TW202008292A - System for determining the weight of the husbandry animals - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for determining the weight of the husbandry animals and a method of management for the same are provided to overcome the low efficiency of the conventional method of management for the husbandry animals where the growing conditions of the animals are determined by labor effort. The system includes a detection module having an identification label attached to each animal and an identifier configured to detect the identification label, a weighing unit configured to measure the weight of each animal and generating a weight signal, and a processing unit having a database configured to store the information regarding the identification and weight of each animal. The processing unit is coupled with the detection module and the weighing unit and determines the change in the weight of each animal. The processing unit performs the method of management for the animals and observes the weight-gaining and health conditions of the animals.

Description

Livestock and poultry weight judgment system and management method

The invention relates to a captive feeding equipment, in particular to an animal management and judgment system and management method for automatic management to save manpower.

Livestock and poultry farming has gradually transformed from traditional family sideline and small captivity into centralized management of enterprise operations, which can more effectively use equipment and manpower, and is conducive to centralized breeding waste and used for biomass energy reuse, with improved production efficiency, The advantages of reducing transportation costs and reducing environmental pollution.

The conventional management methods of livestock and poultry are inspected and taken care of by staff, and the growth status of livestock and poultry is evaluated. However, the number of farmed livestock and poultry has increased significantly in order to ensure the breeding efficiency of disease prevention, reproductive performance and feed meat replacement rate of livestock and poultry The indicators must be implemented for the growth records, activity management, and count of livestock and poultry, which will cause a huge burden on manpower. Moreover, manually recording management data may cause omissions and lack of efficiency.

In view of this, the conventional management methods of livestock and poultry do still need to be improved.

In order to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a livestock and poultry weight judgment system, which measures and records the weight of livestock and poultry one by one in an automated way, and reduces the burden of manpower.

The next object of the present invention is to provide a livestock and poultry weight management method, which is used to analyze the growth status of livestock and poultry and the feed meat replacement rate, thereby increasing the efficiency of rearing growth.

The livestock weight judging system of the present invention is used to manage several target animals, including: a sensing module with an identification tag located on each target animal, and a recognizer for sensing the identification tag; a weighing A unit for measuring the weight of each target animal, the weighing unit generates a weight signal; and a processing unit with a database for storing the identity and weight information of each target animal, the processing units are respectively coupled and connected The sensing module and the weighing unit, and the processing unit judges the change of the weight information of each target animal through the database.

The livestock weight management method of the present invention includes: a weighing step, which measures the current body weight of one of the target animals every predetermined period; a comparison step, which reduces the current body weight by the weight change of the previous body weight, and compares the body weight Whether the amount of change is greater than a target weight gain, if the comparison result is yes, continue to house the target animal and repeat the weighing step in the next predetermined cycle; and a judgment step, if the amount of weight change is not greater than the target weight gain, It is compared whether the current weight is greater than a target weight, and if the comparison result is yes, the target animal is sold.

According to this, the weight judgment system and management method of the livestock and poultry of the present invention is to automatically measure and record the weight of all livestock and poultry through the weight judgment system, and then execute the weight management method through the processor to analyze the weight gain efficiency of the raised livestock and poultry And health status, so it can be used for large-scale farming, and at the same time ensure livestock disease prevention and control, reproductive performance, feed meat replacement rate and other breeding efficiency indicators, and avoid manual management errors and lack of efficiency, and save human resources Of efficacy.

There is another working space which provides an incentive to attract the target animal to enter. The weighing unit is located in the working space. In this way, the target animal can be positioned in the working space, so that the weighing unit can actually measure the target animal, which has the effect of improving the efficiency of weighing work.

It also includes a gate, which is coupled to the processing unit, the gate is located at the entrance and exit of the working space, the processing unit generates an opening and closing signal according to the weighing and judgment results, and the opening and closing signal controls the gate to open or close the entrance and exit. In this way, the gate can limit the target animal to stay in the work space, and prevent multiple target animals from entering the work space at the same time, which has the effect of performing the weighing operation correctly.

A warning unit is also included. The warning unit is coupled to the processing unit. The processing unit generates a warning signal according to the weighing and judgment results. The warning signal triggers the warning unit. In this way, the warning unit can remind the staff to eliminate the situation in the first time, which has the effect of continuously performing the weighing operation.

Wherein, the judging step compares whether the current weight is greater than a target weight, if the comparison result is no, continue to judge whether the target animal is sick, if the judgment result is yes, then treat the target animal, after the target animal recovers, continue to captivity The target animal repeats the weighing procedure in the next cycle.

Wherein, the judgment step judges whether the target animal is sick, and if the judgment result is no, arranges to sell the target animal.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the following is a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention, in conjunction with the attached drawings, as follows:

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a preferred embodiment of the livestock weight judgment system of the present invention, which includes a sensing module 1, a weighing unit 2, a processing unit 3, a gate 4 and a warning unit 5. The processing unit 3 is coupled to the sensing module 1, the weighing unit 2, the gate 4 and the warning unit 5, respectively.

Please refer to FIG. 2, the sensing module 1 can use radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification, RFID) technology to attach an identification tag 1a or even implant it in a target animal T, which can be For cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks and other livestock and poultry, the identification tag 1a stores the identity and information of the target animal T, and the identity and information of the identification tag 1a can be received by an identifier 1b to determine the target animal T’s identity For identity and information, the identifier 1b is preferably located in a working space R, which can also provide incentives such as feed and drinking water to attract the target animal T into the working space R.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2, the weighing unit 2 may be a platform scale, the weighing unit 2 is preferably located in the working space R, when the target animal T enters the working space R, the weighing Unit 2 measures the weight of the target animal T and generates weight information W.

The processing unit 3 recognizes the identity of the target animal T through the sensing module 1, and the processing unit 3 receives the weight information W of the weighing unit 2, and the processing unit 3 is coupled to a database 31, the The database 31 can store each piece of weight information and corresponding identity information. In this way, the processing unit 3 compares the previous weighing result of the target animal T through the database 31, and can determine the weight change of the target animal T . The processing unit 3 can also generate an opening and closing signal C and a warning signal A according to the weighing process and the judgment result.

The gate 4 can be located at the entrance and exit of the working space R, and the gate 4 can switch the opening or closing state of the entrance and exit of the working space R according to the opening and closing signal C of the processing unit 3 to restrict during the weighing process The target animal T stays in the working space R, and avoids that a plurality of target animals T enter the working space R at the same time, and interferes with the weighing operation.

The warning unit 5 can generate sound or flash according to the warning signal A. When the processing unit 3 judges that the target animal T needs to be disposed or an error occurs in the weighing work, the warning unit 5 can remind the staff to eliminate the situation in the first time To make the weighing work sustainable.

According to the foregoing structure, when the target animal T enters the work space R, the identifier 1b of the sensing module 1 can detect the identification tag 1a on the target animal T, and then the sensing module 1 Notify the processing unit 3 to perform weighing work; the processing unit 3 controls the gate 4 to close the entrance and exit of the working space R with the opening and closing signal C, which can prevent the target animal T from leaving the working space R during the weighing process , And to prevent the second target animal T from entering the work space R to interfere with the operation; the processing unit 3 reads the current weight data of the target animal T according to the weight information W of the weighing unit 2, and then the processing unit 3 According to the identity information of the identification tag 1a, comparing the previous weight data of the target animal T in the database 31, the processing unit 3 can determine the weight change of the target animal T; when the processing unit 3 determines the target When the animal T can continue to grow, the processing unit 3 controls the gate 4 to open the entrance and exit of the working space R with the opening and closing signal C, and can exchange another target animal T for weighing; when the processing unit 3 judges the target animal When T can be sold or is in poor health, the gate 4 keeps closing the entrance of the working space R to isolate the target animal T, and the processing unit 3 controls the warning unit 5 with the warning signal A to remind the staff to do subsequent processing.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the livestock weight management method of the present invention, which includes a weighing step S1, a comparison step S2, and a judgment step S3.

The weighing step S1 measures the current weight U1 of a target animal T every predetermined period. The predetermined period may be a predetermined number of days and time. The weight of the target animal T measured in the previous period is a previous weight U2.

The comparison step S2 subtracts the current weight U1 from the previous weight U2 to obtain a weight change V1, compares whether the weight change V1 is greater than a target weight gain V2, and if the comparison result is yes, the target animal T Continue captivity and repeat the weighing step S1 in the next cycle, so that the target animal T that is still in the growing stage can be continuously raised to achieve a sufficient feed meat replacement rate; if the comparison result is no, enter the judgment step S3 .

The judgment step S3 compares whether the current weight U1 is greater than a target weight U3. If the comparison result is yes, the target animal T is arranged to be sold. In this way, the target animal that has reached the shipping standard and has stunted growth can be preferentially sold T, to avoid reducing the feed meat replacement rate; if the comparison result is no, continue to judge whether the target animal T is sick, if the judgment result is yes, then treat the target animal T, after the target animal T is cured, continue to captivity and under Repeat the weighing step S1 in one cycle; if the judgment result is no, arrange to sell the target animal T.

In summary, the weight judgment system and management method of livestock and poultry of the present invention is to automatically measure and record the weight of all livestock and poultry through the weight judgment system, and then execute the weight management method through the processor to analyze the increase in livestock and poultry. High efficiency and health status, so it can be used for large-scale farming, and at the same time ensure the breeding efficiency indicators such as disease prevention, reproductive performance, feed meat replacement rate of livestock and poultry, and have the advantages of avoiding manual management errors and lack of efficiency, and saving The effectiveness of human resources.

Although the present invention has been disclosed using the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with this art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention still makes various changes and modifications to the above-mentioned embodiments. The technical scope of the invention is protected, so the scope of protection of the present invention shall be subject to the scope defined in the appended patent application.

1‧‧‧ Sensing module 1a‧‧‧Identification tag 1b‧‧‧Identifier 2‧‧‧Weighing unit 3‧‧‧Processing unit 31‧‧‧Data bank 4‧‧‧Gate 5‧‧‧Warning unit T‧‧‧Target animal R‧‧‧Work space W‧‧‧Weight information C‧‧‧Opening and closing signal A‧‧‧Warning signal S1‧‧‧Weighing step S2‧‧‧‧ Comparison step S3‧‧‧Judgment step U1 ‧‧‧ Current weight U2‧‧‧Previous weight U3‧‧‧Target weight V1‧‧‧Body weight change V2‧‧‧Target weight gain

[Figure 1] A system block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] A diagram of the implementation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] Step flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1‧‧‧sensor module

2‧‧‧Weighing unit

3‧‧‧Processing unit

31‧‧‧ Database

4‧‧‧ gate

5‧‧‧Warning unit

W‧‧‧ weight information

C‧‧‧Open and close signal

A‧‧‧Warning signal

Claims (7)

A livestock weight judging system for managing several target animals, including: a sensing module with an identification tag located on each target animal, and an identifier for sensing the identification tag; a weighing unit, For measuring the weight of each target animal, the weighing unit generates a weight information; and a processing unit has a database for storing the identity and weight information of each target animal, the processing unit is coupled to the sense respectively The measuring module and the weighing unit, and the processing unit judges the change of the weight information of each target animal through the database. As described in item 1 of the patent application scope, the livestock and poultry weight judgment system also has a working space that provides an incentive to attract the target animal to enter, and the weighing unit is located in the working space. The livestock weight judgment system as described in item 2 of the patent application scope also includes a gate, the gate is coupled to the processing unit, the gate is located at the entrance of the working space, and the processing unit generates an opening and closing according to the weighing and judgment results The signal is controlled by the opening and closing signal to open or close the gate. The livestock weight judgment system as described in item 1 of the patent application scope also includes a warning unit, which is coupled to the processing unit, and the processing unit generates a warning signal according to the weighing and judgment results, triggered by the warning signal The warning unit. A livestock weight management method, comprising: a weighing step, which measures the current body weight of one of the target animals every predetermined period; a comparison step, which reduces the current body weight by the previous body weight change and compares the body weight change Whether it is greater than a target weight gain, if the comparison result is yes, continue to house the target animal and repeat the weighing step in the next predetermined period; and a judgment step, if the weight change is not greater than the target weight gain, then compare If the current weight is greater than a target weight, if the comparison result is yes, the target animal is sold. The weight management method for livestock and poultry as described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the judging step compares whether the current weight is greater than a target weight, if the comparison result is no, continue to judge whether the target animal is sick, if the judgment result is If yes, the target animal is treated. After the target animal recovers, continue to house the target animal and repeat the weighing step in the next cycle. The method for weight management of livestock and poultry as described in item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the judgment step judges whether the target animal is sick, and if the judgment result is no, arranges to sell the target animal.

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