Modular Animal Accommodation With Automated Owner Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing accommodation facilities for pets are not easily installable, manageable, or adaptable to varying numbers of animals, often requiring specialized personnel and are not suitable for extended pet care due to lack of specialized areas and staff.

Innovation Solution

A modular accommodation facility with modular boxes that can be coupled together, equipped with identification and management systems, including a control logic unit, memory circuit, and computer product for generating unique animal-owner codes, allowing autonomous operation and easy management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Duration of action of stationary object

If traditional ad hoc facilities are used for animal accommodation, then animals can be left for extended periods, but the facilities are difficult to install and manage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveanimal accommodation durationVSAvoidfacility installation ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Duration of action of stationary objectVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The accommodation facility is divided into multiple independent modular boxes that can be individually installed, removed, and reconfigured. Each box functions as a complete unit with its own identification system, allowing the facility to be easily installed and expanded without complex integration requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The facility design allows dynamic reconfiguration of the number and arrangement of boxes based on demand. Managers can add or remove boxes flexibly to adapt to varying numbers of animals, making the facility both easy to install and adaptable to changing requirements over time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If specialized personnel are employed to manage animal facilities, then animal care quality improves, but operational complexity and costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveanimal care qualityVSAvoidmanagement system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables owners to independently manage their animals through automated identification and code-based access. Owners register their animals, receive unique codes, and can retrieve their pets without staff intervention, eliminating the need for specialized personnel while maintaining reliable animal care.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Manual animal management processes are replaced with an automated electronic system using identification tags, code generation, and electronic verification. This substitution eliminates the need for human staff to manually track and manage animals, reducing operational complexity while maintaining reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of manufacture

If fixed capacity facilities are built, then installation is straightforward, but adaptability to varying animal numbers is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefacility installation easeVSAvoidanimal capacity adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The facility consists of discrete modular boxes that can be individually added or removed. This segmentation allows the total capacity to be easily adjusted by simply changing the number of boxes, maintaining installation simplicity while providing full adaptability to varying animal numbers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each box is designed as a universal module that can accommodate different types of animals and serve multiple functions. The standardized design allows any number of boxes to be combined, providing both ease of installation and flexible adaptability to various capacity requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Adaptability or versatility

If animals are left in hotels without specialized areas, then accommodation is available, but animals cannot be left alone for hours due to safety concerns

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepet accommodation availabilityVSAvoidanimal safety

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Animals are housed in individual enclosed boxes that provide safe, isolated accommodation. Each box acts as a secure unit preventing animals from roaming or interacting with strangers, ensuring their safety while allowing them to be left alone for extended periods.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The modular box structure serves as an intermediary between the animal and the external environment. It provides a controlled, safe space that protects animals while allowing owners to leave them, bridging the gap between availability and safety requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4602913A1An accommodation facility for animals

Publication Date: 2025.08.20 RIZZI MICHELA

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AI summary

A modular accommodation facility for animals comprising one or more boxes (2) which can be coupled together. The accommodation facility (1) also comprises a control logic unit (11), a memory circuit (12) operatively connected to the control logic unit (11), a computer product stored in the memory circuit (12) and suitable to be run by the control logic unit (11), a recognition means (4) of identification data of the animal processed by the computer product so as to generate one or more unique codes to identify an animal-owner pair.