Device for monitoring the gait in particular of a horse and monitoring system to which it is applied

Claim 1

Device for monitoring the gait of a horse to indicate if the horse has committed a gait error by changing its gait from trotting to galloping, comprising: measuring means (4) for measuring displacement parmaters of the horse (2) along at least one axis (Z), said measuring means producing an output signal having an amplitude corresponding to the measured parameters, processing means (5, 8) for processing the signals from the measuring means, comprising means (16, 17) for comparing the amplitude of the output signals from the processing means with at least one predetermined value which corresponds to an output signal characterizing a given gait of the horse, thereby to determine whether the horse is trotting or galloping and indicating means (10) for inidicating if the horse is trotting or galloping, said measuring means (4) being arranged in a first unit (1) carried by the horse (2) and additionally comprising independent means (11) for supplying electrical energy to the circuits of this first unit and means (6) for transmitting data to means (7) for receiving these data, provided in a second unit (3) separated from the first unit and in which the indicating means (10) are arranged.