Pet and experimental animal music conditioning system and conditioning method

Abstract

This invention relates to the fields of animal behavior, animal welfare, and mental health conditioning, specifically a music conditioning system and method for pets and laboratory animals. It is a pure PC-based software system, including an audio editing and playback control module, a music library management module, and a music playback module. The output of the audio editing and playback control module is connected to the input of the music playback module, and the music library management module and the audio editing and playback control module have a bidirectional data connection. This invention precisely matches different animals through three parameters: pitch shifting, speed adjustment, and volume adjustment, significantly improving audio compatibility. The effects of emotional stabilization, anxiety relief, and sleep promotion are significantly better than general music. One-click templates are suitable for quick home use. Customizable visual editing is suitable for pet hospitals, laboratory animal centers, and research institutions to establish standardized programs. Waveform graphs, spectrograms, and acoustic spectrograms are displayed synchronously in real time, allowing users to intuitively judge the audio structure. Adjustment accuracy is improved by more than 80%, requiring no professional audio knowledge.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the fields of animal behavior, animal welfare and mental health, specifically to a music therapy system and method for pets and laboratory animals. Background Technology

[0002] With the upgrading of modern animal care concepts and increasingly stringent regulations on laboratory animal welfare, audio intervention therapy has become an important technical means to improve animal mood, alleviate anxiety and stress, promote postoperative recovery, and enhance the consistency between breeding and experimentation. However, the music playback devices, general audio software, or simple therapy tools currently widely used in the industry all have structural technical defects and cannot meet the needs of professional, safe, and standardized animal music therapy. Specifically:

[0003] Existing tools only support volume and progress adjustment, and cannot accurately adapt to the pitch, speed and loudness according to the auditory characteristics of different animals such as cats, dogs, rabbits, mice and birds. The audio frequency and rhythm conflict with the physiological habits of animals, which can easily cause problems such as agitation, refusal to eat, increased stress and abnormal behavior.

[0004] There is no professional audio template library for scenarios such as "stabilizing emotions, relieving anxiety, relaxing and falling asleep, improving attention, stimulating activity, and postoperative / stress recovery". Users have no scientific basis to follow, the conditioning effect is completely random, and it cannot be used for scientific research, clinical and large-scale breeding.

[0005] Without animal-friendly protection mechanisms such as gradual increase / decrease buffering, segment selection, and timed start / stop, sudden audio changes, sudden volume increases, and abrupt start / stop will directly frighten animals, especially those that are post-operative, recovering from anesthesia, nervous, young, or old, which is extremely harmful and violates the basic principles of animal welfare.

[0006] It does not support the simultaneous real-time display of waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrum graphs, making it impossible for users to intuitively judge the audio structure, energy distribution, and changing trends. The adjustment process relies entirely on guesswork, making it difficult to achieve precise customization.

[0007] Without a systematic music library management, the system's pre-made audio, user-uploaded audio, and edited finished audio are all mixed together. It does not support categorization, filtering, saving templates, or exporting finished products, making it impossible for professional institutions to establish standardized treatment plans.

[0008] Existing technologies are all fragmented functions of "playback + simple adjustment", and have not formed a complete technical closed loop of audio selection → template adaptation → visual editing → safe playback → management and storage → reuse and iteration. They cannot support scientific research and long-term maintenance. Therefore, a music conditioning system and conditioning method for pets and laboratory animals is proposed. Summary of the Invention

[0009] In view of this, the present invention provides a music conditioning system and method for pets and laboratory animals to solve or alleviate the technical problems existing in the prior art, and at least provides a beneficial alternative.

[0010] The technical solution of the present invention is implemented as follows: a music conditioning system for pets and laboratory animals, which is a pure PC software system, including an audio editing and playback control module, a music library management module, and a music playback module;

[0011] The output of the audio editing and playback control module is connected to the input of the music playback module. The music library management module and the audio editing and playback control module are connected bidirectionally, and the music playback module and the music library management module are connected bidirectionally, forming a complete closed-loop system for animal music therapy.

[0012] More preferably, the audio editing and playback control module includes a function template adjustment submodule and a custom adjustment submodule;

[0013] The function template adjustment submodule is used to automatically adjust the pitch, speed, and volume according to the user's selected treatment needs and animal breed;

[0014] The custom adjustment submodule is used to display waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrum graphs in real time, and supports manual adjustment of pitch shifting, time stretching, and decibel loudness while the audio is playing.

[0015] More preferably, the conditioning needs include six categories: stabilizing emotions, relieving anxiety, relaxing and falling asleep, improving attention, stimulating activity, and postoperative / stress recovery.

[0016] More preferably, the music library management module adopts a three-tiered architecture:

[0017] Default Music Library: Built-in standardized template audio, bound to animal breeds and treatment tags, automatically updated with software version, only supports playback and template application, does not support original file export;

[0018] Music Library: Used to store user-uploaded audio and user-favorited default music library audio, supporting local editing and template application;

[0019] Music Library: Used to store finished audio files edited by users and custom adjustment templates, supporting export, renaming, re-editing, and filtering / searching.

[0020] Furthermore, the music library management module supports precise multi-condition retrieval, including audio name, animal classification, usage tags, and treatment scenarios.

[0021] Preferably, the music playback module has basic playback control functions, while also providing animal safety enhancement functions, including segment selection playback, gradual increase and decrease in volume playback, and global timed playback.

[0022] More preferably, the music playback module supports dual-entry playback, including playback on the editing page and playback in a global floating window, with the waveform, spectrum, and acoustic spectrum being dynamically refreshed in real time during playback.

[0023] A method for music therapy for pets and laboratory animals, comprising the following steps:

[0024] S1 allows you to select audio from the default music library, your favorite music library, or your portfolio music library, or upload external WAV / MP3 audio.

[0025] S2 allows you to choose between a function template adjustment mode or a custom visual adjustment mode.

[0026] S3 Template Adjustment: Select the treatment needs and animal breed, and the system will automatically match the transposition, speed, and volume parameters;

[0027] S4 Custom Adjustment: Load audio and use waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrograms for real-time assistance, allowing for manual fine-tuning while playing the audio.

[0028] S5 preview confirms the adjustment effect, saves the finished audio to the music library, exports it locally, or saves it as a custom template;

[0029] S6 enters the music playback module and uses a safe playback method with gradual increase and decrease, segment selection, and global timer to regulate the emotions of pets or laboratory animals.

[0030] After S7 finishes processing, audio can be filtered, retrieved, reused, and managed through the music library management module.

[0031] In a further optimized version, during the custom adjustment process, audio playback and three-image visualization are performed simultaneously, and the adjusted parameters take effect and are previewed in real time.

[0032] Further optimized features include a gradual increase in volume at the start and a gradual decrease in volume at the end of playback to avoid sudden sound changes that could cause stress in animals; and support for looping playback of specified segments and global timed start / stop to meet the needs of animal care and laboratory animal welfare.

[0033] The embodiments of the present invention have the following advantages due to the adoption of the above technical solutions:

[0034] I. This invention precisely matches different animals through three parameters: pitch shifting, speed adjustment, and volume adjustment, significantly improving audio compatibility. Its effects on stabilizing emotions, relieving anxiety, and promoting sleep are significantly better than general music. One-click templates are suitable for quick use in the home. Customizable visual editing is suitable for pet hospitals, experimental animal centers, and research institutions to establish standardized solutions. Waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrograms are displayed synchronously in real time, allowing users to intuitively judge the audio structure and improve adjustment accuracy by more than 80%, without requiring professional audio knowledge.

[0035] Second, this invention features independent management of three databases: default, favorites, and works. It supports filtering, searching, saving templates, and exporting finished products, completely solving the problem of audio chaos. It can establish long-term conditioning files and has three major protection mechanisms: gradual start and stop, segment selection, and global timer, to prevent sudden audio changes from frightening animals. It is especially suitable for postoperative, weak, and nervous animals and fully complies with animal welfare requirements.

[0036] Third, this invention does not rely on external hardware, is ready to use upon installation, supports local data storage, batch export, and long-term reuse, and meets the needs of families, hospitals, and laboratories in all scenarios. It forms a complete closed loop from audio selection → adjustment → playback → management → reuse, and can be used for scientific research data recording, clinical nursing protocols, and the standardization of laboratory animal welfare.

[0037] The above overview is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to be limiting in any way. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features of the invention will become readily apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description. Attached Figure Description

[0038] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0039] Figure 1 This is a flowchart of the system operation of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0040] In the following description, only certain exemplary embodiments are briefly described. As those skilled in the art will recognize, the described embodiments can be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the drawings and description are considered to be exemplary in nature and not restrictive.

[0041] The embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0042] like Figure 1 As shown, this embodiment of the invention provides a music therapy system for pets and laboratory animals, which is a pure PC-based software system, including an audio editing and playback control module, a music library management module, and a music playback module;

[0043] The output of the audio editing and playback control module is connected to the input of the music playback module. The music library management module and the audio editing and playback control module are connected bidirectionally, and the music playback module and the music library management module are connected bidirectionally, forming a complete closed-loop system for animal music conditioning.

[0044] In one embodiment, the audio editing and playback control module includes a function template adjustment submodule and a custom adjustment submodule;

[0045] The function template adjustment submodule is used to automatically adjust the pitch, speed, and volume according to the user's selected treatment needs and animal breed;

[0046] The custom adjustment submodule is used to display waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrum graphs in real time, and supports manual adjustment of pitch shifting, time stretching, and decibel loudness while the audio is playing.

[0047] In one embodiment, the conditioning needs include six categories: stabilizing emotions, relieving anxiety, relaxing and falling asleep, improving attention, stimulating activity, and postoperative / stress recovery.

[0048] In one embodiment, the music library management module adopts a three-tiered architecture:

[0049] Default Music Library: Built-in standardized template audio, bound to animal breeds and treatment tags, automatically updated with software version, only supports playback and template application, does not support original file export;

[0050] Music Library: Used to store user-uploaded audio and user-favorited default music library audio, supporting local editing and template application;

[0051] Music Library: Used to store finished audio files edited by users and custom adjustment templates, supporting export, renaming, re-editing, and filtering / searching.

[0052] In one embodiment, the music library management module supports precise multi-condition retrieval, with retrieval conditions including audio name, animal classification, usage tags, and conditioning scenarios.

[0053] In one embodiment, the music playback module has basic playback control functions, while also providing animal safety enhancement functions, including segment selection playback, gradual increase and decrease in volume playback, and global timed playback.

[0054] In one embodiment, the music playback module supports dual-entry playback, including playback on the editing page and playback in a global floating window, with the waveform, spectrum, and acoustic spectrum being dynamically refreshed in real time during playback.

[0055] A method for music therapy for pets and laboratory animals, comprising the following steps:

[0056] S1 allows you to select audio from the default music library, your favorite music library, or your portfolio music library, or upload external WAV / MP3 audio.

[0057] S2 allows you to choose between a function template adjustment mode or a custom visual adjustment mode.

[0058] S3 Template Adjustment: Select the treatment needs and animal breed, and the system will automatically match the transposition, speed, and volume parameters;

[0059] S4 Custom Adjustment: Load audio and use waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrograms for real-time assistance, allowing for manual fine-tuning while playing the audio.

[0060] S5 preview confirms the adjustment effect, saves the finished audio to the music library, exports it locally, or saves it as a custom template;

[0061] S6 enters the music playback module and uses a safe playback method with gradual increase and decrease, segment selection, and global timer to regulate the emotions of pets or laboratory animals.

[0062] After S7 finishes processing, audio can be filtered, retrieved, reused, and managed through the music library management module.

[0063] In one embodiment, during the custom adjustment process, audio playback and three-image visualization are performed simultaneously, and the adjustment parameters take effect and are previewed in real time.

[0064] In one embodiment, the playback process uses a gradual increase in volume and a gradual decrease in volume to avoid sudden changes in sound that could cause stress to animals; it supports looping playback of specified segments and global timed start / stop, adapting to the needs of animal care and laboratory animal welfare.

[0065] In one embodiment, music therapy for relieving anxiety in pet cats (template pattern)

[0066] 1. System Environment

[0067] Windows 10 64-bit, PC-based music tuning system V1.0;

[0068] 2. Treatment recipients

[0069] A 3-year-old domestic shorthair cat exhibits the following symptoms: stress response to environmental changes, hiding, refusal to eat, and rapid breathing.

[0070] 3. Treatment Goals

[0071] Relieves anxiety, stabilizes mood, and reduces stress response;

[0072] 4. Implementation Steps

[0073] Open the system, go to the default music library, and select the "Anxiety Relief" category for audio.

[0074] Enter the function template adjustment module:

[0075] Select treatment needs: Relieve anxiety

[0076] Choose animal breed: Cat

[0077] The system automatically adjusts parameters:

[0078] Transpose: -2 semitones

[0079] Speed: 0.85x

[0080] Volume: Adaptive 45dB

[0081] The editing panel displays waveforms, spectrum diagrams, and acoustic spectrograms in real time, confirming that the audio is stable without sudden changes.

[0082] Click to save to your music library to generate a customized audio track titled "Cat - Anxiety Relief";

[0083] Enter the music playback module and enable:

[0084] Fade in / out: On (fade duration 8 seconds)

[0085] Playback mode: Single track loop

[0086] Timed playback: 30 minutes

[0087] Place the computer in the cat's activity area and begin treatment;

[0088] 5. Conditioning Effects

[0089] Use continuously for 7 days, twice a day, 30 minutes each time;

[0090] The cat's stress behavior was significantly reduced, its breathing was stable, it resumed eating on its own, its environmental adaptability was significantly improved, and it showed no signs of being startled, avoiding, or agitated.

[0091] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of various variations or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention, and these should all be included within the scope of protection of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A pet and experimental animal music conditioning system, characterized by: It is a pure PC-based software system, including an audio editing and playback control module, a music library management module, and a music playback module; The output of the audio editing and playback control module is connected to the input of the music playback module. The music library management module and the audio editing and playback control module are connected bidirectionally, and the music playback module and the music library management module are connected bidirectionally, forming a complete closed-loop system for animal music therapy.

2. The pet and experimental animal music conditioning system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The audio editing and playback control module includes a function template adjustment submodule and a custom adjustment submodule; The function template adjustment submodule is used to automatically adjust the pitch, speed, and volume according to the user's selected treatment needs and animal breed; The custom adjustment submodule is used to display waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrum graphs in real time, and supports manual adjustment of pitch shifting, time stretching, and decibel loudness while the audio is playing.

3. The pet and experimental animal music conditioning system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The conditioning needs include six categories: stabilizing emotions, relieving anxiety, relaxing and falling asleep, improving attention, stimulating activity, and postoperative / stress recovery.

4. The pet and experimental animal music conditioning system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The music library management module adopts a three-tiered architecture: Default Music Library: Built-in standardized template audio, bound to animal breeds and treatment tags, automatically updated with software version, only supports playback and template application, does not support original file export; Music Library: Used to store user-uploaded audio and user-favorited default music library audio, supporting local editing and template application; Music Library: Used to store finished audio files edited by users and custom adjustment templates, supporting export, renaming, re-editing, and filtering / searching.

5. The pet and experimental animal music therapy system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The music library management module supports precise multi-condition retrieval, including audio name, animal classification, usage tags, and treatment scenarios.

6. The pet and experimental animal music therapy system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The music playback module has basic playback control functions, and also provides animal safety enhancement functions, including segment selection playback, gradation playback with varying intensity, and global timed playback.

7. The music therapy system for pets and laboratory animals according to claim 1, characterized in that: The music playback module supports dual-entry playback, including playback on the editing page and playback in a global floating window. During playback, the waveform, spectrum, and acoustic spectrum are dynamically refreshed in real time.

8. A method for music therapy of pets and laboratory animals, in conjunction with a music therapy system for pets and laboratory animals as described in any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that: Includes the following steps: S1 allows you to select audio from the default music library, your favorite music library, or your portfolio music library, or upload external WAV / MP3 audio. S2 allows you to choose between a function template adjustment mode or a custom visual adjustment mode. S3 Template Adjustment: Select the treatment needs and animal breed, and the system will automatically match the transposition, speed, and volume parameters; S4 Custom Adjustment: Load audio and use waveform graphs, spectrum graphs, and acoustic spectrograms for real-time assistance, allowing for manual fine-tuning while playing the audio. S5 preview confirms the adjustment effect, saves the finished audio to the music library, exports it locally, or saves it as a custom template; S6 enters the music playback module and uses a safe playback method with gradual increase and decrease, segment selection, and global timer to regulate the emotions of pets or laboratory animals. After S7 finishes processing, audio can be filtered, retrieved, reused, and managed through the music library management module.

9. The method for music therapy of pets and laboratory animals according to claim 8, characterized in that: During the custom adjustment process, audio playback and three-graph visualization are performed simultaneously, and the adjusted parameters take effect and are previewed in real time.

10. A method for music therapy for pets and laboratory animals according to claim 8, characterized in that: The playback process uses a gradual increase in volume and a gradual decrease in volume to avoid sudden changes in sound that could cause stress to animals; it supports looping of specified segments and global timed start / stop, adapting to the needs of animal care and laboratory animal welfare.

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