Claim 1 An estrus notifying method executed by a computer that determines estrus based on a step count measurement result from a step count measurement unit attached to each livestock animal among a plurality of livestock animals, the estrus notifying method comprising: collecting the step count measurement result of each livestock animal at certain intervals; detecting a change time slot in which a change rate of the step count measurement result relative to an immediately preceding time slot is greater than or equal to a predetermined value among a predetermined proportion or more of the plurality of livestock animals; determining for each livestock animal and based on the step count measurement results excluding the step count measurement result corresponding to the change time slot, whether the livestock animal is in estrus; and outputting identification information of the livestock animal determined as being in the estrus.
基本上是一個中規中矩的claim,技術手段交代的也算清楚。比較值得注意的是這幾篇專利的claim與說明書中完全沒有出現Internet of Things (IoT)、Internet of Everything (IoE)或是Big Data等字眼,甚至其IPC分類也是被分在A01(畜牧業)以及A61(獸醫學),而非物聯網專利常見的G06(計算;推算;計數)、H04(電氣通信技術)等,這表示在對解決方案這種類型的專利進行檢索時要特別注意檢索條件,避免因為預設檢索框架而遺漏了先前技術。【本文未完,完整內容請見《北美智權報》174期:淺談物聯網專利的申請與侵權】