Systems and methods for delivering feed rations to feedbunks using a global positioning system
First Claim
1. A feedlot management system for installation in an animal feedlot, comprising:
- a database for maintaining geographical coordinate information representative of the positions of;
said feedlot, at least one of objects and animals contained in said feedlot, and a feedlot vehicle located in the feedlot;
wherein the feedlot vehicle is equipped with;
a vehicle information acquisition mechanism comprising (i) a mobile global positioning system (GPS) receiver for acquiring vehicle information regarding at least one of the position and the orientation of said vehicle; and
(ii) a wired information transmission mechanism for transmitting the vehicle information to the database.
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Abstract
An animal feedlot management system including: (a) a main feedlot computer system which stores a feedlot layout database for maintaining geographic coordinate information representative of a model of the feedlot and objects contained therein, (b) at least one feedlot vehicle, and (c) a mobile computer system installed on-board the feedlot vehicle. The mobile computer system includes a display for viewing at least a portion of the model maintained in the feedlot layout database. The mobile computer system is coupled to a GPS receiver that acquires vehicle information related to at least one of the geographic coordinates, orientation, and speed of the feedlot vehicle. The main feedlot computer system is coupled to at least one of a wireless transceiver and a wired or wireless Internet connection for communicating with the mobile computer system.
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13 Claims
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1. A feedlot management system for installation in an animal feedlot, comprising:
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a database for maintaining geographical coordinate information representative of the positions of;
said feedlot, at least one of objects and animals contained in said feedlot, and a feedlot vehicle located in the feedlot;
wherein the feedlot vehicle is equipped with;
a vehicle information acquisition mechanism comprising (i) a mobile global positioning system (GPS) receiver for acquiring vehicle information regarding at least one of the position and the orientation of said vehicle; and
(ii) a wired information transmission mechanism for transmitting the vehicle information to the database.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An animal feedlot management system which comprises:
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at least one feedlot vehicle employing;
(a) an on-board mobile computer system which includes a feedlot modeling database for maintaining a geometrical model of said feedlot and at least one of animals and objects contained therein; and
(b) a geographical coordinate acquisition mechanism equipped for acquiring coordinate information from a satellite-implemented global positioning system (GPS);
the mobile computer system in communication with the geographical coordinate acquisition mechanism;
wherein the mobile computer system processes the coordinate information in order to repeatedly update the geometrical model; and wherein the feedlot vehicle includes a feed delivery mechanism for uniformly delivering a preassigned amount of feed ration along the length of a feedbunk in the feedlot in response to the mobile computer system repeatedly updating the geometrical model based upon information obtained from the coordinate acquisition mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A feedlot management system for installation in an animal feedlot, comprising:
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a database for maintaining geographical coordinate information representative of the positions of;
said feedlot, at least one of objects and animals contained in said feedlot, and a feedlot vehicle located in the feedlot;
wherein the feedlot vehicle is equipped with;
a vehicle information acquisition mechanism comprising (i) a mobile global positioning system (GPS) receiver for acquiring vehicle information regarding at least one of the position and the orientation of said vehicle; and
(ii) a wireless information transmission mechanism for transmitting the vehicle information to the database.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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