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    公开号:NL2014759A
    申请号:NL2014759
    申请日:2015-05-04
    公开日:2016-03-15
    发明作者:Degraeve Paul；Garain Pascal；Verhelst Rudy；Gabriël Luc；Kerkaert Barbara；Banwell Roger；Whetherly Guy；Beckmans Daniël；Aerts Jean-Marie；Youssef Ali；Eduardo Bites Romanini Carlo；Exadaktylos Vasileios
    申请人:Petersime Nv；
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    Title: POULTRY LIFE MONITOR
    The present invention concerns a method and a system for monitoring a life cycle of a living being, i.e. human or an animal, for example but not limited thereto of poultry.
    More in particular this invention concerns monitoring such cycle from laying an egg up to the life end of the corresponding laying hen or broiler.
    In this field of technology, more and more, industry is supported and controlled by collecting and processing data. In particular such data provide excellent possibilities for statistics of agricultural processing, economic control of manufacturing processes, and health care of such living beings.
    In the examples as referred to hereinafter several aspects of obtaining, processing, and application of such data, or data derived therefrom, are shown.
    For example in patent literature many examples and applications can be referred to. W02005013678 discloses a method for processing bio-response signals during an incubating process. In particular a worked out example for measuring temperatures and employing such temperature data is described.
    In W02008084379 a method for such processing during hatching is disclosed. Several applications of monitoring and sensing are shown and referred to, for example regarding temperatures, vibrations, movements, and sounds.
    In W02007036748 both the use of sensors worn on the human body and the communication between such sensor and a central data base are disclosed. In particular physiological data are collected and processed.
    In EP956811 a transponder for collecting data from mobile bodies is described. W02008003148 discloses a method for real time monitoring and control of physical and arousal status of individual organisms. JP2009124940 refers to an ear tag which does not damage the auricle. US2013345525 discloses a biocompatible nano-chip suitable for implantation to a fixed position in a subject.
    In W02004023136 a special sensor for determining viability of eggs is presented. CN202773709 refers to an intelligent pig farm management system for collecting data, for processing data, and comprising a.o. a complete data management system, including a server, a feeding device, an ink jetting device. EP2686797 describes the way of collecting physiological data and finking such collection reliably to the correct user profile. JP2006081495 discloses for example a ring for a chicken leg said comprising a tag from which allows controlling poultry individuals.
    From FR2839245 a chicken vaccination assembly is known.
    In JPH099811 injection of ID chip is described. CN102164424 refers to a chicken farm cultivation monitoring system based on a wireless sensor network. W02006122750 described an implantable blood pressure sensor, constructed as a sensor built in within a ring arranged around a blood vessel. Furthermore a linked process unit can be implanted wherein data can be retrieved telemetrically. W02007071844 discloses signal processing and signal protocol models, including identifying, of data measured by means of a sensor worn by a living being.
    In US2009222063 details of device implanted in the retina is described. With such device it has appeared possible to transfigure an outside light signal in an electrical signal functioning as a brain stimulus, thus creating new view in case of blindness.
    In Haruta et al., “An implantable CMOS device for blood-flow imaging during experiments on freely moving rats”, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 53, March 2014, an ultrasmall brain-imaging device (1-3 - 0.4 mm3) to be arranged directly on the brain tissue above the motor cortex, is disclosed. Although the animal is free to move , wiring from the rat is still necessary.
    In the field of technology of poultry processing, large incubating plants and large hen stables are concerned. With ’large’ numbers generally more than 2M beings, either eggs or chicken (or hens) are processed. Such large number and volume industrial activities request close monitoring and control. Although advanced room climate monitoring and control are widely available it might be clear that per se only average features, measurements, and effects can be handled.
    In order to achieve more detailed processing, for example in W02005013678 for an incubator unit, housing for example 12000 eggs, a temperature sensor and control is described. Said sensor is arranged on at least some trays thereby giving accordingly characteristics locally.
    Additional to such measuring a so-called bio-response model for climate control is applied. This means that such measurement data are modelling parameters for a climate control program thereby controlling the incubation, for example for incubating chicken eggs during the 21 days of incubation time. However, it has appeared difficult more detailed monitoring and control as to such large volumes.
    In order to provide a suitable approach for arriving at a more organized treatment of avian life the present invention provides a method for continuous monitoring a life cycle of poultry, poultry comprising a large number of poultry beings, and said life cycle comprising corresponding poultry being fife stages, said life stages subsequently comprising, an egg as soon as laid, a corresponding embryo in said egg, a corresponding chicken after having been pipped from said egg, and a corresponding up-growing chicken with corresponding life from chicken to end of life of said chicken or a corresponding hen, wherein said monitoring is carried out, for each of said poultry life stages on each individual poultry being, by means of individual sensors for collecting individual poultry being life data, thereby obtaining for each poultry being for said life stage an individual poultry being stage data collection, and wherein said data are at least communicated to, and stored and processed in, a central processing unit, and wherein for each of said poultry being said individual poultry being data collections at least are bnked, thereby covering a poultry life cycle data collection for each said poultry being.
    It has appeared very suitable to carry out such method.
    Particularly, the invention has appeared very suitable for monitoring and organizing life cycles of very large numbers of poultry, from the very beginning as an egg, up to the end of the chicken life.
    Organization of an incubator plant and a breeder plant have appeared to become more economic and flexible in general.
    In particular the organization of feeding and health care of such very large numbers of being has improved substantially.
    Immediately bnked to such organization is the collection of data of flock thus obtaining more insight in specifics and genetics of breeds.
    From the above teachings and references it might be clear to those skilled in the art that partial solutions for specific questions have been proposed, both in the past and more recently.
    However, the problem to monitor large populations, from the very first beginning up to the late end of life, neither have been shown nor can be retrieved and assumed from the above documents.
    More in particular a suchlike approach for avian beings, from laying of an egg up to the end of bird life, cannot be derived from the above documents.
    In a further embodiment the method of the invention as outhned above has one or more of the features: that said monitoring comprises a first step of identifying and marking each egg after having been laid, thereby starting and obtaining for each such egg individual poultry egg being data for an individual poultry egg data collection as a first poultry being stage data collection; that said identifying comprises at least marking with an outside marking element, such as for example but not limited thereto, an ink print, a sticker, a tag, or a sticker, comprising a chip, arranged on the shell of each egg; that said identifying comprises at least marking with an egg inside marking element, such as for example but not limited thereto, a biocompatible element, for example an electronic chip, or a biochip; that said monitoring is carried out by a sensor element comprising for example but not limited thereto, a biocompatible element, for example an electronic chip, or a biochip, for example, but not limited thereto, arranged on the shell of each egg, or within the egg within the white, the yolk, or the embryo, or a combination of elements and arrangements; that said monitoring is carried out by a sensor element for example but not limited thereto, a biocompatible element, for example an electronic chip, or a biochip, for example, but not limited thereto, arranged upon or within a chicken body, or a combination of elements and arrangements, wherein said sensor is arranged as soon as said chicken has pipped from its egg; that said method further comprises processing said data collections in order to control life of said living being; that said method further comprises processing said data collections in order to obtain internal egg life control data for controlling said internal egg life during incubation of said egg; that said method further comprises processing said data collections in order to obtain chicken body function control data for controlling said chicken body functions during growth of said chicken, for example during laying eggs and/or feeding; that said method further comprises processing said data collections in order to obtain egg environment control data for controlling said egg environment during incubation of said egg; that said method further comprises processing said data collections in order to obtain chicken environment control data for controlling said chicken environment during growth of said chicken, for example during laying and feeding; that said method further comprises processing cycles for coupling said data collections, said egg environment control data, said internal egg life control data, said chicken environmental control data, and said chicken body control data, for iteration and for reprocessing; and that said monitoring comprises measuring of for example, but not limited thereto, mass, temperatures, movements, pressures, pH-values, electrical potentials, concentrations of gases, electromagnetic radiation spectra, sounds, and/or gas flow velocities.
    Another embodiment of the present invention provides, a device for introducing or arranging at least one sensor in an incubation egg, the device comprising, - a detector for characterizing the status of such egg, comprising for example, but not limited thereto, the form of the egg, the position of the egg, the fertility of the egg, the shell characteristics, the position of the yolk, the position of the embryo, the position of the air chamber, thereby obtaining according egg status signals, - an arrangement frame comprising, - - said detector, - - an arrangement guide for guide an egg introducing tube, and - - an egg positioning unit for positioning such egg ready for being introduced, for example on basis of one or more of said egg status signals, and - an control, comprising, - - a first processing unit for controlbng said detector, and - - a second processing unit for processing said egg status signals, on basis of which an egg injection tube drive is controlled.
    This device has appeared very suitable for inserting and injecting purposes.
    Although from some references as given above related technology is known, the specific purpose of applying detectors is completely different and results in interesting forward steps in this field of technology.
    In particular possibilities for support and control in this field of industry are improved substantially.
    Further embodiments of the invention of said device have one or more of the following features: that said egg introducing tube is a detector liquid supply tube for dripping at least one drop on an egg surface thereby resulting in liquid diffusing through said surface; that said arrangement guide is an injector comprising a needle for providing an egg with a detector; that said injector is comprised in a guiding liquid; that said injector comprises a detector liquid; said control of said injector at least comprises speed control; said control furthermore comprises egg surface introducing position control.
    In order to explain the invention in more detail reference is made to a drawing, wherein FIGURE 1 shows a schematic recipe for dealing and processing data obtained during monitoring a being life.
    Life of avian being starts when an embryo is incubated to a chicken. In this field of technology that means that incubators each filled up with for example 15000 eggs are incubated. For such processes there is referred to for example the introduction of W02008084379. When requiring a complete life cycle overview such start must provide an identification of every egg, having large amounts of eggs, for example up to 15000 per incubator. Thus in FIGURE 1 monitoring in accordance with the present invention starts with identifying such a poultry being as represented by a block 1, being the egg in this very first stage.
    Specifically in the very first life stage for identification purposes of eggs usually on the corresponding egg shell or egg surface such an egg is provided by an ink print label, comprising numbers, letters, a bar code, a matrix code, or combinations.
    In accordance with the present invention, in a further embodiment a chip having suitable characteristics for such surface and environment, i.e. the incubation environment, is arranged on such egg surface.
    In another embodiment an egg is provided with, for example a tag, a sticker, or a suchlike device, comprising a chip for sensing, collecting data, and data communication with a central processing unit.
    For those skilled in the art background data, for example but not limited thereto, such as flock, age of flock, origin, breed, and breeding house might be comprised as well when performing this present first block 1.
    As mentioned in W02008084379 in a single- stage incubation process the whole incubation period of about 21 days of a chicken egg is divided in a setting period for the first about 18 days and a hatching period for the remaining period. In said first period eggs are placed in racks or trays, whereas in the latter period the eggs are laid in crates or baskets, thus having freedom for pipping.
    So all such eggs are transferred from racks to crates, thus creating an excellent opportunity and moment in time for said identification of a hnked follow up.
    However, such first identification must have a well determined follow up because an embryo will break out its egg, thereby losing all directly hnked egg shell or egg surface data.
    In a further embodiment of the present invention a biochip or a protein chip is implanted in egg white, yolk, or starting embryo, thereby covering at least a part of the incubation period.
    In yet a further embodiment an embryo health compatible ink or fluid can be injected into such egg, however such marker must be egg specific. This means that a very specific molecular marker will be applied, thereby obtaining not only a color but a molecular trace as well.
    In yet another embodiment chicken as soon as broken out will be gripped by means of a suitable robot hand. Such robot hand will comprise a chicken marking unit, for example for injecting a chicken with a chip, for arranging suitable ring on a chicken leg. In any case, such marker must highly reliably identify such chicken.
    As explained before identifying and marking unavoidably comprise physical processing and handling. It might be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-mentioned handling step of transfer from setting to hatching is an excellent opportunity to apply such a marker.
    In case of intermediate change of marker all data are retrieved from such chip or device and collected in at least a part of a first poultry being stage data collection thereby obtaining and composing a specific poultry identity data collection file.
    For a skilled person it might be clear that retrieving of data can be achieved in several ways.
    For example, having suchlike stickers with each comprising a chip on a well-defined egg surface position, a frame having a matrix with connection pads for electrical connection with all stickers which connection system is adapted for incubator trays is provided.
    In case of application of chips comprising transponder features, data can be RFID communicated to central processing unit. Additional to suchlike communication, todays wireless applications and protocols can be employed suitably as well.
    In block 2 a general monitoring step is shown. For the embodiment of having applied a marking or identification element, such as a chip provided with present day technology, simultaneous detection or sensor functions can be comprised. As known from literature in this field of technology, see for example US2013345525, all kind of physiological detection can be applied.
    In case of necessity of measuring movements, such as heart beats, nano-size accelerometer devices should be applied.
    According to an embodiment, existing technology that is used to measure the heart rate of humans could be used to measure biological signals of the embryo in the egg. An example is the optical sensor developed by Philips and commercialized by Mio, for example as published in W02007107900. Such measurement principle (Light reflected on the skin) could be used for egg life monitoring purposes.
    From block 1 to block 2 an arrow for a signal S12 is shown, presenting the features as outlined before.
    For every skilled person it might be clear that devices for identifying and monitoring might be combined devices or devices with combined functions. Never before such very large volumes of living beings, in the present case poultry beings, have been identified and marked simultaneously for such purpose.
    As regards the results of data collection and data communication in general these functions are covering each life stage of a poultry being.
    Having in a first stage the functions for an egg, including an embryo within an egg thereby covering the whole incubation period, in a further stage of the life cycle data are collected during pipping, immediately after pipping, and the further up-growing life of a chicken.
    Such sensing and data collection are generally known, comprising measurements of for example, but not limited thereto, mass, temperatures, movements, pressures, pH-values, electrical potentials, concentrations of gases, electromagnetic radiation spectra, comprising for example NIR (Near Infra Red) and camera vision, sounds, and/or gas flow velocities.
    Additionally characteristics derived from the ones just mentioned can be measured as well, for example and not limited thereto, humidity, heartbeat, and gas flow patterns.
    As regards applications first experiences with accurate inside detection have appeared successful.
    In another embodiment fiber optics can be applied and have appeared advantageous thereby obtaining inside body camera data.
    As well known to those skilled in this field of technology such characteristics present physiological and environmental status and are adapted for further processing in a central processing unit.
    Up to now a great problem was handling such bulky volumes of data in an organized and univocal way, more in particular to have all collections of data of the subsequent life cycle stages in one and the same file suitable for further handling and processing.
    The present invention has provided now a way of handling wherein the buildup of data collections and therefore connection of such collections is realized in a straightforward way. Therefore the invention comprises application of markers and sensors for measuring characteristics and composing data collections which result in the subsequent life cycle stages. Most suitable is the application of one and the same chip, for example injected into an embryo during the incubation stage. Whereas in the very first part of incubation this procedure is not possible, the incubation trays are organized such that position of eggs is fully determined making it easily possible to retrieve data from an outside shell device and link said data to a chip to be injected into a suchlike incubation egg.
    For those skilled in the art well known procedures are available for such data linking.
    In a block 3, as a separate step such linking data collections as collected in the subsequent life cycle stages is presented. The data as collected and obtained in the steps as mentioned above are stocked and organized in a usual way. Additional to the blocks shown communication of data is represented by an arrow for such signals as S23.
    In block 4 processing all such data is comprised. In particular that means that biological or physiological life models can be applied to derive information to be applied for further use. For example a model as mentioned in W02005013678 and in W02008084379, referred to as bio-response -model, can be used for further control. Guiding such signals to the right processing block is shown by an arrow for communication of signals S34.
    Up to now only a main street in processing data and data collections has been shown, i.e. data which result from measurements made directly from the poultry being.
    Further to this street a side stream is shown wherein outside environmental influencing features are measured. Thus all data together can be processed in accordance with suitable recipes and models in order to control all such lives adequately.
    In view of the above, in block 5 start of measurement of environmental characteristics is presented. That means that point in time, coordinates, and usual further features will be addressed for starting. Such settings will trigger the measurements itself presented by an arrow for signaling signals S56 to a block 6 as presenting performance of measuring and consequently gathering of data concerning such environment. Said environment will comprise the micro and macro, more in particular the close to egg climate, and also the overall climate in the incubator and hen-houses.
    In a possible further embodiment flock, age of flock, origin, race, and breeding house as referred to already with regard to block may be in this block 5.
    The data of block 6 are resulting from measurements and have the same role as the monitoring data of block 2. Therefore the block 6 data will be combined with the collection of data of block 2, presented as an arrow of signals S62. Subsequently the data collections are communicated to block to make the correct combinations, and then said data collections are sent to block 4 for further processing.
    In accordance, for example with the models as mentioned above, thereby referring to W02005013678 and to W02008084379, control signal will be sent to the hereinabove mentioned environmental stream by means of signals S47, presented by a block 7 for controlling the above said parameters, and controlling the devices delivering the data to the aforesaid block 6. Said control signal S76 are presented by an arrow from block 7 to block 6.
    Since said processing also concerns the poultry life conditions, in accordance with such models physiological characteristics can be controlled, for example by changing temperatures, internal and/or external concentrations of gases and liquids, or even switching electrical signals.
    Such control signals are presented by an arrow for signals S48 to a block 8. Said block 8 presents the block of measures to control devices on and in the living being related to said characteristics, presented by an arrow for signals 89 to a block 9.
    For a skilled person it might be clear that, further to guide healthy beings to a desired life track, sick beings can be removed suitably.
    Said block 9 is a specific living being body monitoring step giving measurement data after having controlled the living body as explained with regard to block 8.
    As regards the devices in accordance with the invention and referred to above optimal use will be made of miniaturizing electronics and of tuning biomolecules having characteristics as to sizes and functions suitable for inserting or injection.
    Moreover such devices can be arranged in frames for treating large numbers of eggs.
    For the skilled person it might be clear that small modifications and deviations in recipes and devices will be considered as being covered by the scope of the appended claims.
    Legenda 1 identify 2 monitor 3 data collection 4 processing 5 start environment 6 environmental data 7 environmental control 8 body control 9 body data
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    A method for continuously monitoring a poultry life cycle, poultry comprising a plurality of poultry creatures, and said life cycle comprising corresponding poultry orphans life phases, said life phases successively comprising a newly laid egg, a corresponding embryo in said egg, a corresponding chick after hatching from said egg, and a corresponding growing chick with corresponding life from chicken to end of life of said chicken or a corresponding hen in which said monitoring is performed, for each of said poultry life stages on each individual poultry being, by by means of individual sensors for collecting individual poultry orphan life data, so as to obtain an individual poultry orphan phase data collection for each poultry orphan for said life phase, and wherein said data is at least communicated to, and stored and processed in, a central processing and wherein for each said poultry orphans said individual poultry orphan data sets are at least coupled, so as to cover a poultry life cycle data set for each said poultry orphan.
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    2. Device for introducing or arranging at least one sensor in an incubation egg, comprising the device, a detector for characterizing the status of such an egg, comprising, for example, but not limited to, the shape of the egg , the position of the egg, the fertility of the egg, the scaling characteristics, the position of the egg yolk, the position of the embryo, the position of the air chamber, so as to obtain respective egg status signals, - an arrangement frame comprising, - an arrangement guide for guiding an egg introduction tube, and - an egg positioning unit for positioning such an egg ready to be introduced, for example on the basis of one or more of said egg status signals, and - comprising a control, - a first processing unit for controlling said detector, and a second processing unit for processing said egg status signals, on the basis of which an egg injection tube is connected drive is controlled.
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