Animal instrumentation
First Claim
1. A method for avoiding injury to an animal comprising:
- providing a sensor system for monitoring physical and/or physiological parameters associated with the animal;
receiving signals from the sensor system, including receiving signals characterizing a trajectory of a limb of the animal; and
processing the received signals, including forming data representing a three-dimensional trajectory of the limb of the animal and identifying an injury condition based on the three-dimensional trajectory of the limb;
wherein the injury condition is characterized by a quality of a type of the trajectory of the limb of the animal.
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Abstract
An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis. One or more wireless sensors are attached to the animal, for example, to measure motion-related parameter associated with one or more parts of the animal. Sensor data is received from the sensors and processed to identify a characteristic of the motion of the animal, such as a quality of gait. The sensor data can also be used to avoid injury to the animal and/or the rider, and to verify the identity of an animal.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for avoiding injury to an animal comprising:
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providing a sensor system for monitoring physical and/or physiological parameters associated with the animal; receiving signals from the sensor system, including receiving signals characterizing a trajectory of a limb of the animal; and processing the received signals, including forming data representing a three-dimensional trajectory of the limb of the animal and identifying an injury condition based on the three-dimensional trajectory of the limb; wherein the injury condition is characterized by a quality of a type of the trajectory of the limb of the animal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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