US 12,284,982 B2
System and apparatus for the monitoring of livestock and the like
Pieter Vogels, Utrecht (NL)
Assigned to mOOverment Holding B.V., Utrecht (NL)
Appl. No. 17/755,407
Filed by mOOvement Holding B.V., Utrecht (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/080811
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/089541, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019904156 (AU), filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369593 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 11/004 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic ear tag for use in the monitoring or management of livestock or the like and comprising:
a housing;
an electronic circuit contained within the housing, the electronic circuit being adapted to:
gather positioning data via a multi-constellation global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module;
gather environmental data, the environmental data including temperature data collected at the electronic ear tag;
gather accelerometer data based on movement of the livestock;
process the accelerometer data to generate one or more animal behavior alerts, the one or more animal behavior alerts comprising at least one of an animal theft alert, a not moving alert, a predator alert, and a relational alert;
transmit the positioning data, the environmental data, and the one or more animal behavior alerts to a remote location at a low transmission power,
wherein said ear tag has a mass of 32 grams or less.