JP2013240318A - Animal monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitoring device capable of detecting the amount of movement of an animal (pet) without placing a burden on the animal, while enabling the owner to check detection results away from home.SOLUTION: The movement of a pet is detected from changes in images picked up with a camera 14, the pet's calls and indoor temperature are detected, and the detection results are stored one by one (S610 to S640). The amount X of movement of the pet, the number of times (or frequency) that the pet has called, and the indoor temperature (average value) are calculated on the basis of the detection results at every set monitoring time, and these parameters are calculated as monitored data and stored in memory (S680). If the monitored data are requested from an external communication terminal, the monitored data are read from the memory and sent to the communication terminal.

Description

  The present invention relates to an animal monitoring apparatus that monitors an exercise state of an animal to be monitored and transmits a monitoring result to an external apparatus.

  Conventionally, as a device for measuring the amount of exercise of an animal, it has been equipped with a measurement table for placing the animal, and the load of the animal placed on the measurement table is measured sequentially, and the amount of change in the measured load is integrated By doing so, what is configured to measure the momentum of an animal and display the measurement result in a graph is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a three-dimensional acceleration sensor is attached to the animal, and the detection result from the three-dimensional acceleration sensor is wirelessly transmitted to the monitoring apparatus main body. On the monitoring apparatus side, the detection result is graphed together with a graph. There is also known an apparatus configured to display the motion state (stationary, walking, running, etc.) of an animal at an arbitrary timing (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP-A-6-133958 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-217928

  In order to measure the amount of movement of the animal, the conventional measuring apparatus measures the amount of movement of the animal in a natural state because it is necessary to place the animal on a measurement table or to attach a sensor to the animal. There was something I couldn't do.

  That is, for example, when a sensor for measuring momentum is attached to a small animal such as a small dog or cat, the sensor becomes an obstacle to the small animal and cannot move naturally. In addition, in an apparatus for placing an animal on a measurement table, the movement of the animal is limited by the measurement table.

For this reason, the conventional measuring apparatus places a burden on the animal when measuring the amount of exercise, and may not be able to measure the amount of exercise in the natural state of the animal.
In addition, since the conventional measuring device is configured to display the measurement result of the momentum in real time, it is necessary to have a measurer in front of the display screen of the measuring device when measuring the momentum. For this reason, there is a problem that the conventional measuring apparatus cannot be used for the animal owner to check the state of the pet on the go.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and can detect the movement state of an animal in a natural state without using a sensor attached to the animal or a measurement device that restricts the movement of the animal. Moreover, an object of the present invention is to provide an animal monitoring device that allows the owner to check the detection result on the go.

The invention according to claim 1 made to achieve the above object is an animal monitoring apparatus,
Imaging means for imaging a moving image of the monitoring target area;
Based on the moving image imaged by the imaging means, the momentum detection means for detecting the momentum of the animal in the monitoring target area;
Monitoring result recording means for storing the momentum detected by the momentum detection means in a storage medium sequentially in a predetermined cycle, thereby storing the time series data of the momentum in the storage medium;
Upon receiving a monitoring result transmission request from an external device, monitoring result transmission means for reading out the time series data of the momentum from the storage medium and transmitting to the external device;
It is provided with.

The invention according to claim 2 is the monitoring device according to claim 1,
Second detection means for detecting at least one of sound and temperature of the monitoring target area,
The monitoring result recording means stores, in the storage medium, at least one of the number of detected sounds and the detected temperature by the second detecting means in addition to the momentum detected by the momentum detecting means. Storing the time-series data of the momentum and the time-series data of at least one of the number of detections of the sound and the detected temperature in the storage medium,
When the monitoring result transmission means receives a monitoring result transmission request from the external device, the time-series data of the momentum and the time-series data of at least one of the number of detections of the sound and the detected temperature are stored from the storage medium. It reads out and transmits to the said external device.

The invention according to claim 3 is the animal monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The monitoring result transmission unit is configured to transmit a request for transmission of the time series data stored in the storage medium or a graph of the time series data stored in the storage medium. If it is a transmission request for the time series data, the time series data stored in the storage medium is returned as it is, and if it is a transmission request for the image data, it is stored in the storage medium. Image data obtained by graphing the time-series data is transmitted.

According to the animal monitoring apparatus of the first aspect, the imaging unit images a moving image of the monitoring target region, and the momentum detection unit detects the momentum of the animal in the monitoring target region.
For this reason, according to the monitoring apparatus of claim 1, without mounting a sensor for measuring momentum on an animal or placing the animal on a measuring table for measuring momentum (in other words, animal The animal's momentum can be detected in a natural state.

  Further, the momentum detected by the momentum detection means is sequentially stored in the storage medium at a predetermined cycle by the monitoring result storage means. When a monitoring result transmission request is received from the external device, the monitoring result transmission unit reads out the time series data of the momentum stored by the monitoring result storage unit from the storage medium, and transmits it to the external device.

That is, the animal monitoring apparatus of the present invention is provided with a communication function for transmitting the time series data of the momentum stored in the storage medium in accordance with a transmission request from the external apparatus.
For this reason, the user of the monitoring device of the present invention, such as an animal owner, uses the information processing device or the portable terminal device having a communication function to obtain the amount of exercise that is the monitoring result of the animal from the monitoring device of the present invention. Series data can be acquired, and based on the acquired time series data, the motion state of the animal to be monitored can be confirmed.

Therefore, if the monitoring apparatus of the present invention is used, the animal owner can easily check the state of the animal on the go.
Further, according to the monitoring device of the present invention, when the animal owner checks the state of the animal using the mobile terminal device or the like, it is not necessary to transmit the captured image by the imaging means, so the amount of data to be transmitted is reduced. be able to.

For this reason, the communication time when the owner checks the state of the animal can be shortened, and the owner can promptly check the state of the animal.
Next, the monitoring device according to claim 2 is provided with second detection means for detecting at least one of sound and temperature in the monitoring target region.

  The monitoring result recording means stores at least one of the number of times the sound is detected by the second detection means and the detected temperature in addition to the momentum detected by the momentum detection means in a predetermined cycle.

  When the monitoring result transmission unit receives a monitoring result transmission request from an external device, the monitoring result storage unit stores at least one of the time series data of the momentum, the loudness and the detected temperature stored in the storage medium. The series data is read out, and each time series data is transmitted to the external device.

  Therefore, if the monitoring device according to claim 2 is used, the animal owner can use the number of sounds detected in the monitoring target area and the time series data of the detected temperature in the place of going out, It becomes possible to check the ambient temperature of the animal, and it becomes possible to grasp the state of the animal in more detail.

  Next, in the monitoring device according to claim 3, when the transmission request from the external device is received, the monitoring result transmission means determines whether the transmission request is a transmission request for time-series data stored in the storage medium. Then, it is determined whether the transmission request is for image data obtained by graphing the time-series data stored in the storage medium.

  If the transmission request from the external device is a transmission request for time series data, the time series data stored in the storage medium is returned as it is. If the transmission request is for image data, the time series stored in the storage medium is returned. Send image data graphed data.

  Therefore, according to the monitoring device of the third aspect, the external device processes the time series data stored in the storage medium, and the momentum of the animal to be monitored and the sound (animal) generated in the monitoring target region Even if it does not have a display function for displaying the number of detections or the temperature of the monitoring target area in a desired display format desired by the user, it displays image data in which time-series data is graphed. If the display function is provided, the monitoring result can be acquired from the monitoring device and displayed.

  For this reason, according to the monitoring device of the third aspect, not only the information processing device equipped with the dedicated software for displaying the monitoring result but also the dedicated software as an external device for acquiring the monitoring result from the monitoring device. Even an information processing apparatus not equipped with can be used, and the types of usable external apparatuses can be expanded.

It is a front view showing the appearance of a monitoring device of an embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the circuit structure of a monitoring apparatus. It is explanatory drawing showing operation | movement at the time of the captured image transmission of a monitoring apparatus. It is a flowchart showing the moving body detection process and enlarged display process which are performed in a control part. It is a flowchart showing the monitoring data production | generation storage process performed in a control part. It is a flowchart showing the monitoring data transmission process performed in a control part. It is explanatory drawing showing the image data transmitted to an external device by the monitoring data transmission process.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The monitoring device 10 of the present embodiment is installed in a desired room in a building such as a house, and when a resident of the room is out, the pets (dogs, cats, etc.) kept in the room Used to monitor animals).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring device 10 is configured by housing various components shown in FIG. 2 in a housing that can be installed on a shelf or a desk. Are provided with a pyroelectric infrared sensor 12, a CMOS camera 14 as an imaging means, an illuminance sensor 16, a display unit 18, and a microphone 19.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the monitoring apparatus 10 includes a wireless communication unit (so-called slave unit) 20 for connecting to a base unit of a wireless LAN in addition to the above-described units, and a building via a communication line. Wired communication unit 22 for connecting to a LAN installed in the network, an operation unit 24 including a switch for wireless LAN connection and a switch for initializing a monitoring device, a temperature sensor 25 for detecting the ambient temperature, and a memory card installed Card slot 26, power supply unit 28 for supplying power to each unit in monitoring device 10, and control unit 30.

The power supply unit 28 has a built-in chargeable / dischargeable battery and includes a DC jack 29 for charging the battery by receiving power supply from an external AC adapter.
Next, the control part 30 is comprised with the microcomputer (microcomputer) which consists of CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., and each said part is connected.

  The control unit 30 operates in accordance with various commands input from an external communication terminal via the wireless communication unit 20 or the wired communication unit 22, and requests, for example, an image captured by a CMOS camera (hereinafter simply referred to as a camera) 14. Then, the captured image is converted into display moving image data and transmitted to the communication terminal that has requested the captured image.

  In addition, when the captured image is not transmitted to an external communication terminal, the control unit 30 periodically measures the pet's momentum, cry, and room temperature as monitoring data, and the measurement result is stored in a backup RAM or the like. Store in non-volatile memory.

When monitoring data is requested from an external communication terminal, the monitoring data for a predetermined period is read from the memory and transmitted to the communication terminal that has requested the monitoring data.
As an external communication terminal, an information processing terminal such as a personal computer directly connected to a LAN (local area network) connected via the wireless communication unit 20 or the wired communication unit 22, a LAN is a router or ISP (Internet service). An information processing terminal on the Internet connected via a provider), a mobile terminal connected to the Internet via a wireless communication network such as a mobile phone line, and a mobile terminal such as a smart phone.

Hereinafter, the transmission operation of the captured image and the monitoring data by the control unit 30 will be described.
As one of the main routines, the control unit 30 repeatedly executes the moving object detection process shown in FIG. 4 to detect a moving object from the captured images captured by the camera 14 and recognize this as a pet.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, in the moving object detection process, a captured image is read from the camera 14 at S100 (S represents a step), and a motion vector generated around the moving object on the captured image at S110. From this, the moving body 32 (in other words, a pet) in motion is detected (see FIG. 3A).

In subsequent S120, a moving object surrounding frame 34 (see FIG. 3A) is generated so as to surround the moving object 32 detected in S110 in the captured image, and the moving object detection process is temporarily terminated.
Note that the moving object surrounding frame 34 generated in S120 is data representing the position and size of the moving object 32 in the captured image.

In addition, when a captured image is requested from an external communication terminal, the control unit 30 compresses and transmits the captured image captured by the camera 14 to moving image data for transmission.
And at the time of this image transmission, the control part 30 produces | generates the moving image data which expanded the moving body 32 part, when the pet which is the moving body 32 stops by performing the enlarged display process shown in FIG. , Send to an external communication terminal.

  That is, in the enlarged display process shown in FIG. 4, first, in S200, the latest moving object surrounding frame 34 generated in the moving object detection process is read, and in subsequent 210, the moving object 32 is detected from the change in the moving object surrounding frame 34. By determining whether or not the moving body 32 has stopped, it waits for the moving body 32 to stop.

  If it is determined in S210 that the moving object 32 has stopped, the process proceeds to S220, and the moving object surrounding frame size n frames (moving objects including the latest moving object surrounding frame 34 detected in the past in the moving object detection process). The size of n surrounding frames, n: a plurality of values) is read, and the average size (specifically, the average moving object surrounding frame size) is calculated.

In subsequent S220, the display maintenance frame 36 is set around the latest moving body surrounding frame 34 read in S200.
As shown in FIG. 3B, the display maintenance frame 36 is set to a predetermined value times the moving object surrounding frame 34, and the magnification is set when the display maintenance frame 36 displays the moving object 32 in an enlarged manner. It is set to be smaller than an outer frame (hereinafter referred to as an enlarged display frame) 38 of the display screen.

  Next, in S240, the captured image is resized so that the average moving object surrounding frame size (vertical / horizontal) is 1/2 of the vertical / horizontal of the enlarged display frame 38, and the resized image is processed in S250. The display area in the captured image (that is, the enlarged display frame 38) is set so that the center of the moving body 32 in FIG.

In S260, the image data in the set enlarged display frame 38 is output as image data for enlarged display of the moving object 32 in the external communication terminal, thereby starting the enlarged display.
Note that after the processing in S260, the image data (that is, the enlarged image) in the enlarged display frame 38 set in S250 in the captured image from the camera 14 is continuously output as a monitoring image to an external communication terminal. Is done.

For this reason, on the external communication terminal side, as shown in FIG. 3C, an enlarged image (moving image) zoomed in on the pet that is the moving body 32 can be displayed.
Next, the switching of the monitoring image to the enlarged image in S260 is performed after a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) has elapsed since it was determined in S210 that the moving body 32 has stopped, and while the predetermined time has elapsed. When the moving body 32 moves, the process proceeds to S200.

  In S260, after the enlarged display is started, the process proceeds to S270, and the moving object surrounding frame 34 generated by the moving object detection process is read. In subsequent S280, it is determined whether or not the read moving object surrounding frame 34 has moved out of the display maintenance frame 36 set in S230.

  If it is determined in S280 that the moving object surrounding frame 34 is not out of the display maintaining frame 36, the process proceeds to S270 again, and it is determined in S280 that the moving object surrounding frame 34 is out of the display maintaining frame 36. Then, it is determined that the moving body 32 has moved greatly, and the process proceeds to S290 to end the enlarged display.

  The enlarged display is terminated by switching the monitoring image to be transmitted to the external communication terminal from the enlarged image to the image captured by the camera 14, and on the external communication terminal side, the display screen is zoomed out from the pet. It will return to the normal monitoring image.

  Next, when the transmission process of the captured image including the above-described enlarged display process is not executed, the control unit 30 measures the pet's momentum, the cry, and the room temperature, and stores it as monitoring data. Processing (see FIG. 5) is executed, and when monitoring data is requested from an external communication terminal, monitoring data transmission processing (see FIG. 6) is executed.

  The monitoring data generation and storage process is a process of repeatedly measuring a pet's momentum X, the occurrence frequency of a cry, and a room temperature at a predetermined cycle, and storing the measurement result in a memory as monitoring data. It is executed as an interrupt process.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the monitoring data generation and storage process is started, first, in S600, the latest center coordinates of the moving object surrounding frame generated in the moving object detection process are acquired, and in S610, the center coordinates are obtained. The amount of change from the previous value of is calculated.

Next, in S620, the signal level of the audio signal input via the microphone 19 is detected, and when the signal level exceeds a predetermined threshold value, it is determined that the pet has sounded.
In subsequent S630, the room temperature is measured via the temperature sensor 25.

In subsequent S640, the measurement result obtained in the processing of S610 to S630 and the determination result in S620 are stored in the memory.
Next, in the subsequent S650, it is determined whether or not some of the measurement results stored in the memory are out of the normal range set by the user. For example, in S660, the communication terminal registered in advance is notified of the abnormality in a predetermined communication form such as e-mail, and the process proceeds to S670.

If it is determined in S650 that there is no monitoring data outside the normal range, the process proceeds to S670 as it is.
In S670, it is determined whether or not a preset monitoring setting time (for example, 5 minutes) has elapsed. If the monitoring setting time has not elapsed, the monitoring data generation and storage process is repeatedly executed as an interrupt process. Therefore, the monitoring data generation / storage process is temporarily terminated.

  If it is determined in S670 that the monitoring set time has elapsed, the process proceeds to S680, and the measurement result stored in S640 is read from the memory for the monitoring set time, and the monitoring data is calculated.

  That is, in S680, the movement amount X of the moving body 32 (that is, the pet) is calculated by adding the change amount of the central coordinate calculated in S610 for the monitoring setting time, and the pet's cry within the monitoring setting time in S620. The number of times (or the frequency) at which is detected is calculated, and each calculation result is stored in the memory as monitoring data representing the pet's exercise amount X and cry.

In S680, the average value of the room temperature measured within the monitoring set time in S630 is stored in the memory as monitoring data representing the room temperature.
In step S680, after the monitoring data is stored, the current monitoring time is returned to the initial value: 0, and the monitoring data generation and storage process is temporarily terminated.

  As a result, in the monitoring data generation and storage process, the monitoring data representing the pet's exercise amount X, the number of times the pet has squeaked (or the frequency), and the room temperature is generated for each monitoring setting time, and the generated monitoring setting time Each monitoring data is sequentially stored in the memory.

  Next, the monitoring data transmission process shown in FIG. 6 is a process repeatedly executed as one of the main routines. In this monitoring data transmission process, first, in S700, it is determined whether or not there is a request for monitoring data from an external communication terminal, and if there is no request, the monitoring data transmission process is once terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S700 that there is a request for monitoring data, the process proceeds to S710, where it is transmitted by determining whether the request for monitoring data is via a browser or a dedicated application. It is determined whether the data format of the monitoring data to be displayed is a numerical data format that can be displayed by an exclusive application, or an image data format that can be displayed by a browser.

  If the request data format from the external communication terminal is numeric data, the process proceeds to S720, and monitoring data within a predetermined period corresponding to the request from the external communication terminal is read from the memory, and this is used as it is. In a state (that is, in a numerical data format), the data is transmitted to an external communication terminal, and the monitoring data transmission process is temporarily terminated.

  If the request data format from the external communication terminal is image data, the process proceeds to S730, and monitoring data within a predetermined period corresponding to the request from the external communication terminal is read from the memory. 7 is converted into the image data illustrated in FIG.

  Note that the image data shown in FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C is based on the monitoring data stored in the memory, and the measurement result of the momentum X, the measurement result (number of times or frequency) of the call, and the room Each of the temperatures represents an image graphed for each monitoring set time.

  Further, in each image data shown in FIG. 7, a portion where the data does not exist is a period during which the execution of the monitoring data generation and storage process is stopped, that is, a period during which the image captured by the camera 14 is transmitted to the communication terminal. Correspond.

In subsequent S740, the three image data generated in S730 are transmitted to an external communication terminal, and the monitoring data transmission process is temporarily terminated.
As described above, in the monitoring apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, when a captured image by the camera 14 is not transmitted in accordance with a request from an external communication terminal, the movement of the pet is detected from the captured image, and the detection is performed. From the result, the amount of exercise X of the pet per monitoring set time is calculated.

  Therefore, according to the monitoring device 10 of the present embodiment, the pet's exercise amount X is measured without attaching a sensor for measuring the exercise amount to the pet or placing the pet on the measurement table for measuring the exercise amount. Can do.

  Moreover, in the monitoring apparatus 10 of this embodiment, at the time of measuring the momentum X, the pet's cry and the room temperature are detected at the same time, and from the detection result, the number of times (or the frequency) the pet rang within the monitoring set time and The average value of the room temperature within the monitoring set time is calculated.

  The pet's exercise amount X, the number of calls (or frequency), and the room temperature (average value) thus measured are sequentially stored in the memory (storage medium) in the control unit 30 as monitoring data.

When monitoring data is requested from the external communication terminal to the monitoring device 10, the control unit 30 reads the monitoring data from the memory and transmits it to the communication terminal.
For this reason, a user of the monitoring device 10 such as a pet owner uses the communication terminal (an information processing device or a portable terminal device registered in the monitoring device 10) that can access the monitoring device 10 from the monitoring device 10. Monitoring data that is a monitoring result of the pet can be acquired, and based on the acquired monitoring data, the state of the pet and the state of the room in which the monitoring device 10 is installed can be confirmed.

  Further, when transmitting the monitoring data to the external communication terminal, the control unit 30 determines the data format of the monitoring data to be transmitted, and if the data format is numerical data, transmits the monitoring data as it is. If the data format is image data, image data obtained by graphing each monitoring data is transmitted.

  For this reason, the user of the monitoring apparatus 10 is a communication terminal equipped with dedicated application software (for example, spreadsheet software) capable of processing numerical data as a communication terminal used to acquire and check monitoring data. Alternatively, even a communication terminal that does not include dedicated application software and includes only general-purpose application software capable of displaying image data, such as Internet browsing software (browser), can be used.

  Furthermore, since the monitoring apparatus 10 can also transmit an image captured by the camera 14 in accordance with a request from an external communication terminal, the user acquires monitoring data using a predetermined communication terminal and monitors the monitoring data. When an abnormality is felt from the data, a captured image captured by the camera 14 can be acquired using a communication terminal capable of displaying the captured image, and the current pet state or indoor state can be confirmed.

Therefore, according to the monitoring device 10 of the present embodiment, when the user checks the pet or the indoor state on the go, the monitoring device 10 is extremely easy to use.
In the present embodiment, the control unit 30 composed of a microcomputer corresponds to the momentum detecting means, the second detecting means, the monitoring result recording means, and the monitoring result transmitting means of the present invention.

  In particular, among various control processes executed in the control unit 30, the moving object detection process shown in FIG. 4 and the processes executed in S600 and S610 in FIG. 5 function as the momentum detection means of the present invention. The processing executed in S620 and S630 in FIG. 5 and the microphone 19 and the temperature sensor 25 used in this processing function as the second detection means of the present invention.

  Further, the processes executed in S640, S670, and S680 of FIG. 5 function as the monitoring result storage unit of the present invention, and the monitoring data transmission process of FIG. 6 functions as the monitoring result transmission unit of the present invention.

As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, a various aspect can be taken.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, as monitoring results transmitted in response to a request from an external communication terminal, monitoring data composed of time-series data of pet exercise amount X per monitoring set time, and the number of times a pet rang per monitoring setting time It has been described that three types of monitoring data, that is, monitoring data composed of (or frequency) time-series data and monitoring data composed of time-series data of average temperature per monitoring set time are transmitted.

  However, the monitoring data to be transmitted as the monitoring result may be only the monitoring data of the exercise amount X. That is, even in this way, the user can confirm the movement of the pet from the monitoring data.

  Further, the monitoring data transmitted together with the monitoring data of the exercise amount X may be only monitoring data indicating the number of times (or frequency) that the pet has squeezed, or only monitoring data indicating the average temperature.

In the above-described embodiment, the monitoring data generation / storage process is not executed when the captured image is transmitted. However, the monitoring data generation / storage process may be always executed.
In this way, the monitoring data transmitted according to the request from the external communication terminal becomes continuous, and it is possible to prevent a period in which no monitoring data exists like the image data illustrated in FIG.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Monitoring apparatus, 12 ... Pyroelectric infrared sensor, 14 ... Camera (CMOS camera), 16 ... Illuminance sensor, 18 ... Display part, 19 ... Microphone, 20 ... Wireless communication part, 22 ... Wired communication part, 24 ... Operation , 25 ... temperature sensor, 26 ... card slot, 28 ... power source, 29 ... DC jack, 30 ... control unit (microcomputer), 32 ... moving object, 34 ... moving object surrounding frame, 36 ... display maintenance frame, 38 ... enlarged display frame.

Claims (3)

Imaging means for imaging a moving image of the monitoring target area;
Based on the moving image imaged by the imaging means, the momentum detection means for detecting the momentum of the animal in the monitoring target area;
Monitoring result recording means for storing the momentum detected by the momentum detection means in a storage medium sequentially in a predetermined cycle, thereby storing the time series data of the momentum in the storage medium;
Upon receiving a monitoring result transmission request from an external device, monitoring result transmission means for reading out the time series data of the momentum from the storage medium and transmitting to the external device;
An animal monitoring device comprising: Second detection means for detecting at least one of sound and temperature of the monitoring target area,
The monitoring result recording means stores, in the storage medium, at least one of the number of detected sounds and the detected temperature by the second detecting means in addition to the momentum detected by the momentum detecting means. Storing the time-series data of the momentum and the time-series data of at least one of the number of detections of the sound and the detected temperature in the storage medium,
When the monitoring result transmission means receives a monitoring result transmission request from the external device, the time-series data of the momentum and the time-series data of at least one of the number of detections of the sound and the detected temperature are stored from the storage medium. The animal monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the animal monitoring apparatus is read out and transmitted to the external apparatus.   The monitoring result transmission unit is configured to transmit a request for transmission of the time series data stored in the storage medium or a graph of the time series data stored in the storage medium. If it is a transmission request for the time series data, the time series data stored in the storage medium is transmitted as it is, and if it is a transmission request for the image data, it is stored in the storage medium. The animal monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein image data obtained by graphing the time-series data is transmitted.

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