KR20170014683A - Activity-based companion animal management apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an activity-based companion animal management device capable of controlling the feeding amount of companion animals based on the activity amount of a camera and diagnosing the state of companion animals through voice analysis of companion animals, Animal state measurement means for measuring and outputting state measurement information; An image capturing means for extracting and accumulating activity amount information from the measured state information, controlling the amount of feed through analysis of the extracted activity amount information, and photographing the companion animal; A user terminal for receiving the companion animal status information and inputting a feed amount adjustment control command to the photographing means; And an automatic feeder for controlling the tray to control the tray according to a control command of the photographing means to implement an activity-based companion animal management apparatus.
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The present invention relates to the management of companion animals on the basis of activity, and in particular, it is an activity-based system in which a camera is main to adjust the feeding amount of companion animals based on the activity amount and diagnose the companion animal through voice analysis of companion animals The present invention relates to a companion animal management device of the present invention.
Recently, interest in pets has been increasing, and the position at home has been changing from pets to companions, the concept of family. These companions enjoy everyday life with their owners. Especially, companion animals are changing into family concept to replace loneliness by aging and nuclear family.
In addition, interest in the health of companion animals is also increasing. In order to prevent diseases of companion animals, efforts are being made to prevent various diseases such as immunization, plaque removal, insecticide administration, and regular checkups.
The number of companion animals that reside in the same space as humans is increasing, and the obesity animals are also increasing due to the problems of exercise and eating habits.
Especially in urban areas, obesity is increasing due to lack of exercise due to restriction of activity area of companion animals compared to rural areas.
Obese animals are often lacking in exercise, but often depends on the type of food and intake. When the companion animal is a puppy, most of the owner 's mind is weakened by the cute appearance, and he or she gets a lot of things. This leads to indigestion and nutritional imbalance, and eventually to obesity, and also to bad eating habits such as eating and eating.
Obesity companion animals also have various diseases such as heart disease, joint abnormality, diabetes, fatty liver, respiratory disorder, poor reproductive ability, and obesity causes various complications.
Therefore, it is necessary to study various methods that can prevent obesity by improving dietary habits of the companion animal and increase the amount of exercise, and to prolong the life span of health by eliminating the cause of complications.
In the following
The prior art disclosed in
The prior art disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes an information providing module for providing location and identification information worn by a companion animal, a management server for storing location information and history information of the companion animal, And a user terminal for inputting or receiving history information of the companion animal to the management server. The conventional art constructed in this manner systematically manages the companion animal using the information on the pedigree and the location information of the companion animal.
The prior art disclosed in Patent Document 3 includes a step of receiving companion animal detailed information and companion animal service provider information, displaying a time of providing a service that can be reserved based on the companion animal detailed information, Searching the pet service provider information to generate search result information, weighting the search result information based on the detailed pet information, and setting a reservation schedule based on the search result information reflecting the weight value . The conventional technique thus configured easily determines the service date of the companion animal based on the weight.
However, the conventional techniques described above can manage the health of the companion animal by locating the companion animal, managing the health schedule of the companion animal, and vaccinating the animal according to the schedule, but it is possible to improve the eating habits of the companion animal to prevent obesity It is impossible to analyze the voice of the companion animal to diagnose the condition of the companion animal.
In particular, the conventional techniques require expensive equipment such as a server to manage the companion animal, which is costly for managing the companion animal, and the management of the companion animal is also complicated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve all of the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for controlling the feeding amount of a companion animal based on activity, The present invention is directed to providing an animal-based companion animal management apparatus based on an activity amount capable of diagnosing an animal.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an activity-based companion animal management device that measures the state of a companion animal through various health condition check sensors and manages the health of companion animals through its analysis.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for controlling an animal by itself by merely adding a simple function for data storage and control to a camera without using a management apparatus such as an expensive server, Based companion animal management device.
In order to achieve the above object, an activity-based companion animal management apparatus according to the present invention comprises: companion animal condition measurement means for measuring a state of a companion animal and outputting state measurement information; An image capturing means for extracting and accumulating activity amount information from the state information measured by the companion animal condition measuring means, controlling the amount of feed through the extracted activity amount information analysis, and photographing the companion animal; A user terminal for receiving the companion animal status information through communication with the photographing means and inputting a feed amount adjustment control command to the photographing means; And an automatic feeder for controlling the tray on the basis of a control command of the photographing unit to perform a feeding operation.
In this case, the companion animal condition measuring means may include at least one of an activity sensor for measuring the state of the companion animal worn by the companion animal and measuring activity, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature, and a heart rate sensor for measuring the heart rate .
Wherein the photographing means comprises: a camera for photographing the companion animal to acquire an image; A microphone for receiving a sound generated by the companion animal; A sound for notifying a meal, a speaker for transmitting user's voice; A communication module for short-range wireless communication with the companion animal condition measuring means, the automatic feeder and the user terminal; And a memory for cumulatively storing the companion animal state information measured by the companion animal condition measuring means.
The photographing means extracts only the activity amount information from the companion animal state information measured by the companion animal condition measuring means, compares the activity amount information with the activity amount determination information previously stored in the memory to determine the actual activity amount of the companion animal, The main control unit controls the automatic feeding device by calculating the feeding control data according to the actual activity amount and transmits the guide information including the activity amount insufficient information and the activity amount promotion information to the user terminal when it is determined that the activity amount is insufficient as a result of analyzing the actual activity amount, And the main processor transmits status information and analysis information of the reply information to the companion animal management server.
Wherein the photographing means diagnoses the state of the companion animal through frequency analysis of the sound of the companion animal input through the microphone and stores the result of the diagnosis in the memory through the main processor, And generating a health abnormality state information and transmitting the generated health abnormality state information to the main processor. When the health abnormality state information is generated from the frequency analyzer, the main processor transmits the health abnormality state information to the user terminal through a communication module do.
In this case, the automatic feeder self-diagnoses each state of the automatic feeder, and if self-diagnosis results in insufficient feed, snack, or drinking water, or if a specific device fails, the automatic feeder generates and transmits self-diagnosis information to the photographing means.
In addition, the activity-based companion animal management apparatus according to the present invention may display an image of a companion animal photographed by a camera on a screen, display a pre-stored image in a memory, or display a user image transmitted to the photographing means through the user terminal And a display device for displaying on the screen.
According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the obesity by adjusting the feeding amount of the companion animals based on the activity amount and to be able to accurately diagnose the companion animal through the voice analysis of the companion animal.
In addition, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that the health of the companion animal can be managed in real time by measuring the state of the companion animal through various health condition check sensors and analyzing it.
In addition, according to the present invention, since only a simple function for storing and controlling data is added to a camera without using a management device such as an expensive server, the camera itself can manage the companion animal and the feed rate of the feeder can be adjusted, There is also an advantage that the implementation cost of the management device can be reduced.
1 is a configuration diagram of an activity-based companion animal management apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the photographing means of Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the automatic feeder of Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the companion animal condition measuring means of Fig. 1. Fig.
Hereinafter, an activity-based companion animal management apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a block diagram of an activity-based companion animal management apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The activity-based companion
The companion animal state measuring means 110 measures the state of the companion animal and transmits the state measurement information to the photographing means 120. It is preferable that the companion animal condition measuring means 110 is put on the companion animal and directly measures the condition of the companion animal.
4, the companion animal
The photographing means 120 extracts activity amount information from the state information measured by the companion animal condition measuring means 110, accumulates and stores the accumulated activity amount information, and controls the feeding amount control through the extracted activity amount information analysis and photographs the companion animal do.
2, the photographing means 120 includes a
In addition, the photographing means 120 extracts only the activity amount information from the companion animal state information measured from the companion animal condition measuring means 110, compares the activity amount information with the activity amount determination information previously stored in the
The photographing
In addition, the photographing means 120 includes a
The
The
As shown in FIG. 3, the
The
The operation of the activity-based companion animal management apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail.
First, a companion animal condition measuring means 110 for measuring the condition of the companion animal is provided to prevent obesity of the companion animal, to check the health condition of the companion animal in real time, and to automatically adjust the amount of the companion animal to be fed It is worn on companion animals.
The companion animal condition measuring means 110 is made in the form of a band necklace, and each sensor is built in and put on the companion animal.
When the animal companion state measuring means 110 is worn by the companion animal, when the operation command is inputted, the companion animal measures the activity amount through the
The state information of the companion animal measured from each sensor is transmitted to the photographing means 120 through the
The photographing means 120 receives the companion animal status information transmitted from the companion animal condition measuring means 110 via the
In addition, the
Then, the food control data is calculated according to the determined actual activity amount.
For example, the extracted activity amount information is compared with the activity amount determination information. If the activity amount information is larger than the activity amount determination information, it is determined that the activity amount is large. If the activity amount information is smaller than the activity amount determination information, If the activity amount information and the activity amount judgment information are the same, it is judged that the activity amount is appropriate. Such activity amount determination information is referred to as actual amount of activity.
The activity amount information is compared with the activity amount determination information, and the difference is calculated, and the feed control data is extracted from the food feed table previously stored in the memory 1240 by the calculated difference, where the feed control amount is increased when the activity amount is larger than the reference amount And if the amount of activity is smaller than the reference amount, it becomes the feeding control data in the direction of reducing the feeding amount.
The feed control data thus calculated is transmitted to the
In another aspect of the present invention, when the activity amount information is remarkably insufficient as a result of analyzing the activity amount information, it is likely that the companion animal becomes obese if the measured activity amount information is significantly smaller than the reference activity amount determination information.
Therefore, in order to prevent the companion animal from becoming obese, the
The user can confirm the actual activity amount information obtained by analyzing the activity amount of the companion animal in real time even when the user is remotely located, using the
Meanwhile, as another feature of the present invention, it is possible for a user to remotely transmit a feed amount adjustment command by using the
The photographing means 1200 is connected in communication with the
In addition, when the user's voice is transmitted, the user's voice is transmitted through the
If necessary, the photographing means 120 may photograph the companion animal using the
Also, as another feature of the present invention, the
Further, as another feature of the present invention, it is possible to diagnose the state of companion animals through voice analysis of companion animals.
For example, the photographing
Therefore, the user can recognize the state of the companion animal without remote monitoring the companion animal in real time. By recognizing the state of the companion animal and taking the appropriate follow-up action, the companion animal can be managed like a family.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
The present invention is applied to a technique for controlling the feeding amount of companion animals to prevent obesity and diagnose the condition of companion animals.
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110: Means for measuring the state of companion animals
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128: Frequency analysis unit
130: User terminal
140: Automatic feeder
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A companion animal state measurement means for measuring the state of the companion animal and outputting the state measurement information;
An image capturing means for extracting and accumulating activity amount information from the state information measured by the companion animal condition measuring means, controlling the amount of feed through the extracted activity amount information analysis, and photographing the companion animal;
A user terminal for receiving the companion animal status information through communication with the photographing means and inputting a feed amount adjustment control command to the photographing means; And
And an automatic feeder for feeding the food by controlling the tray according to a control command of the photographing means.
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