WO2016076117A1

WO2016076117A1 - Pet door opening notification system, pet door, and pet door opening notification method

Info

Publication number: WO2016076117A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/080405
Authority: WO
Inventors: 英治足立; 淳竹森; 浩章小杉
Original assignee: アプリックスＩｐホールディングス株式会社
Priority date: 2014-11-13
Filing date: 2015-10-28
Publication date: 2016-05-19
Also published as: JP2016093121A; TW201629917A

Abstract

A pet door opening notification system comprises: a wireless device attached to a pet door; and a communication terminal for receiving a wireless signal from the wireless device. The wireless device transmits a wireless signal including first identification information when opening of the pet door is detected. The communication terminal sends a notification of notification information when the identification information included in the received wireless signal corresponds to identification information stored in the communication terminal.

Description

Pet door opening notification system, pet door and pet door opening notification method

The present invention relates to a pet door opening notification system, a pet door, and a pet door opening notification method.

Traditionally, small doors called pet doors are sometimes installed in houses to allow pets such as cats and dogs to freely enter and exit. The pet door is usually attached to the lower part of the door body where the resident enters and exits. The pet door is provided with a mechanism that is opened by being pushed by the pet itself so that the pet can pass therethrough and that automatically closes after the pet passes through.

The pet door is installed for free entry and exit of the pet, but if the pet can freely enter and exit the house, there is a problem that it becomes difficult for the owner to know where the pet is. In other words, unless the owner directly monitors the pet door, the owner cannot know whether the pet is in the house or out of the house.

Conventionally, as a technique for controlling a pet door, for example, in Patent Document 1, an identification tag is attached to a pet collar or the like, and only a pet to which the identification tag is attached can be controlled to pass through the pet door. Has been proposed.

JP 2003-52262 A

The technology described in Patent Document 1 is such that only a specific pet with an identification tag can pass through the pet door so that a stray cat or the like does not enter the room and detects the pet's whereabouts. Not what you want. Moreover, when attaching an identification tag to a pet like the technique of patent document 1, there exists a problem which cannot be applied to the pet to which attachment of a collar etc. is not preferable.
As described above, when the pet door is installed, the user cannot easily detect whether the pet is in the house or outdoors.

An object of the present invention is to propose a pet door opening notification system, a pet door, and a pet door opening notification method for easily determining whether a pet is indoors or outdoors.

A pet door opening notification system according to a first aspect of the invention includes a wireless device that is attached to a pet door that can pass a pet and that can be opened on both sides, and that transmits a wireless signal, and a communication terminal that receives the wireless signal.
The wireless device includes a first storage unit that stores first identification information, a detection unit that detects opening of a pet door, and first detection information when the detection unit detects opening of the pet door. A transmission unit that transmits a radio signal.
The communication terminal includes a reception unit that receives a radio signal, a second storage unit that stores second identification information, and first identification information included in the radio signal received by the reception unit and a second storage unit that is stored in the second storage unit. A notification unit that notifies the notification information when the two identification information corresponds.

A pet door opening notification system according to a second aspect of the present invention is a wireless device that is attached to a pet door that allows a pet to pass therethrough and that can be opened on both sides, transmits a wireless signal, a communication terminal that receives a wireless signal, and a communication terminal And a server capable of communicating with each other.
The wireless device includes a first storage unit that stores first identification information, a detection unit that detects opening of the pet door, and a wireless signal that includes the first identification information when the detection unit detects opening of the pet door. And a transmission unit for transmitting.
The communication terminal transmits a wireless signal, a server communication unit that transmits the first identification information included in the wireless signal received by the reception unit to the server, receives notification information from the server, and notifies the notification information. A notification unit.
The server receives a second storage unit that stores the second identification information, a first identification information transmitted by the communication terminal, and the received first identification information and the second identification information stored in the second storage unit. And a terminal communication unit for transmitting notification information to the communication terminal.

The pet door of the present invention includes a frame having an opening through which a pet can pass, a door member attached to the frame and capable of opening on both sides for opening and closing the opening, and a detection unit for detecting opening of the door member. A storage unit that stores the identification information, and a transmission unit that transmits a wireless signal including the identification information when the detection unit detects the opening of the door member.

In the pet door opening notification method of the present invention, a pet door that allows a pet to pass and can be opened on both sides detects the opening of the pet door, and the pet door detects opening of the pet door. A step of transmitting a radio signal including the first identification information, a step of receiving the radio signal by the communication terminal, and a step of storing the communication terminal in advance with the first identification information included in the radio signal and the communication terminal. Comparing the second identification information and the communication terminal displaying the communication information when the first identification information and the second identification information correspond to each other.

According to the present invention, when a pet passes through the pet door, a wireless signal that detects that the pet has passed is transmitted, and the communication terminal that has received the wireless signal is notified that the pet has passed through the pet door. You can do it. Therefore, the user can estimate the pet's whereabouts from the notification at the communication terminal that the user has.

1 is an overall view showing a system configuration example according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure by the 1st Example of this invention. It is a perspective view showing the example of composition of the pet door by the 1st example of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the example of the structure which detects the motion of the pet door by the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the movement of a pedal door and the detection state by the 1st Example of this invention. FIG. 5A shows an example when the pet moves from the outdoors to the room. FIG. 5B shows an example when the pet moves from the room to the outdoors. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a detection process of the movement of the pedal door by the 1st Example of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process example by communication between the beacon apparatus and communication terminal by the 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the display and audio | voice with a communication terminal by the 1st Example of this invention. FIG. 8A shows an example when the pet moves from the outdoors to the room. FIG. 8B shows an example when the pet moves from the room to the outdoors. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure by the modification of the 1st Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure by the 2nd Example of this invention.

<1. First Embodiment>
The pet door opening notification system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[1-1. Example of overall system configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a pet door opening notification system according to a first embodiment.
A pet door 20 is installed below the door 11 installed in the house 10. In the pet door 20, an openable / closable door member 21 is disposed in the opening 26. A pet P such as a cat or a dog can move from the room to the room or from the room to the room while passing through the opening 26 while pushing out and opening the door member 21. The door member 21 can be opened both indoors and outdoors.

The beacon device 30 is built in the pet door 20. When the beacon device 30 detects that the door member 21 is opened, the beacon device 30 wirelessly transmits a beacon signal B1 to which identification information stored in advance is added.

And beacon signal B1 transmitted from beacon device 30 is received by communication terminal 50 which user U possesses. When receiving the beacon signal B1, the communication terminal 50 performs processing such as displaying a notification screen on the user U based on information included in the beacon signal B1. As the communication terminal 50 possessed by the user U, a mobile terminal usually called a smartphone is used.

[1-2. Example of internal configuration of beacon device and communication terminal]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the beacon device and the communication terminal.
The beacon device 30 includes a detection unit 31 that detects that the door member 21 is opened. A specific configuration example in which the detection unit 31 detects the open state of the door member 21 will be described later.
When the detection unit 31 detects the open state of the pet door 20, information on the direction in which the door is open is supplied from the detection unit 31 to the transmission unit 32. That is, when the pet door 20 is opened, there are cases where it opens to the outside of the room and cases where it opens to the inside of the room, and the detection unit 31 detects in which direction it is opened, and information on the detected direction is transmitted. Supplied to the unit 32.
Further, information on the direction in which the door detected by the detection unit 31 is opened is supplied to the count unit 33.

The counting unit 33 counts the number of times the door is opened. At this time, the counting unit 33 counts for each direction in which the door is opened. That is, the count unit 33 includes a counter that counts that the door is opened inward and a counter that counts that the door is opened outward. Each count value counted by the count unit 33 may be repeatedly counted by a predetermined digit, but may be reset to 0 every certain period such as one day, for example.
Information on the count value counted by the count unit 33 is supplied to the transmission unit 32.

When the transmission unit 32 is supplied with any information in the direction indicating whether the door is opened toward the inside of the house or the door is opened toward the outside of the house, the transmission unit 32 receives a beacon. Signal B1 is transmitted. Information on the direction in which the door is opened, information on the count value, and first identification information stored in the first storage unit 34 are added to the beacon signal B1. The first identification information stored in the first storage unit 34 is an identification code of the beacon device 30 assigned to each individual beacon device 30.

The transmission unit 32 transmits the beacon signal B1 in the LE (Low Energy) mode prepared in the Bluetooth (registered trademark) 4.0 standard by using a frequency band of 2.4 GHz, for example. The beacon signal B1 here is a signal that notifies the surroundings of the presence of the beacon device 30, and is a signal that is repeatedly transmitted within a certain period (for example, every several hundred milliseconds to several seconds) within a transmission period.
When the transmission unit 32 transmits the beacon signal B1, for example, the transmission unit 32 transmits the beacon signal B1 with such an intensity that the communication terminal 50 within the range of about 10 m at the maximum can be received. The reach distance of the beacon signal B1 is about 10 m, and the transmission unit 32 may transmit the beacon signal B1 with a different intensity.

Next, the configuration of the communication terminal 50 will be described.
The communication terminal 50 includes a receiving unit 51 that receives a beacon signal. For example, the receiving unit 51 performs a process of receiving the beacon signal B1 transmitted in the above-described Bluetooth 4.0 LE mode. The process in which the receiving unit 51 receives the beacon signal B1 is performed, for example, under the control of an operation system executed by a control unit (not shown) of the communication terminal 50. Or you may make it the receiving part 51 receive beacon signal B1 with the application program which the application execution part 53 mentioned later performs.
When the receiving unit 51 receives the beacon signal B1, additional information such as first identification information included in the beacon signal B1 is supplied to the processing unit 52.

The processing unit 52 includes an application execution unit 53. When the application execution unit 53 executes a predetermined application program, the processing unit 52 performs a notification operation for displaying various information on the display unit 56 by receiving the beacon signal B1. Here, the application execution unit 53 executes an application program for notifying the pet door.
Moreover, the 1st identification information contained in the beacon signal B1 which the beacon apparatus 30 transmits with the application program which the application execution part 53 performs is beforehand memorize | stored in the 2nd memory | storage part 54 as 2nd identification information. The storing operation of the second identification information is performed by a user operation from the operation unit 55, for example. The second storage unit 54 stores an image registered by the user. For example, the second storage unit 54 stores an image of a pet obtained by photographing by the user. There are two types of images stored in the second storage unit 54: an image displayed when the pet door 20 is opened on the indoor side, and an image displayed when the pet door 20 is opened on the outdoor side. It is preferable to store the images.

When the receiving unit 51 receives the beacon signal B1, the processing unit 52 determines whether or not the first identification information included in the received beacon signal B1 matches the second identification information stored in the second storage unit 54 in advance. The determination process is performed. When the first identification information included in the received beacon signal matches the second identification information stored in advance in the second storage unit 54, the processing unit 52 includes information included in the received beacon signal B1. The display process according to is performed. At this time, an image stored in the second storage unit 54 is displayed on the display unit 56 in accordance with an instruction from the processing unit 52. Further, the processing unit 52 can also output a previously registered voice from the voice output unit 57 when performing this display processing. When the processing unit 52 performs the above processing, the display unit 56 and the audio output unit 57 function as a notification unit that notifies that the pet has passed the pet door 20.

[1-3. Example of pet door configuration]
FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing a configuration example of the pet door 20.
As shown in FIG. 3, the pet door 20 has an opening 26 formed inside the outer frame 22, and the door member 21 is disposed so as to cover the opening 26. Further, a beacon device 30 is built in the outer frame 22.

The upper end of the door member 21 is attached to the outer frame 22 via a hinge portion 25 so that it can be opened both inside and outside. The angle θ1 shown in FIG. 3 is an opening angle when the door member 21 opens inward, and the angle θ2 is an opening angle when the door member 21 opens outward. Therefore, a pet who is outdoors can move indoors as indicated by the arrow IN by pushing up the door member 21 in the inner direction indicated by the arrow θ1. Also, the pet in the room can move outdoors as indicated by the arrow OUT by pushing up the door member 21 in the outer direction indicated by the arrow θ2.

The door member 21 is provided with

magnets

23a and 23b, and the outer frame 22 is provided with a first reed switch 24a and a second reed switch 24b. The first reed switch 24 a and the second reed switch 24 b are disposed at positions facing away from the outer frame 22. That is, the first reed switch 24a is disposed on the left frame 22a, and the second reed switch 24b is disposed on the right frame 22b. Further, the magnet 23a on the door member 21 side is disposed so as to pass through the vicinity of the first reed switch 24a when the door member 21 is opened inward (direction θ1). Further, the magnet 23b on the door member 21 side is disposed so as to pass through the vicinity of the second reed switch 24b when the door member 21 is opened outward (direction θ2). Here, assuming that the pet does not pass through the opening 26 just by lightly pushing the door with a hand or the like, the

magnets

23a and 23b and the second magnet are prevented from reacting unless the door is opened at a certain angle or more. The 1 reed switch 24a and the second reed switch 24b are arranged on the hinge side of the door member 21 and the outer frame 22, respectively.
The first reed switch 24 a and the second reed switch 24 b are connected to the detecting unit 31 of the beacon device 30 and function as detecting elements that detect the open state of the door member 21.

FIG. 4 is a view of the outer frame 22 as viewed from above, and shows the arrangement of the

magnets

23a and 23b, the first reed switch 24a, and the second reed switch 24b. The magnet 23 a is attached to the left end of the door member 21, and the magnet 23 b is attached to the right end of the door member 21.
When the door member 21 opens inward (in the direction of the arrow IN), the magnet 23a passes through the vicinity of the first reed switch 24a disposed on the outer frame 22, and the first reed switch 24a is turned on.
When the door member 21 is opened outward (in the direction of the arrow OUT), the magnet 23b passes through the vicinity of the second reed switch 24b disposed on the outer frame 22, and the second reed switch 24b is turned on.

[1-4. Example of pet door movement and detection status]
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the movement of the door member 21 of the pet door 20 and a detection state thereof.
When the door member 21 of the pet door 20 is opened by the movement of the pet, when the opened door member 21 is closed, the door member 21 swings in the opposite direction, and the swing width gradually decreases, and finally the door is closed. Return to the state. 5A and 5B show this swinging operation, where the vertical axis indicates the swing width from the center position (closed position), and the horizontal axis indicates time.

FIG. 5A is an example when there is a movement of an arrow IN (FIG. 3), which is when the pet moves from the outside to the room. At this time, the door member 21 first moves largely inward, then moves in the opposite direction, repeats this alternate movement, swings to some extent, and then stops in a closed state.
Timings a11, a12, a13,... Shown in FIG. 5A are detection timings when the first reed switch 24a is turned on. Timings b11, b12, b13,... Are detection timings at which the second reed switch 24b is turned on.

FIG. 5B is an example when there is a movement of an arrow OUT (FIG. 3), which is when the pet moves from the room to the outdoors. At this time, the door member 21 first moves largely outward, then moves in the opposite direction, repeats this alternate movement, swings to some extent, and then stops in a closed state.
Timings a21, a22, a23,... Shown in FIG. 5B are detection timings when the first reed switch 24a is turned on. Timings b21, b22, b23,... Are detection timings at which the second reed switch 24b is turned on.

When the door member 21 is opened inward, the first reed switch 24a is first turned on at timing a11 as shown in FIG. 5A. Thereafter, the first reed switch 24a is turned on at timing a12, the second reed switch 24b is turned on at timings b11 and b12, and so on.
As shown in FIG. 5B, when the door member 21 opens outward, the second reed switch 24b is first turned on at timing b21. Thereafter, the second reed switch 24b is turned on at timing b22, the first reed switch 24a is turned on at timings a21 and a22, and so on.
Here, the on / off state of the first reed switch 24a and the second reed switch 24b is detected from when the door member 21 is opened due to the movement of the pet until it returns to the closed state. However, the detection for a certain period after the first reed switch 24a or the second reed switch 24b is first detected may be ignored.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process in which the detection unit 31 in the beacon device 30 detects the movement of the door member 21 from the movement of the pet door 20 as shown in FIG.
First, the detection unit 31 determines whether one of the first reed switch 24a and the second reed switch 24b is turned on (step S1). Here, when none of the

reed switches

24a and 24b is turned on, the detection unit 31 stands by until an on state is detected.

When detecting that any of the

reed switches

24a and 24b is turned on in step S1, the detecting unit 31 determines which of the switches is turned on first (step S2). ).

If it is determined in step S2 that the first switch turned on is the first reed switch 24a, the detection unit 31 determines that the pet has entered the room from the outside (step S3). Moreover, based on the detection information from the detection part 31, the count part 33 adds one count value that the door opened inside (step S4). And the transmission part 32 transmits beacon signal B1 (step S5). The beacon signal B1 transmitted at this time includes the first identification information stored in the first storage unit 34, the door opening information in the in direction, and the count value information obtained in step S4. It has been added.

Further, when the switch turned on first in step S2 is the second reed switch 24b, the detection unit 31 determines that the pet has moved out of the room (step S6). Moreover, based on the detection information from the detection part 31, the count part 33 adds one count value that the door opened outside (step S7). And the transmission part 32 transmits beacon signal B1 (step S8). The beacon signal B1 transmitted at this time is added with the identification information stored in the first storage unit 34, the door opening information in the out direction, and the count value information obtained in step S7. ing.
Then, after the transmission unit 32 transmits a beacon signal in step S5 or step S8, the detection unit 31 returns to the determination in step S1.

[1-5. Example of notification operation by sending a beacon signal]
FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a notification operation by transmitting a beacon signal B1 from the beacon device 30. In FIG. 7, the left line shows the process flow of the beacon device 30, and the right line shows the process flow of the communication terminal 50.
When the door member 21 of the pet door 20 is opened, in the beacon device 30, the detection unit 31 detects that the

reed switch

24a or 24b is turned on (step S11). When the

reed switch

24a or 24b is turned on, the transmission unit 32 transmits the beacon signal B1 (step S12). As described with reference to FIG. 6, the beacon signal B1 transmitted at this time is added with the first identification information, the door opening information in any direction, and the count value.

And beacon signal B1 transmitted from beacon device 30 is received by receiving part 51 of communication terminal 50 (Step S21). When the communication terminal 50 receives the beacon signal B1, the processing unit 52 determines whether or not the first identification information included in the received beacon signal B1 matches the second identification information stored in the second storage unit 54. Is determined (step S22).

When it is determined in step S22 that the received first identification information matches the second identification information stored in the second storage unit 54, the communication terminal 50 performs notification processing based on information included in the received beacon signal B1. Is performed (step S23). In the notification process at this time, notification according to the direction in which the pet door 20 is opened and notification of the number of times the pet door 20 is opened are performed.

[1-6. Example of display and voice notification]
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example on the communication terminal 50 that has received the beacon signal B1 transmitted when the pet door 20 is opened.
FIG. 8A is an example when it is detected that the pet door 20 is opened to the indoor side from information on the direction in which the door is opened, which is added to the beacon signal B1 received by the communication terminal 50.
At this time, the image 101 used when the pet door 20 is opened indoors is displayed on the display unit 56 of the communication terminal 50 among the images stored in the second storage unit 54. In the example of FIG. 8A, the image 101 is an image of a pet (cat) facing forward.

The display unit 56 also displays a display 102 of a sentence “Your cat is in.” Indicating that the pet has passed through the pet door 20 and entered the room, and the number of times the pet has entered the pet door 20 “IN COUNTER 0023”. "103 is displayed. Further, on the display unit 56, an Internet site link display 104 on which information about pets is displayed is displayed. When the user clicks on the link display 104, the user is connected to the corresponding Internet site.

Also, the voice “Your cat is in.” Having the same content as the text on the display 102 is output from the speaker 57a connected to the audio output unit 57 (FIG. 2) of the communication terminal 50. The voice of “Your cat is in.” Is stored in the second storage unit 54, for example.

FIG. 8B is an example when it is detected that the pet door 20 is opened to the outdoor side from the information on the direction in which the door is opened, which is added to the beacon signal B1 received by the communication terminal 50.
At this time, the image 111 used when the pet door 20 is opened on the outdoor side is displayed on the display unit 56 of the communication terminal 50 among the images stored in the second storage unit 54. In the example of FIG. 8B, the image 111 is an image of a pet (cat) facing backward.

In addition, the display unit 56 displays a sentence 112 indicating that the pet has gone out of the pet door 20 and “OUT COUNTER 0012” indicating the number of times the pet has entered the pet door 20. 113 and an Internet site link display 104 are displayed.

Also, the voice “Your cat is out.” Having the same content as the text on the display 112 is output from the speaker 57a connected to the audio output unit 57 (FIG. 2) of the communication terminal 50. The voice of “Your cat is out.” Is also stored in the second storage unit 54, for example.

When the display shown in FIG. 8 is performed on the communication terminal 50, the user who has the communication terminal 50 can know that the pet has passed the pet door 20 even when the user is away from the pet door 20. become. Further, it can be determined in which direction the pet has passed, and the user can determine whether the pet is indoors or outdoors.
In addition, by counting the number of times the pet door 20 is opened and displaying the count value by the communication terminal 50, how many times the user has entered and exited the pet door 20 is displayed. Will come to understand.

[1-7. Modification of First Embodiment]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the internal configuration of the pet door opening notification system illustrated in FIG. 2. 9, parts corresponding to those in FIG.

The beacon device 30 ′ of the example of FIG. 9 is different from the beacon device 30 shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the beacon device 30 ′ includes a detection unit 31, a transmission unit 32, and a first storage unit 34.
Then, when the detection unit 31 detects the open state of the pet door 20, the detection unit 31 supplies information on the direction in which the door is open to the transmission unit 32. The transmission unit 32 transmits the beacon signal B2 when information indicating that the door is opened in either the inner side or the outer side is supplied.
When the information on the direction in which the door is opened is supplied from the detection unit 31, the transmission unit 32 transmits the beacon signal B2. Information on the direction in which the door is opened and the first identification information stored in the first storage unit 34 are added to the beacon signal B2.

The beacon signal B2 transmitted from the beacon device 30 ′ is received by the receiving unit 51 of the communication terminal 50. When the reception unit 51 receives the beacon signal B2, the processing unit 52 determines whether or not the first identification information included in the received beacon signal B2 matches the second identification information stored in the second storage unit 54. If both match, notification by display on the display unit 56 or audio output by the audio output unit 57 is performed.

The notification performed at this time is, for example, a notification obtained by removing the

displays

103 and 113 of the number of times the pet has passed the pet door 20 from the notification state shown in FIG. That is, based on the information added to the beacon signal B2, either a display indicating that the vehicle has entered the room after passing through the pet door 20 or a display indicating that the vehicle has passed the pet door 20 and has gone outside Done.
By displaying that the pet has passed through the pet door 20 in this manner, the user can determine whether the pet is indoors or outdoors.

<2. Second Embodiment>
Next, a pet door opening notification system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 10 illustrating the second embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to the portions corresponding to those in FIGS. 1 to 9 described in the first embodiment, and the detailed description thereof is omitted.

[2-1. Example of internal configuration of beacon device and communication terminal]
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the pet door opening notification system according to the second embodiment. In the pet door opening notification system according to the second embodiment, a beacon device 30 is attached to the pet door 20, and a beacon signal B1 transmitted from the beacon device 30 is received by the communication terminal 50 '. Here, the pet door 20 and the beacon device 30 are the same as the configuration of the pet door 20 and the beacon device 30 described in the first embodiment, and the beacon device 30 is a beacon when the pet door 20 is opened. Signal B1 is transmitted.

The communication terminal 50 ′ is different from the communication terminal 50 shown in FIG. 2 in that it does not include the second storage unit 54 but includes a server communication unit 58. That is, the communication terminal 50 ′ includes a reception unit 51, a processing unit 52, an application execution unit 53, an operation unit 55, a display unit 56, and an audio output unit 57. Further, the communication terminal 50 ′ includes a server communication unit 58 for communicating with the server 70.
The server communication unit 58 of the communication terminal 50 ′ communicates with the server 70 via the network 90. As the network 90, for example, a communication line for a wireless telephone is used.
When the receiving unit 51 of the communication terminal 50 ′ receives the beacon signal B 1, the server communication unit 58 uses the information added to the received beacon signal B 1 (the first identification information, the opening direction information, and the count number). Information) is transmitted to the server 70.

The server 70 includes a terminal communication unit 71 that communicates with the communication terminal 50 ′, a processing unit 72, and a second storage unit 73. The second storage unit 73 stores second identification information registered in accordance with an instruction from the communication terminal 50 ′ that can access the server 70. Further, the image information transmitted from the communication terminal 50 ′ is also stored in the second storage unit 73. Information stored in the second storage unit 73 is stored for each communication terminal 50 ′ accessed by the server 70.
Then, when information is transmitted from the communication terminal 50 ′ to the server 70, the processing unit 72 of the server 70 reads out the second identification information stored in the second storage unit 73 corresponding to the communication terminal 50 ′, A process for determining whether or not the first identification information and the second identification information match is performed. In this determination process, when the first identification information and the second identification information match, the processing unit 72 uses the image information stored in the second storage unit 73 and the like to transmit to the communication terminal 50 ′. Create information. This display information notifies the user that the pet has passed through the pet door 20 as shown in FIG. 8A or FIG. 8B, for example.

The display information created by the processing unit 72 of the server 70 is transmitted from the terminal communication unit 71 to the communication terminal 50 ′ that has been accessed via the network 90.
When the display information is received by the server communication unit 58 of the communication terminal 50 ′, the received display information is sent to the display unit 56 via the processing unit 52, and the display unit 56 receives information based on the display information. Display is performed. At this time, the voice is stored in the second storage unit of the server 70, the voice information is also sent from the server 70 to the communication terminal 50 ', and the voice output unit 57 of the communication terminal 50' as described with reference to FIGS. 8A and 8B. May output sound.

According to the pet door opening notification system of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the user is notified that the pet has passed through the pet door 20 as in the pet door opening notification system of the first embodiment. Can be notified.
In the second embodiment, management such as storage and verification of identification information is performed by the server 70, so that the processing burden on the communication terminal 50 'is reduced. That is, the communication terminal 50 ′ does not need to store the second identification information and does not need to store information to be displayed for notification, so that the configuration of the communication terminal 50 ′ is simplified.

In the example of FIG. 10, the image information registered by the user is stored in the second storage unit 73 of the server 70, but this image information is stored in the storage unit (not in the communication terminal 50 ′). (Not shown) may be stored. Similarly to the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. 9, the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon device 30 may not include the count number information.

<3. Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, information on the direction in which the pet door is opened is added as a beacon signal transmitted from the beacon device 30 to the communication terminal 50 or 50 '. On the other hand, information indicating that the pet door is opened may be added to the beacon signal, and the direction information may not be transmitted. In this case, in the

communication terminal

50 or 50 ′, when a beacon signal is received, display and audio output for notifying that the pet has passed through the pet door are performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the

communication terminal

50 or 50 ′ performs notification by display on the display unit 56 and voice notification by the audio output unit 57, but the

communication terminal

50 or 50 ′. May perform only one of the notifications. The type of notification performed by the

communication terminal

50 or 50 ′ may be selected by a user operation.
Further, the display example shown in FIG. 8 is a preferable example, and other display forms may be used. For example, the

communication terminal

50 or 50 ′ may display only the text for notifying the passage of the pet instead of displaying the image of the pet registered by the user and the notification text at the same time.

In the above-described embodiment, a communication terminal called a smartphone is applied as the communication terminal used by the user. On the other hand, you may use the terminal provided with the function which receives another beacon signal as a communication terminal. For example, a tablet terminal, a PC, or a cellular phone terminal having a function of receiving a beacon signal may be used as a communication terminal. Alternatively, a dedicated communication terminal prepared as a set with the pet door may be prepared, and the dedicated communication terminal may notify the user of the passage of the pet.

In the above-described embodiment, the beacon signal transmitted by the beacon device is a signal transmitted in the LE mode of Bluetooth 4.0 standard. On the other hand, the signal transmitted by the beacon device (or other wireless device) may be a beacon signal to which another communication method is applied or a signal conforming to a beacon signal.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... House, 11 ... Door, 20 ... Pet door, 21 ... Door member, 22 ... Outer frame, 22a ... Left frame, 22b ... Right frame, 23a, 23b ... Magnet, 24a ... First reed switch, 24b ... Second Reed switch, 25 ... hinge part, 26 ... opening part, 30, 30 '... beacon device, 31 ... detection part, 32 ... transmission part, 33 ... count part, 34 ... first storage part, 50, 50' ... communication terminal , 51 ... receiving unit, 52 ... processing unit, 53 ... application execution unit, 54 ... storage unit, 55 ... operation unit, 56 ... display unit, 57 ... voice output unit, 58 ... server communication unit, 65 ... operation unit, 66 ... Display unit, 70 ... Server, 71 ... Terminal communication unit, 72 ... Processing unit, 73 ... Second storage unit, 90 ... Network

Claims

A wireless device that is attached to a pet door that can pass a pet and that can be opened on both sides, and that transmits a wireless signal;
A pet door opening notification system having a communication terminal for receiving the wireless signal,
The wireless device includes:
A first storage unit for storing first identification information;
A detection unit for detecting the opening of the pet door;
A transmission unit that transmits the wireless signal including the first identification information when the detection unit detects the opening of the pet door;
The communication terminal is
A receiver for receiving the radio signal;
A second storage unit for storing second identification information;
A notification unit that notifies notification information when the first identification information included in the wireless signal received by the reception unit corresponds to the second identification information stored in the second storage unit. Characterized pet door opening notification system.
The detection unit detects whether the opening direction of the pet door is one side or the other side,
When the detection unit detects the opening of the pet door, the transmission unit transmits the radio signal further including information on the opening direction of the pet door,
The pet door opening notification system according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit notifies the notification information according to the opening direction of the pet door.
The wireless device further includes a counting unit that counts the number of times the pet door is opened,
The pet door opening notification system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the wireless signal further including the number of times the door is opened counted by the counting unit.
The detection unit detects whether the opening direction of the pet door is one side or the other side,
The counting unit counts the number of times the pet door is opened for each opening direction of the pet door,
4. The pet door opening notification system according to claim 3, wherein the transmission unit transmits the wireless signal including the number of times of opening the door that the counting unit has counted for each opening direction of the pet door. 5. .
A wireless device that is attached to a pet door that can pass a pet and that can be opened on both sides, and that transmits a wireless signal;
A communication terminal for receiving the radio signal;
A pet door opening notification system having a server capable of communicating with the communication terminal,
The wireless device includes:
A first storage unit for storing first identification information;
A detection unit for detecting the opening of the pet door;
A transmission unit that transmits the wireless signal including the first identification information when the detection unit detects the opening of the pet door;
The communication terminal is
A receiver for receiving the radio signal;
A server communication unit that transmits the first identification information included in the wireless signal received by the reception unit to the server and receives notification information from the server;
A notification unit for notifying the notification information,
The server
A second storage unit for storing second identification information;
The first identification information transmitted by the communication terminal is received, and when the received first identification information corresponds to the second identification information stored in the second storage unit, the notification information is transmitted to the communication terminal. A pet door opening notification system comprising: a terminal communication unit that transmits to a terminal.
A frame having an opening through which a pet can pass;
A door member attached to the frame and capable of opening on both sides for opening and closing the opening;
A detection unit for detecting the opening of the door member;
A storage unit for storing identification information;
A pet door comprising: a transmission unit that transmits a radio signal including the identification information when the detection unit detects the opening of the door member.
The detection unit detects whether the door opening direction of the door member is one side or the other side,
The pet door according to claim 6, wherein the transmission unit transmits the wireless signal further including information on the opening direction of the door member when the detection unit detects the opening of the door member.
A first detection element that detects passage in the vicinity when the door member is opened on the one side;
A second detection element that detects passage in the vicinity when the door member opens to the other side; and
The first sensing element and the second sensing element are arranged in the frame,
The pet according to claim 7, wherein the detection unit detects the opening of the door member by detecting the passage of the door member by the first detection element or the second detection element. door.
It further comprises a counting unit that counts the number of times the door member is opened,
The pet door according to claim 6, wherein the transmission unit transmits the wireless signal further including the number of times of opening the door counted by the counting unit.
The detection unit detects whether the door opening direction of the door member is one side or the other side,
The counting unit counts the number of times the door member is opened for each door opening direction of the door member,
The pet door according to claim 9, wherein the transmission unit transmits the wireless signal including the number of times the door is opened that is counted in the door opening direction of the door member.
A pet door through which pets can pass and which can be opened on both sides detects the opening of the pet door; and
A step of transmitting a wireless signal including first identification information when the pet door detects the opening of the pet door;
A communication terminal receiving the wireless signal;
The communication terminal comparing the first identification information included in the radio signal with the second identification information stored in advance in the communication terminal;
A pet door opening notification method including: a step in which the communication terminal displays communication information when the first identification information and the second identification information correspond to each other.