CN112450119A - Cattle health state evaluation system and evaluation method and cattle massage device - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of cow breeding, in particular to a cow health state evaluation system, a cow health state evaluation method and a cow massage device.
Background
With the continuous development of social economy and the continuous improvement of health consciousness of people, the demand of people for milk is rapidly increased in recent years, which stimulates the high-speed development of animal husbandry (especially dairy farming). For a large dairy cow breeding base, a plurality of cowsheds are configured for breeding cows, and although the breeding mode can improve the yield of milk by increasing the number of the bred cows, the breeding mode also causes that the cows eat, drink, pull and spread all in the cowsheds, so that dirt is easy to accumulate on the bodies of the cows and parasite, and even causes certain diseases (especially infectious diseases), and therefore, the breeding mode is very important for monitoring the health state of the cows. The monitoring of the health state of the cattle body is manually completed at present, namely, the health state of the cattle body is manually carried out by observing the skin, hair, actions and the like of the cattle body, but the method is too dependent on manual experience and has poor accuracy. In addition, dirt accumulated on the body of the cow is easy to make the cow feel uncomfortable and affect the milk yield of the cow. For the cows themselves, to be able to feel more comfortable in the cowshed, the body is often involuntarily rubbed against the surface of the cowshed in order to hopefully relieve itching and remove dirt in this way, but this way is prone to causing manifold problems. Firstly, the skin of the body of the cow is damaged when the cow rubs the cowshed by the body, and particularly, the skin of the cow is damaged when the body of the cow is rubbed by the bricked cowshed, so that convenience is brought to the invasion of bacteria and viruses; secondly, the way that the body of the cow rubs the cowshed cannot be used for more parts of the cow, particularly the neck and other parts of the cow; third, the manner in which cows physically rub against the pen is prone to damage to the pen, especially after prolonged rubbing, which can lead to collapse of the pen.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for evaluating a health status of a cow and a cow massage apparatus, wherein the evaluation system is capable of automatically acquiring a skin status of the cow to be evaluated and evaluating the health status of the cow to be evaluated based on the skin status of the cow to be evaluated when the cow is massaged using a cow massage apparatus.
An object of the present invention is to provide a cow health state evaluation system and evaluation method and a cow massage device, wherein the evaluation system can evaluate the health state of a cow to be evaluated in real time by automatically acquiring the skin state of the cow to be evaluated and evaluating the health state of the cow to be evaluated while the cow uses the cow health device.
An object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for evaluating a health status of a cow, and a massage apparatus for a cow, wherein the evaluation system can acquire a hair status of the cow to be evaluated, so that the evaluation system can evaluate the health status of the cow to be evaluated by combining the skin status and the hair status of the cow to be evaluated, thereby facilitating improvement of accuracy of evaluation results.
An object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for evaluating a health status of a cow, and a massage apparatus for a cow, wherein the evaluation system can acquire a series of motion characteristics of the cow to be evaluated, so that the evaluation system can evaluate the health status of the cow to be evaluated in a manner of combining a skin status of the cow to be evaluated and the series of motion characteristics, thereby improving accuracy of an evaluation result.
An object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for evaluating a health status of a cow, and a massage apparatus for a cow, which can evaluate the health status of a cow to be evaluated in combination with a skin status, a hair status, and a series of motion characteristics of the cow to be evaluated, so as to improve the accuracy of an evaluation result.
An object of the present invention is to provide a cattle health status evaluation system and evaluation method and a cattle massage device, wherein the evaluation system is capable of establishing a health profile about a cattle to be evaluated, so that the evaluation system can predict the future health status of the cattle in combination with the current health status and the historical health status of the cattle to be evaluated. Preferably, the assessment system is capable of tracing the growth process of the bovine based on the historical health status of the bovine.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cow health state evaluation system and evaluation method and a cow massaging device, wherein the cow massaging device provides a brush roller that can be driven to provide a massage to a cow in a manner that allows the cow massaging device to brush the body of the cow.
An object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for evaluating a health state of a cow and a cow massaging device, wherein the evaluation system can acquire a skin state of the cow in such a manner that the cow massaging device provides a massage time to the cow.
An object of the present invention is to provide a cattle health status evaluation system and evaluation method and a cattle massage apparatus, wherein the cattle massage apparatus provides a holder unit and a driving unit provided to the holder unit, the brush roller is drivably mounted to a driving motor of the driving unit, and when the holder unit is mounted to a use environment (cowshed), the brush roller is held in suspension to the use environment (cowshed) and away from a wall or a support pillar of the use environment (cowshed), so that when the brush roller is tilted by the cattle driving the brush roller, the brush roller can be prevented from touching the wall or the support pillar of the use environment (cowshed).
An object of the present invention is to provide a cow health state evaluation system and evaluation method and a cow massage apparatus, in which the brush roller is detachably mounted to the driving motor so that the brush roller can be replaced after the brush roller is worn or damaged due to long-term use, to reduce the use cost of the cow massage apparatus.
An object of the present invention is to provide a cattle health status evaluation system and evaluation method and a cattle massage apparatus, in which the drive unit is rotatably mounted to the holder unit so that when the cattle drives the brush roller to tilt the brush roller, the brush roller can tilt the drive unit synchronously to rotate the drive unit relative to the holder unit, that is, the drive unit and the brush roller can tilt synchronously, and the tilt direction and tilt angle of the drive unit and the brush roller are the same, so that it can be ensured that the drive motor of the drive unit reliably drives the brush roller to rotate.
An object of the present invention is to provide a cattle health status evaluation system and evaluation method and a cattle massage apparatus, in which the holder unit provides a mounting holder and a swing holder rotatably mounted to the mounting holder, the drive unit is mounted to the swing holder so that when the cattle drives the brush roller to tilt the brush roller, the brush roller can drive the drive unit and the swing holder to tilt synchronously to rotate the swing holder with respect to the mounting holder, that is, the drive unit and the brush roller can tilt synchronously, and the tilt direction and tilt angle of the drive unit and the brush roller are the same, so that it can be ensured that the drive motor of the drive unit can reliably drive the brush roller to rotate.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for evaluating the health status of a bovine, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
(a) when a cattle body to be evaluated is massaged through a cattle body massage device, acquiring the skin state of the cattle body to be evaluated and identifying the identity of the cattle body to be evaluated;
(b) comparing the skin state of the cattle to be evaluated with the skin state of a healthy cattle to obtain a skin state comparison result; and
(c) and evaluating the health state of the cattle according to the skin state comparison result.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the step (c), the evaluation method further comprises the steps of:
(d) acquiring the hair state of a cow to be evaluated; and
(e) comparing the hair state of the cattle to be evaluated with the hair state of a healthy cattle to obtain a hair state comparison result;
wherein in said step (c), the health status of the bovine body is evaluated in combination with said skin status comparison result and said hair status comparison result.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the step (c), the evaluation method further comprises the steps of:
(f) acquiring a series of action characteristics of a cow to be evaluated; and
(g) comparing the action characteristics of the cattle body to be evaluated with the action characteristics of a healthy cattle body to obtain an action characteristic comparison result;
wherein in said step (c), the health status of the bovine body is evaluated in combination with said skin status comparison result and said action characteristic comparison result.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, after the step (c), a health profile about the bovine body is established based on the evaluation result characterizing the health status of the bovine body, so as to subsequently predict the future health status of the bovine body according to the current health status of the bovine body to be evaluated and the historical health status stored in the health profile of the bovine body.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a system for evaluating health status of a cow, comprising:
the skin state acquisition module is externally connected with a cattle body massage device, so that when a cattle body to be evaluated is massaged by the cattle body massage device, the skin state acquisition module acquires the skin state of the cattle body to be evaluated based on the time of massage of the cattle body to be evaluated by the cattle body massage device;
the management unit comprises an identity management module which is externally connected with a camera device so as to acquire the identity of the cattle to be evaluated in a mode of shooting the image of the cattle to be evaluated;
a comparing unit, wherein the comparing unit comprises a skin condition comparing module which is communicably connected to the skin condition acquiring module, wherein the skin condition comparing module compares the skin condition of the cow to be evaluated acquired from the skin condition acquiring module with the skin condition of a healthy cow to obtain a skin condition comparison result; and
an evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit comprises an evaluation module communicatively connected to the skin condition comparison module and the identity management module, wherein the evaluation module evaluates the health condition of the bovine body based on the skin condition comparison and correlates the health condition of the bovine body with the identity of the bovine body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit includes a hair state obtaining module, the comparing unit includes a hair state comparing module communicably connected to the hair state obtaining module and the evaluating module, wherein the hair state comparing module compares the hair state of the cow to be evaluated and the hair state of a healthy cow obtained from the hair state obtaining module to obtain a hair state comparison result, and wherein the evaluating module evaluates the health state of the cow by combining the skin state comparison result and the hair state comparison result.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit includes an action feature obtaining module, the comparing unit includes an action feature comparing module communicably connected to the action feature obtaining module and the evaluating module, wherein the action feature comparing module compares a series of action features of the bovine body to be evaluated obtained from the action feature obtaining module and an action feature of a healthy bovine body to obtain an action feature comparison result, and wherein the evaluating module evaluates the health status of the bovine body in combination with the skin status comparison result and the action feature comparison result.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit includes an action feature obtaining module, the comparing unit includes an action feature comparing module communicably connected to the action feature obtaining module and the evaluating module, wherein the action feature comparing module compares a series of action features of the bovine body to be evaluated obtained from the action feature obtaining module and an action feature of a healthy bovine body to obtain an action feature comparison result, and wherein the evaluating module evaluates the health status of the bovine body in combination with the skin status comparison result, the hair status comparison result, and the action feature comparison result.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the identity management module is associated with the skin state acquisition module to acquire images of the cow to be evaluated from the camera device when the skin state acquisition module acquires from the cow body massaging device the time at which the cow body massaging device massages the cow to be evaluated.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the management unit includes a profile management module, the evaluation unit includes a prediction module, the profile management module is communicably connected to the evaluation module and the prediction module, wherein the profile management module obtains evaluation results characterizing the health status of the cow from the evaluation module and establishes a health profile about the cow, and the prediction module predicts the future health status of the cow based on the historical health status of the cow obtained from the profile management module and the current health status of the cow obtained from the evaluation module.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a massage brush for cattle according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the massage brush for cattle according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3A and 3B are different operation states of the cow body massaging brush according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention, respectively, which illustrate that the brush roller of the cow body massaging brush can be tilted.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an evaluation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application environment of the evaluation system according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents, and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present disclosure, the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for ease of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or components must be constructed and operated in a particular orientation and thus are not to be considered limiting.
It is understood that the terms "a" and "an" should be interpreted as meaning that a number of one element or element is one in one embodiment, while a number of other elements is one in another embodiment, and the terms "a" and "an" should not be interpreted as limiting the number.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3B of the drawings accompanying the present specification, a cowbody massaging device 1000 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed and illustrated in the following description, wherein the cowbody massaging device 1000 comprises a supportingunit 10, adriving unit 20, and abrush roller 30, thedriving unit 20 is mounted to the supportingunit 10, thebrush roller 30 is drivably mounted to thedriving unit 20, wherein the supportingunit 10 is configured to be mounted to a wall of a use environment (cowshed) or an attachment such as a supporting pole, so as to suspend and hold thebrush roller 30 in the use environment (cowshed). When the cattle contacts thebrush roller 30 and drives thebrush roller 30 to be inclined to a preset angle, thedriving unit 20 can drive thebrush roller 30 to rotate so that thebrush roller 30 provides massage to the cattle by brushing the body of the cattle. Accordingly, when the cow body is far from thebrush roller 30, thebrush roller 30 has a tendency to return to an initial state (vertical state) and can eventually return to the initial state by gravity, and when the inclination angle of thebrush roller 30 is smaller than a preset angle, or after the inclination angle of thebrush roller 30 is smaller than a certain period of time (for example, 20s), the rotation of thebrush roller 30 is stopped.
Specifically, referring to fig. 1 to 3B, thestand unit 10 includes amounting stand 11 and aswing stand 12, themounting stand 11 having a fixedend 101 and aconnection end 102 corresponding to the fixedend 101, wherein theswing stand 12 is mounted to theconnection end 102 of themounting stand 11. The fixedend 101 of themounting bracket 11 is provided to be able to be mounted on an attachment such as a wall or a support pillar of a use environment (cowshed), and themounting bracket 11 keeps theswing bracket 12 away from the attachment such as a wall or a support pillar of the use environment (cowshed), so that thecattle massage apparatus 1000 can be mounted on the use environment (cowshed).
More specifically, the mountingbracket 11 includes a mountingplate 111, asuspension arm 112 and anextension arm 113, thesuspension arm 112 has afirst end 1121 and asecond end 1122 corresponding to thefirst end 1121, wherein the mountingplate 111 is disposed at thefirst end 1121 of thesuspension arm 112 to form thefixed end 101 of the mountingbracket 11 by the mountingplate 111, and theextension arm 113 is disposed at thesecond end 1122 of thesuspension arm 112 to form the connectingend 102 of the mountingbracket 11 by theextension arm 113.
It is worth mentioning that the shape of the mountingplate 111 of the mountingbracket 11 is not limited in the cowbody massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, for example, the mountingplate 111 may be a flat plate-shaped structure to allow thefixed end 101 of the mountingbracket 11 to be reliably fixed to the wall of a cow's pen, or the mountingplate 111 may be a circular arc-shaped structure to allow thefixed end 101 of the mountingbracket 11 to be reliably fixed to a support post of a cow's pen.
It should be noted that the manner of disposing the mountingplate 111 at thefirst end 1121 of thesuspension arm 112 is not limited in thecattle massage apparatus 1000 of the invention, for example, the mountingplate 111 may be welded to thefirst end 1121 of thesuspension arm 112, or the mountingplate 111 may be integrally formed with thesuspension arm 112. Accordingly, the manner of disposing theextension arm 113 at thesecond end 1122 of thecantilever 112 is not limited in thecattle massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, for example, theextension arm 113 may be welded to thesecond end 1122 of thecantilever 112, or theextension arm 113 may be integrally formed with thecantilever 112, or theextension arm 113 may be sleeved on thesecond end 1122 of thecantilever 112.
With continued reference to fig. 1-3B, the mountingbracket 11 includes adiagonal support member 114, wherein thediagonal support member 114 is obliquely disposed between the mountingplate 111 and the middle portion of thesuspension arm 112, so that a stable triangular structure is formed among thediagonal support member 114, the mountingplate 111 and thesuspension arm 112, thereby ensuring the reliability of thecattle massage apparatus 1000. Specifically, thefirst end portion 1121 of thesuspension arm 112 is disposed at the upper side of the mountingplate 111 such that thesuspension arm 112 extends from the upper side of the mountingplate 111 to a direction away from the mountingplate 111, one end portion of thediagonal support member 114 is disposed at the lower side of the mountingplate 111, and the other end portion of thediagonal support member 114 extends to and is connected to the middle portion of thesuspension arm 112, so that thediagonal support member 114, the mountingplate 111 and thesuspension arm 112 form a stable triangular structure.
With continued reference to fig. 1-3B, theswing bracket 12 includes abracket body 121, at least oneupper retaining arm 122 and at least onelower retaining arm 123, wherein theupper retaining arm 122 extends upward from thebracket body 121 to be mounted to theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11, and correspondingly, thelower retaining arm 123 extends downward from thebracket body 121 to be mounted to the drivingunit 20, such that theswing bracket 12 retains the drivingunit 20 at the lower side of the connectingend 102 of the mountingbracket 11.
Preferably, in this specific example of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 shown in fig. 1 to 3B, theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12 is rotatably mounted to theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 to form a rotation axis at a connection portion of theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 and theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12, so that theswing bracket 12 can be driven to rotate around the rotation axis with respect to theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11, thereby adjusting the angle of thebrush roller 30 in the use environment (cattle pen).
Specifically, theextension arm 113 includes two connectingarms 1131 and aU-shaped pivot frame 1132, wherein the two connectingarms 1131 are disposed to extend downward from thesecond end portion 1122 of thecantilever 112 in a mutually spaced and symmetrical manner, two sides of theU-shaped pivot frame 1132 are respectively installed on the two connectingarms 1131, and two sides of theU-shaped pivot frame 1132 respectively form apivot arm 11321. Accordingly, theswing bracket 12 includes two of the upper holdingarms 122, wherein the two upper holdingarms 122 are disposed to extend upward from a pair of opposite sides of thebracket body 121 in a spaced and symmetrical manner to each other, and each of the upper holdingarms 122 of theswing bracket 12 is rotatably mounted to each of the pivotingarms 11321 of the mountingbracket 11, respectively, such that the rotation axis is formed at the connecting portion of the extendingarm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 and theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12.
It should be noted that the manner of rotatably mounting each of the upper retainingarms 122 of theswing frame 12 to each of the pivotingarms 11321 of the mountingframe 11 is not limited in the bovinebody massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, for example, in the specific example of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 shown in fig. 1 to 3B, thecradle unit 10 further includes twofirst bearings 13, wherein each of the upper retainingarms 122 of theswing frame 12 is mounted to each of thepivot arms 11321 of theextension arms 113 of the mountingframe 11 by each of thefirst bearings 13, this allows the two upper retainingarms 122 of theswing bracket 12 to be rotatably mounted to the twopivot arms 11321, respectively, of theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11, thereby allowing theswing bracket 12 to be rotatably mounted to the mountingbracket 11. Alternatively, in other examples of the bovinebody massage apparatus 1000, each of the upper retainingarms 122 of theswing frame 12 may be directly rotatably mounted to both of the pivotingarms 11321 of theextension arm 113 of the mountingframe 11 such that theswing frame 12 is rotatably mounted to the mountingframe 11.
With continued reference to fig. 1-3B, thedrive unit 20 includes amotor support 21 and adrive motor 22 disposed on themotor support 21, wherein themotor support 21 is mounted to thelower retaining arm 123 of theswing bracket 12 and thebrushroll 30 is drivably mounted to anoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22. The central axis of thebrush roll 30 forms a rotational axis, wherein thedrive motor 22 is capable of driving thebrush roll 30 to rotate about the rotational axis formed by the central axis of thebrush roll 30 to allow thebrush roll 30 to brush the body of the cow, thereby providing a massage to the cow.
Preferably, in this specific example of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 shown in fig. 1 to 3B, themotor mount 21 is rotatably mounted to thelower holding arm 123 of theswing bracket 12 to form a rotation axis at a connection portion of themotor mount 21 and thelower holding arm 123 of theswing bracket 12, so that themotor mount 21 can be driven to rotate about the rotation axis with respect to thelower holding arm 123 of theswing bracket 12, thereby adjusting the angle of thebrush roller 30 in the use environment (cowshed).
Specifically, theswing bracket 12 includes two of the lower holdingarms 123, wherein the two lower holdingarms 123 are provided to extend downward from a pair of opposite sides of the bracketmain body 121 in a mutually spaced and symmetrical manner. Accordingly, themotor mount 21 includes a mountmain body 211 and two mountarms 212, wherein the two mountarms 212 are provided to extend upward from a pair of opposite sides of the mountmain body 211 in a spaced and symmetrical manner to each other, and the two mountarms 212 of themotor mount 21 are rotatably mounted to the two lower holdingarms 123 of theswing bracket 12, respectively, such that the rotation axis is formed at a connecting portion of themount arms 212 of themotor mount 21 and the lower holdingarms 123 of theswing bracket 12.
Preferably, the rotation direction of theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12 with respect to theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 and the rotation direction of theholder arm 212 of themotor holder 21 with respect to thelower holding arm 123 of theswing bracket 12 are different, so that the angle of thebrush roller 30 in the use environment (cowshed) is more flexible. More preferably, the rotation direction of theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12 with respect to theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 and the rotation direction of thebracket arm 212 of themotor bracket 21 with respect to thelower holding arm 123 of theswing bracket 12 are perpendicular, that is, the rotation axis formed at the connection point of theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12 and theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 is orthogonal to the rotation axis formed at the connection point of thebracket arm 212 of themotor bracket 21 and thelower holding arm 123 of theswing bracket 12.
Specifically, the two upper holdingarms 122 of theswing bracket 12 extend upward from one pair of opposite sides of thebracket body 121 to be rotatably mounted to the two pivotingarms 11321 of the mountingbracket 11, and correspondingly, the two lower holdingarms 123 of theswing bracket 12 extend downward from the other pair of opposite sides of thebracket body 121 to be rotatably mounted to the twoholder arms 212 of themotor holder 21, so that the direction of rotation of theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12 with respect to theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 and the direction of rotation of theholder arm 212 of themotor holder 21 with respect to thelower holding arm 123 of theswing bracket 12 can be made perpendicular to the direction of rotation formed at the connecting portion of theupper holding arm 122 of theswing bracket 12 and theextension arm 113 of the mountingbracket 11 with respect to theholder arm 212 of themotor holder 21 and theholder arm 113 of theswing bracket 12 The rotational axis of the connecting portion of the holdingarm 123 described below is orthogonal to each other.
More specifically, the holdermain body 121, the two upper holdingarms 122, and the two lower holdingarms 123 of theswing holder 12 are integrally formed, for example, the structural members for forming the holdermain body 121, the two upper holdingarms 122, and the two lower holdingarms 123 of theswing holder 12 may be a stamping formed of a square-shaped intermediate member and first protruding portions extending outward from one pair of opposite sides of the intermediate portion and second protruding portions extending outward from the other pair of opposite sides of the intermediate portion, and the intermediate portion forming the holdermain body 121, the two first protruding portions forming the two upper holdingarms 122, and the two second protruding portions forming the two lower holdingarms 123 can be formed by bending the two first protruding portions upward and the two second protruding portions downward, such that the two upper holdingarms 122 extend upward from one pair of opposite sides of the holdermain body 121, and two of the lower holdingarms 123 extend downward from the other pair of opposite sides of the holdermain body 121.
It should be noted that the manner of rotatably mounting the twosupport arms 212 of themotor support 21 on the two lower retainingarms 123 of theswing frame 12 is not limited in thecattle massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, for example, in the specific example of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 shown in fig. 1 to 3B, thecattle massage apparatus 1000 further includes twosecond bearings 40, wherein eachsupport arm 212 of themotor support 21 is respectively mounted on eachlower retaining arm 123 of theswing frame 12 through eachsecond bearing 40, such that the twosupport arms 212 of themotor support 21 are respectively rotatably mounted on eachlower retaining arm 123 of theswing frame 12, and thus themotor support 21 is rotatably mounted on theswing frame 12. Alternatively, in other examples of the bovinebody massage apparatus 1000, each of theholder arms 212 of themotor holder 21 may be directly rotatably mounted to each of the lower holdingarms 123 of theswing bracket 12, such that themotor holder 21 is rotatably mounted to theswing bracket 12.
Further, the holdermain body 211 of themotor holder 21 has an extendedpassage 2110 in which the drivingmotor 22 mounted to the holdermain body 211 is held between themotor holder 21 and theswing bracket 12, and theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 is extended to the outside of themotor holder 21 through theextended passage 2110 of the holdermain body 211 for mounting thebrush roller 30, so that thecattle massage apparatus 1000 can hide the drivingmotor 22 between themotor holder 21 and theswing bracket 12 to prevent the drivingmotor 22 from being exposed, thereby contributing to securing reliability and stability of thecattle massage apparatus 1000.
With continued reference to fig. 1-3B, thebrush roll 30 is removably mounted to theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22 of thedrive unit 20 to allow thebrush roll 30 to be replaced as needed. For example, when the cowbody massage apparatus 1000 is used for a long time and the bristles of thebrush roller 30 are worn, thebrush roller 30 may be detached from theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 and anew brush roller 30 may be mounted to theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22.
Specifically, theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 has a first throughhole 2210, the end portion of thebrush roller 30 has a mountingcavity 31 and two second throughholes 32 which are symmetrical to each other and are communicated with the mountingcavity 31, wherein theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 extends to and is held in the mountingcavity 31 of thebrush roller 30, and the first throughhole 2210 of theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 corresponds to and is communicated with the second throughhole 32 of thebrush roller 30. Thecattle massage apparatus 1000 includes aholder 50, wherein theholder 50 simultaneously penetrates and holds the first throughhole 2210 of theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 and the second throughhole 32 of thebrush roller 30, so that thebrush roller 30 is mounted to theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 by theholder 50, and the drivingmotor 22 can drive thebrush roller 30 to rotate.
It is understood that, when thebrush roller 30 is detached from theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22, firstly, theholder 50 is taken out from the first throughhole 2210 of theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22 and the second throughhole 32 of thebrush roller 30, and secondly, theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22 is allowed to be disengaged from the mountingchamber 31 of thebrush roller 30. When mounting thebrush roll 30 to theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22, firstly theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22 is allowed to extend to and be held in the mountingchamber 31 of thebrush roll 30 with the first throughhole 2210 of theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22 corresponding to and communicating with the second throughhole 32 of thebrush roll 30, and secondly the holdingmember 50 is allowed to penetrate into and be held in the first throughhole 2210 of theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22 and the second throughhole 32 of thebrush roll 30 to mount thebrush roll 30 to theoutput shaft 221 of thedrive motor 22.
With continued reference to fig. 1-3B, the drivingunit 20 includes a controller 23, wherein the drivingmotor 22 is controllably connected to the controller 23 to control the operating state of the drivingmotor 22 via the controller 23, thereby controlling the operating state of thecattle massage apparatus 1000. For example, the controller 23 is provided to control whether the drivingmotor 22 is rotated. Preferably, the controller 23 is configured to control the rotation direction of the drivingmotor 22, for example, the controller 23 is configured to control the drivingmotor 22 to rotate forward, or the controller 23 is configured to control the drivingmotor 22 to rotate backward, or the controller 23 is configured to control the drivingmotor 22 to rotate forward and backward alternately. It is understood that the rotation state and the rotation direction of thebrush roller 30 mounted to theoutput shaft 221 of the drivingmotor 22 coincide with the rotation state and the rotation direction of the drivingmotor 22.
Further, the drivingunit 20 includes amonitor 24, wherein themonitor 24 is communicably connected to the controller 23, wherein themonitor 24 is configured to monitor the tilting angle of the drivingmotor 22, and the controller 23 is configured to control the operating state of the driving motor 23 according to the monitoring result of themonitor 24. It will be appreciated that the inclination of thedrive motor 22 corresponds to the inclination of thebrush roll 30, so that the inclination of thebrush roll 30 can be monitored by monitoring the inclination of thedrive motor 22.
In a preferred example of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, when themonitor 24 monitors that the drivingmotor 22 is inclined to a predetermined angle, the controller 23 controls the drivingmotor 22 to rotate to drive thebrush roller 30 to rotate, and accordingly, when themonitor 24 monitors that the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22 is smaller than the predetermined angle, or when themonitor 24 monitors that the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22 is smaller than the predetermined angle for a period of time, the controller 23 controls the drivingmotor 22 to stop, so that thebrush roller 30 stops rotating, thereby achieving automatic massage of cattle.
Specifically, when the body of the cow touches thebrush roller 30 and pushes thebrush roller 30, thebrush roller 30 can drive themotor support 21 to rotate relative to theswing bracket 12 through the drivingmotor 22, and/or thebrush roller 30 can drive theswing bracket 12 to rotate relative to the mountingbracket 11 through the drivingunit 20, at this time, themonitor 24 can monitor whether the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22 reaches a preset angle, for example, the preset angle may be, but is not limited to, 15 °, and if themonitor 24 monitors that the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22 reaches the preset angle, the controller 23 can control the drivingmotor 22 to drive thebrush roller 30 to rotate, so as to massage the cow body by thebrush roller 30 in a manner of brushing the body of the cow. It is understood that when the cow body leaves thebrush roller 30, thebrush roller 30 will drive themotor support 21 to rotate relative to theswing bracket 12 by the drivingmotor 22 due to the principle of gravity, and at this time, in one example of the cowbody massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, the controller 23 can control the drivingmotor 22 to stop rotating when the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22 is smaller than a preset angle, and in another example of the cowbody massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, the controller 23 can control the drivingmotor 22 to rotate after the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22 is smaller than the preset angle for a period of time (for example, 20 s).
It is worth mentioning that the type of themonitor 24 is not limited in thecattle massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention as long as it can be used to monitor the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22. For example, in a preferred example of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, themonitor 24 may be a gyroscope disposed on the drivingmotor 22, or on themotor support 21, or on thebrush roller 30, for monitoring the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22. In another preferred example of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 of the invention, themonitor 24 may be a camera that monitors the inclination angle of the drivingmotor 22 by photographing the drivingmotor 22, or photographing themotor holder 21, or photographing the image of thebrush roller 30.
In the specific example of the cattlebody massage device 1000 using the camera of the embodiment of themonitor 24, themonitor 24 can automatically identify the age of the cattle body by taking an image of the cattle body, for example, for a cowshed, the breed of the cattle body is determined, so that the age of the cattle body can be judged and identified by obtaining the size (height, body type) of the cattle body, and then the controller 23 can control thebrush roller 30 to massage the cattle body at a proper rotation speed and in a proper rotation mode according to the age of the cattle body, so as to meet the personalized demand of the cattle body. Specifically, the controller 23 may control thebrush roller 30 to massage the cow body in a slow rotation, a medium rotation, or a high rotation according to the age of the cow body, or the controller 23 may control thebrush roller 30 to massage the cow body in a forward rotation, a reverse rotation, or an alternate forward and reverse rotation according to the age of the cow body.
Further, in a preferred example of the bovinebody massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, themonitor 24 and the controller 23 are both mounted on acircuit board 25, so as to facilitate miniaturization of the bovinebody massage apparatus 1000, to facilitate communicative coupling of themonitor 24 to the controller 23, and to facilitate subsequent supply of power to themonitor 24 and the controller 23 via thecircuit board 25. Preferably, the drivingmotor 22 is electrically connected to thecircuit board 25.
With continued reference to fig. 1 to 3B, thecattle massage apparatus 1000 further comprises acontrol switch 60, wherein the drivingmotor 22 is electrically connected to thecontrol switch 60, thecontrol switch 60 is electrically connected to an external power source and thecircuit board 25, so that the external power source needs to be transmitted to thecircuit board 25 through thecontrol switch 60, and then thecircuit board 25 distributes power to the drivingmotor 22, the controller 23 and themonitor 24, so as to perform maintenance and cleaning of thecattle massage apparatus 1000 when a stop is needed, or to perform safety when thecontrol switch 60 is powered off in an emergency.
It is worth mentioning that although in the cattle massage apparatus 1000 shown in fig. 1 to 3B, the holder arm 212 of the motor holder 21 is rotatably mounted to the lower holding arm 123 of the swing bracket 12 to form a rotation axis at the connecting portion of the holder arm 212 of the motor holder 21 and the lower holding arm 123 of the swing bracket 12, and the upper holding arm 122 of the swing bracket 12 is rotatably mounted to the pivoting arm 11321 of the extension arm 113 to form a rotation axis at the connecting portion of the upper holding arm 122 of the swing bracket 12 and the pivoting arm 11321 of the extension arm 113, in another preferred example of the cattle massage apparatus 1000 of the present invention, the holder arm 212 of the motor holder 21 is rotatably mounted to the lower holding arm 123 of the swing bracket 12 and the holder arm 212 of the motor holder 21 and the lower holding arm 11321 of the swing bracket 12 123 forms a rotation axis, and the upper holding arm 122 of the swing frame 12 is fixedly mounted to the pivoting arm 11321 of the extending arm 113, such that the driving unit 20 is rotatably mounted to the frame unit, so that when the brush roll 30 is tilted by the cattle driving the brush roll 30, the brush roll 30 can drive the driving unit 20 to tilt synchronously to rotate the driving unit 20 relative to the frame unit 10, i.e., the driving unit 20 and the brush roll 30 can tilt synchronously, and the tilting direction and the tilting angle of the driving unit 20 and the brush roll 30 are the same, which can ensure that the driving motor 21 of the driving unit 20 can reliably drive the brush roll 30 to rotate; in another preferred example of the cattle massage apparatus 1000 of the invention, the support arm 212 of the motor support 21 is fixedly mounted to the lower holding arm 123 of the swing bracket 12, and the upper holding arm 122 of the swing bracket 12 is rotatably mounted to the pivoting arm 11321 of the extending arm 113 to form a rotating shaft at the connecting portion of the upper holding arm 122 of the swing bracket 12 and the pivoting arm 11321 of the extending arm 113, so that when the cattle drives the brush roller 30 to tilt the brush roller 30, the brush roller 30 can drive the driving unit 20 and the swing bracket 12 to tilt synchronously to rotate the swing bracket 12 relative to the mounting bracket 11, that is, the driving unit 20 and the brush roller 30 can tilt synchronously, and the tilting direction and the tilting angle of the driving unit 20 and the brush roller 30 are the same, this ensures that the drive motor 21 of the drive unit 20 reliably drives the brush roller 30 to rotate.
Fig. 4 shows a system for evaluating the health status of a cow according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the system for evaluating the health status of a cow based on the data obtained by thecow massaging device 1000 during massage of the cow comprises an obtaining unit 2000, a comparing unit 3000 and an evaluating unit 4000.
Specifically, the obtaining unit 2000 comprises a skin condition obtaining module 2001, wherein the skin condition obtaining module 2001 is externally connected to thecattle massaging device 1000 to obtain the skin condition of the cattle to be evaluated by means of the time for massaging the cattle to be evaluated from thecattle massaging device 1000. For example, the cowbody massaging device 1000 may provide a communication module (the communication module may be, but is not limited to, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.), wherein the communication module is connected to the controller 23, and the skin state acquiring module 2001 of the acquiring unit 2000 is communicably connected to the bluetooth module of the cowbody massaging device 1000, so as to allow the skin state acquiring module 2001 to acquire the time at which the cowbody massaging device 1000 massages the cow body to be evaluated from the cowbody massaging device 1000, and to determine the skin state of the cow body to be evaluated based on the time at which the cowbody massaging device 1000 massages the cow body to be evaluated. It is understood that, for a cow, if the skin condition of the cow is not good enough, the cow may be brushed and massaged for a long time by using thebrush roller 30 of thecow massaging device 1000, and therefore, when the time for thecow massaging device 1000 to massage the cow to be evaluated is in the normal range, the skin condition obtaining module 2001 may determine that the skin condition of the cow to be evaluated is in the normal state, and accordingly, when the time for thecow massaging device 1000 to massage the cow to be evaluated is in the abnormal range, the skin condition obtaining module 2001 may determine that the skin condition of the cow to be evaluated is in the abnormal state.
Accordingly, the comparing unit 3000 comprises a skin condition comparing module 3001, wherein the skin condition comparing module 30001 of the comparing unit 3000 is communicably connected to the skin condition acquiring module 2001 of the acquiring unit 2000. The skin condition comparison module 3001 compares the skin condition of the bovine body to be evaluated acquired from the skin condition acquisition module 2001 with the skin condition of a healthy bovine body to obtain a skin condition comparison result. In a preferred example of the present invention, the skin condition of the healthy cow may be a conceptualized skin condition of the cow, for example, the skin condition of the healthy cow may be obtained by collecting and processing the skin condition of one or a plurality of healthy cows. In another preferred example of the present invention, the skin condition of the healthy cow may be a skin condition of a cow to be evaluated, which is collected while the cow is in a healthy state.
Accordingly, the evaluation unit 4000 comprises an evaluation module 4001, the evaluation module 4001 is communicatively connected to the skin condition comparison module 3001, wherein the evaluation module 4001 evaluates the health condition of the cow to be evaluated according to the skin condition comparison result of the skin condition comparison module 3001. For example, if the skin condition comparison result is that the skin condition of the cow to be evaluated conforms to the skin condition of the healthy cow, the evaluation module 4001 evaluates that the cow to be evaluated is in a healthy state, and correspondingly, if the skin condition comparison result is that the skin condition of the cow to be evaluated does not conform to the skin condition of the healthy cow, the evaluation module 4001 evaluates that the cow to be evaluated is in an abnormal state.
Further, the evaluation unit 4000 comprises a feedback module 4002, the feedback module 4002 is communicatively connected to the evaluation module 4001, wherein the feedback module 4002 feeds back the evaluation result of the evaluation module 4001. In a preferred example of the present invention, the feedback module 4002 feeds back the evaluation result of the evaluation module 4001 only when the evaluation result of the evaluation module 4001 indicates that the cow to be evaluated is in an abnormal state. In another preferred example of the present invention, the feedback module 4002 feeds back the evaluation result of the evaluation module 4001 when the evaluation result of the evaluation module 4001 indicates that the module to be evaluated is in an abnormal state and in a healthy state. The way of the feedback module 4002 feeding back the evaluation result of the evaluation module 4001 is not limited in the present invention, for example, the feedback module 4002 may feed back the evaluation result of the evaluation module 4001 by various ways such as light, sound, short message, and email.
With continued reference to fig. 4, the evaluation system further comprises a management unit 5000, wherein the management unit 5000 comprises an identity management module 5001 for managing the identity of the cattle. For example, the identity management module 5001 may manage the cattle by photographing and storing identity characteristics of the cattle. The identity management module 5001 of the management unit 5000 is communicatively connected to the evaluation module 4001 of the evaluation unit 4000. When the cattle to be evaluated uses thecattle massage apparatus 1000, the cattle management module 5001 can identify the identity of the cattle to be evaluated, for example, the cattle management module 5001 can externally connect acamera 9000 disposed in a use environment (cowshed) and identify the identity of the cattle to be evaluated by taking a picture and/or recording a video of the cattle to be evaluated using thecattle massage apparatus 1000, so that the evaluation module 4001 can associate an evaluation result about the cattle to be evaluated with the identity of the cattle to be evaluated and then feed back the result to the feedback module 4002. In another preferred example, the identity management module 5001 may identify the identity of the cow to be evaluated by externally connecting awearable device 6000 worn by the cow to be evaluated, for example, thewearable device 6000 may be a collar, wherein thewearable device 6000 stores identity information of the cow to be evaluated, and when the cow to be evaluated uses thecow massaging device 1000, thecow massaging device 1000 may read the identity information of the cow to be evaluated stored in theattachable device 6000 to subsequently allow the identity management module 5001 to identify the identity of the cow to be evaluated based on the identity information.
Preferably, the identity management module 5001 of the management unit 5000 is associated with the skin state acquisition module 2001 of the acquisition unit 2000, so that when the skin state acquisition module 2001 acquires the time at which the cowbody massage apparatus 1000 massages the cow body to be evaluated from the cowbody massage apparatus 1000, the identity management module 5001 of the management unit 5000 captures an image of the cow body to be evaluated through theimage pickup device 9000 for identifying the identity of the cow body to be evaluated.
Referring to fig. 4, the obtaining unit 2000 comprises a hair state obtaining module 2002, and the comparing unit 3000 comprises a hair state comparing module 3002, wherein the hair state comparing module 3002 is communicatively connected to the hair state obtaining module 2002 and the evaluating module 4001. The hair state acquisition module 2002 is externally connected with acamera 9000 arranged in a use environment (cowshed) and acquires the hair state of the cow to be evaluated by taking a picture and/or recording a video of the cow to be evaluated using thecow massaging device 1000, and the hair state comparison module 3002 compares the hair state of the cow to be evaluated acquired from the hair state acquisition module 2002 with the hair state of a healthy cow to obtain a hair state comparison result. The evaluation module 4001 evaluates the health status of the cow to be evaluated in combination with the skin status comparison result of the skin status comparison module 3001 and the hair status comparison result of the hair status comparison module 3002. For example, the evaluation module 4001 evaluates that the cow to be evaluated is in a healthy state if the skin state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated corresponds to the skin state of the healthy cow and the hair state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated corresponds to the hair state of the healthy cow. Accordingly, the evaluation module 4001 evaluates that the cow to be evaluated is in an abnormal state if the skin state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated corresponds to the skin state of the healthy cow and the hair state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated does not correspond to the hair state of the healthy cow, or the skin state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated does not correspond to the skin state of the healthy cow and the hair state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated corresponds to the hair state of the healthy cow, or the skin state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated does not correspond to the skin state of the healthy cow and the hair state comparison result is that the skin state of the cow to be evaluated does not correspond to the hair state of the healthy cow.
Preferably, the hair state acquisition module 2002 is associated with the skin state acquisition module 2001, so that when the skin state acquisition module 2001 acquires the time at which the cowbody massage apparatus 1000 massages the cow body to be evaluated from the cowbody massage apparatus 1000, the hair state acquisition module 2002 captures an image of the cow body to be evaluated by theimage capturing apparatus 9000 for acquiring the hair state of the cow body to be evaluated.
Referring to fig. 4, the acquisition unit 2000 includes an action feature acquisition module 2003, and the comparison unit 3000 includes an action feature comparison module 3003, wherein the action feature comparison module 3003 is communicably connected to the action feature acquisition module 2003 and the evaluation module 4001. The motion characteristic acquisition module 2003 acquires the motion characteristics of the cow to be evaluated by externally connecting acamera 9000 arranged in a use environment (cowshed) and by photographing and/or recording the cow to be evaluated using thecow massaging device 1000, and the motion characteristic comparison module 3003 compares a series of motion characteristics of the cow to be evaluated acquired from the motion characteristic acquisition module 2003 with the motion characteristics of a healthy cow to obtain a motion characteristic comparison result. The evaluation module 4001 evaluates the health status of the cow to be evaluated in combination with the skin status comparison result of the skin status comparison module 3001 and the action feature comparison result of the action feature comparison module 3003.
More preferably, the evaluation module 4001 can evaluate the health status of the cow to be evaluated in combination with the skin status comparison result of the skin status comparison module 3001, the hair status comparison result of the hair status comparison module 3002 and the action characteristic comparison result of the action characteristic comparison module 3003 to improve the accuracy of the evaluation result.
With continued reference to FIG. 4, the management unit 5000 of the assessment system further comprises a profile management module 5002 for establishing and managing a health profile of the bovine subject to be assessed, wherein the profile management module 5002 is communicatively coupled to the assessment module 4001 and the identity management module 5001. After the evaluation module 4001 evaluates the health status of the cow to be evaluated to obtain an evaluation result, the file management module 5002 can obtain the evaluation result from the evaluation module 4001 and store the health status of the cow corresponding to the evaluation result into the health file of the cow to obtain the historical health status of the cow.
In a preferred example of the invention, the assessment system is capable of tracing the growth process of the bovine based on the historical health status of the bovine. In another preferred example of the present invention, the evaluation unit 4000 further comprises a prediction module 4003, the prediction module 4003 is communicatively connected to the evaluation module 4001 and the archive management module 5002, and the prediction module 4003 can predict the future health status of the cattle to be evaluated by combining the current health status and the historical health status of the cattle to be evaluated, which is beneficial for ensuring the safety of the cattle group.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing an application environment of the evaluation system of the present invention, in which at least one of the cowbody massaging devices 1000 and at least one of theimage pickup devices 9000 are provided in a use environment (cowshed). When one cow (at this time, the cow may be confirmed as the cow to be evaluated) drives thebrush roller 30 of thecow massaging device 1000 to be inclined such that the inclination angle of thebrush roller 30 is greater than a preset angle, thebrush roller 30 can be driven by the drivingmotor 22 of the drivingunit 20 to provide massage to the cow to be evaluated by brushing the body of the cow to be evaluated. The time at which thecow massaging device 1000 provides massage to the cow to be evaluated can be acquired, wherein the skin state acquisition module 2001, the hair state acquisition module 2002, and the motion state acquisition module 2003 of the acquisition unit 2000 of the evaluation system can acquire the skin state, the hair state, and a series of motion characteristics of the cow to be evaluated based on thecow massaging device 1000 and theimage pickup device 9000, respectively. The skin state comparison module 3001 of the comparison unit 3000 is capable of comparing the skin state of the cow to be evaluated with the skin state of the healthy cow to obtain the skin state comparison result, the hair state comparison module 3002 of the comparison unit 3000 is capable of comparing the hair state of the cow to be evaluated with the hair state of the healthy cow to obtain the hair state comparison result, and the motion characteristic comparison module 3003 of the comparison unit 3000 is capable of comparing the motion characteristic of the cow to be evaluated with the motion characteristic of the healthy cow to obtain the motion characteristic comparison result. The evaluation module 4001 of the evaluation unit 4000 can evaluate the health status of the cow by aggregating the skin status comparison result, the hair status comparison result and the action characteristic comparison result to obtain an evaluation result representing the health status of the cow, and the identity management module 5001 of the management unit 5000 can relate the evaluation result on the cow with the identity of the cow and then be fed back by the feedback module 4002. The file management module 5002 of the management unit 5000 can store the evaluation result to establish a health file of the cattle, so that subsequently, the prediction module 4003 of the evaluation unit 4000 can predict the future health state of the cattle in combination with the current health state and the historical health state of the cattle to be evaluated, which is beneficial to ensuring the safety of the cattle herd.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a method for evaluating the health status of a bovine, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
(a) when a cattle body to be evaluated is massaged by the cattlebody massage device 1000, acquiring the skin state of the cattle body to be evaluated and identifying the identity of the cattle body to be evaluated;
(b) comparing the skin state of the cattle to be evaluated with the skin state of the healthy cattle to obtain a skin state comparison result; and
(c) and evaluating the health state of the cattle according to the skin state comparison result.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only examples, wherein features of different embodiments may be combined with each other to obtain embodiments which are easily conceivable in accordance with the disclosure of the invention, but which are not explicitly indicated in the drawings.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments of the invention described above and shown in the drawings are given by way of example only and are not limiting of the invention. The objects of the invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The functional and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and described in the examples, and any variations or modifications of the embodiments of the present invention may be made without departing from the principles.
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1. A method for evaluating the health status of a cattle body, which is characterized by comprising the following steps:
(a) when a cattle body to be evaluated is massaged through a cattle body massage device, acquiring the skin state of the cattle body to be evaluated and identifying the identity of the cattle body to be evaluated;
(b) comparing the skin state of the cattle to be evaluated with the skin state of a healthy cattle to obtain a skin state comparison result; and
(c) and evaluating the health state of the cattle according to the skin state comparison result.
2. The evaluation method of claim 1, wherein prior to the step (c), the evaluation method further comprises the steps of:
(d) acquiring the hair state of a cow to be evaluated; and
(e) comparing the hair state of the cattle to be evaluated with the hair state of a healthy cattle to obtain a hair state comparison result;
wherein in said step (c), the health status of the bovine body is evaluated in combination with said skin status comparison result and said hair status comparison result.
3. The evaluation method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein prior to the step (c), the evaluation method further comprises the steps of:
(f) acquiring a series of action characteristics of a cow to be evaluated; and
(g) comparing the action characteristics of the cattle body to be evaluated with the action characteristics of a healthy cattle body to obtain an action characteristic comparison result;
wherein in said step (c), the health status of the bovine body is evaluated in combination with said skin status comparison result and said action characteristic comparison result.
4. The assessment method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the step (c), a health profile about the bovine body is established based on the assessment results characterizing the health status of the bovine body, so as to subsequently predict the future health status of the bovine body based on the current health status of the bovine body to be assessed and the historical health status stored in the health profile of the bovine body.
5. A system for assessing the health status of a bovine, comprising:
the skin state acquisition module is externally connected with a cattle body massage device, so that when a cattle body to be evaluated is massaged by the cattle body massage device, the skin state acquisition module acquires the skin state of the cattle body to be evaluated based on the time of massage of the cattle body to be evaluated by the cattle body massage device;
the management unit comprises an identity management module which is externally connected with a camera device so as to acquire the identity of the cattle to be evaluated in a mode of shooting the image of the cattle to be evaluated;
a comparing unit, wherein the comparing unit comprises a skin condition comparing module which is communicably connected to the skin condition acquiring module, wherein the skin condition comparing module compares the skin condition of the cow to be evaluated acquired from the skin condition acquiring module with the skin condition of a healthy cow to obtain a skin condition comparison result; and
an evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit comprises an evaluation module communicatively connected to the skin condition comparison module and the identity management module, wherein the evaluation module evaluates the health condition of the bovine body based on the skin condition comparison and correlates the health condition of the bovine body with the identity of the bovine body.
6. The evaluation system according to claim 5, wherein the acquisition unit comprises a hair state acquisition module, the comparison unit comprises a hair state comparison module communicably connected to the hair state acquisition module and the evaluation module, wherein the hair state comparison module compares the hair state of the cow to be evaluated acquired from the hair state acquisition module with the hair state of a healthy cow to obtain a hair state comparison result, wherein the evaluation module evaluates the healthy state of the cow in combination with the skin state comparison result and the hair state comparison result.
7. The assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the acquisition unit comprises an action feature acquisition module, the comparison unit comprises an action feature comparison module communicably connected to the action feature acquisition module and the assessment module, wherein the action feature comparison module compares a series of action features of the bovine body to be assessed acquired from the action feature acquisition module and an action feature of a healthy bovine body to obtain an action feature comparison result, wherein the assessment module assesses the health status of the bovine body in combination with the skin status comparison result and the action feature comparison result.
8. The assessment system according to claim 6, wherein the acquisition unit comprises an action feature acquisition module, the comparison unit comprises an action feature comparison module communicably connected to the action feature acquisition module and the assessment module, wherein the action feature comparison module compares a series of action features of the bovine body to be assessed acquired from the action feature acquisition module and an action feature of a healthy bovine body to obtain an action feature comparison result, wherein the assessment module assesses the health status of the bovine body in combination with the skin status comparison result, the hair status comparison result and the action feature comparison result.
9. The assessment system of claim 8, wherein the identity management module is associated with the skin state acquisition module to acquire images of a cow to be assessed from the camera device when the skin state acquisition module acquires from the cow massaging device a time at which the cow massaging device massages a cow to be assessed.
10. The evaluation system according to any one of claims 5 to 9, wherein the management unit includes a profile management module, the evaluation unit includes a prediction module, the profile management module is communicably connected to the evaluation module and the prediction module, wherein the profile management module acquires evaluation results representing the health status of the cow from the evaluation module and establishes a health profile about the cow, and the prediction module predicts the future health status of the cow based on the historical health status of the cow acquired from the profile management module and the current health status of the cow acquired from the evaluation module.
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