CN107006395B - Biological tracking device and system - Google Patents

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CN107006395B
CN107006395B CN201610883455.1A CN201610883455A CN107006395B CN 107006395 B CN107006395 B CN 107006395B CN 201610883455 A CN201610883455 A CN 201610883455A CN 107006395 B CN107006395 B CN 107006395B
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According to the biological tracking device and the biological tracking system, the biological tracking device is worn on the birds and interacts with the processing equipment of the birdcage at the departure place and the processing equipment of the birdcage at the destination place, the time of the birds leaving the departure place and the time of the birds arriving at the destination are obtained, the position information and the time information of the birds are sent to the statistical equipment, and therefore the flight data of the birds are obtained through the statistical equipment, the statistical efficiency of human beings for observing the flight of the birds is improved, and the flight monitoring of the birds is achieved more accurately and efficiently.

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Biological tracking device and system
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of application of the Internet of things, in particular to a biological tracking device and a biological tracking system.
Background
The research on bird flight is always the focus of research of biologists, and can help people to know various aspects of bird life habits, aerodynamics, migration paths, climate environment changes and the like.
The existing bird flight research is often observed by a biologist for a long time, and the observation cost is greatly increased due to the limitation of time, space and other aspects.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a biological tracking device and a biological tracking system, which are used for improving the biological tracking efficiency.
A first aspect of the present invention provides a biometric tracking device, the device comprising: treater, communication module, trigger module, the treater pass through the circuit board respectively with communication module and the trigger module electricity is connected, still includes: the solar cell comprises a shell, a solar wafer and a fixed structure;
the processor, the communication module and the trigger module are all arranged in the inner cavity of the shell;
the solar wafer is arranged on the first outer side surface of the shell;
the trigger module is used for triggering the processor to start when receiving a trigger signal;
and the processor is used for controlling the communication module to acquire the position information of the birds.
Optionally, the fixing structure is disposed on the second outer side surface, the fixing structure is a locking structure, and the fixing structure is used for fixing the biological tracking device on the leg of the bird.
Optionally, the fixing structure and the housing are integrally formed.
Optionally, the fixing structure is disposed on the second outer side surface, and the fixing structure has a main bracket, a first side clamp and a second side clamp; one end of the main bracket is connected with the second outer side surface, and the other end of the main bracket is provided with the first side clamp and the second side clamp;
the fixing structure is used for fixing the biological tracking device on the back of birds.
Optionally, the main bracket is a U-shaped structure, and the second outer side surface has at least one protrusion for limiting the U-shaped structure;
the other end of the U-shaped structure comprises a first connecting point and a second connecting point; the first connecting point is connected with the first side clamp; the second connecting point and the second side clamp;
the first side clamp and the second side clamp are used for clamping the biological tracking device on the back of birds.
Optionally, when the first side clamp and the second side clamp the biological tracking device on the back of the bird, the U-shaped structure deforms, and reaction generated by deformation is used for clamping the biological tracking device.
Optionally, the triggering module is an electromagnetic sensor, and when receiving a triggering signal, the triggering module triggers the processor to start, specifically including:
and when the trigger module receives the electromagnetic signal, the processor is triggered to start.
Optionally, the triggering module is an ibeacon module, and the triggering module triggers the processor to start when receiving a triggering signal, which specifically includes:
and triggering the processor to start when the ibeacon module receives the ibeacon signal.
Optionally, the processor controls the communication module to acquire position information of birds, and the method specifically includes:
and when the processor is started by the trigger module, the processor controls the communication module to acquire the position information of the birds.
Optionally, the processor is further configured to send the location information of the birds to a receiving device through the communication module.
Optionally, the processor is further configured to send the identification of the bird to a receiving device through the communication module.
Optionally, the housing is of streamlined construction.
Optionally, the circuit board is a flexible circuit board, and the processor, the communication module and the trigger module are disposed on the flexible circuit board;
the flexible circuit board is folded in the inner cavity of the shell.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope, a humidity sensor and an air pressure sensor;
the acceleration sensor is used for acquiring the acceleration data of bird flight;
the gyroscope is used for acquiring geomagnetic position information of bird flight;
the humidity sensor is used for acquiring humidity data of the environment where the birds are located;
the air pressure sensor is used for acquiring air pressure data of the environment where the birds are located.
Optionally, the processor is further configured to send bird flight data to a receiving device through the communication module.
Bird flight data include bird flight's acceleration data, bird flight's earth magnetism positional information, bird is in the humidity data of environment or bird is in the atmospheric pressure data of environment arbitrary one or arbitrary combination.
Optionally, the receiving device is any one or any combination of a processing device of a birdcage, a biological tracking apparatus worn by other birds, or a relay device.
Optionally, an opening is disposed on a first outer side surface of the housing, and the solar wafer is embedded in the opening;
the solar wafer is arranged on the circuit board.
Optionally, the processor is further configured to store a group identifier; the group identification is used for characterizing a group number of birds wearing the device.
Optionally, the communication module includes: a cellular network communication unit and a short-distance communication unit;
the cellular network communication unit is used for sending data to the relay equipment; the data comprises any one or combination of the following: the position information of the birds, the identification of the birds, the bird flight data;
the short-distance communication unit is used for communicating with the biological tracking device worn by other birds.
Optionally, the short-distance communication unit is specifically configured to receive a handshake message sent by a biometric tracking device worn by the other birds, where the handshake message includes group identifiers of the other birds; the group identification of the other birds characterizes a group number of affiliations of the other birds;
the processor further configured to compare the group identification of the other birds to the group identification; if the group identification of the other birds is the same as the group identification, the other birds are the same group;
and if the group identification of the other birds is different from the group identification, the other birds belong to different groups.
Optionally, after the short-distance communication unit receives the handshake message of the biometric tracking device worn by the other birds, the short-distance communication unit is further configured to receive an information sharing message sent by the biometric tracking device worn by the other birds; the information sharing message contains bird flight data for the other birds.
Optionally, after the short-distance communication unit receives the handshake message sent by the biological tracking device worn by the other birds, the short-distance communication unit is further configured to:
periodically sending a persistent connection request message to a biometric tracking device worn by the other birds;
receiving continuous connection response messages periodically sent by the biological tracking devices worn by other birds; the persistent connection response message contains connection confirmation information and location information of the biometric tracking device worn by the other bird;
the processor is further configured to determine a distance between the other birds and the bird wearing the device based on the location information of the biometric tracking device worn by the other birds.
Optionally, the short-range communication unit is further configured to determine that the other birds have departed from the flight path of the bird wearing the device if the persistent connection response message is not received within a predetermined time.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a biometric tracking system comprising: the biometric tracking apparatus of the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the processing device of the birdcage of the departure place, the processing device of the birdcage of the destination, and the statistical device;
the processing equipment of the birdcage at the departure place and the processing equipment of the birdcage at the destination place are connected with the statistical equipment through a network;
the processing equipment of the birdcage of the departure place is used for sending a trigger signal to the biological tracking device; reporting the identification of the birds corresponding to the biological tracking device and the time information for sending the trigger signal to the statistical equipment;
the biological tracking device is used for receiving the trigger signal and acquiring the position information of the birds;
processing equipment of the destination birdcage for receiving arrival information sent by the biometric tracking device; reporting the arrival information to the statistical equipment, wherein the arrival information comprises identification of birds corresponding to the biological tracking device, time information of the biological tracking device arriving at the destination birdcage and position information of the birds;
the statistical equipment is used for determining flight data of the birds according to the identification of the birds, the time information of sending the trigger signal, the time information of the biological tracking device reaching the destination birdcage and the position information of the birds.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
at least one relay device; the relay equipment is connected with the statistical equipment through a network;
the relay equipment is arranged on the bird migration route and used for receiving the position information of the birds sent by the biological tracking device.
Optionally, the processing device of the birdcage of the origin sends a trigger signal to the biometric tracking apparatus, including:
the processing equipment of the birdcage of the departure place sends an electromagnetic signal to the biological tracking device;
the biological tracking device records first time information of receiving the electromagnetic signal, wherein the first time information of the electromagnetic signal is the time information of sending the trigger signal;
the processing device of the destination birdcage receiving arrival information sent by the biometric tracking apparatus, including:
a processing device of the destination birdcage receives the electromagnetic signals transmitted by the bio-tracking apparatus;
and the processing equipment of the destination birdcage records second time information of the received electromagnetic signals, wherein the second time information of the electromagnetic signals is the time information of the electromagnetic signals sent by the biological tracking device and received by the processing equipment of the destination birdcage.
Optionally, the processing device of the birdcage of the origin sends a trigger signal to the biometric tracking apparatus, including:
the processing equipment of the birdcage of the departure place sends an ibeacon signal to the biological tracking device;
the biological tracking device records first time information of the ibeacon signal, wherein the first time information of the ibeacon signal is the time information of the trigger signal;
the processing device of the destination birdcage receiving arrival information sent by the biometric tracking apparatus, including:
the processing device of the destination birdcage receives the ibeacon signal sent by the biometric tracking apparatus;
the processing device of the destination birdcage records second time information of the received ibeacon signal, which is the time information of the ibeacon signal received by the processing device of the destination birdcage from the biometric tracking apparatus.
Optionally, the biological tracking device is further used for acquiring bird flight data;
bird flight data include bird flight's acceleration data, bird flight's earth magnetism positional information, bird is in the humidity data of environment or bird is in the atmospheric pressure data of environment arbitrary one or arbitrary combination.
Optionally, the biometric tracking device is further configured to send the identification of the bird and the bird flight data to the statistical device via a network;
the statistical device is further configured to store the identification of the birds and the bird flight data in a database.
Optionally, the statistical device determines flight data of the birds based on the identification of the birds, the time information of the trigger signal, the time information of the biometric tracking device arriving at the destination birdcage, and the position information of the birds, and includes:
determining the flight time of birds according to the time information of sending the trigger signal and the time information of the biological tracking device reaching the destination birdcage;
determining the flight track of the birds according to the position information of the birds;
and corresponding the identification of the birds with the flight time of the birds and the flight track of the birds to serve as the flight data of the birds.
Optionally, comprising: a first group and a second group;
wherein the first population and the second population each comprise at least two bio-tracking devices; one of the at least two biometric tracking apparatuses is a master device, and the biometric tracking apparatuses other than the master device are slave devices;
the master device in the first group is used for interacting with the master device in the second group; and sending the position information of the birds, the identification of the birds and the bird flight data to the statistical equipment.
According to the biological tracking device and the biological tracking system, the biological tracking device is worn on the birds and interacts with the processing equipment of the birdcage at the departure place and the processing equipment of the birdcage at the destination place, the time of the birds leaving the departure place and the time of the birds arriving at the destination are obtained, the position information and the time information of the birds are sent to the statistical equipment, and therefore the flight data of the birds are obtained through the statistical equipment, the statistical efficiency of human beings for observing the flight of the birds is improved, and the flight monitoring of the birds is achieved more accurately and efficiently.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a deployment of a biometric tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic deployment diagram of another biometric tracking system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a birdcage processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a biometric tracking device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 5A-B are schematic views of alternative biometric tracking devices provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention;
FIGS. 6A-B are schematic views of alternative biometric tracking devices according to embodiments of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another bio-tracking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is a schematic deployment view of a biological tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 1, the system includes: a biological tracking device 10, a processing device 11 of a birdcage of a departure place, a processing device 12 of a destination birdcage, and a statistic device 13;
the processing device 11 of the birdcage of the departure place and the processing device 12 of the birdcage of the destination are connected with the statistical device 13 through a network;
a processing device 11 of the birdcage of the departure place, configured to send a trigger signal to the biometric tracking apparatus 10; reporting the identification of the birds corresponding to the biological tracking device 10 and the time information for sending the trigger signal to the statistical equipment 13;
the biological tracking device 10 is used for receiving the trigger signal and acquiring the position information of the birds;
a processing device 12 of the destination birdcage for receiving arrival information transmitted by the biometric tracking apparatus 10; reporting the arrival information to the statistical device 13, where the arrival information includes an identifier of a bird corresponding to the biometric tracking device 10, time information of the biometric tracking device 10 arriving at the destination birdcage, and location information of the bird;
the statistical device 13 is configured to determine flight data of the birds according to the identifications of the birds, the time information of sending the trigger signal, the time information of the biometric tracking device 10 arriving at the destination birdcage, and the position information of the birds.
According to the biological tracking system, the biological tracking device is worn on the birds and interacts with the processing equipment of the birdcage at the departure place and the processing equipment of the birdcage at the destination place, the time of the birds leaving the departure place and the time of the birds arriving at the destination are obtained, the position information and the time information of the birds are sent to the statistical equipment, and therefore the flight data of the birds are obtained through the statistical equipment, the statistical efficiency of human beings for observing the flight of the birds is improved, and the flight monitoring of the birds is achieved more accurately and efficiently.
Alternatively, the statistical device 13 may be integrated in the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage.
Further, for birds with migratory behaviors, the flight trajectory is usually relatively fixed, so that the relay device 14 can be arranged along the fixed flight route, so that the flight data of the birds can be acquired more accurately.
Specifically, on the basis of fig. 1, fig. 2 is a schematic deployment diagram of another biometric tracking system provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 2, the system further includes: further comprising:
at least one relay device 14; the relay device 14 is connected with the statistical device 13 through a network;
the relay device 14 is disposed on the bird migration route, and the relay device 14 is configured to receive the position information of the birds sent by the biological tracking apparatus 10.
Preferably, the relay device 14 may adopt ibeacon technology, which is one of bluetooth low energy technology, and when the biological tracking device 10 worn by the birds is provided with an ibeacon module, if the birds fly to within a specific distance range of the relay device 14, according to ibeacon characteristics, the relay device 14 triggers interaction with the biological tracking device 10, so as to achieve data delivery, and thus acquire bird flight data of the biological tracking device 10, such as GPS information, identification of the birds, current flight time of the birds, and the like.
Optionally, the processing device 11 of the birdcage of the origin sends a trigger signal to the biometric tracking apparatus 10, including:
the processing equipment 11 of the birdcage of the origin sends electromagnetic signals to the bio-tracking apparatus 10;
the biological tracking device 10 records first time information of receiving the electromagnetic signal, wherein the first time information of the electromagnetic signal is the time information of sending the trigger signal;
the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage receives arrival information sent by the biometric tracking apparatus 10, including:
the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage receives the electromagnetic signals transmitted by the bio-tracking apparatus 10;
the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage records second time information of the received electromagnetic signal, which is the time information of the electromagnetic signal transmitted by the biological tracking apparatus 10 received by the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage.
Optionally, the processing device 11 of the birdcage of the origin sends a trigger signal to the biometric tracking apparatus 10, including:
the processing device 11 of the origin birdcage sends an ibeacon signal to the biometric tracking apparatus 10;
the biometric tracking apparatus 10 records first time information of receiving the ibeacon signal, which is the time information of transmitting the trigger signal;
the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage receives arrival information sent by the biometric tracking apparatus 10, including:
the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage receives the ibeacon signal sent by the biometric tracking apparatus 10;
the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage records the second time information of the received ibeacon signal, which is the time information of the ibeacon signal received by the processing device 12 of the destination birdcage from the biometric tracking apparatus 10.
Optionally, the biological tracking device 10 is further used for acquiring bird flight data;
bird flight data include bird flight's acceleration data, bird flight's earth magnetism positional information, bird is in the humidity data of environment or bird is in the atmospheric pressure data of environment arbitrary one or arbitrary combination.
Optionally, the biometric tracking device 10 is further configured to send the identification of the bird and the bird flight data to the statistical device 13 via a network;
the statistical device 13 is further configured to store the identification of the birds and the bird flight data in a database.
Optionally, the statistical device 13 determines flight data of the birds based on the identification of the birds, the time information of the trigger signal, the time information of the biometric tracking device 10 arriving at the destination birdcage, and the position information of the birds, and includes:
determining the flight time of birds according to the time information of sending the trigger signal and the time information of the biological tracking device 10 reaching the destination birdcage;
determining the flight track of the birds according to the position information of the birds;
and corresponding the identification of the birds with the flight time of the birds and the flight track of the birds to serve as the flight data of the birds.
Preferably, an opening is formed in the first outer side surface of the shell, and the solar wafer is embedded in the opening; the solar wafer is arranged on the circuit board. Thereby saving the circuit board and reducing the weight.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a treatment apparatus of a birdcage according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 3, the treatment apparatus of the birdcage includes: the system comprises a processor 200, a memory 201, communication equipment 202 and a trigger module 203;
the processor 200, the memory 201 and the communication equipment 202 are arranged on a circuit board, and the trigger module 203 is arranged near the entrance and exit of the birdcage and is electrically connected with the processor 200;
optionally, the triggering module 203 may be implemented by a magnetic induction module, a light sensing module or an ibeacon module, and the main purpose of the triggering module is to determine that birds arrive at or leave the birdcage after the triggering module 203 detects that an electromagnetic signal, a light sensing signal or an ibeacon signal is changed or updated, so as to obtain time information of sending the triggering signal or time information of the biological tracking device arriving at the destination birdcage;
the processing equipment of the birdcage sends the time information and/or the identification of the birds to the statistical equipment through the communication equipment 202;
the communication device 202 may be a port of a wired network or a port of a wireless network.
Optionally the processing device of the birdcage can be set up with a departure place and/or a destination.
Preferably, for animals with group behavior, they tend to act on a group by group basis, e.g., pigeons, wild geese, etc.; therefore, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an implementation manner of research aiming at group behaviors:
the core mechanism is that the biological tracking device is divided by taking the population as a unit, for example, the biological tracking device worn by the pigeons of the population A, and a population identifier A is also maintained; a biological tracking device worn by the pigeons of the group B and maintaining a group identification B; when the pigeons in the two groups fly to a certain range, the pigeons are triggered to communicate through the communication module; various data can be interacted with each other, such as flight paths, flight heights, current positions, flight speeds and the like of the two populations;
further, in order to optimize the above scheme, for the purpose of reducing power consumption and interaction, a master device and a slave device may be set in one population;
the master device is used for communicating with the master device, and the slave device is only communicated with the master device within a certain range; the main equipment also has the capability of cellular communication, so that the main equipment can communicate with the relay equipment and the statistical equipment;
for example, two pigeon groups: a first group and a second group; wherein the first population and the second population each comprise at least two bio-tracking devices; one of the at least two biometric tracking apparatuses is a master device, and the biometric tracking apparatuses other than the master device are slave devices;
the master device in the first group is used for interacting with the master device in the second group; and sending the position information of the birds, the identification of the birds and the bird flight data to the statistical equipment.
Further, the embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to the biometric tracking apparatus 10, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a biometric tracking apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 4, the apparatus includes: the device comprises a processor 100, a communication module 101 and a trigger module 102, wherein the processor 100 is electrically connected with the communication module 101 and the trigger module 102 through circuit boards, and the device is characterized by further comprising: a housing 103, a solar wafer 104 and a fixed structure 106;
the processor 100, the communication module 101 and the trigger module 102 are all disposed in the inner cavity of the housing 103;
the solar wafer 104 is arranged on a first outer side surface of the shell 103, and the solar wafer 104 is electrically connected with the processor 100;
specifically, because solar wafer 104 can be with solar energy conversion to the electric energy to this electric energy of storage, thereby improved the duration of this device, and because solar wafer 104 is small, thereby reduced the weight of this device, thereby birds of being convenient for carry more.
The triggering module 102 is configured to trigger the processor 100 to start when receiving a triggering signal;
the processor 100 is configured to control the communication module 101 to obtain the position information of the birds.
According to the biological tracking device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the time of birds leaving the departure place and the time of birds arriving at the destination are obtained by interacting with the processing equipment of the birdcage at the departure place and the processing equipment of the birdcage at the destination, and the position information and the time information of the birds are sent to the statistical equipment, so that the flight data of the birds are obtained through the statistical equipment, the statistical efficiency of human beings for observing the flight of the birds is improved, and the bird flight monitoring is realized more accurately and efficiently.
On the basis of any one of the embodiments of fig. 1 to 4, fig. 5A-B are schematic structural views of another bio-tracking apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 5A and 5B, the apparatus specifically includes: the fixing structure 106 is disposed on the second outer side 110, the fixing structure 106 is a locking structure, and the fixing structure 106 is used for fixing the biological tracking device to the leg of the bird.
Optionally, the fixing structure 106 is integrally formed with the housing 103.
Optionally, the fixing structure 106 further has a limiting structure 111 for clamping the fixing structure 106, and since the fixing structure 106 is a locking structure, when the fixing structure 106 is opened, the bird leg can be disposed in the inner ring, and then the fixing structure 106 is limited by the limiting structure 111.
On the basis of any one of the embodiments of fig. 1 to 4, fig. 6A-B are schematic structural views of another bio-tracking apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 6A and 6B, the apparatus specifically includes: the fixing structure 106 is disposed on the second outer side 110, and the fixing structure 106 has a main bracket 112, a first side clip 112A and a second side clip 112B; wherein one end of the main support 112 is connected to the second outer side 110, and the other end of the main support 112 is provided with the first side clamp 112A and the second side clamp 112B;
the securing structure 106 is used to secure the bio-tracking device to the back of the bird.
Optionally, the main support 112 is a U-shaped structure 112C, and the second outer side 110 has at least one protrusion 113 for limiting the U-shaped structure 112C;
the other end of the U-shaped structure 112C includes a first connection point and a second connection point; the first connecting point is connected with the first side clamp 112A; the second connection point and the second side clip 112B;
the first side clip 112A and the second side clip 112B are used to clip the biometric tracking device to the back of a bird.
Optionally, when the first side clamp 112A and the second side clamp 112B clamp the biological tracking device on the back of the bird, the U-shaped structure 112C deforms, and the reaction generated by the deformation is used for clamping the biological tracking device.
Optionally, if the biometric tracking apparatus includes an electromagnetic sensor, the triggering module 102 is an electromagnetic sensor, and when the triggering module 102 receives a triggering signal, the triggering module triggers the processor 100 to start, which specifically includes:
when the trigger module 102 receives an electromagnetic signal, the processor 100 is triggered to start.
Optionally, if the biometric tracking apparatus includes an electromagnetic sensor, the triggering module 102 is an ibeacon module, and the triggering module 102 triggers the processor 100 to start when receiving a triggering signal, which specifically includes:
when the ibeacon module receives the ibeacon signal, the processor 100 is triggered to start.
Optionally, the processor 100 controls the communication module 101 to obtain the position information of the birds, which specifically includes:
after the processor 100 is started by the trigger module 102, the processor 100 controls the communication module 101 to obtain the position information of the birds.
Optionally, the processor 100 is further configured to send the position information of the birds to a receiving device through the communication module 101.
Optionally, the processor 100 is further configured to send the identification of the bird to a receiving device through the communication module 101.
Preferably, the housing 103 is of a streamlined structure.
Preferably, the circuit board is a flexible circuit board, and the processor 100, the communication module 101, and the trigger module 102 are disposed on the flexible circuit board;
the flexible circuit board is folded in the inner cavity of the housing 103.
On the basis of fig. 4, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another biometric tracking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and with reference to fig. 7, the biometric tracking apparatus further includes:
an acceleration sensor 107, a gyroscope 108, a humidity sensor 109, and an air pressure sensor 110;
the acceleration sensor 107 is used for acquiring the acceleration data of bird flight;
the gyroscope 108 is used for acquiring geomagnetic position information of bird flight;
the humidity sensor 109 is used for acquiring humidity data of the environment where the birds are located;
the air pressure sensor 110 is used for acquiring air pressure data of the environment where the birds are located.
Optionally, the processor 100 is further configured to send bird flight data to a receiving device through the communication module 101.
Bird flight data include bird flight's acceleration data, bird flight's earth magnetism positional information, bird is in the humidity data of environment or bird is in the atmospheric pressure data of environment arbitrary one or arbitrary combination.
Optionally, the receiving device is any one or any combination of a processing device of a birdcage, a biological tracking apparatus worn by other birds, or a relay device.
Further, in order to perform research on organisms with group behaviors, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an implementation manner as follows:
with continuing reference to FIG. 4 or FIG. 7, the processor 100 is further configured to store a population identification; the group identification is used for characterizing a group number of birds wearing the device.
Optionally, the communication module 101 includes: a cellular network communication unit and a short-distance communication unit;
the cellular network communication unit is used for sending data to the relay equipment; the data comprises any one or combination of the following: the position information of the birds, the identification of the birds, the bird flight data;
the short-distance communication unit is used for communicating with the biological tracking device worn by other birds.
It should be noted that, for the above-mentioned master-slave device, the master device may include a cellular network communication unit and a short-range communication unit; for the slave equipment, only the short-distance communication unit is needed, so that for the whole group, the overall cost of the equipment provided by the embodiment is reduced, the interaction among different groups is completed by the master equipment, the interaction process is reduced, and the interaction efficiency is improved.
Specifically, the short-distance communication unit can be realized by technologies such as bluetooth and near field communication.
Before different biological tracking devices communicate, handshake communication should be performed, and the trigger condition may be that handshake communication is triggered when two biological tracking devices are within a certain range; or when the two biological tracking devices are both in the coverage range of the same relay device, the relay device triggers the two biological tracking devices to perform handshake communication. Specifically, the handshake communication method is as follows:
the short-distance communication unit is specifically configured to receive handshake messages sent by the biological tracking device worn by the other birds, where the handshake messages include group identifiers of the other birds; the group identification of the other birds characterizes a group number of affiliations of the other birds;
the processor 100 is further configured to compare the group identification of the other birds with the group identification; if the group identification of the other birds is the same as the group identification, the other birds are the same group;
and if the group identification of the other birds is different from the group identification, the other birds belong to different groups.
After the handshaking communication is completed, different biometric tracking devices may communicate data, and as can be seen from the above description, the data communication between different biometric tracking devices may be divided into data communication within the same population and data communication between different populations.
First, it should be noted that, since the above-mentioned handshaking communication can be implemented within a certain range, both the handshaking communication and the data communication can be implemented by the short-distance communication unit.
Further, after the short-distance communication unit receives the handshake message of the biological tracking device worn by other birds, the short-distance communication unit is also used for receiving the information sharing message sent by the biological tracking device worn by other birds; the information sharing message contains bird flight data for the other birds.
Further, due to a certain uncertainty in the movement of the animals, there may be a situation where two populations or two animals have separate after moving together over a certain distance. Thus, to determine when two populations or animals act together and when they act apart, embodiments of the invention provide an implementation:
after the short-distance communication unit receives the handshake message sent by the biological tracking device worn by other birds, the short-distance communication unit is further configured to:
periodically sending a persistent connection request message to a biometric tracking device worn by the other birds;
receiving continuous connection response messages periodically sent by the biological tracking devices worn by other birds; the persistent connection response message contains connection confirmation information and location information of the biometric tracking device worn by the other bird;
the processor 100 is further configured to determine a distance between the other birds and the bird wearing the device based on the location information of the biometric tracking device worn by the other birds.
The short-distance communication unit is further used for determining that the other birds are separated from the flight route of the bird wearing the device if the continuous connection response message is not received within the preset time.
Optionally, if the persistent connection response message is not received within a predetermined time, the corresponding time point may be recorded together.
Through the embodiment, mobile data of different populations and different organisms can be exchanged, as long as a biological tracking device of any one party interacts with the relay device or the statistical device, researchers can obtain the flight and mobile data of the populations and the organisms and can further obtain related data of other populations meeting in the process of moving paths, and therefore more detailed data is provided for more comprehensively knowing the activity behaviors of the same organism in a certain area.
In addition, various weather-related sensors, such as a wind speed sensor, a radiation sensor, etc., may be further added to the biological tracking device; therefore, climate and environmental data within a certain range are obtained through the biological tracking device, and more detailed and comprehensive analysis data can be provided for natural sciences such as biology, geography or climate and the like.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

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1. A biometric tracking device to be worn on a bird, the device comprising: treater, communication module, trigger module, the treater pass through the circuit board respectively with communication module and the trigger module electricity is connected, its characterized in that still includes: the solar cell comprises a shell, a solar wafer and a fixed structure;
the processor, the communication module and the trigger module are all arranged in the inner cavity of the shell;
the solar wafer is arranged on the first outer side surface of the shell;
the trigger module is used for triggering the processor to start when receiving a trigger signal;
the processor is used for controlling the communication module to acquire the position information of the birds after the processor is started by the trigger module; sending the position information of the birds to receiving equipment through the communication module;
the receiving equipment is any one or any combination of processing equipment of a birdcage, biological tracking devices worn by other birds or relay equipment;
the processor is further configured to store a group identification; the group identification is used for representing a group number of birds which wear the device;
the communication module comprises: a cellular network communication unit and a short-distance communication unit;
the cellular network communication unit is used for sending data to the relay equipment;
the data comprises any one or combination of the following: the position information of the birds, the identification of the birds, the bird flight data;
the short-distance communication unit is used for communicating with the biological tracking device worn by other birds;
the short-distance communication unit is specifically configured to receive handshake messages sent by the biological tracking device worn by the other birds, where the handshake messages include group identifiers of the other birds; the group identification of the other birds characterizes a group number of affiliations of the other birds;
the processor further configured to compare the population identification of the other bird to the population identification of the first bird; if the group identification of the other birds is the same as that of the first bird, the other birds and the first bird are in the same group;
if the group identification of the other birds is different from the group identification of the first bird, the other birds and the first bird belong to different groups;
the circuit board is a flexible circuit board, and the processor, the communication module and the trigger module are arranged on the flexible circuit board;
the flexible circuit board is folded in the inner cavity of the shell;
an opening is formed in the first outer side face of the shell, and the solar wafer is embedded in the opening;
the solar wafer is arranged on the circuit board.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the securing structure is disposed on a second exterior side of the housing, the securing structure being a snap-fit structure for securing the biological tracking device to a bird leg.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the securing structure is integrally formed with the housing.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the securing structure is disposed on a second exterior side of the housing, the securing structure having a main bracket, a first side clip, and a second side clip; one end of the main bracket is connected with the second outer side surface, and the other end of the main bracket is provided with the first side clamp and the second side clamp;
the fixing structure is used for fixing the biological tracking device on the back of birds.
5. The device according to claim 4, wherein said main support is a U-shaped structure, said second outer side having at least one protrusion for limiting said U-shaped structure;
the other end of the U-shaped structure comprises a first connecting point and a second connecting point; the first connecting point is connected with the first side clamp; the second connecting point is connected with the second side clamp;
the first side clamp and the second side clamp are used for clamping the biological tracking device on the back of birds.
6. The device of claim 5, wherein the U-shaped structure deforms when the first and second side clips clamp the biological tracking device against the back of a bird, and the reaction to the deformation acts to clamp the biological tracking device.
7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the triggering module is an electromagnetic sensor, and when receiving a triggering signal, the triggering module triggers the processor to start, specifically including:
and when the trigger module receives the electromagnetic signal, the processor is triggered to start.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the triggering module is an ibeacon module, and the triggering module triggers the processor to start when receiving a triggering signal, specifically includes:
and triggering the processor to start when the ibeacon module receives the ibeacon signal.
9. The apparatus of claim 1,
the processor is further used for sending the identification of the birds to receiving equipment through the communication module.
10. The device of claim 1, wherein the housing is a streamlined structure.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope, a humidity sensor and an air pressure sensor;
the acceleration sensor is used for acquiring the acceleration data of bird flight;
the gyroscope is used for acquiring geomagnetic position information of bird flight;
the humidity sensor is used for acquiring humidity data of the environment where the birds are located;
the air pressure sensor is used for acquiring air pressure data of the environment where the birds are located.
12. The apparatus of claim 1,
the processor is also used for sending bird flight data to the receiving equipment through the communication module;
bird flight data include bird flight's acceleration data, bird flight's earth magnetism positional information, bird is in the humidity data of environment or bird is in the atmospheric pressure data of environment arbitrary one or arbitrary combination.
13. The device of claim 1, wherein after the short-range communication unit receives the handshake message sent by the biological tracking device worn by the other birds, the short-range communication unit is further configured to receive an information sharing message sent by the biological tracking device worn by the other birds; the information sharing message contains bird flight data for the other birds.
14. The device of claim 1, wherein after the short-range communication unit receives the handshake message sent by the biometric tracking device worn by the other birds, the short-range communication unit is further configured to:
periodically sending a persistent connection request message to a biometric tracking device worn by the other birds;
receiving continuous connection response messages periodically sent by the biological tracking devices worn by other birds;
the persistent connection response message contains connection confirmation information and location information of the biometric tracking device worn by the other bird;
the processor is further configured to determine a distance between the other bird and a first bird wearing the device based on the location information of the biometric tracking device worn by the other bird.
15. The device of claim 14, wherein the short-range communication unit is further configured to determine that the other bird has departed from the flight path of the first bird wearing the device if the persistent connection response message is not received within a predetermined time.
16. A biometric tracking system, comprising: the biometric tracking device of any one of claims 1-14, the processing device of the origin birdcage, the processing device of the destination birdcage, the statistical device;
the processing equipment of the birdcage at the departure place and the processing equipment of the birdcage at the destination place are connected with the statistical equipment through a network;
the processing equipment of the birdcage of the departure place is used for sending a trigger signal to the biological tracking device; reporting the identification of the birds corresponding to the biological tracking device and the time information for sending the trigger signal to the statistical equipment;
the biological tracking device is used for receiving the trigger signal and acquiring the position information of the birds;
processing equipment of the destination birdcage for receiving arrival information sent by the biometric tracking device; reporting the arrival information to the statistical equipment, wherein the arrival information comprises identification of birds corresponding to the biological tracking device, time information of the biological tracking device arriving at the destination birdcage and position information of the birds;
the statistical equipment is used for determining the flight time of the birds according to the time information of sending the trigger signal and the time information of the biological tracking device reaching the destination birdcage;
determining the flight track of the birds according to the position information of the birds;
and corresponding the identification of the birds with the flight time of the birds and the flight track of the birds to serve as the flight data of the birds.
17. The system of claim 16, further comprising:
at least one relay device; the relay equipment is connected with the statistical equipment through a network;
the relay equipment is arranged on the bird migration route and used for receiving the position information of the birds sent by the biological tracking device.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the processing device of the origin birdcage sends a trigger signal to the biometric tracking apparatus, comprising:
the processing equipment of the birdcage of the departure place sends an electromagnetic signal to the biological tracking device;
the biological tracking device records first time information of receiving the electromagnetic signal, wherein the first time information of the electromagnetic signal is the time information of sending the trigger signal;
the processing device of the destination birdcage receiving arrival information sent by the biometric tracking apparatus, including:
a processing device of the destination birdcage receives the electromagnetic signals transmitted by the bio-tracking apparatus;
and the processing equipment of the destination birdcage records second time information of the received electromagnetic signals, wherein the second time information of the electromagnetic signals is the time information of the electromagnetic signals sent by the biological tracking device and received by the processing equipment of the destination birdcage.
19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processing device of the origin birdcage sends a trigger signal to the biometric tracking apparatus, comprising:
the processing equipment of the birdcage of the departure place sends an ibeacon signal to the biological tracking device;
the biological tracking device records first time information of the ibeacon signal, wherein the first time information of the ibeacon signal is the time information of the trigger signal;
the processing device of the destination birdcage receiving arrival information sent by the biometric tracking apparatus, including:
the processing device of the destination birdcage receives the ibeacon signal sent by the biometric tracking apparatus;
the processing device of the destination birdcage records second time information of the received ibeacon signal, which is the time information of the ibeacon signal received by the processing device of the destination birdcage from the biometric tracking apparatus.
20. The system of claim 16,
the biological tracking device is also used for acquiring bird flight data;
bird flight data include bird flight's acceleration data, bird flight's earth magnetism positional information, bird is in the humidity data of environment or bird is in the atmospheric pressure data of environment arbitrary one or arbitrary combination.
21. The system of claim 20,
the biological tracking device is further used for sending the identification of the birds and the bird flight data to the statistical equipment through a network;
the statistical device is further configured to store the identification of the birds and the bird flight data in a database.
22. The system according to any one of claims 16-21, comprising:
a first group and a second group;
wherein the first population and the second population each comprise at least two bio-tracking devices; one of the at least two biometric tracking apparatuses is a master device, and the biometric tracking apparatuses other than the master device are slave devices;
the master device in the first group is used for interacting with the master device in the second group; and sending the position information of the birds, the identification of the birds and the bird flight data to the statistical equipment.
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