Animal Position Tracking for Zoo Visitor Satisfaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Visitors to a zoo may be dissatisfied if they arrive when the animals are not in a desired state (e.g., awake and active), necessitating a system to provide appropriate information to ensure visitor satisfaction.
Innovation Solution
A position information transmission device and method that acquires and transmits the position and identification information of animals equipped with communicators, allowing for real-time tracking and display of animal locations, including criteria-based information such as activity states and habit patterns, to inform visitors about animal availability and behavior.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If visitors arrive at random times without knowing animal activity states, then zoo operation is simple, but visitor satisfaction deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by acquiring and storing animal activity state information and position information in advance. The activity state data is stored in association with animal identification information, allowing visitors to check animal availability before arriving at the zoo, thus ensuring visitor satisfaction without requiring complex real-time intervention systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary information provision mechanism that bridges the gap between animal monitoring and visitor information needs. By using a database structure that stores activity state and position data, and providing this information through visitor guidance systems, the patent creates an intermediary layer that delivers relevant information to visitors without directly involving complex animal monitoring infrastructure in the visitor experience.
2Measurement precision
If real-time animal position tracking is implemented, then animal location information is accurate and timely, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and stores only the necessary position information and activity state data from the complex real-time monitoring process. By extracting key parameters (position coordinates, activity state status) and storing them in an organized database structure associated with animal identification information, the system achieves accurate and timely location data while simplifying the data processing requirements through selective data extraction rather than comprehensive data processing.
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AI summary
A communication device is attached to an animal in a facility, for example, using a band. The communication device transmits at least a position of the communication device (hereinafter referred to as position information) and identification information of the communication device (hereinafter referred to as a communication device ID) to a position information transmission device. The position information transmission device uses the position information and the identification information received from the communication device to select an animal whose position information is to be delivered. The position information transmission device transmits the position information about the selected animal to at least one of an in-zoo display device, a user terminal, and a staff member terminal.