Method of Determining a Cognitive and Physical Capacity of a Pet, and System Therefor

A cognitive and physical capacity assessment system for a pet, the system comprising:

• a touch screen display device having a touch screen;
• a wearable monitoring device having a wearable item fixable to the pet and at least one sensor mounted to the wearable item;
• a processing module communicable with the touch screen display device and the wearable monitoring device;
• and
• a user device having a display screen, the user device being communicable with the processing module;
• wherein the wearable monitoring device is configured to be in-use fixed to the pet, and wherein the touch screen display device is in-use positioned to receive a touch response from the pet;
• wherein the touch screen display device is configured to display one or more cognitive indicator stimuli on the touch screen, at least one cognitive indicator parameter based on a stimulus response input made by the pet at the touch screen in response to the one or more cognitive indicator stimuli being determinable;
• wherein the at least one sensor mounted to the wearable item of the wearable monitoring device is configured to measure at least one further cognitive parameter and at least one physical indicator parameter;
• wherein the processing module is configured to determine cognitive and physical indicator data based on the at least one cognitive indicator parameter, the at least one further cognitive indicator parameter and the at least one physical indicator parameter;
• and
• wherein the user device is configured to display cognitive and physical information to a user thereof based on the cognitive and physical indicator data.

A method of determining a cognitive and physical capacity of a pet to provide cognitive and physical information to a user, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a cognitive and physical capacity assessment system for the pet, the system comprising:
• a touch screen display device having a touch screen;
• a wearable monitoring device having a wearable item fixable to the pet and at least one sensor mounted to the wearable item;
• a processing module communicable with the touch screen display device and the wearable monitoring device;
• and
• a user device having a display screen, the user device being communicable with the processing module;
• wherein the wearable monitoring device is in-use fixed to the pet, and wherein the touch screen display device is in-use positioned to receive a touch response from the pet;
• b) displaying one or more cognitive indicator stimuli on the touch screen of the touch screen display device;
• c) determining at least one cognitive indicator parameter based on a stimulus response input made by the pet at the touch screen in response to the one or more cognitive indicator stimuli;
• d) providing the at least one cognitive indicator parameter to the processing module;
• e) determining at least one further cognitive indicator parameter and at least one physical indicator parameter based on measurements collected by the at least one sensor mounted to the wearable item of the wearable monitoring device;
• f) providing the at least one further cognitive indicator parameter and at least one physical indicator parameter to the processing module;
• g) determining, at the processing module, cognitive indicator data based on the at least one cognitive indicator parameter, the at least one further cognitive indicator parameter, and the at least one physical indicator parameter, and determining physical indicator data based on at least the at least one physical indicator parameter;
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• h) displaying cognitive and physical information to a user of the user device based on the cognitive indicator data and the physical indicator data.