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US 12,588,873 B2Granted
Animal care and monitoring platform
AssigneeBrisby, Inc.
InventorsJamie Gordon Nichol, Neil Stepak, Mark Florence
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Abstract
A smart animal bed system includes a base supporting a padded animal bed; a movement sensor for providing movement sensor signals in response to movement of an animal within the padded animal bed; and a temperature control system having a heating mode and a cooling mode, the temperature control system configured to selectively provide heating or cooling to the padded animal bed based at least in part on the movement sensor signals.
Claims25
A smart animal bed system comprising:
- a base having a padded animal bed;
- at least one sensor for providing sensor signals indicative of a condition of an animal within the padded animal bed;
- and
- a temperature control system having a heating mode and a cooling mode operated by a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
- determine a condition of the animal based on the sensor signals, the condition including at least one of resting time or inactivity time;
- measure an activity level for the animal over a specified time period based at least in part on the determined condition of the animal;
- comparing the measured activity level for the animal to recommended activity level(s) for the animal;
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- determining to prompt the animal to leave the padded animal bed based on the measured activity level for the animal relative to the recommended activity level(s) for the animal,
- said prompting including selecting one of the heating mode or the cooling mode for changing temperature of the padded animal bed;
- and
- activating the selected mode of the temperature control system to change the temperature of the padded animal bed to prompt the animal to leave the padded animal bed.
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