Monitoring system for animal husbandry
First Claim
1. A method for use in monitoring a horse to detect a colic related event, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one horse-borne sensor for generating a sensor signal potentially indicative of said colic related event;
operating said sensor to provide said sensor signal; and
outputting data based on said sensor signal to a processor operative for identifying said colic related event based at least in part on said sensor signal.
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Abstract
A monitoring system (800) is operative for receiving sensor signals and analyzing the sensor signals to identify events or conditions of interest, such as colic, with respect to a monitored animal. The sensors may be animal-borne sensors such as motion related sensors. The system (800) includes a processor (802) operative to identify the conditions of interest based on a stored pattern database (806), threshold tables (808) and heuristic engines (812). Upon identification of a condition of interest, a human expert may be consulted and alerts may be generated as required.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for use in monitoring a horse to detect a colic related event, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one horse-borne sensor for generating a sensor signal potentially indicative of said colic related event;
operating said sensor to provide said sensor signal; and
outputting data based on said sensor signal to a processor operative for identifying said colic related event based at least in part on said sensor signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for use in monitoring a horse to detect a colic related event, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a signal from at least one horse-borne sensor, wherein said signal is potentially indicative of said colic related event; and
analyzing said sensor signal to identify said colic related event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for use in monitoring a horse to detect a colic related event, comprising:
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at least one sensor, attached to said horse, for providing a sensor signal potentially indicative of said colic related event; and
interface structure for outputting said sensor signal to a processor operative for identifying said colic related event based at least in part on said sensor signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for use in monitoring a horse to detect a colic related event, comprising:
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interface structure for receiving an input based on a sensor signal from a horse-borne sensor; and
a processor for analyzing said input to identify said colic related event. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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