US 12,144,320 B2
Electronic animal identification tag reader synchronisation
Leigh Andrew Bateman, Queensland (AU); Benjamin Thomas John Wilkinson, Queensland (AU); and Brian Antony Clayton, Queensland (AU)
Assigned to ALLFLEX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, Queensland (AU)
Appl. No. 17/429,597
Filed by ALLFLEX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, Queensland (AU)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050094
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/160589, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125011 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 7/28 (2006.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); G01S 19/37 (2010.01); G01S 19/40 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01)
CPC A01K 11/004 (2013.01) [A01K 11/008 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 7/28 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/37 (2013.01); G01S 19/40 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for reading an electronic tag attached to an animal, comprising:
generating a synchronisation signal;
encoding the synchronisation signal to generate an encoded synchronisation signal; and
wirelessly transmitting the encoded synchronisation signal to one or more slave readers;
wherein the method is performed by a master reader in communication with the one or more slave readers, each slave reader being an electronic animal identification tag reader configured to read an electronic animal identification tag attached to the animal;
wherein the encoded synchronisation signal comprises a byte sequence, wherein the byte sequence comprises a sequence for use in identifying the master reader, wherein the byte sequence comprises a sequence for use in identifying a start time of a cadence, and/or wherein the byte sequence comprises a cadence sequence for use in determining a ratio between a transmit period and a receive period and/or a period of a cadence.