Patents by Inventor Francois Bocquier

Francois Bocquier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for automatically detecting mating of animals
    Patent number: 7992521
    Abstract: The inventive device for automatically detecting the mating of animals is wearable by an animal. The device includes a fixing to an animal mechanism, a detector for an attempt of mating a female animal by the animal with the fixing mechanism, and an identifier for an electronic label which is introduced in the body of the female animal and actuated by the detector and/or by the female animal identification device by processing the image of at least one part of the female animal triggered by the detector. The identifier includes a communicator with an electronic label carried by a female animal. The communicator can read the electronic label identifier of each female animal which the animal attempts to mate. The communication can also be provided with a device for storing representative information on the attempted mating in the random access memory of the electronic label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Centre International d'Etudes Superieures en Sciences Agronomiques de Montepelliar (Montepellier Supagro), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (I.N.R.A.)
    Inventor: François Bocquier
  • Method and Device for Automatically Detecting Mating of Animals
    Publication number: 20080066693
    Abstract: The inventive device for automatically detecting the mating of animals is wearable by an animal. The device includes a fixing to an animal mechanism, a detector for an attempt of mating a female animal by the animal with the fixing mechanism, and an identifier for an electronic label which is introduced in the body of the female animal and actuated by the detector and/or by the female animal identification device by processing the image of at least one part of the female animal triggered by the detector. The identifier includes a communicator with an electronic label carried by a female animal. The communicator can read the electronic label identifier of each female animal which the animal attempts to mate. The communication can also be provided with a device for storing representative information on the attempted mating in the random access memory of the electronic label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE AGRONOMIQUE DE MONTPELLIER (E.N.S.A.M)
    Inventor: Francois Bocquier