A system and method are provided that can detect the presence of a user such as a mammal (e.g., a horse), and fill a water basin to enable the user to consume the water. The system can detect consumption of the water in the basin and refill one or more times. After detecting that the user is no longer in the vicinity, any remaining water can be drained from the basin. In addition to detecting the presence of the user, an ID can be associated with certain users of the system to track water consumption and other metrics. This data can be gathered, stored, and provided to a server or service (e.g., in the cloud) to enable data to be logged, processed, analyzed and alerts, reports and notifications provided to entities that monitor the users, e.g., to track hydration of the users.

A device for the real-time monitoring of livestock includes at least one data collection component equipped with at least one sensor for physiological or physicochemical data and a means for communicating and transmitting data collected by said sensor to at least one fixed component for transmitting and receiving the data connected to at least one remote module for processing the data collected and a control module. Each data collection component is fitted, in a non-removable manner, with a unique identification RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) data storage element, with at least one sensor of body temperature as physiological data, and with at least one means of communication by UWB (Ultra Wide Band). The fixed components may further include a means of three-dimensional positioning of the data collection component in a delimited space, such that each fixed transmission component is provided with at least one ambient temperature sensor.

A hoof treatment arrangement arranged to spray a liquid onto hooves of animals while they are stationary in a stall of an animal arrangement includes an identification system configured to identify animals, an automatic detector arrangement configured to determine the hoof status for animals, an automatic spray device, and a control arrangement. The control arrangement is operatively connected to an information database of the animal arrangement, which includes animal specific information for a plurality of animals housed in the animal arrangement; the identification system, to obtain information regarding the identity of each of the plurality of animals; the automatic detector arrangement, to obtain information regarding the hoof status for each of the identified animals; and the automatic spray device, to control the automatic spray device.

An identification tag is described in which a first tag member is formed of a polymer and includes a front surface. A second tag member, also formed of a polymer but that visually contrasts with the first tag member, includes slots formed as visual indicia that extend through the second tag member. The second tag member is welded to a front surface of the first tag member to expose the front surface of the first tag member through the slots. An RFID inlay, providing a radio frequency identification function, is affixed to the first tag member on a rear surface thereof. A third tag member, also formed of a polymer, is welded to the rear surface of the first tag member to cover and protect the RFID inlay.

A key fob includes selectors for performing conventional remote operations (e.g., locking/unlocking doors) as well as a “pet mode” selector. When the pet mode selector is pressed by a user, a coded wireless signal is sent to a vehicle computer. The vehicle computer is operatively connected to multiple vehicle systems that each controls various features of the vehicle. Responsive to receipt of the coded wireless signal, the vehicle computer instructs a selected group of the systems to operate in a specified manner so as to create a comfortable environment for a pet within the vehicle. For example, in pet mode, the vehicle computer may cause one or more windows to lower, the sunroof to open the trunk lift gate to pivot open, and the seat backs of one or more rows of seats to tilt or fold down.

The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for identification of individual animals based on images, such as 3D-images, of the animals, especially of cattle and cows. When animals live in areas or enclosures where they freely move around, it can be complicated to identify the individual animal. The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the identity of an individual animal in a population of animals with known identity, the method comprising the steps of acquiring at least one image of the back of a preselected animal, extracting data from said at least one image relating to the anatomy of the back and/or topology of the back of the preselected animal, and comparing and/or matching said extracted data against reference data corresponding to the anatomy of the back and/or topology of the back of the animals with known identity, thereby identifying the preselected animal.

A controlled access entrance gate, comprising a frame or structure (11) that defines an entry area (I1), an exit area (I2) and a transit area (P) of a user (U), a actuation unit (13), which allows the passage of one or more subjects (U), an electronic control unit (14) and a plurality of sensors or cameras (15, 16). The sensors or cameras (15, 16), which can also be used as an independent kit and can be associated with any type of passage or area to be controlled, are suitable for detecting the data relating to the distance (DT) between each sensor (15, 16) and each subject (U) present in the entry area (11) or in the exit area (I2) or in the passage area (P) and the speed, trajectory and tracking parameters of the subject (U). An electronic control unit (14) receives and processes data through interpolation processes and machine-learning and/or deep-learning algorithms, so as to autonomously learn the characteristics of the passage and predict the forms and probabilistic directions of each subject (U) inside the volume corresponding to the entry (I1) and exit (I2) areas and to the transit area (P) of the passage.

An animal nutrition system and method for effectively monitoring and managing animal nutrition. The animal nutrition system and method generally includes a food container storing a volume of pet food, a package identification chip attached to the food container, a food serving appliance configured to removably receive the food container, and a scale positioned within the food serving appliance to weigh the food container periodically to generate weight data. The food serving appliance includes a chip reader that communicates with the package identification chip to receive food container data from the package identification chip to acquire data related to the food package.

A vision system for determining an identity of an individual animal in a population of animals with known identity is provided. A first image sensor arrangement is configured to capture three-dimensional or thermographic images of the individual animal. A second image sensor arrangement is configured to capture two-dimensional images of the individual animal. Control circuitry is configured to obtain a first image of the individual animal captured by the first image sensor arrangement and to detect a body part in the first image, and in response to detecting the body part, obtain a second image of the individual animal captured using the second image sensor arrangement, and to identify the individual animal by comparing metrics of the second image with the reference data in a data storage.

The invention relates to an arrangement (6) for controlling an entrance hole (2) of a beehive (1) of a beehive with bees, comprising a closure element (11) for at least partially closing the entrance hole (2).

According to the invention, the arrangement (6) comprises at least one identification unit (5) arrangeable or arranged on a queen bee (4), a reading unit (7) for reading out the at least one identification unit (5), wherein the reading unit (7) or at least one antenna unit (8) of the reading unit (7) is arrangeable or arranged at the entrance hole (2), and an actuation unit (12), in particular coupled with the reading unit (7), for actuating the closure element (11).

Moreover, the invention relates to a method for controlling an entrance hole (2) of a beehive (1).