US 12,250,924 B2
Method, facility and tag for tracking the activity of animals in captivity
Robert Staraj, Saint-Paul de Vence (FR); Georges Carle, Nice (FR); Philippe Perrisol, Opio (FR); Philippe Le Thuc, Grasse (FR); and Aliou Diallo, Nice (FR)
Assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris (FR); and UNIVERSITE CÔTE D'AZUR, Nice (FR)
Appl. No. 17/593,431
Filed by CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris (FR); and UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D' AZUR, Nice (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057103
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/193252, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1903004 (FR), filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151197 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 1/03 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/031 (2013.01) [A01K 29/005 (2013.01); G06K 7/10356 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A facility for tracking the activity of animals housed in confined conditions the facility comprising:
at least one cage;
a plurality of antennas of the at least one cage arranged under the at least one cage;
a reader to which the plurality of antennas is linked;
a computer processor configured for controlling the reader to transmit and receive;
a tag configured for being fitted to an animal housed in confined conditions in the at least one cage;
the tag comprising an antenna of the tag, being separate from said plurality of antennas, and being made from a conductive material and a chip made from a composite material, both encapsulated in a capsule made from biocompatible material so that the chip is separated from said capsule by said antenna; and
the antenna of the tag comprising a central plate independent from the chip, the central plate extending longitudinally and surrounded by an inner side of an open loop with interrupted ends and comprising two elbowed stubs, said stubs extending laterally and externally from the open loop.