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US 10,080,349 B2Granted
Mounting behavior detection system and detection method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorTomoyoshi Ikeda
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Abstract
Mounting behavior or the like by domestic animals or the like is easily detected. Included are a mounting-side apparatus attached to the neck of a first domestic animal and configured to emit a transmission signal, and a mounted-side apparatus attached at any position from the back to the tail of a second domestic animal. A communication interface of the mounted-side apparatus emits a response signal to a communication interface of the mounting-side apparatus.
Claims19
A mounting behavior detection system comprising:
- a mounting-side apparatus configured to be attached to a neck of first domestic animal;
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- a mounted-side apparatus configured to be attached at any position from a back to a tail of second domestic animal, wherein
- the mounting-side apparatus comprises a first communication interface, and the mounted-side apparatus comprises a second communication interface configured to emit a response signal to the first communication interface;
- wherein said first and second communication interfaces are near field communication (NFC) interfaces;
- wherein in response to said response signal, a notification signal is transmitted from said mounting-side apparatus of said first domestic animal to an external user-side terminal for displaying, by a display of said external user-side terminal, whether said first domestic animal and whether said second domestic animal are in heat conditions when said notification signal is compared to predetermined thresholds;
- wherein said predetermined thresholds are based on mounting counts and cumulative mounting times, and mounted counts and cumulative mounted times, for each of said first, said second, and other domestic animals present within a common environment.
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A method for detecting a mounting behavior, comprising:
- communicating a response signal from a mounted-side apparatus of a second domestic animal to a mounting side apparatus of a first domestic animal, wherein the mounted-side apparatus is configured to attach at any position from a back to a tail of the second domestic animal, wherein said response signal is communicated using near field communication (NFC) interfaces of the mounted-side apparatus and the mounting side apparatus;
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- in response to said response signal, transmitting a notification signal from said mounting-side apparatus of said first domestic animal to an external user-side terminal for displaying, by a display of said external user-side terminal, whether said first domestic animal and whether said second domestic animal are in heat conditions when said notification signal is compared to predetermined thresholds, wherein said predetermined thresholds are based on mounting counts and cumulative mounting times, and mounted counts and cumulative mounted times, for each of said first, said second, and other domestic animals present within a common environment.
A mounted-side apparatus comprising;
- a mounted-side communication interface of the mounted-side apparatus of a second domestic animal configured to emit a response signal to a mounting-side communication interface of a mounting-side apparatus of a first domestic animal in response to receiving a transmission signal emitted from the mounting-side communication interface, wherein the mounted-side communication interface and the mounting-side communication interface are near field communication (NFC) interfaces;
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- the mounted-side apparatus is configured to be attached at any position from a back to a tail of a first domestic animals;
- wherein in response to the response signal, a notification signal is sent from said mounting-side apparatus to an external user-side terminal for determining a state of at least one of the first domestic animal and a second domestic animal, and the state is related to progress of heat of at least one of the first domestic animal or the second domestic animal;
- and wherein the notification signal is compared to predetermined thresholds that are based on mounting counts and cumulative mounting times, and mounted counts and cumulative mounted times, for each of the first, the second, and other domestic animals present within a common environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.