Monitoring and displaying activities
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1. A method for displaying the behaviour of an animal, comprising:
- detecting movements of the animal using at least one sensor attached to the animal;
collecting movement data from the at least one sensor in a pre-determined time interval;
identifying from the movements of said animal a sequence of specific activities by comparing the movement data with known reference data;
displaying a sequence of visual representations corresponding to said sequence of specific activities, wherein the sequence of visual representations is assigned a time period which is shorter in duration than the pre-determined time interval and the sequence of visual representations is used to assess the health of the animal based on the movement data.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring and displaying the activities and behaviours of animals over a period of time. The display includes a sequence of visual representations correlating to the activities of the animal.
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1. A method for displaying the behaviour of an animal, comprising:
- detecting movements of the animal using at least one sensor attached to the animal;
collecting movement data from the at least one sensor in a pre-determined time interval;
identifying from the movements of said animal a sequence of specific activities by comparing the movement data with known reference data;
displaying a sequence of visual representations corresponding to said sequence of specific activities, wherein the sequence of visual representations is assigned a time period which is shorter in duration than the pre-determined time interval and the sequence of visual representations is used to assess the health of the animal based on the movement data. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- detecting movements of the animal using at least one sensor attached to the animal;
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2. A method for observing the behaviour of an animal, comprising:
- detecting movements of the animal using at least one sensor attached to the animal;
collecting movement data from the at least one sensor in a pre-determined time interval;
identifying from the movement data a sequence of specific activities of the animal by comparing the movement data with known reference data;
displaying a sequence of visual representations corresponding at least partially to said sequence of specific activities, wherein the sequence of visual representations is assigned a time period which is shorter in duration than the pre-determined time interval and is used to assess the health of the animal based on the movement data.
- detecting movements of the animal using at least one sensor attached to the animal;
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14. An animal monitoring system, comprising:
- a sensor arrangement including at least one sensor, for attachment to an animal;
a data collection means for collecting data from the sensor arrangement in a pre-determined time interval;
processing means providing;
means for identifying from the sensor data a sequence of specific activities of the animal by comparing the movement data with known reference data, and a sequence of visual representations for display corresponding to said sequence of specific activities, wherein the sequence of visual representations is assigned a time period which is shorter in duration than the pre-determined time interval and is used to assess the health of the animal based on the movement data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a sensor arrangement including at least one sensor, for attachment to an animal;
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