Internal identification apparatus for animals
First Claim
1. An internal identification apparatus or animals, to be swallowed by a ruminant and stay in a first or second stomach of the ruminant, comprising:
- a casing made from material that is resistive to gastric juices in the first or second stomach, and having a proper weight and shape to stay in the first or second stomach;
an antenna for transmitting and receiving data, internally or externally formed on the casing;
data storage means and a controller incorporated in the casing, the controller transmitting data stored in the data storage means through the antenna in response to electromagnetic waves from outside the ruminant;
power supply means incorporated in the casing, for driving the controller in response to the electromagnetic waves; and
dissimilar metals exposed on the surface of the casing, for providing some signals or a voltage to charge the power supply means.
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Abstract
An internal identification apparatus for animals surely stays in a ruminant without injuring the ruminant. After the ruminant is slaughtered, the apparatus is easily located and collected. The apparatus stays in the first or second stomach of the ruminant. The apparatus has a casing (1) made from material that is resistive to gastric juices in the first or second stomach. The casing (1) has a proper weight and shape so that it stays in the first or second stomach. An antenna (2) is formed internally or externally on the casing (1). The casing (1) incorporates an integrated circuit (3), which includes a memory and a controller for transmitting data stored in the memory through the antenna (2) in response to electromagnetic waves from outside the ruminant. The apparatus enables individual farms to automatically feed cattle and record the data such as weights of cattle, and a cattle market to secure cattle prices and record the quality of meat.
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11 Claims
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1. An internal identification apparatus or animals, to be swallowed by a ruminant and stay in a first or second stomach of the ruminant, comprising:
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a casing made from material that is resistive to gastric juices in the first or second stomach, and having a proper weight and shape to stay in the first or second stomach; an antenna for transmitting and receiving data, internally or externally formed on the casing; data storage means and a controller incorporated in the casing, the controller transmitting data stored in the data storage means through the antenna in response to electromagnetic waves from outside the ruminant; power supply means incorporated in the casing, for driving the controller in response to the electromagnetic waves; and dissimilar metals exposed on the surface of the casing, for providing some signals or a voltage to charge the power supply means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An internal identification apparatus for animals, to be inserted or embedded in a part of an animal, having a casing that contains an antenna, data storage means, and control means for transmitting data stored in the data storage means through the antenna in response to electromagnetic waves externally provided,
the control means storing, in the data storage means, an environmental change that occurs if the apparatus is taken out of the part of the animal.
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9. An internal identification apparatus for animals, to be swallowed by a ruminant and stay in a first or second stomach of the ruminant, comprising:
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a casing made from material that is resistive to gastric juices in the first or second stomach, and having a proper weight and shape to stay in the first or second stomach; an antenna for transmitting and receiving data, internally or externally formed on the casing; data storage means and a controller incorporated in the casing, the controller transmitting data stored in the data storage means through the antenna in response to electromagnetic waves from outside the ruminant; and hairs or fins for surely keeping the casing in the first or second stomach.
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10. An internal identification apparatus for animals, to be swallowed by a ruminant and stay in a first or second stomach of the ruminant, comprising:
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a casing made from material that is resistive to gastric juices in the first or second stomach, and having a proper weight and shape to stay in the first or second stomach; an antenna for transmitting and receiving data, internally or externally formed on the casing; data storage means and a controller incorporated in the casing, the controller transmitting data stored in the data storage means through the antenna in response to electromagnetic waves from outside the ruminant; sound means incorporated in the casing, to be driven by the controller in response to the electromagnetic waves, for generating a conditioned reflex in the ruminant; and hairs or fins for surely keeping the casing in the first or second stomach.
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11. An internal identification apparatus for animals, to be swallowed by a ruminant and stay in a first or second stomach of the ruminant, comprising:
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a casing made from material that is resistive to gastric juices in the first or second stomach, and having a proper weight and shape to stay in the first or second stomach; an antenna for transmitting and receiving data, internally or externally formed on the casing; data storage means and a controller incorporated in the casing, the controller transmitting data stored in the data storage means through the antenna in response to electromagnetic waves from outside the ruminant; and wherein the controller or another circuit in the casing stores, in the data storage means, an environmental change that occurs when the apparatus is taken out of the animal.
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