CN112468766A - Cattle state monitoring system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a cow state monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system comprises an acquisition unit and a monitoring unit. The acquisition unit comprises a sign acquisition module for acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of a cow. The monitoring unit comprises a modeling module and a judging module, wherein the judging module is connected with the modeling module and the physical sign acquiring module in a communication mode, and the judging module judges the current health state of the cattle after acquiring a monitoring model which only corresponds to the cattle from the modeling module and acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature change of the cattle from the physical sign acquiring module.

Description

Cattle state monitoring system and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of monitoring of large-scale bred livestock, in particular to a cattle state monitoring system and a monitoring method.

Background

In recent years, with the continuous improvement of health consciousness and living standard of people, the demand of people for meat food and milk food is increasing, so that the development mode of the traditional animal husbandry with small-sized cultivation and scattered-family cultivation cannot meet the large demand of people for the meat food and the milk food. In view of this, in recent years, large-scale farming bases, such as cattle farming bases, in which a plurality of cattle pens each for breeding a large number of cattle are constructed, have gradually appeared. Although the large-scale cultivation base can increase the supply of beef and milk, the large-scale cultivation base is only enlarged in scale compared with the traditional cattle cultivation mode, and the fineness of the cultivation process is not improved. For example, in the existing large-scale breeding base, breeding workers still need to regularly observe the cattle in a manual patrol manner to judge the state of the cattle, such as the health state and oestrus state of the cattle, which has many disadvantages. Firstly, the mode that the breeding worker regularly adopts the mode of manual tour to observe the state of the cattle is time-consuming and labor-consuming, which leads to the increase of breeding cost, especially the increase of labor cost. Secondly, the mode that the breeding workers regularly observe the state of the cattle by adopting a manual inspection mode has high requirements on the personal experience of the breeding workers, and the observation result is easily influenced by the subjective factors of the breeding workers. Thirdly, the breeding worker regularly adopts a mode of manually inspecting the state of the cattle, so that the breeding worker can only observe the appearance action of the cattle and judge the health state of the cattle by combining personal experience, however, the cattle may not be shown in the appearance action only in the early stage of abnormal health (sick) due to the autoimmune capability of the cattle, and the action of the cattle which can be observed by the breeding worker may still be normal at the moment, namely, the breeding worker can only judge the health state of the cattle by observing the appearance action of the cattle and combining personal experience, and cannot timely find the health problem of the cattle. Fourthly, the breeding worker regularly adopts a mode of manually inspecting the state of the cattle, so that the breeding worker can only observe the current appearance action of the specific cattle, the historical health state of the specific cattle cannot be known by the breeding worker, the breeding worker cannot comprehensively judge the current health state of the cattle by combining the historical health state and the current appearance action of the specific cattle, and the future health state of the cattle cannot be predicted.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow state monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system can accurately judge the current health state of a cow according to the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of the cow.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow state monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system can automatically obtain the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of a cow, so that the monitoring efficiency can be greatly improved, the monitoring cost can be greatly reduced, and the condition of missing monitoring a certain or some cow states can be avoided.

The invention aims to provide a cattle state monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cattle state monitoring system can obtain the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of a cattle in real time or at intervals, so that the cattle state monitoring system can judge the current health state of the cattle in real time or at intervals to realize the refined and scientific management of a breeding base.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow state monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cow state monitoring system can obtain the movement of a cow to determine the current health state of the cow by combining the amount of exercise, the amount of change in body temperature and the movement of the cow, so that the accuracy of the determination result can be improved.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow condition monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cow condition monitoring system can record the historical health status of each specific cow, so that the sources of beef and milk are allowed to be traced in the future.

One object of the present invention is to provide a cattle condition monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cattle condition monitoring system can predict the future health condition of cattle according to the historical health condition and the current health condition of cattle, so as to be beneficial to the health of cattle during the breeding process.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cow condition monitoring system and a monitoring method, wherein the cow condition monitoring system can monitor each specific cow, and when the condition of a specific cow is abnormal, the cow condition monitoring system can accurately and quickly locate the specific cow from the cowshed.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cow condition monitoring system, comprising:

the acquisition unit comprises a sign acquisition module used for acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of a cow; and

a monitoring unit, wherein the monitoring unit comprises a modeling module and a judging module, the judging module is communicably connected to the modeling module and the sign obtaining module, wherein the judging module judges the current health status of the cow after obtaining a monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow from the modeling module and obtaining the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of the cow from the sign obtaining module.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit includes an action obtaining module for obtaining an action of the cow, and the judging module is communicably connected to the action obtaining module, wherein the judging module judges the current health status of the cow after obtaining the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow from the modeling module, obtaining the amount of movement and the amount of change in body temperature of the cow from the sign obtaining module, and obtaining the action of the cow from the action obtaining module.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the modeling module is communicably connected to the sign obtaining module and the motion obtaining module, and the modeling module establishes the monitoring model after obtaining the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of the cow only in a period of time from the sign obtaining module and obtaining the motion of the cow only in a period of time from the motion obtaining module, wherein the content of the monitoring model is the corresponding relationship between the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of the cow and the motion of the cow only and the health status of the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cow state monitoring system further includes a management unit, the management unit includes a content management module and a file management module, the file management module is communicably connected to the content management module and the determination module, wherein the content management module is configured to establish a database about the cow, and the file management module is configured to store the current health state of the cow determined by the determination module in the database to obtain the historical health state of the cow.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cattle health status monitoring system further comprises a prediction unit communicably connected to the content management module and the judgment module, wherein the prediction unit predicts the future health status of the cattle based on the current health status and the historical health status of the cattle.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the physical sign acquiring module acquires the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of the cow by externally connecting a wearing device, wherein the wearing device comprises a wearing belt and a collector, the collector comprises a housing, and a circuit board, a power supply element, a communication element and at least one sensor which are arranged inside the housing, the power supply element, the communication element and the sensor are respectively connected to the circuit board, wherein the housing is mounted on the wearing belt, and the collector can be attached to one side of the neck of the cow when the wearing belt is arranged around the neck of the cow.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the housing has a first aperture formed in one end of the housing and a second aperture formed in the other end of the housing, wherein the harness is threaded through the first and second apertures of the housing in sequence such that the housing of the harvester is adjustably mounted to the harness.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a method for monitoring the status of a cow, wherein the method for monitoring the status of a cow comprises the following steps:

(a) acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of a cow; and

(b) and based on a monitoring model, judging the current health state of the cattle according to the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of the cattle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the step (b), the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises the steps of: (c) acquiring the motion of the cattle, so that in the step (c), the current health state of the cattle is judged according to the motion amount and the body temperature variation of the cattle and the motion of the cattle based on the monitoring model.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the step (a), the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises the steps of: (d) establishing the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cattle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step (d) further comprises the steps of:

(d.1) obtaining the amount of exercise and the body temperature change of the cattle only in a period of time;

(d.2) acquiring images of said bovine only for a period of time; and

and (d.3) establishing the corresponding relation between the exercise amount and the body temperature variation of the cattle and the actions of the cattle and the health state of the cattle according to the exercise amount and the body temperature variation of the cattle in the period of time and the images of the cattle in the period of time to obtain the monitoring model.

According to one embodiment of the invention, in said step (d), said monitoring model is updated according to age changes of said cattle.

According to one embodiment of the invention, in said step (d), said monitoring model is updated according to seasonal variations.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, after the step (b), the cow condition monitoring method further comprises the steps of: (e) predicting the future health state of the cattle according to the current health state and the historical health state of the cattle.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a cow condition monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an application scenario of the cow state monitoring system according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3A to 3D are schematic views illustrating an application process of the cow condition monitoring system according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of the cow condition monitoring system according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a wearable device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a front view of the wearing device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an exploded view of the wearable device according to the above preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a collector of the wearing device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is an exploded view of a view angle of the collector of the wearing device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is an exploded view of another view of the collector of the wearing device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the collector of the wearing device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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 and 2 of the drawings, a cattle condition monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed and illustrated in the following description, wherein the cattle condition monitoring system comprises an acquisition unit 10 and a monitoring unit 20.

Specifically, the acquiring unit 10 includes a physical sign acquiring module 11, and the monitoring unit 20 includes a modeling module 21 and a determining module 22, wherein the determining module 22 is respectively communicably connected to the physical sign acquiring module 11 and the modeling module 21. The physical sign obtaining module 11 is configured to collect an amount of exercise and a body temperature variation of acow 100, and the determining module 22 is configured to determine a current health state of thecow 100 after obtaining a monitoring model from the modeling module 21 and obtaining the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of thecow 100 from the physical sign obtaining module 11.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, thecow 100 is worn with a wearingdevice 200, wherein the wearingdevice 200 is configured to acquire the amount of exercise and the amount of body temperature change of thecow 100, and the vital sign acquiring module 11 of the acquiring unit 10 can acquire the amount of exercise and the amount of body temperature change of thecow 100 from the wearingdevice 200 by externally connecting the wearingdevice 200. Preferably, the wearingdevice 200 may be a neck-worn device, such as a collar, so as to improve the accuracy of the amount of movement and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 collected by the wearingdevice 200. Preferably, the vital signs acquiring module 11 of the acquiring unit 10 may be externally connected to the wearingdevice 200 based on, but not limited to, LoRa communication technology.

The content of the monitoring model is the corresponding relationship between the exercise amount and the body temperature variation of thecow 100 and the health status of thecow 100, so that the determining module 22 can determine the health status of thecow 100 after acquiring the exercise amount and the body temperature variation of thecow 100 from the physical sign acquiring module 11 based on the monitoring model. In this preferred example of the cow condition monitoring system of the present invention, the monitoring model and thecow 100 are uniquely associated, so that the reliability of the cow condition monitoring system can be ensured. Specifically, the modeling module 21 of the monitoring unit 20 is communicably connected to the vital signs acquiring module 11 of the acquiring unit 10, in a modeling phase, the vital signs acquiring module 11 can acquire the movement amount and the body temperature variation amount of thecow 100 from the wearingdevice 200 for a period of time, and the modeling module 21 builds the monitoring module according to the movement amount and the body temperature variation amount of thecow 100 during the period of time and the health state of thecow 100 during the period of time, so that the monitoring model and thecow 100 are in a unique corresponding relationship. Preferably, the modeling module 21 may update the monitoring model, for example, the modeling module 21 may rebuild the monitoring model as the age of thecow 100 changes, or the modeling module 21 may rebuild the monitoring model as the season changes.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the acquiring unit 10 further includes an action acquiring module 12, and the determining module 22 is communicably connected to the action acquiring module 12, wherein the action acquiring module 12 is configured to acquire an action of thecow 100, and the determining module 22 is capable of determining the current health status of thecow 100 after acquiring the monitoring model from the modeling module 21 and acquiring the amount of movement and variation of thecow 100 from the sign acquiring module 11 and acquiring the action of thecow 100 from the action acquiring module 12, so as to further improve the reliability of the cow status monitoring system. Specifically, the motion capture module 12 of the capture unit 10 may capture images (e.g., images and/or videos) about thecow 100 from the camera 300 by externally connecting one or more cameras 300, so as to allow the motion capture module 12 to capture the motion of thecow 100.

Preferably, the content of the monitoring model may be the movement amount and the body temperature variation of thecow 100 and the corresponding relationship between the movement of thecow 100 and the health status of thecow 100. For example, in a modeling stage, the physical sign obtaining module 11 may obtain the amount of movement and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 from the wearingdevice 200 for a certain period of time, and accordingly, the motion obtaining module 12 may obtain the motion of thecow 100 from the imaging device 300 for a certain period of time, and subsequently, the modeling module 21 may build the monitoring model after analyzing the amount of movement and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 during the certain period of time, the motion of thecow 100 during the certain period of time, and the health state of thecow 100 during the certain period of time based on technologies such as big data and a learning algorithm.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the cow condition monitoring system includes a management unit 30, the management unit 30 includes a content management module 31 and a profile management module 32 communicably connected to the content management module 31, wherein the profile management module 32 of the management unit 30 is communicably connected to the determination module 22 of the monitoring unit 20. The content management module 31 of the management unit 30 is configured to establish a database corresponding to thecow 100, and the archive management module 32 is configured to store the current health status of thecow 100 judged by the judgment module 22 into the database corresponding to thecow 100 established by the content management module 31 to obtain the historical health status of thecow 100, so that the growth process of thecow 100 can be monitored, and it is beneficial to trace the source of beef and milk in the future.

The acquiring unit 10 further comprises an identification acquiring module 13, the archive management module 32 of the management unit 30 is communicably connected to the identification acquiring module 13 of the acquiring unit 10, and the identification acquiring module 13 is configured to acquire an identification of thecow 100. After the archive management module 32 obtains the identification of thecow 100 from the identification obtaining module 13 and the current health status of thecow 100 from the judging module 22, respectively, the archive management module 32 can store the current health status of thecow 100 judged by the judging module 22 into the database corresponding to thecow 100 established by the content management module 31 to obtain the historical health status of thecow 100. Specifically, the identification obtaining module 13 of the obtaining unit 10 obtains the identification of thecow 100 from the wearingdevice 200 by externally connecting the wearingdevice 200.

That is, the cattle condition monitoring system of the present invention can establish the health profile of thecattle 100 during growth, so that the cattle condition monitoring system allows the source of beef and milk to be traced back during subsequent beef or milk supply phases.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the cow condition monitoring system further includes an alarm unit 40, wherein the alarm unit 40 is communicatively coupled to the determination module 22 of the monitoring unit 20. When the judging module 22 of the monitoring unit 20 judges that the current health state of thecattle 100 is abnormal based on the monitoring model, the alarm unit 40 can send alarm information to remind breeding personnel to pay attention to thecattle 100. It should be noted that the manner of sending the alarm information by the alarm unit 40 when the judgment module 22 judges that the current health state of thecow 100 is abnormal is not limited, for example, the alarm unit 40 may send the alarm information by means of mail, short message, sound, light, etc. to remind the breeding personnel to pay attention to thecow 100.

With continuing reference to fig. 1 and 2, the cattle condition monitoring system further comprises a prediction unit 50, wherein the prediction unit 50 is communicably connected to the judgment module 22 of the monitoring unit 20 and the content management module 31 of the management unit 30, wherein the prediction unit 50 is capable of predicting the future health condition of thecattle 100 according to the current health condition of thecattle 100 judged by the judgment module 22 and the historical health condition of thecattle 100 managed by the content management module 31, so as to ensure the health of thecattle 100 during the breeding process. Preferably, the prediction unit 50 is communicably connected to the alarm unit 40, so that when the prediction unit 50 predicts an abnormality of the future health status of thecattle 100, the alarm unit 40 can issue an alarm message for reminding the farmer to pay attention to thecattle 100.

Fig. 2 shows an application scenario of the cow condition monitoring system, a plurality of cow pens 400 are built in a breeding base, one or more camera devices 300 are arranged near eachcow pen 400 for shooting images of thecows 100 bred in the cow pens 400, wherein one ormore gateways 500 are arranged near the cow pens 400, thegateways 500 can be communicably connected to one ormore computing devices 600, the computing devices can be computers, smart phones, servers and the like, and the cow condition monitoring system is implemented by thecomputing devices 600.

Referring to fig. 3A, a plurality ofcattle 100 are housed in thesame cowshed 400, wherein the neck of eachcattle 100 is worn by one wearingdevice 200, the wearingdevice 200 is configured to collect the amount of movement and the amount of body temperature change of thecattle 100, and the wearingdevice 200 and the camera 300 are communicably connected to thegateway 500. It is worth mentioning that the communication connection manner between thewearable device 200 and the camera 300 and thegateway 500 is not limited, and for example, thewearable device 200 and the camera 300 may be communicably connected to thegateway 500 based on the LoRa communication technology. In the modeling stage, the wearingdevice 200 may capture the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 for a period of time, and the camera 300 may capture the image of thecow 100 for a period of time, wherein the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 during the period of time and the image of thecow 100 during the period of time are sent to thecomputing device 600 through thegateway 500, so that the sign acquiring module 11 of the acquiring unit 10 can acquire the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 during the period of time and the motion of thecow 100 during the period of time can be acquired by the motion acquiring module 12, and then the modeling module 21 can analyze the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 during the period of time, the motion of thecow 100 during the period of time based on technologies such as big data and learning algorithm, and the like, The cattle are 100 the monitoring model is established after the state of health during the period of time. Preferably, the information stored by the wearingdevice 200 about the identity of thecow 100 can also be sent to thecomputing device 600 through thegateway 500, so that the identity acquiring module 13 of the acquiring unit 10 can acquire the identity of thecow 100.

During the growth process of thecow 100, the physical sign acquiring module 11 of the acquiring unit 10 may acquire the amount of movement and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 in real time or at intervals, and accordingly, the motion acquiring module 12 of the acquiring unit 10 may acquire the motion of thecow 100 in real time or at intervals, so that subsequently, the determining module 22 of the monitoring unit 20 may determine the current health status of thecow 100 in real time or at intervals.

The determining module 22 determines the current health status of thecow 100 after acquiring the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to thecow 100 from the modeling module 21, acquiring the amount of movement and the amount of body temperature change of thecow 100 from the sign acquiring module 11, and acquiring the movement of thecow 100 from the movement acquiring module 12. In the specific state shown in fig. 3B, when the determining module 22 determines that the current health status of thecow 100 is abnormal, the alarm unit 40 can send an alarm message to thecomputing device 600 in time to remind the breeding personnel to pay attention to thecow 100. Preferably, the alarm unit 40 is capable of sending the identity information of thecow 100 to ahandheld locating device 700 at the same time as the alarm information 40 sends alarm information to thecomputing device 600. Referring to fig. 3C and 3D, after the farmer arrives at thecowshed 400, thehandheld locating device 700 can identify the information about the identification of thecattle 100 stored in the wearingdevice 200, so as to conveniently, accurately and timely locate thecattle 100 with abnormal health status.

Fig. 4 shows the workflow of the cattle condition monitoring system, wherein the workflow of the cattle condition monitoring system comprises the following stages:

stage 4001, establishing the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the bovine 100. Preferably, the monitoring model is established after the wearingdevice 200 is worn on the neck of thecow 100. Specifically, the wearingdevice 200 may acquire the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 for a period of time, so that the sign acquiring module 11 of the acquiring unit 10 may acquire the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 for the period of time from the wearingdevice 200, and accordingly, the camera 300 may capture an image of thecow 100 for the period of time, so that the motion acquiring module 12 of the acquiring unit 10 may acquire the motion of thecow 100 for the period of time from the camera 300, and then the modeling module 21 may establish the monitoring model after analyzing the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 for the period of time, the motion of thecow 100 for the period of time, and the health state of thecow 100 for the period of time based on technologies such as big data and a learning algorithm.

And astage 4002 of acquiring the exercise amount and the body temperature variation of thecattle 100 and the movement of thecattle 100. For example, the wearingdevice 200 may acquire the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 in real time or at intervals, the sign acquiring module 11 may acquire the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100 by externally connecting the wearingdevice 200, accordingly, the camera 300 may live and capture images of thecow 100 at intervals in real time, and the motion acquiring module 12 may acquire the motion of thecow 100 by externally connecting the camera 300.

Stage 4003, based on the monitoring model, the determining module 22 determines the current health status of thecow 100. For example, the determining module 22 can determine the current health status of thecow 100 after acquiring the monitoring model from the modeling module 21, acquiring the amount of movement and variation of thecow 100 from the sign acquiring module 11, and acquiring the movement of thecow 100 from the movement acquiring module 12.

If the determining module 22 determines that the current health status of thecow 100 is normal, then astage 4004 is performed to store the current health status of thecow 100 to obtain the historical health status of thecow 100. Accordingly, if the determining module 22 determines that the current health status of thecow 100 is abnormal, then the process proceeds to stage 4005, and the alarm unit 40 sends out alarm information to remind the breeding personnel. Preferably, in stage 4005, the current health status of thecattle 100 is stored to obtain the historical health status of thecattle 100 while the alarm unit 40 sends out alarm information to remind the breeders.

And 4006, predicting future health states of thecattle 100 according to the current health state and the historical health state of thecattle 100 by the prediction unit 50, and if the future health state of thecattle 100 is predicted to be abnormal by the prediction unit 50, performing 4007, wherein the alarm unit 40 can send alarm information to remind breeders of paying attention to thecattle 100.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a method for monitoring the status of a cow, wherein the method for monitoring the status of a cow comprises the following steps:

(a) acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of thecattle 100; and

(b) and based on the monitoring model, judging the current health state of thecattle 100 according to the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of thecattle 100.

Further, before the step (b), the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises the steps of: (c) acquiring the motion of thecow 100, so that in the step (c), the current health state of thecow 100 is judged according to the motion amount and the body temperature variation of thecow 100 and the motion of thecow 100 based on the monitoring model.

Further, before the step (a), the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises the steps of: (d) establishing the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the bovine 100. Specifically, the step (d) further comprises the steps of:

(d.1) acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature change of thecattle 100 in a period of time;

(d.2) acquiring images of said bovine 100 over a period of time; and

(d.3) establishing the corresponding relation between the movement amount and the body temperature variation of thecow 100 and the movement of thecow 100 and the health state of thecow 100 according to the movement amount and the body temperature variation of thecow 100 in the period of time and the image of thecow 100 in the period of time to obtain the monitoring model.

Preferably, in said step (d), said monitoring model is updated according to the age change of saidcattle 100. Optionally, in step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to seasonal changes.

Further, after the step (b), the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises the steps of: (e) predicting the future health status of the bovine 100 according to the current health status and the historical health status of the bovine 100.

Fig. 5 to 11 show a specific structure of the wearingdevice 200, wherein the wearingdevice 200 includes a wearingband 60 and at least onecollector 70 mounted on the wearingband 60, wherein the wearingband 60 is configured to surround the neck of thecow 100, so that the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100. When the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100, the wearingbelt 60 is arranged to enable thecollector 70 to be reliably attached to the neck of thecow 100 so as to collect the amount of movement and the amount of change in body temperature of thecow 100. Preferably, when the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100, the wearingbelt 60 is configured to enable thecollector 70 to be reliably attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100, so as to accurately collect the body temperature variation of thecow 100.

More specifically, thecollector 70 includes ahousing 71, and acircuit board 72, apower supply element 73, acommunication element 74 and at least one sensor 75 which are disposed inside thehousing 71, wherein thepower supply element 73, thecommunication element 74 and the sensor 75 are respectively connected to thecircuit board 72, so that thepower supply element 73 can supply power to thecommunication element 74 and the sensor 75 through thecircuit board 72, and data collected by the sensor 75 can be transmitted to thecommunication element 74 through thecircuit board 72. Thehousing 71 is mounted to the wearingband 60, wherein when the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100 and thepower supply element 73 supplies power to thecommunication element 74 and the sensor 75 through thewiring board 72, the sensor 75 can collect data of thecow 100 and the data can be transmitted to the outside through thecommunication element 74. Specifically, thecommunication element 74 can transmit these data to thegateway 500 based on, but not limited to, the LoRa communication technology, so as to further transmit these data to thecomputing device 600 through thegateway 500, so that the acquiring unit 10 can acquire the amount of movement and the amount of body temperature change of thecow 100.

Preferably, in the specific example of the wearingdevice 200 shown in fig. 5 to 11, the number of the sensors 75 of thecollector 70 may be two, wherein one of the sensors 75 is a three-axis accelerometer 25a for collecting the movement data of thecow 100, and the other sensor 75 is abody temperature sensor 75b for collecting the body temperature variation data of thecow 100. It should be understood that in other examples of thewearable device 200 of the present invention, the sensor 75 of theharvester 70 may be more or less of the type.

It should be noted that the type of thepower supply element 73 of thecollector 70 is not limited in the wearingdevice 200 of the present invention, as long as thecommunication element 74 and the sensor 75 can be respectively supplied with power through thecircuit board 72, for example, thepower supply element 73 may be, but not limited to, a dry battery, a button battery or a rechargeable battery.

With continued reference to fig. 5 to 11, thehousing 71 of thecollector 70 is adjustably mounted to the wearingband 60, so that the position of thecollector 70 relative to the wearingband 60 is adjustable, so that when the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100 with the wearingband 60 surrounding the neck of thecow 100, thecollector 70 can be attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100 by adjusting the position of thecollector 70 relative to the wearingband 60, so that thebody temperature sensor 75b of thecollector 70 can more accurately collect the body temperature variation data of thecow 100.

The size of the wearingband 60 of the wearingdevice 200 is adjustable so that the wearingdevice 200 can be adapted to be worn by thecows 100 of different body sizes. After the size of the wearingband 60 of the wearingdevice 200 is adjusted, for example, when the wearingdevice 200 is worn by the small-sized cow 100 due to the size of the wearingband 60 of the wearingdevice 200 being adjusted to be small, the position of thecollector 70 relative to the wearingband 60 can be adjusted, so that when the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100 with the wearingband 60 surrounding the neck of thecow 100, the wearingband 60 can enable thecollector 70 to be attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100, and thebody temperature sensor 75b of thecollector 70 can accurately collect the body temperature variation data of thecow 100.

Further, theshell 71 of thecollector 70 has a shellinner side 711, a shellouter side 712, a first throughhole 713 and a second throughhole 714, the shellinner side 711 and the shellouter side 712 correspond to each other, and the first throughhole 713 and the second throughhole 714 respectively penetrate through theshell 71 at two opposite ends of theshell 71 to allow the first throughhole 713 and the second throughhole 714 to respectively extend from the shellinner side 711 to the shellouter side 712 of theshell 71. Both ends of the wearingband 60 extend from the caseouter side 712 to the caseinner side 711 of thecase 71 after passing through the first and second throughholes 713 and 714 of thecase 71, respectively, so that thecase 71 of theharvester 70 is mounted on the wearingband 60, and when no external force is applied to the wearingband 60 and theharvester 70, theharvester 70 is not easily slid along the wearingband 60, so as to ensure the reliability of the relative positions of theharvester 70 and the wearingband 60. Accordingly, when a force is applied to the wearingband 60 and thecollector 70, thecollector 70 can slide along the wearingband 60 to adjust the position of thecollector 70 relative to the wearingband 60.

Preferably, thehousing 71 of thecollector 70 further has ahousing receiving groove 715, thehousing receiving groove 715 is formed on the housingouter side 712, and both ends of thehousing receiving groove 715 extend to and communicate with thefirst perforation 713 and thesecond perforation 714, respectively, and the portion of the wearingband 60 held on the housingouter side 712 of thehousing 71 is received in thehousing receiving groove 715 of thehousing 71, so that the wearingband 60 can be prevented from protruding from the housingouter side 712 of thehousing 71.

Further, thecollector 70 further comprises an identification tag for obtaining the identity of thecow 100 wearing the wearingdevice 200. For example, the identification tag may be, but is not limited to, an RFID (radio Frequency identification).

Referring to fig. 5 to 11, thehousing 71 of thecollector 70 includes ahousing body 716 and acover body 717, thehousing body 716 has a mountingspace 7161 and a mountingopening 7162 communicated with the mountingspace 7161, wherein thecircuit board 72, thepower supply element 73, thecommunication element 74, the sensor 75 and the FRID chip 76 are respectively mounted to the mountingspace 7161 from the mountingopening 7162 of thehousing body 716, and thebody temperature sensor 75b of the sensor 75 is close to the mountingopening 7162 of thehousing body 716, so that when thecover body 717 is mounted to thehousing body 716 to close the mountingopening 7162 of thehousing body 716, thebody temperature sensor 75b can be close to or abut against thecover body 717, so that when thecollector 70 is disposed to abut against the neck side of thecow 100, thebody temperature sensor 75b of thecollector 70 can directly obtain the body temperature of thecow 100.

It should be noted that, thecollector 70 of the wearingdevice 200 of the present invention is closely attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100 in a manner that the wearingband 60 surrounds the neck of thecow 100, and therefore, the specific part of thebody temperature sensor 75b corresponding to the neck of thecow 100 and the actual distance between thebody temperature sensor 75b and the neck of thecow 100 affect the accuracy of the collected body temperature. In other words, the body temperature of thecow 100 acquired may deviate from the true body temperature of thecow 100, and therefore, in the wearingapparatus 200 of the present invention, the wearingapparatus 200 calculates the body temperature change amount of thecow 100 based on the body temperature of thecow 100 acquired by thebody temperature sensor 75 b.

Preferably, thehousing 71 of thecollector 70 may be injection molded from a crash-resistant plastic material to ensure the reliability of thecollector 70. Preferably, the shellinner side 711 of theshell 71 of thecollector 70 may be a plane side or a slightly curved side, so that the shellinner side 711 of theshell 71 can be tightly attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100. The housingouter side 712 of thehousing 71 may be an arc surface side.

With continued reference to fig. 5 to 11, the wearingdevice 200 of the present invention further comprises alocator 80, wherein thelocator 80 is mounted on the wearingbelt 60, and when the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100, thelocator 80 can make thecollector 70 reliably cling to one side of the neck of thecow 100. Preferably, the position of thepositioner 80 relative to the wearingband 60 is adjustable, so that after the wearingdevice 200 is worn on the neck of thecow 100 with different sizes by adjusting the size of the wearingband 60, thecollector 70 can be attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100 by adjusting the position of thepositioner 80 relative to the wearingband 60.

Specifically, thepositioning device 80 has a positioninginner side 81, a positioningouter side 82, a third throughhole 83 and a fourth throughhole 84, the positioninginner side 81 and the positioningouter side 82 correspond to each other, and the third throughhole 83 and the fourth throughhole 84 respectively penetrate through thepositioning device 80 at two opposite ends of thepositioning device 80, so as to allow the third throughhole 83 and the fourth throughhole 84 to respectively extend from the positioninginner side 81 to the positioningouter side 82 of thepositioning device 80. Both ends of the wearingband 60 extend from the positioningouter side 82 to the positioninginner side 81 of thepositioner 80 after passing through the third throughhole 83 and the fourth throughhole 84 of thepositioner 80, respectively, so as to mount thepositioner 80 on the wearingband 60, and when no external force is applied to the wearingband 60 and thepositioner 80, thepositioner 80 is not easily slid along the wearingband 60, so as to ensure the reliability of the relative positions of thepositioner 80 and the wearingband 60.

Preferably, theretainer 80 has a positioning receiving groove 85, the positioning receiving groove 85 is formed on the positioningouter side 82, and both ends of the positioning receiving groove 85 extend to and communicate with the third throughhole 83 and the fourth throughhole 84, respectively, and the portion of the wearingband 60 held on the positioningouter side 82 of theretainer 80 is received in the positioning receiving groove 85 of theretainer 80, so that the wearingband 60 can be prevented from protruding from the positioningouter side 82 of theretainer 80.

Thelocator 80 of the wearingdevice 200 has a heavy weight, and when the wearingdevice 200 is worn by thecow 100 with the wearingband 60 being wrapped around the neck of thecow 100, thelocator 80 is suspended from the lower side of the neck of thecow 100, and the wearingband 60 is pulled downward by the gravity of thelocator 80, so that thecollector 70 mounted to the wearingband 60 can be attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100.

It should be noted that the material for manufacturing theretainer 80 is not limited in the wearingdevice 200 of the present invention, for example, theretainer 80 may be made of a metal material, or theretainer 80 may be made of a metal material and a rubber material wrapped on the outer side of the metal material.

With continued reference to fig. 5-11, the wearingdevice 200 further comprises alocker 90, wherein thelocker 90 comprises afirst locker member 91 and asecond locker member 92, thefirst locker member 91 has a first locker through hole 911, and thesecond locker member 92 has a second locker through hole 921. The wearingband 60 has a fixedend 61 and an adjustingend 62 corresponding to thefixed end 61, wherein thefixed end portion 61 of the wearingband 60 is fixedly coupled to the middle portion of the wearingband 60 after sequentially passing through the first locking perforation 911 of the first lockingmember 91 and the second locking perforation 921 of thesecond locking member 92, thefirst locking element 91 and thesecond locking element 92 are thus arranged at thefixed end 61 of the wearingband 60, wherein the adjustingend portion 62 of the wearingband 60 passes through the second locking through hole 921 of thesecond locking member 92 and the first locking through hole 911 of the first lockingmember 91 in sequence, then bypasses the first lockingmember 91, and then passes through the second locking through hole 921 of thesecond locking member 92 again, theadjustment end 62 of theharness 60 is thus adjustably positioned on thelocker 90.

The assembly process of thewearable device 200 of the present invention is: (1) allowing theadjustment end portion 62 of the wearingband 60 to sequentially pass through the first and second throughholes 713 and 714 of theshell 71 of theharvester 70 so that theharvester 70 is mounted to the wearingband 60, at which time the portion of the wearingband 60 held at the shell outside 712 of theshell 71 is received in theshell receiving groove 715 of theshell 71 to prevent the wearingband 60 from protruding from the shell outside 712 of theshell 71; (2) allowing theadjustment end portion 62 of the wearingband 60 to pass through the third throughhole 83 and the fourth throughhole 84 of theretainer 80 in sequence, so that theretainer 80 is mounted to the wearingband 60, at which time the portion of the wearingband 60 held at the positioningouter side 82 of theretainer 80 is received in the positioning receiving groove 85 of theretainer 80, to prevent the wearingband 60 from protruding from the positioningouter side 82 of theretainer 80.

The wearing process of the wearingdevice 200 of the present invention is: (1) respectively adjusting the position of thecollector 70 relative to the wearingbelt 60 and the position of thepositioner 80 relative to the wearingbelt 60 according to the body type of thecow 100; (2) after the wearingband 60 is wrapped around the neck of thecow 100, the adjusting end portion 11 of the wearingband 60 is allowed to pass through the second locking through hole 921 of thesecond locking element 92 and the first locking through hole 911 of thefirst locking element 91 in sequence, then pass around thefirst locking element 91 and pass through the second locking through hole 921 of thesecond locking element 92 again, so as to wear the wearingdevice 200 on the neck of thecow 100. At this time, theretainer 80 is suspended from the lower side of the neck of thecow 100, and thecollector 70 is attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100 without the wearingband 60 being bound to the neck of thecow 100 by being pulled downward by the gravity of theretainer 80. It can be understood that after the wearingdevice 200 is worn on the neck of thecow 100, the position of thecollector 70 relative to the wearingbelt 60 and the position of thelocator 80 relative to the wearingbelt 60 can be adjusted to ensure that thecollector 70 can be reliably attached to one side of the neck of thecow 100.

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.

Claims (14)

1. A bovine condition monitoring system, comprising:

the acquisition unit comprises a sign acquisition module used for acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of a cow; and

a monitoring unit, wherein the monitoring unit comprises a modeling module and a judging module, the judging module is communicably connected to the modeling module and the sign obtaining module, wherein the judging module judges the current health status of the cow after obtaining a monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow from the modeling module and obtaining the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of the cow from the sign obtaining module.

2. The cow state monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring unit comprises an action acquiring module for acquiring actions of the cow, the judging module is communicably connected to the action acquiring module, wherein the judging module judges the current health state of the cow after acquiring the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cow from the modeling module and the amount of movement and body temperature change of the cow from the sign acquiring module, and acquiring the actions of the cow from the action acquiring module.

3. The cattle condition monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the modeling module is communicatively connected to the sign obtaining module and the action obtaining module, and the modeling module establishes the monitoring model after obtaining the movement amount and the body temperature change amount of the cattle only for a period of time from the sign obtaining module and obtaining the action of the cattle only for a period of time from the action obtaining module, wherein the content of the monitoring model is the movement amount and the body temperature change amount of the cattle and the corresponding relationship between the action of the cattle and the health condition of the cattle.

4. A cow state monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a management unit, the management unit comprising a content management module and a file management module, the file management module being communicably connected to the content management module and the judgment module, wherein the content management module is configured to establish a database about the cow, and the file management module is configured to store the current health state of the cow judged by the judgment module in the database to obtain the historical health state of the cow.

5. The cattle health status monitoring system of claim 4, further comprising a prediction unit communicatively coupled to the content management module and the judgment module, wherein the prediction unit predicts a future health status of the cattle based on a current health status and a historical health status of the cattle.

6. The cattle condition monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the physical sign acquisition module acquires the amount of exercise and the amount of change in body temperature of the cattle by externally connecting a wearing device, wherein the wearing device comprises a wearing belt and a collector, the collector comprises a housing, and a circuit board, a power supply element, a communication element and at least one sensor which are disposed inside the housing, the power supply element, the communication element and the sensor are respectively connected to the circuit board, wherein the housing is mounted on the wearing belt, and wherein the collector can be attached to one side of the neck of the cattle when the wearing belt is disposed around the neck of the cattle.

7. The cattle condition monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the housing has a first aperture formed in one end of the housing and a second aperture formed in the other end of the housing, wherein the harness is threaded through the first and second apertures of the housing in sequence such that the housing of the harvester is adjustably mounted to the harness.

8. A cattle state monitoring method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

(a) acquiring the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of a cow; and

(b) and based on a monitoring model, judging the current health state of the cattle according to the amount of exercise and the body temperature variation of the cattle.

9. The cattle condition monitoring method according to claim 8, wherein the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises, before the step (b), the steps of: (c) acquiring the motion of the cattle, so that in the step (c), the current health state of the cattle is judged according to the motion amount and the body temperature variation of the cattle and the motion of the cattle based on the monitoring model.

10. The cattle condition monitoring method according to claim 9, wherein the cattle condition monitoring method further comprises, before the step (a), the steps of: (d) establishing the monitoring model uniquely corresponding to the cattle.

11. The bovine condition monitoring method of claim 10, wherein said step (d) further comprises the steps of:

(d.1) obtaining the amount of exercise and the body temperature change of the cattle only in a period of time;

(d.2) acquiring images of said bovine only for a period of time; and

and (d.3) establishing the corresponding relation between the exercise amount and the body temperature variation of the cattle and the actions of the cattle and the health state of the cattle according to the exercise amount and the body temperature variation of the cattle in the period of time and the images of the cattle in the period of time to obtain the monitoring model.

12. The bovine condition monitoring method according to claim 10, wherein in step (d), the monitoring model is updated according to the age change of the bovine.

13. The cattle condition monitoring method of claim 10 wherein in step (d) the monitoring model is updated according to seasonal changes.

14. The bovine condition monitoring method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein after the step (b), the bovine condition monitoring method further comprises the steps of: (e) predicting the future health state of the cattle according to the current health state and the historical health state of the cattle.

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