SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MONITORING THE BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND/OR CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ANIMAL

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer code products for monitoring the behavior, health, and/or characteristics of an animal are disclosed herein. In one implementation, the animal is positioned inside a waste container placed on a system that is adapted to determine, record and communicate over a network various animal health parameters These parameters can be processed to determine trends, statistics and changes of animal physiological functions. The results can be used to access animal health conditions and issue warnings alarms, messages, and other notifications to designated caretakers. These notifications may be displayed using various means such as computers and/or mobile devices. Data retrieval and review capability can provide improved understanding of an animal's health conditions arid facilitate early illness detection.

主权项

1. An apparatus for monitoring an animal, the apparatus comprising:
a first measuring device to measure a weight of the animal: at least one second measuring device to measure at least one of an amount of food consumed by the animal, an amount of food added to a food container, an amount of water consumed by the animal and an amount of water added to a water container; a sensor to detect the presence of the animal at the apparatus; and an interface configured to send first data indicative of the measured weight of the animal, and second data indicative of at least one of the amount of toed consumed by the animal, the amount of food added to the food container, the amount of water consumed by the animal and the amount of water added to the water container, to a storage device for storage and to a processor configured to calculate derived data associated with the animal from the first and second data, and send an alert associated with the animal to be displayed on a remote display, the derived, data including at least two of
a plurality of instances of the measured weight of the animal over a period of time,a plurality of instances of the amount of food consumed by the animal over a period of time,a plurality of instances of the amount of food added to the food container over a period of time,a plurality of instances of the amount of water consumed by the animal over a period of time, anda plurality of instances of the amount of water added to the water container over a period of time.