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US 12,599,343 B2Granted
Measuring apparatus to measure pet's health status and operating method thereof
AssigneeFranklin Technology Inc.
InventorsOk Chae Kim, Changsoo Yu
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Abstract
According to the present disclosure, a measuring apparatus and an operating method thereof are presented which measure a heart rate and a breathing rate of a pet by using a radar sensor, and then confirm whether a health status of the pet is abnormal based on the measured data, and when it is confirmed that the health status of the pet is abnormal, transmit a notification message to an electronic terminal of a pet owner to support the pet owner to more rapidly respond to health abnormality of the pet.
Claims7
A measuring apparatus installed in a predetermined detection area indoors, and measuring a health status of a pet, comprising:
- a passive infrared (PIR) sensor for detecting a pet entering the detection area;
- a radar sensor for measuring a heart rate and a breathing rate of the pet entering the detection area;
- a measurement event generator monitoring whether a sensing signal is generated due to the entry of the pet into the detection area, through the PIR sensor, and determining that the pet enters the detection area when it is confirmed that the sensing signal is generated through the PIR sensor, and then generating a measurement event for measuring the heart rate and the breathing rate of the pet entering the detection area;
- a data generator measuring, when the measurement event is generated, the heart rate and the breathing rate of the pet entering the detection area through the radar sensor for a predetermined measurement time to generate heart rate data for a change in heart rate for the measurement time, and generating breathing rate data for the change in breathing rate for the measurement time;
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- a notification transmitter determining whether there is an abnormality in the health status of the pet entering the detection area based on the heart rate data and the breathing rate data, and when it is determined that there is the abnormality, transmitting, to an electronic terminal of a predetermined pet owner, a notification message for notifying that the health status of the pet is abnormal,
- wherein the notification transmitter includes:
- a normal data storage storing predetermined normal heart rate data, wherein the normal heart rate data is data for a change in heart rate obtained from a pet in a normal health status for a time which is the same as the measurement time, and predetermined normal breathing rate data, wherein the normal breathing rate data is data for a change in breathing rate obtained from the pet in the normal health status for the time which is the same as the measurement time;
- a first sampler sampling, when the heart rate data and the breathing rate data are generated through the data generator, the heart rate to obtain a plurality of sample heart rates from the heart rate data at a predetermined sampling period interval, and sampling the breathing rate from the breathing rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of sample breathing rates;
- a second sampler sampling the heart rate from the normal heart rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of normal sample heart rates, and sampling the breathing rate from the normal breathing rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of normal sample breathing rates;
- a determinator measuring a first dissimilarity between the plurality of sample heart rates and the plurality of normal sample heart rates, and a second dissimilarity between the plurality of sample breathing rates and the plurality of normal sample breathing rates, and then determining whether the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal based on the first dissimilarity and the second dissimilarity;
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- a transmission processor transmitting, to the electronic terminal of the pet owner, the notification message for notifying that the health status of the pet is abnormal when it is determined that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal,
- wherein the determinator compares, when the first dissimilarity and the second dissimilarity are measured, the first dissimilarity with a predetermined first threshold, and compare the second dissimilarity with a predetermined second threshold, and when the first dissimilarity is confirmed to exceed the first threshold, or the second dissimilarity is confirmed to exceed the second threshold, determines that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal, and determines, when it is confirmed that the first dissimilarity does not exceed the first threshold, and at the same time, it is confirmed that the second dissimilarity does not exceed the second threshold, that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal only when it is confirmed that a value acquired by averaging an error between the first threshold and the first dissimilarity and an error between the second threshold and the second dissimilarity is equal to or less than a predetermined determination reference value.
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An operating method of a measuring apparatus installed in a predetermined detection area indoors, and measuring a health status of a pet, comprising:
- monitoring whether a sensing signal is generated due to the entry of the pet into the detection area, through a passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and determining that the pet enters the detection area when it is confirmed that the sensing signal is generated through the PIR sensor, and then generating a measurement event for measuring the heart rate and the breathing rate of the pet entering the detection area;
- measuring, when the measurement event is generated, the heart rate and the breathing rate of the pet entering the detection area through a radar sensor for a predetermined measurement time to generate heart rate data for a change in heart rate for the measurement time, and generating breathing rate data for the change in breathing rate for the measurement time;
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- determining whether there is an abnormality in the health status of the pet entering the detection area based on the heart rate data and the breathing rate data, and when it is determined that there is the abnormality, transmitting, to an electronic terminal of a predetermined pet owner, a notification message for notifying that the health status of the pet is abnormal,
- wherein the determining the abnormality includes:
- maintaining a normal data storage storing predetermined normal heart rate data, wherein the normal heart rate data is data for a change in heart rate obtained from a pet in a normal health status for a time which is the same as the measurement time, and predetermined normal breathing rate data, wherein the normal breathing rate data is data for a change in breathing rate obtained from the pet in the normal health status for the time which is the same as the measurement time;
- sampling, when the heart rate data and the breathing rate data are generated, the heart rate to obtain a plurality of sample heart rates from the heart rate data at a predetermined sampling period interval, and sampling the breathing rate from the breathing rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of sample breathing rates;
- sampling the heart rate from the normal heart rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of normal sample heart rates, and sampling the breathing rate from the normal breathing rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of normal sample breathing rates;
- measuring a first dissimilarity between the plurality of sample heart rates and the plurality of normal sample heart rates, and a second dissimilarity between the plurality of sample breathing rates and the plurality of normal sample breathing rates, and then determining whether the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal based on the first dissimilarity and the second dissimilarity;
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- transmitting, to the electronic terminal of the pet owner, the notification message for notifying that the health status of the pet is abnormal when it is determined that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal,
- wherein in the determining the health status of the pet, when the first dissimilarity and the second dissimilarity are measured, the first dissimilarity is compared with a predetermined first threshold, and the second dissimilarity is compared with a predetermined second threshold, and when the first dissimilarity is confirmed to exceed the first threshold, or the second dissimilarity is confirmed to exceed the second threshold, it is determined that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal, and when it is confirmed that the first dissimilarity does not exceed the first threshold, and at the same time, it is confirmed that the second dissimilarity does not exceed the second threshold, it is determined that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal only when it is confirmed that a value acquired by averaging an error between the first threshold and the first dissimilarity and an error between the second threshold and the second dissimilarity is equal to or less than a predetermined determination reference value.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a program recorded therein for allowing a computer to execute an operating method of a measuring apparatus installed in a predetermined detection area indoors, and measuring a health status of a pet, comprising:
- monitoring whether a sensing signal is generated due to the entry of the pet into the detection area, through a passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and determining that the pet enters the detection area when it is confirmed that the sensing signal is generated through the PIR sensor, and then generating a measurement event for measuring the heart rate and the breathing rate of the pet entering the detection area;
- measuring, when the measurement event is generated, the heart rate and the breathing rate of the pet entering the detection area through a radar sensor for a predetermined measurement time to generate heart rate data for a change in heart rate for the measurement time, and generating breathing rate data for the change in breathing rate for the measurement time;
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- determining whether there is an abnormality in the health status of the pet entering the detection area based on the heart rate data and the breathing rate data, and when it is determined that there is the abnormality, transmitting, to an electronic terminal of a predetermined pet owner, a notification message for notifying that the health status of the pet is abnormal,
- wherein the determining the abnormality includes:
- maintaining a normal data storage storing predetermined normal heart rate data, wherein the normal heart rate data is data for a change in heart rate obtained from a pet in a normal health status for a time which is the same as the measurement time, and predetermined normal breathing rate data, wherein the normal breathing rate data is data for a change in breathing rate obtained from the pet in the normal health status for the time which is the same as the measurement time;
- sampling, when the heart rate data and the breathing rate data are generated, the heart rate to obtain a plurality of sample heart rates from the heart rate data at a predetermined sampling period interval, and sampling the breathing rate from the breathing rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of sample breathing rates;
- sampling the heart rate from the normal heart rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of normal sample heart rates, and sampling the breathing rate from the normal breathing rate data at the sampling period interval to obtain a plurality of normal sample breathing rates;
- measuring a first dissimilarity between the plurality of sample heart rates and the plurality of normal sample heart rates, and a second dissimilarity between the plurality of sample breathing rates and the plurality of normal sample breathing rates, and then determining whether the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal based on the first dissimilarity and the second dissimilarity;
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- transmitting, to the electronic terminal of the pet owner, the notification message for notifying that the health status of the pet is abnormal when it is determined that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal,
- wherein in the determining the health status of the pet, when the first dissimilarity and the second dissimilarity are measured, the first dissimilarity is compared with a predetermined first threshold, and the second dissimilarity is compared with a predetermined second threshold, and when the first dissimilarity is confirmed to exceed the first threshold, or the second dissimilarity is confirmed to exceed the second threshold, it is determined that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal, and when it is confirmed that the first dissimilarity does not exceed the first threshold, and at the same time, it is confirmed that the second dissimilarity does not exceed the second threshold, it is determined that the health status of the pet entering the detection area is abnormal only when it is confirmed that a value acquired by averaging an error between the first threshold and the first dissimilarity and an error between the second threshold and the second dissimilarity is equal to or less than a predetermined determination reference value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.