KR20200005952A - Companion animal status notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system of notifying a state of a companion animal, which is configured to predict a state of a companion animal by analyzing information collected from a necklace-type data collecting device worn on a neck of the companion animal, and transfer information about the predicted state of a companion animal to a user (owner of the companion animal) so that the user is able to recognize the state of a companion animal in a remote area and quickly take a proper follow-up measure when an emergency situation occurs, and thus, it is possible to optimize management of the companion animal. The system of notifying a state of a companion animal comprises: a companion animal state information collection means collecting and transferring information about a state, activities, meals, and a sound of a companion animal as companion animal state information; a companion animal state analysis server diagnosing the state of a companion animal by collectively analyzing activity information, body temperature information, heart rate information, sound information, and meal amount information from the companion animal state information collected by the companion animal state information collection means, and transferring companion animal diagnosis information to a user in a remote area; and a user terminal displaying companion animal state information based on the companion animal diagnosis information transferred from the companion animal state analysis server on a screen to provide the companion animal state information to the user.

Description

Companion animal status notification system

The present invention relates to a pet status notification system, and more particularly, to analyze the information collected in the necklace-type data collection device mounted on the neck of the pet to predict the status of the pet, and predicted the status of the pet Regarding the pet status notification system, by sending information to the user (the pet owner), the user can remotely recognize the status of the pet and quickly follow up in case of an emergency. will be.

Interest in pets has recently increased, and the position in the home is changing from pets to pets, the concept of a family. These pets also enjoy everyday life with their owners. In particular, pets are changing to a family concept to replace loneliness with aging and nuclear family.

In addition, the interest in the health of pets is also increasing, and in order to prevent the disease of pets, various efforts such as vaccination, removal of tartar, repellent administration, and regular check-ups are being made.

The number of pets living in the same space as humans is increasing, and obesity animals are also increasing due to problems of exercise and eating habits.

Obese animals are often lack of exercise, but in many cases depends on the type of food and intake. If your pet is a puppy, most of your pets will look weak and you will take care of it. This causes indigestion and nutritional imbalances, which eventually lead to obesity, and even bad eating habits such as eating and eating.

Obese pets, like humans, have a variety of diseases, such as heart disease, joint problems, diabetes, fatty liver, respiratory failure, decreased fertility, obesity causes a variety of complications.

In addition, when a pet has an abnormality due to a disease, the amount of food consumed decreases. A user who lives away from a pet for many hours a day without living with a pet for 24 hours (the pet owner) It is also very difficult to confirm this in real time or continuously.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent obesity through improving the eating habits and increase the amount of exercise of pets, and to remove the causes of complications so that life can be prolonged in a healthy way. There is a need for a variety of methods to make pets aware of their condition.

Conventional techniques for managing the health of companion animals are disclosed in the following <Patent Documents 1> to <Patent Document 3>.

The prior art disclosed in <Patent Document 1> is connected to the input unit consisting of a terminal, the wireless communication unit and the input unit, and outputs the relevant data of the pet companion input while running the application downloaded to the output unit and the input unit with a built-in speaker It includes a control unit for controlling the output to the voice. The prior art configured as described above outputs various kinds of information, immunization date, various schedules, etc. of the pets through the execution of the application installed in the terminal.

In addition, the prior art disclosed in <Patent Document 2> is an information providing module that is worn on the pet to provide the location and identification information, a management server for storing the location information and history information of the companion animal, and confirms the location of the companion animal, A companion animal management system including a user terminal for receiving or receiving animal history information from a companion server is constructed. The prior art configured as described above systematically manages the companion animal by using the lineage information and the location information of the companion animal.

In addition, the prior art disclosed in <Patent Document 3> is the step of receiving the pet detailed information and the pet service provider information, displaying the time to provide a reservation service based on the pet detailed information, corresponding to the service providing time Generating search result information by searching for the pet service provider information, weighting the search result information based on the pet detail information, and determining a reservation schedule based on the search result information reflecting the weight; do. The prior art thus configured easily determines the scheduled service date of the pet based on the weight.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0146806 (published Dec. 29, 2014) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0029057 (2015.03.18.published) Republic of Korea Patent Registration 10-1427550 (July 31, 2014)

However, the general pet management method and the prior art as described above, it is possible to find the location of the pet or manage the health schedule of the pet, and to manage the health by vaccination according to the schedule, improve the pet's eating habits There is a disadvantage that it is impossible to prevent the obesity, or diagnose the status of the companion animal by analyzing the amount and voice of the companion animal.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the general pet management method and the prior art, by analyzing the information collected from the necklace-type data collection device mounted on the neck of the pet animal By predicting the status of the pet and sending the predicted pet status information to the user (the pet owner), the user can remotely recognize the pet's status and follow up promptly in case of emergency. The purpose is to provide a pet status notification system that can be optimized for the purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the companion animal status notification system according to the present invention, the companion animal status information collection means for collecting and transmitting the status and activity information, meal and sound information of the companion animal as companion animal status information; Comprehensive analysis of the activity amount information, body temperature information, heart rate information, sound information, meal amount information from the companion animal status information collected by the companion animal status information collecting means to diagnose the status of the companion animal, and remotely diagnose the companion animal diagnostic information Pet status analysis server to send to; And a user terminal displaying the companion animal status information on the screen based on the companion animal diagnosis information transmitted from the companion animal status analysis server and providing the same to the user.

The companion state information collection means is an activity sensor for measuring the activity of the companion animal; A body temperature sensor for measuring a body temperature of a companion animal; Heart rate sensor for measuring the heart rate of the companion animal; A camera for acquiring meal information of the companion animal as an image; A microphone for acquiring a sound generated by the pet; A control unit for generating companion animal sound information by converting the companion animal voice obtained through the microphone into frequency, and generating the companion animal sound information, meal amount information, activity amount information, body temperature information, and heart rate information as companion animal status information; A communication module for transmitting the companion animal state information generated by the controller to the companion animal state analysis server; The activity sensor, the body temperature sensor, the heart rate sensor, the camera, the microphone, the control unit and the built-in communication module, characterized in that it comprises a band-type necklace worn on the pet.

The communication module may include at least one of a CDMA communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, a Bluetooth communication module, an LTE communication module, and a LoRa communication module.

The companion animal status analysis server is a communication module for transmitting and receiving companion animal status information or diagnostic information through communication with the companion animal status information collecting means and the user terminal; An information storage unit for storing the companion animal status information and the companion animal analysis result information received by the communication module; The activity amount information, the body temperature information and the heart rate information are compared with the reference information stored in the database from the companion animal state information stored in the information storage unit to predict the state of the companion animal first, and the voice information and the meal amount information are obtained from the companion animal state information. A state analyzer for generating companion animal diagnosis information by finally predicting a companion animal state in consideration of the analyzed information and the state information of the primary companion animal; An analysis result processing unit processing the companion animal diagnosis information generated by the state analysis unit into an analysis result and storing the analysis result in the information storage unit; And an analysis result transmission unit for converting the companion animal diagnosis information stored in the information storage unit into a predetermined communication protocol format and transmitting the converted animal diagnostic information.

The state analysis unit is characterized by diagnosing the state of the companion animal by frequency analysis of the voice information of the companion animal.

In the above, the state analysis unit analyzes the meal amount by comparing the image of the pet meal amount acquired by the image with the existing meal amount information or the first provided meal amount information stored in the database, and diagnosing the pet state based on the analyzed meal amount information. It features.

According to the present invention by analyzing the information collected in the necklace-type data collection device mounted on the neck of the pet to predict the status of the companion animal, by transmitting the predicted status information of the pet to the user (pet owner), The user can remotely recognize the pet's condition and follow up promptly in case of an emergency, thereby optimizing the management of the pet.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a pet status notification system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 2 is an illustration of the companion animal status information collecting means according to the present invention,
3 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the pet state information collecting means of FIG.
Figure 4 is an embodiment configuration of the companion animal condition analysis server of Figure 1;

Hereinafter, a companion animal status notification system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a companion animal status notification system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and includes a companion animal status information collecting means 100, a companion animal status analysis server 200, and a user terminal 300.

The companion state information collecting means 100 serves to collect and transmit the state and activity information of the pet, meal and sound information as the companion animal state information.

The companion state information collecting means 100 is manufactured in the form of a necklace, worn on the neck of the pet to be managed to collect the pet's state information, and the companion pet's state information collected remotely through communication It is preferable to transmit to the state analysis server 200.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the companion state information collecting means 100 includes an active amount sensor 103 for measuring the amount of activity of the companion animal, a temperature sensor 101 for measuring the body temperature of the companion animal, and a companion animal. Heart rate sensor 102 for measuring the heart rate of the camera, the camera 106 for acquiring the meal amount information of the pet as an image, the microphone 105 for obtaining the sound generated by the pet, the companion obtained through the microphone 105 The control unit 107 and the control unit 107 for generating companion animal sound information by converting an animal voice into a frequency and generating the companion animal sound information, meal amount information, activity amount information, body temperature information, and heart rate information as companion animal information. Communication module 104 for transmitting the companion animal status information generated in the companion animal status analysis server 200; The activity sensor 103, the body temperature sensor 101, the heart rate sensor 102, the camera 106, the microphone 105, the control unit 107 and the built-in or mounted, the pet is worn on the pet Band-shaped necklace 108.

Herein, the communication module 104 preferably includes at least one of a CDMA communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, a Bluetooth communication module, an LTE communication module, and a LoRa communication module.

Although not shown in the drawing, the companion animal state information collecting means 100 may include a built-in battery for power supply and supply driving power.

In addition, the companion animal status analysis server 200 analyzes the activity amount information, body temperature information, heart rate information, sound information, meal amount information from the companion animal state information collected by the companion animal status information collecting means 100 Diagnose the condition of the animal, and transmits the companion animal diagnostic information to a remote user.

As shown in FIG. 4, the companion animal state analysis server 200 transmits and receives the companion animal state information or diagnostic information through communication with the companion animal state information collecting means 100 and the user terminal 300. 201, an information storage unit 202 for storing the companion animal status information and the companion animal analysis result information received from the communication module 201, and activity amount information from the companion animal status information stored in the information storage unit 202. The temperature information and the heart rate information are compared with the reference information stored in the database 206 to predict the state of the companion animal, and the information of the analysis of the voice information and the meal amount information from the companion state information and the state of the primary companion animal In the state analysis unit 203 and the state analysis unit 203 for generating a companion animal diagnosis information by finally predicting the companion animal state in consideration of the information comprehensively Analysis result processing unit 204 for processing the generated pet diagnosis information generated as an analysis result and storing in the information storage unit 202, and converts the pet diagnosis information stored in the information storage unit 202 into a set communication protocol format The analysis result transmitting unit 205 is then transmitted.

Here, the state analysis unit 203 diagnoses the state of the companion animal by frequency analysis of the voice information of the companion animal, and the existing meal amount information or the first provided meal amount information stored in the database 206 of the companion animal meal amount information acquired as an image. It is preferable to analyze the amount of meal by comparing images with and to diagnose the status of companion animals based on the analyzed amount of meal information.

In addition, the user terminal 300 serves to display the companion animal status information on the screen and provide it to the user based on the companion animal diagnosis information transmitted from the companion animal status analysis server 200. The user terminal 300 may be implemented by various mobile devices such as a smart phone, a personal information terminal, a pad, and a note. However, in the present invention, it is assumed that the user terminal 300 is implemented as a smart phone.

Referring to the operation of the companion animal status notification system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, in order to prevent obesity of a companion animal and to check the health status of the companion animal in real time, the companion animal is equipped with a companion animal state information collecting means 100 which can acquire various state information of the companion animal.

Preferably, the pet status information collecting means 100 is made in the form of a band-shaped necklace, each sensor, measuring device and communication module is built to wear on the pet's neck. While wearing on the pet's neck, the built-in battery power is supplied using the power switch to collect pet status information.

In the state of wearing the companion state information collecting means 100, the companion animal is free to live, eat, sleep, and have a general life.

When the companion status information collection starts, the activity sensor 103 detects the movement of the companion animal to generate activity amount information, and transmits it to the controller 107. Here, it is preferable to use a measuring device such as a pedometer, a gyro sensor, or the like as the activity sensor 103.

Next, the body temperature sensor 101 measures body temperature of the neck of the pet in close contact, generates body temperature information, and transmits the body temperature information to the controller 107. The heart rate sensor 102 measures heart rate of the pet and measures the heart rate information. It generates and delivers it to the control unit 107.

In addition, the camera 106 acquires the image information of the companion animal by driving at the same time as measuring the status information of the companion animal. If the image information of the companion is continuously obtained, the amount of image information may increase and there may be a limitation in storing it. Therefore, it is desirable to optimize the amount of video information by embedding an image analysis algorithm in the controller 107 so as to obtain only meal information from the obtained video information and delete the rest. In order to acquire only the meal amount information from the video information, the tableware to be fed is photographed in advance and stored in the internal memory of the controller 107. Then, the controller 107 may easily extract only the image corresponding to the dish information as the meal amount information image by comparing the photographed image image and the pre-stored tableware information through the image image comparison method.

Next, the microphone 105 receives the voice of the pet and transmits it to the control unit 107. The controller 107 converts the input voice information into frequency data to generate sound information.

Here, as the companion animal status information, activity amount information, temperature information, heart rate information, image information, audio information, etc. are mentioned, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and various known sensors for acquiring the status information of the companion animal or The device may additionally be used.

The control unit 107 collects the status information of the companion animal measured and obtained from each sensor or equipment, generates the companion animal status information, and transmits the companion animal status information to the companion animal status analysis server 200 through the communication module 104. .

The companion animal state analysis server 200 receives it in the communication module 201 and accumulates and stores it in the information storage unit 202. Here, the cumulative storage of the status information of the companion animal stores the status information in a manner such as time unit, daily unit, weekly unit, monthly unit, and yearly unit.

If the status information of the pet is continuously acquired in real time, there is a possibility that side effects may occur in various aspects such as excessive memory amount or overload due to a large amount of data transmission. Therefore, in the present invention, it is assumed that a predetermined period (for example, 5 minutes or 10 minutes) is set in advance, and the companion animal status information is transmitted at a predetermined period.

The state analysis unit 203 of the companion animal state analysis server 200 extracts the activity amount information, the body temperature information, and the heart rate information from the companion animal state information stored in the information storage unit 202, and stores them in the database 206. The activity level reference information, the temperature reference information, and the heart rate reference information are compared, respectively, and the state of the companion animal is primarily predicted. For example, the collected activity amount information and activity amount reference information are compared, and the status of the companion animal is diagnosed with or without the size. In addition, the collected body temperature information is compared with body temperature reference information, and the status of the pet is diagnosed with or without the size. In addition, the collected heart rate information and heart rate reference information are compared, and the status of the companion animal is diagnosed with or without the size. Based on the three kinds of status information, the primary pet status is predicted.

Subsequently, the state analyzer 203 analyzes voice information and meal amount information from the pet state information to predict the pet state.

For example, the amount of meal ingested is analyzed by comparing the acquired meal amount image information with a previously provided meal information image registered in advance. Here, using a general image processing algorithm, the height information and volume information of a specific object (feeding) may be calculated through pixels from the image information, and the amount of ingested meals may be easily estimated by comparing the pixel information.

In addition, the state analyzer 203 diagnoses the state of the companion animal through voice analysis from the state information of the companion animal. That is, the pet's sound is converted into frequency. The method of converting a pet's sound into a frequency can be implemented simply by converting the pet's voice into a frequency through a Fourier transform. Then, frequency analysis is used to diagnose the condition of the pet. In this case, the frequency analysis is preferably performed based on big data accumulated through animal academia information or various experiences according to the voice of the companion animal.

Subsequently, the companion animal state prediction information analyzed first and the companion animal state prediction information analyzed through meal amount analysis and voice analysis are comprehensively analyzed to finally predict the state of the companion animal.

The pet state information thus predicted is processed through the analysis result processing unit 204 and stored in the information storage unit 202.

In addition, the analysis result transmission unit 205 transmits the companion animal state analysis information stored in the information storage unit 202 to the user terminal 300 through the communication module 201.

Therefore, the user receives the state prediction information of the companion animal in real time or at a certain period with the user terminal (3000 smartphone) in a state away from the companion animal, thereby accurately recognize the state of the companion animal.

The companion animal state prediction information received may be information such as insufficient amount of meal or activity, too high or low body temperature or heart rate, or abnormalities in the body as a result of voice analysis.

Therefore, the user can easily recognize the status of the companion animal through the companion animal prediction information. If it is determined that an emergency situation has occurred in the companion animal, the follow-up measures are promptly taken to protect the companion animal from the emergency situation, thereby optimally managing the companion animal.

On the other hand, as a result of analyzing the activity information in the companion animal state prediction information, if the activity amount is significantly insufficient, that is, if the measured activity amount information is significantly smaller than the reference activity amount determination information there is a fear that the pet becomes obese.

Accordingly, in order to prevent the pet from becoming obese, guide information including activity shortage information and activity promotion information may be generated and transmitted to the user when the companion animal state prediction information is provided.

The user may check the actual activity information using the user terminal 300, which analyzes the activity amount of the companion animal in real time even in a remotely located state. At this time, if guide information including activity shortage information and activity promotion information is received, the companion animal may be walked or exercised later on the basis of this, thereby increasing the activity. Here, it is preferable to store the information for promoting the activity in the database 206 in advance in the activity promotion information, withdraw it and transmit it. Activity promotion information may be information such as walking 20 minutes or more or running 5 minutes or more.

Therefore, the user can accurately recognize the pet's condition without remotely monitoring the pet. By recognizing the condition of the pet, and taking appropriate follow-up, the pet can be managed like a family.

As mentioned above, although the invention made by the present inventor was demonstrated concretely according to the said Example, this invention is not limited to the said Example and can be variously changed in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

100: pet status information collection means
200: pet status analysis server
300: user terminal

Claims (6)

As a system for collecting and analyzing the status of the pet, and informs the user of the diagnostic status of the pet,
Companion animal status information collecting means for collecting and transmitting the status and activity information, meal and sound information of the pet as companion animal status information;
Comprehensive analysis of the activity amount information, body temperature information, heart rate information, sound information, meal amount information from the companion animal status information collected by the companion animal status information collecting means to diagnose the status of the companion animal, and remotely diagnose the companion animal diagnostic information Pet status analysis server to send to; And
Companion animal status notification system, characterized in that it comprises a user terminal for displaying to the screen the companion animal status information based on the companion animal diagnostic information transmitted from the companion animal status analysis server.
The method of claim 1, wherein the companion state information collecting means is an activity sensor for measuring the activity of the companion animal; A body temperature sensor for measuring a body temperature of a companion animal; Heart rate sensor for measuring the heart rate of the companion animal; A camera for acquiring meal information of the companion animal as an image; A microphone for acquiring a sound generated by the pet; A control unit for generating companion animal sound information by converting the companion animal voice obtained through the microphone into frequency, and generating the companion animal sound information, meal amount information, activity amount information, body temperature information, and heart rate information as companion animal status information; A communication module for transmitting the companion animal state information generated by the controller to the companion animal state analysis server; Built-in or equipped with the activity sensor, body temperature sensor, heart rate sensor, camera, microphone, control unit and communication module, and the companion animal status notification system comprising a band-type necklace worn on the pet.
The system of claim 2, wherein the communication module comprises at least one of a CDMA communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, a Bluetooth communication module, an LTE communication module, and a LoRa communication module.
The companion animal state analysis server of claim 1, further comprising: a communication module configured to transmit and receive companion animal state information or diagnostic information through communication with the companion animal state information collecting means and a user terminal; An information storage unit for storing the companion animal status information and the companion animal analysis result information received by the communication module; The activity amount information, the body temperature information and the heart rate information are first compared with the reference information stored in the database from the companion animal state information stored in the information storage unit, and the state of the companion animal is first predicted. A state analyzer configured to generate companion animal diagnosis information by finally predicting a companion animal state in consideration of the analyzed information and the state information of the primary companion animal; An analysis result processing unit processing the companion animal diagnosis information generated by the state analysis unit into an analysis result and storing the analysis result in the information storage unit; Companion animal status notification system comprising the analysis result transmission unit for converting and transmitting the pet animal diagnostic information stored in the information storage format to the set communication protocol format.
The companion animal status notification system according to claim 4, wherein the state analyzer diagnoses the state of the companion animal by performing frequency analysis on the voice information of the companion animal.
The method of claim 4, wherein the state analysis unit analyzes the meal amount by comparing the image of the companion animal meal amount acquired through the image with the existing meal amount information or the first provided meal amount information stored in the database, and determines the pet state based on the analyzed meal amount information. Pet status notification system, characterized in that the diagnosis.

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