WO2021196347A1

WO2021196347A1 - Cattle state monitoring system and monitoring method

Info

Publication number: WO2021196347A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/089442
Authority: WO
Inventors: 孙远; 吴迪; 陈亮; 姚远; 王永伟
Original assignee: 丰疆智能软件科技(南京)有限公司
Priority date: 2020-03-31
Filing date: 2020-05-09
Publication date: 2021-10-07
Also published as: CN112468766A

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention are a cattle state monitoring system and monitoring method. The cattle state monitoring system comprises an acquisition unit and a monitoring unit. The acquisition unit comprises a physical sign acquisition module for acquiring an exercise amount and a body temperature change amount of cattle. The monitoring unit comprises a modeling module and a determination module, the determination module being communicatively connected to the modeling module and the physical sign acquisition module, wherein the determination module determines the current health state of the cattle after acquiring a monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cattle from the modeling module and acquiring the exercise amount and the body temperature change amount of the cattle from the physical sign acquisition module.

Description

Cattle condition monitoring system and monitoring method

Technical field

The invention relates to the monitoring field of large-scale breeding livestock, in particular to a cattle state monitoring system and monitoring method.

Background technique

In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people’s health awareness and living standards, people’s demand for meat and dairy foods has increased. As a result, the traditional development model of animal husbandry based on small-scale farming and retail farming can no longer satisfy people. There is a large demand for meat food and milk food. Based on this, large-scale breeding bases have gradually emerged in recent years, such as a cattle breeding base. The large-scale breeding base has built multiple cattle pens, each of which can be used for breeding a large number of cattle. Although the emergence of this large-scale breeding base can increase the supply of beef and milk, compared to the traditional cattle breeding model, the large-scale breeding base is only an expansion of the scale, and the fineness of the breeding process has not been improved. For example, the current large-scale breeding base still requires breeding workers to observe the cattle regularly by manual inspection to determine the state of the cattle, such as judging the health and estrus state of the cattle. This method has many drawbacks. First of all, breeding workers regularly use manual inspections to observe the state of the cows, which is time-consuming and laborious, leading to an increase in breeding costs, especially labor costs. Secondly, breeding workers regularly use manual inspections to observe the status of the cattle. This requires higher personal experience of the breeding workers, and the observation results are easily affected by the subjective factors of the breeding workers. Third, the breeding workers regularly use manual inspections to observe the state of the cows. As a result, the breeding workers can only observe the appearance and movements of the cows and judge the health of the cows based on personal experience. However, due to the cow's autoimmunity The ability makes the cows in the early stage of abnormal health (sickness) may not behave in appearance movements. At this time, the movements of the cows that can be observed by the breeding workers may still be normal, that is, the breeding workers can only observe the cows. The way of judging the health of the cow by combining the appearance and movement of the cow with personal experience cannot detect the health problems of the cow in time. Fourth, the breeding workers regularly use manual inspections to observe the status of the cows. As a result, the breeding workers can only observe the appearance and movement of a specific cow at the time, and the historical health status of the specific cow cannot be known to the breeding workers. It is also impossible to combine the historical health status of the specific cow with the appearance and movement of the cow at that time to comprehensively judge the cow's health status at that time, and it is also impossible to predict the cow's future health status.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow state monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system can accurately judge the cow's current health status based on the cow's exercise volume and body temperature change.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow state monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system can automatically obtain the cow's exercise volume and body temperature change, which can greatly improve the monitoring efficiency and reduce the monitoring cost. , And can avoid the omission of monitoring the status of one or some cattle.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow state monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system can obtain the cow's exercise amount and body temperature change in real time or at intervals, so that the cow state monitoring system can Judge the current health status of the cattle in real time or at intervals to realize the refined and scientific management of the breeding base.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cattle condition monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein the cattle condition monitoring system can obtain the actions of the cattle, and judge the cattle by combining the amount of exercise, the amount of body temperature change, and the action of the cattle. In this way, the accuracy of the judgment result can be improved.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cattle condition monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein the cattle condition monitoring system can record the historical health status of each specific cattle, thus allowing the source of beef and milk to be traced later.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cattle condition monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein the cattle condition monitoring system can predict the future health status of the cattle based on the cattle’s historical health status and the current health status, so as to help protect the cattle. Health only during the breeding process.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow state monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system can separately monitor each specific cow, and when the state of a specific cow is abnormal, the cow Only the condition monitoring system can accurately and quickly locate the specific cow from the cowshed.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a cattle condition monitoring system, which includes:

An acquisition unit, wherein the acquisition unit includes an integrated sign acquisition module for acquiring the amount of exercise and body temperature change of a cow; and

A monitoring unit, wherein the monitoring unit includes a modeling module and a judgment module, the judgment module is communicatively connected to the modeling module and the physical sign acquisition module, wherein the judgment module is The modeling module obtains a monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow, and obtains the exercise amount and body temperature change of the cow from the physical sign acquisition module to determine the current health state of the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the acquisition unit includes an action acquisition module for acquiring the action of the cow, and the judgment module is communicably connected to the action acquisition module, wherein the judgment module is Obtain the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow from the modeling module, acquire the exercise volume and body temperature change of the cow from the physical sign acquisition module, and acquire the cow’s information from the motion acquisition module After the action, the current health status of the cow is judged.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the modeling module is communicably connected to the physical sign acquisition module and the action acquisition module, and the modeling module is acquiring the cow’s status from the physical sign acquisition module. The amount of exercise and body temperature change over a period of time and the movement of the cow over a period of time are acquired from the action acquisition module to establish the monitoring model, wherein the content of the monitoring model is the amount of exercise and body temperature of the cow The amount of change and the corresponding relationship between the movement of the cow and the health state of the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cattle status monitoring system further includes a management unit, the management unit includes a content management module and an archive management module, the archive management module is communicably connected to the content The management module and the judgment module, wherein the content management module is used to establish a database about the cows, and the file management module is used to store the current health status of the cows determined by the judgment module to Database to obtain the historical health status of the cattle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cattle health monitoring system further includes a prediction unit that is communicatively connected to the content management module and the judgment module, wherein the prediction unit is based on the The current health status and historical health status of the cow predict the future health status of the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the physical sign acquisition module acquires the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow by connecting a wearing device, wherein the wearing device includes a wearing belt and a collector, the collector It includes a housing and a circuit board, a power supply element, a communication element, and at least one sensor arranged inside the housing. The power supply element, the communication element and the sensor are respectively connected to the A circuit board, wherein the housing is installed on the wearing belt, wherein when the wearing belt is arranged around the neck of the cow, the collector can be close to the neck of the cow One side.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the housing has a first through hole and a second through hole, the first through hole is formed at one end of the housing, and the second through hole is formed in the housing The other end of the device, wherein the wearing strap passes through the first perforation and the second perforation of the housing in sequence, so that the housing of the collector can be adjustably installed on the Wear a belt.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a cow state monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring method includes the following steps:

(a) Obtain the amount of exercise and body temperature change of a cow; and

(b) Based on a monitoring model, judging the current health status of the cow according to the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the step (b), the cow state monitoring method further includes the step of: (c) acquiring the cow's action, so that in the step (c), based on The monitoring model judges the current health status of the cow according to the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow and the movement of the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the step (a), the cow state monitoring method further includes the step of: (d) establishing the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step (d) further includes the steps:

(d.1) Obtain the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow over a period of time;

(d.2) Obtain images of the cattle over a period of time; and

(d.3) Based on the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow during this period of time and the image of the cow during this period of time, establish the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow and the cow The corresponding relationship between the actions of and the health status of the cows to obtain the monitoring model.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to the age change of the cattle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to seasonal changes.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, after the step (b), the cow state monitoring method further includes the step of: (e) predicting the cow’s health status based on the cow’s current health status and historical health status. Future health status.

Description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a cattle condition monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the cattle condition monitoring system according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3A to 3D are schematic diagrams of the application process of the cattle condition monitoring system according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of the cattle condition monitoring system according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a wearing device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic front view of the wearing device according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an exploded schematic diagram of the wearing device according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a collector of the wearing device according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is an exploded schematic view of the collector of the wearing device according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is an exploded schematic view of the collector of the wearing device according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention from another perspective.

11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the collector of the wearing device according to the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The following description is used to disclose the present invention so that those skilled in the art can implement the present invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are only examples, and those skilled in the art can think of other obvious variations. The basic principles of the present invention defined in the following description can be applied to other embodiments, modifications, improvements, equivalents, and other technical solutions that do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art should understand that, in the disclosure of the present invention, the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", " The orientation or positional relationship indicated by "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and The description is simplified, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore the above-mentioned terms should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

It can be understood that the term "a" should be understood as "at least one" or "one or more", that is, in one embodiment, the number of an element may be one, and in another embodiment, the number of the element The number can be multiple, and the term "one" cannot be understood as a restriction on the number.

With reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings of the specification, a cattle condition monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed and explained in the following description, wherein the cattle condition monitoring system includes a Obtaining unit 10 and a monitoring unit 20.

Specifically, the acquisition unit 10 includes an integral sign acquisition module 11, the monitoring unit 20 includes a modeling module 21 and a judgment module 22, and the judgment module 22 is respectively communicably connected to the physical sign acquisition module 11 And the modeling module 21. The physical sign acquisition module 11 is used to collect the amount of exercise and body temperature change of a cow 100. The judgment module 22 acquires a monitoring model from the modeling module 21 and acquires the cow from the physical sign acquisition module 11. After the amount of exercise of 100 and the amount of body temperature change, the current health status of the cow 100 can be judged.

1 and 2, the cow 100 is worn with a wearing device 200, wherein the wearing device 200 is configured to collect the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100, the acquisition unit 10 The physical sign acquisition module 11 can acquire the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 from the wearing device 200 by connecting the wearing device 200 externally. Preferably, the wearing device 200 may be a neck wearing device, such as a collar, so that the accuracy of the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 collected by the wearing device 200 can be improved. Preferably, the physical sign acquisition module 11 of the acquisition unit 10 may be externally connected to the wearing device 200 based on, but not limited to, LoRa communication technology.

The content of the monitoring model is the corresponding relationship between the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 and the health state of the cow 100, so that based on the monitoring model, the judgment module 22 is obtaining the physical signs from the physical sign acquisition module. 11 After obtaining the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100, the health status of the cow 100 can be judged. In this preferred example of the cattle condition monitoring system of the present invention, the monitoring model and the cattle 100 have a unique corresponding relationship, so that the reliability of the cattle condition monitoring system can be guaranteed. Specifically, the modeling module 21 of the monitoring unit 20 is communicatively connected to the physical sign acquisition module 11 of the acquisition unit 10. In the modeling phase, the physical sign acquisition module 11 can continue from The wearing device 200 obtains the amount of exercise and the amount of body temperature change of the cow 100, and the modeling module 21 is based on the amount of exercise and the amount of body temperature change of the cow 100 during this period of time and the amount of body temperature change of the cow 100 during this period of time. The monitoring module is established for the health status of, so that the monitoring model and the cattle 100 are uniquely corresponding. Preferably, the modeling module 21 can update the monitoring model. For example, the modeling module 21 can re-establish the monitoring model as the age of the cow 100 changes, or the modeling module 21 can follow Re-establish the monitoring model according to seasonal changes.

Further, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the acquisition unit 10 further includes an action acquisition module 12, and the judgment module 22 is communicably connected to the action acquisition module 12, wherein the action acquisition module 12 is used for In order to obtain the movement of the cow 100, the judgment module 22 obtains the monitoring model from the modeling module 21 and obtains the movement amount and change amount of the cow 100 from the physical sign acquisition module 11. The action acquisition module 12 can determine the current health status of the cow 100 after acquiring the actions of the cow 100, which can further improve the reliability of the cow state monitoring system. Specifically, the action acquisition module 12 of the acquisition unit 10 may acquire images (such as images and/or videos) about the cow 100 from the camera device 300 by connecting one or more camera devices 300. In this way, the action acquisition module 12 is allowed to acquire the action of the cow 100.

Preferably, the content of the monitoring model may be the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100, and the corresponding relationship between the movement of the cow 100 and the health state of the cow 100. For example, in the modeling phase, the physical sign acquisition module 11 can acquire the amount of exercise and the change in body temperature of the cow 100 from the wearing device 200 for a period of time. Accordingly, the motion acquisition module 12 can acquire the amount of movement and the change in body temperature of the cow 100 for a period of time. The camera device 300 acquires the actions of the cow 100. In the following, the modeling module 21 can analyze the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 during this period of time based on technologies such as big data and learning algorithms. The monitoring model is established after the actions of the cow 100 during this period of time and the health state of the cow 100 during this period of time.

Further, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the cattle state monitoring system includes a management unit 30. The management unit 30 includes a content management module 31 and a content management module 31 communicably connected to the content management module 31. The file management module 32, wherein the file management module 32 of the management unit 30 is communicably connected to the judgment module 22 of the monitoring unit 20. The content management module 31 of the management unit 30 is used to establish a database corresponding to the cow 100, and the file management module 32 is used to compare the current health of the cow 100 determined by the judgment module 22 The status is stored in the database corresponding to the cow 100 established by the content management module 31 to obtain the historical health status of the cow 100, so that the growth process of the cow 100 can be monitored, so that there will be future Conducive to trace the source of beef and milk.

The acquisition unit 10 further includes an identification acquisition module 13. The archive management module 32 of the management unit 30 is communicably connected to the identification acquisition module 13 of the acquisition unit 10, and the identification acquisition module 13 Used to collect the identity of the cow 100. After the file management module 32 obtains the identity of the cow 100 from the identification acquisition module 13 and the current health status of the cow 100 from the judgment module 22, the file management module 32 can The current health status of the cow 100 determined by the determining module 22 is stored in the database corresponding to the cow 100 established by the content management module 31 to obtain the historical health status of the cow 100. Specifically, the identification acquiring module 13 of the acquiring unit 10 acquires the identity of the cow 100 from the wearing device 200 by externally connecting the wearing device 200.

In other words, the cattle condition monitoring system of the present invention can establish the health profile of the cattle 100 during the growth process, so that in the subsequent beef or milk supply stage, the cattle condition monitoring system allows beef and milk The source was traced.

Continuing to refer to FIGS. 1 and 2, the cattle state monitoring system further includes an alarm unit 40, wherein the alarm unit 40 is communicably connected to the judgment module 22 of the monitoring unit 20. When the judging module 22 of the monitoring unit 20 judges that the current state of health of the cow 100 is abnormal based on the monitoring model, the alarm unit 40 can issue an alarm message to remind the breeders to pay attention to the cow 100. It is worth mentioning that the way that the alarm unit 40 sends out the alarm information when the judgment module 22 judges that the current health status of the cow 100 is abnormal is not limited. Alarm messages are sent out by means of text messages, sounds, lights, etc. to remind breeders to pay attention to the cattle 100.

Continuing to refer to FIGS. 1 and 2, the cattle state monitoring system further includes a prediction unit 50, wherein the prediction unit 50 is communicably connected to the judgment module 22 and the management module 22 of the monitoring unit 20 The content management module 31 of the unit 30, wherein the prediction unit 50 is able to determine the current health status of the cow 100 obtained by the judgment module 22 and the status of the cow 100 managed by the content management module 31 The historical health status predicts the future health status of the cow 100, which can guarantee the health of the cow 100 during the breeding process. Preferably, the prediction unit 50 is communicably connected to the alarm unit 40, so that when the prediction unit 50 predicts that the future health status of the cattle 100 is abnormal, the alarm unit 40 can issue an alarm message, To remind the breeders to pay attention to the cattle 100.

Fig. 2 shows the application scenario of the cow state monitoring system. A plurality of cow pens 400 are built in the breeding base, and one or more camera devices 300 are installed in the vicinity of each cow pen 400. For shooting images of the cows 100 housed in the cow pen 400, wherein one or more gateways 500 are provided near the cow pen 400, and the gateways 500 can be communicatively connected to one or more A computing device 600, the computing device may be a computer, a smart phone, a server, etc., wherein the cattle status monitoring system is implemented by the computing device 600.

Referring to FIG. 3A, a plurality of the cows 100 are housed in the same cow pen 400, wherein the neck of each cow 100 is worn with one wearing device 200, and the wearing device 200 It is configured to collect the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100, wherein the wearing device 200 and the camera device 300 are communicably connected to the gateway 500. It is worth mentioning that the communication connection between the wearing device 200 and the camera device 300 and the gateway 500 is not limited. For example, the wearing device 200 and the camera device 300 may be able to communicate based on LoRa communication technology. Ground is connected to the gateway 500. In the modeling stage, the wearing device 200 can collect the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 for a period of time, and the camera device 300 can take an image of the cow 100 for a period of time, wherein the cow The amount of exercise and body temperature change of only 100 during this period of time and the image of the cow 100 during this period of time are sent to the computing device 600 through the gateway 500, so that the physical sign obtaining module 11 of the obtaining unit 10 The amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 during this period of time can be obtained, and the movement acquisition module 12 can obtain the movement of the cow 100 during this period of time. Then, the modeling module 21 can be based on big data. And learning algorithms and other technologies are analyzing the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 during this period of time, the actions of the cow 100 during this period of time, and the health status of the cow 100 during this period of time. Then establish the monitoring model. Preferably, the information about the identity of the cow 100 stored in the wearing device 200 can also be sent to the computing device 600 through the gateway 500, so that the identification acquiring module 13 of the acquiring unit 10 The identity of the cow 100 can be obtained.

During the growth of the cow 100, the physical sign acquisition module 11 of the acquisition unit 10 can acquire the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 in real time or at intervals. Accordingly, the acquisition unit 10 The action acquisition module 12 can acquire the actions of the cow 100 in real time or at intervals, so that in the following, the judgment module 22 of the monitoring unit 20 can judge the actions of the cow 100 in real time or at intervals Current health status.

The judgment module 22 acquires the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow 100 from the modeling module 21 and acquires the exercise volume and body temperature change of the cow 100 from the physical sign acquisition module 11, The action acquiring module 12 determines the current health status of the cow 100 after acquiring the action of the cow 100. In this specific state shown in FIG. 3B, when the judging module 22 judges that the current health state of the cow 100 is abnormal, the alarm unit 40 can send an alarm message to the computing device 600 in time to Remind the breeding staff to pay attention to the cattle 100. Preferably, while the alarm information 40 sends the alarm information to the computing device 600, the alarm unit 40 can send the identity information of the cow 100 to a handheld positioning device 700. With reference to FIGS. 3C and 3D, after the breeders arrive at the cowshed 400, they can use the handheld positioning device 700 to identify the information about the identity of the cow 100 stored in the wearing device 200 for convenience The cow 100 with abnormal health status is located accurately, accurately and in time.

Fig. 4 shows the working flow of the cow state monitoring system, wherein the working flow of the cow state monitoring system includes the following stages:

In stage 4001, the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow 100 is established. Preferably, after the wearing device 200 is worn on the neck of the cow 100, the monitoring model can be established. Specifically, the wearing device 200 can collect the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 for a period of time, so that the physical sign acquiring module 11 of the acquiring unit 10 can acquire the cow from the wearing device 200 The amount of exercise and body temperature change of 100 during this period of time. Accordingly, the camera device 300 can take images of the cow 100 for a period of time, so that the action acquisition module 12 of the acquisition unit 10 can obtain information from the The camera device 300 acquires the actions of the cow 100 during this period of time, and then the modeling module 21 can analyze the amount of exercise and body temperature changes of the cow 100 during this period of time based on technologies such as big data and learning algorithms. The monitoring model is established after the amount, the actions of the cow 100 during this period of time, and the health status of the cow 100 during this period of time.

In stage 4002, the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 and the movement of the cow 100 are acquired. For example, the wearing device 200 can collect the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 in real time or at intervals, and the physical sign acquisition module 11 can acquire the amount of exercise of the cow 100 by connecting the wearing device 200 externally. According to the amount of body temperature change, correspondingly, the camera device 300 can take images of the cow 100 alive in real time at intervals, and the motion acquisition module 12 can acquire the cow 100 by connecting the camera device 300 externally. Actions.

In stage 4003, based on the monitoring model, the judging module 22 judges the current health status of the cow 100. For example, the judgment module 22 obtains the monitoring model from the modeling module 21, obtains the movement amount and change amount of the cow 100 from the physical sign acquisition module 11, and obtains the movement amount and change amount from the movement acquisition module 12. After the actions of the cow 100, the current health status of the cow 100 can be determined.

If the judging module 22 judges that the current health status of the cow 100 is normal, then a stage 4004 is performed to store the current health status of the cow 100 to obtain the historical health status of the cow 100. Correspondingly, the judging module 22 judges that the current health state of the cow 100 is abnormal, and then proceeds to stage 4005, and the alarm unit 40 sends out an alarm message to remind the breeders. Preferably, in the stage 4005, while the alarm unit 40 sends out an alarm message to remind the breeder, the current health state of the cow 100 is stored to obtain the historical health state of the cow 100.

In stage 4006, the prediction unit 50 predicts the future health state according to the current health state and historical health state of the cow 100. If the prediction unit 50 predicts that the future health state of the cow 100 is abnormal, proceed to stage 4007, The alarm unit 40 can send out alarm information to remind the breeders to pay attention to the cattle 100.

(a) Obtain the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100; and

(b) Based on the monitoring model, judging the current health status of the cow 100 according to the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100.

Further, before the step (b), the cow state monitoring method further includes the step of: (c) acquiring the action of the cow 100, so that in the step (c), based on the monitoring model , Judging the current health status of the cow 100 according to the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 and the movement of the cow 100.

Further, before the step (a), the cow state monitoring method further includes the step of: (d) establishing the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow 100. Specifically, the step (d) further includes the steps:

(d.1) Obtain the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 over a period of time;

(d.2) Obtain images of the cattle 100 over a period of time; and

(d.3) Based on the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 during this period of time and the image of the cow 100 during this period of time, establish the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100 as well as the total body temperature. The corresponding relationship between the actions of the cow 100 and the health status of the cow 100 is used to obtain the monitoring model.

Preferably, in the step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to the age change of the cattle 100. Optionally, in the step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to seasonal changes.

Further, after the step (b), the cow state monitoring method further includes the step of: (e) predicting the future health state of the cow 100 based on the current health state and the historical health state of the cow 100 .

FIGS. 5 to 11 show the specific structure of the wearing device 200, wherein the wearing device 200 includes a wearing strap 60 and at least one collector 70 installed on the wearing strap 60, wherein the wearing strap 60 is configured to be able to surround the neck of the cow 100 so that the wearing device 200 can be worn by the cow 100. When the wearing device 200 is worn by the cow 100, the wearing strap 60 is set so that the collector 70 can be reliably attached to the neck of the cow 100 for collecting the cow The amount of exercise and body temperature change of 100. Preferably, when the wearing device 200 is worn by the cow 100, the wearing strap 60 is configured to enable the collector 70 to be reliably attached to one side of the neck of the cow 100 to For accurately collecting the body temperature change of the cow 100.

More specifically, the collector 70 includes a housing 71, a circuit board 72, a power supply element 73, a communication element 74, and at least one sensor 75 arranged inside the housing 71. The power supply element 73. The communication element 74 and the sensor 75 are respectively connected to the circuit board 72, so that the power supply element 73 can supply power to the communication element 74 and the sensor 75 through the circuit board 72, the The data collected by the sensor 75 can be transmitted to the communication element 74 through the circuit board 72. The housing 71 is installed on the wearing belt 60, wherein when the wearing device 200 is worn by the cow 100, and the power supply element 73 is connected to the communication element 74 and the communication element 74 through the circuit board 72 When the sensor 75 is powered, the sensor 75 can collect data of the cow 100, and these data can be sent to the outside through the communication element 74. Specifically, the communication element 74 can send these data to the gateway 500 based on, but not limited to, LoRa communication technology, so as to further send the data to the computing device 600 through the gateway 500 in the future, and thus the acquisition unit 10 can obtain the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow 100.

Preferably, in this specific example of the wearing device 200 shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, the number of the sensors 75 of the collector 70 may be two, and one of the sensors 75 is one or three. The axis accelerometer 25a is used to collect the movement data of the cow 100, and the other sensor 75 is an integrated temperature sensor 75b, which is used to collect the body temperature change data of the cow 100. It should be understood that in other examples of the wearing device 200 of the present invention, the types of the sensors 75 of the collector 70 may be more or less.

It is worth mentioning that the type of the power supply element 73 of the collector 70 is not limited in the wearing device 200 of the present invention, as long as it can communicate to the communication element 74 and the communication element 74 through the circuit board 72, respectively. The sensor 75 only needs to supply power. For example, the power supply element 73 may be, but not limited to, a dry battery, a button battery, or a rechargeable battery.

Continuing to refer to FIGS. 5 to 11, the housing 71 of the collector 70 is adjustably installed on the wearing belt 60, so that the position of the collector 70 relative to the wearing belt 60 can be adjusted. Adjustment, so that when the wearing device 200 is worn by the cow 100 in such a way that the wearing belt 60 surrounds the neck of the cow 100, by adjusting the collector 70 relative to the wearing belt 60 The position of the collector 70 enables the collector 70 to be attached to the side of the neck of the cow 100, so that the body temperature sensor 75b of the collector 70 can more accurately collect the information of the cow 100 Body temperature change data.

The size of the wearing strap 60 of the wearing device 200 is adjustable, so that the wearing device 200 can be adapted to be worn by the cows 100 of different body types. After the size of the wearing strap 60 of the wearing device 200 is adjusted, for example, the size of the wearing strap 60 of the wearing device 200 is adjusted down so that the wearing device 200 is smaller in size. When the cow 100 is worn, the position of the collector 70 relative to the wearing belt 60 can also be adjusted. In this way, when the wearing device 200 surrounds the neck of the cow 100 with the wearing belt 60 When worn by the cow 100, the wearing strap 60 enables the collector 70 to be tightly attached to one side of the neck of the cow 100, so that the body temperature sensor 75b of the collector 70 can Accurately collect the body temperature change data of the cow 100.

Further, the housing 71 of the collector 70 has a housing inner side 711, a housing outer side 712, a first through hole 713, and a second through hole 714. The housing inner side 711 and the housing The outer sides 712 correspond to each other, and the first through holes 713 and the second through holes 714 penetrate the housing 71 at opposite ends of the housing 71 to allow the first through holes 713 and the second through holes 714 714 respectively extend from the inner side 711 of the casing 71 to the outer side 712 of the casing. The two ends of the wearing belt 60 extend from the outer side 712 of the housing 71 to the housing after passing through the first through hole 713 and the second through hole 714 of the housing 71 respectively. Inside the body 711, the housing 71 of the collector 70 is mounted on the wearing belt 60 in this way, and when no external force is applied to the wearing belt 60 and the collector 70, the collector 70 does not It is easy to slide along the wearing belt 60 to ensure the reliability of the relative position of the collector 70 and the wearing belt 60. Correspondingly, when force is applied to the wearing belt 60 and the collector 70, the collector 70 can slide along the wearing belt 60 to adjust the position of the collector 70 relative to the wearing belt 60 .

Preferably, the housing 71 of the collector 70 further has a housing accommodating groove 715, the housing accommodating groove 715 is formed on the outer side 712 of the housing, and both ends of the housing accommodating groove 715 Extending to and communicating with the first through hole 713 and the second through hole 714, respectively, the part of the wearing strap 60 that is held on the outer side 712 of the housing 71 is accommodated in the housing The housing accommodating groove 715 of the housing 71 can prevent the wearing strap 60 from protruding from the outer side 712 of the housing 71.

Further, the collector 70 further includes an identification tag for obtaining the identity of the cow 100 wearing the wearing device 200. For example, the identification tag may be but not limited to RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

5-11, the housing 71 of the collector 70 includes a housing body 716 and a cover body 717. The housing body 716 has an installation space 7161 and an installation space 7161 connected to the installation space 7161. The mounting opening 7162, wherein the circuit board 72, the power supply element 73, the communication element 74, the sensor 75, and the FRID chip 76 are installed in the mounting opening 7162 of the housing main body 716, respectively. The installation space 7161, and the body temperature sensor 75b of the sensor 75 is close to the installation opening 7162 of the housing body 716, so that the cover body 717 is mounted on the housing body 716 to close the housing body When the installation opening 7162 of the 716, the body temperature sensor 75b can be close to or close to the cover body 717, so that when the collector 70 is set close to the side of the neck of the cow 100, the body temperature sensor 75b The body temperature sensor 75b of the collector 70 can directly obtain the body temperature of the cow 100.

It should be noted that the collector 70 of the wearing device 200 of the present invention is a part of the wearing strap 60 that is tightly attached to the neck of the cow 100 in a manner that it surrounds the neck of the cow 100. Therefore, the specific part of the body temperature sensor 75b corresponding to the neck of the cow 100 and the actual distance between the body temperature sensor 75b and the neck of the cow 100 will affect the accuracy of the collected body temperature. In other words, the collected body temperature of the cow 100 may deviate from the real body temperature of the cow 100. Therefore, in the wearing device 200 of the present invention, the wearing device 200 collects data based on the body temperature sensor 75b. Calculate the body temperature change of the cow 100 from the body temperature of the cow 100.

Preferably, the housing 71 of the collector 70 may be formed by injection molding of a crash-resistant plastic material to ensure the reliability of the collector 70. Preferably, the housing inner side 711 of the housing 71 of the collector 70 may be a flat side or a slightly curved side, so that the housing inner side 711 of the housing 71 can be close to the One side of the neck of the cow 100. The outer casing 712 of the casing 71 may be a curved surface side.

Continuing to refer to FIGS. 5 to 11, the wearing device 200 of the present invention further includes a locator 80, wherein the locator 80 is installed on the wearing belt 60, and the wearing device 200 is protected by the cow. When the 100 is worn, the positioner 80 can make the collector 70 securely close to one side of the neck of the cow 100. Preferably, the position of the locator 80 relative to the wearing belt 60 is adjustable, so that the wearing device 200 can be worn on the cows 100 of different sizes by adjusting the size of the wearing belt 60. After the neck, by adjusting the position of the positioner 80 relative to the wearing belt 60, the collector 70 can be close to one side of the neck of the cow 100.

Specifically, the positioner 80 has a positioning inside 81, a positioning outside 82, a third through hole 83, and a fourth through hole 84. The positioning inside 81 and the positioning outside 82 correspond to each other, and the third through hole 83 and the fourth perforation 84 respectively penetrate the positioner 80 at opposite ends of the positioner 80, so as to allow the third perforation 83 and the fourth perforation 84 to come from all the positions of the positioner 80, respectively. The positioning inner side 81 extends to the positioning outer side 82. The two ends of the wearing belt 60 extend from the positioning outside 82 of the positioner 80 to the inside of the positioning after passing through the third perforation 83 and the fourth perforation 84 of the positioner 80 respectively 81. In this way, the locator 80 is mounted on the wearing belt 60, and when no external force is applied to the wearing belt 60 and the locator 80, the locator 80 is not easy to follow the wearing belt 60 Sliding to ensure the reliability of the relative position of the locator 80 and the wearing belt 60.

Preferably, the positioner 80 has a positioning and receiving groove 85 formed on the outside of the positioning 82, and two ends of the positioning and receiving groove 85 respectively extend to and communicate with the third through hole 83 and the fourth perforation 84, the part of the wearing strap 60 that is held on the positioning outside 82 of the positioner 80 is accommodated in the positioning receiving groove 85 of the positioner 80, which can avoid The wearing belt 60 protrudes from the positioning outer side 82 of the positioner 80.

The locator 80 of the wearing device 200 has a heavier weight. When the wearing strap 60 is wrapped around the neck of the cow 100 so that the wearing device 200 is worn by the cow 100, The positioner 80 is suspended from the lower side of the neck of the cow 100, and the belt 60 is pulled downwards by the gravity of the positioner 80, so that it is installed on all of the belt 60. The collector 70 can be close to one side of the neck of the cow 100.

It is worth mentioning that the material of the positioner 80 is not limited in the wearing device 200 of the present invention. For example, the positioner 80 may be made of metal materials, or the positioner 80 may be made of metal materials and Made of rubber material wrapped on the outside of metal material.

Continuing to refer to FIGS. 5-11, the wearing device 200 further includes a buckle 90, wherein the buckle 90 includes a first locking element 91 and a second locking element 92, the first The locking element 91 has a first locking perforation 911, and the second locking element 92 has a second locking perforation 921. The wearing belt 60 has a fixed end 61 and an adjusting end 62 corresponding to the fixed end 61, wherein the fixed end 61 of the wearing belt 60 passes through the first buckle in sequence. The first locking perforation 911 of the element 91 and the second locking perforation 921 of the second locking element 92 are then fixedly connected to the middle of the wearing belt 60, so that the first lock is set The buckle element 91 and the second locking element 92 are at the fixed end 61 of the wearing belt 60, wherein the adjusting end 62 of the wearing belt 60 passes through the second locking element in sequence The second locking perforation 921 of 92 and the first locking perforation 911 of the first locking element 91 bypass the first locking element 91 and then pass through the second locking element again The second lock buckle hole 921 of 92 is adjusted so that the adjustment end 62 of the wearing belt 60 is set on the locker 90 in an adjustable manner.

The assembling process of the wearing device 200 of the present invention is: (1) allowing the adjusting end 62 of the wearing strap 60 to sequentially pass through the first perforation 713 of the housing 71 of the collector 70 And the second perforation 714, so that the collector 70 is installed on the wearing belt 60. At this time, the part of the wearing belt 60 that is held on the outer side 712 of the housing 71 The housing accommodating groove 715 of the housing 71 is accommodated in order to prevent the wearing strap 60 from protruding from the outer side 712 of the housing 71; (2) allowing the wearing strap 60 to The adjusting end 62 sequentially passes through the third through hole 83 and the fourth through hole 84 of the positioner 80, so that the positioner 80 is installed on the wearing belt 60. At this time, the The part of the wearing belt 60 that is held on the positioning outside 82 of the positioner 80 is accommodated in the positioning receiving groove 85 of the positioner 80 to prevent the wearing belt 60 from protruding from the positioner. 80 of the positioning outside 82.

The wearing process of the wearing device 200 of the present invention is as follows: (1) Adjust the position of the collector 70 relative to the wearing belt 60 and the position of the locator 80 relative to the belt 60 according to the body type of the cow 100. The position of the wearing strap 60; (2) After the wearing strap 60 surrounds the neck of the cow 100, allow the adjusting end 11 of the wearing strap 60 to pass through the second locking element in sequence The second locking perforation 921 of 92 and the first locking perforation 911 of the first locking element 91 bypass the first locking element 91 and pass through the second locking element again The second lock buckle 92 is perforated 921 to wear the wearing device 200 on the neck of the cow 100. At this time, the locator 80 is suspended from the lower side of the neck of the cow 100, and because it is pulled downward by the gravity of the locator 80, the wearing belt 60 is not suitable for the cow 100. Under the premise that the neck of the cow is restrained, the collector 70 is pressed against one side of the neck of the cow 100. It is understandable that after the wearing device 200 is worn on the neck of the cow 100, the position of the collector 70 relative to the wearing belt 60 and the position of the locator 80 relative to the wearing belt The positions of 60 can be adjusted to ensure that the collector 70 can be reliably attached to one side of the neck of the cow 100.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the above embodiments are only examples, in which the features of different embodiments can be combined with each other to obtain implementations that are easily conceivable according to the disclosure of the present invention but are not clearly indicated in the accompanying drawings.

Those skilled in the art should understand that the above description and the embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings are only examples and do not limit the present invention. The purpose of the present invention has been completely and effectively achieved. The functions and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and explained in the embodiments. Without departing from the principles, the implementation of the present invention may have any deformation or modification.

Claims

A cattle condition monitoring system is characterized in that it includes:

An acquisition unit, wherein the acquisition unit includes an integrated sign acquisition module for acquiring the amount of exercise and body temperature change of a cow; and

A monitoring unit, wherein the monitoring unit includes a modeling module and a judgment module, the judgment module is communicatively connected to the modeling module and the physical sign acquisition module, wherein the judgment module is The modeling module obtains a monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow, and obtains the exercise amount and body temperature change of the cow from the physical sign acquisition module to determine the current health state of the cow.
The cattle condition monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit includes an action acquisition module for acquiring the action of the cow, and the judgment module is communicably connected to the action acquisition module, Wherein, the judgment module obtains the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow from the modeling module, obtains the exercise volume and body temperature change of the cow from the physical sign acquisition module, and obtains the movement from the movement acquisition module. After obtaining the action of the cow, determine the current health state of the cow.
The cattle condition monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the modeling module is communicably connected to the physical sign acquisition module and the action acquisition module, and the modeling module is connected to the physical sign acquisition module. The monitoring model is established after acquiring the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow over a period of time and acquiring the movement of the cow over a period of time from the action acquisition module, wherein the content of the monitoring model is the The amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow, and the corresponding relationship between the movement of the cow and the health state of the cow.
The cattle condition monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a management unit including a content management module and an archive management module, the archive management module being communicably connected to The content management module and the judgment module, wherein the content management module is used to establish a database about the cattle, and the file management module is used to compare the current health of the cattle obtained by the judgment module The status is stored in the database to obtain the historical health status of the cow.
The cattle health monitoring system according to claim 4, further comprising a prediction unit that is communicably connected to the content management module and the judgment module, wherein the prediction unit is based on the cattle The current health status and historical health status predict the future health status of the cow.
The cow state monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the physical sign acquisition module acquires the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow by connecting a wearing device, wherein the wearing device includes a Wearing belt and a collector, the collector includes a housing and a circuit board, a power supply element, a communication element and at least one sensor arranged inside the housing, the power supply element, the communication The element and the sensor are respectively connected to the circuit board, wherein the housing is mounted on the wearing belt, and when the wearing belt is arranged around the neck of the cow, the collector It can be close to one side of the cow's neck.
The cattle condition monitoring system according to claim 6, wherein the housing has a first perforation and a second perforation, the first perforation is formed at one end of the housing, and the second perforation Is formed at the other end of the housing, wherein the wearing strap passes through the first perforation and the second perforation of the housing in sequence, so that the housing of the collector can be Adjustably installed on the wearing belt.
A cow state monitoring method, characterized in that the cow state monitoring method includes the following steps:

(a) Obtain the amount of exercise and body temperature change of a cow; and

(b) Based on a monitoring model, judging the current health status of the cow according to the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow.
The cattle condition monitoring method according to claim 8, wherein before the step (b), the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises the step of: (c) acquiring the action of the cattle, so that in the step In (c), based on the monitoring model, the current health status of the cow is judged according to the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow and the movement of the cow.
The cattle condition monitoring method according to claim 9, wherein before the step (a), the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises the step of: (d) establishing the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cattle .
The cattle condition monitoring method according to claim 10, wherein said step (d) further comprises the step of:

(d.1) Obtain the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow over a period of time;

(d.2) Obtain images of the cattle over a period of time; and

(d.3) Based on the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow during this period of time and the image of the cow during this period of time, establish the amount of exercise and body temperature change of the cow and the cow The corresponding relationship between the actions of and the health status of the cows to obtain the monitoring model.
The method for monitoring the state of a cow according to claim 10, wherein in the step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to the age change of the cow.
The cattle condition monitoring method according to claim 10, wherein in the step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to seasonal changes.
The cow state monitoring method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein after the step (b), the cow state monitoring method further comprises the step: (e) according to the current health of the cow The state and historical health state predict the future health state of the cow.