| 摘要 |
A system, device and method monitoring whether a core temperature of a warm-blooded pet animal is within a normal range for the pet animal comprises a sensing assembly including (i) a skin temperature sensor positioned such that a sensing surface of the skin temperature sensor faces the animal, the skin temperature sensor configured to produce a skin temperature output, (ii) an ambient temperature sensor spaced away from the animal and configured to produce an ambient temperature output, and (iii) an accelerometer for sensing an acceleration of the pet animal and producing an acceleration output; and a processor for receiving the outputs, calculating an activity level from the acceleration data and determining whether the core temperature of the pet animal is within the normal range based on a pre-defined function relating the skin temperature TS, the ambient temperature TA, and the activity level of the pet animal. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for monitoring whether a core temperature of a warm-blooded pet animal is within a normal range for the pet animal, the system comprising:
a sensing assembly including (i) a skin temperature sensor positioned such that a sensing surface of the skin temperature sensor faces a body of the pet animal, the skin temperature sensor configured to produce a skin temperature output, (ii) an ambient temperature sensor spaced away from the body of the animal and configured to produce an ambient temperature output, and (iii) an accelerometer for sensing an acceleration level of the pet animal and producing an acceleration output; and a processor for receiving the skin temperature output, the ambient temperature output and the acceleration level output and for determining whether the core temperature of the pet animal is within the normal range based on a pre-defined function relating the skin temperature output, TS, the ambient temperature output, TA, and an activity level, A, of the pet animal, the activity level, A, determined by the processor from the acceleration output. |
