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|Jul 8, 2003
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|Dec 28, 1999
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|Dec 28, 1999
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|Yu-Chung Liao, Peter A. Sandon, Howard Cheng
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|International Business Machines Corporation
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The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatuses that convert data, and more specifically, convert data from one ordinal type to another while loading/storing the data.
The electronic industry is in a state of evolution spurred by the unquenchable desire of the consumer for better, faster, smaller, and more functional electronic devices. In their attempt to satisfy these demands, the electronic industry must constantly strive to improve the speeds at which these desirable functions are performed.
Many of today's electronic devices gather user interaction using components (e.g. joystick) that generate analog signals to represent the interaction process. The monitoring of these signals is typically accomplished using an Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter which converts the received analog signals to integer representations. In more complex devices, there are often numerous such A/D converters each of which can provide differing formats for the integer representation (signed, unsigned, 8/16/32 bit etc . . . ). These integer representations are typically processed using some scaling factor in order to produce a desired result.
Current methodologies use software to convert and scale these integer representations into a desired format. Although software can perform the conversion and any necessary scaling, the time necessary to conduct such tasks is often cost prohibitive. It would, therefore, be a distinct advantage to have a method and apparatus that would scale and convert these integer representations into a desired format in a time efficient manner. The present invention provides such a method and apparatus.
The present invention is a method and apparatus that converts integer numbers into floating point representations while loading the data, and converts floating point numbers into integer representations while storing the data. The method and apparatus perform this conversion within a central processing unit having a converter unit and a set of conversion registers. Load instructions having integer data requiring conversion include an index field for identifying one of the conversion registers. Each one of the conversion registers includes information on the type of conversion required and any scaling factors to be applied. Upon receiving the data from memory, the converter uses the identified conversion register to convert the integer data into a floating point representation and saves this representation into the corresponding floating point register.
Store instructions having floating point data requiring conversion include an index field for identifying one of the conversion registers. Upon receiving the data from the floating point register, the converter uses the identified conversion register to convert the floating point data into an integer number and store the data into the corresponding memory location.
The present invention will be better understood and its numerous objects and advantages will become more apparent to those skilled in the art by reference to the following drawings, in conjunction with the accompanying specification, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a data processing system in which the present invention can be practiced;
FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the processing unit of FIG. 1 according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram of the central processing unit of FIG. 2 according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is data structure diagram for one of the conversion registers of the central processing unit of FIG. 3 according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for processing a load instruction according to the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a load/store instruction that is used for converting integers to/from floating point representations according to the teachings of the present invention; and
FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for processing a store instruction according to the teachings of the present invention.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth, however, it will be obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention can be practiced with different details. In other instances, well-know circuits have been shown in block diagram form in order not to obscure the present invention in unnecessary detail. For the most part, details concerning timing considerations and the like have been omitted inasmuch as such details are not necessary to obtain a complete understanding of the present invention, and are within the skills of persons of ordinary skill in the relevant art.
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a data processing system 20 in which the present invention can be practiced. The data processing system 20 includes a processing unit 22, a keyboard 82, and a display 96. The keyboard 82 is coupled to the processing unit 22 by a cable 28. The display 96 includes display screen 30, which may be implemented using a cathode ray tube (CRT) a liquid crystal display (LCD) an electrode luminescent panel or the like. The data processing system 20 also includes a pointing device 84, which may be implemented using a track ball, a joy stick, touch sensitive tablet or screen, track path, or as illustrated a mouse 32. The pointing device 84 may be used to move a pointer or cursor on the display screen 30. Processing unit 22 may also be coupled to one or more peripheral devices such as modem 92, CD-ROM 78, network adapter 90, and floppy disk drive 40, each of which may be internal or external to the enclosure or processing unit 22. An output device such as printer 100 may also be coupled with processing unit 22. More details concerning selected components residing within processing unit 22 are illustrated and explained in connection with FIG. 2.
Located within processing unit 22 is a Central Processing Unit 200 (FIG. 2), and a Memory Unit 206, both of which are coupled to a System Bus 208 which provides communication between the interconnected components. The means for connecting (e.g. bus bridges), controlling and ordering communication between the System Bus 208 and the various components is well understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, and therefore, further discussion is unnecessary. Selected components of the CPU 200 are illustrated and explained in greater detail in connection with FIG. 3.
In general, CPU 200 contains various components that are commonly found within central processing units (e.g. floating point unit, instruction cache, an instruction unit, etc.) whose operations and functions are well understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, and therefore, not shown in order not to obscure the present invention in unnecessary detail. CPU 200 includes a Load/Store Unit 302 (FIG. 3), a set of Conversion Registers 306 a-n, and a set of Floating Point Registers 308 a-n.
The Load/Store Unit 302 retrieves and stores data from/to Memory 310. For ease of explanation, Memory 310 represents either cache hierarchies located within or between the System Bus 208 and/or system Memory Unit 206.
In the preferred embodiment, each one of the Conversion Registers 306 a-n contains specific information on converting and scaling a known integer data type into a floating point data type. Those skilled in the art will readily recognize that the present invention is equally applicable to conversion of other ordinal types (e.g. integer to real, etc . . . ).
As shown in FIG. 4, each one of the Conversion Registers 306 a-n includes the following fields: 1) an Integer data type 602; and 2) a Scaling Factor 606. The Integer data type 602 specifies the data type (e.g. signed/unsigned, 8/16/32 bits, . . . ) of the data prior to any conversion being performed ("Original Data"). The Scaling Factor 606 specifies any scaling factor that is to be applied during the conversion of the Original Data (e.g. a multiplier).
The Converter Unit 308 converts the Original Data prior to its storing or retrieval from one of the Floating Point Registers 308 a-n. The interaction between the various units 302-308 during a load operation is explained in greater detail in connection with the flow chart of FIG. 5 as explained below.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention uses a specialized load/store instruction as illustrated in FIG. 6. More specifically, the load/store instruction 600 includes the load/store command 600 a ("instruction") and an index field 600 b for identifying one of the conversion registers 306 a-n.
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the processing of a load operation begins whenever data is required by the CPU 200 (Step 400), the Load/Store Unit 302 retrieves the data from the Memory 310 (Step 402) ("Integer Data"). Prior to storing the specified data, the Converter Unit 308 uses the Index field 600 b to retrieve the identified Conversion Register 306 a-n (Step 404). The retrieved Conversion Register 306 a-n is then used to covert and scale the specified data (Step 406) ("Converted Data"). In the preferred embodiment, the retrieved Conversion Register 306 a-n is used to convert an integer number to a floating point representation. The Converted Data is then stored within the specified Floating Point Register 308 a-n for processing.
The interaction between the various units 302-308 during a store operation is explained in greater detail in connection with the flow chart of FIG. 7.
The processing of a store operation begins whenever data is to be stored to Memory 308 (Step 500). The to be stored data is retrieved from the corresponding Floating Point Register 308 a-n (Step 502) via the Converter Unit 308. The Converter unit 308 uses the Index field 600 a again to retrieve the identified Conversion Register 306 a-n (Step 504). The Factor 608 and Desired Type 604 fields are used to convert the Converted Data back to its original type (Step 506). Thereafter, the Load/Store Unit 302 stores the processed data in Memory 310.
It is thus believed that the operation and construction of the present invention will be apparent from the foregoing description. While the method and system shown and described has been characterized as being preferred, it will be readily apparent that various changes and/or modifications could be made wherein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the following claims.
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Description: I use card games a lot with my students. In fact, I always have a deck of cards in my bag. Today's card game is a simple game to practice addition, multiplication, and basic algebraic thinking.
You need three players to play this game, one "captain" and two players. All the facecards should be removed from the deck, but the aces remain in to represent one. The captain deals all the cards to the two players. When the captain says "Salute", both players lift the card from the top of their respective decks and hold it up to their foreheads, with the card facing out so the other player can see it. The captain states the sum (or product if you're practicing multiplication) of the two cards. The two players try to be the first to guess the two addends (or factors.) The player who responds correctly first gets to keep both cards. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
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Cost: Free (unless you don't own a deck of cards…) Should I buy this? If you don't have a deck of cards, you should buy one! There are so many great games out there, and there will be many more listed here.
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Capricorn Zodiac sign compatibility:
On the zodiac wheel, Capricorn (also known as the Goat) rules the house of masculinity. This means that the Capricorn woman finds herself playing the traditional male role in a romantic relationship. Her stoic nature, career ambition and voracious sexual appetite can be too intimidating for many men.
Family values are important to the Capricorn woman, and if Mom and Pops don't approve, her suitor doesn't stand a chance. This earthy sign is a homebody who prefers a nap on the sofa to a night out on the town. A psychic is a good resource for the Capricorn woman who wants to find her match.
The Capricorn woman needs a partner who can keep up with her in the bedroom and won't be put off by her professional success and emotionally cold exterior. A complementary sign brings the Capricorn woman out of her shell and reminds her not to take life so seriously.
Capricorn women are compatible with many different signs, as long as they're willing to work at it. Lucky for her, the Capricorn woman thrives on a good challenge and gravitates toward signs that are innately difficult matches, such as Scorpio, Aries and Gemini. Taurus and Virgo are also good matches for the Capricorn woman, but a lasting relationship requires compromise by both parties. Consulting a psychic is a good idea for the Capricorn woman who has found herself unlucky in love. One call can be all it takes to put the Goat on the path to finding true and lasting love.
Here are the basics Capricorn zodiac sign compatibility with another sign:
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Although not impossible, this love match is fraught with difficulty. The Ram and the Goat lock horns in this relationship and constant bickering makes it difficult to find harmony. As the ruler of the house of patriarchy, Capricorn is the dominant partner, but the independent Aries has difficulty coming to terms with a subservient role. This pairing can work, thanks to mutual respect and a strong physical attraction, but it requires compromise from both partners. Focus on the bedroom, where the relationship thrives.


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Jon Fogarty and Boris Said used Chevrolet power to lead a record-breaking pair of qualifying sessions Friday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and capture respective poles for Saturday's Montreal 200, Round 11 of 12 in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.
The two-hour race takes the green flag at […]
Todd Bodine on Friday afternoon won the pole for Friday night's Camping World Truck Series race.
Bodine, the series points leader, posted a time of 31.063 seconds at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
His speed of 173.840 mph was a new track record.
Austin Dillon was second quickest in the session with a lap in 31.097 seconds.
James Buescher […]
Ryan Briscoe on Friday won the pole for this weekend's Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil 300 IZOD IndyCar Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
The Team Penske driver's speed was 216.346 mph.
"The car today was just spot on," said Briscoe, who won from the pole at Texas Motor Speedway in early June. "I didn't want to be […]
Conquest Racing has added Tomas Scheckter to its lineup for the IZOD IndyCar Series Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil 300 at at Chicagoland Speedway.
The South African driver has 100 plus starts in the open-wheel racing series. Since his first Indy car race in 2002, he has gone on to claim 43 top-tens including a couple […]
Antron Brown, Robert Hight and Andrew Hines were quickest in their respective categories Wednesday during the first of two days of National Hot Rod Association open testing at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series teams are utilizing the two-day session to prepare for the 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented […]
Will Power led all but two laps in winning the IZOD IndyCar Series race at Infineon Raceway on Sunday afternoon. And the two laps he did not lead, he was pitting late in the race.
The victory was the fifth of the season for the Team Penske driver. It enabled him to pad his points lead […]
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Jonny Cocker took the top-gear Kink at Road American flat out for the first time on the last lap to overtake Klaus Graf and capture Drayson Racing's first LMP victory in the American Le Mans Series.
Cocker, who fell 16.5 seconds behind leader Graf after the final pit stop in his Lola-Judd, […]
Will Power won the pole for Sunday's IZOD IndyCar Series race at Infineon Raceway on Saturday afternoon.
The pole was the eighth of the season for Power. That is a series record.
Power, the series points leader, had a lap at 108.337 mph.
Second fastest was Power's Team Penske teammate, Helio Castroneves. Castroneves fast lap was at 108.284 […]
Joey Saldana beat Steve Kinser by just 0.018 seconds at the Gerdau Ameristeel Magic City Showdown Presented by Sleep Inn & Suites to score his series leading 11 th A-Feature win of the season and get his first victory at Nodak Speedway in Minot, N.D.
Saldana led on the white flag lap, with Kinser sliding him coming […]
Kyle Busch bumped his way past leader Brad Keselowski with 32 laps to go and went on to win the Food City 250 Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Friday night.
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The White Suits #1
Writer: Frank Barbiere
Artist: Toby Cypress
Publisher: Dark Horse
Dark Horse has been on a tear recently, delivering a slew of books both well crafted and memorable. Their newest release from creator Frank Barbiere looks to continue the trend in the form of the stylish noir thriller, The White Suits.
The White Suits starts with a literal bang, the story so fast and mean it almost dares you to try and guess what's next. We quickly meet our protagonist, an unnamed, unkempt gentleman with a dark past and a worse memory. Seems he has retrograde amnesia, his past life nothing but feelings and flashes that leave him grasping for answers. What he does have is a particular set of skills, those same skills attracting the attention of one not-so-subtle tail…. Elsewhere in the city, members of the criminal underworld witness a nightmare come to life – The White Suits. Thought to be an urban legend, the kind of bogeyman tale told to young gangsters as they're being tucked into bed, the White Suits are very real and very, very dangerous. Lethal and unyielding (and known for their signature white apparel), the Suits are out for blood with plenty of thugs in their way. Are they assassins? Power grabbers? Katana wielding, machine gun spraying murderers? No one who knows talks and no one who talks lives.
Like a white-hot knife Barbiere's words cut to the point, the story almost breathless in its pace. His story is doused in smoke and intrigue, plots springing outward in a complex web of connections, seemingly offering ten questions to every answer. The script is tight, Barbiere's exposition limited to the central character's boozy musings. At first I felt that restraint left the book feeling more flash than substance, but it's about the mood, baby, and the atmosphere he creates is magnetic. It's not all flash either; in just one issue he sets up the story, defines the criminal hierarchy, introduces the titular Suits, and adds some honest to goodness mystery for good measure. This is noir done right.
Of course, none of the moving parts would flow quite so well without artist Toby Cypress. His art is a total trip, the book's in-your-face style exploding from panel to panel with an inky savagery. Faces twist and contort, limbs stretch and lunge in exaggerated and almost surrealist expression. Angles rise and dip, creating dramatic emphasis in even the quieter scenes (of which there are few). There's an edge to the visuals that fits the narrative perfectly, each frenetically styled page sinking you deeper into the seedy world the characters inhabit. The artist also uses color to great effect, dotting the book's black and white tones with splashes of eye catching red. Cypress gives the book a vibe all its own, and it's one that will definitely bring readers back for more.
The White Suits is a shot of adrenaline in four-color form, a nasty, sprawling debut that gets better with every page. Barbiere and Cypress are in perfect sync with their storytelling, the book humming with an uncontainable energy. If you're a fan of hard boiled noir action and devious ne'er-do-wells, this is the series for you.
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Tomorrow, I will turn the ripe old age of 38 years. That means, among other things, just one more stop between here and 40.
Birthdays aren't quite what they used to be, are they? They no longer mark a day of arrival, or a chance to do something that's newly-legal. While still fun in a This-Day-Is-Officially-All-About-ME sort of way, they just mark one significant thing: the fact that we are truly only getting older. I do have a trump card, though: the luxury of having a son who's birthday is a mere five days after mine. So I always have his celebration to look forward to and plan for during the week following my birth anniversary — those days that might otherwise be filled with thoughts that drift ominously toward middle-age navel-gazing.
Of course, being in my late 30's rather than under-10 doesn't make my birthday wish-list much shorter. I've just traded the toys in the playroom with toys in my kitchen. My continuous list has levels: so, there's the Lottery-Winning List, containing items such as a convection double wall oven and a commercial 6-burner gas range. Then there's the Once-Every-Five-Years Upgrades list, containing expensive items that might replace things I already have, like this Cuisinart Stand Mixer, or a few more pieces of Le Creuset enameled cast-iron cookware. And finally, the Reality List, containing items that I might actually have a chance at getting. Things like this, this, and maybe even this (a stretch for the Reality List, I know, but I'm being hopeful).
I've decided, though, what to pick for myself this year. My parents usually send me some cash, since they wisely gave up long ago the idea of crawling into my uber-selective brain to figure out what I might want (the check's in the mail, right Dad?). The item I'm going for at the end of this 38th year is the Oxo Kitchen Scale (item #2 on the Reality List). It recently received top-reviews from Cook's Illustrated, has an 11-pound capacity, and a pull-out display that makes reading easier when you have a large item overhanging your scale (say, a box containing an item you just sold on ebay and need to purchase online postage for). But mostly I'll be weighing flour. Pounds and pounds of it. And hoping that it makes my bread-making a touch more predictable.
In all my years of making bread, I kept thinking it was the humidity that made the end result seemingly so unpredictable. Why else would I need only 6 1/2 cups of flour one day, and 7 1/2 the next? I was measuring my water on a level surface, and doing the dip-and-scrape method for my flour. It's the South, I'd say. The South is so humid, I'd like to see Rose Beranbaum come down here for a week, walk in our humidified shoes, and see how predictable her bread is. But then we moved to the Midwest, and my bread is just as whack.
I finally came to my senses, after reading about three different bread books that continued to express in no uncertain terms that measuring by weight is the way to go when it comes to bread. So this week I'll check one more item off the continuously-growing List of Kitchen Covetousness, and begin making bread in a whole-new way. I hope to convert my weekly sandwich bread recipe to one of weights, and charter new personal territory with cautious experiments in the mysterious world of sourdough.
Which is a good segue to my final, and ultimate birthday wish: that my commercial sourdough starter, rehydrated over a week ago, would actually double, and therefore tell me it's ready to be put to work. Because if there's one thing that money can't buy, it's bacterial cultures that behave themselves in a 66º kitchen.


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We all know TV reporters like to be close to the action during big storms. At times, too close - like the NBC "Nightly News" reporter who got stuck in waist-high mud while reporting on a mudslide in Azusa last week.
FOX 29's Steve Keeley joined the fraternity of imperiled correspondents Monday morning during a live shot in Woodstown, N.J., shown at the bottom of this post.
With yet another large snowstorm slamming the East Coast, Keeley stands by a rural road watching the plows pass and pointing out how quickly the snow re-covers the roads.
Keeley points off-camera and says, "There goes a couple plows, demonstrating what I --"
That's when he and his cameraman get blasted by snow from a passing plow, leading someone in the studio to whoop and briefly shriek before the camera pulls back to reveal Keeley, still upright.
Keeley, still live, resumes his commentary without missing a beat. "Four plow trucks, four plow trucks, and it's still snow-covered," he says, adding, "That is the beauty of breaking news."
After the segment went viral, he added later on Twitter: "Thanks for all well wishes it just looks like it hurt but didn't at all so it's cool to have a good laugh on us."
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As in life generally and your business specifically, you have to have a plan to reach your goals. The same goes for social media for business. Think of the systems your business already has in place for promotion and getting new customers. Do you have sales? Announce new items? Introduce new services? Plan events? Chances are if you own a brick and mortar business, you already do some of these things. If these systems are working for you, utilizing social media for business can maximize them.
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Organizing all your promotions, events, sales, announcements, etc. using different social media outlets can be very time consuming. Making sure you plan ahead, create a calendar with every one of these items, then promote them on at least 3 different social media sites well in advance of the event or happening, in the days leading up to and the day of to maximize exposure. While you're doing this, take time to read and respond to posts on your Facebook page and find posts on Twitter that correspond to your industry and reply to those as well. That's just where you can start your social media for business campaign. Sound like a lot to do? It is.
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Honda Civic 2001-2005 Workshop Service Repair Manual
The Civic sports car is still thought about a portable automobile. The Civic presently drops in between the Honda Fit and also Honda Accord.
The Honda Civic is a line of tiny vehicles produced by Honda. Initially a subcompact, the Civic has actually experienced a number of generational adjustments, ending up being both bigger and also a lot more upmarket and also removaling right into the portable cars and truck section. EPA standards for car dimension course specify an automobile having actually integrated guest as well as freight area of 110 to 119.9 cubic feet (3,110 to 3,400 L) is taken into consideration a mid-size automobile, and also because of this the tenth generation Civic car is practically a small-end mid-size auto, although it still completes in the portable course.
In The United States and Canada, sports car as well as car body designs were readily available, besides the Si (SiR in Canada) which was supplied just as a three-door hatchback.
The remainder of the globe obtained 3 and also five-door hatchbacks. The Kind R was revamped also this moment utilizing an extra effective i-VTEC electric motor as well as utilizing the three-door hatchback body design. This generation saw Honda present their initial Civic Crossbreed, powered by a 1.3-liter engine.
Power was additionally enhanced on some trim degrees. The 4 major trim degrees were DX, LX, Ex Lover, and also HX. The Civic Sports car was not offered in Japan beginning with this generation.
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Two months ago, when the first announcement of Lenovo Moto Z, we had reported that this smartphone will be available in September 2016.
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The present patent application claims priority to the provisional patent application identified by U.S. Ser. No. 60/673,962 filed on Apr. 22, 2005; as well as the provisional patent application identified by U.S. Ser. No. 60/720,360 filed on Sep. 23, 2005. The entire content of both of the afore mentioned provisional patent applications is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Not applicable.
Existing electronic identification methods of cattle rely on traditional radio frequency identification (RFID) devices. With these devices, a wand must be passed nearby (typically within one meter) each animal's ear tag. The short reading range of the existing RFID devices mandated corralling and trapping individual animals. In order to accomplish this, the rancher traps each animal one by one in a working chute. This activity is time consuming and stressful to the cattle. For this reason, producers are generally limited to reading the electronic identification of each animal when scheduled vaccinations or other veterinary practices are required of the entire herd.
Another limitation of the passive RFID devices is that they require inductive, close proximity electromagnetic radiation for power. The wands and panels that supply this inductive power are typically very expensive.
Presently preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the above identified figures and described in detail below. In describing the preferred embodiments, like or identical reference numerals are used to identify common or similar elements. The figures are not necessarily to scale and certain features in certain views of the figures may be shown exaggerated in scale the interest of clarity and conciseness.
Referring now to the drawings, and in particular to
The system 10 is provided with a plurality of electronic information tags 16, one or more communication devices 18, such as transponders or readers, a backend database 20, and a plurality of user systems 22. An example of the electronic information tags 16 is depicted in
Each electronic information tag 16 transmits and receives electronic information with at least one other electronic information tag 16. As shown in
By way of example, two of the communication devices 18 (which are labeled by the reference numerals 18 a and 18 b for purposes of clarity) are shown in
As shown in
The backend database 20 provides information collected from the electronic information tags 16 via the communication devices 18 to a variety of user systems 22 so as to act as a mediator, security gateway, and database interface between users, such as cattle buyers, producers, sellers, and governmental databases. In the example depicted in
The user systems 22 can be implemented in various manners, such as a third-party database system 36, or a third-party internet user system 30, such as an internet terminal which can be implemented in a variety of manners such as a personal computer, personal data system, cell phone or the like. The third party database 36 can be a national animal identification system database and/or a third-party database system, for example. The system 10 desirably adds a real-time monitoring and updating dimension to every tier of existing animal 12 identification database schemes. With the real-time, on-range, monitoring ability provided by the tags 16, users of the communication devices 18 have the ability to receive more timely notification of stray, dead, or stolen animals 12.
The system 10 can be used to monitor animals by the user of the user system 22. The user can be, for example, a cattle buyer, a producer, a seller, and/or a government database. Initially, electronic information tags 16 are attached to a plurality of animals 12. Each animal 12 is equipped with its own electronic information tag 16 which cooperates to create the mesh network 26. Then one or more communication devices 18 are positioned within a range, normally within 100 meters, of at least one of the animals 12 having at least one of the electronic information tags 16 attached thereto. The communication devices 18 can be positioned in any manner that places them within a range of the animals 12. The user can then determine the number of tags 16 (or animals 12) within the mesh network 26. It is preferable to mount communication devices 18 to fixed locations within a preselected area, such as a feeding area, pond, watering area, or the like. The stored electronic information from the tags 16 can be monitored to determine whether or not the animals 12 are coming within range of the communication devices 18 that are mounted in a fixed location. The communication devices 18 can also be carried by a user and manually actuated. Once actuated within range of one of the electronic information tags 16, the communication devices 18 receives, or polls, information for all the tags 16 within the mesh network 26.
Traditionally, the tracking of beef cattle has been achieved through short-range (less than 2 meters) radiofrequency identification tags. The short-range introduced crippling limitations in the use of radiofrequency identification tags. The long-range animal identification system 10, on the other hand, extends the range to hundreds of meters. In one preferred embodiment, the system 10 uses a mesh-radio network technology to permit transmission of signals from tags 16 connected to the animals 12 such that the tags 16 serve to relay 1) requests for information from a communication device 18 and 2) the answers from the tags 16 to the communication device 18. Utilizing this technology, the range for detecting individual tags 16 can be extended to hundreds of meters, even though the individual transmitting/receiving ability of the tags 16 is limited to a much smaller range, such as 100 m.
The system 10 is based on the premise that each of the animals will have the electronic information tag 16 attached thereto.
Shown in
In particular,
As defined above, the electronic information tag 16 can store premise identification data, ownership data, and/or unique identification data. The premise identification data is utilized to identify the origination information of an animal 12 and is updated each time the premise of the animal 12 changes to form a premise history of the animal 12. Similarly, the ownership data identifies the owner of an animal 12 and is updated when the ownership of the animal 12 changes to form an ownership history. The ownership data can also include, but is not limited to, animal lineage, veterinary records, premise history, and marketing data. The unique identification data identifies the particular animal 12 upon which the electronic information tag 16 is connected. In one preferred embodiment, the wireless sensor networking chip 50 permits communication between at least one communication device 18 and the other electronic information tags 16 discussed herein. A suitable wireless sensor networking chip has been found to be a MC13193 integrated chip obtainable from Freescale Semiconductor having a principal place of business in Austin, Tex.
The housing 42 can be constructed in any manner capable of encapsulating the circuit board 48, the wireless sensor networking chip 50, and the electronic memory 52, and of being connected to the animal 12 by the connector portion 44. For example, it should be understood that the housing 42 can be provided with any suitable shape or configuration and the configuration shown in
The connector portion 44 can be constructed in any manner capable of permitting connection of the housing 42 to the animal 12. For example, in the preferred embodiment depicted in
In a preferred embodiment the wireless sensor networking chip 50 is configured to work in the mesh network system 26 using tag-to-tag relaying of the electronic information. The wireless sensor networking chip 50 can be accessed by the communication device 18. The wireless sensor networking chip 50 of the electronic information tag 16 of
The majority of an animal's 12 life is spent grazing on pasture or standing in large feedlots. In these settings, the tags 16 will spend most of their time in a low battery drain "range" mode. In this mode, it is envisioned the tags 16 will only listen every 5 minutes or so for a command from one of the communication devices 18. Commands from the communication device 18 could include an order for the tag 16 to respond with requested information, to return to low-power sleep mode, or to enter into the "highly responsive" mode. This highly responsive mode is appropriate for situations in which the tag 16 must respond rapidly to a request from the communication device 18. This mode is needed for situations in which animals 12 may be running rapidly by one of the communication devices 18 or at times in which electronic information is to be collected rapidly from a large group of animals 12. Configuration of these modes can be initiated by a person issuing a command through the wireless network or automatically through an unattended device on the wireless network.
When the chip 50 is implemented as the MC13193 integrated chip, the energy requirement calculation for the "range" mode of power consumption considers the battery drain during the sleep cycle with the power used during the active RF cycle. During the sleep cycle, the chip 50 still draws approximately 7 μA of current. During the "awake" portion of the cycle, the radio of the chip 50 will go through a cycle consisting of a clear-channel assessment, a packet transmit, and then enter a receive mode. This CCA-TX-RX radio cycle is predicted to consume 45 mA of current.
Use of a typical 32.768 kHz crystal dictates a 1 sec time tick between wakeup to wakeup in order to increment a software timer. The estimated time for MCU wakeup and return to sleep is 200 μsec at 4 mA. Thus, for one second in the sleep cycle:
For a five-minute sleep cycle:
Once every five minute sleep cycle, the CCA-TX-RX radio cycle is executed with a power load of:
The total five minute load is thus given by:
In the "highly responsive" mode, the tag chip 50 listens for a request from the communication device 18 very often, say once every second. This mode is identical in power profile to the previously presented "range" mode except that the CCA-TX-RX is performed every second, instead of every five minutes. The power required for 5 minutes spent in the highly responsive mode is thus:
Each day is composed of 288 five-minute periods. The average lifespan of a meat producing beef animal 12 in the U.S. is 2.5 years. Accordingly, a 3 year lifespan for tag 16 battery life is desired. Given:
1 milliAmp Hour (mAH)=3.6�106 μA sec (0.6)
If the tags 16 enter the highly responsive mode once every day for a five minute period of time and remain in range mode the remainder of the time, then over a 3 year lifespan of an animal 12 the power load for the device is:
This is well below the CR3032 coin cell's 500 mAH capacity. Because most beef cattle are not checked or inspected every day, the once-a-day figure given for the highly-responsive mode is liberal. However, there will be occasions during the life of the animal 12 in which the tag 16 will be placed in the highly-responsive mode multiple times during the day, such as in an auction sale situation. In addition, it may be desirable to have the tag 16 in the highly-responsive mode for longer than a five-minute period. If the tag 16 were kept in the highly responsive mode all day, the current drain would only be 5.6 mAH. This is equal to approximately 1% of the total battery capacity of the CR3032 coin cell.
Another embodiment of this invention provides a method of recording data onto the tag 16 which is configured to attach to one of the animals 12. One step in this method is to attach the tag 16 to one of the animals 12. Then one of the communication devices 18 is used to record electronic information onto the tag 16. The tags 16 can be configured to store various types of electronic information on the tag's 16 electronic memory 52. The electronic memory can store software for the wireless sensor networking chip 50 or store identification data, such as premise identification data, ownership data, unique identification data, or any user-defined data.
Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of making the tag 16 for attachment to one of the animals 12. In this method, the wireless sensor networking chip 50 is mounted to the circuit board 48 and then the circuit board 48 is installed into the housing 42. The power source 58 and the electronic memory 52 are also installed into the housing 42 to supply the wireless sensor networking chip 50 with power.
Changes may be made in the construction and the operation of the various components, elements and assemblies described herein and changes may be made in the steps or the sequence of steps of the methods described herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention are apparent from the detailed description when read in conjunction with the following claims and attached drawings.
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