Accidental ingestion detection apparatus, accidental ingestion detection system, and accidental ingestion detection method

An accidental ingestion detecting system comprising an accidental ingestion detecting apparatus that detects accidental ingestion by an animal and a feeding information inputting apparatus that accepts information related to feeding of the animal and that outputs the information as feeding information, wherein

• the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus includes:
• a swallowing sensing unit which senses swallowing by an animal;
• a swallowing detecting unit which detects swallowing based on sensing data outputted by the swallowing sensing unit and which outputs first swallowing information that is information related to the swallowing;
• an accidental ingestion determining unit which determines accidental ingestion by the animal;
• and
• a communicating unit which performs communication with the feeding information inputting apparatus, and
• the accidental ingestion determining unit determines accidental ingestion by the animal based on date/time information included in the first swallowing information and date/time information included in feeding information, which is inputted using the feeding information inputting apparatus and which is included in feeding information obtained through the communicating unit.

An accidental ingestion detecting method of an accidental ingestion detecting system including an accidental ingestion detecting apparatus and a feeding information inputting apparatus,

• the accidental ingestion detecting method comprising:
• sensing swallowing by an animal;
• detecting swallowing based on the sensing data and outputting swallowing information that is information related to the swallowing;
• accepting input of information related to feeding of the animal and outputting the information as feeding information;
• and
• determining accidental ingestion by the animal, wherein
• the determination of accidental ingestion by the animal is performed based on date/time information included in the swallowing information and date/time information included in the feeding information.