KR20200011177A - Auto feeding device for companion animal and auto feeding system for companion animal using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic pet feeding device, which comprises: a pouch in which wet feed is stored and discharged; a sensor which detects pet behavior; and a supply device provided at one end of the pouch and receiving a signal transmitted by the sensor to discharge the wet feed from the pouch, can be fed by pet even if pet′s owner goes out, and can feed when the pet wants, not when the pet′s owner wants, and to an automatic pet feeding system using the same.

Description

Auto feeding device for companion animal and auto feeding system for companion animal using the same}

The present invention relates to an automatic pet feeder, and more particularly, to a companion pet automatic feeding system that enables the pet to eat the wet feed by itself and remote control of the companion.

Here, background art is provided with respect to the present disclosure, and these do not necessarily mean known art.

It is estimated that the population of pets is growing exponentially in recent years, and there are various age groups for raising pets. This phenomenon is believed to be due to an increase in the number of people raising pets due to the increase in the number of single-person households, low fertility, and aging. In fact, the pet-related industry is also showing rapid growth.

Unlike in the past, as more people treat pets as family members instead of livestock, services using information and communication technology (ICT) targeting pets continue to flow out. In particular, pet management systems using smartphones are emerging as a big concern.

On the other hand, people who keep pets, like other people spend a lot of time outside, so if you leave the house there are various problems in the management of pets.

In particular, when leaving home for long periods of time, such as going out or on vacation, the supply of food becomes a problem. As a result, pets may be entrusted to a paid consignment facility, but their pets have different dietary habits and meal habits. there is a problem.

The present invention is to solve the problems as described above to provide a companion animal can eat a wet feed on its own and to provide a user with a remote control automatic pet feeder and a pet feed system.

However, the objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The present invention is equipped with a pouch equipped with a pouch in which the wet feed is stored and discharged; Sensor unit for detecting the wet feed discharge request of the companion animal; And a supply unit for reducing the volume of the inner space of the main body of the pouch so that the wet feed is discharged through the discharge port.

In addition, the pouch is characterized in that it has a spout (spout) form comprising a main body which is variable in the volume of the internal space in which the wet feed is contained and the outlet for the wet feed is provided on one side of the main body.

In addition, the supply unit is characterized in that for supplying the wet feed so that the parameter (P) represented by the following formula 1 is in the range of 0.05 to 0.8.

[Equation 1]

(L.C. here means the minimum length of wet feed when the wet feed is discharged through the 1cm diameter outlet and the wet feed is cut off at the rate of 1mm / s.)

In addition, the wet feed is characterized in that the minimum length is 50mm to 4cm when the wet feed is discharged at a speed of 1mm / s when discharged through a 1cm diameter outlet when the unit is discharged at a speed of 1mm / s.

In addition, the mounting portion is characterized in that it is provided to enable the height adjustment and direction adjustment according to the size or feeding position of the pet.

In addition, the sensor unit is characterized in that it comprises a touch sensor for sensing the contact of the pet.

In addition, the pet automatic feeder is characterized in that it further comprises a support for supporting the mounting portion, the sensor portion and the supply.

In another aspect, the present invention is a pet animal feeder that can eat the pet food itself; And a user terminal that receives information from the pet automatic payroll and controls the pet automatic payroll through an application.

In another aspect, the present invention is a pet animal feeder that can eat the pet food itself; A management unit for receiving and storing salary information of the pet animal payroll machine; And a user terminal receiving the information from the management unit and controlling the pet animal feeder through an application.

In addition, the management unit includes a communication means for receiving and transmitting data, a database for storing the data, and a processing means for processing the received data, receiving the salary information transmitted from the automatic animal feeder through the communication means And transmitting salary information to the user terminal and receiving a control signal of the user through an application installed in the user terminal.

In addition, the management unit by analyzing the salary information through the control means characterized in that to generate the analysis information including the feed point and the wet feed intake of the wet feed and characterized in that for transmitting to the user terminal.

In addition, the user terminal is characterized in that the application can be installed and executed to check the pay situation through the automatic pet food dispenser in real time, and input a control signal to control the automatic pet food feeder.

The present invention adjusts the composition and viscosity of the wet feed, and through the pouch configuration for storing and discharging the wet feed, and the companion animal can directly control the food can be eaten when the pet wants even if you do not have a companion Can provide animal dispenser.

In addition, by using the user terminal, wireless communication and control technology, the companion can control the pet automatic food dispenser remotely or programmatically to enable automatic control so that the pet can be provided with an appropriate food supply such as preventing overeating of the pet. Can provide animal automatic feeding system.

Figure 1 shows the configuration of the automatic animal feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 to 4 show the configuration of the automatic pet care system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows the configuration of the support portion according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 and 7 show the configuration of the automatic pet care system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Prior to describing the present invention in detail below, it is understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, which is limited only by the scope of the appended claims. shall. All technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise indicated.

Throughout this specification and claims, unless otherwise indicated, the termcomprise, comprises, and configure means to include the referenced article, step, or group of articles, and step, and any other article It is not meant to exclude a stage or group of things or a group of stages. Also, when a part is 'connected' to another part, it includes not only 'directly connected' but also 'indirectly connected' with another element in between.

On the other hand, various embodiments of the present invention can be combined with any other embodiment unless clearly indicated to the contrary. Any feature indicated as particularly preferred or advantageous may be combined with any other feature and features indicated as preferred or advantageous. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention and the effects thereof.

Automatic pet food 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, the mounting portion 100 is equipped with a pouch for storing and discharging the wet feed, sensor unit for detecting the pet food request pets And a supply unit 300 to reduce the volume of the inner space of the body of the pouch so that the wet feed is discharged through the outlet.

The mounting part 100, the sensor part 200, and the supply part 300 may be provided at a specific position of the support part 400, but is not limited thereto. In addition, it is not limited to one support unit 400 may be provided provided with a plurality of support units, and is not limited to a wired connection is provided spaced apart from each other also includes a connection form capable of wireless communication.

The pouch is stored in the feed of the pet food can be discharged according to the physical or electrical signal, in the present invention has a configuration for feeding a wet feed in particular.

In the case of dry feed, there is an advantage of easy salary and storage, and the existing food supply device discloses a device for discharging a certain amount of dry feed according to a predetermined time or a predetermined signal. However, in the case of dry feed, protein and fat content is low, carbohydrate content is high, water content is about 10%, so palatability is low, and water content is low, so there is a problem that the lower urinary tract disease is vulnerable.

In the case of wet foods, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, etc., evenly balanced, well balanced nutrition, high moisture content of 70% or more, as well as high intake of water itself. However, there was a difficulty in feeding pets through automatic feeding machines because the fat content was higher than the dry foods and the available period after opening was short.

The pouch may have a spout form including a main body having a variable volume of an internal space in which the wet feed is contained and an outlet through which the wet feed is discharged.

The mounting unit 100 is provided in the pet automatic feeder 10 so that replacement is possible when all of the wet food in the pouch is fed. Wet feed is provided in small portions in the pouch so that it is always possible to feed the pet fresh food.

The wet feed has a viscosity such that the wet feed does not fall to the bottom when supplied to the pet once, so that the pet can directly eat the wet feed discharged from the outlet.

More specifically, when the wet feed is discharged through a 1 cm diameter outlet, it is preferable to use a minimum length of 50 mm to 4 cm when the wet feed is cut off at a speed of 1 mm / s.

The mounting portion 100 is provided to enable the height adjustment and direction adjustment according to the size or salary attitude of the companion animal as shown in Figs. If the size of the pet is large, adjust the height of the mounting portion 100, and if the size of the pet is small, the height of the mounting portion 100 can be adjusted, and if the pet wants to pay intact or bowed posture If you want to adjust the mounting part 100 so that the direction of the outlet of the pouch faces the front of the pet, and you want to pay in a raised position, the direction of the outlet of the pouch is toward the pet's head with the height of the mounting part 100 raised. By adjusting the mounting portion 100 to be able to feed the food in a variety of postures to pets of various sizes.

The sensor unit 200 is a device for detecting a request signal of a companion animal, in particular, a device for detecting the behavior of a companion animal, such as detecting the behavior of tailoring, licking, rubbing, pressing, biting, tail shaking, approach, etc. In the case of the action related to the food request, the supply unit 300 transmits an electric signal to operate the supply unit 300.

The sensor unit 200 is a voice-sensitive sensor for detecting barking and crying, a torque sensor for detecting lick and bite, a touch sensor and a gyro sensor for detecting pressing and rubbing, a motion sensor for detecting tail shaking, and a sensor using a marking It may be configured to include at least one sensor selected from the pressure sensor and the ultrasonic sensor for detecting the scratch and pressing, the displacement sensor and the proximity sensor for detecting the look.

For example, if the pet's pressing behavior is designated as a food requesting behavior, when the pet's pressing behavior is detected through a touch sensor or a pressure sensor, a signal is transmitted to the connected supply unit 300 to discharge the wet feed in the pouch. Can be.

Which of the pet's behaviors is recognized as a food request behavior for which the pet will be recognized and paid through the user terminal to be described later, or collect and analyze data on what kind of behavior the pet requests for food. Can be specified.

The supply unit 300 is a device for reducing the volume of the inner space of the body of the pouch so that the wet feed is discharged through the outlet. Any configuration capable of the above functions can be used without limitation.

Preferably, the supply unit 300 is a step motor as shown in FIG. 4 so that the end of the pouch is fixed to the rotation axis of the step motor, when the feed supply signal occurs, the pouch end is rolled together with the rotation axis when the internal space of the main body By reducing the volume of the wet feed can be discharged. When using a step motor, there is an advantage in that the number of steps to be rotated (rotation angle), rotation direction, and rotation speed can be easily controlled.

The supply unit 300 is provided to enable height adjustment and direction adjustment so that the wet feed in the pouch is automatically discharged in an appropriate amount according to the size or feeding posture of the companion animal.

The supply unit 300 supplies a wet feed such that the parameter P represented by Equation 1 is in the range of 0.05 to 0.8. Where L.C. is the minimum length that wet feed breaks when discharged at a rate of 1mm / s when the wet feed is discharged through a 1cm diameter outlet.

[Equation 1]

The sensor unit 200 and the supply unit 300 may be connected via wired or wireless network to send and receive signals. The network may be a wired network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, a satellite network, or a wireless LAN (LAN). It can be implemented in all kinds of wireless networks such as Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Wireless Broadband Internet (Wibro), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), and the like.

The support portion 400 is further provided with a support portion 410 that is discharged from the pouch but the wet feed is not ingested by the companion animal. The support unit 410 may generate salary information, such as how much wet food is not ingested, including a weight measuring means.

As shown in FIG. 5, the support part 410 may have a form in which the companion animal is not ingested from the wet food having at least one shielding plate. The shielding plate may be configured to automatically close in the order of the upper shielding plate in the lower shielding plate when the wet feed falls on the support portion 410.

The pet animal feeder 10 further includes a control unit 500 capable of wireless communication through a network with the management unit 20 or the user terminal 30 to be described later and controlling the mounting unit, the sensor unit, and the supply unit. Can directly control the pet automatic pay machine 10 through the application of the user terminal.

The control unit 500 may include a communication unit for receiving and transmitting data and a control unit for controlling the mounting unit, the sensor unit, and the supply unit to receive a control signal transmitted from the user terminal 30 and receive the control unit according to a control signal. 100 and the supply unit 300 may be driven. In addition, the controller 500 may store salary information, including database means for storing data.

In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the automatic pet feeding system 1 is shown in Figure 6, the companion pet automatic feeder (10) and the pet feeder (10) that can eat the wet food by themselves Receiving information from the) through the application includes a user terminal 30 that can control the automatic animal feeder.

The pet animal payroll 10 includes the control unit 500, so that wireless communication with the user terminal 30 is possible through the network, so that the salary information may be transmitted to the user terminal 30. The control signal may be received from the user terminal 30 and controlled according to the control signal.

Automatic pet food system 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention is a pet animal feeder 10 that can eat the pet food itself as shown in Figure 7, the pet animal feeder ( 10) management unit 20 for receiving and storing salary information and a user terminal 30 for receiving information from the management unit 20 and controlling the pet animal payroller 10 through an application. .

The management unit 20 includes communication means for receiving and transmitting data, database means for storing data, and processing means for processing the received data.

The management unit 20 receives salary information transmitted from the pet animal payroller 10 through the communication means, and transmits the salary information and analysis information generated by the processing means to the user terminal 30, and the user. The control signal of the user may be received through an application installed in the terminal 30. In addition, by transmitting the received control signal to the automatic animal feeder 10 to drive the supply unit 300.

The management unit 20 stores the salary information and control signal related information in the database means. The salary information is what kind of companion animal behavior is detected in the sensor unit 200, how many cycles the supply unit 300 is operated, the amount of the wet feed supplied and the amount of the wet feed is not ingested, etc. Contains information.

The management unit 20 analyzes the salary information through the processing means, and generates analysis information such as a wet feed supply point, a wet feed intake amount, and a grasp of a behavior pattern of which behavior of the companion animal requires feed discharge. .

The user terminal 30 may be various smart devices such as a smart phone, a smart note, a tablet PC, a smart camera, a smart TV, a wearable computer, and the like. However, the present invention is not limited to the form of the terminal as listed in the user terminal 30 in the present invention, and is directly connected to the control unit 500 of the management unit 20 or the pet animal feeder 10 via a network. If it can transmit and receive, payroll control application can be installed, regardless of the form of the specific terminal can perform the role of the user terminal 30 in the present invention.

In the present invention, the network may be a wired or mobile radio network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) or a value added network (VAN), or the like. It can be implemented in all kinds of wireless networks such as satellite communication networks, wireless LANs, Bluetooth, Wireless Broadband Internet (Wbro), and High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA).

The user terminal 30 is installed and executed an application capable of checking the pay situation through the automatic pet food dispenser 10 in real time and inputting a control signal to control the automatic pet food dispenser 10. .

When the application is executed through the user terminal 30, the salary information may be received from the management unit 20 or the control unit 500, and the salary status of the companion animal may be checked remotely. You can check the salary information about what kind of behavior your pet consumes, and how much time you take it.

In addition, by receiving the analysis information from the management unit 20 can obtain information about the intake pattern of the companion animal, and can transmit a control signal for controlling the automatic pet feeder 10 through the salary information and analysis information. have.

For example, to prevent pets from overeating, set the minimum amount of time that the next feeder can be operated after a single feeder operation, or if the pet does not feed too much or does not request food for itself. Can be set to activate.

Companion pets can be fed by themselves even when the companion goes out through the automatic pet feeding machine and the automatic pet feeding system using the same, it is possible to feed the pets at the desired time instead of the desired pets Provide effect. In addition, through the automatic pet feeder according to the present invention is possible to automatically feed the wet feed and provides an effect to prevent the corruption of the feed by providing a pouch replacement form.

The features, structures, effects, and the like illustrated in the above-described embodiments may be combined or modified with respect to other embodiments by those skilled in the art to which the embodiments belong. Therefore, it should be interpreted that the contents related to such a combination and modification are included in the scope of the present invention.

1: pet automatic feeding system
10: Pet Automatic Feeder
100: mounting portion
200: sensor unit
300: supply unit
400: support
500: control unit
20: management
30: user terminal

Claims (12)

A mounting portion to which a pouch for storing and discharging the wet feed is mounted;
Sensor unit for detecting the wet feed discharge request of the companion animal; And
And a supply unit to reduce the volume of the inner space of the pouch so that the wet feed is discharged through the discharge port.
The method of claim 1,
The pouch has a spout (spout) form comprising a main body that is variable in the volume of the internal space containing the wet feed and the discharge port is discharged from the wet feed is provided on one side of the main body.
The method of claim 1,
The supply unit is a pet animal feeder, characterized in that for supplying a wet feed so that the parameter (P) represented by the following formula (1) is in the range of 0.05 to 0.8.
[Equation 1]

(In this case, LC means the minimum length at which the wet feed is cut off at the rate of 1 mm / s when the wet feed is discharged through the 1 cm diameter outlet.)
The method of claim 1,
The wet feed is a pet feeder, characterized in that the minimum length is 50mm to 4cm when the wet feed is discharged at the rate of 1mm / s discharged per unit time when discharged through a 1cm diameter outlet.
The method of claim 1,
The mounting portion is provided with a pet automatic feeder, characterized in that the height adjustment and the direction adjustment is provided in accordance with the size or feed position of the pet.
The method of claim 1,
Wherein the sensor unit Automatic animal feeder characterized in that it comprises a touch sensor for sensing the contact of the pet.
The method of claim 1,
The pet automatic food dispenser further comprises a support for supporting the mounting portion, the sensor and the supply.
Companion animal feeder that can feed the pet food on their own; And
Receiving information from the automatic pet food payer user terminal for controlling the automatic pet food payer through an application;
The pet animal feeder is equipped with a pouch for storing and discharging the wet feed, a sensor unit for detecting the wet feed discharge request of the pet, and reducing the volume of the inner space of the body of the pouch to discharge the wet feed through the outlet And a supply unit and a control unit capable of wirelessly communicating with the user terminal through a network and controlling the mounting unit, the sensor unit, and the supply unit.
Companion animal feeder that can feed the pet food on their own;
A management unit for receiving and storing salary information of the pet animal payroll machine; And
Receiving information from the management unit a user terminal for controlling the pet automatic payroll through an application;
The pet animal feeder is equipped with a pouch for storing and discharging the wet feed, a sensor unit for detecting the wet feed discharge request of the pet, and reducing the volume of the inner space of the body of the pouch to discharge the wet feed through the outlet Automatic pet feeding system that is a device that includes a supply to enable.
The method of claim 9,
The management unit includes communication means for receiving and transmitting data, a database storing data, and processing means for processing the received data,
Receiving the salary information transmitted from the automatic pet feeder through the communication means, and transmits the salary information to the user terminal, and receives the control signal of the user through an application installed in the user terminal Payroll system.
The method of claim 19,
The management unit analyzes the salary information through the control means to generate an analysis information including the feed point and the feed amount of the wet feed and transmits to the user terminal, characterized in that for transmitting to the user terminal.
The method of claim 11,
The user terminal checks in real time the pay situation through the automatic pet food payer, and the pet animal automatic pay system, characterized in that the application capable of inputting a control signal for controlling the automatic pet food payer is installed and executed.

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