DE10255208A1 - Biometric marking and identification of animals using the iris scanning technique and combination methods with genetic marks; precision optics are used to overcome long distances - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves using the iris scanning technique and combination methods with genetic marks. Precision optics are used to overcome long distances. Commercial or stock animal identification techniques are combined with feeding techniques.

Description

1 Introduction

Electronic animal identification systems based on the recognition and clear allocation of the iris lean on the well-known systems of human recognition via the Rainbow skin, the basics of which John Daugman from Cambridge University already established in 1998.

In contrast to the previous use of this Technology in people with big Potential and focus in the security area or in the banking area, result from the implementation of the iris scan in animals completely different areas of application. From scientific use to Example in breeding or in population dynamics, up to Detect pets or manage farming measures in animal production.

After Romer u. Parson Romer u. Parson the iris is formed in all vertebrates, Daugman's findings lead to the conclusion that the iris of the respective animal species is just as suitable for correct identification, as is the case in humans and is demonstrably applicable.

2 objective

The aim of the techniques and application methods presented for the patent application is to represent the security of the identification of vertebrates and other suitable animal species, theoretically and practically. For example, electronic animal recognition in agriculture is already a very central area of near-natural husbandry systems , Also in the sense of the further use of slaughter animals, especially the experiences of "cattle tourism" in Europe and the BSE problem, an unmistakable recognition of animals appears as an important innovation.

Population dynamic research would decidedly more efficient thanks to precise identification techniques and Procedure.

Looking for lost animals, or missing animals not only in the high price range, but especially in countrys in which there is an intense bond between pet and human, can contribute significantly to search results. However, in poor countries, in Proof of ownership can depend on the existence of a pet Save livelihoods or protect them from drastic punishments.

3 State of knowledge and the technology of electronic animal identification or identification

The following quote:

• 1. Die Schlagzeile "Schmuggelhunde sind krank und aggressiv" aus den Medien ist bekannt.
• 2. "Wer hat meine Pinki gesehen?" Solche oder ähnliche Suchmeldungen sieht man immer wieder an Straßenlaternen, in Telefonzellen oder an Bäumen hängen. Der besorgte Besitzer setzt für das Wiederfinden seines Lieblings meist noch einen Finderlohn aus.

"Electronic animal identification

• 1. The headline "Smugglers are sick and aggressive" from the media is known.
• 2. "Who saw my Pinki?" You can see such or similar search messages hanging on street lamps, in telephone booths or on trees. The worried owner usually pays a finder's fee for finding his favorite.

In the first example we are as Consumers affected. The second time is about individual fates. Both will no longer be necessary in the medium term his.

Since the mid-eighties Microchips for electronic animal identification offered. Now after ISO standardization has brought the product to market, which enables a wide use in our pets.

Structure of the microchip (Synonyms: transponder or tag)

The microchip consists of a tissue compatible Glass shell. Inside there is an antenna coil and an inactive microchip. There is a unique, non-erasable, permanently stored on the chip Code. The transponder does not need its own energy source. The reader communicates with the chip on low-frequency radio waves.

How is the implantation done? on the animal?

The insertion of a chip is most likely with an injection and is done with a sterile disposable syringe by the veterinarian. He knows about that optimal place in the neck region. This makes the day arbitrary often legible and does not wander.

To date, there are no side effects known.

What advantages a pet with a unique identification number?

• - His identity is clear: stray animals can be returned to the owner.
• - In the Disputes can be an owner be clearly identified. The abandonment of animals is not more as easy as possible since the wrongdoer can be researched.
• - Dubious Imports from the former Eastern Bloc countries and the CIS countries are not so easy anymore.
• - An unequivocal assignment of the animal to the vaccination passport will bring relief in international travel. England will lift the quarantine requirement for dogs in April next year - but only for those animals whose vaccination status can be clearly verified by marking them with a transponder.
• - In food production becomes an even better source of origin and quality control by the veterinarian and the veterinary authorities.
• - Efficient activities for the Human health is made possible.

Excursus: The fight against Echinococcose in Sardinia

The Echinococcus is a tapeworm the dog that needs the sheep as an intermediate host. Sardinia Has a size Sheep population and a high number of semi-wild shepherd dogs. The tapeworm also asked for poses a danger to people and led to economic losses in the island's milk and meat production.

The state government decided ten years ago the island by a dog register to cope with the problem. For that needed it has a unique animal identifier. The conventional tattoo once proved to be more than not reliable enough. The electronic animal identification made it possible to build up databases, paired with drug Prophylaxis for dogs and educational measures for the population made the project a success.

The registration of the chipped dogs

After labeling, the The veterinarian or the keeper of the code with the name and address of the Owner to a registrar. The data is recorded here. About the Identification number can now the owner of the found animal is determined at any time become. The number entered on a barcode label is stuck on Pet owner in his registration card or in the vaccination card.

Enough

The inexpensive transponder allows you to better protection of our pets and better quality control for the Consumers.

The most common Animal identification types:

Ringing (birds), painting (sheep), collar with brand (dog / cat), tattoo (dog / cat) and most recently the microchip transponder (all animals).

The tattoo

For animal identification was in the small animal area predominantly since 1970 the tattoo used. Of about 2 million dogs and cats, about 40 are % marked, 90% of them tattooed. Other small animals are not taken into account here.

The disadvantages the tattoo

The tattoo is a painful one Operation for animal welfare reasons done under anesthesia got to. The irritating variety of the stamped codes leave the return of a runaway animal. The tattoo number is not forgery-proof. The tattoo number is not always legible for a lifetime.

The microchip (transponder or day)

With the progress of microtechnology became an electronic system for automated recognition developed by animals. With a sterile disposable syringe Transponder subcutaneously from the veterinarian in the left side of the neck of the animal injected painlessly. The transponder is 12 × 2 mm in size. A tissue-compatible glass envelope contains one Antenna coil and the inactive chip with the permanently stored Identification Number. Every animal worldwide has its own identification number, which the nationality, z. B. for Austria AUT-040, as well as a 12-digit ID number.

The ISO standard 11784 was used for the chip Uniform 15-digit number code structure with simultaneous identification the respective nationality, established.

With the ISO standard 11785.2 the uniform technical functions determined.

The registration

Runaway or picked up animals become common at veterinarians, with the police, the road authorities, but also in the local ones Animal shelters given. From here, the search ads go to Registration authorities or to the associations.

After labeling, the Veterinarian or the pet owner the code with his name and his Address to the registrar, the Central Pet Register for Austria. The data is recorded here. About the Identification number can now be found at any time by the owner of the Animal are determined. The identification number entered on a barcode label is stuck on Pet owner in his registration card or in the vaccination card.

Place the breeders or the dedicated "pedigree" pet owners the identification number in addition in the stud books of associations. " (An information the Federal Chamber of Veterinarians in Austria, WWW.Tiermedizin.at, 21/10/1999)

4. The implementation

"The iris or iris lies behind the cornea, only separated by the anterior chamber of the eye. As a result of pigment deposits, it surrounds the black pupil as a colored ring and regulates the incidence of light comparable to the aperture of the camera ............................. ..... This pattern can have many different characteristics such as grooves and ridges, rings, small spots or zigzag-shaped wreaths ................ However, the detection systems would have to have a certain scope for small variations because the iris appears slightly different under different conditions. But as the study showed, three quarters of a person's iris information is enough for the computer to determine an almost perfect match with the stored data. The error rate in such a case is vanishingly low at 1 in 10 ¹⁶ .

And also small changes in the iris over time neglected as they are well below the limit with an average of eleven percent that would cause irritation to the computer. One on the iris recognition based identification system therefore appears to be a very promising one Procedure to be ......... "

Source: (www.wissenschaft-online.de, Ulrike Knoll, 9/8/2001)

• – So können Haustiere direkt nach ihrem Erwerb gescannt und somit eindeutig identifizierbar sein
• – Nutztiere werden amtlich nach der Geburt identifiziert.
• – Wildpopulationen werden per Präzisionsobjektiv aufgenommen, bzw. nach erfolgter Betäubung bzw. je nach Möglichkeit
• – Fische können bereits im Larvenstadium, also nach dem Dottersackstadium aufgenommen werden, und später in Fliesskanälen entsprechend mit der benötigten Technik registriert werden.
• – Vögel sind ebenfalls durch Präzisionsoptik identifizierbar

In principle, the same method is used for animals as the previously cited method works for humans

• - This way, pets can be scanned immediately after they have been purchased and thus clearly identified
• - Farm animals are officially identified after birth.
• - Wild populations are recorded using a precision lens, or after anesthesia has been carried out or, if possible
• - Fish can already be taken up in the larval stage, i.e. after the yolk sac stage, and later recorded in flow channels with the required technology.
• - Birds can also be identified using precision optics

This works the same way Principle: You take a picture of the eye iris, the inside of two seconds with the iris patterns stored in a database is compared.

Iris pattern recognition is one the safest and most reliable Procedures to accurately identify people. Since the construction of the In principle, iris is the same in many animal species, and the pattern after my first examinations and purely from theory is just as suitable as the human pattern of the iris Technology projected onto the animal's eye. Handling the non-contact Identification is very easy. Via the supplied software you register each animal once. Here the private converts ID software that recorded iris pattern of an animal and encodes it in a 512-byte iris code. This Code is stored in a database. Then you want an animal, for example in a feeding facility identify, it looks at a distance of about 50 centimeters into the camera (e.g. Authenticam BM-ET100E from Panasonic). In the the device integrated CCD camera automatically takes a video image of the eye. Within of two seconds, the camera compares the IrisCode of the one to be identified Tieres with the values in the database. A special search function allows this quick identification even with a large number of entries in the database.

Outwitting the system, for example by holding a photo is not possible. At the Authenticam BM-ET100E from Panasonic is a compact desktop solution that has a USB interface can be operated on a PC or a notebook can. Other techniques are based on the same procedure however adapted to the respective situation. So with high quality Lenses can also be worked at a further distance (game identification, Stove steering ...)

Basic work is the same as before described the creation of a database for each animal species. The scanned Animals are taken in there and can then within a few Seconds with the tried and tested technology, modified for the respective animal species, recognized or recorded. Internationally, the exchange of information be practiced via network.

Furthermore, the iris scan is in Can be combined with gene markers then you have the genetic information as a sequence, so like the iris data over a scan. The advantage is the double possibility for identification. Even the smallest part of the body can do this how hair is used for gene sequence determination, in combination with the pattern of the iris thus absolutely safe or effective if the eyes are no longer present (accident, intention, illness ...)

4.1 Implementation techniques

4.1.1 Pet labeling and identification

Pets that have a rainbow skin, so for example dogs and cats, are either immediately after birth, if the opening the eye has already been scanned or later as required by the owner. There can then be a certificate with the iris number in the database be specified so that the animal can also be clearly identified is.

The advantage in disputes about ownership or extremely valuable animals is the clear assignment to an owner. When selling, the Owner to be changed. Data reservoir is in turn a database that is constantly updated.

4.1.2 Livestock identification and identification

The production route for farm animals clearly demonstrable, the origin can be verified at any time, the treatment (veterinarian wears Medication a etc.), the owner and the new buyer demonstrated become. Moreover offers this possibility for transports, the departure time and the route are understandable do. Control authorities only have to equipped with the scanner be who then provides the desired information in the online process. In the case of farm animals, feeding can also be special tailored to the respective animal and integrating the respective feeding technology specifically fed become.

4.1.3 Wild animal identification and identification

Wildlife research is becoming significant can become more efficient through labeling and recognition highly specialized technical devices in optics without any problems and take place at a distance. Migration in herds, individual animals and swarming Detected relatively easily with control technology installed at checkpoints become. These march monitoring systems can be used especially in the area of national parks can also be used to protect animals.

Claims (2)

I hereby announce my right to the previously described method for the identification of vertebrates and others Animal species about the iris scanning method and the combination method with gene markers on. Moreover I hereby also apply for the protection of the application techniques presented to identify the respective animal species and combinations as a result of identification 1) Identification using precision optics to cover long distances 2) Farm animal identification techniques in combination with feeding technology 3) Fish-related identification and possible uses 4) Pet identification and possible uses 5) Farm animal identification and possible uses 6) Bird identification and possible uses 7) Wildlife identification and possible uses 8) Iris scanning in animals in combination with gene markers