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US 2025/0031667 A1Published application
Electronic animal identification tag reader synchronisation
AssigneeAllflex Australia Pty Ltd
InventorsLeigh Andrew BATEMAN, Benjamin Thomas John WILKINSON, Brian Antony CLAYTON
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Abstract
Approaches for synchronising electronic animal identification tag readers for reading clectronic animal identification tags attached to animals. Embodiments include using a pulse from a GNSS receiver, adjusting for an error between a reference cadence signal and a local cadence signal, and using a synchronisation signal.
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A system for synchronizing a plurality of electronic animal tag readers, the system comprising:
- a plurality of electronic animal tags;
- a plurality of electronic animal tag readers;
- a wireless synchronization signal that includes a cadence signal;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of electronic animal tag readers is a master reader;
- wherein at least one of the remaining electronic animal tag readers is a slave reader;
- wherein the slave reader includes a local cadence signal generator;
- wherein
- the master reader sends the wireless synchronization signal to the slave reader and;
- the local cadence signal generator generates a local cadence signal;
- the slave reader compares the cadence signal in the wireless synchronization signal to the local cadence signal and corrects the local cadence signal to match the cadence signal in the wireless synchronization signal.
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A method for synchronizing a plurality of electronic animal tag readers, the method comprising:
- a plurality of electronic animal tags;
- a plurality of electronic animal tag readers including at least one master reader and at least one slave reader;
- wherein the master reader sends a wireless synchronization signal that includes a cadence signal to the slave reader;
- wherein the slave reader generates a local cadence signal;
- and wherein the slave reader compares the cadence signal in the wireless synchronization signal to the local cadence signal and corrects the local cadence signal to match the cadence signal in the wireless synchronization signal.
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