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US 12,721,320 B2Granted
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for computerized animal management
OwnerDavid Schroeder, Andrew Silvainventors
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Abstract
Animals may be managed by a variety of systems, processes, and techniques. In particular implementations, an animal management system may include a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification tags (RFID) tags in a first area and a second radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for RFID tags in a second area that overlaps with the first area and send information regarding detected RFID tags in the second area to the first RF reader system. The first RF reader system may compare the RFID tags detected by the second RF reader system to those detected by the first RF reader system and dedupe detections of the same RFID tags.
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An animal management system, the system comprising:
- a server system comprising an electronic processor, the server system configured to receive tag scan data from radio frequency (RF) reader systems;
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- a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in a first area, wherein the first RF reader system generates a tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag, scans for tags during the tag scan window, and sends data regarding RFID tags detected during the tag scan window to the server system;
- wherein the first RF reader system creates a tag scan period for each RFID tag detected during a tag scan window and updates the tag scan periods upon subsequent detections of the corresponding RFID tags during the tag scan window;
- wherein the server system determines whether to combine tag scan periods for an RFID tag detected in a tag scan window to analyze an animal's visit to the first area.
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An animal management system, the system comprising:
- a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in a first area, the first RF reader system generating a first tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag and scanning for tags during the first tag scan window;
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- a second radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for RFID tags in a second area that does not overlap with the first area, the second RF reader system generating a second tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag and scanning for tags during the second tag scan window;
- wherein the first RF reader system creates a tag scan period for each RFID tag detected during the first tag scan window and updates the tag scan periods upon subsequent detections of the corresponding RFID tags during the first tag scan window.
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An animal management system, the system comprising:
- a server system comprising an electronic processor, the server system configured to receive tag scan data from radio frequency (RF) reader systems;
- and
- a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in a first area, wherein the first RF reader system generates a tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag, scans for tags during the tag scan window, and sends data regarding RFID tags detected during the tag scan window to the server system;
- wherein the first RF reader system creates a tag scan period for each RFID tag detected during a tag scan window and updates the tag scan periods upon subsequent detections of the corresponding RFID tags during the tag scan window;
- wherein the server system analyzes consecutive tag scan windows for the first RF reader system to analyze an animal's visit to the first area;
- wherein the server system determines whether to combine tag scan periods for an RFID tag in consecutive tag scan windows for the first RF reader system to analyze an animal's visit to the first area.
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An animal management system, the system comprising:
- a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in a first area, the first RF reader system generating a first tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag and scanning for tags during the first tag scan window;
- a second radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for RFID tags in a second area that does not overlap with the first area, the second RF reader system generating a second tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag and scanning for tags during the second tag scan window;
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- a server system adapted to receive data regarding RFID tags detected during the first tag scan window from the first RF reader system and data regarding RFID tags detected during the second tag scan window from the second RF reader system;
- wherein the first RF reader system creates a tag scan period for each RFID tag detected during the first tag scan window and updates the tag scan periods upon subsequent detections of the corresponding RFID tags during the first tag scan window;
- wherein the server system analyzes consecutive tag scan windows for the first RF reader system to analyze an animal's visit to the first area;
- wherein the server system determines whether to combine tag scan periods for an RFID tag in consecutive tag scan windows for the first RF reader system to analyze an animal's visit to the first area.
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An animal management system, the system comprising:
- a server system comprising an electronic processor, the server system configured to receive tag scan data from radio frequency (RF) reader systems;
- and
- a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in a first area, wherein the first RF reader system generates a tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag, scans for tags during the tag scan window, and sends data regarding RFID tags detected during the tag scan window to the server system;
- wherein the first RF reader system scans for tags at a first rate when a tag scan window is not active and at a second rate when a tag scan window is active, the second rate being higher than the first rate.
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An animal management system, the system comprising:
- a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in a first area, the first RF reader system generating a first tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag and scanning for tags during the first tag scan window;
- and
- a second radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for RFID tags in a second area that does not overlap with the first area, the second RF reader system generating a second tag scan window upon detecting an RFID tag and scanning for tags during the second tag scan window;
- wherein the first RF reader system scans for tags at a first rate when the first tag scan window is not active and at a second rate when the first tag scan window is active, the second rate being higher than the first rate.
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