Wearable Animal Collar Data Acquisition and Reporting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for monitoring and interacting with animals lack connectivity and data-driven insights, leading to concerns about animal care and well-being, especially when owners are away from home, as they struggle to ensure proper food, exercise, and training, with many animals going missing due to lack of advanced tracking and communication solutions.
Innovation Solution
A wearable animal collar system that acquires and transmits data such as biometric, location, and movement information via wireless communication networks, enabling real-time monitoring and interaction, and allows for two-way communication between the animal and its owner, using a controller with a processor, memory, and various sensors like accelerometers and transceivers, facilitating data reporting and feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a wearable animal collar system with multiple sensors and wireless communication is implemented, then data acquisition and real-time monitoring capabilities are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The collar integrates multiple sensors (accelerometer, GPS, microphone, biometric sensors) and communication modules into a single multi-functional device that can perform tracking, monitoring, communication, and analysis functions simultaneously, resolving the contradiction by consolidating complexity into a unified system while enhancing measurement capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a server as an intermediary that receives data from multiple collars, processes information, and generates actionable insights, thereby reducing the processing burden on individual collar devices while maintaining high measurement precision through centralized analysis
2Loss of information
If real-time data transmission and wireless communication are enabled, then monitoring and interaction capabilities are improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system transmits data periodically rather than continuously, with the collar collecting biometric, location, and activity data at set intervals and sending batches to the server, thereby maintaining real-time monitoring capabilities while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous transmission
Solution Approach 2:
The collar autonomously manages its energy consumption by locally processing and filtering data before transmission, prioritizing critical information for immediate sending while deferring less urgent data, thus maintaining effective real-time communication while optimizing battery usage
3Reliability
If advanced tracking and communication systems are deployed, then animal safety and owner awareness are improved, but cost of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into modular components (collar hardware, wireless communication module, server platform, mobile app) that can be manufactured and deployed independently, allowing for phased implementation and cost optimization by selecting appropriate feature sets for different market segments while maintaining core safety functions
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for acquiring data from and communicating with a wearable device (e.g., a collar) affixed to animal are described. A wearable device affixed to a dog, for example, may acquire data and transmit the data to mobile devices or servers using one or several wireless technologies. The wearable device may also receive signaling, which may be indicative of commands to or feedback for the animal wearing the wearable device. The data acquired from the wireless device may be used for monitoring and communicating with an animal by, for example, generating reports, developing training or feeding schedules, or conveying relevant information to animal owners. Likewise, signaling sent to the device may facilitate interaction between an animal and the animal's owner, between the animal and its surroundings, or between multiple animals.