US 12,349,664 B2
Feeder sensor
Horacio Luis Huergo, General Pacheco (AR); and Gustavo Dario Listo, Chascomus (AR)
Filed by HORATECH, LLC, Dover, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,535.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156054 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 5/02 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 5/0291 (2013.01) [A01K 29/005 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for measuring the volume of food or liquids in a feeder, the device comprising;
a weather-resistant case with external fastening means, the case containing
a power supply, communicatively connected to all components hosted within the case and capable of supplying all the components' energy needs;
a central processing unit, capable of managing, monitoring, storing, processing, computing, timing, instructing, alerting, and communicating data with all components hosted within the case and with remote devices;
a communications unit communicatively connected to the central processing unit, capable of transmitting and receiving data through short-range, medium-range, and long-range wireless communication means protocols;
a distance measuring sensor communicatively connected to the central processing unit, capable of measuring the distance between itself and the the feeder's content's surface; and
an accelerometer communicatively connected to the central processing unit, capable of detecting a forceful movement of the weather-resistant case and alerting, through the communications unit, a remote device about such forceful movement.