables wireless communication with the gateway 300 and, in some cases, the repeater 200, and is a terminal device attached to an animal body, specifically, an IoT terminal. Corresponds to the device. Animal state information acquisition device 100 according to the present invention is formed in a structure that can be stably attached to the body (eg, neck) of the animal, such as cattle.

In detail, the apparatus 100 for acquiring the animal state information may include various components and parts mounted in a case, and the case may be attached to and contact the body of the animal. It is configured to be stably attached to body parts.

The apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information needs to be made of a material and a form that does not give skin troubles such as an allergy to an animal. Therefore, the case and the band need to be made of a material and form that does not adversely affect the skin of animals and allergies, such as allergies. In addition, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is formed so as to be rigid, stable and airtight so as not to be affected by the external environment, and has a gas tight or airtight structure that can ensure waterproof and moisture proof. desirable.

On the other hand, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is attached to the body of the animal that can provide food, such as meat, milk to the human to obtain the state information of the animal so that the health of the animal, whether pregnant or not can be determined To perform the operation. Therefore, the animal to be applied in the present invention particularly corresponds to an animal capable of providing food such as meat, milk to people such as cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, and at least one of a livestock animal and a grazing animal. It is preferred to be an animal belonging to the type.

The animal to which the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is attached may correspond to various animals as described above, and freely in a barn-type animal and a wild mountain or a wide and rough pasture, in particular, an animal grown in a caged state. It may correspond to a grazing animal corresponding to the animal raised in the released state.

As a result, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information according to the present invention is in a state of being attached to a barn-type animal or a grazing animal, and performs data communication with the gateway 300 and, in some cases, with the repeater 200. Command to transmit extended information including the animal's status information to the gateway 300 (or the repeater 200) or obtain status information from the gateway 300 (or the repeater 200) or transmit a request. Control information corresponding to setting information such as an information acquisition cycle, a state information transmission cycle, time slot information, and firmware upgrade information may be received.

As described above, the apparatus 100 for obtaining animal state information transmits extended transmission information including state information of each animal attached to the gateway 300. Then, the gateway 300 transmits the extension transmission information to the integrated control server 500. That is, the gateway 300 collects the extended transmission information including the state information of each animal transmitted from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and transmits the collected information to the integrated control server 500.

The state information of the animal according to the present invention corresponds to information including the skin temperature of the animal, the skin humidity of the animal and the number of movements of the animal. Therefore, the apparatus 100 for acquiring the animal state information performs an operation of acquiring and transmitting animal state information corresponding to the skin temperature of the animal, the skin humidity of the animal, and the number of movements of the animal.

However, when the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 transmits the state information of the animal to the gateway 300, the device ID for identifying the animal state information obtaining apparatus does not merely transmit the obtained state information of the animal. Transmitting the extended transmission information to the gateway 300 further including GPS information for identifying information, power status information corresponding to battery information, and location of an animal, that is, location of the animal status information obtaining apparatus 100. Perform the action.

Therefore, the gateway 300 according to the present invention collects the extended transmission information including the state information of each animal transmitted from the animal state information obtaining apparatus and transmits the collected information to the integrated control server 500. Then, the integrated control server 500 stores the extended transmission information including the state information of each animal corresponding to each animal state information obtaining apparatus 100, and analyzes them to analyze the health state, pregnancy status, and movement of the corresponding animal. The path and the like may be determined and monitored, and further, the state of the corresponding animal state information obtaining apparatus 100, specifically, whether or not the battery needs to be replaced and the battery replacement time may be determined and monitored.

The gateway 300 performs wireless data communication with the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100, collects extended transmission information including the state information of the animal, and transmits the expanded transmission information to the integrated control server 500. The gateway 300 may be arranged to perform data communication with all the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the barn animal and the grazing animal. In this case, however, time, effort, and cost may be unnecessarily required to implement different wireless communication methods in one gateway, and the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the barn-type animal may be a gateway for remote wireless communication. It is not reasonable to connect the communication with the 300, and the communication connection with the gateway 300 for short-range wireless communication of the apparatus 100 for obtaining animal state information attached to the grazing animal may cause too many gateways 300 to be connected. There is a problem that needs to be built.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 1, the gateway 300 according to the present invention is more advantageous and reasonable to perform data communication through short-range wireless communication. The short-range gateway 310 corresponding to the apparatus 100 for obtaining animal state information is more advantageous. And it is separated from the remote gateway 330 corresponding to the more advantageous and reasonable animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 to perform data communication through the remote wireless communication.

Since the barn-type animal is active in a defined narrow range and is raised in a cage of a confined form, the animal state information obtaining device 100 which is eventually attached to the barn-type animal is also located only within a certain narrow range. Accordingly, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the barn-type animal may transmit extended transmission information by performing data communication with a short range gateway 310 disposed in a neighborhood through a short range wireless communication scheme.

On the contrary, since the grazing animal is not limited to a wide and wide range of activities and is raised in a free and unfrozen pasture, the animal state information obtaining device 100 which is eventually attached to and placed on the grazing animal is also wide and inconsistent. Located in a wide range of pastures. Therefore, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal cannot transmit extended transmission information by performing data communication with one or two short-range gateways 310 disposed in the vicinity through a short-range wireless communication method. It is preferable to configure data transmission through the remote gateway 330 capable of long distance communication so as to transmit extended transmission information.

As such, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 according to the present invention is attached to a barn-type animal or a grazing animal, and the gateway 300 according to the present invention is attached to the barn-type animal. Extended transmission including the state information of the animal transmitted from the near-gate gateway 310 for collecting the extended transmission information including the state information of the animal transmitted from the (100) and the animal state information acquisition device 100 attached to the grazing animal The remote gateway 330 collects information.

The short-range gateway 310 performs data communication with each animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 disposed near and inside the barn and attached to the barn-type animal grown in the barn by using a short-range wireless communication method. , And collects extended transmission information including the animal state information from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the barn-type animal and transmits the expanded transmission information to the integrated control server 500. Separately, the remote gateway 330 is a remote wireless communication method with each animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 which is disposed attached to a grazing animal grown in a wide range of pastures at a specific location or remote location near a pasture. LoRa) to perform data communication, and collects the extended transmission information including the animal state information from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal and transmits it to the integrated control server 500. .

The short range gateway 310 collects extended transmission information including the state information of the animal transmitted by the Bluetooth communication method from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the barn-type animal to the integrated control server 500. The remote gateway 330 collects the extended transmission information including the state information of the animal transmitted by the LoRa communication method from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal, and integrates the collected information. The control server 500 transmits.

In this way, the integrated control server 500 receiving the extended transmission information including the status information of the animal with respect to each animal status information acquisition device from the gateway 300 consisting of the short-range gateway 310 and the remote gateway 330 ) Stores the extended transmission information corresponding to each animal state information obtaining apparatus 100, and analyzes each of them to determine the battery replacement time through the corresponding animal's health status, pregnancy status, movement route, and battery remaining information. Through this determination result, the corresponding animal and the apparatus 100 for obtaining animal state information are managed. That is, the integrated control server 500 according to the present invention is the animal state information for each animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 received from the short-range gateway 310 and the remote gateway 330 constituting the gateway 300 Performs an operation of storing, analyzing and managing the extended transmission information, including.

The integrated control server 500 stores the transmitted extended transmission information corresponding to each animal or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 corresponding to each animal, and the analysis result of analyzing the extended transmission information is also for each animal or The animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 corresponding to each animal is stored and displayed correspondingly. The results of the analysis include health status, pregnancy status, movement route, battery level, battery replacement time, communication status, etc. of each animal.

The extended transmission information and the analysis result stored in the integrated control server 500 may be directly checked by a server administrator, an operator, or the like, and appropriate measures may be taken, but may also be checked by a variety of remote parties. To this end, the animal condition remote monitoring system 1000 according to the present invention further includes an administrator access terminal 700 that accesses the integrated control server 500 to check the various information and take various actions remotely. Can be configured.

The manager access terminal 700 is used by various persons, for example, the owner or manager of each barn animal, the owner or manager of each grazing animal, the manager of the integrated control server 500, etc. anytime, anywhere. If it can be connected to 500, it can be configured in various ways.

On the other hand, the animal condition remote monitoring system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a long distance between the data communication by the remote communication, that is, the animal state information acquisition device 100 and the remote gateway 330 is attached to the grazing animal The repeater 200 is further configured to solve or supplement a problem that may occur in the Laura communication corresponding to the communication, that is, a communication failure due to various environments, a problem of communication failure.

Among the animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 constituting the animal state remote monitoring system 100 according to the present invention, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to a grazing animal is basically or in principle, the most stable. In a simple and normal connection method, the remote gateway 330 directly connects to the remote gateway 330 to perform data communication directly with the remote gateway 330 and the integrated control server 500. However, when a communication failure occurs or a communication failure occurs due to a surrounding environment or the like, transmission of the extended transmission information and control information between the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and the remote gateway 330 that are attached to the grazing animal. The transmission may not be successful or it may be bad. In order to cope with such a situation or to solve the problem, the present invention further includes a repeater 200 for relaying data communication between the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal and the remote gateway 330. Include.

That is, the animal state remote monitoring system 1000 according to the present invention is extended transmission including the state information of the animal from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal that cannot be directly connected to the remote gateway 330. It further comprises a repeater 200 for receiving information and transmitting to the remote gateway 330. More specifically, the animal condition remote monitoring system 1000 according to the present invention performs downlink data communication with the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal, and communicates with the remote gateway 330. It is preferable that the repeater 200 for performing directional connection data communication is further configured.

For this reason, in the present invention, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal may be directly connected to the remote gateway 330 by using a LoRa telecommunication method, but when the direct connection is impossible, The relay 200 may be indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330. That is, the present invention has the advantage that the elasticity of the connection between the remote gateway 330 and the integrated control server 500 according to the installation environment of the animal state information acquisition device 100 attached to the grazing animal.

Specifically, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal is directly connected to the remote gateway 330 to transmit the extended transmission information or the remote gateway 200 through the relay 200. 330 is indirectly connected to transmit the extended transmission information. In principle, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal performs data communication through a single hop with a remote gateway through a Laura communication method, but in the present invention, when data communication is impossible through a single hop, The repeater 200 may perform data communication with the remote gateway 330 through substantially two hops.

The repeater 200 is connected to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to each of the grazing animals that cannot be directly connected to the remote gateway 330 to receive the extended transmission information. In addition, the repeater 200 transmits the extended transmission information including the state information of the animal to the remote gateway 330.

On the other hand, the repeater 200 in the process of transmitting the extended transmission information including the state information of the animal information about the communication state with the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal, that is, communication state information It may be further included together to be transmitted to the integrated control server 5000 through the remote gateway 330. In addition, even when the relay 200 is not used, that is, the local gateway 310 and the remote gateway 330 are attached to the animal state in the process of transmitting extended transmission information including the state information of the animal. It is preferable to further include information on the communication state with the information obtaining apparatus 100, that is, communication state information, so that it can be transmitted to the integrated control server 5000.

Then, the integrated control server 500 is the animal state information acquisition device 100 and the repeater 200 (or near gateway 310, the remote gateway 330 attached to the animal transmitted with the extended transmission information) Communication state information between the two, and the failure state of the communication state between the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the animal and the repeater 200 (or the short-range gateway 310, the remote gateway 330) Diagnosis or normality can be determined, which gives the advantage of being able to respond quickly to the situation.

Animal state remote monitoring system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention having the configuration as described above is attached to the barn-type animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is connected to the short-range gateway 310 to obtain the animal state information It is possible to perform data communication for transmitting the extended transmission information including, and some of the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal is directly connected to the remote gateway 330 to include the animal state information The animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 may perform data communication for transmitting extended transmission information, and are attached to some other grazing animals, which may not be directly connected to the remote gateway 330, through the repeater 200. Data indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330 to transmit extended transmission information including the state information of the animal. So that God can do.

The apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal primarily attempts to directly connect to the remote gateway 330, and when the connection attempt is directly connected to the remote gateway 330, the remote gateway 330 Data communication with the integrated control server 500 directly through), if not directly connected to the remote gateway 330 is connected to the repeater 200 secondary and indirectly through the repeater 200 Performs data communication with the remote gateway 330 and the integrated control server 500.

The apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal, which cannot be directly connected to the remote gateway 330, connects communication with the repeater 2000 secondly through a command according to an operation of an installer or an administrator. To perform.

On the other hand, the animal state information acquisition apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal primarily attempts to connect directly to the remote gateway 330, and if direct connection is not made to the remote gateway 330, Likewise, instead of being connected to the repeater 200 through a command according to an operation of an installer or a pipe, it may be automatically connected to the repeater 200 by itself. That is, when the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal cannot be directly connected to the remote gateway 330, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 may be connected to the relay 200 manually according to an external command according to a preset mode setting. It may be, or may be automatically connected to the repeater 200. Since the access to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal is not always easy, the latter mode, that is, the mode automatically connected to the repeater 200 is more preferable.

In this manner, each of the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal, which cannot be directly connected to the remote gateway 330, transmits the extended transmission information to the relay 200. Then, the repeater 200 transmits the extended transmission information received through the downlink to the integrated control server 500 through the remote gateway 330 through the uplink.

The repeater 200 is a dual band repeater, and has a wireless communication module independent of each other so that the downlink communication and the uplink communication can be independently performed. To this end, the repeater 200 according to the present invention is a downward connection for performing data communication with the animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the grazing animal that cannot be directly connected to the remote gateway 330. And a wireless communication module for upward connection for performing data communication with the remote gateway 330 separately from the wireless communication module for the downlink and the wireless communication module for the downward connection.

As described above, some of the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the animal (those attached to the livestock animal) performs data communication with the short range gateway 310 and is attached to the grazing animal. A part of the animal status information obtaining apparatus 100 is directly connected to the remote gateway 330 to perform data communication, and another part of the animal status information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal is a remote gateway ( 330 is indirectly connected to perform data communication.

The remote gateway 330 directly connected to the local gateway 310 connected to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the barn animal or the animal state information obtaining device 100 attached to the grazing animal. ) Manages the plurality of animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100, and in order to efficiently transmit and receive the extended transmission information and control information with each of them, the number of downlink nodes, that is, the connected animal state information obtaining apparatus ( It is preferable to perform flexible scheduling by allocating time slots according to the number of 100).

In addition, the repeater 200 for indirectly connecting the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal to the remote gateway 330 manages a plurality of animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100, In order to efficiently transmit and receive each of the extended transmission information and control information, it is necessary to allocate a time slot according to the number of downlink nodes, that is, the number of the connected animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100, to perform flexible scheduling. desirable.

In addition, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to each of the grazing animals may be connected to the repeater 200 (or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the barn animal) with the short range gateway 310. Alternatively, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to a grazing animal may transmit / receive data with the remote gateway 330, that is, a time corresponding to a time at which the extended transmission information including animal state information may be transmitted and received. A slot is allocated and wakes up only in the assigned time slot to perform data communication with the repeater (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330), that is, transmit and receive extended transmission information including animal status information, and sleep at rest. is maintained in a sleep state, and the repeater 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) is also assigned the time slot. Other than the time slot, that is, the empty time slot which is not assigned so that they can be managed to maintain the sleep state.

Specifically, the relay 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) is an animal state attached to the grazing animal that is indirectly connected to the far gateway 330 performing data communication with itself. Information obtaining apparatuses 100 (or animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal) or animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330 Allocate time slots to each of them, and schedule animal status information obtaining apparatuses 100 (or attached to the grazing animals) attached to the grazing animals indirectly connected to the respective remote gateways 330. Animal attached to the grazing animal which is directly connected to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 or the remote gateway 330 The Taekwondo acquisition apparatus 100 wakes up only in its assigned time slot to perform data communication with the repeater 200 (or the short-range gateway 310 or the remote gateway 330), and the repeater 200 (or The short range gateway 310 or the long range gateway 330 may be connected to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the long range gateways 330. Awakening is performed for each time slot assigned to the attached animal status information obtaining apparatus 100 or the animal status information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330 to perform data communication. In an empty time slot, it sleeps. As a result, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 (or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal) attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 or the The animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the far gateway 330 and the repeater 200 (or the short range gateway 310 or the far gateway 330) are in data communication. In other words, it wakes up only when performing extended transmission information and control information transmission and reception, and performs data communication, and maintains a sleep state at other times, thereby minimizing power consumption.

To this end, the repeater 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) is an animal state information acquisition device attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateway 330 ( 100 (or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330) And animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 (or animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal) attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 or the remote gateway. To perform data communication with the animal state information obtaining apparatus (100) attached to the grazing animal directly connected to (330) , The animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 (or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal) attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 or the remote gateway ( Time slots are allocated to and stored in the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the 330. In addition, the repeater 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) is an animal state information acquisition device attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateway 330 to be connected ( 100) (or animal status information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal or animal status information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330) The current time information for the time synchronization (of the repeater (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330)) and the allocated time slot information are transmitted together with the corresponding ack message.

Then, the animal state information obtaining device 100 (or the animal state information obtaining device 100 attached to the grazing animal) attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330, or the long distance. The apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the gateway 330 is the current time of the received repeater 200 (or the short range gateway 310 or the far gateway 330). Set to the current time of his own to keep time synchronization and to store and manage the information of the allocated time slot. Thereafter, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 (or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal) attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 or the long distance. The animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the gateway 330 wakes up only in the time slot assigned to the grazing animal, so that the repeater 20 (or the short-range gateway 310 or the long-range gateway ( 330)) and data communication, i.e., transmission and reception of extended transmission information or control information including animal status information, and when data transmission and reception is completed, the device maintains a sleep state again until its next time slot is reached.

The repeater 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) is an animal state information acquisition device 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the far gateway 330 ( Or time slots allocated to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330. To store and schedule the animals, the apparatus 100 for obtaining animal state information attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 (or obtaining animal state information attached to the grazing animal). Apparatus for obtaining animal state information attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the device 100 or the remote gateway 330 ( 100)) when the animal wakes up from its time slot, wakes up at the same time and attaches to the grazing animal attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to the corresponding remote gateway 330 (or to the grazing animal). The animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330) may transmit and receive data communication. Repeater 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) also animal state information acquisition device 100 (or attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateway 330) (or The grazing directly connected to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 or the remote gateway 330 attached to the grazing animal Upon completion of data transmission and reception with the animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the animal, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330. Or in a time slot allocated to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330. Sleep until you reach it.

That is, the repeater 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) wakes up in all assigned time slots and is attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to the far gateway 330. Information obtaining apparatus 100 (or animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal) or animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330 Data communication) and sleep in the remaining time slots, i.e., unallocated and empty time slots. As a result, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 (or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal or the remote gateway attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330). The animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the 330 and the repeater 200 (or the short range gateway 310 or the long range gateway 330) may minimize power consumption. Can be.

However, the repeater 200 (or near gateway 310 or far gateway 330) acquires animal state information attached to the grazing animal that is indirectly connected to each of the far gateway 330 during an initial setup period. Device 100 (or animal status information obtaining device 100 attached to the grazing animal or animal status information obtaining device 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330) In order to interlock, the grazing animal indirectly connected to the new remote gateway 330 continuously transmitted without switching to the sleep mode until the low power schedule command sent from the integrated control server 500 is received. Animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 to be attached (or animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 to be attached to the grazing animal) or Processing the data in the groups ranged animal gateway status information acquisition unit 100) is attached to the grazing animal type which is directly connected to the unit 330 and may be registered.

Acquiring animal state information device 100 (or animal state information attached to the grazing animal) attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 waking up in each allocated time slot. The extended transmission information transmitted by the apparatus 100 or the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal directly connected to the remote gateway 330 is transmitted to the repeater 200 (or the short range gateway 310). Or the remote gateway 330 transmits to a higher node, that is, the remote gateway 330 (or the integrated control server 500).

The extended transmission information transmission method including the state information of the animal from the repeater 200 to the remote gateway 330 will be described. This transmission method may proceed in one of two ways, a partial transmission method and a batch transmission method.

In the partial transmission method, as soon as the repeater 200 receives the extended transmission information from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330, an upper node. This is a method for transmitting to the remote gateway 330. In this case, the time slot allocated to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 may have extended transmission information transmitted from the repeater 200. It includes up to the time when reception to the remote gateway 3300 is completed.

In the partial transmission method, the repeater 200 receiving the extended transmission information transmitted from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330 receives an ack message. Instead of sending, the extended transmission information is immediately transmitted to the far gateway 330, and when the far gateway 330 transmits an ack message, it is indirectly connected to the far gateway 330 via the repeater 200. Since the data is transmitted and received by the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal, the animal state information attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330 is obtained. In the apparatus 100, the repeater 200 receives the ack message from the remote gateway 330 and forwards it. How to wait. Therefore, the time slot allocated to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 is the grazing indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330. Animal state information acquisition device 100 attached to the animal includes until the time to complete the reception of the ack message transmitted by the remote gateway 330,

Meanwhile, the batch transmission method continuously receives extended transmission information from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330. After storing, the stored extended transmission information is transmitted to the remote gateway 330 at a time in a specific empty time slot.

In other words, the batch transmission method is obtained from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330 by using a queue provided in the repeater 200. The animal state attached to the grazing animal which is indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330 stored in the queue so far when the extended transmission information received is continuously stored in the queue and a preset empty time slot appears. The extended transmission information of the information acquisition apparatuses 100 is transmitted. In this manner, when the repeater 200 receives the extended transmission information from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to each of the remote gateways 330, the repeater 200 receives an ack message. The animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is attached to the grazing animal indirectly connected to the remote gateway 330.

The operation of the animal condition remote monitoring system 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention described above will be briefly described as follows.

First, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the barn-type animal is connected to the short range gateway 310 to perform data communication using a short range communication method using a Bluetooth communication method. That is, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the barn-type animal is connected to the short range gateway 310 to directly transmit and receive data. In this case, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and the short range gateway 310 attached to the barn-type animal are operated similarly to steps S140 to S160 shown in FIG. 2. That is, in this case, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the barn-type animal continuously checks whether it is a time slot while maintaining a sleep state, and wakes up when it reaches its time slot, and the data with the short-range gateway 310. The local gateway 310 transmits data to the integrated control server 500, and when the data transmission and reception is completed, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and the local gateway 310 attached to the barn-type animal. Are respectively switched to the sleep state.

Referring to FIG. 2, the data communication process between the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the grazing animal and the integrated control server 500 will be described.

First, the animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the grazing animal attempt to connect directly to the remote gateway 330 (S110). That is, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal primarily attempts to connect to the remote gateway 330 directly.

Then, it is determined whether the direct connection is completed (S120). As a result of the determination, when the direct connection is completed to the remote gateway 330, data is directly transmitted and received with the remote gateway 330 (S121). In this case, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and the remote gateway 330 attached to the grazing animal are operated similarly to steps S140 to S160 which will be described below. That is, in this case, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal continuously checks whether it is a time slot while maintaining a sleep state, and when the time slot reaches its time slot, it wakes up and transmits data to the remote gateway 330. The remote gateway 330 transmits data to the integrated control server 500, and when the data transmission and reception is completed, the animal state information acquisition device 100 and the remote gateway 330 attached to the grazing animal. Are respectively switched to the sleep state.

On the other hand, when it is not possible to directly connect to the remote gateway 330, it is secondly connected to the repeater 200. That is, the animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the grazing animal that are not directly connected to the remote gateway 330 are connected to the repeater 200, are stored and managed, and maintain a sleep state (S130). A method of connecting animal status information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the grazing animal, and the repeater 200 manages the animal status information obtaining apparatuses 100 attached to the connected grazing animal and allocates a time slot The method follows the above description.

The apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to each of the grazing animals is assigned a time slot, which is a time at which it can perform data communication. Therefore, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information attached to each of the grazing animals continuously checks whether it is its time slot (S140).

As a result of the checking, when the time slot is reached, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to each grazing animal wakes up from its time slot to perform data communication with the repeater, and the repeater 200 grazes each of the grazing animals. The data received from the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to the type animal is transmitted upward, that is, connected to the remote gateway 330 (S150). The method of transmitting and receiving data between the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and the repeater 200 and between the repeater 200 and the remote gateway 330 attached to each grazing animal is as described above. That is, data communication regarding the downlink connection and the uplink connection based on the repeater 200 is based on the method described above.

When the data transmission and reception is completed as described above, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and the repeater 200 attached to each of the related grazing animals change the sleep state (S160). The animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to each of the grazing animals maintains a sleep state until its next time slot is reached, and the repeater 200 is an animal state attached to the other grazing animal. The sleep state is maintained until another time slot allocated to the information obtaining apparatus 100 arrives. That is, the repeater 200 maintains a sleep state in an empty time slot other than the time slot allocated to the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 attached to each grazing animal. As a result, the animal state information obtaining apparatuses 100 and the repeater attached to the grazing animal may minimize power consumption.

Next, the configuration and operation of the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 constituting the animal state remote monitoring system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

3 is a block diagram of the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 constituting the animal state remote monitoring system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information according to the present invention enables wireless communication with the gateway 300 and corresponds to a terminal device attached to an animal body, specifically, an IoT terminal device. Animal state information acquisition device 100 according to the present invention is formed in a structure that can be stably attached to the body (eg, neck) of the animal, such as cattle.

As shown in FIG. 3, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 necessarily includes a control unit 10, a state information detecting sensor unit 20, a memory unit 30, a communication unit 50, and a power supply unit 70. In addition, the display unit 60 and the GPS unit 80 may be selectively included. In addition, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information does not merely perform an operation for acquiring animal state information such as a cow, and transmits the obtained animal state information to the gateway 300 (or the relay 200 through the gateway 200). 300) and a control message regarding various environment settings from the gateway 300 (or the relay 200 via the gateway).

The control unit 10 is basically a state information detection sensor unit 20, a memory unit 30, a communication unit 50, a power supply unit 70, a display unit 60 and the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 and Control the operation of the GPS unit 80, obtain relevant information from them according to the setting conditions, and the gateway 300 (or gateway 300 through the repeater 200) and the communication unit 50, which is an upper component It performs an operation to control data transmission and reception through the.

Under the control of the controller 10, the state information detection sensor unit 20 performs an operation of detecting the state information of the animal to which the contact is attached. That is, the state information detection sensor unit 20 is attached to the body of the animal, and detects the state information of the animal under the control of the controller 10.

Animals applied to the present invention may correspond to a variety of animals, it may be a concept that further includes the elderly living alone. However, the animal to be applied to the present invention is most preferably a cow which can provide meat and milk to people, and can be raised in a grazing type as well as a barn type.

As such, the animal corresponding to the cow may be a barn-type animal raised in a barn, a grazing animal raised through grazing, or an animal including both a barn-type animal and a grazing animal. Because these livestock or (and) grazing animals provide meat and milk to people, whether or not they are pregnant is necessary because health conditions need to be constantly managed and because breeding can provide economic benefits to humans. It needs to be checked continuously.

Therefore, the state information detection sensor unit 20 is attached to the body of the animal, and performs an operation of detecting various state information necessary for analyzing or determining the health state and pregnancy of the animal. The state information detecting sensor unit 20 is configured to detect the skin temperature of the animal, the skin humidity of the animal and the number of movements of the animal.

Specifically, the state information detection sensor unit 20 is disposed in contact with the skin of the animal skin temperature detection sensor 21 for detecting the skin temperature of the animal 21 is placed in contact with the skin of the animal skin humidity for detecting the skin humidity of the animal The detection sensor 23 is composed of a motion detection sensor 25 attached to the body of the animal to detect the number of movements of the animal.

The skin temperature sensor 21 is built or mounted to maintain airtightness in the case, and is disposed to contact the skin of the animal to detect the skin temperature of the animal. However, the skin temperature detection sensor 21 does not continuously detect the skin temperature of the animal, but detects the skin temperature of the animal only when a detection operation is requested under the control of the controller 10 to control the controller 10. To pass). Therefore, power consumption due to unnecessary operation (state information detection and transmission operation) or continuous operation (state information detection and transmission operation) of the skin temperature detection sensor 21 can be minimized.

The skin humidity sensor 23 is built or mounted to maintain airtightness in the case, and is disposed to contact the skin of the animal to detect the skin humidity of the animal. However, the skin humidity detection sensor 23 does not continuously detect the skin humidity of the animal, but only when the detection operation is requested (when there is a detection command) under the control of the controller 10. Detects and delivers to the control unit 10. Therefore, power consumption due to unnecessary operation (state information detection and transmission operation) or continuous operation (state information detection and transmission operation) of the skin humidity detection sensor 21 can be minimized.

On the other hand, the motion detection sensor 25 is also built or mounted in a state in which the airtightness can be maintained in the case, but does not necessarily need to be placed in contact with the skin of the animal, it is disposed so as to effectively detect the movement of the animal movement of the animal For example, the operation of detecting the number of movements such as skipping and walking is performed. The motion detection sensor 25 is different from the skin temperature detection sensor 21 and the skin humidity detection sensor 23 when a detection operation is requested under the control of the control unit 10 (when a detection command is provided). Not only detects the movement of the animal, but also continuously detects movements such as jumping or walking of the animal. Therefore, the motion detection sensor 25 may record state information corresponding to the number of movements of the animal. However, the motion detection sensor 25 reads state information corresponding to the number of movements currently recorded only when a movement count transmission operation is requested (if there is a transmission command) under the control of the controller 10. Transfer to the control unit 10. Therefore, power consumption due to unnecessary operation (status information transmission operation) or continuous operation (status information transmission operation) of the motion detection sensor 25 can be minimized.

As such, the skin temperature detection sensor 21 and the skin humidity detection sensor 23 receive power from the power supply unit 70 only when there is a detection acquisition command under the control of the control unit 10. Detects and transmits to the control unit 10, the motion detection sensor 25 is supplied with the power of the power supply 70 to continuously perform the operation of detecting the corresponding status information (movement number) According to the control of the controller 10, only when there is a status information transmission command, the state information corresponding to the current number of movements that are continuously detected and recorded is read and transmitted to the controller 10. Therefore, the power consumption of the power supply unit 70 is minimized as much as possible to use for a long time, and to minimize the time, effort and cost for the maintenance of the power supply unit 70 composed of a battery.

The state information detected and transmitted by the state information detection sensor unit 20 configured as described above is stored in the memory unit 30 under the control of the controller 10. That is, the memory unit 30 stores the state information of the detected and acquired animal under the control of the controller 10. As will be described later, data regarding various state information stored in the memory unit 30 is later controlled by the controller 10 through the communication unit 50 through the gateway 300 (or the relay 200 via the gateway ( 300)) and then delete. Therefore, the capacity of the memory unit 30 can be minimized, thereby miniaturization of the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 applied to the present invention can be achieved, and manufacturing cost can be reduced.

The controller 10 receives the state information detected by the state information detection sensor unit 20 and controls the state information to be stored in the memory unit 30. Specifically, each time the control unit 10 detects and acquires the animal state information and stores it in the memory unit 30, the memory unit 30 matches the detection time information with the detected animal state information in order of detection time. ). More specifically, the controller 10 may store the detection time-state information data corresponding to the data matching the detection time information and the detected animal state information in the memory unit 30 in order of detection time. To control.

For example, when the control unit 10 is set to receive the state information by operating the state information detecting sensor unit 20 every 1 hour period and to store the state information in the memory unit 30, the memory unit 30 ), Detection time [1 o'clock]-status information [35 ° C (skin temperature), 20% (skin humidity), 200 (number of movements)], detection time [2 o'clock]-status information [34.8 ° C (skin temperature), 21% (skin humidity), 350 (number of movements)], detection time [3]-status information [35.1 ° C (skin temperature), 20.5% (skin humidity), 398 (number of movements)], ..... Detection time-status information data is stored in the order of detection time in the form of "

As described above, the data related to the state information of the animal stored in the memory unit 30 is controlled by the controller 10 through the communication unit 50 through the gateway 300 (or the relay 200 via the gateway 300). Is sent. That is, the communication unit 50 transmits the state information of the animal stored in the memory unit 30 to the gateway 300 (or the gateway 300 through the repeater 200) under the control of the controller 10. To perform the operation.

The communication unit 50 performs data transmission and reception with at least one communication scheme among wireless communication, specifically Bluetooth communication and LoRa communication, with the gateway 300. Accordingly, the communication unit 50 controls at least one communication method among the detection time-state information data stored in the memory unit 30 under Bluetooth control and LoRa communication under the control of the control unit 10. It can be transmitted to the gateway 300 (or the gateway 300 through the repeater 200) through the control data related to the setting conditions from the gateway 300 (or the relay 200 via the gateway 300) Receives the transmission to the control unit 10 to perform the operation.

As such, the communication unit 50 performs wireless data communication with the gateway 300 through at least one communication method among Bluetooth communication and LoRa communication. Therefore, the communication unit 50 according to the present invention may configure only the Bluetooth communication unit 51 to perform data communication with the gateway 300 in a Bluetooth communication method, or configure only the Laura communication unit 53 to communicate with LoRa. It is also possible to perform data communication with the gateway 300 in a manner, and the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53 are configured together to perform data communication with the gateway 300 in the communication method selected by the controller 10. You may.

Specifically, the gateway 300 applied to the present invention, as described above, the data communication in the short-range gateway 310, which performs data communication in a short-range wireless communication method such as Bluetooth communication and the long-range wireless communication method such as Laura communication. It consists of a remote gateway 330 to perform. Accordingly, the Bluetooth communication unit 51 of the communication unit 50 performs data communication with the local area gateway 310, and the Laura communication unit 53 of the communication unit 50 performs the remote gateway 330 (or the repeater 200). ) Performs data communication with the remote gateway 330).

In summary, the communication unit 50 is configured to include at least one of the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53, and the communication unit 50 is shown in Fig. 3, the Bluetooth communication unit 51 And the Laura communication unit 53, the Bluetooth communication unit 51 or the Laura communication unit 53 selected under the control of the control unit 10 may transmit the state information of the animal to the short range gateway 310 or the long distance gateway ( 330 (or the remote gateway 330 through the repeater 200).

When the communication unit 50 is composed of the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53 together, there is an advantage that it can be selectively applied to both a case where a short distance communication environment and a long distance communication environment are required.

In detail, when the animals correspond to the barn-type animals managed in the closest barn, the gateway 300 (specifically, the short-range gateway 310) that performs data communication with the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 according to the present invention. May be arranged at a near distance, the controller 10 selects and activates the Bluetooth communication unit 51 of the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53 constituting the communication unit 50. Controls data communication with the short range gateway 310 through a Bluetooth communication method.

On the other hand, if the animals correspond to grazing animals managed in a wide ranged and remote ranch, Yasan, gateway 300 for performing data communication with the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 according to the present invention (specifically, long distance Since the gateway 330 has jurisdiction over a wide range and should be arranged at a long distance, the controller 10 is one of the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53 constituting the communication unit 50. Selecting and activating 53 to control data communication through a LoRa communication method capable of remote communication with the remote gateway 330.

As described above, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 is configured to perform data communication with the gateway 300 through at least one of the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53, where the animal-like animal grazing is grazing. In addition to being able to be applied to at least one of the type animals, the status information of the corresponding animal (barn type animal or grazing type animal) may be selectively acquired and transmitted to the gateway 300. As a result, the animal state information obtaining apparatus applied to the present invention can be applied to both the barn type animal and the grazing type animal according to the selection of the communication method, and thus the utilization of the animal state information obtaining apparatus is applied to the animal state information obtaining apparatus which is applied only by a separate communication method. In terms of benefits.

The communication unit 50 may be configured to transmit control data related to the control setting conditions of the control unit 10 from the gateway 300 (particularly, a gateway receiving setting control information from the integrated control server 500). Receives and transmits the data to the controller 10. That is, when the gateway 300 wants to change or update the control setting condition of the controller 10, the gateway 300 may transmit control data related to the control setting condition through the communication unit 50. The control data related to the setting condition transmitted by the gateway corresponds to the control data transmitted by the integrated control server 500.

As described above, the controller 10 controls the operation of the components of the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 as a whole, and is controlled by the gateway 300.

A detailed control operation of the controller 10 will be described below.

The controller 10 basically detects and acquires the animal state information while minimizing the power consumption of the power supply unit 70, and the detected animal state information is transmitted to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the relay 200). It performs an operation to control transmission. To this end, the controller 10 according to the present invention detects and acquires the animal's state information at every set period, at a set time, or upon request of the gateway 300 through the state information detecting sensor unit 20. Control the control unit so that the communication unit 50 transmits the state information of the animal (specifically, extended transmission information including the state information of the animal) when the gateway 300 requests a predetermined period, a set time, or a request from the gateway 300. 300 (or the gateway via the repeater 200) to control the transmission to perform.

The control unit 10 may only obtain the skin temperature and humidity of the animal through the skin temperature detection sensor 21 and the skin humidity detection sensor 23 constituting the state information detection sensor unit 20. More specifically, the power supply unit 70 supplies power to the skin temperature detection sensor 21 and the skin humidity detection sensor 23 only at a set cycle or at a set time or when there is a request for detection acquisition and transmission of the gateway 300. It controls to be supplied to and performs the operation of obtaining the corresponding status information. Then, the skin temperature detection sensor 21 and the skin humidity detection sensor 23 may detect the skin temperature of the animal and the skin humidity of the animal according to the state information detection command of the control unit 10, respectively, According to the status information transmission command of (10), the operation of transmitting the skin temperature of the animal and the skin humidity of the animal to the controller 10 may be performed. Through such an operation, the controller 10 may perform an operation of acquiring state information corresponding to the skin temperature and humidity of the animal.

In this way, the controller 10 may be configured at every preset period (for example, every 10 minutes) or at each preset time (for example, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, ....) or gateway. In response to the request of 300, the skin temperature detection sensor 21 and the skin humidity detection sensor 23 may be operated by being supplied with power and detect and transmit the corresponding state information. In this way, an operation of acquiring state information corresponding to the skin temperature and humidity of the animal may be performed. After acquiring the state information corresponding to the skin temperature and humidity of the animal through the detection and transmission of the corresponding state information, the control unit 10 is controlled by the power supply unit 70 and the skin temperature detection sensor 21 and the skin. The power supply to the humidity detection sensor 23 is controlled to be blocked.

On the other hand, the control unit 10 is more specifically set for each set period or for each set time only to obtain the number of movements of the animal through the motion detection sensor 25 constituting the state information detection sensor unit 20 Alternatively, the motion detection sensor 25 may transmit the state information only when there is a request for transmitting the state information corresponding to the number of movements of the gateway 300. Then, the motion detection sensor 25 may perform an operation of transmitting the number of movements of the recorded animal until the status information transmission command is received according to the status information transmission command of the control unit 10.

In this way, the controller 10 controls the power of the power supply unit 70 to be supplied to the motion detection sensor 25 even in normal times. Then, the motion detection sensor 25 may detect the movement of the animal that can occur continuously. However, the controller 10 may be configured at every preset period (for example, every 10 minutes) or at each preset time (for example, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, ....) or a gateway ( At the request of 300, the motion detection sensor 25 is controlled to transmit the detected state information (number of movements) so as to obtain state information corresponding to the number of movements of the animal.

As described above, the control unit 10 according to the present invention maintains a sleep state and wakes up at a set cycle, at a set time, or upon request of the gateway 300, and through the state information detecting sensor unit 20, the animal. Control so that the status information can be obtained. As a result, it is possible to minimize the power consumption of the power supply unit 70 composed of a battery.

The controller 10 controls the animal state information to be detected and obtained through the state information detecting sensor unit 20, and the state information of the animal thus detected is stored in the memory unit 30. .

The animal state information stored in the memory unit 30 is transmitted to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the relay 200) through the communication unit 50 under the control of the control unit 10. That is, the control unit 10 is the animal state information stored in the memory unit 30 (specifically, when the communication unit 50 has a request for the state information of the gateway 300 at each set period or set time, or To the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the relay 200) to transmit the extended transmission information including the animal state information.

In this way, the controller 10 may be configured at every preset period (for example, every 1 hour) or for each preset time (for example, 1 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, ...) or the gateway. When there is a request from the 300 (specifically, the integrated control server 500), the device (animal state) corresponding to the identification information of the device to the animal state information stored in the order of detection time in the memory unit 30 Information acquisition device) transmits the ID information to the gateway 300 through the communication unit 50.

When the communication unit 50 includes the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53, the controller 10 selects the Bluetooth communication unit 51 or the Laura communication unit 53 according to a user's operation, and selects the selected Bluetooth. The detection time-state information data stored in the memory unit 30 is transmitted to the gateway 300 through the communication unit 51 or the roller communication unit 53 together with the device ID information.

The user may select the Bluetooth communication unit 51 or the Laura communication unit 53 by using the communication unit 50 according to whether the animals to be used by attaching the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 are barn animals or grazing animals. .

Specifically, when the user attaches and uses the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 to the barn-type animal, the user operates the Bluetooth communication unit 51 so that data can be transmitted and received through short-range communication. Then, the controller 10 selects the Bluetooth communication unit 51 from the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53 constituting the communication unit 50 according to the user's operation, and selects the Bluetooth communication unit 51 to the memory unit 30. Stored detection time-state information data is sequentially transmitted to the gateway 300 (specifically, the short-range gateway 310) by a Bluetooth communication method.

In addition, when the user attaches and uses the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 to the grazing animal, the user manipulates the Laura communication unit 53 so that data can be transmitted and received through remote communication. Then, the controller 10 selects the Laura communication unit 53 among the Bluetooth communication unit 51 and the Laura communication unit 53 constituting the communication unit 50 according to the user's operation, and selects the Laura communication unit 53 to the memory unit 30. Stored detection time-state information data is sequentially transmitted to the gateway 300 (specifically, the long-distance gateway 330) by a LoRa communication method.

The set period or the set time is set in advance, but may be newly applied by being updated or changed through control data of the gateway 300, that is, control data regarding setting condition update or setting condition change. On the other hand, the controller 10 is the state information detection sensor unit 20 every set period (for example every 10 minutes) or for each set time (for example, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 4 o'clock, ...) Through the control so that the status information can be obtained and the detected state information of the animal is controlled to be transmitted to the gateway 300 through the communication unit 50. On the other hand, the controller 10 controls to perform the same operation when the animal state information transmission command is transmitted from the gateway 300 even if it does not correspond to the set period or the set time.

As described above, the controller 10 matches and stores the animal state information detected by the state information detection sensor unit 20 with the detection time in the memory unit 30. Apart from the related control operation, the controller 10 performs an operation of determining whether the value of the detected state information of the animal satisfies a preset setting range.

Specifically, the control unit 10 is a setting range of the steady state with respect to the skin temperature of the animal (for example, 35 ℃ ~ 38 ℃), a setting range of the steady state with respect to the skin humidity of the animal (for example, 20% ˜40%) and a set range of steady state (e.g., 150-300) for animal movements. As such, the setting range of the normal state stored and managed by the controller 10 may be updated or changed under the control of the gateway 300.

The controller 10 may display the urgent situation visually or audibly through the display unit 60 when the acquired state information value of the animal does not satisfy the setting range of the normal state to be stored and managed. Control to be displayed. This allows the custodian or watcher to recognize the animal's emergency and take prompt action or response.

As described above, in the present invention, when the value of the state information of the animal detected under the control of the controller 10 does not satisfy the preset setting range (off), a notification or warning is displayed through the display unit 60. In such a case, it is possible for a manager or a supervisor to perform a quick response or response. If the detected state information value of the animal does not satisfy the set range, it is classified as an emergency situation in the future regardless of the detailed analysis of the state information of the animal by the gateway 300 to manage or manage the animals in the field. In order for the monitor to respond quickly, the display unit 60 may display a notification or a warning visually or audibly.

As such, the display unit 60 visually displays a notification or a warning or audibly when the detected state information value of the animal is out of a preset normal state setting range under the control of the controller 10. Take action to display a notification or warning. Therefore, the display unit 60 is preferably configured of at least one of a LED for visually displaying a warning and a speaker for visually displaying a warning.

On the other hand, as described above, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes a power source unit 70 composed of a battery, the power source unit 70 under the control of the control unit 10 animal state information The operation of supplying power to the components and components of the acquisition apparatus 100 is performed. Since the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 applied to the present invention can be operated using the power supplied from the power supply unit 70 consisting of a small battery, the state information of the power supply unit 70, that is, the battery remaining amount If it is necessary to check and there is almost no battery remaining, it is necessary to allow the animal status information acquisition device to be continuously operated by replacing or recharging the battery in advance.

To this end, the controller 10 transmits the information on the remaining battery level corresponding to the status information of the power supply unit 70 to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the relay 200) through the communication unit 50. To be possible. At this time, the control unit 10 does not randomly transmit the state information of the power supply unit 70 at any time in order to minimize the power consumption of the power supply unit 70, but also of the animal stored in the memory unit 30 Only when the status information is transmitted to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the repeater 200), it is collectively transmitted. As a result, the battery remaining amount information corresponding to the state information of the power supply unit 70 corresponds to its own time slot when the detection time-state information data stored in the memory unit 30 is transmitted to the gateway 300. It is transmitted to the gateway 300 together with the detection time-state information data at every set period or at a set time, or when there is a request for transmitting the status information of the gateway 300. That is, the controller 10 wakes up in its time slot (per set period or set time) or transmits the extended transmission information to the gateway (or the gateway via the relay 200) when there is a request from a higher level.

The gateway 300 (specifically, the integrated control server 500) may request to transmit only the remaining battery level information corresponding to the state information of the power supply unit 70. In this case, since the controller 10 is requested to transmit only the remaining battery information corresponding to the status information of the power supply unit 70 from the gateway 300, the controller 10 reads the remaining battery information of the power supply unit 70 at the time of receiving the request. By using the communication unit 50 may be transmitted to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the repeater 200).

As described above, the present invention is configured such that the status information (battery remaining amount) of the power supply unit configured as the battery can be transmitted to the gateway 300, so that an administrator or a monitor can appropriately perform a proper response such as battery replacement.

Meanwhile, the power supply unit 10 may store and manage the maximum battery residual threshold value (for example, 10%) for which the emergency replacement of the battery is requested. The battery remaining maximum threshold value for which the emergency replacement of the battery is requested may be newly set by being updated or changed under the control of the gateway 300.

In addition to the operation of reading and transmitting a battery remaining value corresponding to the state information of the power supply unit 10, the controller 10 is the maximum remaining battery level at which the emergency battery replacement is requested, wherein the set battery remaining value is requested. In the following case, the display unit 60 controls the necessity of emergency replacement of the battery to be visually or audibly displayed. Then, the monitor or the manager in the field can recognize the need for emergency replacement of the battery through the display unit 60 and can quickly perform a countermeasure for replacing the battery. At this time, the configuration and operation of the display unit 60 is described in the above-described configuration (LED, speaker for displaying a warning when the value of the state information of the detected animal does not meet the preset range (off) ) And the description of the operation).

If the read battery remaining value is equal to or less than the maximum battery remaining threshold value for which the set battery emergency replacement is requested, an emergency replacement of the battery is sent to an administrator according to an analysis result of the gateway 300 that has received the read battery remaining value. It is possible to notify and deal with it, but it is possible to display a warning immediately at the site so that the battery can be replaced as soon as possible by an administrator in the field.

On the other hand, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 applied to the present invention may be configured to additionally include a GPS unit 80 additionally. Therefore, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 may obtain GPS information of the animal and transmit the GPS information of the animal to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the relay 200). Then, the gateway (specifically integrated control server 500 receiving the GPS information from the gateway) can analyze the GPS information of the animal received to determine and manage the location and movement path of the animal.

Understanding the movement path of the animal is particularly meaningful when the movement path is wide. Therefore, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 including the GPS unit 80 is preferably used by being attached to a grazing animal, and if the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 including the GPS unit 80 is used. When used to attach to the livestock animal, the controller 10 controls the GPS unit 80 not to operate to prevent unnecessary power consumption of the power supply unit 70.

As such, when the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 including the GPS unit 80 is used by being attached to a grazing animal, the control unit 10 transmits the GPS information of the grazing animal to the GPS unit 80. Received from) to be transmitted to the gateway 300 through the communication unit 50. In this case, the control unit 10 does not randomly transmit GPS information of the animal read from the GPS unit 80 at any time in order to minimize power consumption of the power supply unit 70, but also the memory unit ( Only when the animal's state information stored in 30 is transmitted to the gateway 300, it is transmitted together collectively. As a result, when the GPS information of the animal read from the GPS unit 80 transmits the detection time-status information data stored in the memory unit 30 to the gateway 300, each of a specific period or a predetermined time period is transmitted. Alternatively, when there is a request for transmitting the animal's GPS information from the gateway 300, the gateway 300 is transmitted to the gateway 300 together with the detection time-state information data.

The gateway 300 (specifically, integrated control server) may request transmission of only the GPS information of the animal. In this case, since the controller 10 has been requested to transmit only the GPS information of the animal from the gateway 300, the communication unit 50 receives the GPS information of the animal read from the GPS unit 80 at the time of receiving the request. It can be transmitted to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the repeater 200) through.

As described above, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 may additionally configure the animal's GPS information to be transmitted to the gateway 300, thereby facilitating the identification and management of the moving path of the grazing animal.

On the other hand, as described above, each time the control unit 10 obtains the detection of the animal status information, the detection time-status information data matching the detection time information and the detected animal status information in the memory unit in order of detection time ( 30) can be stored.

In addition, the control unit 10 stores the respective detection time-state information data stored in the memory unit 30 at set intervals or at set times corresponding to time slots, or state information of the gateway 300. If there is a request for transmission, the communication unit 50 controls to be sequentially transmitted to the gateway 300 (or the gateway via the repeater 200).

At this time, when the control unit 10 sequentially transmits the detection time-status information data, the device 100 determines the device ID information corresponding to the identification information of the gateway 100 to identify the animal status information obtaining device that has transmitted the data. Are transmitted together for each detection time-status data. In addition, the controller 10 additionally transmits the remaining battery information corresponding to the status information of the power supply unit 70 for each of the detection time-state information data. In addition, when operating the GPS unit 80 applied to the grazing animals, the control unit 10 transmits the GPS information of the grazing animals together for each of the detection time-state information data. That is, the controller 10 configures the extended transmission information including the state information of the animal to be transmitted to the upper level.

As a result, each time the control unit 10 sequentially transmits the respective detection time-status information stored in the memory unit 30 sequentially, the control unit 10 applies the device ID information and the state information of the power supply unit 70. The remaining battery level information is added together and transmitted (in this case, when the animal state information obtaining device is attached to the barn-type animal). When the animal state information obtaining apparatus is attached to a grazing animal and used, the battery corresponding to the device ID information and the state information of the power supply unit 70 is transmitted whenever the respective detection time-state information data are sequentially transmitted. The remaining information and the GPS information of the grazing animal are added together and transmitted.

For example, when the detection time 1 -state information data, the detection time 2 -state information data, and the detection time 3 -state information data are sequentially stored in the memory unit 30, the detection time-state is transmitted to the gateway 300. When transmitting the information data, the control unit 10 is [device ID information, detection time 1-status information data, battery level information, GPS information (including only when applied to grazing animals)], [device ID information , Detection time 2-status information data, battery level information, GPS information (included only for grazing animals)], [device ID information, detection time 3-status information data, battery level information, GPS information (grazing type) Only when applied to animals)] is controlled to be transmitted sequentially. By transmitting in this manner, various status information, remaining battery information, etc. can all be stably transmitted.

When all of the detection time-state information data stored in the memory unit 30 are sequentially transmitted, the memory unit 30 is cleared and deleted under the control of the controller 10. That is, when all of the detection time-state information data stored in the memory unit 30 are sequentially transferred, the control unit 10 completely stores all the detection time-state information data stored in the transferred memory unit 30. Control to be deleted. Therefore, the memory unit 30 can stably secure a storage space for storing the detected state information at the next detection time. As a result, the storage space of the memory unit 30 can be minimized and can be compactly configured.

As described above, whenever the animal state information is detected, the animal state information obtaining apparatus 100 according to the present invention stores the detection time-state information data matching the detection time information and the detected animal state information in order. It is configured to be stored in the unit 30, and at the time of transmission, the device ID information, the status information of the power supply unit 70, GPS information (GPS unit) to the respective detection time-state information data stored in the memory unit 30 (80) is applied so that it can be transmitted in order, and the detected detection time-state information data is configured to be deleted from the memory unit 30, thereby transmitting efficiency and stability of data including various information. It is possible to improve and to apply the memory unit 30 of a small capacity.

The animal state information acquisition and transmission process through the animal state information acquisition device 100 applied to the present invention described above will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 4.

First, the apparatus 100 for acquiring animal state information maintains a sleep state in normal times when no special operation is performed. Thereafter, the controller 10 determines whether a preset setting period or setting time, that is, a status information detection acquisition time or period, corresponds to a state information detection acquisition request from the gateway (S10).

As a result of the determination, if it does not correspond to the state information detection acquisition time or period, etc., the current sleep state is maintained (s11). On the contrary, if it corresponds to the state information detection acquisition time or period, the control unit 10 wakes up as described above. After acquiring the state information of the animal through the state information detecting sensor unit 10 and storing it in the memory unit 30 (S20).

Subsequently, the controller 10 determines whether the state information corresponding to the time information transmission time or period corresponding to its time slot to transmit the acquired state information to the gateway 300 or whether there is a request for transmitting the state information of the gateway (s30). ).

As a result of the determination, if the state information transmission time or period corresponding to the time slot does not correspond, the sleep state is switched again from the current waking state (s31). 10) controls so that the state information stored in the memory unit 30 can be transmitted to the gateway 300, and controls so that all data stored in the memory unit 30 can be deleted. (S50).

On the other hand, the controller 10 controls the state information to be acquired and stored in the memory unit 30 in step S20, that is, after waking up, it is determined whether the state information value detected and acquired and stored satisfies a preset setting range. Determine (s60).

As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the state information value does not satisfy the setting range, the controller controls the display unit 60 to display a warning visually or audibly (S61).

As described above, the present invention has been illustrated and described with reference to specific preferred embodiments, but is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and simple design changes and substitution of conventional means within the scope not changing the technical gist of the present invention. It is also clear that the case belongs to the protection scope of the present invention.

10: control unit 20: status information detection sensor unit
21: skin temperature detection sensor 23: skin humidity detection sensor
25: motion detection sensor 30: memory
50: communication unit 51: Bluetooth communication unit
53: Laura communication unit 60: Display unit
70: power supply unit 80: GPS unit
100: animal status information acquisition device 200: repeater
300: gateway 310: short-range gateway
330: remote gateway 500: integrated control server
700: manager access terminal
1000: Animal Condition Remote Monitoring System

Claims (4)

An animal state information obtaining device arranged to be attached to a body of each animal, wherein the animal state information obtaining device obtains and transmits the animal state information at a set period, at a set time, or at a request;
A gateway for collecting the extended transmission information including the state information of each animal transmitted from the animal state information obtaining device and transmitting the collected state information to the integrated control server;
And an integrated control server for storing, analyzing, and managing extended transmission information including animal status information for each animal status information obtaining device received from the gateway.
The method according to claim 1,
The apparatus for obtaining animal state information is attached to a barn-type animal or a grazing animal, and the gateway collects extended transmission information including state information of an animal transmitted from the animal state information obtaining apparatus attached to the barn-type animal. And a remote gateway configured to collect extended transmission information including the state information of the animal transmitted from the animal state information obtaining apparatus attached to the grazing animal.
The method according to claim 2,
And a repeater for receiving extended transmission information including the animal state information from the animal state information obtaining device attached to the grazing animal that cannot be directly connected to the far gateway and transmitting the received information to the far gateway. Animal Condition Remote Monitoring System.
The method according to claim 3,
The apparatus for acquiring animal state information attached to the grazing animal primarily attempts to directly connect to the remote gateway, and when directly connected to the remote gateway as a result of the connection attempt, directly communicates with the integrated control server through the remote gateway. And if not directly connected to the remote gateway, secondly connecting to the relay and indirectly communicating data with the remote gateway and the integrated control server through the relay.

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