Systems and methods for determining feed intake of cattle
AssigneeAfimilk Agricultural Cooperative Ltd.
InventorsGil Katz, Roni Shlomo Yair
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Abstract
A system for determining feed intake of a cow, the system including: at least one sensor configured to be positioned on a collar and/or ear-tag of a cow, wherein the sensor is configured to collect data associated with head movements of the cow, a processor in communication with a memory module, the memory module having stored thereon program code, the program code executable by the processor to: receive signals from the at least one sensor, preprocess the received signals by classifying different time blocks of the received signal into classes of behaviors of the cow, extract a plurality of features based, at least in part, on the classified time blocks, and calculate the feed intake of the cow based on the one or more extracted features.
Claims31
A system for determining an amount of food consumed by a cow, the system comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to be positioned on a collar and/or ear-tag of a cow, wherein the sensor is configured to collect data associated with head movements of the cow;
- a processor in communication with a memory module, the memory module having stored thereon program code, the program code executable by the processor to:
- receive signals from the at least one sensor;
- preprocess the received signals by classifying different time blocks of the received signal into classes of behaviors of the cow;
- extract a plurality of features based, at least in part, on the classified meal time blocks associated with eating behavior, wherein at least one algorithm is applied to at least one of the extracted features to rank the amount of food consumed by each cow in relation to the amount of food consumed by other cows in the same group of cows to which the cow belongs;
- receive input data associated with the amount of food provided to the group of cows;
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- calculate the amount of food consumed by the cow based on the one or more extracted features, wherein the amount of food calculated is based at least on the rank of the amount of food consumed by each cow in relation to the amount of food consumed by other cows in the same group to which the cow belongs and on the input data associated with the amount of food provided to the group of cows.
A method for measuring an amount of food consumed by a cow, the method comprising:
- receiving signals from at least one sensor positioned on a collar and/or ear-tag of a cow;
- preprocessing the received signals by classifying different time blocks of the received signal into classes of behaviors of the cow;
- extracting a plurality of features based, at least in part, on the classified meal time blocks associated with eating behavior, wherein at least one algorithm is applied to at least one of the extracted features to rank the amount of food consumed by each cow in relation to the amount of food consumed by other cows in the same group of cows to which the cow belongs;
- receiving input data associated with the amount of food provided to the group of cows;
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- determining the amount of food consumed by the cow by applying at least one algorithm to the one or more extracted features, wherein the amount of food determination is based at least on the rank of the amount of food consumed by each cow in relation to the amount of food consumed by other cows in the same group to which the cow belongs and on the input data associated with the amount of food provided to the group of cows.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.