Photon modulation management system for stimulation of a desired response in birds

• US 10,709,114 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2017
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiant Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Xiant Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Suntych, Jon Daren
• Primary Examiner(s): Barlow, Monica L
• Application Number:
  US15/843,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20180110207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/005 Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 45/00 Other aviculture appliances, e.g. devices for determining whether a bird is about to lay
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/04 by periodically varying the intensity of light, e.g. using choppers shutters, diaphragms for cameras G03B9/00; devices for eliminating or reducing the effect of flicker in projection systems G03B21/40
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters

Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide systems for stimulating a desired response, such as ovulation and egg laying, hunger, growth, mood and sexual maturity in birds, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, quail and ostrich, by controlling the duty cycle, wavelength band and frequency of photon bursts to a bird, through the high frequency modulation of photons in an individual color spectrum to the bird and duty cycle, where the photon modulation and duty cycle is based upon the specific needs of the bird.

Claims

1. A system for inducing a desired response in a bird comprising:

at least one photon emitter in communication with at least one photon emission modulation controller;

wherein said at least one photon emitter is configured to emit a repetitive photon signal to said bird, wherein said repetitive photon signal comprises two or more independent components, wherein said two or more independent components comprise;

one or more initial components, wherein each of said one or more initial components comprises at least one photon pulse, wherein said at least one photon pulse has an ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle;

wherein said ON duration of said at least one photon pulse is between 0.01 microseconds and 5000 milliseconds and wherein the duration of the delay between said photon pulses is between 0.1 microseconds and 24 hours;

wherein said duty cycle of said photon pulse is between 0.01% and 90% of constant emission of said at least one photon emitter;

wherein said at least one photon emitter is configured to emit at least one additional photon pulse within a second independent component, wherein said at least one additional photon pulse has an ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle, wherein said wavelength band of said at least one additional photon pulse is different from the said wavelength band of said at least one photon pulse of said one or more initial components;

wherein said at least one photon emission modulation controller controls said emission of photons from said photon emitter;

wherein said ON duration of said at least one additional photon pulse within said second independent component is between 0.01 microseconds and 5000 milliseconds and wherein the duration of the delay between said photon pulses is between 0.1 microseconds and 24 hours;

wherein said duty cycle of said at least one additional photon pulse is between 0.01% and 90% of constant emission of said at least one photon emitter; and

wherein said one or more initial components and the second independent component are produced within said repetitive signal simultaneously;

wherein the one photon pulse ON duration of the second independent component is initiated within the repetitive signal after the completion of the one or more photon pulse ON durations of said one or more initial components; and

wherein said signal is capable of being emitted toward said bird from said at least one photon emitter, wherein the combined effect of said one or more initial components and the second independent component of the signal regulates said bird'"'"'s switching between cis and trans configurations.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one photon emitter is configured to emit a plurality of photon pulses within said one or more initial components, wherein said plurality of said photon pulses have an ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle;

and

wherein said photon pulses of the second independent component are after the emission of said first photon pulses, wherein said photon pulses of the second independent component have a wavelength band that is different from the wavelength band of the photon pulses of the one or more initial components.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a master logic controller in communication with said at least one photon emission modulation controller, wherein said master logic controller sends commands to said at least one photon emission modulation controller controlling the ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle of said one or more initial components and the second independent component from said at least one photon emitter.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said master logic controller is in communication with a power consumption sensor that monitors the power usage of said at least one photon emitter and wherein said power consumption sensor is in communication with a host that is external to said master logic controller.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising

at least one sensor monitoring at least one condition associated with said bird, wherein said at least one condition associated with said bird is an environmental conditional associated with said bird or a physiological condition associated with said bird;

wherein said at least one sensor is operably linked to a first communication device, wherein said first communication device sends data from said at least one sensor to said master logic controller.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said master logic controller adjusts said ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle of said at least one photon pulse of said one or more initial components and said ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle of the second independent component based upon said data from said at least one sensor.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising said master logic controller in communication with an environmental system, wherein said environmental system controls heating, cooling and humidity to said bird.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said master logic controller adjusts the timing of an environmental event to said environmental system to said bird based upon said data from said at least one sensor, wherein said environmental event is chosen from a change in temperature and humidity.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said master logic controller adjusts the duration of an environmental event to said bird based upon said data from said at least one sensor.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said system comprises a plurality of photon emitters.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the combined effect of said one or more initial components and the second independent component is capable of regulation of expression luteinizing hormones within said bird.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the wavelength bands of the photon pulses of the one or initial components are between 350 nm and 700 nm and wherein the wavelength band of the photon pulse of the second independent component is between 700 nm and 900 nm.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the wherein the wavelength band of the photon pulse of the second independent component is between 700 nm and 780 nm.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the wherein the wavelength band of the photon pulse of the second independent component is 740 nm.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the intensity of each component is between 5% and 200%.

16. A method for inducing a desired response in a bird wherein said method comprises:

providing at least one photon emitter;

providing at least one photon emission modulation controller in communication with said at least one photon emitter;

communicating a command from said at least one photon emission modulation controller to said at least one photon emitter;

emitting a repetitive photon signal to said bird, wherein said repetitive photon signal comprises two or more independent components, wherein said two or more independent components comprise;

one or more initial components, wherein each of said one or more initial components comprises at least one photon pulse from said at least one photon emitter toward said bird, wherein said at least one photon pulse has an ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle;

wherein said ON duration of said at least one photon pulse is between 0.01 microseconds and 5000 milliseconds and wherein the duration of the delay between said photon pulses is between 0.1 microseconds and 24 hours;

wherein said duty cycle of said photon pulse is between 0.01% and 90% of constant emission of said at least one photon emitter; and

emitting at least one additional photon pulse within a second independent component from said at least one photon emitter toward said bird, wherein said at least one additional photon pulse has an ON duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle;

wherein said wavelength band of said at least one additional photon pulse is different from the said wavelength band and of said at least one photon pulse of the one or more initial components;

wherein said ON duration of said at least one additional photon pulse is between 0.01 microseconds and 5000 milliseconds and wherein the duration of the delay between said photon pulses is between 0.1 microseconds and 24 hours;

wherein said duty cycle of said additional photon pulse is between 0.01% and 80% of constant emission of said at least one photon emitter; and

wherein said one or more initial components and the second independent component are produced within said repetitive signal simultaneously;

wherein the one photon pulse ON duration of the second independent component is initiated within the repetitive signal after the completion of the one or more photon pulse ON durations of said one or more initial components; and

wherein said signal is capable of being emitted toward said bird from said at least one photon emitter, wherein the combined effect of said one or more initial components and the second independent component of the signal regulates said bird'"'"'s switching between cis and trans configurations.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

emitting at least one additional photon pulse within said one or more initial components from said at least one photon emitter toward said bird, wherein said photon pulse has a duration, intensity, wavelength band and duty cycle.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein said desired response from said bird is regulation of expression luteinizing hormones within said bird.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the wavelength bands of the photon pulses of the one or initial components is between 350 nm and 700 nm and wherein the wavelength band of the photon pulse of the second independent component is between 700 nm and 900 nm.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the wherein the wavelength band of the photon pulses of the second independent component is between 700 nm and 780 nm.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the wherein the wavelength band of the photon pulse of the second independent component is 740 nm.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the intensity of each component is between 5% and 200%.