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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
N.v. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek Nedap, Groenlo, NL;
Woltherus Karsijns, Groenlo, NL;
Rudie Jan Hendrik Lammers, Groenlo, NL;
N.V. NEDERLANDSCHE APPARATENFABRIEK NEDAP, Groenlo, NL;
Abstract
A farm system comprising a plurality of smart tags which are each configured to be worn by an animal, a transmitter and receiver unit for wireless communication with the smart tag, one control unit which is communicatively connected to the transmitter and receiver unit and a farm unit which can be controlled by the control unit. Each smart tag comprises at least one sensor and is configured for wirelessly transmitting information obtained by one of the sensors to the transmitter and receiver unit, wherein the transmitter and receiver unit is configured for supplying the received information to the control unit and wherein the control unit is configured for processing the received information and, at least on the basis of this processed information, controlling at least a farm unit and/or generating a report signal for indicating to a user of the system that an activity is to be carried out.