Multiple sensors for monitoring health and wellness of an animal
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1. A wearable device for an animal comprising:
- a processor;
an accelerometer;
a microphone;
a clock;
an ultra-wideband (UWB) radar system including a first inward-facing antenna through which a UWB signal is transmitted and a second inward-facing antenna through which a return UWB signal is received; and
memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;
receive a signal from the accelerometer;
determine if the signal received from the accelerometer is over an acceleration threshold associated with a high impact;
after determining the signal received from the accelerometer is over the acceleration threshold associated with the high impact, retrieve microphone data that was collected before a time of the signal received from the accelerometer that is over an acceleration threshold associated with the high impact;
weight the signal received from the accelerometer and the microphone data;
determine, based on a combination of the weighted signal received from the accelerometer and the weighted microphone data, whether a probability that a high-impact event has occurred is over a threshold associated with the high-impact event;
based on determining that the probability that the high-impact event has occurred is over the threshold associated with the high-impact event;
generate a UWB signal by the UWB radar system and output the UWB signal through the first inward-facing antenna;
receive a return UWB signal from the second inward-facing antenna;
determine whether the return UWB signal received from the second inward-facing antenna indicates an abnormal condition; and
provide an alert that the UWB signal indicates the abnormal condition; and
in response to determining the signal received from the accelerometer is below a minimum threshold amount of acceleration over a time period;
receive a clock signal;
determine whether a current time is at night; and
in response to determining the signal received from the clock indicates the current time is at night;
generate a UWB signal by the UWB radar system and output the UWB signal through the first inward-facing antenna;
receive a return UWB signal from the second inward-facing antenna; and
process the return UWB signal to determine a baseline measurement of a vital sign of the animal.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis.
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1. A wearable device for an animal comprising:
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a processor; an accelerometer; a microphone; a clock; an ultra-wideband (UWB) radar system including a first inward-facing antenna through which a UWB signal is transmitted and a second inward-facing antenna through which a return UWB signal is received; and memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; receive a signal from the accelerometer; determine if the signal received from the accelerometer is over an acceleration threshold associated with a high impact; after determining the signal received from the accelerometer is over the acceleration threshold associated with the high impact, retrieve microphone data that was collected before a time of the signal received from the accelerometer that is over an acceleration threshold associated with the high impact; weight the signal received from the accelerometer and the microphone data; determine, based on a combination of the weighted signal received from the accelerometer and the weighted microphone data, whether a probability that a high-impact event has occurred is over a threshold associated with the high-impact event; based on determining that the probability that the high-impact event has occurred is over the threshold associated with the high-impact event; generate a UWB signal by the UWB radar system and output the UWB signal through the first inward-facing antenna; receive a return UWB signal from the second inward-facing antenna; determine whether the return UWB signal received from the second inward-facing antenna indicates an abnormal condition; and provide an alert that the UWB signal indicates the abnormal condition; and in response to determining the signal received from the accelerometer is below a minimum threshold amount of acceleration over a time period; receive a clock signal; determine whether a current time is at night; and in response to determining the signal received from the clock indicates the current time is at night; generate a UWB signal by the UWB radar system and output the UWB signal through the first inward-facing antenna; receive a return UWB signal from the second inward-facing antenna; and process the return UWB signal to determine a baseline measurement of a vital sign of the animal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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