An intelligent monitoring device for the health vital signs of animals

The device uses a reel mechanism with interlocking gears and springs to ensure sensors adhere to the animal's body, addressing the issue of inaccurate monitoring by ensuring close contact and improving accuracy.

CN117378525BActive Publication Date: 2025-07-15ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
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Application Number
CN202311594435.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-11-27
Publication Date
2025-07-15
Estimated Expiration
2043-11-27

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Technical Problem

Existing wearable health monitoring devices for animals fail to accurately monitor health indicators due to sensors that do not adequately adhere to the animal's body surface.

Method used

The device features a mechanism with a monitoring body and two straps that include a reel mechanism with interlocking gears and springs to ensure the sensors tightly adhere to the animal's body, allowing for accurate health monitoring.

Benefits of technology

The mechanism ensures that the sensors remain in close contact with the animal's body, providing more accurate health monitoring results.

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Abstract

The present invention belongs to the technical field of animal health monitoring equipment, and specifically relates to an intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs, which includes a monitoring main body and two sets of lashing straps connected to both sides of the monitoring main body; the monitoring main body includes a housing, and a winding and unwinding roller for winding and unwinding the lashing straps is rotatably arranged in the housing; an installation cavity is provided inside the housing, and the installation cavity is used to accommodate a monitoring mechanism, and the monitoring mechanism includes a monitoring seat matched with the installation cavity, and the monitoring seat extending into the installation cavity is connected in a limited way through a limiting component. On the one hand, the monitoring main body of the present invention can make the lashing straps tied tighter; on the other hand, it can drive the monitoring seat to extend a small distance from the installation cavity, so that the sensor group is more closely attached to the animal's body surface, so that the sensor group can fit the animal's body surface, and when monitoring the animal's health signs, the monitoring results are more accurate.
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Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the field of animal health monitoring equipment, and in particular relates to an intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs. Background Art

[0002] Traditional animal disease detection methods are mainly based on human observation and empirical judgment, which is uncertain. When animal disease symptoms are found, it is also in the late stage, and the disease may have spread. The body temperature and movement of animals are often the earliest indicators of the animal's physical health. Temperature and movement cannot be observed with the naked eye, and are not suitable for long-term observation.

[0003] At present, some progress has been made in monitoring the vital signs of animals through wearable vital signs monitoring devices, which can monitor the body temperature and movement status of animals in real time; however, when the existing wearable vital signs monitoring devices are in use, the sensor part cannot fit the animal's body surface, which may easily lead to inaccurate monitoring results when monitoring the health signs of the animals. Summary of the invention

[0004] The purpose of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide an intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs, aiming to solve the technical problem that the sensor part of the existing wearable vital signs monitoring device cannot fit the animal's body surface when in use, resulting in inaccurate monitoring results when monitoring the animal's health signs.

[0005] The embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows: an intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs includes a monitoring body and two sets of binding straps connected to two sides of the monitoring body;

[0006] The monitoring body comprises a shell, in which a retracting roller for retracting and releasing the binding belt is rotatably arranged; the inner side of the shell comprises an installation cavity, which is used to accommodate a monitoring mechanism, and the monitoring mechanism comprises a monitoring seat matched with the installation cavity, and the monitoring seat extending into the installation cavity is connected to a limit position by a limit assembly;

[0007] The coaxial fixed sleeve at the end of the retractable roller is provided with a gear ring, and the housing is also provided with a push-pull component that can mesh with the gear ring;

[0008] The push-pull assembly comprises a support plate fixedly arranged in the housing, a support tooth plate is slidably arranged on the support plate through the support of a fourth spring, and the support tooth plate is meshed with the tooth ring;

[0009] A support rod is fixedly connected to the end of the support tooth plate; a support roller is rotatably supported on the support rod; a support prism is fixedly installed on the monitoring seat, the support prism has a guiding inclined surface, and the guiding inclined surface of the support prism faces the support roller.

[0010] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, when the fourth spring is in the original elastic reset state without external force, the support roller abuts against the guiding inclined surface and pushes the monitoring seat to move in the direction of extending out of the installation cavity. Due to the limiting effect of the limiting portion, when the monitoring seat moves in the direction of extending out of the installation cavity, the second spring is in a compressed state.

[0011] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, the limiting assembly includes a limiting portion, and the limiting portion is slidably supported in a side groove by a second spring. The side groove is opened on the side plate of the monitoring seat. That is to say, after the limiting portion is connected to the inner side wall of the installation cavity, the monitoring seat can still displace in the installation cavity, so that the monitoring seat can extend a certain distance from the installation cavity, so that the sensor group on the monitoring seat can be closely attached to the body surface of the animal, ensuring the accuracy of the monitoring results of the animal's vital sign data.

[0012] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, the limiting portion includes a positioning groove opened on the inner side wall of the installation cavity; the limiting portion further includes a side slider, and the side slider is slidably supported in the side groove by a second spring; the limiting portion further includes a positioning block, and the inclined surface of the positioning block faces the same direction as the direction in which the monitoring seat extends into the installation cavity; the positioning block is elastically supported on the side slider by a third spring.

[0013] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, a sensor group is provided on the monitoring seat, and a GPS locator is also provided on the monitoring seat for positioning the animal to be monitored.

[0014] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, the sensor group includes at least one temperature sensor, at least one heart rate sensor and at least one blood pressure sensor.

[0015] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, a battery compartment is provided on the outer side of the housing, and a battery is installed in the battery compartment for continuously supplying power to the sensor group.

[0016] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, buckle connectors are provided at the other ends of the two groups of lashing straps. By buckling between the two groups of buckle connectors, the monitoring device is lashed to the body part of the animal.

[0017] As a further limitation of the solution of the present invention, a guiding roller for guiding the lashing strap is provided in the housing.

[0018] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs of the present invention are as follows:

[0019] First, during use, the binding strap is unrolled and pulled out from the winding and unwinding roller. By directly pulling the binding strap, the toothed ring is driven to rotate, and the supporting toothed plate is pushed to move. When the supporting toothed plate moves to the end of the toothed ring and the supporting toothed plate engage, as the toothed ring continues to rotate, the toothed ring and the supporting toothed plate will disengage from each other. At this time, the continuously rotating toothed ring is always in dynamic contact with the end position of the supporting toothed plate. The continuously rotating toothed ring will no longer cause the supporting toothed plate to continue to move towards the support plate. During this process, the binding strap is continuously pulled out from the housing.

[0020] Second, when the winding and unwinding roller unrolls the binding strap to a specified length and then releases the binding strap, under the elastic support of the fourth spring, the supporting toothed plate will move a short distance away from the support plate. At this time, the winding and unwinding roller will wind up a short section of the binding strap, so that when the binding strap is tied to the animal's body part, the binding is tighter. And the moving supporting toothed plate will slide the supporting roller along the guiding inclined surface to press the supporting rib block, so as to drive the monitoring seat to extend a short distance from the installation cavity, making the sensor group closer to the animal's body surface.

[0021] Third, the monitoring main body of the present invention can also make the binding strap tied tighter; thus enabling the sensor group to fit the animal's body surface, making the monitoring results more accurate when monitoring the animal's health signs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 2 is a schematic internal structure diagram of the monitoring main body in the intelligent monitoring device provided by the present invention;

[0025] Figure 3 is Figure 2 a partial enlarged structural diagram at A in

[0026] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the housing mechanism in the monitoring main body provided by the present invention;

[0027] Figure 5Schematic diagram of the monitoring mechanism in the monitoring main body provided by the present invention;

[0028] Figure 6 is Figure 4 Partial enlarged schematic diagram at position B in;

[0029] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the structure of the push-pull assembly in the housing mechanism provided by the present invention;

[0030] Figure 8 External view of the monitoring main body provided by the present invention.

[0031] The reference numerals are as follows:

[0032] 100, outer shell; 101, battery compartment; 102, installation cavity; 103, guide roller; 104, positioning groove;

[0033] 200, binding strap; 201, buckle connecting piece; 202, winding roller; 203, toothed ring;

[0034] 300, monitoring seat; 301, sensor group; 302, guiding inclined plane; 303, supporting prism; 304, side groove; 305, side slider; 306, second spring; 307, positioning block; 308, third spring;

[0035] 400, support plate; 401, support toothed plate; 402, support rod; 403, support roller; 404, fourth spring. Detailed implementation manners

[0036] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer and more understandable, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0037] The following describes the specific implementation of the present invention in detail with reference to specific embodiments.

[0038] As Figure 1 and Figure 2 shown, in an embodiment of the present invention, an intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs includes a monitoring main body and two groups of binding straps 200 connected to both sides of the monitoring main body. The other ends of the two groups of binding straps 200 are both provided with buckle connecting pieces 201. By buckling between the two groups of buckle connecting pieces 201, the monitoring device is tied to the body part of the animal, such as the neck, leg and other parts of the animal.

[0039] Furthermore, a guide roller 103 for guiding the binding strap 200 is arranged in the outer shell 100.

[0040] Please continue to refer toFigure 1 and Figure 2 In the present invention, the monitoring main body includes a housing 100, and a winding and unwinding roller 202 for winding and unwinding a binding band 200 is rotatably arranged inside the housing 100; an installation cavity 102 is provided on the inner side of the housing 100, the installation cavity 102 is used to accommodate a monitoring mechanism, and the monitoring mechanism includes a monitoring seat 300 that cooperates with the installation cavity 102, and the monitoring seat 300 extending into the installation cavity 102 is connected in a limited way through a limiting component.

[0041] Furthermore, in an embodiment of the present invention, a sensor group 301 is provided on the monitoring seat 300, and a GPS locator is also provided on the monitoring seat 300, and the GPS locator is used for positioning the animal to be monitored.

[0042] Specifically, the sensor group 301 includes at least one temperature sensor, at least one heart rate sensor, and at least one blood pressure sensor.

[0043] Each sensor can be activated, deactivated, fine-tuned, set to a predetermined repetition interval, or remotely calibrated or controlled. In some cases, it can also be manually adjusted. "Remote" means that the collar is far away from employees in the vital sign monitoring center, veterinarians in remote stations or medical centers, pet owners, other relevant personnel, or any other place where it is needed.

[0044] Furthermore, as Figure 2 , Figure 4 , Figure 6 and Figure 7 shown, in an embodiment of the present invention, a toothed ring 203 is coaxially and fixedly sleeved at the end of the winding and unwinding roller 202, and a push-pull component capable of meshing and linking with the toothed ring 203 is further provided inside the housing 100;

[0045] The push-pull component includes a support plate 400 fixedly arranged inside the housing 100, a support toothed plate 401 is slidably arranged on the support plate 400 through a fourth spring 404, the support toothed plate 401 meshes with the toothed ring 203, and a support rod 402 is fixedly connected to the end of the support toothed plate 401;

[0046] When the winding and unwinding roller 202 rotates during the unwinding operation, it pushes the supporting tooth plate 401 to move towards the inside of the supporting plate 400. When the supporting tooth plate 401 moves to a position where the tooth ring 203 meshes with the end of the supporting tooth plate 401, as the tooth ring 203 continues to rotate, the tooth ring 203 will disengage from the supporting tooth plate 401. At this time, the continuously rotating tooth ring 203 is always in dynamic contact with the end position of the supporting tooth plate 401. That is to say, the continuously rotating tooth ring 203 will no longer cause the supporting tooth plate 401 to continue to move towards the supporting plate 400. During this process, the binding band 200 is continuously drawn out from the housing 100. When the winding and unwinding roller 202 unwinds the binding band 200 to a specified length and then releases the binding band 200, under the elastic support of the fourth spring 404, the supporting tooth plate 401 will move a small distance away from the supporting plate 400, and at this time, the winding and unwinding roller 202 will wind the binding band 200 for a small section.

[0047] As Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 5 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the limiting component includes a limiting part, and the limiting part is supported and slidably arranged in the side groove 304 through the second spring 306. The side groove 304 is opened on the side plate of the monitoring seat 300. That is to say, after the limiting part is connected to the inner side wall of the installation cavity 102, the monitoring seat 300 can still displace in the installation cavity 102, so that the monitoring seat 300 can extend a certain distance from the installation cavity 102, so that the sensor group 301 on the monitoring seat 300 can closely adhere to the body surface of the animal, ensuring the accuracy of the monitoring results of the animal's vital sign data by the sensor group 301.

[0048] Furthermore, as Figure 2 , Figure 5 and Figure 7 shown, in the embodiment of the present invention, a supporting roller 403 is supported and rotatably arranged on the supporting rod 402; a supporting prism 303 is fixedly installed on the monitoring seat 300, and the supporting prism 303 has a guiding inclined surface 302, and the guiding inclined surface 302 of the supporting prism 303 faces the supporting roller 403.

[0049] When the fourth spring 404 is in the original elastic reset state without external force, the supporting roller 403 abuts against the guiding inclined surface 302 and pushes the monitoring seat 300 to move in the direction of extending out of the installation cavity 102. Due to the limiting effect of the limiting part, when the monitoring seat 300 moves in the direction of extending out of the installation cavity 102, the second spring 306 is in a compressed state.

[0050] Preferably, as Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown, in the embodiment of the present invention, the limiting part includes a positioning groove 104 formed on the inner side wall of the installation cavity 102; the limiting part further includes a side slider 305, and the side slider 305 is supported by a second spring 306 and slidably arranged in the side groove 304; the limiting part further includes a positioning block 307, and the inclined surface of the positioning block 307 faces in the same direction as the direction in which the monitoring seat 300 extends into the installation cavity 102; the positioning block 307 is elastically supported on the side slider 305 by a third spring 308.

[0051] When installing the monitoring seat 300 into the installation cavity 102, the inclined surface of the positioning block 307 abuts against the open edge of the installation cavity 102, and then as the monitoring seat 300 continues to penetrate into the installation cavity 102, the positioning block 307 retracts into the side slider 305. When the positioning block 307 aligns with the positioning groove 104, under the elastic support of the third spring 308, the positioning block 307 is pushed against the positioning groove 104 to complete the clamping between the positioning block 307 and the positioning groove 104. At this time, the second spring 306 is in a compressed state. When manually releasing the monitoring seat 300, the second spring 306 has a tendency to reset, so that the flat surface of the positioning block 307 abuts against the inner wall of the positioning groove 104.

[0052] Further, when it is necessary to unwind and extract the binding band 200 from the winding and unwinding roller 202, directly pull the binding band 200 to drive the toothed ring 203 to rotate and push the support toothed plate 401 to move. When the support toothed plate 401 moves to the end of the toothed ring 203 and the support toothed plate 401 are engaged, as the toothed ring 203 continues to rotate, the toothed ring 203 and the support toothed plate 401 will be disengaged from each other;

[0053] Further, the continuously rotating toothed ring 203 is always in dynamic contact with the end position of the support toothed plate 401. That is to say, at this time, the continuously rotating toothed ring 203 will no longer cause the support toothed plate 401 to continue to move towards the support plate 400. During this process, the binding band 200 is continuously extracted from the housing 100. When the winding and unwinding roller 202 unwinds the binding band 200 to a specified length and releases the binding band 200, under the elastic support of the fourth spring 404, the support toothed plate 401 will move a short distance away from the support plate 400. At this time, the winding and unwinding roller 202 winds the binding band 200 a short distance to make the binding band 200 tighter when binding the body part of the animal.

[0054] In addition, the moving support toothed plate 401 will slide the support roller 403 along the guiding inclined surface 302 to press the support prism 303, so as to drive the monitoring seat 300 to extend a short distance from the installation cavity 102, making the sensor group 301 closer to the animal's body surface.

[0055] Please continue to refer to Figure 2 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the outer side of the housing 100 has a battery compartment 101, and the battery compartment 101 is used to install a battery for continuously powering the sensor group 301.

[0056] The above solutions are only illustrations of a preferred example, but are not limited thereto. When implementing the present invention, appropriate substitutions and / or modifications can be made according to the needs of users.

[0057] The number of devices and the scale of processing described here are used to simplify the description of the present invention. Applications, modifications, and variations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

[0058] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed above, they are not limited to the applications listed in the specification and embodiments. It can be fully applied to various fields suitable for the present invention. For those familiar with the field, additional modifications can be easily implemented. Therefore, without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and the equivalent scope, the present invention is not limited to the specific details and the illustrated examples described herein.

Claims

1. An intelligent monitoring device for the health vital signs of animals, comprising a monitoring main body and two groups of binding straps (200) connected to both sides of the monitoring main body; characterized in that: The monitoring body comprises a housing (100), and a retracting roller (202) for retracting and releasing the binding belt (200) is rotatably arranged inside the housing (100); an installation cavity (102) is provided on the inner side of the housing (100); The installation cavity (102) is used to accommodate a monitoring mechanism, the monitoring mechanism comprising a monitoring seat (300) matched with the installation cavity (102), and the monitoring seat (300) extending into the installation cavity (102) is limitedly connected via a limit assembly; The monitoring seat (300) is provided with a sensor group (301); The end of the retractable roller (202) is coaxially fixedly sleeved with a toothed ring (203), and the housing (100) is also provided with a push-pull assembly capable of meshing and linking with the toothed ring (203); The push-pull assembly comprises a support plate (400) fixedly arranged in the housing (100), a support tooth plate (401) being slidably supported by a fourth spring (404) on the support plate (400), and the support tooth plate (401) being meshed with a toothed ring (203); The end of the supporting tooth plate (401) is fixedly connected to a supporting rod (402), and a supporting roller (403) is rotatably supported on the supporting rod (402); a supporting edge block (303) is fixedly mounted on the monitoring seat (300), and the supporting edge block (303) has a guiding inclined surface (302), and the guiding inclined surface (302) of the supporting edge block (303) faces the supporting roller (403); When the fourth spring (404) is in an original elastic reset state without being subjected to external force, the supporting roller (403) abuts against the guide inclined surface (302) and pushes the monitoring seat (300) to move in a direction extending out of the installation cavity (102), and the second spring (306) is in a compressed state at this time; The limiting assembly comprises a limiting portion, which is supported by a second spring (306) and slidably disposed in a side groove (304), and the side groove (304) is provided on a side plate of the monitoring seat (300); The limiting portion comprises a positioning groove (104) formed on the inner wall of the installation cavity (102); The limiting portion further comprises a side sliding block (305), and the side sliding block (305) is supported by a second spring (306) and is slidably disposed in the side groove (304); The limiting portion further comprises a positioning block (307), the inclined surface of the positioning block (307) being oriented in the same direction as the direction in which the monitoring seat (300) extends into the installation cavity (102); the positioning block (307) is elastically supported and arranged on the side sliding block (305) via a third spring (308).

2. The intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs according to claim 1, characterized in that, The monitoring seat (300) is also provided with a GPS locator for locating the animal to be monitored.

3. The intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs according to claim 2, wherein The sensor group (301) includes at least one temperature sensor, at least one heart rate sensor and at least one blood pressure sensor.

4. The intelligent monitoring device for animal health vital signs according to claim 3, characterized in that, The outer side of the housing (100) is provided with a battery compartment (101).

5. The intelligent animal health vital sign monitoring device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The other ends of the two groups of binding belts (200) are both provided with buckle connectors (201).

6. The intelligent animal health vital signs monitoring device according to claim 1, characterized in that A guide roller (103) for guiding the binding belt (200) is arranged inside the housing (100).

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