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 that:
• accidental ingestion by the animal has not occurred when a swallowing date/time indicated by date/time information included in the first swallowing information is within a predetermined time range from a feeding information input date/time indicated by date/time information included in the feeding information;
• and the accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred when the swallowing date/time is not within the predetermined time range.

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;
• a communicating unit which performs communication with the feeding information inputting apparatus;
• an accidental ingestion determining unit which 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;
• and
• a first notifying unit which notifies a user that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred when the accidental ingestion determining unit determines that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred;
• the accidental ingestion detecting system further comprising:
• a second notifying unit which is independent of the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus and which communicates with a communicating unit included in the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus and notifies the user that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred when the accidental ingestion determining unit determines that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred;
• and
• a confirmation inputting unit to which is inputted a confirmation result by the user indicating whether or not the swallowing reported by the accidental ingestion notification that is notified by at least one of the first notifying unit and the second notifying unit is accidental ingestion.

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;
• a communicating unit which performs communication with the feeding information inputting apparatus;
• an accidental ingestion determining unit which 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;
• and
• a first notifying unit which notifies a user that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred when the accidental ingestion determining unit determines that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred;
• the accidental ingestion detecting system further comprising:
• a second notifying unit which is independent of the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus and which communicates with a communicating unit included in the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus and notifies the user that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred when the accidental ingestion determining unit determines that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred;
• an imaging unit which captures an image of a vicinity of the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus;
• and
• a captured image storing unit which stores an image captured by the imaging unit, wherein
• when the accidental ingestion determining unit determines that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred, at least one of the first notifying unit and the second notifying unit includes an image which is stored in the captured image storing unit and which had been captured during a certain past time period since detection of the accidental ingestion in an accidental ingestion notification for notifying the user that accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred.

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;
• a communicating unit which performs communication with the feeding information inputting apparatus;
• and
• an accidental ingestion determining unit which 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;
• the accidental ingestion detecting system further comprising:
• an imaging unit that captures an image of a vicinity of the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus;
• an image feature quantity storing unit that stores a feature quantity of a predetermined image in advance;
• and
• an image feature analyzing unit which analyzes an image captured by the imaging unit to extract a feature quantity and which compares the feature quantity with a feature quantity stored in the image feature quantity storing unit, wherein
• the accidental ingestion determining unit determines accidental ingestion based on the feature quantity of an image captured by the imaging unit from a predetermined period of time prior to a time point of detection of swallowing and a feature quantity of the predetermined image that is stored in the image feature quantity storing unit.

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;
• a communicating unit which performs communication with the feeding information inputting apparatus;
• and
• an accidental ingestion determining unit which 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;
• the accidental ingestion detecting system further comprising:
• an odor sensing unit that measures an odor in a vicinity of the accidental ingestion detecting apparatus;
• an odor feature quantity storing unit that stores a feature quantity of a predetermined odor in advance;
• and
• an odor feature analyzing unit which analyzes odor data obtained from the odor sensing unit to extract a feature quantity and compare the feature quantity with the feature quantity stored in the odor feature quantity storing unit, wherein
• the accidental ingestion determining unit determines accidental ingestion based on the feature quantity of an odor measured by the odor sensing unit from a predetermined period of time prior to a time point of detection of swallowing and a feature quantity of the predetermined odor that is stored in the odor feature quantity storing 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
• in the determination, it is determined that:
• accidental ingestion by the animal has not occurred when a swallowing date/time indicated by date/time information included in the swallowing information is within a predetermined time range from a feeding information input date/time indicated by date/time information included in the feeding information;
• and the accidental ingestion by the animal has occurred when the swallowing date/time is not within the predetermined time range.