US 12,336,504 B2
Conditioning device, a lighting device and a method
Marc Andre De Samber, Eindhoven (NL); and Harry Broers, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/632,608
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071821
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023715, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19190182 (EP), filed on Aug. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272944 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/02 (2013.01) [A01K 29/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A system comprising:
a conditioning device for conditioning at least one animal intended to experience a stressful event, wherein the conditioning device comprises a controller configured to:
obtain an identifier associated with the at least one animal;
obtain an input indicative of a period of time in which said at least one animal receives a positive stimulus at a first location;
control a lighting unit arranged for illuminating the first location to illuminate the at least one animal with a lighting characteristic at least partly during said period of time, and
store an entry linking said identifier to said lighting characteristic in a memory; and
a lighting device for illuminating the at least one animal, the lighting device remote from the conditioning device and comprising:
a light source;
a communication interface for communication with the memory;
a detecting unit configured to determine the identifier of the at least one animal; and
a control unit configured to retrieve, with the communication interface, the entry linking said identifier to said lighting characteristic from said memory, and to control the light source to illuminate the at least one animal with said lighting characteristic during said stressful event.