JP2010035424A - System for taking care of pet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for taking care of a pet by which the health conditions of a pet simply and easily is known. <P>SOLUTION: The system for taking care of a pet is constituted as follows. When a photograph of the iris and a comment for health conditions of a pet informed by a cellular phone of a user are received (S31), the photograph and the comment are stored in an analytical database by associating them. The same or resembled data are detected by referring data sent past of the user (S32) and comparing the iris data sent this time with the iris data sent past stored in an analytical database. The comment with in the highest frequency of the comments recorded corresponded to the images is extracted and the comment is decided to be the "health conditions" (S33). An avatar corresponding thereto is selected, and the results are sent to the cellular phone (S34, S35). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pet management system, and more particularly, to a pet management system that can happily know the health condition of a pet.

  Conventionally, a method of performing human biometric authentication and health diagnosis using the same system based on an iris image is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-29333 (Patent Document 1). According to the publication, the iris of both human eyes is photographed, the image data is transferred to an eye information analyzer, image analysis is performed, and this is divided into color photographing data and infrared photographing data. Health data analysis processing is applied to data, and authentication analysis processing is applied to infrared imaging data.

In this way, the health condition can be known using the iris data based on the research result of iris science and iris diagnosis that the health condition of body tissues and all organs appears in the iris.
JP 2007-29333 A (summary)

  A conventional system using iris data is configured as described above. For humans, various studies have been made and the relationship between iris and health has been known to some extent, but other pets are still under study and based on iris data as in humans, the health status It is impossible to know.

  In recent years, pets, especially dogs, have been raised as partners of “people” rather than livestock, and have become positioned as companions as “healing” as well as partners and members of families. In this state, the owner cares about the health of the dog, but because the dog cannot talk with humans, it cannot know its specific physical condition. It was only possible to know that there was no or no energy.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a pet management system, a pet management server, and a pet management program capable of easily and easily knowing the health state of a pet such as a dog. The purpose is to provide.

  The pet management system according to the present invention includes a pet side device having a camera capable of photographing an iris of a pet eye, and a pet management server capable of communicating with the pet side device. The pet-side device includes an input unit that allows the owner to input the health state of the pet, a transmission unit that transmits an image of the pet's iris photographed by the camera together with the health state of the pet input to the input unit, and a pet management server. Receiving means for receiving the information. The pet management server refers to the communication means that communicates with the pet-side device, the database that stores the pet health state received by the communication means and the image data of the photographed pet's iris in association with each other, and the database. Based on the data transmitted from the pet-side device, a determination unit that determines the health state of the pet, and a health state transmission unit that transmits the health state of the pet to the pet-side device based on the determination result of the determination unit.

  Preferably, the pet side device is a mobile phone.

  More preferably, the pet management server has a plurality of character data corresponding to the pet, and the pet side device accesses the pet management server and sends the user desired character data corresponding to his / her pet to the plurality of character data. Selection means for selecting from the above.

  In the present invention, the pet management server refers to the database, determines the health state of the pet based on the data transmitted from the pet side device, and determines the health state of the pet to the pet side device based on the determination result. Send. That is, by referring to the iris data stored in the past and the corresponding health status, it is possible to determine which past iris data is similar to the iris of the newly sent pet, and support the iris data. Since the health condition is transmitted to the pet side device, the owner can know the health condition only by transmitting the iris data of the pet.

  As a result, it is possible to provide a pet management system that can easily and easily know the health condition of a pet such as a dog.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a pet management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a pet management system 10 includes mobile phones 11 and 12 having a camera function connected to a network 20 such as the Internet, and a pet management server 30. A pet owner (hereinafter also referred to as “user”) can access the pet management server 30 using the mobile phones 11 and 12 to know the health status of the pet.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the mobile phones 11 and 12. Referring to FIG. 2, mobile phones 11 and 12 include a CPU 13 that controls the entire mobile phone, a camera 14, a communication unit 15, a display unit 16 such as a liquid crystal display, a call unit 17, and a character input unit 18. Including.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the pet management server 30. Referring to FIG. 3, the pet management server 30 includes a CPU 31 that controls the entire pet management server 30, a communication unit 32 for connecting to the network 20, a hard disk 33 that stores data, and a keyboard and a mouse. An input unit 37, a printing unit 38 such as a printer, and a display unit 39 such as a display are included. The hard disk 33 includes an analysis database 34, a character database 35, and a diagnosis database 36.

  Here, the analysis database 34 is a database that stores the iris photograph (iris data) of the pet transmitted by the user in association with the comment data regarding the health state of the pet transmitted at the same time. The character database 35 is a database that stores character data for each type of pet. As will be described later, the character database 35 stores a plurality of face data, eye data, nose data, ear data, and the like as parts. These parts can be selected as pet data.

  The character database 35 stores the character data selected by the user as basic character data of the user's pet, and the overall impression does not change depending on the health state of the pet. Create and store sub-character data slightly different.

  As described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-29333, the diagnosis database 36 is a database of pet illnesses based on the iris data of the pet's eyes, and the relationship between the pet's iris and the health condition of the pet is veterinary. It is a database that has been verified.

  In this embodiment, the user can register an avatar for his / her pet. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU 31 when the user registers the avatar on the pet management server 30 using the mobile phone 11, and FIG. 5 is a specific example displayed on the display unit 16 of the mobile phone 11. FIG. Here, it is assumed that a dog is kept as a pet. First, the user accesses the pet management server 30 and proceeds to an avatar registration screen (dog avatar creation service screen) (not shown). There, the user is prompted to input the type of dog he / she owns (step S11, hereinafter, steps are omitted). Here, for example, “Dachshund” is entered. Next, a parts selection screen is displayed. A plurality of parts such as the entire face, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and the like are stored in the character database 35 in accordance with the dog type. Use to select. The selected part is registered in the registration location for each user in the analysis database 34. Therefore, the character input unit 18 operates as selection means.

FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating a state in which the user has selected a face and eyes for the dachshund. Here, the parts of the eyes that are happy, winked, or sleepy are displayed so as to be selectable. In addition, the specific selection of parts uses the push button of the mobile phone 11.
After such selection, registration is performed as shown in FIG. What is registered in this way is basic character data.

  Next, a case where the user accesses the pet management server after such registration will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing operations performed by the CPU 13 of the mobile phone 11 and the CPU 31 of the pet management server 30 in this case, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of the display unit 16 of the mobile phone 11 in this case.

  Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the user uses the camera 14 of the mobile phone 11 to photograph the iris of the dog (FIG. 7A) and the impression of the pet that he / she felt at that time, for example, Comments such as “I'm very healthy, I ’m not feeling well, I ’m sleepy, I ’m hungry, I ’m sick” are entered using the character input unit 18 (S21). The dog iris image data and the comment input in this way are transmitted to the pet management server 30 via the network 20 as e-mail, for example (S22). Therefore, the character input unit 18 functions as an input unit, and the communication unit 15 functions as a transmission / reception unit.

  The pet management server 30 receives this mail by the communication unit 32 (S31), and stores the iris photograph and the comment on the health condition in the analysis database 34 of the hard disk 33 in association with each other. Next, the CPU 31 refers to the user's past transmission data in the analysis database 34 (S32), and the iris photograph that has been transmitted this time is stored in the analysis database 34 in the past. Extract identical or similar to photos. Then, the comment with the highest frequency is extracted from the comments recorded corresponding to the image, and is determined to be “health state” (S33). At this time, it is also determined whether or not the extracted data matches the sent comment. If they match, the sent comment data may be sent as it is. If they do not agree, you may send a message such as "I am XX, unlike what you think".

  Next, an avatar corresponding to the health condition is extracted with reference to the character database 35 (S34), and the avatar is transmitted to the user's mobile phone 11 (S35).

  The user can receive this data and know the health condition of his / her pet (S23, S24). FIG. 7B is an example of an image showing the transmitted avatar and comment displayed on the display unit 16 of the mobile phone 11. Here, since it is determined that the pet is healthy, an avatar indicating that the pet is in a healthy state and a message “I feel good today! I want to go for a walk” are displayed. Therefore, the communication unit 32 functions as a communication unit and a health condition transmission unit, and the CPU 31 functions as a determination unit.

  In this image, when it is determined that the pet is in poor physical condition or sick, the avatar represented by the above-mentioned sub character and a message are transmitted accordingly. Here, as described above, the sub-character is an avatar represented by character data in which some of the parts of the basic character are slightly different. There are closing (wink), closing both eyes (sleepy), dot (eyes are expressed with dots, stunned expression), and the like.

  As for the ears, there are standing upright (when surprised), half-folded (brilliant state), double-folded (blunted or apologizing), etc., straight as a mouth There are a round shape, a state where the tongue is drooping slowly, a state where the tongue is tangled.

  These displays may be selected as the basic character, but are also associated with the health status of the pet. This association may be selected by the user himself or may be automatically set by the CPU 31 according to the user's selection.

  Specifically, in addition to the basic character, the state of the pet is judged in about three stages, such as slightly poor physical condition, poor physical condition, illness, etc., and a sub character is provided for each of them and displayed.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the health state of the pet is determined based on the past history has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and data indicating the relationship between the pet's iris and the health state of the pet is a diagnostic database. When the number 36 is fulfilled, the health condition of the pet may be determined using this database. Further, in this case, advice regarding meals and life may be given according to the health condition of the pet. Such data may be stored in the diagnostic database 36. Since there are already known health conditions of pets and advice on diet and life, if a pet's illness is known from the past history in the analysis database 34, the diet and life based on the disease name is known. You may extract advice about.

  An example of advice displayed on the display unit 16 of the mobile phone 11 in this case is shown in FIG. (A) is an example of breath type diagnosis advice representing a respiratory state, and (B) is an example of advice for stress representing a mental state.

  Moreover, transition of the past diagnosis history may be stored in a database, and it may be viewable from the user's mobile phone 11. A display example on the display unit 16 in this case is shown in FIG. Here, the transition of the diagnosis history of the past six months is stored for each diseased system. Here, it is divided into breath system, hormone system, digestive system, and stress system. As described above, the breath system indicates a respiratory state, the hormonal system indicates a liver function state, the digestive system indicates a digestive system state, and the stress system indicates a mental state.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which a pet management server is accessed using a mobile phone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any mobile device that has a camera function and can be connected to a network such as the Internet. You may connect using.

  In the above embodiment, an example using a portable camera has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a fixed camera is provided at a feeding position or the like to periodically photograph the state of the pet's eyes. May be notified to the owner's mobile terminal via the pet management server using an avatar. Then, even if the owner is traveling, the health status of the pet can be easily known.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, this invention is not limited to the thing of embodiment shown in figure. Various modifications and variations can be made to the illustrated embodiment within the same range or equivalent range as the present invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the pet management system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a mobile telephone. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a pet management server. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which registers the pet's avatar. It is a figure which shows the content displayed on the mobile telephone in the case of registering a pet's avatar. It is a flowchart which shows a process when the iris of a pet's eye is image | photographed with a mobile phone and it transmitted to the pet management server. It is a figure which shows the content displayed on a mobile telephone when the iris of a pet's eye is image | photographed with a mobile telephone and it transmitted to the pet management server. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a mobile telephone in the case of receiving diagnostic advice. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a mobile telephone in the case of receiving a diagnostic history.

Explanation of symbols

  10 Pet management system, 11, 12 Mobile phone, 13, 31 CPU, 14 Camera, 15 Communication unit, 16 Display unit, 17 Calling unit, 18 Character input unit, 20 Network, 30 Pet management server, 32 Communication unit, 33 Hard disk 34 Analysis database 35 Character database 36 Diagnosis database 37 Input / output device 38 Printing unit 39 Display unit

Claims (3)

A pet management system including a pet side device having a camera capable of photographing an iris of a pet eye, and a pet management server capable of communicating with the pet side device,
The pet side device
Input means for the owner to input the health status of the pet;
Transmitting means for transmitting an image of the pet's iris photographed by the camera together with the health state of the pet input to the input means;
Receiving means for receiving information from the pet management server,
The pet management server
Communication means for communicating with the pet side device;
A database that stores the health status of the pet received by the communication means and the image data of the photographed pet's iris in association with each other;
Referring to the database, based on the data transmitted from the pet side device, a determination unit that determines the health state of the pet, and based on the determination result of the determination unit, transmits the health state of the pet to the pet side device And a health management means for transmitting the pet. The pet management system according to claim 1, wherein the pet-side device is a mobile phone. The pet management server has a plurality of character data corresponding to pets,
The pet-side apparatus includes a selection unit that accesses the pet management server and causes a user to select desired character data corresponding to his / her pet from the plurality of character data. Pet management system.

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