TW202042623A - Pet feeding system and surplus food monitoring method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a pet feeding system and a surplus food monitoring method thereof. The pet feeding system comprises a feeder and a user terminal. The feeder detects the amount of surplus food through an infrared detection module; if the amount of the surplus food detected reaches a preset amount, the user terminal receives and displays the amount and a supplementing prompt message to remind a feeding person that the amount of surplus food in the feeder reaches the preset amount. The surplus food monitoring method helps provide a function of automatically monitoring surplus food in the feeder; the feeding person is timely reminded of insufficiency of the surplus food in the feeder, and it is avoided that no surplus food in the feeder is left for feeding a pet.

Description

Pet feeding system and rest grain monitoring method

The invention relates to the field of pet feeding, in particular, to a pet feeding system and a method for monitoring remaining grain.

Now with the improvement of people’s living standards and the provision of basic material guarantees, in this increasingly urbanized society, there is less and less communication between people. On the contrary, people who keep pets More and more, pets have become an important part of the family system, and their status has gradually improved. Many pet breeders equip their pets with feeders. The existing feeders on the market require the breeder to observe the remaining pet food in the feeder. Once the breeder forgets to check the remaining food and there is no pet food at home, it will cause Consequences of feeding pets without pet food at the feeding time.

In view of this, our inventors devoted themselves to further research, and proceeded to develop and improve, hoping to develop a better invention to solve the above problems, and after continuous experimentation and modification, the invention came out.

In order to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides a pet feeding system and a method for monitoring the remaining food that can promptly remind the breeder of insufficient surplus food.

The technical solutions adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problems are:

A pet feeding system, comprising: a feeder and a user terminal, the feeder including a feeding module, an infrared detection module, and a data transmission module;

The feeding module is provided with a grain storage barrel;

The infrared detection module is used to detect the value of the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket, and when the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket is lower than a preset value, send a trigger signal to the data transmission module, the trigger signal Contains the remaining value;

The data transmission module is configured to send the remaining amount value and reminder information of adding grain to the user terminal after receiving the trigger signal;

The user terminal is used to receive and display the remaining amount value and the reminder information of adding grain.

Further, the feeder is also provided with an alarm module, which is used to issue an alarm to remind the user when the remaining amount of surplus grain is lower than a preset amount;

The alarm module is an LED light emitting red light, and the LED light has two alarm modes: always on and flashing.

Further, the feeding module includes a grain storage barrel, a barrel cover, a base, and a grain outlet, the barrel cover is located above the grain storage barrel, the base is located below the grain storage barrel, and the grain outlet is provided Under the grain storage barrel, it is convenient for pet food in the grain storage barrel to leak out.

Further, the infrared detection module includes:

An infrared emitting device, which is arranged at the lid of the barrel and used to emit infrared rays;

An infrared receiving device, the infrared receiving device is arranged at the base, and is used to receive infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitting device, and the remaining amount of grain in the grain storage bucket can be obtained according to the amount of infrared rays received;

Infrared light couplers, the infrared light couplers are arranged on both sides of the grain outlet, and are used to detect the leakage of grain ration pet food.

Further, the user terminal may click the purchase link in the user terminal to purchase pet food after receiving the food supplement prompt information.

A method for monitoring the surplus grain of the pet feeding system based on the above technical solution includes the following steps:

The feeder detects the value of the remaining grain remaining in the feeder through the infrared detection module;

When the infrared detection module detects that the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket is lower than a preset amount, it sends a trigger signal to the data transmission module,

After receiving the trigger signal, the data transmission module sends the remaining amount value and the grain addition prompt information to the user terminal;

The user terminal receives and displays the remaining amount value and prompt information for adding grain.

Further, the detection of the value of the remaining grain in the feeder by the feeder through the infrared detection module includes detecting the value of the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket through the cooperation of the infrared emitting device and the infrared receiving device, and using the infrared The optocoupler detects whether there is pet food leaking from the grain to obtain whether the value of the remaining grain in the feeder is zero.

Further, the preset amount includes two preset amounts of one-quarter of the remaining amount of surplus grain and zero.

Further, when the surplus grain value is less than one-fourth, the LED light keeps flashing; the user terminal displays a message that the surplus grain value is less than one-quarter and pops up the option of whether to buy pet food. After the user makes a selection The LED light stops flashing.

Furthermore, when the remaining amount of surplus grain is zero, the LED light is always on; the user terminal displays the message that the remaining amount of surplus grain is zero and pops up the option of whether to buy pet food, and the LED light goes out after the user makes a selection.

Benefits:

The feeder detects the remaining amount of surplus grain through the infrared detection module. When it is detected that the remaining amount of surplus grain reaches the preset value, the user terminal receives and displays the remaining amount value and the reminder message of adding grain to remind the breeder of the remaining grain remaining in the feeder The value has reached the preset value. Through this method, the function of automatic monitoring of the surplus grain in the feeder can be realized, and the breeder can be reminded in time that the surplus grain in the feeder is insufficient, so as to avoid that there is no surplus grain in the feeder to feed the pet.

Regarding the technical means of our inventors, several preferred embodiments are described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings, so as to provide a thorough understanding and approval of the present invention.

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments.

1, the present invention provides a pet feeding system, including: a feeder and a user terminal, the feeder includes a feeding module 11, an infrared detection module 12, and a data transmission module 13;

The feeding module has a grain storage barrel;

The infrared detection module 12 is used to detect the remaining amount of grain in the grain storage barrel, and when the remaining grain in the grain storage barrel is lower than the preset amount, it sends a trigger signal to the data transmission module 13, and the trigger signal contains the remaining amount value;

The data transmission module 13 is used to send the remaining quantity value and the grain addition prompt information to the user terminal after receiving the trigger signal;

The user terminal is used to receive and display the remaining amount value and prompt information for adding grain.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a pet feeding system. The feeder detects the surplus grain value through the infrared detection module, and detects the surplus grain storage volume through infrared rays. The infrared detection has high sensitivity and good penetration. When the surplus grain value is detected When the preset quantity value is reached, the user terminal receives and displays the remaining quantity value and the reminder information of adding grain to remind the breeder that the remaining quantity value of the remaining grain in the feeder has reached the preset quantity value. Through this method, the function of automatic monitoring of the surplus grain in the feeder can be realized, and the breeder can be reminded in time that the surplus grain in the feeder is insufficient, so as to avoid that there is no surplus grain in the feeder to feed the pet.

As an improvement to the above-mentioned embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the present invention provides another pet feeding system, including: a feeder and a user terminal, the feeder includes a feeding module 31, an infrared detection module 32, and a data transmission module 33;

The feeding module 31 is provided with a grain storage barrel;

As a preferred implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the feeding module 31 further includes a storage barrel cover 42, a base 43, and a grain outlet 44. The barrel cover 42 is located above the grain storage barrel 41, and the base 43 is located in the storage barrel. Below the grain barrel 41, the grain outlet 44 is arranged under the grain storage barrel 41 to facilitate the leakage of pet food in the grain storage barrel 41.

The infrared detection module 32 is used to detect the remaining amount of grain in the grain storage bucket 41, and when the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket 41 is lower than the preset amount, it sends a trigger signal to the data transmission module 33, and the trigger signal contains the remaining amount value;

Further optionally, the infrared detection module 32 includes:

An infrared emitting device 45, which is arranged at the lid 42 and used to emit infrared rays;

An infrared receiving device 46, which is set at the base 43, is used to receive infrared light emitted by the infrared transmitting device 45, and the remaining amount of grain in the grain storage bucket 41 can be obtained according to the amount of infrared light received;

The infrared light coupler 47, the infrared light coupler 47 are arranged on both sides of the grain outlet 44, and are used to detect the leakage of pet food from the grain outlet 44.

The data transmission module 33, after receiving the trigger signal, sends the remaining quantity value and the grain addition prompt information to the user terminal;

Optionally, the data transmission module 33 transmits data through WiFi or Bluetooth.

The user terminal is used to receive and display the remaining amount value and the food supplement prompt information; the user terminal can also click the purchase link in the user terminal to purchase pet food after receiving the food supplement prompt information.

Optionally, the feeder is also provided with an alarm module 34, which is used to issue an alarm when the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket 41 is lower than a preset amount;

The alarm module 34 is an LED light emitting red light, and the LED light has two alarm modes: always on and flashing.

In the pet feeding system provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the alarm module is used to remind the user that the remaining amount of surplus food is lower than the preset amount; the purchase connection can purchase food when the user receives the reminder, and it is convenient to purchase food from other places. User usage.

The present invention also provides an embodiment of a surplus grain monitoring method based on the pet feeding system in the above embodiment, as shown in Fig. 2, including the following steps:

S1: The feeder detects the value of the remaining grain in the feeder through the infrared detection module;

S2: When the infrared detection module detects that the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket is lower than the preset value, it sends a trigger signal to the data transmission module;

S3: After receiving the trigger signal, the data transmission module sends the remaining quantity value and the reminder information of adding grain to the user terminal;

S4: The user terminal receives and displays the remaining amount value and the reminder message of adding grain.

The surplus grain monitoring method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can automatically monitor the surplus grain value in the feeder by using infrared rays to detect the surplus grain stock in the feeder.

In some embodiments, in step S1, the feeder detecting the remaining grain value in the feeder through the infrared detection module includes detecting the remaining grain value in the grain storage bucket through an infrared emitting device and an infrared receiving device, and detecting the remaining grain value in the grain storage barrel through an infrared light coupler. Whether there is pet food leaking from the grain ration to obtain whether the value of the remaining grain in the feeder is zero.

Detection principle: When the surplus grain in the feeder is different, the infrared receiving device of the base receives different infrared rays. Therefore, the amount of light received by the infrared receiving device of the pedestal can correspond to the amount of surplus grain in the feeder, so that the feeding can be detected by infrared rays. What is the value of the remaining grain in the device?

When the remaining food storage in the feeder is zero, the infrared light coupler at the grain outlet is not blocked by pet food, and the current generated at the output end of the light coupler is a certain value. In order to ensure the accuracy of the infrared light coupler detection, the current is still maintained after 5 seconds The determined value indicates that there is no grain outflow from the grain outlet; when pet food leaks from the grain outlet during feeding, the infrared light emitted by the infrared light coupler is blocked by the grain, and the current or voltage generated at the output end of the light coupler decreases or becomes zero. According to the current value of the output end of the infrared light coupler, it can be judged whether the remaining grain storage in the feeder is zero.

In some embodiments, preferably, the preset amount includes two preset amounts of one quarter of the remaining amount of surplus grain and zero.

As shown in Figure 5, when the surplus grain value is less than one-fourth, the LED light keeps flashing; the user terminal displays a message that the surplus grain value is less than one-fourth and pops up the option of whether to buy pet food. Click the "Yes" button to purchase pet food. There is a purchase link in the user terminal. Click the purchase link to go directly to the purchase webpage to purchase food or click the "No" button to exit. After the user makes a selection, the LED light stops flashing.

As shown in Figure 6, when the remaining amount of surplus food is zero, the LED light is always on; the user terminal displays the message that the remaining amount of surplus food is zero and pops up the option to buy pet food, where the user clicks the "Yes" button to buy pet food , There is a purchase link in the user terminal. Click the purchase link to go directly to the purchase webpage to purchase food or click the "No" button to exit. The LED light goes out after the user makes a selection.

Set the preset amount to one-fourth of the remaining amount of surplus food so that the breeder can understand that there is less surplus food in the feeder, and prepare in advance to use up the remaining food in the feeder, and set the preset amount to the remaining amount of surplus food A value of zero is convenient for notifying the breeder that there is no surplus grain in the feeder and adding pet grain to feed the pet in time. The alarm mode is different in the two cases, which is convenient for the breeder to distinguish the specific situation of the surplus grain in the feeder.

It can be understood that the same or similar parts in the foregoing embodiments may be referred to each other, and the contents not described in detail in some embodiments may refer to the same or similar contents in other embodiments.

Any process or method description in the flowchart or described in other ways herein can be understood as a module, segment, or part of code that includes one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps of the process , And the scope of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes additional implementations, which may not be in the order shown or discussed, including performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved. It is understood by those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the embodiments of the present invention belong.

Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can understand that all or part of the steps carried by the method in the above embodiments can be implemented by a program to instruct the relevant hardware to complete. The program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When executed, it includes one of the steps of the method embodiment or a combination thereof.

In the description of the specification of the present invention, descriptions with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "examples", "specific examples", or "some examples" etc. mean specific descriptions in conjunction with the embodiments or examples. Features, structures, materials or characteristics are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In the specification of the present invention, the schematic representations of the above-mentioned terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the described specific features, structures, materials or characteristics may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it can be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are exemplary and cannot be construed as limiting the present invention. Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs have applied for Variations, modifications, substitutions, and modifications can be made to the above-mentioned embodiments within the scope.

In summary, the technical means disclosed in the present invention can effectively solve the conventional problems and achieve the expected purpose and effect. It has not been seen in the publications, has not been used publicly, and has long-term progress before the application. The patent law claims that the invention is correct. Yan filed an application in accordance with the law and prayed that Jun Shanghui would give a detailed examination and grant a patent for invention.

However, the above are only a few preferred embodiments of the present invention, and should not be used to limit the scope of implementation of the present invention, that is, all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the description of the invention are all It should still fall within the scope of the invention patent.

〔this invention〕 11: Feeding module 12: Infrared detection module 13: Data transmission module 31: feeding module 32: infrared detection module 33: data transmission module 34: Alarm module 41: grain storage bucket 42: Storage drum cover 43: base 44: food outlet 45: infrared emitting device 46: infrared receiver 47: Infrared Optocoupler

[Figure 1] is a block diagram of a pet feeding system provided by an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 2] is a flowchart of a surplus monitoring method provided by an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 3] is a block diagram of another pet feeding system provided by an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 4] is a sectional structural view of a feeder provided by an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 5] is a working flow chart of a feeder surplus value provided by an embodiment of the present invention when the remaining amount is one-fourth; [Figure 6] is a working flow chart of a feeder provided by an embodiment of the present invention when the remaining amount of surplus grain is zero.

11: Feeding module

12: Infrared detection module

13: Data transmission module

Claims (10)

A pet feeding system, characterized by comprising: a feeder and a user terminal, the feeder including a feeding module, an infrared detection module, and a data transmission module; The feeding module is provided with a grain storage barrel; The infrared detection module is used to detect the value of the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket, and when the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket is lower than a preset value, send a trigger signal to the data transmission module, the trigger signal Contains the remaining value; The data transmission module is configured to send the remaining amount value and reminder information of adding grain to the user terminal after receiving the trigger signal; The user terminal is used to receive and display the remaining amount value and the reminder information of adding grain. The pet feeding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: the feeder is further provided with an alarm module for issuing an alarm when the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket is lower than a preset amount; The alarm module is an LED light emitting red light, and the LED light has two alarm modes: always on and flashing. The pet feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the feeding module includes a grain storage barrel, a barrel lid, a base, and a grain outlet, the barrel lid is located above the grain storage barrel, and the base is located on the storage barrel. Below the grain barrel, the grain outlet is arranged under the grain storage barrel to facilitate the leakage of pet food in the grain storage barrel. The pet feeding system according to claim 3, wherein the infrared detection module includes: An infrared emitting device, which is arranged at the lid of the barrel and used to emit infrared rays; An infrared receiving device, the infrared receiving device is arranged at the base, and is used to receive infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitting device, and the remaining amount of grain in the grain storage bucket can be obtained according to the amount of infrared rays received; Infrared light couplers, the infrared light couplers are arranged on both sides of the grain outlet, and are used to detect the leakage of grain ration pet food. The pet feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal can also click the purchase link in the user terminal to purchase pet food after receiving the food supplement prompt information. The method for monitoring the surplus grain of a pet feeding system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which includes the following steps: The feeder detects the value of the remaining grain remaining in the feeder through the infrared detection module; When the infrared detection module detects that the remaining grain in the grain storage bucket is lower than a preset amount, it sends a trigger signal to the data transmission module, After receiving the trigger signal, the data transmission module sends the remaining amount value and the grain addition prompt information to the user terminal; The user terminal receives and displays the remaining amount value and prompt information for adding grain. The method for automatic monitoring of surplus grain according to claim 6, wherein the detection of the remaining amount of surplus grain in the feeder by the feeder through the infrared detection module includes detecting the stored grain through the cooperation of the infrared transmitting device and the infrared receiving device The remaining amount of surplus grain in the bucket is determined by detecting whether there is pet food leaking through the infrared light coupler to obtain whether the surplus amount of surplus grain in the feeder is zero. The method for automatic monitoring of surplus grain according to claim 6, wherein the preset quantity value includes two preset quantities of one-quarter of the surplus grain value and zero. The automatic monitoring method for surplus grain as described in claim 8, wherein, when the surplus grain value is less than one-fourth, the LED light keeps flashing; the user terminal displays a message that the surplus grain value is less than one-fourth and pops up whether For the option of purchasing pet food, the LED light stops flashing after the user makes a selection. The automatic monitoring method for surplus grain as described in claim 8, wherein when the surplus grain value is zero, the LED light is always on; the user terminal displays the message that the surplus grain value is zero and pops up the option of whether to buy pet food, the user does The LED light goes out after the selection is made.

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