KR102336839B1 - Method and apparatus for deriving customized feed recipe based on companion animal information - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a customized feed recipe deriving method based on companion animal information which comprises the following steps of: obtaining companion animal information from a user terminal; deriving recommended daily calories for a companion animal according to companion animal information based on the companion animal information; deriving customized daily calories based on the companion animal information and the recommended daily calories; deriving ratio information between a plurality of ingredients based on the companion animal information; deriving customized feed recipe information for the companion animal based on the customized daily calories and the ratio information; and providing the customized feed recipe information to the user terminal.

Description

Method and device for deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information.

The companion animal market is growing rapidly with the increasing number of families raising companion animals due to various causes such as an increase in single-person households, an aging population, or emotional stability. For example, as well as the existing beauty services for companion animals, new and diverse services such as medical insurance services for companion animals and companion animal healing services are on the rise. In particular, as the affection for companion animals is increasing, people's attention is focused from the beauty of companion animals to their health, which naturally leads to interest in companion animal feed.

However, there are many manufacturers of companion animal feed, each manufacturer has different nutritional components, and since it is not treated as food, the nutritional information on the feed is inaccurate, and it is difficult to accurately understand the condition of companion animals. For this reason, there is a problem in that it is difficult to determine and provide an appropriate amount of feed or feed suitable for the condition of the companion animal.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0131999 (2020.11.25.) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0050121 (2020.05.11.)

An object of the present invention to solve the above problems is to provide a method of deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information.

Another object of the present invention to solve the above problems is to provide an apparatus for deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for deriving a customized feed recipe according to an embodiment of the present invention includes obtaining companion animal information from a user terminal, and based on the companion animal information, recommendation 1 for a companion animal according to the pet information Deriving one calorie, deriving a customized daily calorie based on the companion animal information and the recommended daily calorie, deriving ratio information between a plurality of ingredients based on the companion animal information, the customized deriving customized feed recipe information for the companion animal based on daily calories and the ratio information, and providing the customized feed recipe information to the user terminal, wherein the companion animal information includes gender information and neutering It may include presence information, age information, breed information, weight information, body type information, diet information, activity amount information, and food that cannot be eaten.

Here, based on the customized feed recipe information, providing customized feed product information including a virtual image of the customized feed product, characteristic information, and daily serving amount information to the user terminal, the quantity of the customized feed product from the user terminal The method further comprises the steps of obtaining information and delivery address information, and providing the customized feed recipe information, the quantity information, and the delivery location information to a feed production server, wherein the customized feed recipe information is determined according to the amount of feed on a daily basis. may indicate recipe information, the customized feed product may include a feed amount for a preset period, and the daily serving amount information may be determined based on the preset period and the amount of the customized feed product.

Here, the steps of obtaining first image information including the stool of the companion animal from the user terminal, deriving the status information of the companion animal based on the first image information, and receiving the status information of the companion animal It may further include the step of providing to the user terminal.

Here, deriving the ratio information between the plurality of materials based on the companion animal information may include deriving the ratio information based on the status information of the companion animal and the companion animal information.

Here, the step of deriving the status information of the companion animal based on the first image information includes the sex information, the neutering information, the age information, and the breed information of the companion animal information among a plurality of companion animal information stored in advance. deriving at least one other companion animal information that is all the same, body type information among the at least one other companion animal information is included in preset recommended body type information, disease information is not included in specific information information, and weight information is The steps of deriving comparison target companion animal information having the smallest difference from preset recommended weight information, deriving second image information including stools of the comparison target companion animal, and the first image information and the second image The method may include analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the information to derive status information of the companion animal.

To achieve the above another object, an apparatus for deriving a customized feed recipe according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor and a memory in which at least one instruction executed through the processor is stored, and the at least one The command is executed to obtain companion animal information from the user terminal, and based on the companion animal information, is executed to derive a recommended daily calorie for a companion animal according to the pet information, the companion animal information and the recommended 1 day Executed to derive daily calories customized based on calories, executed to derive ratio information between a plurality of ingredients based on the companion animal information, and to the companion animal based on the customized daily calories and the ratio information is executed to derive customized feed recipe information, and is executed to provide the customized feed recipe information to the user terminal, and the companion animal information includes gender information, neutering information, age information, breed information, weight information, body type information, It may include diet information, activity amount information, and food that cannot be eaten.

Here, the at least one command is executed to provide customized feed product information including a virtual image of a customized feed product, characteristic information, and daily serving amount information to the user terminal based on the customized feed recipe information, and the user terminal is executed to obtain the quantity information and delivery address information of the customized feed product from Represents recipe information according to the amount of feed, the customized feed product includes a feed amount for a preset period, and the daily amount information may be determined based on the preset period and the amount of the customized feed product.

Here, the at least one command is executed to obtain first image information including the side of the companion animal from the user terminal, and is executed to derive status information of the companion animal based on the first image information, It may be executed to provide the status information of the companion animal to the user terminal.

Here, the at least one command may be executed to derive the ratio information based on the status information of the companion animal and the companion animal information.

Here, the at least one command is to derive at least one other companion animal information having the same gender information, the neutering information, the age information, and the breed information of the companion animal information from among the plurality of companion animal information stored in advance. Comparison in which body type information among the at least one other companion animal information is included in preset recommended body shape information, disease information is not included in specific information information, and weight information has the smallest difference from preset recommended body weight information is executed to derive target companion animal information, is executed to derive second image information including the side of the companion animal to be compared, and calculates the side of the companion animal based on the first image information and the second image information Analysis may be performed to derive status information of the companion animal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to help improve the health of a companion animal by providing a feed recipe suitable for the current state or a feed prepared through the recipe by identifying the current state information of the companion animal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a more accurate diagnosis of the condition of the companion animal by grasping the current state information of the companion animal based on an image including the stool of the companion animal in addition to the text input by the user.

Effects obtainable in the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned are clear to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the embodiments disclosed from the description below belong. can be understood clearly.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a method of deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram for explaining companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a user terminal providing a customized feed recipe according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a method for deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a user terminal that provides status information of a companion animal based on an image of a stool of the companion animal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram of an apparatus for deriving a personalized feed recipe based on companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can have various changes and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing each figure, like reference numerals have been used for like elements.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be referred to as a first component. The term “and/or” includes a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

When an element is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another element, it is understood that it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in between. it should be On the other hand, when it is said that a certain element is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. does not

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, in order to facilitate the overall understanding, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions of the same components are omitted.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a method of deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the method for deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed through transmission and reception of information between at least one server 110 and a user terminal 120 . Here, the at least one server 110 and the user terminal 120 may transmit/receive information through wired/wireless communication, and various networks may be used.

In other words, the user may input companion animal information through the user terminal 120 , and the at least one server 110 may acquire companion animal information from the user terminal 120 . Thereafter, the at least one server 110 may derive customized feed recipe information based on the companion animal information, and may provide it to the user terminal 120 , and the user may select his/her companion animal through the user terminal 120 . You can check information on customized feed recipes for animals.

Here, the at least one server may be referred to as a customized feed recipe information deriving device that performs a method of deriving customized feed recipe information based on companion animal information according to an embodiment.

For example, the user terminal 120 may include various types of electronic devices available to the user. For example, the electronic device includes personal terminals (eg, a smart phone, etc.), electronic devices (eg, a PC, etc.) provided in a fixed location, a mobile personal laptop, and a smart virtual reality (VR)/augmented (AR) reality) may include glass. The user may access the above-described server 110 using the user terminal 120 , may transmit companion animal information and various related information to the at least one server 110 , and may receive information from the at least one server 110 . It is possible to receive information about the customized feed recipe and various related information.

For example, the at least one server 110 may transmit the derived customized feed recipe information to at least one feed production server of the at least one feed production facility, and the at least one feed production facility is the at least one feed production server Customized feed can be produced according to the customized feed recipe information obtained by , and it can be delivered to the user.

The customized feed recipe information derived according to an embodiment may include information on a manufacturing or processing method as well as information on a plurality of materials. For example, the customized feed according to the recipe information for the customized feed according to the manufacturing or processing method may be raw, but is not limited thereto, and may include dry feed, wet feed, or formula feed.

2 is a diagram for explaining companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , according to an embodiment of the present invention, companion animal information may be acquired through a user terminal. That is, the user may input his/her companion animal information through the user terminal, and the input companion animal information may be provided to at least one server in order to derive a customized feed recipe.

The companion animal information may include at least one of gender information, neutering information, age information, breed information, weight information, body type information, diet information, activity amount information, uneatable food information, and specific information information.

For example, the gender information may indicate the gender of the companion animal, and may include information about either a male or a female. The user may select either male or female through the user terminal.

For example, the information on whether the companion animal has been neutered may indicate information on whether the companion animal has undergone a neutering operation. The user may select whether to neutralize or not to neutralize through the user terminal.

For example, the age information may indicate age information of the companion animal. The user may input one of integers greater than or equal to 0 through the user terminal. When 0 is input, the user may additionally input one integer from 1 to 11 to input up to the number of months at age 0.

For example, the breed information may indicate the breed of the companion animal. The user may primarily select one of a plurality of preset types of companion animals through the user terminal, and may secondarily select a species according to the selected companion animal as one of the plurality of preset species. However, when the companion animal is limited to a puppy, the above-described configuration of primarily selecting the type of companion animal may be omitted, and the user may directly select one of a plurality of dog breeds preset through the user terminal.

For example, the weight information may indicate information about the weight of the companion animal. The user can directly input the weight to the first decimal place as a number through the user terminal. However, since the number of inputable digits may be changed, the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, the body shape information may indicate information about the body shape of the companion animal. The user may select one of a plurality of preset body shape candidates through the user terminal. For example, the plurality of body shape candidates may include, but are not limited to, very skinny, underweight, normal, overweight, and obese.

For example, the diet information may indicate information about the main diet of the companion animal, and may include mainly food information and mainly snack information. Here, the feed information may include an image including calorie/nutrient-related information attached to the feed and daily intake information of the feed, and the snack information includes an image and snacks including calories/nutrient-related information attached to the snack. Daily intake information may be included. Feed information and snack information may be input by a user through a user terminal. In addition, in the case of a general meal or other diet other than feed or snacks, the user may separately input the input in the form of text or images through the user terminal.

For example, the activity amount information may indicate information about the activity amount of the companion animal. The user may select one of a plurality of preset activity amount candidates through the user terminal. For example, the plurality of activity candidates may include, but are not limited to, lethargy, insufficient activity, normal and excessive activity.

For example, the food that cannot be eaten information may indicate information about food that the companion animal avoids or should not eat. The user may input information about food that his/her companion animal avoids or should not eat in text format through the user terminal.

For example, the specific information may indicate information about a companion animal's disease or other precautions. The user may input disease information of his/her companion animal or information regarding other precautions in text format through the user terminal.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a user terminal providing a customized feed recipe according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , according to an embodiment of the present invention, customized feed recipe information may be derived by acquiring the companion animal information described in FIG. 2 from the user terminal, and this may be provided to the user terminal so that the user can customize the feed through the user terminal. You can check the customized feed recipe 310 according to the recipe information. In addition, the user may check the customized feed recipe 310 through the user terminal and request production and purchase of feed according to the customized feed recipe 310 through the purchase button 320 .

Although a smartphone is shown as a user terminal in FIG. 3 , this is for convenience of explanation, and various user terminals other than the smartphone may be used to provide the customized feed recipe in the same or similar manner.

A more detailed description of a method for deriving a customized feed recipe according to an embodiment will be described later along with FIG. 4 .

4 is a flowchart of a method for deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , in one embodiment, companion animal information may be first obtained from the user terminal ( S410 ), and a recommended daily calorie for a companion animal may be derived according to the changeable animal information based on the companion animal information. (S420). Here, the recommended daily calorie may vary according to the sex, neutered, age, and breed of the companion animal, and the recommended daily calorie for each case may be preset. Accordingly, according to an embodiment, the recommended daily calories for the companion animal may be derived based on gender information, neutering information, age information, and breed information included in the companion animal information obtained from the user terminal.

Thereafter, according to an embodiment, a customized daily calorie for the companion animal may be derived based on the derived recommended daily calorie (S430). Here, the customized daily calories may be derived in consideration of companion animal information obtained from the user terminal. That is, in one embodiment, the recommended weight of the companion animal may be derived based on gender information, neutering information, age information, and breed information included in the companion animal information, and the derived recommended weight and the weight included in the companion animal information may be derived. The weight difference can be calculated by comparing the weight information.

Also, according to an embodiment, a customized daily calorie for a companion animal may be derived based on the calculated weight difference and body type information included in the companion animal information. For example, when the body type information of the companion animal obtained through the user terminal is very thin or obese, a first weight may be assigned to the calculated weight difference to derive a customized daily calorie. Here, the first weight may be set to a value greater than 1 and may be set to derive a customized daily calorie based on a value greater than the calculated weight difference through the first weight. Alternatively, for example, when the body type information of the companion animal obtained through the user terminal is underweight or overweight, a customized daily calorie may be derived based on only the calculated weight difference without weighting. Alternatively, for example, when the body type information of the companion animal obtained through the user terminal is normal, a second weight may be assigned to the calculated weight difference to derive a customized daily calorie. Here, the second weight may be set to a value less than 1 and greater than 0, and may be set to derive a customized daily calorie based on a value smaller than the calculated weight difference through the second weight.

According to an embodiment, ratio information between a plurality of materials may be derived based on the companion animal information ( S440 ). For example, the plurality of ingredients may include ingredients beneficial to the health of the companion animal, and according to an embodiment, component information including a lot of component information required for the companion animal for each material may be stored in advance. In addition, based on gender information, neutering information, age information, breed information, and dietary information included in companion animal information, ingredients and ingredients required for companion animals can be derived, and the derived ingredients and ingredient amounts and each ingredient are included It is possible to derive ratio information between a plurality of materials based on the obtained component information. In addition, according to an embodiment, when at least one material corresponding to food according to the non-edible food information included in the companion animal information is included among the derived materials, the corresponding at least one material is excluded, and the corresponding at least one material is excluded. You can add another ingredient with the highest content of the same ingredient as the ingredient with the highest content of In addition, it is possible to determine the amount or ratio of the other material to be included in consideration of the component amount between the material and the other material.

Also, according to an embodiment, customized feed recipe information for the companion animal may be derived based on the customized daily calorie and ratio information ( S450 ). For example, an embodiment may configure a customized feed recipe based on a plurality of ingredients according to the derived ratio information, and the amount of the plurality of ingredients may be determined based on the ratio information and the customized daily calories. That is, according to the ratio information for a plurality of ingredients, the recipe may be configured so as not to be the same as or exceeding the customized daily calorie, and the customized feed recipe information may include information on the amount of each ingredient configured accordingly. have. In addition, the customized feed recipe information may include additional explanatory information about the ingredient that is most exceeded in percent based on the recommended amount for each ingredient.

For example, the customized feed recipe information may further include information on a manufacturing or processing method. Here, the information on the manufacturing or processing method may indicate reproduction, but may indicate dry feed, wet feed, or formula feed, and may also include explanatory information describing a specific manufacturing or processing method.

In addition, according to an embodiment, the derived customized feed recipe information may be provided to the user terminal (S460). For example, an embodiment may provide a customized feed recipe according to the customized feed recipe information through the user terminal as shown in FIG. 3 .

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 4 , in one embodiment, as described above, production and purchase of customized feed according to the customized feed recipe information may also be provided to the user through the user terminal.

In other words, according to an embodiment, customized feed product information including a virtual image of a customized feed product, characteristic information, and daily serving amount information may be provided to the user terminal based on the customized feed recipe information, and the user may use the user terminal to provide the customized feed product information. You can request a purchase based on the quantity information and delivery address information of the customized feed product. In this case, according to an embodiment, a purchase request may be transmitted to the feed production server so that customized feed for the user's companion animal is produced and delivered to the user. That is, according to an embodiment, customized feed recipe information, quantity information, and delivery address information may be provided to the feed production server. Here, the customized feed recipe information may indicate recipe information according to an amount of feed on a daily basis, and the customized feed product may include a feed amount for a preset period. In addition, the daily serving amount information may be determined based on the preset period and the amount of the customized feed product.

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a user terminal that provides status information of a companion animal based on an image of a stool of the companion animal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, more detailed companion animal status information 520 may be analyzed and provided by using first image information 510 including stools of the companion animal. . That is, it is possible to derive the state information 520 of the companion animal by obtaining the first image information 510 including the stool of the companion animal from the user terminal, and provide it to the user terminal to allow the user to use the companion animal through the user terminal. The first image information 510 including this side and the status information 520 of the companion animal may be checked. In addition, the user may check the status information 520 of the companion animal through the user terminal and reflect the status information as well as the companion animal information in the customized feed recipe through the Reflect button 530 in the customized feed recipe.

Although a smartphone is illustrated as a user terminal in FIG. 5 , this is for convenience of explanation, and various user terminals other than the smartphone may be used to provide status information of the companion animal in the same or similar manner.

More specifically, according to an embodiment, the first image information including the stool of the companion animal may be obtained from the user terminal. Here, the first image information may be information about an image captured by the user through the user terminal or information about an image stored in the user terminal.

In other words, according to an embodiment, the state information of the companion animal may be derived based on the first image information obtained through the user terminal, and the state information of the companion animal may be provided to the user terminal. In this case, according to an embodiment, the ratio information described in conjunction with FIG. 4 may be derived based on the status information of the companion animal and the companion animal information. That is, the ratio information may be corrected or supplemented based on the state information.

According to an embodiment, a plurality of companion animal information may be stored, and among the plurality of stored companion animal information, the companion animal information acquired through the user terminal has at least the same gender information, neutering information, age information, and breed information. One other companion animal information can be derived. Thereafter, according to an embodiment, body type information is included in the preset recommended body shape information among the at least one other derived companion animal information, disease information is not included in the specific information information, and the weight information is preset with the recommended body weight information and the smallest Comparison target companion animal information having a difference may be derived. That is, according to an embodiment, other companion animal information most similar to the companion animal information obtained through the user terminal may be derived as comparison target companion animal information among a plurality of stored companion animal information.

Also, according to an embodiment, second image information including the stool of the companion animal to be compared may be derived, and the condition information of the companion animal may be obtained by analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the first image information and the second image information. can be derived For example, when the derived most similar other companion animal information does not include image information including a side, the next most similar companion animal information may be derived as a comparison target companion animal.

Furthermore, according to an embodiment, the relative color information of the sides may be derived by comparing the first image information and the second image information. At this time, according to an embodiment, the shape of the side may be derived from each of the first image information and the second image information based on a model learned in advance through machine learning, and the region corresponding to the shape of the side in the first image and the second Relative color information may be derived by comparing colors between regions corresponding to the shape of edges in the image. Here, the color comparison may be performed through comparison between the average values of each RGB element within the corresponding region, and the relative color information may also include information on the difference between the average values of each RGB element. Alternatively, for each image, the value of the top N% having the largest variance value for each RGB element may be excluded, and after deriving an average value based on the remaining values, the comparison may be performed. Here, N may be a preset constant, preferably 20, but may be set to one of positive integers less than 50. This is to prevent erroneous values from being mixed and compared together by being located adjacent to the border of the background and the edge in the image when the shape of the edge is derived. However, since another color comparison algorithm may be used in one embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the pre-trained model may be trained in a supervised manner by configuring the training image including the edge and the learning area information corresponding to the shape of the edge in the training image as a training data set. In addition, the pre-trained model is a convolutional neural network (CNN), a recurrent neural network (RNN), a deep neural network (DNN), a Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM), or a deep trust neural network Learning may be performed through a (DBN, Deep Belief Network) algorithm, etc., but other various algorithms may be used, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment, information on insufficient components and suspected diseases of companion animals may be derived based on the derived relative color information and pre-stored color information of feces according to the lack or excess of a specific component, and the condition information of the companion animal is insufficient. Information on ingredients and suspected disease may be included.

Or, for example, in one embodiment, based on the relative color information, it is possible to derive at least one specific food information in which the color of the stool can temporarily change to a color corresponding to the relative color information, and at least one specific food information information may be provided to the user terminal. Here, the specific food information in which the color of the stool may change temporarily may be stored in advance together with the color information to be changed. Also, according to an embodiment, information on intake of at least one specific food for the companion animal may be obtained from the user terminal, and information on insufficient ingredients and suspected disease of the companion animal may be corrected based on the intake information.

In addition, according to an embodiment, based on the first image information, the shape information of the feces may be determined as one of five preset thinness-hardness stages, and information on insufficient components and suspected diseases of the companion animal may be corrected based on the determined stage. have. For example, the configuration for determining one of the five levels of thinness-hardness may be performed based on another pre-trained model, wherein the other pre-trained model includes a training image including edges and a level of thinness-hardness of edges in the training image. Learning information representing one of the five steps may be configured as a learning data set and learned in a supervised manner, and various algorithms described above may be used.

Alternatively, in one embodiment, the third image information including the appearance of the companion animal and text information indicating the name of the companion animal may be obtained from the user terminal, and information on insufficient components and suspected diseases of the companion animal may be obtained from the user terminal. It is possible to generate the fourth image information including the text information, the third image information and the fourth image information may be provided to the feed production server. In this case, on the cover of the customized feed product, the name of the companion animal, the appearance of the companion animal, and information about the insufficient ingredient and suspected disease of the companion animal may be printed based on the text information, the third image information, and the fourth image information. . Through this, when the feed produced by the feed production facility including the feed production server is delivered to the user, the user can easily check that it is customized for the companion animal through the name and appearance of the companion animal, and there are insufficient ingredients and doubts. Information about the disease can lead to caution when handling pets or serving other foods. In addition, when the user raises a plurality of companion animals, the companion animal's feed can be easily distinguished through the printed name and appearance of the animal.

In one embodiment, a quick-response (QR) code that can call the derived customized recipe information may be generated, and the generated QR code may be provided to the feed production server. In this case, the feed production equipment including the feed production server may also print the QR code on the cover of the feed. Users can easily check customized recipe information from anywhere by recognizing QR codes through various user terminals.

Thereafter, according to an embodiment, after providing the customized feed to the companion animal, a fifth image including the feces of the companion animal may be provided again through the user terminal. In this case, the user may also provide information on the amount or period of time that the customized feed has been provided so far through the user terminal. In one embodiment, the configuration for deriving state information based on the image including the above-described sides may be performed again based on the fifth image, and information on the derived state information and the provided amount or period The fifth image may be additionally reflected in the customized feed recipe.

6 is a block diagram of an apparatus for deriving a personalized feed recipe based on companion animal information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the apparatus 600 for deriving a customized feed recipe according to an embodiment of the present invention may include at least one processor 610 , a memory 620 , and a storage device 630 . In addition, although not shown in FIG. 6 , the apparatus 600 for deriving a customized feed recipe may be equipped with a communication module capable of performing wired/wireless communication with at least one other server or at least one user terminal, and various information can be sent and received.

The processor 610 may execute a program command stored in the memory 620 and/or the storage device 630 . The processor 610 may mean a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor on which methods according to the present invention are performed. The memory 620 and the storage device 630 may be configured of a volatile storage medium and/or a non-volatile storage medium. For example, the memory 620 may be configured as a read only memory (ROM) and/or a random access memory (RAM).

The memory 620 may store at least one instruction executed through the processor 610 . The at least one command includes a command to acquire companion animal information from the user terminal, a command to derive recommended daily calories for a companion animal according to the pet information based on the companion animal information, the companion animal information, and the recommendation 1 A command for deriving a customized daily calorie based on one calorie, a command for deriving ratio information between a plurality of ingredients based on the companion animal information, a command for deriving the ratio information between a plurality of ingredients based on the information on the companion animal, and a command for the companion animal based on the customized daily calorie and the ratio information and a command for deriving customized feed recipe information and a command for providing the customized feed recipe information to the user terminal, wherein the companion animal information includes gender information, neutering information, age information, breed information, weight information, body type information, It may include diet information, activity amount information, and food that cannot be eaten.

For example, a command to provide customized feed product information including a virtual image of a customized feed product, characteristic information, and daily serving amount information to the user terminal based on the customized feed recipe information, and the customized feed product from the user terminal and a command for obtaining quantity information and delivery address information of may indicate recipe information according to , the customized feed product may include a feed amount for a preset period, and the daily serving amount information may be determined based on the preset period and the amount of the customized feed product.

For example, a command to obtain first image information including the stool of the companion animal from the user terminal, a command to derive status information of the companion animal based on the first image information, and status information of the companion animal It may further include a command for providing to the user terminal.

For example, the command for deriving ratio information between a plurality of materials based on the companion animal information may include a command for deriving the ratio information based on the status information of the companion animal and the companion animal information.

For example, the command for deriving the status information of the companion animal based on the first image information includes the gender information, the neutralization information, the age information, and the A command for deriving at least one other companion animal information having all the same breed information, body type information among the at least one other companion animal information is included in preset recommended body shape information, disease information is not included in the specific information information, and weight A command for deriving comparison target companion animal information having the smallest difference from the preset recommended weight information, a command for deriving second image information including stools of the comparison target companion animal, and the first image information and the first 2 It may include a command for deriving status information of the companion animal by analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the image information.

For example, the command for deriving the state information of the companion animal by analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the first image information and the second image information is performed by comparing the first image information and the second image information. A command for deriving the relative color information of the feces, a command for deriving information on the deficient component and suspected disease of the companion animal based on the relative color information and the color information of the feces according to the lack or excess of a specific component stored in advance, and the companion animal It may include a command to include information on the insufficient component and the suspected disease in the status information of the.

For example, in the command of deriving the state information of the companion animal by analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the first image information and the second image information, the color of the side is the relative color based on the relative color information. A command for deriving at least one specific food information that can be temporarily changed to a color corresponding to the information, a command for providing information on the at least one specific food information to the user terminal, and a command for the companion animal from the user terminal The method may further include a command for acquiring information on the intake of the at least one specific food and a command for correcting information on insufficient ingredients and suspected diseases of the companion animal based on the intake information.

For example, the command for deriving state information of the companion animal by analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the first image information and the second image information is to set the shape information of the side to a preset value based on the first image information. The command may further include a command to determine one of the five steps of thinness-hardness and a command to correct information about the insufficient component and suspected disease of the companion animal based on the determined step.

For example, a command to obtain third image information including the appearance of the companion animal and text information indicating the name of the companion animal from the user terminal, information on insufficient components of the companion animal, and information on a suspected disease A command for generating fourth image information and a command for providing the text information, the third image information, and the fourth image information to the feed production server, wherein the cover of the customized feed product includes the text information and the Based on the third image information and the fourth image information, the name of the companion animal, the appearance of the companion animal, and information on insufficient components and suspected diseases of the companion animal may be printed.

In other words, the communication module may communicate with an external device. For example, the communication module is connected to a network through wireless communication or wired communication to establish communication with an external device (at least one other server or at least one user terminal) to transmit and receive the above-described information through the established communication. can

For example, the wireless communication is LTE, LTE Advance (LTE-A), code division multiple access (CDMA), wideband CDMA (WCDMA), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), Wireless Broadband (WiBro), or Global System for Mobile Communications) and the like may include cellular communication using at least one. According to an embodiment, wireless communication is, for example, wireless fidelity (WiFi), Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy (BLE), Zigbee, near field communication (NFC), magnetic secure transmission, radio It may include at least one of a frequency (RF) or a body area network (BAN). According to one embodiment, the wireless communication may include GNSS. The GNSS may be, for example, a Global Positioning System (GPS), a Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass), a Beidou Navigation Satellite System (hereinafter, “Beidou”) or Galileo, the European global satellite-based navigation system. Hereinafter, in this document, "GPS" may be used interchangeably with "GNSS".

For example, the wired communication may include at least one of universal serial bus (USB), high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), recommended standard232 (RS-232), power line communication, or plain old telephone service (POTS). have. The network 162 may include at least one of a telecommunication network, for example, a computer network (eg, a LAN or WAN), the Internet, or a telephone network.

The operation according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable program or code on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices in which data readable by a computer system is stored. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed in a network-connected computer system to store and execute computer-readable programs or codes in a distributed manner.

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may include a hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, and flash memory. The program instructions may include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although some aspects of the invention have been described in the context of an apparatus, it may also represent a description according to a corresponding method, wherein a block or apparatus corresponds to a method step or feature of a method step. Similarly, aspects described in the context of a method may also represent a corresponding block or item or a corresponding device feature. Some or all of the method steps may be performed by (or using) a hardware device such as, for example, a microprocessor, a programmable computer, or an electronic circuit. In some embodiments, one or more of the most important method steps may be performed by such an apparatus.

In embodiments, a programmable logic device (eg, a field programmable gate array) may be used to perform some or all of the functions of the methods described herein. In embodiments, the field programmable gate array may operate in conjunction with a microprocessor to perform one of the methods described herein. In general, the methods are preferably performed by some hardware device.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as described in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

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A method for deriving a customized feed recipe based on companion animal information performed in at least one server, the method comprising:
obtaining companion animal information from the user terminal;
deriving recommended daily calories for a companion animal according to the companion animal information;
deriving a customized daily calorie based on the companion animal information and the recommended daily calorie;
deriving an amount of a daily customized feed for the companion animal based on the customized daily calories;
deriving ratio information between a plurality of ingredients based on the companion animal information;
deriving customized feed recipe information for the companion animal based on the amount of the customized daily feed and the ratio information; and
providing the customized feed recipe information to the user terminal;
The companion animal information includes gender information, neutering information, age information, breed information, weight information, body type information, diet information, activity amount information, and food that cannot be eaten,
providing customized feed product information including a virtual image of a customized feed product, characteristic information, and daily serving amount information to the user terminal based on the customized feed recipe information;
obtaining quantity information and delivery address information of the customized feed product from the user terminal; and
The method further comprising the step of providing the customized feed recipe information, the quantity information, and the delivery address information to a feed production server,
The customized feed recipe information represents recipe information according to the amount of feed on a daily basis,
The customized feed product includes a feed amount for a preset period,
The daily serving amount information is determined based on the preset period and the amount of the customized feed product,
obtaining first image information including the stool of the companion animal from the user terminal;
deriving status information of the companion animal based on the first image information; and
Further comprising the step of providing the status information of the companion animal to the user terminal,
The step of deriving ratio information between a plurality of materials based on the companion animal information includes:
and deriving the ratio information based on the status information of the companion animal and the companion animal information,
The step of deriving the status information of the companion animal based on the first image information includes:
deriving at least one other companion animal information having the same gender information, neutering information, age information, and breed information of the companion animal information from among a plurality of pre-stored companion animal information;
Comparison target companion animal in which body type information is included in the preset recommended body type information among the at least one other companion animal information, disease information is not included in the specific information, and the weight information has the smallest difference from the preset recommended body weight information deriving information;
deriving second image information including the stool of the companion animal to be compared; and
and deriving status information of the companion animal by analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the first image information and the second image information,
The body shape information includes information indicating one of a plurality of body shape candidates including very skinny, underweight, normal, overweight and obese,
Further comprising the step of calculating a weight difference between the recommended weight information and the weight information included in the companion animal information,
The step of deriving a customized daily calorie based on the companion animal information and the recommended daily calorie,
When the body shape information indicates very thin or obese, the customized daily calorie is derived based on the weight difference to which a first weight is given and the recommended daily calorie, and when the body shape information indicates normal, a second weight Including the step of deriving the customized daily calories based on the weight difference and the recommended daily calories,
deriving the status information of the companion animal by analyzing the stool of the companion animal based on the first image information and the second image information;
deriving relative color information of sides by comparing the first image information and the second image information;
deriving information on the insufficient component and suspected disease of the companion animal based on the relative color information and the color information of the feces according to the shortage or excess of a specific component stored in advance;
including information on the insufficient component and suspected disease in the status information of the companion animal;
deriving at least one piece of specific food information in which the color of the side can be temporarily changed to a color corresponding to the relative color information based on the relative color information;
providing information on the at least one specific food information to the user terminal;
acquiring information about the intake of the at least one specific food for the companion animal from the user terminal;
correcting information on insufficient ingredients and suspected diseases of the companion animal based on the intake information;
determining the shape information of the sides based on the first image information as one of five preset thinness-hardness steps; and
Comprising the step of correcting information about the insufficient component and suspected disease of the companion animal based on the determined step,
obtaining third image information including the appearance of the companion animal and text information indicating the name of the companion animal from the user terminal;
generating fourth image information including information on insufficient components and suspected diseases of the companion animal; and
Further comprising the step of providing the text information, the third image information and the fourth image information to the feed production server,
On the cover of the customized feed product, the name of the companion animal, the appearance of the companion animal, and information on insufficient ingredients and suspected diseases of the companion animal based on the text information, the third image information, and the fourth image information printed,
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