System and method for designing companion animal house based on ecological psychology

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for designing a companion animal house based on ecological psychology, and more specifically, the system comprises: a collection unit for photographing a companion animal in a household or collecting image or video data; an analysis unit for receiving, storing, and analyzing the data of the collection unit; and a building unit for manufacturing a house for the companion animal on the basis of an analysis result of the analysis unit. In addition, a method for designing a companion animal house based on ecological psychology of the present invention comprises: a collection step in which a collection unit photographs a companion animal in a household or collects image or video data; an analysis step in which, after the collection step, an analysis unit analyzes the data of the collection unit; and a design step in which, after the analysis step, a building unit designs a house for the companion animal, wherein the collection step comprises an input step for inputting characteristics of the house for the companion animal to an input unit, and the design step comprises a manufacturing step in which a manufacturing unit manufactures the house for the companion animal on the basis of the house for the companion animal designed by the building unit and the characteristics inputted to the input unit, and a delivery step in which, after the manufacturing step, a delivery unit delivers the fully manufactured house for the companion animal.

Description

Ecopsychology-based pet house design system and design method

[0001] The present invention relates to an ecological psychology-based pet house design system and design method, and more specifically, to an ecological psychology-based pet house design system and design method that collects various information, including images and videos, of a pet in a household, analyzes the pet's condition and behavior, etc. from the collected information, and designs a house suitable for the pet based on the results.

[0002] The concept of a companion animal isn't simply about providing food and shelter to the animals we raise and simply being content with caring for them. Rather, it means that through coexistence, we also receive something from them: love, comfort, and support as companions. In other words, companion animals aren't just pets; they live with people, providing companions and companions. Among companion animals, dogs make up the largest proportion, followed by cats. The number of companion dogs in Korea has already exceeded 10 million, and most dogs are kept indoors, often with dedicated pet houses installed within households. For example, Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1865600 (June 8, 2018) discloses a companion animal house.

[0003] However, in the conventional cases described above, there was a problem in that there was a limit to providing an environment suitable for the characteristics of the companion animal.

[0004] The present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a pet house design system and design method based on ecological psychology that collects various information including images and videos of pets in a household, analyzes the condition and behavior of the pet from the collected information, and designs a house suitable for the pet based on the results.

[0005] The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems to be solved by the present invention that are not mentioned herein will be clearly understood by a person having ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains from the description below.

[0006] A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a pet house design system and design method based on ecological psychology, comprising: a collection unit that photographs a pet in a household or collects image or video data; an analysis unit that receives, stores, and analyzes data from the collection unit; and a construction unit that manufactures a pet house based on the analysis results from the analysis unit.

[0007] In addition, the analysis unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that it analyzes the appearance of the companion animal, the behavioral characteristics of the companion animal, and the indoor environment of the furniture from the data of the collection unit.

[0008] In addition, the analysis unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized by including a database unit including individual pet information data, expert data for each pet, animal hospital data, and pet-related business data.

[0009] In addition, the collection unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit for inputting characteristics of the pet house designed from the construction unit, and the construction unit includes a manufacturing unit for manufacturing the pet house based on the pet house designed from the construction unit and the characteristics input to the input unit, and a delivery unit for delivering the pet house manufactured through the manufacturing unit.

[0010] In addition, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the collecting unit includes a collecting step in which a pet is photographed in the furniture or image or video data is collected, an analyzing step in which the analyzing unit analyzes data from the collecting unit after the collecting step, and a design step in which the construction unit designs a house for the pet after the analyzing step, and the collecting step includes an input step in which characteristics of the pet's house are input into the input unit, and the design step includes a manufacturing step in which the manufacturing unit manufactures the pet's house based on the pet's house designed by the construction unit and the characteristics input into the input unit, and after the manufacturing step, a delivery step in which the delivery unit delivers the pet's house that has been manufactured.

[0011] By means of solving the above problem, the ecological psychology-based pet house design system and design method of the present invention are effective in providing an ecological psychology-based pet house design system and design method that can collect various information including images and videos of pets in a household, analyze the condition and behavior of the pet from the information, and manufacture a house suitable for the pet based on the results.

[0012] The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and effects of the present invention not mentioned herein will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below.

[0013] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an ecological psychology-based pet house design system and design method according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 2 is a drawing showing the configuration of an ecological psychology-based pet house design system and design method according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 3 is a drawing showing the design process of an ecological psychology-based pet house design system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] The terms used in this specification will be briefly explained, and the present invention will be described in detail.

[0017] The terms used in this invention have been selected from widely used, common terms, taking into account their functions. However, these terms may vary depending on the intentions of those skilled in the art, precedents, the emergence of new technologies, etc. Therefore, the terms used in this invention should be defined based on their meaning and the overall content of the invention, rather than simply their names.

[0018] When a part of a specification is said to “include” a component, this does not mean that it excludes other components, but rather that it may include other components, unless otherwise stated.

[0019] Below, with reference to the attached drawings, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily implement them. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

[0020] Specific details, including the problems to be solved, means of solving them, and the effects of the invention, are included in the embodiments and drawings described below. The advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them, will become clearer with reference to the embodiments described below in detail, along with the accompanying drawings.

[0021] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings.

[0022] Referring to (a) of FIG. 1, a pet house design system based on ecological psychology according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a collection unit (100) that photographs a pet in a household or collects image or video data, an analysis unit (200) that receives, stores, and analyzes data from the collection unit (100), and a construction unit (300) that manufactures a pet house based on the analysis results of the analysis unit (200).

[0023] First, the collection unit (100) is provided. The collection unit (100) may be, for example, a terminal such as a user's smartphone, and may be provided in any form as long as the user can take a photo image or video of the companion animal. That is, the collection unit (100) serves to secure image or video data of the companion animal and transmit it to the analysis unit (200). In addition, the image or video may further include information such as the time and place at which the companion animal was taken, and in addition, weather information corresponding to the time at which the image or video was taken may be additionally included. For example, the file creation (saving) date and time of the image or video to be collected may be yyyymmdd; In the case of hhmmss (year / month / day; hour / minute / second), the public data open API can be utilized to collect weather information at that time based on the above file creation (saving) date and time, and also, among the consumption records that occurred within a preset range of time (e.g., 1 hour before and after the above file creation (saving) date and time) based on the above file creation (saving) date and time, consumption related to pets (payment of veterinary hospital treatment fees, payment information of a card used when purchasing feed, consumption information directly entered by the user, etc.), other images or videos in addition to the above images or videos, etc. can be collected. In addition to the data that the user has photographed, the collection unit (100) can also collect from a cloud service or a social network service (SNS) database. In addition, the collection unit (100) can be connected to a client terminal, a server, the analysis unit (200), and a construction unit (300) via a network.Here, the network refers to a connection structure that enables information exchange between each node, such as a plurality of terminals and servers, and examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, a 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) network, an LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, a WIMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access) network, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a Wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), a PAN (Personal Area Network), a Bluetooth network, a Zigbee network, and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) network. In addition, the terminal may be a communication means that can be connected to a network, such as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smartphone, or a tablet PC.

[0024] Meanwhile, the collection unit (100) includes an input unit (110) for inputting characteristics of the pet's house designed from the construction unit (300). For example, the input unit (110) is provided such that the user can input necessary information through a keyboard, such as a keyboard of the terminal. That is, the input unit (110) may be provided as a keyboard included in the terminal so that the user can input necessary characteristics. At this time, the user can input characteristics of the pet's house, such as exterior material type, material, style, size, etc., through the input unit (110), and the characteristics input to the input unit (110) are transmitted to the analysis unit (200) or the construction unit (300).

[0025] Next, the analysis unit (200) is provided. The analysis unit (200) receives and stores data from the collection unit (100) and analyzes the shape of a house optimized for the companion animal.

[0026] More specifically, referring to FIG. 2, the analysis unit (200) analyzes the appearance of the companion animal, the behavioral characteristics of the companion animal, and the indoor environment of the furniture from the data of the collection unit (100). For example, the analysis unit (200) can analyze the family, species, size, presence or absence of skin disease, hair loss, trauma, etc. corresponding to the appearance of the companion animal, and derive analysis results such as 00 species, medium size, expected hair loss after 00 weeks, and no trauma. In addition, the analysis unit (200) can analyze the behavioral characteristics of the companion animal, such as running, looking around on furniture, scratching furniture, jumping up, sticking one's face out, hiding behind, sunbathing, observing the angle of the hind legs while running and walking, crouching while running, and crouching while walking, and derive analysis results such as jumping up and down on a knee-high sofa, hiding behind an air purifier and observing the surroundings, sunbathing on a rug, running on a rug, and observing while sticking one's face out between gaps in a closet. Here, the analysis unit (200) designs it as a single layer if the angle of the hind legs is incompletely folded. In addition, the analysis unit (200) designs it as a single layer if the behavior of crouching while running is shown, and if the speed is low and the companion animal is old, the uphill is designed as a ramp and the downhill is designed as stairs. In addition, the analysis unit (200) designs it as a single layer if the behavior of crouching while walking is shown and the floor is not slippery. In addition, the analysis unit (200) reflects the direction of the sun and the direction of the sun in the design when the animal repeatedly seeks sunlight during a nap, and designs the window size of the bedroom to be reduced when the animal does not exhibit this behavior. In addition, the analysis unit (200) designs the floor to be detachable for ease of cleaning when the animal unintentionally defecates repeatedly. In addition, the analysis unit (200) designs the floor to be detachable for ease of cleaning when the animal exhibits salivating behavior and does not engage in strenuous exercise.In addition, the analysis unit (200) designs a space larger than the current space to be created when scratching behavior inside a house, kennel, etc. is continuously observed. In addition, the analysis unit (200) analyzes the flooring material such as marble or laminate flooring, the furniture arrangement, the furniture used repeatedly, the place recognized as a bedroom, the unused items, etc. corresponding to the indoor environment of the furniture, and can derive analysis results such as the ability to jump up to the height of an adult's knee, multiple slips detected, attachment to a single-person sofa, and the absence of use of a dog tent. In this way, the analysis unit (200) can design a house optimized for the companion animal by analyzing the appearance of the companion animal, the behavioral characteristics of the companion animal, and the indoor environment of the furniture. Thereafter, the analysis unit (200) models the companion animal's house into a 3D drawing in a software program and transmits it to the construction unit (300).

[0027] In addition, the analysis unit (200) includes a database unit (210) that includes individual pet information data, expert data for each pet, animal hospital data, and pet-related business data. Here, the database unit (210) serves to provide expert data for pets, such as ecologists, landscapers, architects, and veterinarians. That is, the analysis unit (200) enables the design of a safer house based on data such as a set of universal rows by species and a set of behaviors by individuals stored in the database unit (210) when designing a house for the pet. The database unit (210) may also be connected to the collection unit (100), the analysis unit (200), and the construction unit (300) via a network.

[0028] Next, the construction unit (300) is provided. The construction unit (300) serves to actually manufacture the pet house based on the pet house modeling file designed by the analysis unit (200). At this time, the construction unit (300) includes a manufacturing unit (310) that manufactures the pet house based on the pet house designed by the construction unit (300) and the characteristics input into the input unit (110), and a delivery unit (320) that delivers the pet house manufactured through the manufacturing unit (310), so that the pet house can be delivered to the customer. For example, the manufacturing unit (310) can manufacture the pet house by manufacturing a basic frame using 3D printing and installing an exterior material on the basic frame, and any form can be provided as long as the pet house can be manufactured.

[0029] Hereinafter, a design method using an ecological psychology-based pet house design system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

[0030] Referring to (b) of FIG. 1, the collection unit (100) includes a collection step (S100) in which the collection unit (100) photographs the pet in the furniture or collects image or video data, an analysis step (S200) in which the analysis unit (200) analyzes the data of the collection unit (100), and a design step (S300) in which the construction unit (300) designs a house for the pet, and the collection step (S100) includes an input step (S110) in which the characteristics of the pet's house are input into the input unit (110), and the design step (S300) includes a manufacturing step (S310) in which the manufacturing unit (310) manufactures the pet's house based on the pet's house designed by the construction unit (300) and the characteristics input into the input unit (110), and after the manufacturing step (S310), The delivery unit (320) includes a delivery step (S320) in which the manufactured pet house is delivered.

[0031] For example, referring to (a) of FIG. 3, based on the behavioral video of a fox collected through the collection unit (100), the analysis unit (200) identifies the behavioral characteristic of hiding in a den and observing the surroundings. Thereafter, referring to (b) of FIG. 3, the analysis unit (200) models the pet's house in a form suitable for the behavioral characteristic and transmits it to the construction unit (300). Thereafter, referring to (c) of FIG. 3, the construction unit (300) creates an actual pet's house based on the modeling file of the analysis unit (200). Referring to (d) of FIG. 3, the pet's house created in this manner can provide an optimized house by forming a space in which the fox can hide and observe the surroundings.

[0032] As a result, the ecological psychology-based pet house design system of the present invention has the advantage of being able to collect various information, including images and videos of pets in the household, analyze the pet's condition and behavior, etc. from the information, and manufacture a house suitable for the pet based on the results.

[0033] In this way, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical configuration of the present invention described above can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical idea or essential features of the present invention.

[0034] Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood as being exemplary and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims described below rather than the detailed description above, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A collection unit that photographs pets in the household or collects images or video data; An analysis unit that receives, stores, and analyzes data from the above collection unit; and An ecological psychology-based pet house design system characterized by including a construction unit that manufactures a pet house based on the analysis results of the above analysis unit.

2. In paragraph 1, The above analysis unit, An ecological psychology-based pet house design system characterized by analyzing the appearance of the pet, the behavioral characteristics of the pet, and the indoor environment of the furniture from the data of the above collection unit.

3. In paragraph 1, The above analysis unit, An ecological psychology-based pet house design system comprising a database section comprising individual pet information data, pet-specific expert data, veterinary hospital data, and pet-related business data.

4. In paragraph 1, The above collection unit, An input unit for inputting the characteristics of the pet's house designed from the above construction unit; The above construction part, A manufacturing unit that manufactures the pet house based on the pet house designed by the construction unit and the characteristics input into the input unit; and An ecological psychology-based pet house design system, characterized by including a delivery unit that delivers the pet house manufactured through the manufacturing unit.

5. Using the ecological psychology-based pet house design system of Article 4, A collection step in which the above collection unit photographs the pet in the furniture or collects image or video data; After the above collection step, an analysis step in which the analysis unit analyzes the data of the collection unit; and After the above analysis step, the construction department includes a design step of designing a house for the companion animal; The above collection step is, An input step for inputting the characteristics of the pet's home into the input section; The above design stage is, A manufacturing step in which the manufacturing unit manufactures the pet house based on the pet house designed by the construction unit and the characteristics input into the input unit; and A method for designing a pet house based on ecological psychology, characterized in that it comprises a delivery step in which, after the manufacturing step, the delivery unit delivers the pet house that has been manufactured.

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