RU2584015C1 - Trough with function of communication with animal - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention is intended for feeding and watering domestic animals, in particular cats and dogs. Feeder case is equipped with at least one device to feed meal into tray, at least one video camera, microphone, monitor or facility for connecting tablet computer or smartphone, at least one speaker, communication module, power supply unit and control device. Feeder comprises container with rotary flap for loading and storing feed. Rotary flap is located above the tray for unloading feed and connected to stepper motor. Water feeding device comprises container with gate and tray for drinking. Gate is located above tray and connected with electropneumatic drive. Control device is made as controller with indication unit and control keys. Controller outputs are connected to indication unit and control keys with video camera, microphone, display, loud speaker, electropneumatic drive of gate and step motor. Controller input is connected to communication module output. Controller is connected to gate and step motor by means of corresponding controller z-wave relay.

EFFECT: invention ensures simultaneous two-way communication with animal by means of video communication in case of remote feeding.

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Description

The claimed invention relates to the field of keeping pets, mainly cats and dogs, and allows you to feed or drink pets at any time convenient for the user while simultaneously two-way communication with them via video.

A communication device with animals is known, described in Japanese Patent JP 2001032551 A of 02/06/2001. This patent describes the technology of communication with animals, namely, it is proposed, both in the room where the owner of the animal is located and in the room with the animal, to install monitors with microphones and thus communicate with the animal. The disadvantage of this device is that the owner can only communicate with the animal from a fixed room from a stationary device, and not from a portable device, such as a smartphone or tablet. In addition, this device does not allow you to feed the animal.

The closest technical solution is the remote feeding feeder disclosed in Chinese patent CN 102821156 A dated 12.12.2012. This feeder has a transceiver with a camera connected to it with a microphone. This transceiver through any wireless connection allows you to feed and receive information about feeding the animal on your mobile phone or computer. The disadvantage of this device is the lack of communication between the owner and the animal, so the animal can see the presence of food only when it is next to the feeder, and if the animal is in another room, the owner needs to wait a long time to see the animal, or it can even do not wait for the animal.

The proposed feeder is aimed at eliminating the above disadvantages.

EFFECT: improved communication of the host with the animal during remote feeding. So the owner from his smartphone, tablet, PC ... while away from the animal, for example at work, on vacation ... can call the animal for feeding, feed and drink the animal through mobile communication or the Internet, and the animal can see the image of the owner and react to it .

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the feeder with the function of communication with the animal contains installed in the housing,

at least one device for feeding food to the animal feed tray, including a container for loading and storing the animal feed, the container has a rotary leaf for unloading food into the tray located above the tray and kinematically connected to the stepper motor for feeding food,

a water supply device including a water container and an animal drinking tray, the container having a shutter located above the animal drinking tray and kinematically connected to an electro-pneumatic actuator,

at least one video camera, microphone, monitor or means for connecting a tablet computer / smartphone, at least one speaker, a communication module and a power supply,

and means for controlling the feeder, made in the form of a controller with an indication unit and control keys, while the controller outputs are connected respectively to an indication unit and control keys, with each video camera, with a microphone, a monitor, with each speaker, with an electro-pneumatic actuator of the water supply flapper, with each stepper motor of the food delivery device, and the input of the controller is connected to the output of the communication module,

at the same time, the controller is connected to the shutter and each stepper motor by means of the corresponding z-wave relay of the controller.

At least one food delivery device includes refrigeration equipment for cooling a container for loading and storing animal feed.

The power supply unit is designed to convert the input voltage of 220 V 50 Hz to a constant voltage of 12 V, supplied to each z-wave relay of the controller, to each stepper motor and to the electropneumatic damper.

The communication module has the ability to receive information on a wired Ethernet communication channel and / or on a Wi-fi wireless communication channel.

The feeder may further comprise an autonomous timer controlling each food supply device and water supply device.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, which depict:

in FIG. 1 is a general diagram of a feeder explaining the operation;

in FIG. 2 is an example of the implementation of two food supply devices and a water supply device;

in FIG. 3 is a view of a feeder in a part including two food supply devices and a water supply device.

in FIG. 4 - General view of the feeder.

Shown in FIG. 2, an exemplary embodiment of two food supply devices and a water supply device operates as follows. The first necessary feed is poured into the container for loading and storing feed 1.2 of the first food delivery device 1 (the feeder is plugged into the outlet first), after which it will be immediately cooled by refrigeration equipment (not shown in Fig. 1-4), with the sash 1.3 closed. After that, other necessary food is poured into the container for loading and storing food 2.2 of the second food delivery device 2, after which it will also be immediately cooled by refrigeration equipment (not shown in Fig. 1-4), with the sash 2.3 closed. And in the container for water 3.2. water supply device 3 water is poured (a general view of the water container is shown in Fig. 3), while the electro-pneumatic shutter 3.1 is also closed.

Then the user, using the display unit and control keys, sets the date, settings for connecting to the Internet, feeding time and the amount of feed, including for an offline timer (not shown in the figures), checks the operation of the camera, microphone, speakers, and all The necessary data is stored in the memory of the controller unit. Then the feeder is ready to work. In the simplest version, it will work like a normal feeder, in which, upon the arrival of a user-predefined time, an autonomous timer, by means of a relay, will activate the operation of step motors 1.1 and 2.1, as well as the electropneumatic damper 3.1. Stepper motors 1.1 and 2.1 rotate the shutters 1.3 and 2.3 (Fig. 2 shows the rotated shutter 2.3) by a certain angle depending on the data received from the controller unit and determining the amount of necessary feed that should be fed to the animal’s food trays (shown on Fig. 4). The electro-pneumatic shutter 3.1 opens the water supply to the tray for a predetermined time, the time determines the amount of water entering the animal drinking tray.

The main essence of the feeder is that the user, while away from the animal, can always, via the installed application on his smartphone / tablet / PC connected to the Internet, make two-way video communication with the animal and, if desired, feed the animal. For example, in the first food delivery device, you can put food that the animal constantly eats and set up the feeder so that regardless of anything, the food from the first device and water are supplied to the trays at a certain time, as described above, and to the second device serving food you can put certain goodies and when communicating with the animal through the application on a smartphone / tablet / PC, when you press the button, via the Internet, make two-way video communication (you can see, call and talk with the animal, while the animal e will also see and hear the user) and transmit the command to feed the animal from the second food delivery device. When a command is given to feed the animal, the communication module (Fig. 1 denotes the Internet, RJ-45) via the connected Internet channel receives the command to feed the animal from the second food supply device and transmits it to the controller unit, which, by means of the relay, starts the stepper motor 2.1, which rotates the sash 2.3 in the same way as already mentioned above. Video calling is the same as in the Skipe application.

At the moment, it is advisable to use z-wave technology using a z-wave relay, z-wave controller, z-wave camera ...

The main features of the design of the feeder were disclosed above, but it is obvious to any person skilled in the art that based on the disclosed data, it is possible to create device variations, for example, using a variety of food / water dispensers.

Claims (5)

1. Feeder with a function of communication with the animal, comprising at least one device for feeding food to the tray for feeding the animal, including a container for loading and storing animal feed, the container has a rotary shutter for unloading the feed into the tray located above the tray and kinematically connected to a stepper motor for feeding food, a water supply device including a water container and an animal drinking tray, the container having a shutter located above the animal drinking tray and a kinemat at least one video camera, microphone, monitor or means for connecting a tablet computer or smartphone, at least one speaker, a communication module and a power supply, and a feeder control made in the form of a controller with an indication unit and keys control, while the controller outputs are connected respectively to the display unit and control keys, with each video camera, with a microphone, monitor, with each speaker, with an electropneumatic damper drive water supply device, with each stepper motor of the food supply device, and the input of the controller is connected to the output of the communication module, while the controller communicates with the damper and each stepper motor through the corresponding z-wave relay of the controller. 2. The feeder with the function of communication with the animal according to claim 1, in which at least one device for feeding food includes refrigeration equipment for cooling the container for loading and storing animal feed. 3. A feeder with a communication function with an animal according to claim 1, in which the power supply unit is designed to convert the input voltage of 220 V 50 Hz to a constant voltage of 12 V, supplied to each z-wave relay of the controller, to each stepper motor and to the electropneumatic damper. 4. A feeder with a communication function with an animal according to claim 1, in which the communication module has the ability to receive information via a wired Ethernet communication channel and / or via a WiFi wireless communication channel. 5. A feeder with a communication function with an animal according to claim 1, which further comprises an autonomous timer controlling each food supply device and water supply device.

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