Patents by Inventor Thomas FLENNERT

Thomas FLENNERT 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 for matching a sensor device to an identity (ID) tag for animals and system for performing such method
    Patent number: 11751537
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically matching a sensor device attached to an animal with an ID tag attached to the animal, wherein a reader device, located in or alongside a passage of an animal enclosure, transmits a signal toward the animal in the passage that triggers the ID tag to transmit ID information, and a monitoring device in communication with the reader device receives the ID information from the reader device, receives sensor device information from the sensor device including a sensor device identity, and determines that the ID tag and the sensor device are attached to a same animal based on time information associated with the ID information and the sensor device information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventors: Thomas Flennert, Anders Kvist, Gert Winkler
  • Method for matching a sensor device to an identity (ID) tag for animals and system for performing such method
    Patent number: 11730141
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically matching a sensor device attached to an animal with an ID tag attached to the animal, wherein a handheld reader device triggers transmission of sensor device information from the sensor device and triggers transmission of ID information from the ID tag, and a monitoring device, in communication with the handheld reader device, is configured to determine and record that the ID tag and the sensor device are attached to a same animal based on time information associated with both the ID information transmitted from the ID tag and the sensor device information transmitted from the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventors: Thomas Flennert, Anders Kvist, Gert Winkler
  • METHOD FOR MATCHING A SENSOR DEVICE TO AN IDENTITY (ID) TAG FOR ANIMALS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SUCH METHOD
    Publication number: 20230130846
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically matching a sensor device attached to an animal with an ID tag attached to the animal, wherein a reader device, located in or alongside a passage of an animal enclosure, transmits a signal toward the animal in the passage that triggers the ID tag to transmit ID information, and a monitoring device in communication with the reader device receives the ID information from the reader device, receives sensor device information from the sensor device including a sensor device identity, and determines that the ID tag and the sensor device are attached to a same animal based on time information associated with the ID information and the sensor device information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas FLENNERT, Anders KVIST, Gert WINKLER
  • METHOD FOR MATCHING A SENSOR DEVICE TO AN IDENTITY (ID) TAG FOR ANIMALS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SUCH METHOD
    Publication number: 20230120033
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically matching a sensor device attached to an animal with an ID tag attached to the animal, wherein a handheld reader device triggers transmission of sensor device information from the sensor device and triggers transmission of ID information from the ID tag, and a monitoring device, in communication with the handheld reader device, is configured to determine and record that the ID tag and the sensor device are attached to a same animal based on time information associated with both the ID information transmitted from the ID tag and the sensor device information transmitted from the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas FLENNERT, Anders KVIST, Gert WINKLER
  • Monitoring device, sensor device and respective methods performed thereby for monitoring animals
    Patent number: 11559038
    Abstract: A sensor device, monitoring device, and method for automatically matching the sensor device attached to an animal with an ID tag attached to the animal, wherein the monitoring device receives information related to the ID tag from an ID reader device and receives sensor device information from the sensor device, where the sensor device information includes a sensor device identity information and an indication that transmission of the sensor device information from the sensor device was triggered by an ID reader device, the ID tag and the sensor device being determined to be attached to the same animal based on time information associated with the information related to the ID tag and the sensor device information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventors: Thomas Flennert, Anders Kvist, Gert Winkler
  • MONITORING DEVICE, SENSOR DEVICE AND RESPECTIVE METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR MONITORING ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20190387711
    Abstract: A sensor device, monitoring device, and method for automatically matching the sensor device attached to an animal with an ID tag attached to the animal, wherein the monitoring device receives information related to the ID tag from an ID reader device and receives sensor device information from the sensor device, where the sensor device information includes a sensor device identity information and an indication that transmission of the sensor device information from the sensor device was triggered by an ID reader device, the ID tag and the sensor device being determined to be attached to the same animal based on time information associated with the information related to the ID tag and the sensor device information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas FLENNERT, Anders KVIST, Gert WINKLER