US 12,321,808 B2
System and method for tracing members of an animal population
Yuval Rapaport-Rom, Haifa (IL); Robert William Mitchell, Surrey (GB); and Matteo Ratti, Piacenza (IT)
Assigned to IdentiGEN Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by IdentiGEN Limited, Blackrock (IE)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/604,541.
Application 18/604,541 is a continuation of application No. 17/626,831, granted, now 11,960,957, previously published as PCT/IL2021/051226, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,243, filed on May 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 278965 (IL), filed on Nov. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0249088 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10297 (2013.01) [A01K 11/006 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for tracing members of an animal population throughout a process including moving at least some of the members, between a plurality of physically separate locations, the system comprising:
a plurality of identification devices, each being attached to, and uniquely identifying, a respective member of the members;
a plurality of identification device readers, each capable of being located at a respective physically separate location of the physically separate locations, and each capable of reading the identification devices to uniquely identify the respective member;
a data repository comprising one or more location change records, each of the location change records (i) being associated with a respective member of the members, (ii) including a unique animal identifier associated with the identification device attached to, and uniquely identifying, the respective member of the members, (iii) a first indication that the given member arrived at, or departed from, the distinct physically separate location, and (iv) a second indication of an arrival time of the given member to the respective distinct physically separate location or the departure time of the given member from the respective distinct physically separate location; and
a processing circuitry configured to analyze the data repository to identify non-compliant members of the animal population, wherein (a) the arrival time indicated by one or more of the location change records associated with the non-compliant members fails to meet an arrival time criterion, (b) the departure time indicated by one or more of the location change records associated with the non-compliant members fails to meet a departure time criterion, (c) a stay time lapsing between the arrival time of any given non-compliant member of the non-compliant members to a given distinct physically separate location of the distinct physically separate locations and the departure time of the given non-compliant member from the given distinct physically separate location as indicated by the location change records associated with non-compliant members fails to meet a stay time criterion, or (d) the one or more of the location change records associated with the non-compliant members indicate that the non-compliant members skipped one or more of the plurality of physically separate locations.