US 12,213,453 B2
Livestock stillbirthing alerting system
Matthew Rooda, New Sharon, IA (US); Abraham Espinoza, North Liberty, IA (US); John Rourke, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); Ben White, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); and Adam Magstadt, Marion, IA (US)
Assigned to SwineTech, Inc., Solon, IA (US)
Appl. No. 17/288,704
Filed by SWINETECH, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/057895
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/086868, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/750,865, filed on Oct. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400920 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A61D 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 29/005 (2013.01) [A61D 17/008 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An animal parturition alerting and monitoring system, the system comprising:
an image capture device for capturing images of the animal during a parturition process, a digital image sensor in communication with the image capture device, one or more processors in communication with the digital image sensor for processing images, and a system memory in communication with the one or more processors;
a set of instructions stored in the system memory and executable locally by the one or more processors to:
receive a plurality of time-sequenced images of the animal from the digital image sensor;
determine, using an artificial intelligence module, a first birth in process from a first subset of images of the plurality of time-sequenced images of the animal; and
determine an interval of time lapse between the first birth in process from the first subset of images of the plurality of time-sequenced images of the animal and a next birth in process from the next subset of images of the plurality of time-sequenced images of the animal, as determined using the artificial intelligence module, and when the interval of time lapse between the first birth in process and the next birth in process exceeds a predetermined amount trigger an action from an alert trigger; and
one or more sensors in communication with the one or more processors configured to detect vibratory signals from the animal, wherein the artificial intelligence module of the processor associates detected vibratory signals with an action event from the interval of time lapse between the first birth in process and the next birth in process exceeding the predetermined amount and based upon such association providing a confidence level with respect to the artificial intelligence module's determination that an action event is occurring indicative of a birth in process.