Pet Security Monitoring via Beacon-Driven Robotic Dispatch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pet monitoring systems lack comprehensive solutions for tracking pet activity, ensuring pet safety, and automating pet care, particularly in managing pet access, health monitoring, and location tracking in a unified and efficient manner.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring system that integrates beacon devices in pet collars with connected gates, doors, cameras, and drones to track pet activity, manage access, monitor health, and locate lost pets, using a network of sensors and automated rules for pet care and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a monitoring system integrates multiple components (beacons, cameras, gates, drones) to comprehensively track and monitor pets, then the reliability and functionality of pet safety monitoring is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is divided into independent functional modules: beacon devices for location tracking, cameras for visual monitoring, automated gates for access control, and drones for aerial surveillance. Each module operates independently but communicates through a centralized control unit, allowing the system to achieve comprehensive monitoring while maintaining manageable complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized control unit serves multiple functions: receiving data from all sensors and devices, processing information, determining pet location and status, controlling automated gates, and coordinating drone operations. This multi-functional approach consolidates control logic into a single component, improving reliability while managing overall system complexity.
2Measurement precision
If the monitoring system uses multiple sensors and devices to track pet activity, location, and health, then the measurement precision and comprehensiveness of pet monitoring is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sensor types (motion sensors, GPS beacons, health monitors) are integrated into a unified monitoring framework controlled by a centralized control unit. This merging approach allows the system to collect comprehensive pet data from various sources while centralizing processing logic, thereby improving measurement precision without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized control unit acts as an intermediary between various sensors and the user interface. It receives raw data from multiple sensor sources, processes and correlates the information, and presents integrated results to users. This intermediary layer simplifies the complexity of managing multiple sensors by providing a single point of coordination and data synthesis.
3Ease of operation
If the system provides real-time monitoring and automated control of pet access, then the ease of operation for pet owners is improved, but the use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated gate system operates on periodic schedules or triggered events rather than continuous operation. Gates can be programmed to open at specific times or in response to detected pet presence, allowing the system to provide convenient automated access control while reducing energy consumption by activating components only when needed rather than maintaining constant operation.
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AI summary
An electronic monitoring system is described that receives data indicating a location of a wireless beacon device that has been detected by a beacon monitoring device, and an identifier that is associated with the wireless beacon device, wherein the identifier corresponds to a mobile asset associated with a property. A location of the wireless beacon device is determined to be outside of an area that defines permissible locations of the mobile asset. Based on the determination, the electronic monitoring system determines to dispatch a robotic device to the location of the wireless beacon device. A particular robotic device to dispatch is identified based on the determination to dispatch a robotic device to the location of the wireless beacon device. A command is transmitted to the particular robotic device that instructs the particular robotic device to navigate to the location of the wireless beacon device.