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WO2011083436A1
WO2011083436A1 PCT/IB2011/050063 IB2011050063W WO2011083436A1 WO 2011083436 A1 WO2011083436 A1 WO 2011083436A1 IB 2011050063 W IB2011050063 W IB 2011050063W WO 2011083436 A1 WO2011083436 A1 WO 2011083436A1
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Lodewyk Fourie Steffens
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SHEPHERD ELECTRONIC COLLAR Pty Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K27/00—Leads or collars, e.g. for dogs
    • A01K27/009—Leads or collars, e.g. for dogs with electric-shock, sound, magnetic- or radio-waves emitting devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K27/00—Leads or collars, e.g. for dogs
    • A01K27/006—Leads or collars, e.g. for dogs with light-emitting or ornamental devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M29/00—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
    • A01M29/06—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using visual means, e.g. scarecrows, moving elements, specific shapes, patterns or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M29/00—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
    • A01M29/16—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using sound waves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M29/00—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
    • A01M29/16—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using sound waves
    • A01M29/18—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using sound waves using ultrasonic signals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M31/00—Hunting appliances
    • A01M31/002—Detecting animals in a given area

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  • THIS INVENTION relates to the guarding of livestock.
  • the invention relates, more particularly, to an apparatus and a system for guarding livestock against certain threats, including attack by predators and, in certain embodiments of the invention, theft.
  • a livestock animal guarding apparatus configured to be carried by a livestock animal and including:
  • At least one sensor for sensing at least one parameter of the livestock animal which may be suggestive of anxiety of the livestock animal
  • At least one emitter for emitting at least one deterrent emission for deterring a predator
  • the apparatus being configured such that, in use of the apparatus on the livestock animal, it will trigger the at least one emitter to emit the at least one deterrent emission in response to at least one trigger event including sensing by means of the at least one sensor that the at least one parameter is suggestive of anxiety of the livestock animal.
  • the apparatus may be configured to be carried by the livestock animal by including securing means for securing it to the livestock animal.
  • the securing means may include a neck collar.
  • the apparatus may include an audio annunciator, the at least one deterrent emission including a deterrent sound emitted by the audio annunciator.
  • the deterrent sound may be within a frequency range which is audible to the predator but not to the livestock animal.
  • the deterrent sound may be of varying frequency, for example a frequency which is varied within the range 5kHz to 35kHz and which has sub-harmonic frequencies of up to 55kHz. The variation may be random so as to minimize the risk of the predator becoming accustomed to the deterrent sound.
  • the deterrent sound may be intermittent.
  • the deterrent sound may be tailored to be deterrent to a particular species of predator.
  • the apparatus may include a light emitter, the at least one deterrent emission including a deterrent light emitted by the light emitter.
  • the deterrent light may comprise flashing light.
  • the deterrent light may be white. The applicant believes that such flashing white light, particularly whilst moving with the livestock animal, can deter a predator such as a jackal.
  • the at least one sensor may include at least one motion sensor.
  • the at least one trigger event may include a motion pattern as sensed by the at least one motion sensor.
  • the motion pattern may have a predetermined minimum duration, for example 60s.
  • the at least one sensor may include a heat sensor for sensing body heat of the livestock animal.
  • the at least one sensor may include a heart rate sensor for sensing the heart rate of the livestock animal.
  • a possible embodiment of the apparatus of the invention may include a processor operatively executing at least one algorithm for analyzing inputs received from the at least one sensor, the at least one algorithm being configured to:
  • the trigger event or each trigger event being a behavioral pattern of the livestock animal which is suggestive of anxiety of the livestock animal
  • the at least one algorithm may include an algorithm taking account of the time of day.
  • the said possible embodiment may include a GPS module, the processor operatively executing an algorithm taking account of speed of the animal as derived from position data from the GPS module in identifying anxiety of the livestock animal.
  • the at least one trigger event may include more than one behavioral pattern of the livestock animal, each associated with a particular species of predator; and the at least one deterrent emission may be tailored to be deterrent to the associated species of predator.
  • the said possible embodiment may include an RF trigger signal transmitter, the apparatus being configured to transmit an RF trigger signal in response to the trigger event, or any of the trigger events if there is more than one.
  • the apparatus may include also an RF receiver and may be configured for receiving such an RF trigger signal emitted by a like apparatus and for responding to such reception by emitting the at least one deterrent emission and the RF trigger signal.
  • the apparatus may include an RF transmitter, the apparatus being configured to transmit a warning communication in response to the at least one trigger event persisting for a predetermined minimum duration.
  • the apparatus may be configured to transmit the warning communication to a compatible warning device via a mobile telephone network.
  • the apparatus including said GPS module, the apparatus may be configured to include in the warning communication the location of the apparatus as derived from position data from the GPS module.
  • a plurality of livestock guarding apparatuses each in accordance with the first aspect of the invention and including an RF transmitter capable of transmitting the warning communication, operatively provided on the respective livestock animals of a herd;
  • the warning communication may be an RF signal receivable by the warning device.
  • the warning communication may be embodied in an RF signal transmitted to a mobile communications network, with the communication being receivable by the warning device via the network.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example embodiment of a livestock animal guarding system, in accordance with the second aspect of the invention, including a plurality of livestock animal guarding apparatuses, in accordance with the first aspect of the invention, a repeater station, and a portable warning device, the system being shown in an operative configuration with respect to a herd of sheep;
  • Figure 2 shows a three-dimensional view of one of the apparatuses of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 shows a partial circuit diagram of an electronic circuit of the apparatus of Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 shows a circuit diagram of a part of the electronic circuit including a processor, including in electronic circuit programming of the electronic circuit;
  • Figure 5 shows a circuit diagram of a part of the electronic circuit including a motion sensor in the form of an accelerometer
  • Figure 6 shows a circuit diagram of a part of the electronic circuit including a pair of LED's
  • Figure 7 shows a circuit diagram of a part of the electronic circuit including a power supply.
  • FIG. 1 an embodiment of a livestock animal guarding system, in accordance with the second aspect of the invention, is designated generally by the reference numeral 10.
  • the system 10 is shown in an operative configuration with respect to a plurality of livestock animals in the form of six sheep of a herd, the sheep being designated by the reference numerals 12.1 , 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, & 12.6, respectively.
  • the herd includes the said six sheep. It will be appreciated, however, that in practice the invention will typically be implemented with respect to a herd comprising a larger number of livestock animals.
  • the system 10 includes:
  • warning device 16 carried by a person responsible for the sheep, the warning device including an RF receiver.
  • the apparatus 14.1 of Figure 1 is shown in enlarged view.
  • the other apparatuses 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, & 14.6 are identical to the apparatus 14.1 .
  • the apparatus 14.1 includes:
  • a unit 18 including a housing 20 and an electronic circuit (see Figures 3 to 7) housed by the housing 20;
  • securing means in the form of a strap or collar 24 for fitting around a neck of a sheep, as shown in Figure 1 , the collar 24 being size adjustable;
  • the collar 24 may be made of any suitable material, for example a suitable flexible plastics material.
  • Partial circuit diagrams 22.1 , 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, and 22.5 of the electronic circuit of the apparatus 14.1 are shown in Figures 4 to 7, respectively. These partial circuit diagrams are not a definitive or complete illustration of the electronic circuit, but are intended merely to provide those skilled in the art with some indication of possible configurations of some parts of the electronic circuit. Those skilled in the art should be able to develop an electronic circuit having the required functionality, as required by the system 10 and as broadly described herein.
  • the electronic circuit of the apparatus 14.1 includes:
  • a motion sensor in the form of an acceleration sensor or accelerometer 30 (see Figure 5);
  • deterrent emission emitters particularly deterrent light emitters, in the form of a pair of white LED's 32 (see Figures 2 and 6);
  • a power supply including a battery
  • deterrent emission emitters particularly deterrent sound emitters, in the form of a pair of audio annunciators or piezo speakers 34 (one of which is shown in Figure 2, an opposite one not being shown);
  • an acceleration switch may be substituted for the accelerometer 30.
  • the processor 28 is configured to receive inputs from the accelerometer 30 representing parameters in the form of sensed acceleration comprising any of six acceleration components, i.e. three translational and three rotational components.
  • the processor 28 executes a set of algorithms configured to determine from these inputs motion patterns exhibited by the sheep 12.1 and to analyze them and to interpret them as being suggestive or indicative of either of two types of motion patterns of the sheep 12.1 , i.e. restless motion pattern and placid motion pattern. Restless motion pattern is associated with anxiety of the sheep 12.1 .
  • the set of algorithms may optionally also make use of position data obtained from the GPS module in identifying restless motion pattern.
  • the algorithms of the processor 28 are configured to interpret a restless motion pattern exhibited by the sheep 12.1 uninterrupted over a predetermined time period, say 20s, as a trigger event, in response to which it will trigger the electronic circuit to:
  • a trigger signal in the form of an RF trigger signal via an RF trigger signal transmitter of the electronic circuit.
  • the deterrent sound emitted by the speakers 34 varies in frequency in a random fashion, thereby to reduce the risk of a predator becoming accustomed to the deterrent sound.
  • the frequency of the deterrent sound is randomly varied within the range 5kHz to 35kHz and has a sub-harmonic frequency of up to 55kHz.
  • the consequential deterrent sound may be intermittent, for example three repetitions of a sequence of 1 s of sound emission and a 1 s pause.
  • the deterrent sound is tailored to be an irritant and deterrent particularly to a jackal, intended to cause it to flee.
  • the deterrent sound may be audible to a particular type of predator, e.g. jackal, but not to sheep.
  • the frequency of the deterrent sound for a particular type of predator may be determined by way of experimentation.
  • the deterrent sound may be an ultrasonic sound.
  • the processor 28, particularly the algorithms executed by it, may then be configured to control the LED's 32 and the speakers 34 to emit deterrent emissions tailored to be deterrent to the predator associated with a particular behavioral pattern, when identified.
  • the RF transceiver of the electronic circuit of the apparatus 14.1 is configured for receiving an RF trigger signal transmitted by any one of the other apparatuses
  • the electronic circuit is configured to emit the deterrent sound, the deterrent light emission, and the RF trigger signal in response to receiving an RF trigger signal emitted by any one of the other apparatuses 14.2,
  • the algorithms executed by the processor 28 further are configured to interpret a predetermined minimum duration of a restless motion pattern, say 60s, as a warning communication trigger event.
  • the electronic circuit is configured to respond to such an event by transmitting, via the RF transceiver, a warning communication in the form of an RF warning signal incorporating GPS coordinates of the device 14.1 .
  • the warning signal is transmitted via the repeater station 15 to the portable warning device 16.
  • the warning device 16 includes a display 36. Upon receiving the warning signal, the device 16 displays on the display 36 a warning message and the GPS coordinates of the device 14.1 and emits, via a speaker thereof, an alert tone.
  • the processor 28 of the apparatus 14.1 may be configured to cause the RF transceiver to transmit a series of subsequent warning signals to permit the sheep 12.1 to be tracked by means of the warning device 16.
  • An alternative embodiment of the apparatus of the invention may be GSM enabled and configured to transmit the warning communication to a remote communications device via a mobile telephone communications network.
  • the LED's 32 flash white light at a frequency of once every eight seconds. This serves to indicate that the apparatuses 14.1 , 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, and 14.6 are active.
  • the electronic circuit is configured to respond to a deterrent emission trigger event by increasing the frequency at which the LED's 32 flash, in order to deter jackals. It will be appreciated that the LED's 32 can also facilitate monitoring of the herd by a shepherd at night.
  • the processor 28 is programmable by means of an external computer running suitable software and being connected to the electronic circuit, for example wirelessly via the RF transceiver. Aspects of the operation of the processor 28 that are thus programmable include, inter alia:
  • Alternative embodiments of the apparatus of the invention may include, as an alternative to or in addition to the motion sensor 30, at least one sensor for sensing a corresponding parameter of a sheep operatively carrying it, e.g. at least one of a heat sensor for sensing body heat of the sheep and a heart rate sensor for sensing the heart rate of the sheep.
  • the processor via the at least one algorithm executed by it, may make use of inputs from any of its sensors in determining whether or not they are suggestive of anxiety of the livestock animal. It may also take account of the time of day in such an algorithm, as certain parameters of the animal as sensed by a sensor may at a certain time of day be normal but not at another.

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La présente invention concerne un appareil de surveillance du bétail (14.1) pouvant être porté par l'animal. L'appareil comporte au moins un détecteur (30) servant à détecter au moins un paramètre de l'animal susceptible d'indiquer un état anxieux de l'animal, et au moins un émetteur (32) servant à produire au moins une émission dissuasive destinée à dissuader un prédateur. L'appareil est configuré de façon telle que, lorsqu'il est utilisé sur l'animal, il déclenche systématiquement l'émetteur considéré qui produira l'émission dissuasive considérée en réaction à au moins un événement déclencheur constitué par la détection, au moyen du détecteur considéré, que le paramètre considéré indique un état anxieux de l'animal.
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