JP2007107943A - Indicator for measuring movement quantity of animal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small-sized indicator for measuring a movement quantity capable of graphing and displaying the movement quantity per unit time in a day or a pattern of the movement quantity by detecting movement of an animal. <P>SOLUTION: An indicator body is provided with a vibration sensor for detecting the movement; a control device performing each processing for determining existence of a pulse signal outputted from the vibration sensor in a prescribed unit second interval, counting the number of unit second intervals having a pulse signal 'existence', allowing a memory to store the number, when the counted values are integrated to reach a prescribed unit minute interval, accumulating the values one by one as the movement quantity in a present unit time in the unit times determined by dividing one day into plurality of numbers, and calculating the movement quantity in each unit time by repeating the operation, or the like; a liquid crystal indicator for graphing and displaying the movement quantity in each unit time in one day on a liquid crystal screen by an output signal from the control device; an operation key for performing time display and time correction; a scroll key for scrolling the liquid crystal screen; and a power supply battery. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a momentum measurement indicator mainly for dogs as pet animals.

  As a device for measuring the amount of exercise of a pet animal, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-44567 discloses a device in which a pedometer used for a person is miniaturized and attached to the neck of a dog or a cat.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-311972 automatically transmits data on the amount of exercise by walking a pet such as a dog or cat by a transmitter, and according to the data signal of the amount of exercise on the receiver side carried by the owner. A voice generating device used for a pet that emits a selected speech line or melody is disclosed.

  Although the device described in the former publication can easily know the daily exercise amount of a dog, a cat, or the like from the number of walks, it cannot display the exercise amount or the exercise amount pattern for each hour of the day.

The device described in the latter publication is composed of a transmitter attached to the pet and a receiver carried by the owner, and the owner listens to the owner from the pet side based on the amount of exercise by the receiver. It has a function that can. However, as far as pet movements are concerned, the device is complicated and expensive to manufacture, and it has not been possible to visually display the amount of exercise or the pattern of momentum in each day.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-44567 JP 2002-311972 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a small exercise amount measurement display device that can detect movement of an animal and graph and display an exercise amount and an exercise amount pattern per unit time in a day on a display screen and can be attached to an animal. It is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is directed to a vibration sensor that detects the movement of an animal and the presence or absence of a pulse signal output from the vibration sensor for a predetermined unit second. The number of unit seconds is counted and stored in the memory, and when the counted values are accumulated and reach a predetermined unit minute, this is the current unit time divided into a plurality of times. The amount of exercise in each unit time is accumulated one by one, and by repeating this, the control device for calculating the amount of exercise for each unit time and various controls, and the output signal from the control device for each unit time in the day A liquid crystal display for displaying the momentum on the liquid crystal screen in a graph, operation keys for time display and time adjustment, and a scroll for scrolling the liquid crystal screen. And roll keys, and a power supply battery, characterized in that provided in the display body which is attached to the animal.

  In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 2 is the animal momentum measurement display according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal display of the liquid crystal display has a unit time as a side and a unit minute. A rectangular block having vertical sides is arranged in a grid pattern, and the amount of exercise per unit time in a day is displayed in a bar graph shape by the block.

  In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 3 is the animal momentum measurement display according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movement amount data of a predetermined number of days in the past is operated on the liquid crystal screen by operating the scroll key. It is characterized in that it can be displayed.

  In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 4 is the animal momentum measurement display according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the total amount of exercise from the start of the day to the current time or The total amount of exercise for one day is provided so as to be displayed on the liquid crystal screen.

(Invention of Claim 1)
This animal momentum measurement indicator detects the movement of the animal and automatically displays the momentum and the pattern of momentum per unit time in a graph on the display screen, so you can check and grasp the contents. It is easy and can be used to manage the amount of exercise of animals. In addition, since it is a small structure that can be attached to animals, it is very convenient to use.

(Invention of Claim 2)
In this animal momentum measurement display, the amount of exercise per unit time in a day is displayed on the display screen in the form of a bar graph, so it is easy to check and grasp the contents.

(Invention of Claim 3)
This animal momentum measurement display can display the momentum data of a predetermined number of days in the past on the liquid crystal screen by operating the scroll keys, and is therefore convenient for use in animal momentum management.

(Invention of Claim 4)
This animal momentum measurement indicator can display the total amount of exercise from the start of the day to the current time or the total amount of exercise for one day on the liquid crystal screen, so it is easy to check the total amount of exercise.

  The best mode of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of an animal momentum measurement display, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of an electronic control circuit, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a liquid crystal screen, and FIG. 4 is a graph display mode and time input displayed on the liquid crystal screen. It is explanatory drawing of a mode.

  The animal momentum measurement display in this embodiment is intended for use as a dog as a pet animal. The animal momentum measurement display of the present invention is not limited to pet animals, and has a structure applicable to humans.

  In FIG. 1, insertion pieces 3 and 3 through which a belt 30 for wearing on a dog's neck or torso is passed are integrally provided on the side of the indicator main body 2 of the animal momentum measurement indicator 1. Yes. On the upper surface 2a of the display body 2, a liquid crystal display 10 for displaying momentum and the like to be described later is arranged in the center, and a right scroll for scrolling the liquid crystal screen 11 to the right portion of the liquid crystal display 10 is provided. A key 15 and a left scroll key 16 are arranged up and down, and a time correction key 17, a minute correction key 18 and a time display key 19 are arranged in the vertical direction in the left portion of the liquid crystal display 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the display body 2 includes a vibration sensor 21 that detects the movement of the animal, a control device 25 that performs various electronic controls, and a button-type battery (not shown) as a power source for the electronic circuit. Is stored. The control device 25 is composed of a microprocessor CPU, a clock circuit 26, a memory ROM storing a program relating to momentum measurement, a memory RAM for storing count numbers by the vibration sensor 21, and past data.

Here, the configuration of the liquid crystal screen 11 of the liquid crystal display 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
This liquid crystal screen 11 arranges square blocks a each having a unit time as a horizontal side and unit minutes as a vertical side in a grid pattern, and displays the amount of exercise for each unit time in a day as a bar graph by the block a. It is provided as follows. Further, the upper right portion of the liquid crystal screen 11 is provided so that the total amount of exercise from the start of the day to the current time or the total amount of exercise for the day can be displayed.

  In this specification, “unit seconds” is a minimum time unit (1 second in this embodiment) necessary for creating a graph and is used to determine whether the pulse signal input is “present” or “not present”. The unit of time. The “unit time” refers to a value obtained by dividing 24 hours a day by the number of blocks in the x-axis direction of the graph (24 in this embodiment), that is, “1 hour”. “Unit minute” means a value obtained by dividing unit time by the number of blocks in the y-axis direction of the graph (12 in this embodiment), that is, “5 minutes”.

  In the control device 25, the presence / absence of the pulse signal output from the vibration sensor 21 in a predetermined unit second (1 second) is determined, and the number of unit seconds of the pulse signal “present” is counted and stored in the memory RAM. When the counted values are accumulated and reach a predetermined unit minute (5 minutes), this is accumulated one by one as the amount of exercise in the current unit time, and this is repeated to calculate the amount of exercise for each unit time. It is provided so as to perform processing control.

Next, a method of using the animal momentum measurement indicator 1 of the present invention having such a configuration will be described.
(1) First, when a button-type battery is set in the display unit body 2, the power is turned on, and the liquid crystal screen 11 enters the initial time setting input mode. Therefore, the time correction key 17 and the minute correction key 18 are operated to set the current time. If an input operation is not performed within 5 seconds after pressing any key, the liquid crystal screen 11 is in the graph display mode.
(2) After the initial setting in (1), the animal momentum measurement indicator 1 is attached to the neck of a domestic dog.
(3) A pulse signal is output from the vibration sensor 21 as the dog moves, the presence / absence of the pulse signal in one second is judged, and the number of unit signals of the pulse signal “present” is counted and stored in the memory RAM. . When the counted values are integrated and reach 5 minutes, the block a is displayed as one exercise amount in the current unit time. At the same time, the count is reset to 0 (zero), the count is continued until the next block a is displayed again, and this is repeated. Then, the new block a is displayed by being stacked on the previous block a, and when one hour elapses, the next block is displayed and the graph display by the similar block is continued.
(4) Simultaneously with the creation of the graph display by the blocks in (3), the number of blocks up to the current time is counted, and the sum is displayed in the upper right of the graph display screen.
(5) The count is stopped at 24:00, and all the display screens for 24 hours are switched to the new display screen for the next day. Next, the same processing control as in (3) is performed, and the graph display by the block and the total amount of exercise are displayed.

  When the time display key 19 is pressed in the graph display mode, the graph display mode is switched to the time input mode and the current time is displayed. In this mode, the time can be corrected. If the time display key 19 is pressed again after the time display or time correction, the original graph display mode is restored.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the animal momentum measurement indicator 1 is provided so as to be able to measure the amount of exercise for one week, and the amount of exercise data for a predetermined day in the past by operating the right scroll key 15 and the left scroll key 16. Can be displayed.

  As described above, this animal momentum measurement indicator detects the movement of an animal such as a dog and automatically displays the movement amount and the movement amount pattern for each unit time in a day as a graph on the display screen. Therefore, it is easy to check and grasp the contents, and it can be used for the exercise amount management of animals.

Front view of animal momentum measurement indicator Block diagram showing outline of electronic control circuit Illustration of LCD screen Illustration of graph display mode and time input mode displayed on the LCD screen

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Animal momentum measurement display 2 ... Display body 10 ... Liquid crystal display 11 ... Liquid crystal screen a ... Block 15 ... Right scroll key 16 ... Left scroll key 25 ... Control device ROM ... Memory RAM ... Memory

Claims (4)

  The vibration sensor that detects the movement of the animal and the presence / absence of the pulse signal output from the vibration sensor for a predetermined unit second is counted, and the number of unit signals of the pulse signal “present” is counted and stored in the memory. When the counted values are accumulated and reach a predetermined unit time, this is accumulated one by one as the amount of exercise in the current unit time in the unit time divided into a plurality of days, and this is repeated. A control device that calculates the amount of exercise for each unit time and performs various controls, a liquid crystal display that displays the amount of exercise for each unit time in a graph on a liquid crystal screen by an output signal from the control device, and time An operation key for performing display and time correction, a scroll key for scrolling the liquid crystal screen, and a power supply battery are displayed on the animal. Animals momentum measurement indicator, characterized in that provided in the main body.   For the liquid crystal display of the liquid crystal display, square blocks having a unit time as a horizontal side and a unit minute as a vertical side are arranged in a grid pattern, and the momentum of each unit time in a day is represented by a bar graph. The animal momentum measurement indicator according to claim 1, wherein the animal momentum measurement indicator is provided.   The animal momentum measurement display according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the momentum data of a predetermined number of days in the past can be displayed on the liquid crystal screen by operating the scroll key. The amount of exercise of the animal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the total amount of exercise from the start of the day to the current time or the sum of the amount of exercise for one day is displayed on the liquid crystal screen. Measurement indicator.

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