RESIDUAL ANIMAL FEED AMOUNT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND LIVESTOCK BARN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• Main Author: SHINODA TOMOYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.08.2016
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; PHYSICS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRAPPING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a residual animal feed amount measurement device capable of accurately measuring a residual animal feed amount in a feed tank, facilitating installation of a measurement device, and reducing the installation costs, and a livestock barn management system capable of efficiently performing feeding amount management in a livestock barn using the same.SOLUTION: The residual animal feed amount measurement device includes intra-tank distance measurement means 12 provided in a space part in a feed tank 10 for measuring a distance in the feed tank 10, and space part size calculation means 18 for calculating the size of the space part on the basis of distance data measured by the intra-tank distance measurement means 12. A weight conversion ratio K is calculated beforehand, and is stored in the space part size calculation means 18. On the basis of a measurement value acquired by the intra-tank distance measurement means 12, a difference between the size of the empty tank A and the size of the space part B' is multiplied by the weight conversion ratio K, and the remaining animal feed amount is measured. The livestock barn management system includes the residual animal feed amount measurement device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】飼料タンクの飼料残量を正確に測定できると共に、測定装置を設置しやすくかつ設置費用を低く抑えることができる飼料残量測定装置およびこれを用いて畜舎の給餌量管理を効率よく行える畜舎管理システムを提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る飼料残量測定装置は、飼料タンク１０内の空間部分に設置され、飼料タンク１０内の距離を測定するタンク内距離測定手段１２と、タンク内距離測定手段１２によって測定された距離データを基に、空間部分の大きさを算出する空間部分サイズ演算手段１８とを具備し、重量換算比率Ｋを予め算出して、空間部分サイズ演算手段１８に記憶させておき、タンク内距離測定手段１２により得られた測定値に基づいて、空タンクの大きさＡと空間部分の大きさＢ´との差分に重量換算比率Ｋを乗算することで飼料残量を測定する。本発明の畜舎管理システムは、飼料残量測定装置を具備する。【選択図】図３