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1. 发明授权

US11555724B2 Method and a device for determining the mass flow rate and the presence or absence of a liquid flowing in a pipe 有权
公开(公告)号：US11555724B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-17
申请号：US16596998
申请日：2019-10-09
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： John Gerard Daly , Edmond Patrick Harty , Christopher Kinsella
IPC分类号： G01F1/76 , G01F1/72 , G01F1/74 , A01J5/01 , G01F1/66
摘要： A device (1) for determining the mass flow rate of milk turbulently flowing with air in a pipe (2) in pulsed milk slugs comprises sampling a signal from a microphone (8) of the device (1) indicative of sonic signals produced by the milk flow. The sampled signals are read by a microprocessor (15) which applies a Fast Fourier Transform to the sampled signal to produce the frequency domain of the sampled signal. The microprocessor (15) is configured to compute the average energy value of the sampled signal in the frequency bandwidth of 6 kHz to 15 kHz during consecutive monitoring periods. The average energy values are inserted into a calibration equation, which may be a power law equation, a polynomial equation, a logarithmic equation or any other such suitable equation in order to convert the average energy value to a mass flow rate of the milk flowing through the pipe 2 during that predefined monitoring period. The total mass flow of milk flowing through the pipeline (2) during a period from T1 to T2 is determined by integrating the determined mass flow rate of the milk from the time T1 to the time T2. Disengagement of a milking cluster from the teats of an animal as a result of kick-off during milking is also determined when the monitored signal from the microphone (8) transitions from the signal indicative of milk flowing in pulsed slugs to a continuous relatively high energy noise signal indicative of air being continuously drawn through the pipeline.

2. 发明授权

US11291189B2 Method for communicating with an electronic device and an electronic device locatable on or in an animal 有权
公开(公告)号：US11291189B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-05
申请号：US15960003
申请日：2018-04-23
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： Edmond Patrick Harty , Liam Eoghan Mullane , John Gerard Daly
IPC分类号： A01K29/00 , A01K11/00 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/11
摘要： An electronic monitoring device for attaching to an animal includes an NFC module facilitating wireless communication between a smart phone and the monitoring device, an accelerometer for monitoring acceleration of the head of the animal, and a microprocessor which determines various states of the animal from signals received from the accelerometer. The smart phone is programmed by a software application which allows an identifying code of the monitoring device to be read from the memory chip and cross-referenced in the smart phone with the identity of an animal, which can be inputted into the smart phone. Data relating to the states(s) of the animal can be read from the microprocessor through the NFC module into the smart phone. Additionally, data relating to the animal stored in a cloud server corresponding to the state or states of the animal is downloaded from the cloud server by the smart phone.

3. 发明申请

US20200093101A1 METHOD, A DEVICE AND A SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A STATE OF AN ANIMAL 审中-公开
公开(公告)号：US20200093101A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-26
申请号：US16690192
申请日：2019-11-21
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： EDMOND PATRICK HARTY , Liam Eoghan Mullane , John Gerard Daly
IPC分类号： A01K29/00 , A01K11/00 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/11
摘要： A device (5) attached to the neck (6) of an animal (2) includes an accelerometer (28) which produces first and second signals indicative of movement of the animal (2) and the raised and lowered states of the head of the animal. A microprocessor (30) in the device (5) processes the first and second signals to detect ruminating, resting, feeding and three activity states of the animal during respective second predefined time periods of approximately 15 minutes duration. Data indicative of the states of the animal is stored by the microprocessor (30) in the device (5) and periodically transmitted to a cloud computer server which further processes the data to determine various health states and other issues of the animal.

4. 发明申请

US20200056918A1 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE MASS FLOW RATE AND THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A LIQUID FLOWING IN A PIPE 审中-公开
公开(公告)号：US20200056918A1
公开(公告)日：2020-02-20
申请号：US16596998
申请日：2019-10-09
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： John Gerard Daly , Edmond Patrick Harty , Christopher Kinsella
IPC分类号： G01F1/76 , G01F1/66 , A01J5/01 , G01F1/74 , G01F1/72
摘要： A device (1) for determining the mass flow rate of milk turbulently flowing with air in a pipe (2) in pulsed milk slugs comprises sampling a signal from a microphone (8) of the device (1) indicative of sonic signals produced by the milk flow. The sampled signals are read by a microprocessor (15) which applies a Fast Fourier Transform to the sampled signal to produce the frequency domain of the sampled signal. The microprocessor (15) is configured to compute the average energy value of the sampled signal in the frequency bandwidth of 6 kHz to 15 kHz during consecutive monitoring periods. The average energy values are inserted into a calibration equation, which may be a power law equation, a polynomial equation, a logarithmic equation or any other such suitable equation in order to convert the average energy value to a mass flow rate of the milk flowing through the pipe 2 during that predefined monitoring period. The total mass flow of milk flowing through the pipeline (2) during a period from T1 to T2 is determined by integrating the determined mass flow rate of the milk from the time T1 to the time T2. Disengagement of a milking cluster from the teats of an animal as a result of kick-off during milking is also determined when the monitored signal from the microphone (8) transitions from the signal indicative of milk flowing in pulsed slugs to a continuous relatively high energy noise signal indicative of air being continuously drawn through the pipeline.

5. 发明授权

US09974284B2 Method for communicating with an electronic device and an electronic device locatable on or in an animal 有权
公开(公告)号：US09974284B2
公开(公告)日：2018-05-22
申请号：US14897421
申请日：2014-06-16
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： Edmond Patrick Harty , Liam Eoghan Mullane , John Gerard Daly
IPC分类号： G08B23/00 , A01K29/00 , A01K11/00 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/11
CPC分类号： A01K29/005 , A01K11/006 , A61B5/0022 , A61B5/1114 , A61B5/1118 , A61B5/1121 , A61B5/1123 , A61B5/7246 , A61B5/7278 , A61B5/7282 , A61B2503/40 , A61B2562/0219 , G06F19/00
摘要： An electronic monitoring device (20) for attaching to an animal (21) for determining a plurality of states of an animal (21). The monitoring device (20) comprises an NFC module (31) which facilitates wireless communication between a smart phone (32) and the monitoring device (20). The monitoring device (20) comprises an accelerometer (27) for monitoring acceleration of the head (25) of the animal (21). A microprocessor (28) determines various states of the animal from signals received from the accelerometer (27). The smart phone (32) is programmed by a software application which allows an identifying code of the monitoring device (20) to be read from the memory chip (36) and cross-referenced in the smart phone (32) with the identity of an animal, which can be inputted into the smart phone (32). Data relating to the state or states of the animal can be read from the microprocessor (28) through the NFC module (31) wirelessly into the smart phone (32). Additionally, data relating to the animal stored in a cloud computer server corresponding to the state or states of the animal is downloaded from the cloud computer server by the smart phone (32).

6. 发明授权

US10517276B2 Method, a device and a system for detecting a state of an animal 有权
公开(公告)号：US10517276B2
公开(公告)日：2019-12-31
申请号：US14897496
申请日：2014-06-16
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： Edmond Patrick Harty , Liam Eoghan Mullane , John Gerard Daly
IPC分类号： A01K29/00 , A01K11/00 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/11
摘要： A device (5) attached to the neck (6) of an animal (2) comprises an accelerometer (28) which produces first and second signals indicative of movement of the animal (2) and the raised and lowered states of the head of the animal. A microprocessor (30) in the device (5) processes the first and second signals to detect ruminating, resting, feeding and three activity states of the animal during respective second predefined time periods of approximately 15 minutes duration. Data indicative of the states of the animal is stored by the microprocessor (30) in the device (5) and periodically transmitted to a cloud computer server which further processes the data to determine various health states and other issues of the animal.

7. 发明授权

US10517275B2 Method, a device and a system for determining a state of an animal 有权
公开(公告)号：US10517275B2
公开(公告)日：2019-12-31
申请号：US14897483
申请日：2014-06-16
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： Edmond Patrick Harty , Liam Eoghan Mullane , John Gerard Daly , Christopher Kinsella
IPC分类号： A01K29/00 , A01K11/00 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/11
摘要： A device (5) attached to the neck (6) of an animal (2) comprises an accelerometer (17) which produces first and second signals indicative of the raised and lowered state of the head (7) of the animal (2) and movement of the animal (2). A microprocessor (20) in the device (5) processes the first and second signals to determine if the animal is ruminating, resting, feeding or in a highly active state during respective second predefined time periods of approximately 15 minutes duration. Data indicative of the ruminating, resting, feeding and the highly active state of the animal is stored by the microprocessor (20) in the device (5) and is periodically wirelessly communicated to a base station computer which further processes the data to determine various health states of the animal.

8. 发明授权

US10480975B2 Method and a device for determining the mass flow rate and the presence or absence of a liquid flowing in a pipe 有权
公开(公告)号：US10480975B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-19
申请号：US15023147
申请日：2014-09-19
申请人： DAIRYMASTER
发明人： John Gerard Daly , Edmond Patrick Harty , Christopher Kinsella
IPC分类号： G01F1/76 , A01J5/01 , G01F1/66 , G01F1/72 , G01F1/74
摘要： The mass flow rate of milk flowing in a pipe in pulsed milk slugs is determined by sampling a signal from a microphone indicative of sonic signals produced by the milk flow. A microprocessor applies a Fast Fourier Transform to the sampled signal to produce the frequency domain of the sampled signal. The microprocessor computes the average energy value of the sampled signal in a relevant frequency band during consecutive monitoring periods. The average energy values are inserted into a calibration equation to convert the average energy value to a mass flow rate. The total mass flow of milk flowing through the pipeline during a period T1-T2 is determined by integrating the determined mass flow rate of milk from T1-T2. Disengagement of a milking cluster from the animal teats during milking is determined when the monitored microphone signal transitions to a continuous relatively high energy noise signal indicative of air.

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