JP2000157089A - Collar with telephone function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means enabling the communication of an owner with a pet animal, when the owner is separated from the pet animal. SOLUTION: This collar with a telephone function is equipped with a device having the telephone function for the collar attached to a pet animal. The telephone function attached to the collar is set to a state capable of calling, when set to an ordinary receiving standby state and receiving a message. When an owner transmits a message through a telephone to call the pet animal from the receiver, the voice of the owner is generated from a speaker mounted on the collar. The cry of the pet animal is collected into a microphone attached to the device and then transmitted to the owner through the telephone. When the owner cuts the telephone, the telephone function on the pet animal is automatically switched from a callable state into a receiving standby state. Not only the transmission of voices but also a new idea communication using the telephone, such as the communication of a massage action using a vibration means disposed on the device or the communication of a smell generation by a smell-generating means may be carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collar that creates new communication with pet animals such as dogs and cats.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been no means of communicating with a pet animal from a place far from a place where the pet animal kept by itself is located. It only has a psychological connection, such as carrying a picture of your pet animal.

[0003]

The lifestyle of humans and pet animals (dogs and cats) originally lived together in a savage society. Humans and animals were always at a distance where they could communicate at work and anywhere. Living in nature may be such a thing.
In a society where human relationships are becoming more complicated, the exchange of hearts with pets, which are pet animals, is more important than ever. The present invention is intended to realize communication with pets anytime and anywhere with the expansion of communication by telephone.

[0004]

A small telephone function is attached to a collar attached to a pet animal. The telephone function unit of the collar is set so that it can automatically talk when it is received from a remote place. Regarding a call, the voice of the owner is notified to the animal by a small speaker, and the voice of the pet animal is collected and adjusted to an appropriate volume and transmitted so that the owner can hear from the receiver.

[0005] In addition to the call function, by providing a means for generating an appropriate vibration by transmission operation from the owner, it is possible to massage the pet animal by vibration and communicate.

[0006] In addition to the call function and the massage function, it is possible to provide a means for emitting an odor by a transmission operation, such as an odor attached to the owner or a favorite odor of a pet animal.

[0007] Since the mobile phone is a communication system for transmitting and receiving data over a long distance, the communication fee is high. It is conceivable that the small telephone function attached to the collar makes effective use of a general wired telephone at home, and uses a cordless telephone as a portable unit, which is allocated a call from a general telephone base unit. In other words, a small cordless phone of a general telephone is attached to the collar.

[0008] It is conceivable to provide a massage switch that operates directly on the collar of the present invention when the owner approaches the pet animal directly and strokes it by hand. By operating only the massage function by the switch means, the relation between the massage operation and the owner can be conditionally reflected more clearly and conditionally to the pet animal.

Various methods can be considered for the odor dispersing means. However, it is also conceivable to provide an odor dispersing opening so that the odor is emitted only when a transmitting operation is performed, and to open and close the opening by the transmitting operation. The odor emission means may be a method in which the odor element incorporated in advance is vibrated in conjunction with the vibration means to emit the odor.

It seems that the setting of the microphone that collects the sound of the pet animal requires an adjustment taking into account the respiration of the animal, not an adjustment of the human telephone.

[0011]

[Function] By attaching a telephone function to the collar, you can call out to pet animals even when the owner is in a remote place,
You can communicate by listening to the voice of the pet animal and listening to the situation, so you can relax your mind.

When the owner often goes out for work all day, the owner who cares for these pet animals, such as a cat kept in a closed room or a dog who is not allowed to take a walk for a long time, communicates from a distance. It becomes possible.

In a modern society in which there is a friendship only by telephone without the experience of meeting and talking directly, communication by telephone is expected to produce various forms in the future.
Some of these forms have the potential to create new communication, such as wanting to talk to an animal and talk to the voice, rather than the feeling of wanting to call a human.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments. a. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a collar with a telephone function is attached as a dog collar. b. It is thought that waterproof and shock-absorbing considerations are necessary for the equipment part that is the telephone function. c. Attachments may also be attached to the device portion that allow only the device portion to be attached to various collars. d. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a telephone function device attached to a collar. e. For simplicity of explanation, the position of the speaker and the microphone are shown close to each other in the figure, but the position of the speaker and the microphone may be in various forms. The embodiment will be described with reference to the names and numbers of respective parts in FIG. B) The owner calls a pet animal (dog) owned by the owner from a remote location. B) Always set the phone function to be able to receive,
Set to be able to talk when received. C) When the owner can send and receive calls,
The owner's voice is emitted from the speaker (number 2). D) The voice of the dog itself, such as the dog responding to the voice of the owner, is collected from the microphone (number 1) and transmitted to the owner. E) The dog's telephone function is set to automatically switch from the talking state to the receiving standby state when the owner ends the call. F) The means of communication include not only voice but also a built-in device that vibrates appropriately, so that when the owner and the animal can talk, the massage function can be activated to communicate. G) Also, when the owner is near the dog directly (number 3)
By activating and vibrating the massage switch, the owner and the massage function can be conditioned and taught.

As described above, according to the present invention, a means for communicating with a pet animal at any time can be provided. The awareness that you can always connect with pet animals somewhere, even when you are away may be a great encouragement for people in your life. It is anticipated that pet animals that are on the other side of the phone will always be waiting for their owners, and will provide more peace of mind to humans than expected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the device part of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Microphone 2 Speaker 3 Massage switch 4 Battery lamp 5 Power switch 6 Battery insertion slot 7 Vibration device 8 Odor opening

Claims (3)

[Claims] The present invention is characterized in that a collar attached to a pet animal (dog / cat) is provided with a telephone function. 2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the collar with the telephone function attached to the pet animal (dog / cat) is massaged by the sender when receiving the signal, and the collar with the telephone function is massaged by the vibration means. Noh collar. 3. The telephone function-equipped collar worn on a pet animal (dog / cat) is operated by the sender when receiving, and the telephone function-equipped collar emits odor by odor diffusion means. Collar with telephone function.