395 results about "Ear tag" patented technology

A dual frequency identification system for animals is contained within an ear tag structure adapted to be attached to an animal's ear. The system includes a first radio frequency component having a first antenna that operates at a first frequency, and a second radio frequency component having a second antenna that operates at a second frequency higher than the first frequency. The radio frequency identification system is programmed to transmit the same identification code from both of the first and second antennas, whereby the tag can be interrogated by reader antennas operating at different frequencies to identify the same animal. Various constructions for the ear tag are disclosed in which the first and second frequency components are molded into the plastic parts of the ear tag.

The invention is directed to an improved RFID system. The system provides a transponder that can communicate over at least two different frequencies so that the real time performance of the transponder can be improved without losing backwards compatibility. The system provides an improved apparatus and method that allows the end user to customize and program identification tags. The system also provides an ear tag, which may be in button form, for use on livestock with superior durability and overall performance in the field.

A method and system for reducing methane emissions by ruminants. The method includes providing a feed dispenser for feeding ruminants nutrient supplements, and the feed dispenser includes a gas analyzer where a ruminant places its head. The method includes determining a particular ruminant has accessed the feed dispenser such as by reading an identifier from an RFID ear tag and operating the feed dispenser to provide a ration of methane-controlling nutrient supplement. The method includes using the gas analyzer to determine levels of carbon dioxide and methane and operating a data analyzing station to determine a ratio of methane to carbon dioxide and modify the type or amount of nutrient supplement for the ruminant for a next feeding to control methane production or achieve an animal production goal, such as by operating a hopper with supplement compartments. The unit can be monitored remotely and controlled through an Internet connection.

The invention relates to a whole process tracking and tracing method and system thereof for quality safety of beef products, which belongs to digitization category of beef product quality safety. The invention adopts a 134.2 KHz electronic ear tag to mark individual cattle in beef cattle breeding period and a breeding management subroutine to record the situation of immunization, epidemic prevention and feeding diseases, in beef cattle breeding period; in butchering period, the system realizes the transformation from a breeding ear tag to a new ear tag; hooks on a butchering line are provided with 915M electronic labels, when weighing carcasses, number and types of inspection labels as well as 'new ear tag No.' are written on corresponding labels on hooks; when the carcasses are sent from an acid discharge storehouse to a cut line, the system realizes the transformation from the 915M electronic label to a bar code and automatically delivers data to an electric balance by a UDP protocol in wireless mode to realize the organic integration of management, control and production through printing program by an embedded bar code. The invention compactly combines software, hardware, the electronic label with low or high frequency, the bar code, and system management software to realize the seamless integration of production operation and marking management, thus greatly improving working efficiency.

A plastic product such an animal ear tag (1) is laser marked with indicia (2). The contrast between the indicia (2) and the surrounding surface of the tag (1) is enhanced by the heated of the indicia following laser marking to a temperature at which the indicia and the surrounding surface have melted. In the preferred embodiment the indicia (2) is provided as a raised surface (3) and with a plurality of spaced apart peaks (4) with gaps (6) therebetween. The heating of the tag (1) is preferably by the application of a hot plate to the indicia surface of the tag and simultaneaouly or subsequently to the non-indicia surface of the tag.

An RFID system provides a transponder having a power store that can be recharged when located within an electromagnetic field generated by a transceiver unit. The power store can be a battery and / or a capacitor. In certain embodiments, the transponder can communicate over at least two different frequencies so that the real time performance of the transponder can be improved without losing backwards compatibility. The system provides an ear tag for use on livestock with superior durability and overall performance in the field.

The invention provides an ear tag for cattle. The ear tag at least comprises a wearable part and a tag part, wherein the ear tag is installed on a cattle ear by the wearable part; the tag part is used for distinguishing and monitoring the cattle; the tag part at least comprises a tag element, a satellite positioning module, a communication module, a temperature module, a heart rate sensor module, a double motion sensor module, a microcontroller and a powder module, wherein the satellite positioning module, the communication module, the temperature module, the heart rate sensor module, the double motion sensor module are respectively in data connection with the microcontroller; the powder module is respectively electrically connected with the satellite positioning module, the communication module, the temperature module, the heart rate sensor module, the double motion sensor module and the microcontroller and can supply electric energy. Compared with the existing technology, the ear tag for the cattle can effectively improve the existing grazing pattern, guarantee the healthy growth of the cattle, and realize the intelligent grazing.

The invention is directed to an improved RFID system. The system provides a transponder that can communicate over at least two different frequencies so that the real time performance of the transponder can be improved without losing backwards compatibility. The system provides an improved apparatus and method that allows the end user to customize and program identification tags. The system also provides an ear tag, which may be in button form, for use on livestock with superior durability and overall performance in the field. The present invention also relates to a flexible and / or implantable radio frequency identification system, such as a flexible and / or implantable radio frequency identification system for tracking animals.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an ear tag having a tag portion, a flexible connector portion rotatably coupled with tag portion on one end and with a keeper portion on the other end, and a piercing portion configured to engage keeper portion, the piercing portion including a cutting edge for insertion through animal's ear. According to some embodiments, an ear tag with tag portion, flexible connector portion rotatably coupled to the tag portion at one end, the other end configured to pierce an ear, and locking clip configured to engage the other end on a side of the ear opposite from the tag portion. According to embodiments of methods, providing a tag having a pierce receptacle rotatably coupled thereto and a pierce having a sharpened hollow end, pushing pierce through an ear in a trough between two cartilage bands, and coupling the pierce with the pierce receptacle.

Disclosed is an intelligent pig feeding device. A feeding station is arranged at the position of the edge of a pigsty, a station inlet door is arranged at one end of the feeding station, a station outlet door is arranged at the other end of the feeding station, an ear tag recognizer which can recognize electronic ear tags in an inducting mode is arranged outside the station inlet door and a first photo-electric inductor used for inducting whether a pig passes through or not is arranged in the feeding station. A middle isolation door is further arranged between the station outlet door and a feeding point, the middle isolation door divides the feeding station into a feeding area and a transition area and a second photo-electric inductor used for inducting whether a pig passes through or not is arranged in the transition area; idler wheels are arranged at the bottom of a trough, the trough is further provided with a circulation chain in a tying mode, the circulation chain is driven by a motor to rotate circularly, and the trough moves circularly under the driving of the circulation chain; a weighing sensor is further arranged at the feeding point. The invention further provides an intelligent pig feeding method. By means of the intelligent pig feeding device and method, the situation that pigs occupy the feeding station unreasonably can be avoided and the phenomenon that subsequent pigs are over fed due to the fact that a prior pig does not eat up feed is also avoided.

A method and system for reducing methane emissions by ruminants. The method includes providing a feed dispenser for feeding ruminants nutrient supplements, and the feed dispenser includes a gas analyzer where a ruminant places its head. The method includes determining a particular ruminant has accessed the feed dispenser such as by reading an identifier from an RFID ear tag and operating the feed dispenser to provide a ration of methane-controlling nutrient supplement. The method includes using the gas analyzer to determine levels of carbon dioxide and methane and operating a data analyzing station to determine a ratio of methane to carbon dioxide and modify the type or amount of nutrient supplement for the ruminant for a next feeding to control methane production or achieve an animal production goal, such as by operating a hopper with supplement compartments. The unit can be monitored remotely and controlled through an Internet connection.

The present invention provides a device, preferably a collar or ear tag, capable of the controlled, sustained release of an effective amount of an active ingredient that can protect an animal against arthropod pests, comprising a reservoir containing a novel gel formulation comprising a fatty acid, an organic solvent which is a linear aliphatic ester, a silicone-based fluid, or a combination thereof, and an active ingredient that can protect the animal against one or more arthropod pests.

The invention relates to a finished cattle quality safety feeding and management method and a system which are based on radio frequency identification devices (RFID) technology. Cattle ear tags are knocked in ears of finished cattle, a feeding process of the finished cattle is tracked, using conditions of feed, health cleaning, epidemic prevention and immunization, feeding environment, inspection and quarantine and veterinary drug used in the feeding process are recorded through an RFID data reading and writing technology. The whole process of feeding of the finished cattle is comprehensively and truly recorded, and therefore adequate feeding information is provided for future quality and safety tracing.

An animal ear tag having a male component including a main body portion, a neck portion extending from the main body portion and a tip portion for engagement with a female component. The distal end of the neck portion from the body portion provides a base for the tip portion. The tip portion is of pyramidal shape with at least three upper edges converging at the apex. The tip portion includes hollow areas between an internal core and two opposite pyramidal faces into which corresponding protrusions of the base of the neck portion interlock.

The invention discloses an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) label system of carcass for slaughtering of livestock, which mainly comprises a system main server for processing the supply chain information and controlling devices of communication, database and management in various links to coordinate; a database for storing the supply chain information; a carcass RFID label for identifying carcass management information; an ear tag data reading and converting device for writing information of the electronic ear tag into a carcass electronic label; a door control management device of a refrigerator house for an incoming / outgoing management system of the refrigerator house; a cold fresh product transportation management device for information acquisition and management in the process of transporting the carcass; a cutting processing and retail label data converter for compiling and printing the electronic scale barcode label with the carcass electronic label information for each piece of cut meat. The invention further discloses the application method of the system in various links of the supply chain so as to realize information acquisition and storage, production process control and traceable management of the overall process from livestock farm to meat food on a dining table.

A multifunctional intelligent breeding system, which uses functional modules, such as radio frequency ear tags and identification, a central controller, an isolation and dislodging device, a multifunctional manger, an automatic feeding device, a quantitative water supply device, automatic manger washing and remaining feed detection, to form a basic automatic feeding unit. The feeding unit can identify the identity and eating information about a pig; for a pig that does not eat during a feeding time period, feed and water are injected into a manger at the same time for precise feeding according to a feed amount and a mixing ratio pre-set by a system; and a pig that has eaten up is dislodged in real time; and the manger is automatically washed at the end of feeding. According to practical demands, functional modules such as weight and body temperature detection, forage poisonous element detection and automatic medicine feeding are added to each automatic feeding unit; and concentrative management is applied to all automatic feeding units via a remote management host, a breeding management information system and communication network. The system realizes automatic and intelligent feeding of the livestock.

The invention belongs to the technical field of computer applications, and particularly relates to a radio frequency identification devices (RFID) technology based meat food traceability system which is composed of an electronic ear tag, traceability bar codes, an RFID reader-writer and a background computer. The electronic ear tag comprises an RFID chip which is coded on a piglet body when each piglet is born; the traceability bar codes are pasted on small pieces divided by a pig carcass; information in the electronic ear tag and information in the traceability bar codes can be interconverted, the electronic ear tag and the traceability bar codes are scanned through an RFID reader-writer, relevant information can be looked up at any time, and the relevant information is imported to the background computer to perform data collection. According to the RFID technology based meat food traceability system, quality monitoring and quality traceability for the whole processes of a pig-breeding link, a slaughter processing link, a logistics link and a distribution and retail link are achieved.

A method, and systems implementing such method, for reducing methane emissions by ruminants. The method includes providing a feed dispenser for feeding ruminants one or more nutrient supplements, and the feed dispenser includes a gas analyzer proximate to where the ruminant places its head. The method includes determining a particular ruminant has accessed the feed dispenser such as by reading an identifier from an RFID ear tag and operating the feed dispenser to provide a ration of methane-controlling nutrient supplement. The method includes using the gas analyzer to determine levels of carbon dioxide and methane and operating a data analyzing station to determine a ratio of methane to carbon dioxide and modify the type or amount of nutrient supplement for the ruminant for a next feeding to control methane production or achieve an animal production goal, such as by selectively operating a hopper with two or more supplements compartments.

An electronic animal identification ear tag. A self powered transponder is encased in a plastic housing, and the housing is affixed to a one piece metal ear clip. The ear clip has self clinching provisions that are metal only, and the housing has a bubble opening therein to accommodate the closure of the self clinching means. The self clinching locking means and, in a first embodiment, a retaining tooth formed on a leg of said metal ear clip maintain the position of the sleeve on said metal ear clip. In the first embodiment, the housing is a sleeve sliding onto the metal ear clip, while a second embodiment has the housing formed and molded around the metal ear clip.

The invention discloses an RFID method and a device for animal traceability management, which aims at solving the technical problem of improving the reading and writing success ratio. The method comprises the following steps: an RFID read-writing device processes the command of reading an electronic ear tag sent from a handheld data processing and transmitting terminal device; an operator adjusts a hinge at the connection part between antenna structural members and a plastic tube or a glass fiber tube, reads the electronic tag on the antenna at the place 1-2m from the animals and sends the information to the handheld data processing and transmitting terminal device. In the invention, the handheld data processing and transmitting terminal device is in wireless connection with the RFID read-writing device; radio-frequency antennae of the RFID read-writing device are separated from the RFID read-writing device. Compared with the prior art, two wirelessly connected devices effectively improve the reading and writing success ratio of the electronic ear tag and strip ear tags in each process of the animal traceability management, which has active action to the animal traceability management.

The invention particularly relates to an intelligent scoring system for dairy cow body condition based on depth learning and remote video, comprises a cow walking channel, an ear tag reader, a 3D camera and a processing module, wherein the ear tag reader is used for reading cow ear tag information, the 3D camera is used for shooting a 3D image of the cow, and the processing module adopts a depth learning algorithm Faster R-CNN processes the received cow 3D image to obtain cow scoring data, associates the cow scoring data with cow ear tag information, and outputs and / or stores the cow ear tag information. The original 3D images of cow body were obtained by 3D camera and the feature database of cow BCS images was constructed. The sample set was trained by depth learning algorithm and the classification accuracy of BCS was 0.1 point. Then, 3D infrared camera and electronic ear tag are used to construct a model that can continuously track the healthy growth and production of dairy cows inthe life cycle, so that the system can identify and early warn the abnormal condition of dairy cows in advance.

The invention belongs to the field of identification management and data acquisition in the slaughtering process of a live pig. The individual identification of the live pig is butted into subsequent terminal identification and printed through the middle identification of a carcass electronic tag by adopting the modular design of ultrahigh frequency RFID (radio frequency identification devices) identification and data acquisition on the whole. The invention provides a pig carcass identification and data acquisition method based on the ultrahigh frequency RFID technology. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) identification and data acquisition for an ear tag designated by the Ministry of Agriculture on the slaughtering line; (2) identification of the ultrahigh frequency RFID of the pig carcass and interference-free identification and data acquisition on the slaughtering line; and (3) conversion of the carcass tag into a traceable bar code tag in a supermarket. The invention integrates relevant RFID technologies, hardware and management software into a whole, not only solves the identification problem of the live pig slaughtering carcass in severe environment, but also establishes relationship between the individual identification of the live pig and the identification of an end product through the middle identification and realizes the tracking and the backward tracing during the whole pork production.

The invention belongs to the field of standardized and digitalized management of a live pig breeding process and traceable supervision of a terminal product. The invention provides a mobile intelligent terminal-based building method of a pig breeding electronic record. In the whole design, the concept of modularization design is adopted; the traditional management method of a breeding file, using laws and regulations of feed additives and veterinary medicaments and the like are combined; and the software and hardware technology of a mobile intelligent terminal and the modern wireless communication technology are integrated. The method comprises the following steps of: 1) automatically identifying a two-dimensional bar code and a universal bar code which are specified by the Ministry of Agriculture; 2) moveably acquiring and processing data in an individual pig breeding process, wherein the information comprises ear tag wearing information, immunologic information, feed using information, veterinary medicament using information, monitoring and detecting information and the like; and 3) remotely managing and maintaining the record information in the breeding process. In the invention, associated communication technology, hardware and management software are integrated, so that digitalized mobile management in the live pig breeding process can be regulated and the feeding and management level and the production effect are improved, and more importantly, a way of quickly, conveniently and efficiently sensing the information of the individual animal is provided; and establishment, management and data sharing of a pig breeding electronic record database are realized remotely through seamless link between GPRS technology (2G) or TD-SCDMA technology (3G) and the Internet.

The invention discloses a double radio frequency identification-based livestock electronic ear tag management system comprising multiple electronic ear tags, a passive RFID scanning device, and an active RFID scanning device. Each electronic ear tag includes a passive RFID unit and an active RFID unit; the passive RFID unit includes a passive RFID chip, an inductance coil, and a capacitor which is contained in the passive RFID chip; and the active RFID unit includes an active RFID chip, a battery, and an antenna. By adopting the double radio frequency identification-based livestock electronic ear tag management system of the invention, the cost of farming can be reduced, the efficiency of management can be improved, and the functions of near-range scanning and remote management can be achieved at the same time. The requirement for managing individual livestock by using a handheld scanner in conventional farming is satisfied, the asset management problem in large-scale farming is solved, and the labor cost is greatly reduced for farmers.

The invention discloses an intelligent sow feeding system and a controlling method. The system comprises a controller, a feeding pipe, a storehouse connected with the controller, a discharging unit and a touching sensor, wherein the storehouse is connected with the feeding pipe; the controller comprises a mainboard controlling module, a controlling panel and a blanking motor; the mainboard controlling module is connected with the touching sensor, the controlling panel and the blanking motor respectively; input signals are received by the touching sensor and transmitted to the mainboard controlling module to control the blanking of the blanking motor; the system reduces the opportunities of people contacting with fodder, so that germ infection is further reduced. The invention further discloses the controlling method of the system. According to the invention, the mainboard controlling module judges whether key values exist, so that feeding mode can be selected and feeding parameters are set; the remaining capacity of auto-updated sow feeding in one day is read by the controller from the mainboard controlling module, and the mainboard controlling module starts or closes a triggering switch according to the triggering signals of the counters of the touching sensor and the mainboard controlling module, so that feeding restriction is realized, and the use of electronic ear tags is avoided.

The invention discloses a radio frequency ear tag for pigs in a large-scale farm. The radio frequency ear tag comprises an ear tag base body, a processor and a power supply. The processor and the power supply are connected and both arranged in the ear tag base body. The ear tag base body comprises a main tag and an auxiliary tag. Two ear tag necks are arranged on the main tag. Buffering mechanismsare arranged at the joints of the ear tag necks and the main tag. A metal needle is arranged in each ear tag needle and connected with a magnetic lock catch device in the auxiliary tag. The magneticlock catch device is connected with the power supply. The processor is arranged in the main tag and connected with an acceleration sensor, a temperature sensor, an ammonia gas sensor and a carbon dioxide sensor. The processor is connected with an RFID tag and a breathing light. By detecting the activity conditions and feeding conditions of the pigs and the temperature and growth environment, the storage of the daily routine and living environment is realized, the ear tag has a fault breathe alarm function, the pigs can be comprehensively observed and detected by people conveniently, operationis simple, and the automatic detection, storage and sending of data are realized.