Pet Anxiety Beacon System Using Sensory Stimulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions for addressing separation anxiety and behavioral issues in pets, such as dogs, are inadequate, often relying on hormone-based drugs with unknown long-term effects, invasive pressure wraps, or limited digital devices that fail to effectively distract or calm anxious pets.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising sensors to capture pet signals, beacons to execute sensory stimulations, and a processing arrangement to analyze signals, diagnose behavioral deviations, and select appropriate sensory stimulations, such as sounds and colored lights, to correct these deviations and improve pet well-being.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hormone-based drugs are used to pacify dogs, then separation anxiety is reduced, but long-term side effects are unknown and serious damage to heart and brain may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces chemical (hormone-based) interventions with a non-invasive sensory stimulation system using beacons that emit sounds and colored lights. This substitution eliminates the harmful physiological side effects of drugs while maintaining the ability to manage separation anxiety through environmental enrichment and distraction techniques.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts sensory stimulation parameters (sound frequency, light color and intensity) based on real-time sensor feedback about the dog's behavior and physiological state. This adaptive parameter modification allows the system to respond to changing anxiety levels without requiring chemical intervention.
2Reliability
If pressure wraps are used to calm dogs, then anxiety is reduced, but the approach is invasive and restrictive and may worsen the situation by inducing more stress
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical constraining devices (pressure wraps) with a non-contact sensory stimulation system. The beacon system delivers calming stimuli through sound and light fields, eliminating physical restriction and the associated stress while maintaining anxiety reduction effectiveness.
3Ease of operation
If digital devices are used to distract pets, then owners can monitor pets, but the devices fail to effectively distract or calm anxious pets
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static digital monitoring to dynamic, real-time sensory intervention. The beacon actively delivers tailored sound and light stimuli based on live sensor data about the dog's behavior, creating an adaptive feedback loop that responds to and modifies the dog's emotional state rather than passively observing it.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a closed-loop feedback system where sensors continuously monitor the dog's behavior and physiological parameters, the processing arrangement analyzes this data to assess anxiety levels, and the beacon adjusts its sensory output accordingly. This feedback mechanism ensures the intervention is effective and responsive to the dog's actual state.
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AI summary
Implemented is a system and a method for ensuring well-being of a pet. The system comprises one or more sensors configured to capture one or more signals of the pet, one or more beacons positioned in a vicinity of the pet, in which the one or more beacons are configured to execute one or more sensory stimulation and a processing arrangement. The captured one or more signals are processed to determine a behaviour of the pet based on a set of behavioural symptoms identified. From there, diagnose, from the determined behaviour of the pet, a deviation from a routine behaviour of the pet, and monitor the deviation from the routine behaviour of the pet over a period of time to determine a severity of the diagnosis. Ultimately, activating one or more beacons to execute the selected suitable sensory stimulation for correcting the deviation from the routine behaviour of the pet.