Back to results
US 12,382,932 B2Granted
Livestock monitoring system and methods of use
Assignee701x Inc.
InventorsKevin N. Biffert, Maximillion K. Cossette, Steven J. Berlinger, Peter S. Crowley, Cole L Mehring, Keith D. Alsleben, Braydon W. Love, Chad A. Heath
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Livestock movement monitoring system and method of use are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving output from each of a plurality of sensors that are associated with livestock in a confined area, tracking a position and movement of the livestock from the output, determining at least one deviation from an expected parameter using the position and movement, and transmitting an alert to a recipient when the at least one deviation has been determined.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- receiving output from a plurality of sensors that are attached to a respective ear of a respective livestock in a confined area;
- tracking a position and movement of the livestock from the output;
- establishing an angle threshold and a height measurement threshold for the plurality of sensors relative to a position of a feed trough or a water source in the confined area;
- determining that the position of the livestock is at or near a feed trough or a water source based on tracking the position of the livestock;
- responsive to determining that the position of the livestock is at or near a feed trough or a water source, obtaining one or both of an angle measurement and a height measurement of the plurality of sensors relative to the position of the feed trough or the water source;
- comparing one or both of:
- the angle measurement to the angle threshold and the height measurement to the height measurement threshold to determine the occurrence of one or both of a deviation of the angle measurement from the angle threshold and a deviation of the height measurement from the height measurement threshold;
- determining a change in the frequency of the livestock eating or drinking based on one or both of the deviation of the angle measurement and the deviation of the height measurement;
- and
- transmitting an alert to a recipient based on the change in frequency of the livestock eating or drinking.
7 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory for storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions to:
- receive output from a plurality of sensors that are attached to a respective ear of a respective livestock in a confined area;
- track a position and movement of the livestock from the output;
- establish an angle threshold and a height measurement threshold for the plurality of sensors relative to a position of a feed trough or a water source in the confined area;
- determine that the position of the livestock is at or near the feed trough or the water source based on the tracked position of the livestock;
- responsive to the determination that the position of the livestock is at or near the feed trough or the water source, obtain one or both of an angle measurement and a height measurement of the plurality of sensors relative to the position of the feed trough or the water source;
- compare one or both of:
- the angle measurement to the angle threshold and the height measurement to the height measurement threshold to determine the occurrence of one or both of a deviation of the angle measurement from the angle threshold and a deviation of the height measurement from the height measurement threshold;
- determine a change in the frequency of the livestock eating or drinking based on one or both of the deviation of the angle measurement and the deviation of the height measurement;
- and
- transmit an alert to a recipient based on the change in the frequency of the livestock eating or drinking.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.