# US 2014/0155756 A1 · System and methods for health monitoring of anonymous animals in livestock groups

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- Number: US 2014/0155756 A1
- Document ID: US20140155756A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/172,968
- Filed: 2014-02-05
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2009-02-03
- Assignees: Faunus Ltd.
- Applicants: Faunus Ltd.
- Inventors: Ron ELAZARI-VOLCANI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155756A1

## CPC

- A01K 29/005: {Monitoring or measuring activity}
- A61B 5/0013: {Medical image data (A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence)}
- A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens}
- A61B 5/7282: {Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition (cough events A61B5/0823; seizures A61B5/4094; sleep apnoea A61B5/4818)}
- A61D 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- A61F 7/00: Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body (hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N)
- G06Q 10/00: Administration; Management
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 50/80: for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61D: VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

Computerized system and method for livestock groups health monitoring comprising: a storage and computing unit storing at least one database; a plurality of data collecting units of different types, each type comprising at least one sensor, the data collecting unit types selected from the group consisting of acoustic sensors, vitality meters, ammonia sensors, visual sensors and scent sensors; first communication means for communicating operating commands from the storage and computing unit to each of the data collecting units and for communicating data from the data collecting units to the storage and computing unit ; and second communication means for communicating between the storage and computing unit and a user device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of managing a group of livestock comprising:
measuring a vitality parameter of the group of livestock;
sending a result of said measuring to a processor;
detecting with said processor an abnormal value of said vitality parameter, and
activating an operational measure in response to said detecting via a command from said processor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said measuring is of a group of sentinels, said group of sentinels comprising statistically significant sample of the group of livestock.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said operational measure includes at least one of a heater and a blower.

### Claim 4

A system for managing a group of livestock comprising:
a sensor measuring vitality parameter of the group of livestock;
a processor analyzing an output of said sensor to determine a corrective measure; and
an automated control system responsive to said processor, said automated control system implementing said corrective measure.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said vitality parameter is of a group of sentinels, said group of sentinels comprising statistically significant sample of the group of livestock.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said automated control system includes at least one of a heater and a blower.

### Claim 7

A method of early detection of a contagious condition in a population of grazing cattle comprising:
locating a visual sensor in a gathering point of the grazing cattle;
communicating data of said visual sensor to a communication center including a long range radio transceiver;
transmitting said data by said long range radio transceiver to a computing unit;
recognizing with said computing unit visual patterns in said data associated with the contagious condition; and
analyzing said data by said computing unit to determine a probability of a specific condition;
communicating said probability to a user device; and
displaying said probability on said user device.