WO2018016687A1

WO2018016687A1 - Defecation training device and method for companion animal

Info

Publication number: WO2018016687A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/013538
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이창섭
Original assignee: 이창섭
Priority date: 2016-07-22
Filing date: 2016-11-23
Publication date: 2018-01-25

Abstract

The present invention relates to a defecation training device and method for a companion animal, the device comprising: a pad storage unit for storing defecation pads; a pad disposal unit rolling a defecation pad in a roll shape and disposing of the rolled defecation pad when the companion animal defecates on the defecation pad supplied to a defecation stand; an image processing unit for photographing the defecation pad and processing the captured image; and a control unit analyzing the image processed by the image processing unit so as to determine whether the companion animal has defecated and, in a defecated state as the determination result, controlling an operation of the pad disposal unit such that the defecation pad having been defecated on is disposed of and a new defecation pad is supplied to the defecation stand, thereby obtaining effects of enabling an image obtained by photographing a defecation pad to be analyzed so as to accurately determine whether the companion animal has defecated, enabling the defecation pad to be automatically disposed of when defecation is confirmed, and enabling defecation training to be induced by providing snacks or feed to the companion animal having defecated in the correct position and conveying, as a reward, interest and praise of an owner through a video or voice call.

Description

Companion animal training equipment and method

The present invention relates to a companion animal training apparatus and method, and more particularly to a companion animal training apparatus and method for automatically treating the pet's bowel movement pad, training the companion animal to bowel movement in a predetermined position. .

Recently, as the birth rate is lowered, aging is accelerated, and the number of single-person households is changed, the electric family structure is changing, and interest and demand for pets are rapidly increasing.

In particular, the consciousness is changing from the concept of pets to the concept of companion animals, which are lifelong companions, and the government is pushing for legislation to systematically nurture the pet industry in 2016 as a new business.

Accordingly, the domestic pet population is more than 10 million, and the market size is more than 2 trillion won, increasing more than 20% every year.

On the other hand, pets have a problem that must properly handle defecation in the process of raising.

In particular, there is a limit for the user to check and process the defecation pad in which the companion animal has defecation.

Accordingly, a technique for rapidly treating a bowel movement pad after bowel movement has been developed.

For example, Patent Document 1 (Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1610777, issued April 8, 2016) and Patent Document 2 (Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0029643, published March 28, 2005) ) Discloses a technique for automatically processing a bowel movement pad in which a pet is defecated.

However, the bowel processing apparatus according to the prior art processes the bowel pad after confirming the bowel movement by checking whether the user directly defecation after the animal bowed, or by installing a sensor or sensor such as a weight sensor or moisture sensor on the bowel pad. .

Therefore, the bowel processing apparatus according to the prior art has a inconvenience that the user must check the bowel movements from time to time, there is a problem that can not accurately determine the bowel movements using the sensor.

In addition, the defecation processing apparatus according to the prior art has a problem that the target of use is limited, as it targets a companion animal trained bowel movement.

Therefore, it is required to develop a technology that can accurately test the defecation of the companion animal, the bowel pad is automatically processed when the test result is confirmed, and the bowel training by awarding snacks to the companion animal defecation in the correct position.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems as described above, to provide a companion animal bowel training apparatus and method that can automatically process the bowel movements of the companion animals.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a companion animal training apparatus and method for forming a conditional reflection condition using sound and inducing a bowel training by awarding a snack or the like to a companion animal defecated at an accurate position.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a companion animal bowel training apparatus and method that allows a user to check the status of the pet and the bowel movement pad from the outside, and control the operation.

In order to achieve the object as described above, the companion animal bowel training apparatus according to the present invention is a pad storage unit for storing a bowel movement pad, when the companion animal bowed to the bowel movement pad supplied over the bowel movements by rolling the bowel movement pad in the form of a roll To determine the defecation by analyzing the image processed by the image processing unit, the image processing unit to take a bowel movement pad and the bowel movements. It characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling the drive of the pad processing unit to supply as it is.

In addition, in order to achieve the object as described above, the companion animal bowel training method according to the present invention (a) using the image processing unit to photograph the movement of the companion animal to the predetermined position on the bowel movements and the bowel movement state (B) determining whether the companion animal is defecated by processing the image photographed in the step (a) and (c) if the defecation state of the companion animal is in the bowel state, the pad processing unit It is characterized in that it comprises the step of treating the bowel movements bowel movements using the bowel movements and supplying new bowel movements to the bowel movements.

As described above, according to the companion animal training apparatus and method according to the present invention, by analyzing the image of the image of the bowel movement pad to accurately determine whether or not the bowel movement of the pet, the effect that can be automatically processed when the bowel movement is confirmed Obtained.

In addition, according to the present invention, the effect that the bowel training can be induced by awarding a snack or the like to the companion animal bowed in the correct position.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the companion animal moves to the bowel movement for defecation, the effect that the bowel activity of the companion animal can be trained using the conditional reflection by outputting the pre-stored sound.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user checks the status and defecation of the pet from the outside, and handles the bowel movement pad according to the confirmation result, awards snacks, etc. to the pet or the owner's interest through the video or voice call By delivering a compliment, it is possible to maximally train and effectively raise the training effect of the pet while training the pet.

1 is a block diagram of a companion animal training apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 2 is a front view of the companion animal training apparatus shown in Figure 1,

3 is a plan view of the companion animal training apparatus shown in Figure 1,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step control method of the companion animal bowel training apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a companion animal bowel training apparatus and method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a companion animal training apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a front view of the companion animal training apparatus shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 is a companion animal bowel shown in Figure 1 Top view of the training device.

Companion animal bowel movement training device 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the pad storage unit for storing the bowel movement pad 12, the bowels are supplied over the bowel (11) When the companion animal is defecated to the defecation pad 12, the pad processing unit 30 for rolling and processing the defecation pad 12 in a roll form, the image processing unit 40 for photographing the defecation pad 12 and processing the photographed image; Analyzing the processed image to determine the bowel movement and if the determination result in the bowel movement control the operation of the pad processing unit 30 to process the bowel movement pad 12 and to supply a new bowel movement pad 12 to the bowel movement (11) It may include a control unit 50 to.

And companion animal training apparatus 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in accordance with the control signal of the control unit 50 to feed the food stored in the feed unit 60 and the animal bowel movement for defecation Moving to a preset setting position on (11) may further include a sound unit 70 for outputting a pre-stored sound to form a condition reflection condition and smoothly defecation.

In addition, the companion animal training apparatus 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is connected to the Internet network and under the control of the controller 50, the image taken by the image processing unit 40 of the user's portable terminal 90 The communication unit 80 may further include a communication unit 80 for transmitting an operation command or a voice or video call signal received from the mobile terminal 90 to the control unit 50.

Of course, the present invention further provides an image output unit (not shown) for displaying an image in the image processing unit 40 in addition to the acoustic unit 70, and by using an acoustic unit 70 or the image output unit, an external user By connecting a voice or video call through the mobile terminal 90 may be changed to deliver attention or praise to the companion animal while checking the bowel status of the companion animal.

The pad storage unit 20 may be stored by folding the bowel movement pad 12 in multiple stages, or rolled in the form of a roll.

The body of the pad storage unit 20 may be installed to open and close the door so as to replenish the new bowel movement pad 12.

The bowel movement (11) is arranged at a position where the pet is defecated, and the bowel movement pad (12) is continuously supplied to the upper portion of the bowel movement (11).

The pad processing unit 30 is installed on one side of the bowel movement (11), and rolls the bowel movements in the form of bowel movements (12), it is possible to remove the odor generated from bowel movements and bowel movements.

The pad processing unit 30 is a packaging module for wrapping the bowel pad 12 rolled in the form of a roll so that bowel movements fall from the inside of the pad processing unit 30 or the smell of bowel movements to the outside (not shown) It may include.

In addition, a door may be installed on the upper or side surface of the pad processing unit 30 so as to be opened and closed to remove the treated bowel movement pad 12 in a roll form.

The image processor 40 may include a camera for photographing the bowel movement pad 12 and a processing module for processing an image photographed by the camera so as to check whether the bowel movement is confirmed.

The camera may be installed around the bowel movement (11) to accurately photograph the bowel movement pad (12).

In addition, the camera may be provided as a web camera capable of pan, tilt, zoom operation so as to check the status of the companion animal or the operation state of the training apparatus 10.

The processing module detects a color in the captured image and calculates an area of a color change area, that is, a color change area due to bowel movement.

The processing module may examine whether the pet moves to a preset setting position, and transmit the test result to the controller 50.

Accordingly, the control unit 50 may control the driving of the sound unit 70 to output a pre-stored sound to smoothly defecate when the companion animal moves to the set position as a result of the inspection of the processing module.

As such, when the pet moves over the bowel movement, the present invention outputs a pre-stored sound and can be trained to perform the bowel movement of the pet using the conditional reflection.

Here, the output sound may be variously set, such as music or a voice of a user.

The controller 50 checks whether the area of the discolored area calculated by the image processor 40 exceeds a preset setting area, and if the area of the discolored area exceeds the set area is determined as a bowel state.

When the controller 50 determines that the bowel movement is performed, the controller 50 processes the defecated pad 12 and generates a control signal for controlling the driving of the pad processor 30 to supply a new defecation pad 12.

The feeding unit 60 may include a storage container for storing the feed or snack to be provided to the pet and a transfer module for transferring the stored feed or snack as a feed.

The feeding unit 60 may be provided separately from the companion animal training kit 10, but to obtain a training effect of the companion animal, is provided integrally with the companion animal training kit 10, the control unit It is preferable to drive in accordance with the control signal of (50).

The sound unit 70 may include a storage unit that stores sound, such as a specific music or a user's voice, and a speaker that outputs the stored sound according to a control signal of the controller.

The video output unit may include a display module configured to display the received video call signal on a screen.

The communication unit 80 may be connected to a network device provided in a house or a building by wire or wireless communication to communicate with the user's portable terminal 90 through an internet network.

To this end, the user's portable terminal (90) is connected to the companion animal training apparatus (10) to receive and display the captured image, and receives the user's operation command to operate the companion animal training system (10) voice Alternatively, a dedicated application for performing a video call may be installed.

Such a mobile terminal may be provided with various terminal devices having a communication function such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook computer, or a desktop computer so as to execute a dedicated application and input an operation command together with a voice or video call function.

Thus, when the operation command is received from the user through the communication unit 80, the controller 50 controls the driving of the pad processing unit 30 to process the bowel movement pad 12 according to the received operation command, or feeds the pet to the companion animal. The driving of the feeding unit 60 may be controlled to provide a snack.

In addition, when the voice or video call is connected to the mobile terminal 90 of the user through the communication unit 80, the control unit 50 outputs the audio or video call signal received from the mobile terminal 80. The driving of the image output unit may be controlled.

In addition, the controller 50 may control the pan, tilt, and zoom operations of the camera provided in the image processor 40 according to the operation command.

As described above, the present invention captures the state of the defecation pad as an image, analyzes the photographed image to accurately determine whether the bowel movement, and if it is determined that the bowel movement state can be processed quickly.

And the present invention, when the pet moves to the bowel movement for defecation, it is possible to train the bowel activity of the companion animal using the conditional reflection by outputting the pre-stored sound.

In addition, the present invention, if it is confirmed that the pets correctly bowed on the defecation pad, by providing a snack or feed to the pets, or by delivering the user's interest and praise to the pets via voice or video call, the companion animals, Induces bowel training and maximizes the effectiveness of bowel training

In addition, the present invention by providing the image taken by the image processing unit to the user's portable terminal, the user can check the bowel movement from the outside to control the operation of the bowel training apparatus, it is possible to further improve the convenience.

On the other hand, the present embodiment has been described as examining whether the pet moves to the set position on the bowel movement using the image processing unit, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto.

That is, the present invention by installing a weight sensor for detecting the weight at the bottom of the bowel movement, or by installing a sensor such as an ultrasonic sensor or an infrared sensor to detect the companion animal's approach to one side of the image processing unit of the bowel movement of the companion animal It may be changed to detect movement.

Next, with reference to Figure 4 will be described in detail a control method of the companion animal training apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step control method of the companion animal training apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

When power is supplied to the companion animal training apparatus 10, the controller 50 initializes each device and controls to prepare an operation for inspecting and processing a bowel movement state of the bowel movement pad 12. FIG.

In operation S10, the image processor 40 photographs the defecation pad 12 and processes the photographed image and transmits the processed image information to the controller 50.

In this case, the image information may include access information for detecting whether the pet approaches the preset setting position on the bowel movement stool 11 and area information of the discolored area.

In step S12, the controller 50 checks whether the companion animal has moved to the set position using the access information among the received image information.

If the companion animal does not move to the set position as a result of step S12, the controller 50 controls to repeat steps S10 and S12.

On the other hand, when the companion animal is moved to the set position as a result of the check in step S12, the controller 50 controls the driving of the sound unit 60 to output a sound, such as a pre-stored music or a user's voice (S14).

In this case, the control unit 50 connects a user's mobile terminal 90 to a voice or video call through the communication unit 80 and outputs a voice or video call signal received from the mobile terminal 90. Alternatively, the driving of the image output unit may be controlled.

Accordingly, the pet can listen to the sound output from the sound unit 60, or receive the user's interest and praise displayed on the image output unit can facilitate the bowel movements by the conditional reflection.

In step S16, the controller 50 compares the area of the discolored area and the preset setting area among the received image information to check whether the bowel state is present.

If the area of the discoloration area is equal to or less than the set area in step S16, the controller 50 determines that the bowel movement is incomplete and controls to proceed to step S10.

On the other hand, if the area of the discolored area exceeds the set area as a result of the inspection in step S16, the controller 50 determines that the bowel movement state.

Thus, in step S18, the controller 50 controls the driving of the pad processor 30 to roll and process the defecation pad 12.

And in step S20, the control unit 50 controls the drive of the feeding unit 60 to feed the food or snacks stored therein in order to reward the companion animals defecated in the correct position.

In this case, the controller 50 may control the driving of the audio unit 60 or the image output unit to output a voice or video call signal received from the mobile terminal 90 to transmit a user's interest and praise to the companion animal.

Accordingly, the companion animal can be trained naturally after receiving a snack or feed after defecation, or receiving a user's attention and praise through voice or video call.

Meanwhile, the controller 50 transmits the image captured by the image processor 40 to the user's portable terminal 90 while being connected to the user's portable terminal 90 through the communication unit 80, and the user's portable terminal. The operation of each device may be controlled according to the operation command received from 90.

Through the process as described above, the present invention can accurately determine whether the bowel movement using the image of the image of the bowel movement pad, and if it is determined that the bowel movement state can process the defecation pad quickly.

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

In the above embodiment, it is described that the companion animal moves to the set position on the bowel movement using the image processor, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the present invention is described as awarding a snack or a food only after confirming the bowel condition and defecating at the correct position. It may be changed.

The present invention accurately determines the bowel movement using the image of the bowel pads, and if it is determined that the bowel movements are quickly processed bowel bowel movements, provide food or snacks to the pets bowed at the correct position, or voice Or, it is applied to a technology that induces bowel training by maximizing the bowel training effect by awarding the user's interest and praise through video call.

Claims

Pad storage unit for storing the bowel pads,

If the pet bowel movements to the bowel pads supplied over the bowel movements, the pad processing unit for rolling the bowel movements in the form of a roll,

An image processor for photographing a bowel movement pad and processing the captured image;

And analyzing the image processed by the image processing unit to determine whether a bowel movement is determined as a result of the bowel movement, the control unit for controlling the operation of the pad processing unit to process the bowel movement pad and to supply a new bowel movement pad to the bowel movement. Pet training system.
The method of claim 1,

Feeding unit for discharging and feeding the feed stored inside,

When the pet is moved to a predetermined position on the bowel movement for defecation, the sound reflection unit for outputting the pre-stored sound so as to form a condition reflection condition smoothly bowel further comprises;

Companion training equipment for pets, characterized in that the training of the companion animals.
The method of claim 2,

A communication unit connected to an internet network and transmitting an image captured by the image processing unit to a user's portable terminal under the control of the controller, and transmitting an operation command or a voice or video call signal received from the portable terminal to the controller;

And a video output unit for displaying a video call signal received from the mobile terminal on a screen.

The control unit controls the driving of each device according to the operation command received from the mobile terminal, and controls the driving of the sound unit and the image output unit to output the received voice or video call signal Training device.
The method of claim 2,

The pad storage unit is to store the defecation pad folded in multiple stages, or rolled in the form of a roll, the defecation pad is continuously supplied to the upper portion of the bowel movement,

The pad processing unit rolls and processes the bowel movements in the form of a bowel movement,

Compass animal training device comprising a packaging module for wrapping a bowel movement pad rolled in the form of a roll.
The method of claim 2,

The image processing unit and the camera to shoot the bowel pads;

It includes a processing module for processing the image taken by the camera,

The processing module may include access information according to a result of checking whether the pet moves to a preset setting position.

Detecting the color in the captured image, the companion animal training apparatus characterized in that it transmits the image information including the area information of the discolored area calculated by calculating the area of the discolored area changed color due to bowel movement.
The method of claim 2,

The feeding unit is a storage container for storing feed or snacks to be provided to the companion animal;

It includes a transfer module for transferring the stored feed or snacks to the feed,

And the control unit controls the operation of the feeding unit to provide a pet food or a snack to the companion animal after moving to the set position or the bowel movement after confirming the defecation position.
(a) photographing whether the pet moves to a preset position on the bowel movement using the image processor and the bowel state;

(b) the control unit processing the image taken in step (a) to determine whether the companion animal bowel movement; and

(c) if the test result of step (b) of the companion animal's bowel movements, using a pad processing unit to process the bowel movements bowel pads and supplying a new bowel pads to the bowel movements, characterized in that the training Way.
The method of claim 7, wherein

In the step (b), (b1) checking whether the companion animal moves to a preset setting position using the image information received from the image processing unit,

(b2) outputting a pre-stored sound to smoothly defecate by forming a condition reflection condition using an acoustic unit when the companion animal is moved to the set position as a result of the test of step (b1); and

(b3) determining the bowel movement state by comparing the area of the discolored area whose color has changed due to bowel movement with a predetermined set area using the image information received by the image processing unit. .
The method of claim 8, wherein step (c)

(c1) rolling and treating the bowel movement pad determined in the bowel movement state using the pad processing unit in a roll form and supplying a new bowel movement pad,

(c2) using the packaging module provided in the pad processing unit, the animal bowel training method comprising the step of wrapping the treated bowel pad rolled in the form of a roll.
The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9,

(d) a companion animal bowel training method further comprising the step of providing food or snacks to the companion animal after the cat is moved to the set position by using the feeding unit or after the bowel movement is confirmed.
The method of claim 10,

(e) transmitting an image captured by the image processing unit to a user's portable terminal using a communication unit, and receiving an operation command or a voice or video call signal received from the portable terminal,

The controller controls driving of each device according to the received operation command,

The sound unit or image output unit further comprises the step of outputting the received voice or video call signal provided to the animal of interest and praise of the user including the companion animal training.