PET OWNER EVALUATION SYSTEM

• US 20170372583A1
• Filed: 06/22/2016
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Lamkin, Andrew F., Anthony, Katherine P., Needham, Bradford H.
• Granted Patent: US 10,600,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/005 Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule

Abstract

Embodiments of a system and method for method for automatically determining pet owner interaction with a pet are generally described herein. A method may include obtaining sensor data including pet behavior metrics from a sensor, aggregating the sensor data, and interpreting the aggregated sensor data to determine an engagement factor of a pet owner to a pet. The method may include outputting a report based on the engagement factor or the aggregated sensor data.

Claims

1. A system for automatically tracking pet owner interaction with a pet, the system comprising:

a receiver to obtain sensor data including pet behavior metrics from a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors including at least one sensor of an on-pet device and at least one sensor of an off-pet device;

an aggregator to aggregate the sensor data over a predetermined period of time;

an engagement factor component to interpret the aggregated sensor data to automatically determine an aggregated engagement factor of the pet owner to the pet, the aggregated engagement factor corresponding to overall interaction between the pet owner and the pet; and

a transmitter to output a report indicating the aggregated engagement factor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein to output the report, the transmitter is to output the report to a user who is not the pet owner.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a comparator to determine whether the aggregated engagement factor is below a baseline engagement factor;

and wherein the transmitter is further to output, in response to determining that the aggregated engagement factor is below the baseline engagement factor, an alert indicating the aggregated engagement factor is below the baseline engagement factor.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the baseline engagement factor is preset by the user who is not the pet owner.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the baseline engagement factor is determined using a machine learning technique.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the machine learning technique is used to determine a change in activity of the pet owner over time.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the transmitter is to, in response to determining that the aggregated engagement factor exceeds the baseline engagement factor, output an indication of a healthy overall interaction.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the on-pet device is a pet wearable device and the at least one sensor of the on-pet device includes at least one of a movement sensor, a biosensor, and a GPS sensor.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the off-pet device includes at least one of a pet collaboration device, a pet motion sensor device, and a pet bowl device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the aggregated engagement factor includes a plurality of engagement factors, and wherein to automatically determine the aggregated engagement factor includes to automatically determine the aggregated engagement factor from the plurality of engagement factors.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the engagement factor component is further to apply a weight to the plurality of engagement factors.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the engagement factor component is further to:

interpret a second set of aggregated sensor data to automatically determine a second aggregated engagement factor of the pet owner to the pet; and

determine whether the second aggregated engagement factor exceeds the aggregated engagement factor.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the transmitter is to, in response to determining that the second aggregated engagement factor is below the aggregated engagement factor, alert the pet owner.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the report includes a trend analysis based on the aggregated engagement factor and the second aggregated engagement factor.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the pet behavior metrics indicate a leash is connected to a collar of the pet.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is further to provide a recommendation for improving the aggregated engagement factor.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein a sensor of the plurality of sensors is a wearable device used by the pet owner, and the sensor data includes sensor data from the wearable device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein to interpret the aggregated sensor data to automatically determine the aggregated engagement factor, the engagement factor component is further to determine that the sensor data from the wearable device includes location and timing data corresponding to the pet behavior metrics, and wherein the report positively reflects that the location and timing data of sensor data from the wearable device corresponds to the pet behavior metrics.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein to output the report, the transmitter is to output the report using an Application Programming Interface (API) protocol.

20. A method for automatically determining pet owner interaction with a pet, the method comprising:

obtaining sensor data including pet behavior metrics from a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors including at least one sensor of an on-pet device and at least one sensor of an off-pet device;

aggregating the sensor data over a predetermined period of time;

interpreting the aggregated sensor data to automatically determine an aggregated engagement factor of the pet owner to the pet, the aggregated engagement factor corresponding to overall interaction between the pet owner and the pet; and

outputting a report indicating the aggregated engagement factor.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein outputting the report includes outputting the report to a user who is not the pet owner.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising determining whether the aggregated engagement factor is below a baseline engagement factor, and outputting, in response to determining that the aggregated engagement factor is below the baseline engagement factor, an alert indicating the aggregated engagement factor is below the baseline engagement factor.

23. At least one machine readable medium, including instructions, which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to:

obtain sensor data including pet behavior metrics from a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors including at least one sensor of an on-pet device and at least one sensor of an off-pet device;

aggregate the sensor data over a predetermined period of time;

interpret the aggregated sensor data to automatically determine an aggregated engagement factor of the pet owner to the pet, the aggregated engagement factor corresponding to overall interaction between the pet owner and the pet; and

output a report indicating the aggregated engagement factor.

24. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions to apply a weight to the plurality of engagement factors.

25. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions to provide a recommendation for improving the aggregated engagement factor.