Self-triggered RFID apparatus for monitoring the activity quantity of animals

US10321664B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ning Duan · Beijing, CN
• Guoqiang Hu · Shanghai, CN
• JingChang Huang · Shanghai, CN
• Peng Ji · Nanjing, CN
• Jun Zhu · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

An apparatus or a method for detecting activity quantity of an object includes a sense unit, a count unit, a trigger unit, and a radio circuit. The sense unit senses movements of the object, and generates a sensing signal based on the sensed movements. The count unit receives the sensing signal from the sense unit, counts a number of the movements from the sensing signal, and generates a movement number signal including the number of the movements. The trigger unit generates a trigger signal based on whether one or more trigger conditions are satisfied. The radio circuit is triggered in response to the trigger signal, to generate an activity quantity signal based on the movement number signal and ID information corresponding to the object.