Pet monitoring system and monitoring method in a vehicle environment

Abstract

A pet monitoring system includes a display device installed in the front seat of a vehicle and a camera device separately installed from the display device. The camera device captures image and audio data of the pet in the vehicle, converts it into video and audio streams, and transmits them to the display device. The display device receives the video and audio streams, restores them to image and audio data, and plays them back. The camera device identifies the pet's image in the image data and marks the pet's location. The display device controls the display panel to play the image data based on the markings, thereby automatically focusing and magnifying the pet's image during playback.

Claims

1. A pet monitoring system for use in a vehicle, comprising: A camera device, disposed in the rear seat, trunk, or camper trailer of a vehicle, includes: an image sensing module configured to capture image data including a pet; a first audio device configured to collect audio data of the pet; a first processor electrically connected to the image sensing module and the first audio device, configured to generate an image stream and an audio stream based on the image data and the audio data; and a first wireless transmission module electrically connected to the first processor, configured to transmit the image stream and the audio stream; and a display device disposed in the front seat of the vehicle, configured to wirelessly connect to the camera device, and includes: a second wireless transmission module configured to receive the image stream and the audio stream from the camera device; and a second processor electrically connected to the second wireless transmission module, configured to restore the image stream and the audio stream to the image data and the audio data. A display panel, electrically connected to the second processor, is configured to play the video data; and a second audio device, electrically connected to the second processor, is configured to play the audio data; wherein the first processor is configured to identify a pet image in the video data and mark the pet's location with object information, and the second processor is configured to control the display panel to automatically focus and magnify the pet image when playing the video data based on the object information.

2. The pet monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera device further comprises: An air sensing module is configured to sense the air quality inside the vehicle; A temperature sensing module is configured to sense the temperature and humidity inside the vehicle; wherein, the first processor is configured to generate a corresponding event notification when it determines that the air quality, temperature or humidity inside the vehicle is abnormal, and the first wireless transmission module is configured to transmit the event notification to the display device; wherein, the display device is connected to an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system of the vehicle, and the second processor is configured to generate corresponding control commands based on the event notification to control the in-vehicle infotainment system to adjust the air conditioning of the vehicle.

3. The pet monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first processor is configured to perform identification processing on the video and audio data to identify the breed of the pet in the video data.

4. The pet monitoring system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the video data includes multiple pets, and the first processor is configured to perform identification processing on the video data and audio data to distinguish multiple images of the pets in the video data.

5. The pet monitoring system as described in claim 1, wherein the first processor comprises: An image processing unit is configured to receive image data from the image sensing module and optimize the image data; an AI engine is configured to receive the optimized image data from the image processing unit, receive audio data from the first audio device, and perform an identification process on the image data and the audio data; an encoder is configured to compress and encode the image data and the audio data; a streaming server performs streaming encapsulation processing on the compressed and encoded image data and the audio data to generate the image stream and the audio stream; and a first control daemon is triggered to generate a corresponding event notification when the AI ​​engine determines that an event has occurred after the identification process; wherein, the first wireless transmission module is configured to transmit the image stream, the audio stream, the event notification, and the object information to the display device.

6. The pet monitoring system as described in claim 5, wherein the identification process includes identifying the breed of the pet based on the image data and the audio data, and the AI ​​engine is configured to execute a corresponding analysis algorithm based on the breed to detect the pet's behavior and analyze the pet's emotions; wherein, The first control process generates a corresponding event notification when the identification process indicates that the pet's behavior or emotions are abnormal.

7. The pet monitoring system as described in claim 5, wherein the second processor comprises: A streaming client is configured to receive the video stream and the audio stream; a decoder is configured to decode the video stream and the audio stream to restore the video data and the audio data; a second control process is configured to receive the event notification and the object information, and to issue an alarm based on the event notification; and a display controller is configured to control the display panel to display the video data according to the object information, so that the display panel automatically focuses and magnifies the pet image when playing the video data.

8. The pet monitoring system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first audio device of the camera is configured to play an interactive sound effect to attract the pet to move when the identification process indicates that the pet has been sitting still for a long time.

9. The pet monitoring system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the camera is configured to activate a detection function when a driver leaves the vehicle and the pet remains in the vehicle, and to activate recording and send an alarm when an outsider is detected approaching the vehicle.

10. The pet monitoring system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the image data includes multiple pets, and the identification process includes identifying multiple faces and multiple body shapes from the image data to distinguish multiple images of the multiple pets in the image data.

11. A pet monitoring system and method for use in a vehicle environment, applied to a pet monitoring system including a display device installed in the front seat of a vehicle and a camera device installed in the rear seat, trunk, or camper trailer of the vehicle, and comprising the following steps: Step a) The camera device wirelessly connects to the display device after startup, wherein the display device operates in an Access Point (AP) mode and the camera device operates in a Station mode; Step b) The camera device captures image data and audio data including a pet and generates an image stream and an audio stream; Step c) The camera device performs recognition processing on the image data and audio data to determine pet information, and identifies a pet image in the image data and marks the pet's location with object information; Step d) The camera device detects environmental information; Step e) The camera device generates an event notification based on the pet information or the environmental information; Step f) The camera device transmits the video stream, the audio stream, the object information, and the event notification to the display device; step g) the display device displays the video data and audio data corresponding to the video stream and the audio stream based on the object information, so as to control a display panel to automatically focus and magnify the pet image when playing the video data; and step h) the display device executes the corresponding alarm or control based on the event notification.

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