119 results about "Animal activity" patented technology

Described are systems for (a) monitoring real-time animal activity in an area of interest using computer aided image comparison of a real-time image of the area and reference images of animals of interest and (b) providing informed alerts to a user.

Disclosed is apparatus and a method for detecting udder disease in dairy animals. An accelerometer is attached to each of a plurality of dairy animals. A processor determines a measure of the activity of the dairy animals to which the accelerometers are attached. Data is recorded by and automatically transmitted from a sensor unit secured to an animal, without the requirement for costly and time consuming chemical analysis of milk, or of visual or veterinary inspection of individual animals in a herd. The development of an udder disease in a dairy animal, such as mastitis, may be identified from a decrease in the monitored measure of activity of a dairy animal. A separate baseline measure of activity may be determined for each dairy animal and the ac tivity of a plurality of dairy animals in one or more herds may be taken into account, in order to reduce false positives due to external effects which are not specific to a single dairy animal.

The invention presents an animal activity tracking system based on infrared thermal imaging, which comprises a main control system, an infrared thermal imaging module, an animal activity identification module, a holder control module, a data storage module and a wireless communication module. The main control system is in communication connection with the infrared thermal imaging module, the animal activity identification module and the holder control module through the wireless communication module, and is in data connection with the data storage module. The infrared thermal imaging module takes infrared thermal images of a monitoring area at a certain sampling frequency, and transmits the images to the animal activity identification module through the main control system. The animal activity identification module recognizes an animal in the infrared thermal images. The holder control module makes the infrared thermal imaging module continuously track and take images of the animal according to the identification result of the animal activity identification module. Through use of a digital image processing technology, a continuous shooting mode can be started automatically as needed for animals above a designated size. Therefore, the success rate of shooting for large animals is improved.

The invention discloses a multi-mode imaging system for observing cerebral cortex functions of moving animals, comprising a light source device, an image transferring optical fiber, a light transferring optical fiber, a spectroscope, an intrinsic signal imaging part, a laser speckle contrast imaging part, a fluorescence Imaging part, an animal activity room, an image acquisition card, a computer, wherein the light source device generates three light sources needed by an imaging mode, the image transferring optical fiber is used for transferring the cerebral cortex images to a spectroscope when the animals moves around freely; the light transferring optical fiber transfers the light of the light source to the cerebral cortex of the aminals; the spectroscope divides imaging light beam transferred by the image transferring optical fiber into three beams and carries out intrinsic signal imaging, laser speckle contrast imaging and fluorescence Imaging; the intrinsic signal imaging part is used for the intrinsic signal imaging; the laser speckle contrast imaging part for laser speckle contrast imaging; the fluorescence Imaging part is used for fluorescence Imaging; the animal activity room is used for the experiment animals to move freely; the image acquisition card is used for image acquisition and the computer for system control and image receiving and processing.In the invention, optical fiber light and image transferring can be used to multi-mode imaging when the animals are conscious and active and the invention comprises intrinsic signal imaging, laser speckle contrast imaging and fluorescence Imaging.

The invention belongs to the field of power systems, and relates to a power transmission line laser external force damage prevention monitoring and early warning device. All-weather monitoring is performed in the region of frequent construction, high number of trees in the passage and frequent human and animal activities outside the power transmission line by using laser detection and the camera video transmission device based on the laser intelligent detection technology and the image monitoring technology through combination of the characteristics of the power transmission line, and the external damage hidden trouble can be warned in the early stage and discovered in time and eliminated so that the failure trip rate of the power transmission line can be reduced and the reliability of thepower transmission line can be enhanced. The actual demand of the present high voltage power transmission line and tower safety monitoring can be greatly met so that the power transmission line inspection efficiency can be effectively enhanced, and powerful guarantee can be provided for enhancing the modern management level of the high voltage power transmission line of the power industry.

The invention discloses a wild animal monitoring system. The wild animal monitoring system comprises multiple front modules, multiple rear modules and a cloud module; the front modules perform monitoring on a scenery in a set range, perform recording to generate an original image when a moving target enters a monitoring range, and perform processing and storage on the original image; the rear modules perform dynamic analysis, animal type recognition, animal number and animal age prediction, and animal activity rule analysis on the processed image, perform summarization on data obtained by theanalysis and write to a database to store; and the cloud module performs generalization and summarization on the data obtained by the analysis with reference to the previously received data, presentsthe data in a form of a data report, a chart, a curve and a distribution map, performs storage on the generalized and summarized data and sends to a set user. The data processing and analysis are implemented, and animal population type, number and activity rule are presented, such that a powerful data support is provided for a relevant department to control a balance of wild species and investigate the wild species.

The invention discloses an animal disease detection early-warning system and method based on the technology of internet of things. An animal motion detection area is defined, an animal excitation device, such as a food distributor or a water drinking system, and an RFID tag reader are arranged in the detection area, and animals wearing RFID tags are recorded and counted when entering or getting out of the detection area. When moving situations of the animals are monitored by means of the method, a user of a prewarning system can receive a message that the animals have potential health problems if the moving situations of the animals in the detection area in a period are reduced to a low level such as being lower than an alarm trigger point. The method is used for prompting to examine the animals further to find whether the animals have diseases or are infected so as to achieve the functions of early detection and treatment.

An animal exercise assist device and animal activity information monitoring system and method are provided. The animal exercise assist device is mounted on an animal so as to assist exercise of the animal and includes: a sensing unit that measures movement of the animal; a control unit that generates activity information of the animal on the basis of a current degree of activity acquired by analyzing the movement; a memory that stores a target degree of activity of the animal and the activity information generated by the control unit; and a display unit that displays the activity information in a predetermined format. The display unit displays a ratio of the current degree of activity to the target degree of activity.

The embodiment of the invention provides a monitoring method for animal cultivation. The monitoring method is used for improving the accuracy rate of animal activity monitoring. The monitoring method includes the steps of monitoring accelerated speed vector data of animal activities in each direction, judging whether the accelerated speed vector data change in a periodic character mode or not, and judging that animals are in a walking state if the accelerated speed vector data change in the periodic character mode.

The invention discloses a multi-element ecological breeding system and method. A scientific control method is added for flushing excrement and feed residues generated in animal breeding with water, and then fertilizer water is generated, can be directly utilized for irrigating root systems in plant planting or can irrigate the root systems after being fermented through EM bacteria and has various rich nutrients needed by plants. The EM bacteria effectively restrain growth of harmful bacteria, breeding of beneficial bacteria is facilitated, the content of pathogenic bacteria is reduced, the water quality of water bodies is improved, and the fertilizer water rich in microorganism and bacterium can increase the action speed of the EM bacteria; the water fermented through the EM bacteria becomes clean water after repeated filtering and is used for irrigating leaf surfaces of the plants and keeping the leaf surfaces of the plants clean, so that the condition of the plants is improved. In addition, air circulation is achieved in a feeding region and a planting region, rich oxygen in the planting region can be conveyed into the feeding region, animal activity is improved, and carbon dioxide generated by an animal is conveyed into the planting region to be easily absorbed and utilized by the plants at daytime.

It is a problem in stables when the animals have a behaviour different from the intended. The behaviour is changed if the animals are too hot or too cold. The air temperature is not sufficient information as this lacks information about air speed, feed consumption by the animals, animal activity and health condition of the animals. Measuring the surface temperature of the animals by infrared sensors will contain all of the above factors. This surface temperature may be used for controlling heating, covering and cooling measures.

An apparatus and method is provided for controlling animal activity with an adhesive sheet. In one embodiment, the sheet includes strips uniformly spaced apart on a transfer layer including a bisected protection layer. In another embodiment, the sheet is flat and generally rectangular. In another embodiment, the sheet is rolled. In yet another embodiment, the sheet is deployed from a dispenser. In one embodiment of the method, the sheet is deployed by locating an area of activity to be controlled, removing the control sheet from the transfer sheet, placing the control sheet on an the area of activity to be controlled and then systematically and sequentially removing the first protection sheet and the second protection sheet. In another embodiment, the area to be controlled includes a surface discontinuity requiring placement of the control sheet along the discontinuity.

The invention belongs to the technical field of pet cages and particularly relates to a humanized pet cage automatically adjusted according animal activities. The humanized pet cage comprises a pet cage mechanism, a first adjusting mechanism, a second adjusting mechanism, a third adjusting mechanism, a protective housing and a fourth adjusting mechanism, wherein the first adjusting mechanism and the second adjusting mechanism are located in the pet cage mechanism, two protective housings are installed in the pet cage mechanism and are respectively installed on the first adjusting mechanism and the second adjusting mechanism, and both the third adjusting mechanism and the fourth adjusting mechanism are located on the outer side of the pet cage mechanism and are installed on the same side of the pet cage mechanism. The humanized pet cage prevents a pet from hitting against peripheral baffles and accordingly prevents the pet from being injured, and meanwhile the pet can adjust the space of the pet cage itself till it feels comfortable.

The invention relates to the technical field of animal driving devices, in particular to an infrared pyroelectric induction animal driving device with a camera photographing function, comprising a central processing unit disposed in a monitoring driving terminal, wherein the monitor driving terminal is in communication connection with a transfer device through a wire; the transfer device is in communication connection with the Internet through a router; the Internet is in communication connection with an Internet cloud server; and the Internet cloud server is in communication connection with amobile terminal. After adopting the aforementioned structure, the infrared pyroelectric induction animal driving device with a camera photographing function in the invention is added with a camera photographing function, which can synchronously take pictures or video to record the animal activities while driving the animal, send the pictures to the indoor transfer device through a dedicated radiotransmitting and receiving module, and then transmit the pictures to the Internet cloud server through the wifi function of the transfer device, so that the smartphone can read the picture or video contents saved in the driving device through the APP at any location, thereby achieving remote monitoring.

An apparatus and method is provided for controlling animal activity with an adhesive sheet. In one embodiment, the sheet includes strips uniformly spaced apart on a transfer layer including a bisected protection layer. In another embodiment, the sheet is flat and generally rectangular. In another embodiment, the sheet is rolled. In yet another embodiment, the sheet is deployed from a dispenser. In one embodiment of the method, the sheet is deployed by locating an area of activity to be controlled, removing the control sheet from the transfer sheet, placing the control sheet on an the area of activity to be controlled and then systematically and sequentially removing the first protection sheet and the second protection sheet. In another embodiment, the area to be controlled includes a surface discontinuity requiring placement of the control sheet along the discontinuity.

A refuse container system that resists tipping due to wind or animal activity is disclosed. The system includes a support plate adapted to be anchored to the ground and a refuse container having a magnet supported by the container's bottom. The plate should be made of a material that is attracted by a magnet. The magnetic attraction between the support plate and the magnet attached to the bottom of the refuse container gives the refuse container added resistance to tipping.

A method of predicting severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an animal in a vivarium is described. Animal activity data is collected at multiple times during the night. Sequential time regions of the night are identified as high-activity, activity-drop, or low-activity regions. Embodiments are described to quantify a drop, during the night, of an animal's activity level. These quantified activity-drop scalars for consecutive nights are accumulated in an animal health dataset. Then, an MS severity index function is applied to this dataset that, in response to the level of activity change and the speed of activity change, predicts or measures severity of MS in the animal. One embodiment quantifies an activity-drop by fitting straight-line curves through the data in the three nightly regions. Another embodiment uses a Fourier transform on a circle and a linear combination. Another embodiment compares areas under data curves in the regions. Animals may be housed in cages with other animals.

The invention provides an information processing method and device. The method comprises steps of: intercepting image segments of a target object in a preset area from collected image information; andanalyzing the intercepted image segments to obtain activity information of the target object. The method of the embodiment of the invention improves the accuracy of obtaining animal activity information.

The invention discloses an animal activity monitoring system and an activity state recognition method based on a neural network. The animal activity monitoring system comprises an acquisition device and an intelligent terminal application, and the acquisition device acquires contact pressure, activity range and acceleration information of monitored animals and judges whether effective contact occurs or not according to the magnitude of the contact pressure; the intelligent terminal application receives effective animal data of the acquisition device and recognizes the effective animal data into the animal activity state. By means of the recognition method, based on a neural network model, a sample set can be trained and learned, and based on the trained model, the activity state of the animals can be recognized. By means of the system, animal activities can be automatically detected and remotely monitored in real time, manual detection or recording is not needed, and a lot of manpowercan be saved; by means of the method, the difference like the type, the age, the individual and the motion state of the animals can be eliminated, all monitored objects are truly customized, and the purpose of precisely and effectively detecting the activity range is achieved.

The proposed utility is a cat scratching device with the replaceable clawing pads covered with fabric and a universal base capable of attaching to various surfaces via a selection of different mounting components. A key feature of the device is its interchangeable clawing pads that don't need any tooling for their replacement. Another key feature is the selection of various non-damaging mounts. The mounts are designed to safely attach the device to different pieces of furniture or directly to the walls. These two features are the main advantages of the device which guarantees the protection of furniture and dwelling surfaces from cat claw damage. The device can be easily relocated and can be applied to a scratching spot already chosen by the pet thereby creating a comfortable habitat for the animal. In addition, various devices for cat development can be installed on standardized mounting base converting the scratching post into an animal activity and play station.

The invention discloses a laminarin-zinc complex, and preparation and application of same. The laminarin-zinc complex is formed through a reaction to purified laminarin and zinc at certain temperature and under certain pH value. An animal activity experiment proves that the laminarin-zinc complex can improve anti-oxidizing capability and immunoregulation capability of animal organisms, so that the laminarin-zinc complex can be used for preparing immunomodulator medicines and health-care foods and also can be used for preparing animal immunomodulator medicines.

Monitoring activity of an animal in a system for housing freely moving animals including a plurality of animal ID stations, includes the steps of a) recording a first visit of said animal at a first of said animal ID stations, b) recording a subsequent second visit of said animal at a second of said animal ID stations, and c) determining a distance covered by said animal as the distance between said first animal ID station at said first visit and said second animal ID station at said second visit. With such simple means, parts of which are already present in e.g. most robot dairy stables, important information about activity of animals can easily be gathered.

Monitoring activity of an animal in a system for housing freely moving animals including a plurality of animal ID stations, includes the steps of a) recording a first visit of said animal at a first of said animal ID stations, b) recording a subsequent second visit of said animal at a second of said animal ID stations, and c) determining a distance covered by said animal as the distance between said first animal ID station at said first visit and said second animal ID station at said second visit. With such simple means, parts of which are already present in e.g. most robot dairy stables, important information about activity of animals can easily be gathered.

A method of early detection of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an animal in a vivarium is described. Animal activity data is collected at multiple times during the night. Sequential time regions of the night are identified as high-activity, activity-drop, or low-activity regions. Embodiments are described to quantify a drop, during the night, of an animal's activity level. These quantified activity-drop scalars for consecutive nights are accumulated in an animal health dataset. Then, a health detection function is applied to this dataset that, in response to the level of activity change and the speed of activity change, predicts or detects MS in the animal. One embodiment quantifies an activity-drop by fitting straight-line curves through the data in the three nightly regions. Another embodiment uses a Fourier transform on a circle and a linear combination. Another embodiment compares areas under data curves in the regions. Animals may be housed in cages with other animals.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an automatic animal behavior information digitization acquisition system and method. The automatic animal behavior information digitization acquisition system comprises a wireless sensor network for data transmission among all modules, an individual recognition module for identifying animal individuals, collecting motion trail information of each animal individual and sending the motion trail information to a data transmission module by a routing node, a weighing module for collecting weight information of each animal individual and sending the weight information to the data transmission module by a routing node, and the data transmission module for sending the received motion trail information and the weight information to a server. The automatic animal behavior information digitization acquisition system and method are suitable for animals with various body sizes, can avoid a phenomenon that the animal activity is influenced due to wearing of monitoring equipment, and can improve the evaluation on the animal individual condition.

The invention discloses a PTZ monitoring device applied to wild animal activity detection, and a monitoring method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of the PTZ monitoring applied to the wildanimal activity detection. A to-be-solved technical problem is to provide a PTZ monitoring device hardware structure applied to the wild animal activity detection and the improvement of a use methodthereof. A technical scheme adopted for solving the technical problem is as follows: the device comprises a body shell, an infrared ray capturing lens device is arranged in front of the body shell, adetection unit of a pyroelectric sensor is arranged at an inner side of the infrared ray capturing lens device, a signal output end of the pyroelectric sensor is connected with an infrared sensing module; a stepping motor is packaged in the body shell, a rotating shaft of the stepping motor is led out from the top of the body shell, a signel input end of the stepping motor is connected with the motor control module; and a power supply module is arranged at the bottom of the body shell. The monitoring device disclosed by the invention is applied to the wild animal activity detection place.

The invention relates to a Parischnogaster spp vespo bee venom polypeptide effective part and preparation and medical application thereof. Specifically, the effective part is prepared by dialyzing in the Parischnogaster spp rough bee venom with a dialysis membrane with molecular weight cutoff of 25KDa, and drying the eluate by means of freeze drying or concentration under reduced pressure. By a series of pharmacodynamic experiments, the inventor verifies that the biotoxin polypeptide effective part and transdermal absorption preparation thereof have the effects of remarkably preventing and treating generation of cerebral thrombus, recovering capacity for action of animal with cerebral palsy and relieving ischemic brain injury, have stronger pharmacodynamic performance than the first-line medicines, such as plavix and Xingnaojing, can be expectedly used for preparing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevention and treatment biochemical drugs for preventing and treating ischemic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction, cardiovascular thrombosis, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction and acute / chronic cerebral apoplexy, and sequelae caused by cerebral infarction injury, such as hemiplegia, hemidysesthesia, hemianopsia, facial-tongue paralysis, aphasia and general paralysis.

The invention discloses a method for in-situ characterization of the bioavailability of hydrophobic organic pollutants in soil microdomains, and belongs to the technical field of environmental scienceand engineering. The method comprises the steps of placing a micro-scale polydimethylsiloxane probe into a soil medium; enriching the hydrophobic organic pollutants in soil in an in-situ culture mode, and extracting and measuring the hydrophobic organic pollutants in the probe. The method utilizes the micro-scale and strong hydrophobicity characteristics of the polydimethylsiloxane probe, can simulate the enrichment of organisms in the hydrophobic organic pollutants on the basis of in-situ non-interference distribution of the hydrophobic organic pollutants in the soil, realizes the in-situ characterization of the bioavailability of the hydrophobic organic pollutants in the soil microdomains, and provides a technical support for further exploring the migration, transformation and degradation mechanisms of the hydrophobic organic pollutants at the interfaces of animal activity / plant root system-soil microdomains.

A method of measuring efficacy of treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an animal in a vivarium is described. Animal activity data is collected at multiple times during the night. Sequential time regions of the night are identified as high-activity, activity-drop, or low-activity regions. Embodiments are described to quantify a drop, during the night, of an animal's activity level. These quantified activity-drop scalars for consecutive nights are accumulated in an animal health dataset. This dataset is compared to healthy animals or a standard of care to determine efficacy. One embodiment quantifies an activity-drop by fitting straight-line curves through the data in the three nightly regions. Another embodiment uses a Fourier transform on a circle and a linear combination. Another embodiment compares areas under data curves in the regions. Animals may be housed in cages with other animals.