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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Lely Patent N.v., Maassluis, NL;
Inventors:
Pieter Neelus Kool, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, NL;
Adolf Jan Van Der Kamp, Zwolle, NL;
Patrick Philip Jacob Van Der Tol, Barendrecht, NL;
Assignee:
Lely Patent N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61D 17/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61D 17/002 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring oestrus of a cattle animal, for example a cow. The method includes: a) collecting activity data of the animal, b) computing a current activity level based on the activity data, c) deciding whether to generate an oestrus attention signal by comparing at least one current activity level to a corresponding baseline activity level. The computing b) further includes b1) detecting travelling movements of the animal and b2) correcting the baseline activity level for detected travelling movements.