Self-cleaning intelligent management system for cat litter basin and cat litter basin

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system and a cat litter box, and the system comprises a main control unit, a distance measurement sensing unit, a pressure sensing unit, a posture sensing unit, a biological sensing unit and a self-cleaning unit, the main control unit is respectively connected with the distance measuring sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit, the posture sensing unit, the biological sensing unit and the self-cleaning unit; the distance measurement sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit, the attitude sensing unit and the biological sensing unit are used for detecting and generating sensing signals and transmitting the sensing signals to the main control unit; the main control unit is used for receiving the sensing signal, generating a self-cleaning instruction according to the sensing signal and sending the self-cleaning instruction to the self-cleaning unit; and the self-cleaning unit performs self-cleaning operation on the cat litter basin based on the self-cleaning instruction sent by the main control unit. According to the self-cleaning cat litter box, self-cleaning intelligent management operation of the cat litter box is achieved, the cleaning burden of cat farmers on the cat litter box is relieved, the living quality of pet cats is improved, and a more harmonious and convenient human-cat co-living environment is built.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to pet supplies technical field especially, it is a kind of cat litter basin self-cleaning intelligent management system and cat litter basin. BACKGROUND

[0002] In recent years, global pet economy continues to warm, pet feeding becomes part of more and more people's daily life, under the background of accelerating urbanization, pet as emotional support role highlights increasingly, pet quantity, especially pet cat quantity increases significantly.China urban pet cat quantity has exceeded 5800 million, pet market size maintains double-digit growth for consecutive years, this trend not only reflects the huge potential of pet consumption market, also puts forward higher requirement to pet supplies innovation and upgrade.With the expansion of pet market size and the development of intelligent home, pet owner's demand for convenient, sanitary pet care product grows increasingly.For pet cat, cat litter basin is a relatively important pet device, but existing cat litter basin has the problem of inconvenient cat litter cleaning, and the inventory of cat litter in the closed cat litter basin cannot be observed by naked eye outside the cat litter basin, cat person needs to spend more time to clean, which not only increases the burden of cat person, but also cannot guarantee the better life quality of pet cat. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at overcoming the insufficient of prior art, the utility model provides a kind of cat litter basin self-cleaning intelligent management system and cat litter basin, realize the self-cleaning intelligent management operation of cat litter basin, reduce the cleaning burden of cat person of cat litter basin, improve the life quality of pet cat, build more harmonious convenient human-cat cohabitation environment.

[0004] The utility model provides a kind of cat litter basin self-cleaning intelligent management system, the system includes main control unit, ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit, the main control unit is connected ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit respectively;

[0005] The ranging sensor unit is used to detect the volume information of cat litter in cat litter basin, generates volume sensing signal and is transmitted to the main control unit;

[0006] The pressure sensor unit is used to detect the weight information of cat litter in cat litter basin, generates weight sensing signal and is transmitted to the main control unit;

[0007] The attitude sensor unit is used to detect the attitude information of cat litter basin, generates attitude sensing signal and is transmitted to the main control unit;

[0008] The biological sensing unit is used for detecting biological information in the litter box, generating a biological detection sensing signal and transmitting the biological detection sensing signal to the master control unit;

[0009] The master control unit is used for receiving the sensing signal and generating a self-cleaning instruction according to the sensing signal and sending the self-cleaning instruction to the self-cleaning unit;

[0010] The self-cleaning unit performs a self-cleaning operation on the litter box based on the self-cleaning instruction sent by the master control unit.

[0011] Further, the master control unit adopts a CA51F353S6 master control MCU.

[0012] Further, the distance measuring sensing unit is a TOF laser distance measuring sensor, and the TOF laser distance measuring sensor comprises a distance measuring laser transmitting sensor, a distance measuring laser receiving sensor and a distance measuring sensing signal detection circuit.

[0013] Further, the pressure sensing unit is a bridge type pressure sensor.

[0014] Further, the posture sensing unit is a Hall sensor.

[0015] Further, the biological sensing unit is an infrared pyroelectric sensor.

[0016] Further, the system further comprises a display unit, and the display unit is connected with the master control unit.

[0017] Further, the system further comprises a temperature sensing unit and a humidity sensing unit, and the temperature sensing unit and the humidity sensing unit are connected with the master control unit.

[0018] Further, the system further comprises a communication unit, and the communication unit is used for establishing a communication connection between the master control unit and a smart terminal.

[0019] The utility model also provides a litter box, the litter box is carried above and above-mentioned litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system.

[0020] The utility model provides a litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system and litter box, through setting up distance measuring sensing unit, pressure sensing unit, posture sensing unit and biological sensing unit, gather the sensing information of litter box cat litter use condition, and through master control unit carries out comprehensive analysis, generates self-cleaning instruction, and through self-cleaning unit carries out self-cleaning operation, reduces cat litter box cleaning burden of cat person, promotes pet cat's life quality, constructs more harmonious convenient human cat cohabitation environment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only constitute some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained without creative labor on the basis of these drawings.

[0022] Figure 1 is the cat litter basin self-cleaning intelligent management system architecture diagram in the embodiment one of the present application;

[0023] Figure 2 is the working principle schematic diagram of the distance measuring sensor unit in the embodiment one of the present application;

[0024] Figure 3 is the pressure sensor unit architecture diagram in the embodiment one of the present application;

[0025] Figure 4 is the internal architecture diagram of the main control unit driving chip in the embodiment one of the present application;

[0026] Figure 5 is the self-cleaning unit architecture diagram in the embodiment one of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments only constitute some embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0028] In the present application, it should be understood that terms such as "including" or "having" are intended to indicate the presence of the features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof disclosed in the specification, and do not exclude the possibility of existence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof.

[0029] In addition, it should be further pointed out that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and in combination with the embodiments.

[0030] Embodiment one

[0031] The utility model embodiment one provides a kind of cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system, the system includes main control unit, ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit, the main control unit is connected respectively ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit.

[0032] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, as shown in Figure 1 , Figure 1 The utility model embodiment one provides a kind of cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system, the system includes main control unit, ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit, the main control unit is connected respectively ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit.

[0033] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the ranging sensor unit is used to detect the volume information of cat litter in cat litter box, and generates volume sensing signal transmission to the main control unit.

[0034] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the ranging sensor unit is TOF laser ranging sensor.

[0035] Specifically, the TOF laser ranging sensor is Time of Flight laser ranging sensor, by emitting modulated laser signal, and receiving laser signal reflected on measured object, the distance between sensor and measured object is calculated based on the round trip time of laser signal.

[0036] Further, the TOF laser ranging sensor includes ranging laser transmitting sensor, ranging laser receiving sensor, ranging sensing signal detection circuit, the ranging sensing signal detection circuit is connected ranging laser transmitting sensor and ranging laser receiving sensor respectively.

[0037] Specifically, as shown in Figure 2 , Figure 2 The utility model embodiment one provides a kind of cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system, the system includes main control unit, ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit, the main control unit is connected respectively ranging sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit, biological sensor unit and self-cleaning unit.

[0038] The height of the cat litter in the closed cat litter box cannot be observed outside the cat litter box, a TOF laser ranging sensor is arranged to effectively measure the height and volume information of the cat litter, and a volume sensing signal is generated to the master control unit, and the precision is high.

[0039] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the pressure sensing unit is used to detect the weight information of the cat litter in the cat litter box, and a weight sensing signal is generated and transmitted to the master control unit.

[0040] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the pressure sensing unit is a bridge pressure sensor.

[0041] Specifically, as shown in Figure 3 , Figure 3 The pressure sensing unit architecture diagram in the embodiment of the utility model is shown, the bridge pressure sensor includes a CS1237 analog-to-digital conversion chip and a Wheatstone bridge circuit, the CS1237 analog-to-digital conversion chip is connected to the Wheatstone bridge circuit and connected to the master control unit, the Wheatstone bridge circuit includes four resistors connected in a bridge structure, the four resistors are called four bridge arms of the bridge circuit, the CS1237 analog-to-digital conversion chip calculates the weight information of the cat litter in the cat litter box by collecting the voltage across the two resistors, and generates a weight sensing signal and transmits it to the master control unit.

[0042] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the attitude sensing unit is used to detect the attitude information of the cat litter box, and an attitude sensing signal is generated and transmitted to the master control unit.

[0043] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the attitude sensing unit is a Hall sensor.

[0044] Specifically, the Hall sensor is based on a plurality of attitude positioning magnets arranged on the cat litter box, a many-to-one magnetic induction mutual inductance model is constructed, the attitude of the cat litter box is judged by analyzing the cat litter box respectively along the Y-axis offset, Z-axis spin and yaw motion, the attitude information of the cat litter box is detected, and an attitude sensing signal is generated and transmitted to the master control unit.

[0045] The sensing information of the ranging sensing unit and the pressure sensing unit cannot determine whether the cat litter box is in an attitude flat state, if the cat litter box is in an attitude uneven state, the volume sensing information of the cat litter detected by the ranging sensing unit is inaccurate, the attitude sensing unit is arranged to obtain attitude sensing information, the volume sensing information and the weight sensing information of the cat litter are combined, and the information of the cat litter obtained is more accurate.

[0046] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the biological sensing unit is configured to detect biological information in the litter box and generate a biological detection sensing signal to the main control unit.

[0047] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the biological sensing unit is an infrared pyroelectric sensor.

[0048] Specifically, the infrared pyroelectric sensor detects infrared pyroelectric signals to determine whether there is a biological object, such as a pet cat, in the litter box, and when it is determined that there is a pet cat in the litter box, the sensing information collected by the distance sensing unit and the pressure sensing unit needs to be discarded and re-collected when it is determined that there is no pet cat in the litter box.

[0049] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the main control unit is configured to receive a sensing signal and generate a self-cleaning instruction based on the sensing signal and send the self-cleaning instruction to the self-cleaning unit.

[0050] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the main control unit uses a CA51F353S6 main control MCU.

[0051] Specifically, as shown in Figure 4 , Figure 4 The utility model discloses a main control unit driving chip internal architecture diagram in embodiment one, the driving chip in the main control unit includes CPU system, storage system, clock system, power management system and the integrated peripheral function including RTC counter, WDT counter, Timer, PWM, UART, IIC host / slave, LED drive, LCD drive, Touch Key, ADC, low voltage detection (LVD) and so on, seven GPIO pins and power pin that are connected with each other through system bus.

[0052] Further, the main control unit receives the volume sensing signal, the weight sensing signal, the attitude sensing signal and the biological detection sensing signal, and determines whether the litter needs to be self-cleaned, and if so, generates a self-cleaning instruction and sends it to the self-cleaning unit.

[0053] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the self-cleaning unit performs a self-cleaning operation on the litter box based on the self-cleaning instruction sent by the main control unit.

[0054] Specifically, as shown in Figure 5 , Figure 5The self-cleaning unit in the embodiment one of the utility model shows the self-cleaning unit framework schematic diagram, the self-cleaning unit includes cat litter replacement assembly, disinfection component and deodorization component, the cat litter replacement assembly is used to replace the cat litter after use, the disinfection component is used to disinfect the cat litter after replacement, the deodorization component is used to deodorize the cat litter after disinfection.

[0055] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the system further comprises a display unit connected with the master control unit.

[0056] Specifically, the display unit is configured to display the sensing information collected by the sensor.

[0057] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the system further comprises a temperature sensing unit and a humidity sensing unit connected with the master control unit.

[0058] Specifically, the temperature sensing unit is configured to collect temperature information in the cat litter box, and the humidity sensing unit is configured to collect humidity information in the cat litter box.

[0059] In an optional implementation of the embodiment, the system further comprises a communication unit configured to establish a communication connection between the master control unit and the intelligent terminal.

[0060] Working principle: the biological sensing unit detects biological information in the cat litter box; when it is determined that there is no biological information in the cat litter box, the distance measuring sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit and the attitude sensing unit collect volume information, weight information and attitude information of the cat litter in the cat litter box respectively, and generate volume sensing signals, weight sensing signals and attitude sensing signals and transmit them to the master control unit; the master control unit generates a self-cleaning instruction based on the volume sensing signals, the weight sensing signals and the attitude sensing signals; and the self-cleaning unit performs a self-cleaning operation on the cat litter box based on the self-cleaning instruction.

[0061] In summary, the cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system provided in the embodiment one of the utility model collects sensing information of the cat litter usage in the cat litter box through the distance measuring sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit, the attitude sensing unit and the biological sensing unit, comprehensively analyzes the sensing information through the master control unit, generates a self-cleaning instruction, and performs a self-cleaning operation through the self-cleaning unit, thereby reducing the cleaning burden of the cat litter box for cat owners, improving the life quality of pet cats, and building a more harmonious and convenient human-cat cohabitation environment.

[0062] Embodiment two

[0063] The cat litter box in the embodiment two of the utility model is provided with the cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system in the embodiment one.

[0064] In conclusion, the second embodiment of the utility model provides a cat litter box, the cat litter box is loaded with the cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system in the first embodiment, through setting distance measuring sensor unit, pressure sensor unit, attitude sensor unit and biological sensor unit, the sensing information of cat litter box cat litter use condition is collected, and the comprehensive analysis is carried out through the main control unit, generates the self-cleaning instruction, and carries out the self-cleaning operation through the self-cleaning unit, reduces the cat litter box cleaning burden of cat person, improves the life quality of pet cat, and constructs more harmonious and convenient human-cat cohabitation environment.

[0065] The above describes the cat litter box intelligent management system and cat litter box provided by the embodiments of the utility model in detail, the principle and implementation mode of the utility model are described by adopting specific examples in this paper, and the above embodiment is only used to help understand the method and core idea of the utility model; meanwhile, for the general technical personnel in the art, according to the idea of the utility model, the specific implementation mode and application range will have changes, and the above is not understood as the limitation of the utility model.

Claims

1. A self-cleaning intelligent management system for a cat litter box, characterized in that, The system comprises a master control unit, a distance sensing unit, a pressure sensing unit, a posture sensing unit, a biological sensing unit and a self-cleaning unit, the master control unit is connected with the distance sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit, the posture sensing unit, the biological sensing unit and the self-cleaning unit respectively; The distance sensing unit is used for detecting the volume information of the cat litter in the cat litter box, and generating a volume sensing signal to the master control unit; The pressure sensing unit is used for detecting the weight information of the cat litter in the cat litter box, and generating a weight sensing signal to the master control unit; The posture sensing unit is used for detecting the posture information of the cat litter box, and generating a posture sensing signal to the master control unit; The biological sensing unit is used for detecting the biological information in the cat litter box, and generating a biological detection sensing signal to the master control unit; The master control unit is used for receiving the sensing signal, and generating a self-cleaning instruction according to the sensing signal and sending it to the self-cleaning unit; The self-cleaning unit performs self-cleaning operation on the cat litter box based on the self-cleaning instruction sent by the master control unit.

2. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The master control unit adopts CA51F353S6 master control MCU.

3. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The distance sensing unit is a TOF laser ranging sensor, which comprises a ranging laser transmitting sensor, a ranging laser receiving sensor and a ranging sensing signal detection circuit, and the ranging sensing signal detection circuit is connected with the ranging laser transmitting sensor and the ranging laser receiving sensor respectively.

4. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The pressure sensing unit is a bridge type pressure sensor.

5. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The posture sensing unit is a Hall sensor.

6. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The biological sensing unit is an infrared pyroelectric sensor.

7. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The system further comprises a display unit, which is connected with the master control unit.

8. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The system further comprises a temperature sensing unit and a humidity sensing unit, which are connected with the master control unit.

9. The self-cleaning, intelligent management system for a cat litter box of claim 1, wherein, The system further comprises a communication unit, which is used for establishing a communication connection between the master control unit and a smart terminal.

10. A cat litter box characterized by, The cat litter box is provided with the cat litter box self-cleaning intelligent management system according to any one of claims 1-9.

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