JP7028734B2 - Health status determination device, health status determination system and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a health condition determination device, a health condition determination system and a program.

Conventionally, animal toilets capable of measuring the amount of excrement have been provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1). By using such a toilet for animals, the user can easily obtain information on the excrement of the animals being bred. Therefore, the user can also judge the health condition of the animal he / she keeps based on the measurement result of the amount of excrement.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-11929

However, the demand for accuracy in determining the health of animals is increasing day by day. Therefore, there is a demand for a technique for determining the health condition of an animal with higher accuracy.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a health condition determination device, a health condition determination system, and a program capable of determining the health condition of an animal with higher accuracy. There is something in it.

One aspect of the present invention is an animal state information including an excretion timing which is an operation timing related to excretion of the animal obtained by a measuring device capable of measuring an animal, and an ingestion timing which is a timing when the animal ingests food and drink. A determination unit for determining the health condition of an animal based on the acquisition unit for acquiring the food and drink information including the above , the excretion timing indicated by the animal condition information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the intake timing indicated by the food and drink information. A health condition determination device including an output unit that outputs information based on a determination result by the determination unit.

One aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned health condition determination device, wherein the animal condition information includes excretion information indicating an animal excretion amount, and the food and drink information is an amount of food and drink ingested by the animal. Includes certain intakes.

One aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned health condition determination device, wherein the animal state information includes excretion information indicating the number of times the animal is excreted, and the food and drink information is the number of times the animal ingests the food and drink. Including a certain number of intakes.

One aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned health condition determination device, in which the animal condition information includes body weight information indicating the body weight of the animal, and the food and drink information is the amount of food and drink ingested by the animal. Including intake .

One aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned health condition determination device, wherein the animal state information includes excretion information indicating an excretion timing which is an excretion timing of an animal, and the food and drink information includes food and drink for the animal. Includes the timing of ingestion, which is the timing of ingestion of.

One aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned health condition determination device, which is a prediction unit that predicts the other information based on at least one of the animal condition information and the food and drink information acquired by the acquisition unit. Further, the output unit is characterized in that it outputs the result predicted by the prediction unit.

One aspect of the present invention includes measurement information including excretion timing, which is the timing of operation related to excretion of an animal using the animal toilet, acquired by a sensor attached to the animal toilet, and the animal eats and drinks. The acquisition unit that acquires the food and drink information including the intake timing, which is the timing of ingestion, the excretion timing indicated by the measurement information acquired by the acquisition unit, the intake timing indicated by the food and drink information, and the health condition of the animal. It is a health condition determination system including a determination condition indicating the condition relating to the above, a determination unit for determining the health condition of the animal based on the determination condition, and an output unit for outputting information based on the determination result by the determination unit.

One aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned health condition determination system, in which the measurement target of the sensor is temperature, humidity, weight, length, area, volume, optical change, chemical change, or acoustic. Any or a combination of these changes.

One aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned health condition determination device, which includes animal state information including an excretion timing, which is an operation timing related to the excretion of the animal , obtained by a measuring device capable of measuring an animal, and an animal state information. The acquisition step of acquiring the food and drink information including the intake timing which is the timing when the animal ingests the food and drink, the excretion timing indicated by the animal state information acquired by the acquisition step, and the intake indicated by the food and drink information. It is a program for executing a determination step of determining the health condition of an animal based on the timing , and an output step of outputting information based on the determination result by the determination step.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique capable of determining the health condition of an animal with higher accuracy.

It is a figure which shows the schematic structure of the health condition determination system 100 including the health condition determination apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the network configuration in the owner's house of a cat. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the animal toilet 20. It is a figure which shows the change of the excretion movement measurement value and the excretion measurement value from the time when a cat enters the animal toilet 20 and excretes urine and stool to the time when it exits. It is a figure which shows the change of the excretion movement measurement value and the excretion measurement value from the time when a cat enters the animal toilet 20 and excretes urine and stool to the time when it exits. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a feeding device 22. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a mobile terminal 21. It is a figure which shows the database stored in the storage device of a mobile terminal 21, and the determination information. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a reference pattern and the actual measurement pattern. This is a data table showing a specific example of the state information table. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a server 10. It is a figure which shows the database stored in the storage device of a server 10. It is a figure which shows the determination information stored in the storage device of a server 10. It is a figure which shows the display example of the mobile terminal 21 when it is determined that it is an abnormality. It is a figure which shows the other display example. It is a figure which shows the display example when the abnormality is notified from the server 10 to the mobile terminal 21. It is a figure which shows the display example of the excretion information of a cat. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content which determines a health state. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process of a health state determination apparatus. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process of a health state determination apparatus.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, an embodiment in which the animal state determination device of the present invention is applied to a toilet for animals, a server, and a mobile terminal will be described.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a health condition determination system 100 including a health condition determination device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The health condition determination system 100 includes a server 10, a network 30, animal toilets 20-1, 20-2, 20-N, mobile terminals 21-1, 21-2, 21-N, and feeding devices 22-1, 22. Includes -2, 22-N. In addition, "N" is an integer of 1 or more. Hereinafter, if each of the animal toilets 20-1, 20-2, and 20-N is not particularly distinguished, any one unit will be referred to as an animal toilet 20. When each of the mobile terminals 21-1, 21-2, and 21-N is not particularly distinguished, any one is referred to as a mobile terminal 21. When each of the feeding devices 22-1, 22-2, and 22-N is not particularly distinguished, any one of them is referred to as a feeding device 22.

The animal toilet 20 and the feeding device 22 are provided in the cat owner's house. The mobile terminal 21 is the owner's mobile terminal. The animal toilet 20 can communicate with the mobile terminal 21. The mobile terminal 21 can communicate with the server 10 via the network 30. The feeding device 22 can communicate with the server 10 via the network 30. The owner can communicate with the server 10 from other than the owner's house by using various communication devices. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the owner can communicate with the server 10 from other than the owner's house by means of a communication device such as a mobile terminal 40 and a PC (Personal Computer) 41. The network 30 is composed of the Internet, a general telephone line, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a network configuration in a cat owner's house. The owner's house is provided with a router 50 that connects to the network 30. The mobile terminal 21 and the router 50 are communicably connected by wire communication or wireless communication. The mobile terminal 21 and the router 50 are connected by, for example, a wireless LAN. The animal toilet 20 and the mobile terminal 21 are communicably connected by wire communication or wireless communication. The animal toilet 20 and the mobile terminal 21 are connected by, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy (hereinafter referred to as "BLE"). The feeding device 22 and the mobile terminal 21 are communicably connected by wire communication or wireless communication. The feeding device 22 and the mobile terminal 21 are connected by, for example, BLE.

Next, the configurations of the animal toilet 20, the mobile terminal 21, the feeding device 22, and the server 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the animal toilet 20. The animal toilet 20 is composed of an excretion detection unit 301, an excretion motion detection unit 302, a cat ID acquisition unit 303, a state information management unit 305, and a state information output unit 306. An absorption sheet is installed in the animal toilet 20 as a sheet for receiving excrement of cats. The absorption sheet is constructed using, for example, a material that absorbs moisture. Therefore, the absorption sheet can absorb the urine excreted by the cat. In the animal toilet 20, cat sand is installed as an object for receiving the feces of the cat. Cat sand is constructed using, for example, a material that adsorbs to the surface of the stool and surrounds the stool.

Further, the animal toilet 20 includes a computing device (for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit)), a storage device (for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory)), an RTC (Real Time Clock), a communication device, and the like. To prepare for. The process executed by the animal toilet 20 is executed by the arithmetic unit. The storage device stores a program for controlling the animal toilet 20, various information, and the like.

The excretion detection unit 301 detects the presence or absence of excretion of the cat that has entered the animal toilet 20 and the start and end of excretion. The information detected by the excretion detection unit 301 may be referred to as excretion detection information in the following description. The excretion detection unit 301 captures, for example, a sensing device such as a liquid sensor, a touch sensor, or a temperature sensor arranged in the animal toilet 20, an animal excreted in the animal toilet 20, and animal excrement. Excretion is detected by analyzing the obtained image. The excretion detection information detected by the excretion detection unit 301 is the state information management together with the ID for identifying the cat uniquely assigned to the cat (hereinafter referred to as "cat ID") and the time information acquired from the RTC. It is output to unit 305. The state information management unit 305 stores the excretion detection information, the cat ID, and the time information in the storage device in association with each other. The animal toilet 20 may be configured to include a camera.

The excretion motion detection unit 302 detects entry / exit depending on whether the cat has entered or exited the animal toilet 20 or whether the cat has passed a place where the cat can enter the animal toilet 20. Further, the excretion motion detection unit 302 detects the excretion motion in the animal toilet 20 of the cat. The information detected by the excretion motion detection unit 302 may be referred to as excretion motion information in the following description. The excretion motion detection unit 302 is, for example, a place where an animal can enter in the animal toilet 20, a sensing device such as an infrared sensor, a touch sensor, an optical sensor, a temperature sensor, etc. installed in the animal toilet 20, or a camera. By analyzing the image obtained by photographing the place where the animal can enter and the inside of the animal toilet 20, the entrance / exit and excretion movements are detected. The excretion movement information detected by the excretion movement detection unit 302 is output to the state information management unit 305 together with the cat ID and the time information acquired from the RTC. The state information management unit 305 stores the excretion operation information, the cat ID, and the time information in the storage device in association with each other.

The cat ID acquisition unit 303 acquires a cat ID from a cat that has approached the animal toilet 20 or a cat that has entered the animal toilet 20. The cat ID acquisition unit 303 acquires a cat ID from, for example, a cat device previously attached to the cat. Alternatively, the cat ID acquisition unit 303 identifies the entering cat by analyzing an image obtained by photographing the cat entering the animal toilet 20 with a camera, and acquires the identified cat ID. May be good. The acquired cat ID is output to the excretion detection unit 301 and the excretion motion detection unit 302.

Based on the information output by the excretion detection unit 301 and the excretion movement detection unit 302, the state information management unit 305 sets the date and time of entry into the animal toilet 20 of the cat, the date and time of exit from the animal toilet 20, and the preparatory operation for excretion at the time of entry. Determine the number of times, excretion start date and time, and excretion end date and time. Then, the state information management unit 305 associates these determination results with the cat ID and stores them in the storage device. In the following explanation, excretion such as the date and time when the cat entered the animal toilet 20, the date and time when the cat left the animal toilet 20, the date and time when the excretion started, the date and time when the excretion ended, the date and time when the stop started, the date and time when the stop ended, the urine volume, and the stool volume. Information about is called "excretion information". Information including excretion information is called animal condition information.

The state information management unit 305 functions as an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The state information management unit 305 acquires behavior information in order to calculate the excretion time information regarding the excretion time of the cat. The excretion time information is information regarding the time in excretion. The behavior information is information on the behavior of the cat in the animal toilet 20. For example, the behavioral information indicates behaviors such as entry, wandering before excretion, stop immediately before excretion (hereinafter referred to as “preliminary excretion movement”), start of excretion, end of excretion, and exit.

The state information management unit 305 determines the health state of the cat based on the excretion time information and the determination information. For example, the state information management unit 305 calculates the excretion time information based on the behavior information, the excretion detection information detected by the excretion detection unit 301, and the excretion operation information detected by the excretion operation detection unit 302. The excretion time information is the time of entry, the time of wandering before excretion, the time of preparatory movement for excretion, the time of start of excretion, the time of end of excretion, and the time of exit. The state information management unit 305 calculates the excretion time based on the time of the start of excretion and the time of the end of excretion. The state information management unit 305 determines the health state of the cat based on the excretion time information and the determination information.

The state information management unit 305 calculates a predetermined time required for excretion as a threshold value used for determination based on the determination information. The state information management unit 305 determines the current health state of the cat based on the excretion time information and the threshold value. If the time required for excretion (wandering time before excretion, time in the stopped state immediately before excretion, excretion time) exceeds the threshold in the excretion time information, the state information management unit 305 may not be healthy. Is high (highly likely to be a disease such as urinary stones or renal failure). In the excretion time information, if the time required for excretion (wandering time before excretion, time in the stopped state immediately before excretion, excretion time) is within the threshold value, the state information management unit 305 may indicate that the cat is healthy. It is judged that the sex is high. Hereinafter, specific examples of the determination method performed by the state information management unit 305 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The determination method such as the entry date and time will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing changes in excretion behavior information and excretion detection information from when a cat enters the animal toilet 20 and excretes urine and stool to when it exits. The vertical axis of the graph in FIG. 4 shows the measured value of the excretion behavior of the cat by the excretion movement detection device (hereinafter referred to as “excretion behavior measurement value”) and the measurement value of the cat excretion by the excretion information detection device (hereinafter referred to as “excretion measurement value”). ".). The horizontal axis of the graph in FIG. 4 indicates time. Further, in the graph of FIG. 4, the excretion behavior measurement value and the excretion measurement value before the cat enters are set as the zero standard. The excretion measurement value of the present embodiment is detected as a flag indicating the presence or absence of excretion, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other measurement methods may be used as long as the presence or absence of excretion can be determined.

The excretory behavior measurement value increases at the timing T1 when the cat enters the animal toilet 20. The state information management unit 305 stores the timing T1 at which the measured value of excretory behavior increases as the date and time of entry of the cat into the animal toilet 20. After that, the excretory behavior measurement value increases until the timing T2, but the excretion behavior measurement value increases or decreases from the timing T2 to the timing T3. This state is a state in which the cat has moved to a desired position in the housing. From timing T3 to timing T4, the measured excretory behavior hardly changes. This is a stopped state in which the cat is not moving to start excretion. The state information management unit 305 stores the timing T3 at which the excretion behavior measurement value is almost unchanged as the stop start date and time.

At timing T4, the excretion measurement value changes from "none" to "yes". The state information management unit 305 stores the timing T4 when the excretion measurement value changes to “Yes” as the excretion start date and time. Further, the state information management unit 305 stores the excretion start date / time or the timing at which the stop state ends as the stop end date / time. From the timing T5, the excretion measurement value returns to "nothing", and the excretion behavior measurement value decreases. At timing T6, the excretory behavior measurement value stops decreasing. The state information management unit 305 stores this timing T6 as the exit date and time. In the case of FIG. 4, the state information management unit 305 determines that the cat is likely to be healthy based on the excretion time information and the determination information.

If the excretion measurement value does not fluctuate between the intrusion date and time and the exit date and time, the state information management unit 305 determines that urination is not occurring. In addition, if there is no change in the excretion measurement value even though the excretion preliminary movement is detected, it is determined that there is no excretion.

The state information output unit 306 carries the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and the number of excretion preliminary operations stored by the state information storage unit 205. Output to terminal 21. Even if the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and the number of excretion preliminary operations at the time of entry are deleted from the storage device, they are output to the mobile terminal 21. good.

When the animal toilet 20 can communicate with the mobile terminal 21, the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and the number of excretion preliminary operations at the time of entry are displayed in real time. It is output. On the other hand, when the animal toilet 20 cannot communicate with the mobile terminal 21, the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and the number of excretion preliminary operations at the time of entry are calculated. , Buffered in storage. After that, when communication with the mobile terminal 21 becomes possible, the buffered entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and excretion preliminary operation at the time of entry The number of times may be output.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing changes in excretion behavior measurement values and excretion detection information from when a cat enters the animal toilet 20 and excretes urine and stool until it exits. The vertical axis of the graph of FIG. 5 is the excretion behavior measurement value and the excretion measurement value. The horizontal axis of the graph in FIG. 5 indicates time. Further, in the graph of FIG. 5, the excretion behavior measurement value and the excretion measurement value before the cat enters are set as the zero reference.

The excretory behavior measurement value increases at the timing T1 when the cat enters the animal toilet 20. The state information management unit 305 stores the timing T1 at which the measured value of excretory behavior increases as the date and time of entry of the cat into the animal toilet 20. After that, the excretory behavior measurement value increases until the timing T2, but the excretion behavior measurement value increases or decreases from the timing T2 to the timing T3. This state is a state in which the cat has moved to a desired position in the housing. From timing T3 to timing T4, the measured excretory behavior hardly changes. This is a stopped state in which the cat is not moving to start excretion. The state information management unit 305 stores the timing T3 at which the excretion behavior measurement value is almost unchanged as the stop start date and time.

At timing T4, the excretion measurement value changes from "none" to "yes". The state information management unit 305 stores the timing T4 when the excretion measurement value changes to “Yes” as the excretion start date and time. Further, the state information management unit 305 stores the excretion start date / time or the timing at which the stop state ends as the stop end date / time. In FIG. 5, the cat is stopped again between the timing T5 and the timing T6 and between the timing T8 and the timing T9. The state information management unit 305 determines that the cat is likely to be unhealthy (highly likely to have a disease such as urinary calculus or renal failure) based on the excretion time information and the determination information.

The cat performs excretion behavior from timing T6 to timing T8, but the excretion measurement value changes to "yes" only from timing T6 to timing T7. Therefore, the state information management unit 305 determines that the cat is highly likely to be unhealthy based on the excretion behavior measurement value and the excretion measurement value. That is, the state information management unit 305 determines that urine is not actually excreted even though the cat wants to excrete. Further, the state information management unit 305 stores the excretion start date / time or the timing at which the stop state ends as the stop end date / time. From the timing T10, the excretion measurement value becomes “none”, and the excretion behavior measurement value decreases. At timing T12, the excretory behavior measurement value stops decreasing. The state information management unit 305 stores this timing T12 as the exit date and time.

The state information output unit 306 carries the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and the number of excretion preliminary operations stored by the state information storage unit 205. Output to terminal 21. Even if the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and the number of excretion preliminary operations at the time of entry are deleted from the storage device, they are output to the mobile terminal 21. good.

When the animal toilet 20 can communicate with the mobile terminal 21, the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and the number of excretion preliminary operations at the time of entry are determined. It is output in real time. On the other hand, when the animal toilet 20 cannot communicate with the mobile terminal 21, the entry date / time, the exit date / time, the excretion start date / time, the excretion end date / time, the stop start date / time, the stop end date / time, the presence / absence of excretion, and the excretion preliminary operation at the time of entry. The number of times is buffered in the storage device, and when communication with the mobile terminal 21 becomes possible, the buffered entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, And the number of excretion preparatory movements at the time of entry is output.

As described above, the state information management unit 305 is based on the behavior information, and the wandering time before excretion, the excretion start date and time, the excretion end date and time, the stop start date and time, the stop end date and time, the stop end date and time, the presence or absence of excretion, and the time of entry. Calculate the number of preparatory movements for excretion. The state information management unit 305 sets at least one of the time from the stop start date and time to the stop end date and time (stop state time), the excretion start date and time to the excretion end date and time (excretion time), and the wandering time before excretion. Based on this, the health condition of the cat is determined. In the present embodiment, it has been described that the state information management unit 305 determines the health state as an example, but the state information management unit 305, the overall cat information management unit 345 of the server 10, and the comparison unit 325 of the mobile terminal 21 And, at least one functional unit may make the same determination.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the feeding device 22. The feeding device 22 includes a hood weight detection unit 312, a water weight detection unit 313, a cat ID acquisition unit 314, a feeding information management unit 316, and a feeding information output unit 317.

Further, the feeding device 22 includes an arithmetic unit (for example, a CPU), a storage device (for example, ROM, RAM), an RTC, a communication device, and the like. The process executed by the feeding device 22 is executed by the arithmetic unit. The storage device stores a program for controlling the feeding device 22, various information, and the like.

The cat ID acquisition unit 314 acquires a cat ID from a cat approaching the feeding device 22. With this configuration, the cat ID acquisition unit 314 acquires the cat ID of the cat food provided in the own device or the cat that has eaten or drank water. The acquired cat ID is output to the hood weight detection unit 312 and the water weight detection unit 313. The hood weight detection unit 312 detects the weight of the cat food stored in the own device at a predetermined cycle (for example, a cycle of 100 milliseconds or the like). The cat food stored in the own device is provided to the cat so that the cat approaching the feeding device 22 can eat. The technology for providing cat food can be realized by using known technology. Food weight is reduced by feeding cat food by cats. The weight detected by the hood weight detection unit 312 may be referred to as a hood weight in the following description. The detected food weight is output to the feeding information management unit 316 together with the cat ID and the time information acquired from the RTC. The feeding information management unit 316 stores the hood weight, the cat ID, and the time information in the storage device in association with each other.

The water weight detection unit 313 detects the weight of water in a predetermined cycle (for example, a cycle of 100 milliseconds). The water stored in the own device is provided to the cat so that the cat close to the feeding device 22 can ingest. The technology for providing water can be realized by using known technology. The weight of water is reduced by ingesting water by the cat. The weight detected by the water weight detection unit 313 may be referred to as water weight in the following description. The detected water weight is output to the state information management unit 305 together with the cat ID and the time information acquired from the RTC. The feeding information management unit 316 stores the water weight, the cat ID, and the time information in the storage device in association with each other.

When the food weight changes, the feeding information management unit 316 stores the difference between the food weight before the change and the food weight after the change as the food intake amount. When the water weight changes, the feeding information management unit 316 stores the difference between the water weight before the change and the water weight after the change as the water intake. Further, the feeding information management unit 316 stores the date and time when the hood weight changes or the water weight changes as the feeding date and time. The feeding information management unit 316 stores the food intake or water intake in association with the feeding date and time. In the following explanation, information on feeding (animal food and drink) such as food intake, water intake, and feeding date and time is referred to as "food and drink information".

The feeding information output unit 317 outputs the food intake amount and the water intake amount stored by the feeding information management unit 316 to the mobile terminal 21. The output food intake and water intake are output to the mobile terminal 21 together with the cat ID and time information. The food intake amount and the water intake amount output to the mobile terminal 21 may be deleted from the feeding information management unit 316 together with the associated cat ID and time information.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile terminal 21. The mobile terminal 21 includes a status information receiving unit 321, a feeding information receiving unit 322, a determination information acquisition unit 323, an individual cat information management unit 324, a comparison unit 325, a comparison result output unit 326, a cat information output unit 327, and a user information registration unit. It is composed of 328, a user information output unit 329, a cat attribute information registration unit 330, a cat attribute information output unit 331, a toilet information registration unit 332, and a toilet information output unit 333.

Further, the mobile terminal 21 includes an arithmetic unit (for example, a CPU), a storage device (for example, ROM, RAM), an RTC, a communication device, a display device, an input device, and the like. The process executed by the mobile terminal 21 is executed by the arithmetic unit. The storage device stores programs for controlling the mobile terminal 21, various types of information, and the like.

The state information receiving unit 321 receives the entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion measurement value, biological information measurement value, and excretion behavior measurement from the animal toilet 20. , Output to the individual cat information management unit 324. The feeding information receiving unit 322 receives the food intake amount and the water intake amount, and the cat ID and the time information associated with them from the feeding device 22, and outputs them to the individual cat information management unit 324. The biological information measurement value represents measurement information about the cat's body, such as a photographed image during excretion of the cat and an estimated value of the body length of the cat. The excretion behavior measurement value is, for example, a measurement value such as a detection value of entering and exiting a cat, an optical measurement value, a mechanical measurement value, and a temperature measurement value of the behavior in the cat's toilet, and is a measurement related to the behavior of the cat. Represents information. The excretion measurement value represents measurement information related to cat excretion, such as the color of the cat's stool, the presence or absence of cat urine, the momentum of the cat's urine, and the excretion type indicating whether it is stool or urine.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a database (hereinafter referred to as “DB”) stored in the storage device of the mobile terminal 21 and determination information. FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an excretion DB. The excretion DB is composed of the above-mentioned entry date / time, exit date / time, stop start date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time / excretion measurement value, biometric information measurement value, and excretion behavior measurement value. Of these, the excretion type indicates that the excrement is urine or feces. If the excrement is stool, NULL is set on the excretion start date and time and the excretion end date. The unit of excretion is ml (milliliter) in the case of urine and g (gram) in the case of stool.

FIG. 8B is a diagram showing a feeding DB. The feeding DB is composed of a feeding date and time, a feeding type, and a feeding amount. Of these, the feeding type indicates whether the food or drink is cat food or water. The unit of feeding amount is ml (milliliter) in the case of water and g (gram) in the case of cat food.

In addition, the individual cat information management unit 324 uses the excretion DB and the feeding DB to generate determination information (individual excretion, individual feeding) for determining the health condition of the animal. FIG. 8C shows determination information (individual excretion), and FIG. 8D shows determination information (individual feeding). The determination information shown in FIGS. 8 (C) and 8 (D) is an average value of the parameters shown in the excretion DB and the feeding DB, and the aggregation period may be, for example, 3 months.

Each parameter in the judgment information (individual excretion) will be described. The average stay time indicates the average time from the entry date and time to the exit date and time during the aggregation period. The average stop time indicates the average time from the stop start date and time to the stop end date and time in the aggregation period. The average excretion time indicates the average time from the excretion start date and time to the excretion end date and time in the aggregation period. The average number of excretion indicates the average value of the number of excretion per day during the aggregation period. The average excretion behavior measurement value indicates the average value in the aggregation period of each item of the excretion behavior measurement value different from the excretion frequency and the excretion time. The average excretion measurement value indicates the average value in the aggregation period of the excretion measurement value. The average biometric information measurement value indicates the average value of each item of the biometric information measurement value during the aggregation period.

Judgment information (individual feeding) is composed of four parameters from the average feeding amount to the average feeding frequency, using the cat ID as a key, but the first average feeding amount and the second average feeding frequency are food and drink. Is the determination information when the cat food is used, and the third average feeding amount and the fourth average feeding frequency are the determination information when the food and drink is water.

Each parameter in the judgment information (individual feeding) will be described. The average feeding amount indicates the average value of the daily feeding amount in the aggregation period. The average number of feedings indicates the average value of the number of feedings per day during the aggregation period. The judgment information (individual excretion) and judgment information (individual feeding) described above are collectively referred to as judgment information (individual).

Returning to the description of FIG. 7, the cat information output unit 327 outputs each information shown in the excretion DB and the feeding DB stored in the individual cat information management unit 324 to the server 10. The determination information acquisition unit 323 acquires determination information (same type excretion) and determination information (same type feeding) from the server 10, and acquires determination information (individual) from the individual cat information management unit 324. Judgment information (same kind excretion) and judgment information (same kind feeding) are judgment information based on the state information of other cats and the like. Judgment information (same kind excretion) and judgment information (same kind feeding) are collectively referred to as judgment information (same kind). Details of the determination information (same type) will be described later.

The comparison unit 325 makes various determinations by functioning as a determination unit. The comparison unit 325 determines the health condition of the animal based on, for example, animal condition information, food and drink information, and a determination condition indicating a condition relating to the health condition of the animal. The comparison unit 325 compares, for example, the state information and the determination information, and outputs the comparison result to the comparison result output unit 326. The comparison result output unit 326 outputs the comparison result output by the comparison unit 325 to a display device or another device. Hereinafter, details of a specific example of the operation of the comparison unit 325 will be described.

The comparison unit 325 has, for example, the total value of the food intake for a predetermined period indicated by the food and drink information (hereinafter referred to as “food cumulative value”) and the total value of the stool volume for the predetermined period indicated by the animal condition information (hereinafter referred to as “food cumulative value”). The health condition may be determined based on the relationship between the difference from the “cumulative stool value”) and the threshold value. For example, when the difference between the food cumulative value and the stool cumulative value exceeds a predetermined threshold value (constipation determination threshold value), it may be determined that the patient has constipation. For example, if the difference between the food cumulative value and the stool cumulative value is less than a predetermined threshold value (diarrhea determination threshold value), it may be determined to be diarrhea. These thresholds may be expressed as absolute values or as a ratio of food cumulative value to stool cumulative value.

The comparison unit 325 has, for example, a total value of water intake for a predetermined period indicated by food and drink information (hereinafter referred to as “water cumulative value”) and a total value of urine volume for the predetermined period indicated by animal condition information (hereinafter referred to as “water cumulative value”). The health condition may be determined based on the relationship between the difference from the "cumulative urine value") and the threshold value. For example, when the difference between the cumulative water value and the cumulative urine value exceeds a predetermined threshold value (threshold value for determining renal failure), it may be determined that there is a possibility of renal failure. For example, when the difference between the accumulated water value and the accumulated urine value is less than a predetermined threshold value (threshold value for determining dehydration), it may be determined that the patient is in a dehydrated state. These threshold values may be expressed as absolute values or as a ratio of the cumulative value of water to the cumulative value of urine. For example, if an amount significantly greater than or significantly less than half to two-thirds of the cumulative water value is obtained as the cumulative urine value, it may be determined to be unhealthy. The criterion of significantly more or significantly less may be determined using the thresholds described above.

The comparison unit 325 has, for example, the number of times of food intake obtained based on the food and drink information (hereinafter referred to as "the number of times of food intake") and the number of times of stools obtained based on the animal condition information in the predetermined period (hereinafter referred to as "the number of times of food intake"). The health condition may be determined based on the relationship with "the number of flights"). For example, if the number of times of food intake is larger and the difference between the number of times of food intake and the number of stools is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, it may be determined that constipation occurs. For example, if the number of stools is larger and the difference between the number of times of food intake and the number of stools is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, it may be determined that the patient has diarrhea.

The comparison unit 325 has, for example, the number of times of water intake obtained based on the food and drink information (hereinafter referred to as "the number of times of water intake") and the number of times of urine obtained based on the animal state information (hereinafter referred to as "the number of times of water intake"). The health condition may be determined based on the relationship with "the number of urine"). For example, if the number of times of water intake is larger and the difference between the number of times of water intake and the number of times of urine is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, it may be determined that the patient has renal failure. For example, if the number of urine is larger and the difference between the number of water intake and the number of urine is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, it may be determined that dehydration is occurring.

The comparison unit 325 has, for example, information indicating the change in the body weight of the cat in the predetermined period indicated by the food and drink information and the animal state information (for example, the change in body weight in the predetermined period, predetermined). The health condition may be determined based on the relationship (difference between the maximum value and the minimum value) in the period. For example, if the cumulative food value or the cumulative water value is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value but the body weight is reduced by a predetermined threshold value or more in a predetermined period, it may be determined that the patient is in an unhealthy state due to diarrhea or dehydration. .. These thresholds may be expressed as absolute values or as a ratio of each value. For example, if the water intake differs significantly by more than 50 ml per 1 kg of body weight, it may be determined to be unhealthy.

The comparison unit 325 may determine the health condition based on the relationship between the feeding date and time indicated by the food and drink information and the excretion date and time in the predetermined period obtained based on the animal condition information. Further, the comparison unit 325 uses, for example, a combination of food intake and / or water intake and feeding date and time indicated by food and drink information, and stool volume and / or urine volume in the predetermined period obtained based on animal condition information. The health condition may be determined based on the relationship with the date and time of excretion. For example, the pattern of the timing of the feeding date and time and the excretion date and time and the intake amount and excretion amount at each timing (hereinafter referred to as "reference pattern") determined as the judgment conditions, and the feeding date and time and excretion as the measured value of the cat. It is healthy when the degree of similarity between the timing with the date and time and the pattern of intake and excretion at each timing (hereinafter referred to as "measured pattern") is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold (that is, similar). May be determined. On the other hand, if the similarity of each of the above patterns is less than a predetermined threshold value (that is, if they are not similar), it may be determined to be unhealthy. The reference pattern and the actual measurement pattern are patterns indicating the timing of each action in a predetermined reference time. The predetermined reference time may be, for example, a pattern for one day from 0:00 to 24:00, a pattern between the time when the cat wakes up and the time when the cat goes to bed, or another pattern. May be.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing specific examples of a reference pattern and an actually measured pattern. FIG. 9A shows a specific example of the reference pattern. 9 (B) and 9 (C) show specific examples of actual measurement patterns. FIG. 9 shows specific examples of a reference pattern and an actually measured pattern regarding urination and water supply (water intake). The reference pattern is a pattern obtained from a healthy cat and is preferably defined as an ideal pattern. When the measured pattern is obtained as a pattern close to FIG. 9A, the comparison unit 325 determines that the cat is normal (healthy). The actual measurement pattern of FIG. 9B is a pattern in which the number of times of urination is larger than the number of times of water supply. The actual measurement pattern of FIG. 9C is a pattern in which the number of times of urination is smaller than the number of times of water supply. When the measured pattern is obtained as a pattern close to FIG. 9B or FIG. 9C, the comparison unit 325 determines that the cat has an abnormality (may not be healthy).

The above-mentioned determination conditions may be determined based on the statistical values of the food and drink information and the animal condition information collected for the same cat in the past. The above-mentioned determination conditions may be determined based on statistical values of food and drink information and animal condition information collected in the past for a plurality of cats of the same species. With this configuration, for example, it is determined that the patient is unhealthy based on the timing of feeding and excretion per unit time being different from the past, and an alarm is issued.

The above-mentioned determination conditions are obtained by performing machine learning using teacher data, which is a combination of food and drink information and animal condition information collected for the same cat in the past and information indicating the actual health condition of the cat. It may be determined based on the learning result. The above-mentioned judgment condition is obtained by performing machine learning using teacher data, which is a combination of food and drink information and animal condition information collected in the past for a plurality of cats of the same type and information indicating the actual health condition of the cat. It may be determined based on the obtained learning result.

The comparison unit 325 may predict the other information based on the information of either the food or drink information or the animal state information. Such predictions may be made using the learning results obtained by performing machine learning using teacher data, which is a combination of food and drink information and animal state information collected in the past for the same cat. .. In addition, such predictions are made using the learning results obtained by performing machine learning using teacher data that is a combination of food and drink information and animal state information collected in the past for multiple cats of the same type. You may be broken.
The comparison unit 325 described above does not necessarily have to be mounted on the mobile terminal 21. For example, the comparison unit 325 described above may be mounted on the server 10.

The user information registration unit 328 acquires the nationality, gender, date of birth, and first and last name of the owner of the cat entered by the user. The user information output unit 329 outputs each information acquired by the user information registration unit 328 to the server 10. The cat attribute information registration unit 330 acquires the breed, sex, date of birth, and name of the cat input by the user. The breed ID is an ID for identifying a breed uniquely assigned to a cat breed. Gender indicates the sex of the cat. The date of birth indicates the date of birth of the cat. The name indicates the name of the cat.

The cat attribute information output unit 331 outputs each information acquired by the cat attribute information registration unit 330 to the server 10. The toilet information registration unit 332 acquires the toilet ID input by the user, the use start date of the animal toilet 20, and the sheet replacement date and time. The toilet ID is identification information uniquely assigned to the toilet. The replacement date and time indicates the date and time when the seat was replaced in the toilet indicated by the toilet ID. The toilet information output unit 333 outputs each information acquired by the toilet information registration unit 332 to the server 10. The sheet replacement date and time is input by the user each time the sheet is replaced.

FIG. 10 is a data table showing a specific example of the state information table. The state information table is a data table including a cat ID, excretion operation information, excretion detection information, and time information stored by the state information management unit 305. Since each data item of cat ID, number of pre-excretion movements, excretion movement information (entrance date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time), and excretion detection information (excretion presence / absence) was explained in FIG. 2, the explanation is omitted. do. The status information table may store data items other than the above.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 10. The server 10 includes a cat information receiving unit 341, a user information receiving unit 342, a cat attribute information receiving unit 343, a toilet information receiving unit 344, an overall cat information management unit 345, a registration information management unit 346, a judgment information providing unit 347, and a cat. It is composed of an information providing unit 348. Since the server 10 communicates with the mobile terminal 21 of each owner, the server 10 receives the information of the cat owned by each owner.

Further, the server 10 includes an arithmetic unit (for example, a CPU), a storage device (for example, a ROM, a RAM, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive)), an RTC, a communication device, a display device, an input device, and the like. .. The process executed by the server 10 is executed by the arithmetic unit. The storage device stores programs for controlling the server 10, various types of information, and the like.

The cat information receiving unit 341 receives the information output by the cat information output unit 327 of the mobile terminal 21 and outputs it to the overall cat information management unit 345. The information output by the cat information output unit 327 is the information shown in the excretion DB and the feeding DB shown in FIG. 7.

The whole cat information management unit 345 stores the information output to the cat information receiving unit 341 in the storage device. Therefore, the excretion DB and the feeding DB shown in FIG. 7 are also stored in the server 10. The whole cat information management unit 345 uses the excretion DB and the feeding DB to generate determination information (homogeneous excretion, homologous feeding) for determining the health condition of the animal. Judgment information (same kind excretion) and judgment information (same kind feeding) are collectively referred to as judgment information (same kind). Details of the determination information (same type) will be described later.

The user information receiving unit 342 receives the information output by the user information output unit 329 of the mobile terminal 21 and outputs it to the registration information management unit 346. The cat attribute information receiving unit 343 receives the information output by the cat attribute information output unit 331 of the mobile terminal 21 and outputs it to the registration information management unit 346. The toilet information receiving unit 344 receives the information output by the toilet information output unit 333 of the mobile terminal 21 and outputs it to the registration information management unit 346. The registration information management unit 346 stores the information output by the user information receiving unit 342, the cat attribute information receiving unit 343, and the toilet information receiving unit 344 in the storage device.

The determination information providing unit 347 provides the determination information (same type) to the mobile terminals 21, 40, PC 41 and the like. The cat information providing unit 348 provides the information shown in the excretion DB and the feeding DB stored in the server 10 to the mobile terminals 21, 40, PC 41 and the like.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a database stored in the storage device of the server 10. FIG. 12A is a diagram showing an excretion DB. FIG. 12B is a diagram showing a feeding DB. Since the excretion DB and the feeding DB have the same configuration as the excretion DB and the feeding DB in FIG. 7, the description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 12C is a diagram showing a user DB. The user DB is a DB for recording various information about the user. The user DB is composed of a user ID, nationality, gender, date of birth, and first and last name. The user ID is an ID for identifying a user uniquely assigned to the user at the time of user registration.

FIG. 12D is a diagram showing a variety DB. The variety DB is composed of a variety ID and a variety name. The variety ID is an ID for identifying a variety name uniquely assigned to the variety name (including hybrids). FIG. 12E is a diagram showing a cat DB. The cat DB is composed of a cat ID, a user ID, a breed ID, a gender, a date of birth, and a name. The user ID shown in the cat DB is the user ID of the owner of the cat corresponding to the cat ID.

FIG. 12F is a diagram showing a toilet DB. The toilet DB is composed of a toilet ID and a user ID. The user ID shown in the toilet ID is the user ID of the owner of the toilet corresponding to the toilet ID. FIG. 12 (G) is a diagram showing a sheet DB. The seat DB is composed of a toilet ID and a replacement date and time.

The whole cat information management unit 345 uses the excretion DB and the feeding DB to generate determination information (same type) for determining the health condition of the animal. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing determination information stored in the storage device of the server 10. FIG. 13 (A) shows determination information (homogeneous excretion), and FIG. 13 (B) shows determination information (homogeneous feeding). The determination information shown in FIGS. 13 (A) and 13 (B) is an average value of the parameters shown in the excretion DB and the feeding DB, and the aggregation period may be, for example, 3 months.

Judgment information (excretion of the same species) is provided for each year of birth using the breed ID as a key. Therefore, the determination information (excretion of the same species) is the determination information for each birth year of each variety.

Each parameter in the judgment information (individual excretion) will be described. The average stay time indicates the average time from the entry date and time to the exit date and time during the aggregation period. The average stop time indicates the average time from the stop start date and time to the stop end date and time in the aggregation period. The average excretion time indicates the average time from the excretion start date and time to the excretion end date and time in the aggregation period. The average number of excretion indicates the average value of the number of excretion per day during the aggregation period. The average excretion behavior measurement value indicates the average value in the aggregation period of each item of the excretion behavior measurement value different from the stop time, the number of excretion times, and the excretion time. The average excretion measurement value indicates the average value of each item of the excretion measurement value during the aggregation period. The average biometric information measurement value indicates the average value of each item of the biometric information measurement value during the aggregation period.

Judgment information (same kind feeding) is provided for each year of birth using the breed ID as a key. Therefore, the determination information (same kind feeding) is the determination information for each breed year.

Judgment information (same kind feeding) includes four parameters from the average feeding amount to the average number of feedings, but the first average feeding amount and the second average feeding number are the judgment information when the food and drink is cat food. Yes, the third average feeding amount and the fourth average feeding frequency are determination information when the food and drink is water.

Each parameter in the judgment information (individual feeding) will be described. The average feeding amount indicates the average value of the daily feeding amount in the aggregation period. The average number of feedings indicates the average value of the number of feedings per day during the aggregation period.

Next, an example of displaying a screen on the mobile terminal 21 will be described. The mobile terminal 21 displays the received health status information. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of the mobile terminal 21 when it is determined to be abnormal. In the display example of FIG. 14a, the time from entry to excretion (for example, urination) of a cat using the animal toilet 20 and excretion from the entry of another cat using another animal toilet 20 (for example, urination). This screen is displayed when there is a difference of more than a threshold value by comparing with the average time until urination (for example). In FIG. 14a, for example, a statistical value (for example) of the time required for the user's own pet (tama) to excrete in the animal toilet 20 and the time required for another cat of the same type to excrete (for example, the name of the cat). The average value) and the judgment result of the health condition of the pet cat are displayed. Therefore, by displaying a screen as shown in the display example of FIG. 14a, the user (for example, the owner of the cat) may not be able to urinate even if the cat tries to urinate in addition to the health condition of the cat. You can recognize that there is.

In the display example of FIG. 14b, information on the water intake of the cat using the animal toilet 20 and the feeding device 22 and information on the number of times of urination are displayed. Specifically, as information on water intake, normal water intake and today's water intake may be displayed. As the water intake in normal times, for example, the average value of the water intake in a predetermined period (for example, one week) may be displayed. As information on the number of urination, the number of urination in normal times and the number of urination today may be displayed. As the number of urination in normal times, for example, the average value of the number of urination in a predetermined period (for example, one week) may be displayed. Further, the determination result by the comparison unit 325 may be displayed. For example, a character string or an image may be displayed indicating that the frequency of urination tends to be low despite the fact that the person is consuming water. Therefore, by displaying a screen as shown in the display example of FIG. 14b, the user (for example, the owner of the cat) recognizes that the cat may not be able to urinate in addition to the health condition of the cat. Can be done.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing another display example. In the display example of FIG. 15, information on the food intake of the cat using the animal toilet 20 and the feeding device 22, information on the water intake, information on the number of defecations, and information on the number of urinations are displayed. Specifically, as information on food intake, a display indicating whether today's food intake is higher, normal, or lower than the reference value may be made. The reference value may be defined, for example, as a past statistic of the cat's food intake (eg, mean, mode, etc.) or as a statistic of the food intake of other cats of the same species (eg, mean). , Mode, etc.), or as statistics (eg, mean, mode, etc.) of food intake of other cats using the animal toilet 20 and the feeding device 22. You may. The same applies to the amount of water intake, the number of defecations and the number of urine. The comparison unit 325 makes a determination based on these values. The determination result may also be displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 21.

For example, in the display example of FIG. 15a, the food intake (amount of rice) and the water intake (amount of water) are both normal, and the number of urination (pee) and the number of defecation (poop) are both reference values. A circle indicating that the value is about the same as that of is displayed. As a result, the comparison unit 325 determines that the health condition of the cat (tama) is good. The judgment result is also displayed. For example, in the display example of FIG. 15b, the food intake (amount of rice) and the water intake (amount of water) are both normal, but the number of urination (peeing) is lower than the reference value. A cross mark indicating that is displayed. As a result, the comparison unit 325 determines that an abnormality has occurred in the health condition of the cat (tama). More specifically, a character string or an image indicating that the patient wants to urinate but cannot urinate is displayed. In addition, the string "Click here for details" is also displayed. When an operation (for example, tap) is performed on the character string "Click here for details", a screen showing more detailed information about the occasional health condition is displayed. On the screen showing detailed information, for example, more detailed information regarding a matter determined to be abnormal (for example, urination) may be displayed.

Further, when the server 10 is a system that receives various information from the animal toilet 20 and determines the health condition of the cat, the server 10 sends the mobile terminal 21 to the mobile terminal 21 when the health condition of the cat is determined to be abnormal. It is conceivable to send a notification. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example when an abnormality is notified from the server 10 to the mobile terminal 21. The display example of a is an example in which when the mobile terminal 21 receives a notification from the server 10, the application installed on the mobile terminal 21 displays the notification as an icon. In the display example of b, when the mobile terminal 21 receives an application execution instruction (selection of an application icon, etc.), the application is started and the notification content (result of determining that the cat's health condition is abnormal) is displayed. This is an example. In FIG. 16, for example, the time when Tama (cat's name) entered the animal toilet 20, the time required for excretion, the average time required for excretion of the same cat breed, and the determination result of the health condition are shown. Is displayed.

Further, the excretion information of the cat using the animal toilet 20 may be displayed on the mobile terminal 21. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of cat excretion information. For example, the display example of a is the average number of excretion of a cat using the animal toilet 20 (the number of times of entry into the toilet, the number of detection of excretion, etc. per day) and the average staying time of the cat's animal toilet 20 (the number of stays of the cat. This is an example showing the average time from entry to exit), the comparison result of the urination time between other cats or general cats and the cat using the animal toilet 20, the number of times the cat could not urinate, and the like. In FIG. 17, for example, the average number of times Tama (cat's name) entered the animal toilet 20 per day, the average time spent in the animal toilet 20, and the average time required for excretion of the same cat species are shown. The comparison result of whether or not the urination time is long, the number of times that the urination could not be urinated, and the judgment result of the health condition are displayed. In the display example of b, if there is an abnormality in the comparison result, the result has a tendency of excretion (output such as "There is a tendency to urinate for a long time" or "There are many times when urination could not be done") and how to deal with it. This is an example in which the proposal (output for encouraging hospital visits) is presented together with the display example of a. The presentation of information by the mobile terminal 21 may be not only the display on the display but also the voice or vibration by the speaker.

In this way, the mobile terminal 21 presents information on the excretory behavior of the cat's animal litter box 20, so that the user (animal owner) can tell that the animal is different from the usual state, other animals, or. It is possible to recognize in more detail whether or not the condition is different from that of general standards.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing content for determining the health state.
First, the state information management unit 305 acquires excretion information (step S101). The feeding information management unit 316 acquires food and drink information (step S102). The comparison unit 325 acquires the reference value (step S103). The comparison unit 325 determines the health condition of the cat according to a predetermined standard (step S104). If there is no abnormality (step S104-NO), the comparison result output unit 326 displays a message indicating that it is normal on the screen (step S105). On the other hand, when there is an abnormality (step 104-YES), the comparison unit 325 specifies the above contents of the cat. The processes of steps S104 and S106 may be performed at the same time. The content of the abnormality indicates, for example, a determination result of diarrhea, a determination result of dehydration, and the like. In this case, the comparison result output unit 326 displays a message according to the content of the abnormality on the screen (step S107).

FIG. 19 is a sequence diagram showing the processing of the health condition determination device. In the sequence diagram shown in FIG. 19, the comparison unit 325 is mounted on the server 10. The animal toilet 20 measures the data of the excretion measurement value and the excretion behavior measurement value (step S201). Next, the animal toilet 20 sends the measured data to the mobile terminal 21 (step S202). The feeding device 22 measures the data of the food and drink information (step S203). Next, the feeding device 22 sends the measured data to the mobile terminal 21 (step S204). The mobile terminal 21 stores the acquired data (step S205). The mobile terminal 21 sends the measurement data to the server 10 (step S206). The server 10 stores the received data. Then, the server 10 analyzes the received data (step S207). The server 10 stores the result of analyzing the data (step S208). The server 10 identifies the presentation information associated with the analysis result (step S209). The data analysis may be performed on the mobile terminal 21. By analyzing the data with the mobile terminal 21, it is not necessary to perform communication each time for analysis, so that it can be used offline. The server 10 sends the analysis result and the presentation information to the mobile terminal 21 (step S210). The mobile terminal 21 displays at least one of the analysis result and the presented information to the user (step S211).

When the mobile terminal 21 receives an information display instruction in response to an operation by the user (step S212), the mobile terminal 21 sends a display request notification to the server 10 (step S213). Upon receiving the display request, the server 10 identifies the presentation information associated with the display request (step S214). The server 10 sends the specified presentation information as display data to the mobile terminal 21 (step S215). The mobile terminal 21 displays the received display data to the user (step S216).

FIG. 20 is a sequence diagram showing the processing of the health condition determination device. The processing described with reference to FIG. 19 will be omitted.
The animal toilet 20 performs step S201. Next, the animal toilet 20 sends the measurement data to the server 10 (step S301). The feeding device 22 performs step s203. Next, the feeding device 22 sends the measured data to the server 10 (step S302). The server 10 stores the received measurement data (step S303). The mobile terminal 21 notifies the server 10 of the measurement data analysis request (step S304). After that, the processes of steps S207 to S216 are performed. The analysis of the measurement data may be performed before receiving the analysis request. As a result, since only the server 10 stores the measurement data, the processing load of the mobile terminal 21 is reduced.

According to the health condition determination device configured in this way, by including the state information management unit 305, the behavior information, the excretion detection information detected by the excretion detection unit 301, and the excretion movement detection unit 302 are detected. Obtain the excretory behavior measurement value. Further, the determination information is acquired by providing the determination information acquisition unit 323. The state information management unit 305 calculates the excretion time information based on the behavior information, the excretion detection information, and the excretion behavior information. In addition, the state information management unit 305 calculates the time required for excretion of animals in the past based on the determination information. Therefore, the state information management unit 305, for example, when the time indicating the stopped state in which the animal included in the excretion time information does not move to start excretion is within the time required for excretion of the past animal, the animal Can be determined to be likely to be healthy. The state information management unit 305, for example, indicates that the animal is healthy when the time indicating the stopped state in which the animal included in the excretion time information is not moving to start excretion exceeds the time required for excretion of the past animal. It can be determined that there is a high possibility that it is not. By confirming these determination results, the user can know the health condition of the animal.

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The state information management unit 305 partially differentiates the change in the increase / decrease in the excretion behavior information, so that the entry time, the wandering time before excretion, the stop state time immediately before excretion, the excretion start time, the excretion end time and the exit time. The time threshold of may be calculated.
The state information management unit 305 may store at least one of the behavior information and the excretion time information.
When the information of the excretion behavior measurement value acquired from the excretion movement detection unit 302 is an abnormal value exceeding a predetermined threshold value, the state information management unit 305 may exclude the abnormal value when calculating the excretion time information.

When the animal toilet 20 can communicate with the server 10, the animal toilet 20 has a buffered entry date / time, exit date / time, excretion start date / time, excretion end date / time, stop start date / time, stop end date / time, excretion presence / absence, and The number of preparatory movements for excretion at the time of entry may be output directly to the server 10. Further, the animal toilet 20 may output the above-mentioned buffered information to the server 10 only when communication with the mobile terminal 21 is not possible. Further, in the animal toilet 20, when the data amount of the buffered information of the animal toilet reaches a predetermined value (for example, several tens of percent of the bufferable data capacity), the server 10 or the mobile terminal 21 is described above. You may output the buffered information of.

The processing of the health condition determination device in the above-described embodiment may be realized by a computer. In that case, a program for realizing this function may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium may be read by a computer system and executed. The term "computer system" as used herein includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, or a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, a "computer-readable recording medium" is a communication line for transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, and dynamically holds the program for a short period of time. It may also include a program that holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system that is a server or a client in that case. Further, the above program may be for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions, and may be further realized for realizing the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system. It may be realized by using a programmable logic device such as FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).
Further, in the above-described embodiment, each function of the mobile terminal 21 may have a configuration of the server 10. For example, when the mobile terminal 21 displays a web site provided by the server 10 by a browser, the mobile terminal 21 has a transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving information to / from the server 10 and a display of the mobile terminal 21 for receiving information from the server 10. The server 10 may have an output unit that outputs from a speaker and a reception unit that accepts inputs and operations from the user, and each function shown in FIG. 7, such as determination and comparison of health conditions based on excretion information, may be possessed by the server 10. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide a system that realizes the same effect as the above-mentioned system without installing a special application on the mobile terminal 21 side.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes designs and the like within a range that does not deviate from the gist of the present invention.

10 Server 20 Animal toilet 21, 40 Mobile terminal 22 Feeding device 30 Network 41 PC
100 Health status determination system 301 Excretion detection unit 302 Excretion movement detection unit 303 Cat ID acquisition unit 305 Status information management unit 306 Status information output unit 312 Hood weight detection unit 313 Water weight detection unit 314 Cat ID acquisition unit 316 Cat feeding information management unit 317 Feeding information output unit 321 Status information reception unit 322 Feeding information reception unit 323 Judgment information acquisition unit 324 Individual cat information management unit 325 Comparison unit 326 Comparison result output unit 327 Cat information output unit 328 User information registration unit 329 User information output unit 330 Cat Attribute information registration unit 331 Cat attribute information output unit 332 Toilet information registration unit 333 Toilet information output unit 341 Cat information reception unit 342 User information reception unit 343 Cat attribute information reception unit 344 Toilet information reception unit 345 Overall cat information management unit 346 Registration information Management Department 347 Judgment Information Providing Department 348 Cat Information Providing Department

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Animal state information including the excretion timing which is the timing of the operation related to the excretion of the animal obtained by the measuring device capable of measuring the animal, and the food and drink information including the intake timing which is the timing when the animal ingests the food and drink. And the acquisition department to acquire
A determination unit for determining the health condition of the animal based on the excretion timing indicated by the animal condition information and the intake timing indicated by the food and drink information acquired by the acquisition unit.
An output unit that outputs information based on the determination result by the determination unit, and
Health condition judgment device equipped with. The animal state information includes excretion information indicating the amount of excretion of the animal.
The health condition determination device according to claim 1, wherein the food and drink information includes an intake amount which is the amount of food and drink consumed by the animal. The animal state information includes excretion information indicating the number of times the animal is excreted.
The health condition determination device according to claim 1, wherein the food and drink information includes the number of times the animal has ingested the food and drink. The animal state information includes body weight information indicating the weight of the animal, and includes body weight information.
The health condition determination device according to claim 1, wherein the food and drink information includes an intake amount which is the amount of food and drink consumed by the animal. The animal state information includes excretion information indicating the excretion timing which is the excretion timing of the animal.
The health condition determination device according to claim 1, wherein the food and drink information includes an intake timing which is a timing when the animal ingests the food and drink. It further has a prediction unit that predicts the other information based on at least one of the animal state information and the food and drink information acquired by the acquisition unit.
The health condition determination device according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs the result predicted by the prediction unit. Measurement information including the excretion timing, which is the timing of the operation related to the excretion of the animal using the animal toilet, and the intake timing, which is the timing when the animal ingests food and drink, acquired by the sensor attached to the animal toilet. Food and beverage information , including the acquisition department to acquire,
A determination unit that determines the health condition of the animal based on the excretion timing indicated by the measurement information and the intake timing indicated by the food and drink information acquired by the acquisition unit.
An output unit that outputs information based on the determination result by the determination unit, and an output unit.
Health condition judgment system equipped with. The measurement target of the sensor is the temperature, humidity, weight, length, area, volume, optical change, chemical change, acoustic change, or a combination thereof, according to claim 7. The described health condition determination system. On the computer
Animal state information including the excretion timing which is the timing of the operation related to the excretion of the animal obtained by the measuring device capable of measuring the animal, and the food and drink information including the intake timing which is the timing when the animal ingests the food and drink. To get the get steps and
A determination step for determining the health condition of an animal based on the excretion timing indicated by the animal condition information and the intake timing indicated by the food and drink information acquired by the acquisition step.
An output step that outputs information based on the judgment result of the judgment step, and
A program to execute.

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