KR102371912B1 - Multifunctional wearable device for pets - Google Patents

Abstract

Multifunctional wearable device for pets according to an embodiment of the present invention is worn on the body of a pet dog, a wearing belt having a pendant; a fingerprint recognition module provided in the pentant to recognize fingerprint information; a sound support module provided in the pendant for outputting sound and voice information; an MCU provided in the pendant to read the fingerprint information of the fingerprint recognition module and control the operation of the sound support module; and a communication unit for communicating with the dog owner terminal or an external agency server.

Description

Multifunctional wearable device for pets

The present invention relates to a multifunctional wearable device for pets.

In an environment that is increasingly becoming a nuclear family, it is becoming more and more common to keep pets. Taking a dog for a walk is a frequent occurrence, and in this case, the dog is often lost.

In other words, when taking a walk with a dog, the case of loss due to carelessness or the dog's escape is increasing.

Domestic Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0043309

An object of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional wearable device for pets that can solve the problems of the prior art.

A multifunctional wearable device for pets according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems is worn on the body of a pet dog, a wearing belt having a pendant; a fingerprint recognition module provided in the pendant to recognize fingerprint information; a sound support module provided in the pendant for outputting sound and voice information; an MCU provided in the pendant to read the fingerprint information of the fingerprint recognition module and control the operation of the sound support module; And it includes a communication unit for communicating with the dog owner terminal or an external agency server.

In one embodiment, the wearing belt is characterized in that at least one bio-electrode sensor for detecting a bio-signal is provided on the surface in close contact with the pet dog.

In one embodiment, the wearable belt is characterized in that a conductive line for transmitting the biosignal to the MCU is formed, and the conductive line is shielded with a cylindrical waterproof coating film.

In one embodiment, the MCU reads the fingerprint information recognized by the fingerprint recognition module, and records and stores the reading result.

In one embodiment, the MCU is characterized in that the user controls the sound support module to output the dog owner's voice and the pet dog's favorite music at a time specified by the user.

In one embodiment, the MCU is characterized in that it reads the bone density, electromyography, and pulse of the pet dog based on the bio-signal.

In one embodiment, it characterized in that it further comprises an LED module for outputting light in a preset time period.

In one embodiment, the communication unit GPS transceiver for transmitting the location information of the pet dog to the dog owner terminal or the external agency server through the approval of the MCU; and a message transmission unit for transmitting a rescue message when the location information of the pet dog is detected as a repeating pattern within a preset radius or out of a preset radius from the MCU.

If the multifunctional wearable device for pets according to an embodiment of the present invention is used, there is an advantage in that the identity of people who have come into contact with the pet dog can be checked when the pet dog is lost.

In addition, since voice or sound information can be repeatedly reproduced, it can act as a configuration for training a dog and relieving stress.

In addition, since it is possible to check the dog's electromyography, bone conduction, pulse, etc., it provides the advantage of being able to periodically monitor the health status of the dog.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration between a multifunctional wearable device for pets and a companion terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the multifunctional wearable device for pets shown in FIG. 1 .

Various embodiments and/or aspects are now disclosed with reference to the drawings. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of one or more aspects. However, it will also be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art that such aspect(s) may be practiced without these specific details. The following description and accompanying drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative aspects of one or more aspects. These aspects are illustrative, however, and some of the various methods in principles of various aspects may be employed, and the descriptions set forth are intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents.

Further, various aspects and features will be presented by a system that may include a number of devices, components and/or modules, and the like. It is also noted that various systems may include additional apparatuses, components, and/or modules, etc. and/or may not include all of the apparatuses, components, modules, etc. discussed with respect to the drawings. must be understood and recognized.

As used herein, “embodiment”, “example”, “aspect”, “exemplary”, etc. may not be construed as an advantage or an advantage in any aspect or design described above over other aspects or designs. . The terms 'component', 'module', 'system', 'interface', etc. used below generally mean a computer-related entity, for example, hardware, a combination of hardware and software, It can mean software.

In addition, the term “or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” rather than an exclusive “or.” That is, unless otherwise specified or clear from context, "X employs A or B" is intended to mean one of the natural implicit substitutions. That is, X employs A; X employs B; or when X employs both A and B, "X employs A or B" can be applied to either of these cases. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and includes all possible combinations of one or more of the listed related items.

Also, the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" mean that the feature and/or element is present, but excludes the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, and/or groups thereof. should be understood as not Also, unless otherwise specified or unless the context is clear as to designating a singular form, the singular in the specification and claims should generally be construed to mean “one or more”. In addition, as used herein, the terms “client,” “user,” and “user” are often used interchangeably. In addition, the terms "component" and "element" as used herein may also be used interchangeably sometimes.

Hereinafter, a multifunctional wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail based on the accompanying drawings.

1 is a network configuration diagram between a multifunctional wearable device for pets and a dog owner terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the multifunctional wearable device for pets shown in FIG. 1 .

As shown in Figure 1, the multifunctional wearable device 100 for pets according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device worn on a pet dog, which provides a depression prevention function, a loss theft prevention function, and a location detection function of the pet dog. It may be a device.

More specifically, the multifunctional wearable device 100 may include a wearing belt 110 , a fingerprint recognition module 120 , a sound support module 130 , an MCU 140 , and a communication unit 150 .

The wearing belt 110 is a stretchable belt to be worn on the body of the pet dog, it may be provided with a pendant for identifying the pet dog. At least one bio-electrode sensor for measuring a bio-signal of a pet is disposed on one surface of the wearing belt 110 at regular intervals. Here, the biosignal may be a signal related to electromyography, bone conduction, pulse, or the like.

In addition, a conductive line for transmitting a biosignal to the MCU 150 is formed inside the wearing belt 110 . The material of the wearing belt 110 may be fabric or synthetic leather, and the conductive line is shielded with a cylindrical waterproof coating film.

Next, the fingerprint recognition module 130, as a fingerprint recognition sensor, recognizes the fingerprint information of the dog owner and the dog owner family. The fingerprint information recognized by the fingerprint recognition module 130 is provided to the MCU 150 to be described later, and the MCU 150 reads the fingerprint information, and then the reading result, for example, whether it is a dog owner / dog owner family or an outsider. may transmit the determination result to the sound support module 140 , and the sound support module 140 supports the determination result by voice.

For example, the sound support module 130 is “the dog owner.” or “the dog owner’s family.” Alternatively, a message such as “I am an outsider” can be output.

In addition, the fingerprint information detected by the fingerprint recognition module 130 may be stored in an internal memory or transmitted to a dog owner terminal or a designated institution server (animal rescue center, etc.), so that when a pet dog is lost, the detected fingerprint information Based on this, it can be used to verify the identity of people who have come into contact with the pet dog.

Next, the sound support module 130 outputs the dog owner's voice and specific sound information (eg, the dog's favorite music) at a time specified by the user. In addition, the sound support module 130 supports the determination result of the fingerprint information read by the MCU 150 to be described later by voice.

Accordingly, the voice or sound information output from the sound support module 130 may be repeatedly reproduced, and thus may serve as a configuration for training and stress relief of a pet dog.

The output sound output from the sound support module 130 is a low-output sound, for example, it may be an output sound of 70,000 ~ 100,000Hz.

Next, the MCU 140 may read the biosignal detected from the body electrode attached to the wearing belt. In addition, the fingerprint information recognized by the fingerprint recognition module 130 is read using a preset fingerprint reading algorithm. In addition, the operation control signal of the sound support module 130 is output to control the operation of the sound support module 130 , for example, to semi-independently output the dog owner's voice, specific sound information, etc. in a preset time unit.

Meanwhile, the MCU 140 may receive a reference, which is setting information including sound output time, sound and/or voice information, and fingerprint information, from a companion terminal to be described later.

Also, the MCU 140 may analyze the location pattern of the pet dog based on the location information of the pet dog measured from the GPS transceiver to be described later. For example, it is possible to analyze whether the location information of the pet dog is located in a repeating pattern outside a preset radius or within a preset radius.

The communication unit 150 performs communication with a dog owner terminal or an external agency server (eg, an animal rescue center, an abandoned dog protection center, etc.).

The communication unit 150 includes a GPS transceiver unit 151 and a message transmission unit 152 .

The GPS transceiver 151 provides the location information of the pet dog through the approval of the MCU 140 .

The message transmitting unit 152 transmits a rescue message when the location information of the pet dog is outside a preset radius or is detected as a repeating pattern within a preset radius.

In addition, the communication unit 150 disclosed herein communicates with any internal component or at least one external terminal through a wired/wireless communication network.

In this case, the external arbitrary terminal may include a server (not shown), another terminal (not shown), and the like. Here, as wireless Internet technologies, wireless LAN (WLAN), DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), WiBro (Wireless Broadband: Wibro), WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access: Wimax), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) ), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), IEEE 802.16, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A), Wireless Mobile Broadband Service (WMBS), etc. In this case, the communication unit 150 transmits/receives data according to at least one wireless Internet technology within a range including Internet technologies not listed above. In addition, short-range communication technologies include Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and Near Field Communication (NFC). , Ultra Sound Communication (USC), Visible Light Communication (VLC), Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi Direct), etc. may be included. In addition, the wired communication technology may include Power Line Communication (PLC), USB communication, Ethernet, serial communication, optical/coaxial cable, and the like.

Also, the communication unit 150 may mutually transmit information with an arbitrary terminal through a Universal Serial Bus (USB).

In addition, the communication unit 150 is a technology standard or communication method for mobile communication (eg, GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), CDMA (Code Division Multi Access), CDMA2000 (Code Division Multi Access 2000), EV -DO (Enhanced Voice-Data Optimized or Enhanced Voice-Data Only), WCDMA (Wideband CDMA), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced, etc.) transmits/receives radio signals to and from the base station, the server, and other terminals on a mobile communication network constructed according to the same.

Meanwhile, the multifunctional wearable device 100 for pets according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an LED module 160 that outputs light at a preset time period.

The LED module 160 controls the light emission operation based on the control signal of the MCU 140 described above.

For reference, the multifunctional wearable device 100 for pets according to an embodiment of the present invention may be interlocked with a platform (application) installed in the dog owner terminal.

Therefore, the dog owner can use the platform (application) to set and register operation control values, voice or sound information, and the dog owner fingerprint information.

Each of the aforementioned components of the multifunctional wearable device for pets according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be composed of one or more components, and the name of the component may vary depending on the type of electronic device. there is. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be configured to include at least one of the above-described components, and some components may be omitted or may further include additional other components. In addition, since some of the components of the electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure are combined to form a single entity, the functions of the components prior to being combined may be identically performed.

As used herein, the term “module” may refer to, for example, a unit including one or a combination of two or more of hardware, software, and firmware. “Module” may be used interchangeably with terms such as, for example, unit, logic, logical block, component, or circuit.

can A “module” may be a minimum unit or a part of an integrally formed component. A “module” may be a minimum unit or a part of performing one or more functions. A “module” may be implemented mechanically or electronically. For example, a "module" is one of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or programmable-logic device that performs certain operations, known or to be developed in the future. It may include at least one.

At least a portion of an apparatus (eg, modules or functions thereof) or a method (eg, operations) according to various embodiments is, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in the form of a program module It can be implemented as a command stored in . When the instruction is executed by a processor, the one or more processors may perform a function corresponding to the instruction. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, a memory.

Computer-readable recording media include hard disks, floppy disks, magnetic media (eg, magnetic tape), optical media (eg, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), DVD ( digital versatile disc), magneto-optical media (such as floppy disk), hardware devices (such as read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), or flash memory, etc.) ), etc. In addition, 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, etc. The above-described hardware device includes various It may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but may be implemented in various types of embodiments within the scope of the appended claims. Without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims, it is considered to be within the scope of the claims of the present invention to various extents that can be modified by any person skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.

100: multifunctional wearable device for pets
110: wear belt
120: fingerprint recognition module
130: sound support module
140: MCU
150: communication department
160: LED module

Claims (8)

It is worn on the body of the dog, a wear belt having a pendant;
a fingerprint recognition module provided in the pendant to recognize fingerprint information;
a sound support module provided in the pendant for outputting sound and voice information;
an MCU provided in the pendant to read the fingerprint information of the fingerprint recognition module and control the operation of the sound support module; and
A multifunctional wearable device for pets including a communication unit for communicating with a dog owner terminal or an external agency server. The method of claim 1,
The wearing belt is a multifunctional wearable device for pets provided with at least one bio-electrode sensor for detecting bio-signals on a surface in close contact with the pet dog. 3. The method of claim 2,
The wearing belt is formed with a conductive line for transmitting the bio-signal to the MCU,
The conductive line is
A multifunctional wearable device for pets, characterized in that it is shielded with a cylindrical waterproof coating film. 3. The method of claim 2,
The MCU is a multifunctional wearable device for pets that reads the fingerprint information recognized by the fingerprint recognition module and stores the reading result. 3. The method of claim 2,
The MCU is a multifunctional wearable device for pets that controls the sound support module to output the dog owner's voice and the pet dog's favorite music at a time specified by the user. 4. The method of claim 3,
The MCU is a multifunctional wearable device for pets that reads bone density, electromyography, and pulse of the pet dog based on the biosignal. The method of claim 1,
A multifunctional wearable device for pets further comprising an LED module that outputs light at a preset time period. According to claim 1,
the communication unit
GPS transceiver for transmitting the location information of the pet dog to the dog owner terminal or the external agency server through the approval of the MCU; and
A multifunctional wearable device for pets including a message transmission unit for transmitting a rescue message when the location information of the pet dog is detected as a repeating pattern within a preset radius or out of a preset radius from the MCU.

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