Surveillance system for animals
First Claim
1. A system for surveillance of animals, the system comprising identification and measuring elements having a transmitter-receiver (100) attached to the animals for identification checking and animal-specific measuring, at least one local level information system (115) which is wirelessly connectable to the identification and measuring elements attached to a certain group of the animals in a certain local level and which is adapted to save results of the animal-specific measuring, a terminal unit (200) of a communications network situated in the certain local level information system, at the minimum one higher level information system (130, 135) adapted to be in connection with a certain local level information system through the terminal unit (200) for receiving animal-specific data based on said results, at least one software application adapted to process the animal-specific data at a higher level information system, said processing resulting in animal information which is sent to at least one other higher level system, and authentication elements (211, 226) arranged in the certain local information system for authenticating the identification and measuring elements, wherein each higher level information system, which has received the sent animal information, is able to authenticate the identification and measuring elements, and after that to identify the animals, and to control the animals and/or their environment on the basis of the animal information with which the animals have been identified.
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Abstract
A system for the surveillance of animals includes identification and measuring elements attached to the animals, as well as at least one local level information system (115), wirelessly connected to the identification and measuring elements of a certain group of animals for saving animal-specific measuring results into the information network. Aiming to provide a new kind of a surveillance system for domestic husbandry that enables different interest groups to monitor the kind of a group of animals they wish, the system includes at least one higher level information system, connected to the chosen local level system through a communications network for the reception of animal-specific measuring results from at the minimum one local system, and at least one software application using the data gathered in the higher level system to produce information about the animals to at the minimum one higher level information system by processing the collected data.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for surveillance of animals, the system comprising
identification and measuring elements having a transmitter-receiver (100) attached to the animals for identification checking and animal-specific measuring, at least one local level information system (115) which is wirelessly connectable to the identification and measuring elements attached to a certain group of the animals in a certain local level and which is adapted to save results of the animal-specific measuring, a terminal unit (200) of a communications network situated in the certain local level information system, at the minimum one higher level information system (130, 135) adapted to be in connection with a certain local level information system through the terminal unit (200) for receiving animal-specific data based on said results, at least one software application adapted to process the animal-specific data at a higher level information system, said processing resulting in animal information which is sent to at least one other higher level system, and authentication elements (211, 226) arranged in the certain local information system for authenticating the identification and measuring elements, wherein each higher level information system, which has received the sent animal information, is able to authenticate the identification and measuring elements, and after that to identify the animals, and to control the animals and/or their environment on the basis of the animal information with which the animals have been identified.
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10. A method for surveillance of animals, the method comprising the steps of
identifying the animals carrying identification and measurement elements, performing measurements concerning the animals'"'"' condition and saving results of the performed measurements into a certain local information system (115), gathering animal-specific data obtained from said results to at least one higher level information system (130, 135) which is adapted to be connected to the certain local level system (115) through a terminal unit (200) of a communications network, producing animal information by means of at least one software application which is adapted to read the animal-specific data gathered in the higher level system (130,135), transmitting the animal information to another higher level information system and at said other higher level information system, authenticating by means of authentication elements arranged in the local information system the animals carrying the identification and measuring elements, and controlling said animals and/or their environment on the basis of the animal information with which the animals have been identified.
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