IP Library Granted Patent US 11,889,820
Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,820 · App. 17/641,393 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Position information transmission device, position information transmission method, and program

Inventors: Takuto Egami (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Ueda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
A01K29/005A01K11/008G01S19/05G01S19/14G08B21/18
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Patent No.
US 11,889,820
App. No.
17/641,393
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device is attached to an animal in a facility, for example, using a band. The communication device transmits at least a position of the communication device (hereinafter referred to as position information) and identification information of the communication device (hereinafter referred to as a communication device ID) to a position information transmission device. The position information transmission device uses the position information and the identification information received from the communication device to select an animal whose position information is to be delivered. The position information transmission device transmits the position information about the selected animal to at least one of an in-zoo display device, a user terminal, and a staff member terminal.

Claims (29)

1. A position information transmission device comprising:

an acquirer configured to acquire position information of a communicator or an animal and identification information for identifying the communicator or the animal from the communicator attached to each of a plurality of animals within a facility; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the position information to a display with respect to the animal whose position information satisfies a criterion,

wherein the transmitter transmits the position information to the display when a position indicated in the position information is within an exhibition area of the animal corresponding to the identification information received together with the position information.

2. The position information transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits abnormality information about the animal corresponding to the position information to a terminal used by a staff member of the facility when the position information has not changed for a reference time period or longer.

3. The position information transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein the transmitter transmits the abnormality information to the terminal together with the position information.

4. The position information transmission device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display device is a terminal owned by a visitor to the facility, and

wherein the transmitter

receives designation information for designating the animal from the terminal and

transmits the position information to the display when the position information of the animal indicated in the designation information satisfies the criterion.

5. The position information transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits a notification indicating that the criterion is not satisfied to the display with respect to the animal whose position information does not satisfy the criterion.

6. The position information transmission device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the acquirer further includes a processor configured to acquire state information indicating a state of the animal generated by a sensor and process the state information, and

wherein the transmitter further transmits a processing result of the processor to the display.

7. The position information transmission device according to claim 5 , wherein the transmitter reads habit information corresponding to the identification information acquired by the acquirer from a habit information storage storing the habit information that is a result of statistical processing of the state information for each animal and transmits the read habit information to the display.

8. The position information transmission device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the sensor is attached to the animal, and

wherein the acquirer acquires the state information from the communicator.

9. The position information transmission device according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor is an imager configured to generate an image of the animal.

10. A position information transmission method comprising:

acquiring, by a computer, position information of a communicator or an animal and identification information for identifying the communicator or the animal from the communicator attached to each of a plurality of animals within a facility; and

transmitting, by the computer, the position information to a display with respect to the animal whose position information satisfies a criterion,

wherein the position information is transmitted to the display when a position indicated in the position information is within an exhibition area of the animal corresponding to the identification information received together with the position information.

11. A position information transmission device comprising:

an acquirer configured to acquire position information of a communicator or an animal and identification information for identifying the communicator or the animal from the communicator attached to each of a plurality of animals within a facility; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the position information to a display with respect to the animal whose position information satisfies a criterion,

wherein the transmitter transmits a notification indicating that the criterion is not satisfied to the display with respect to the animal whose position information does not satisfy the criterion, and

wherein the transmitter reads habit information corresponding to the identification information acquired by the acquirer from a habit information storage storing the habit information that is a result of statistical processing of the state information for each animal and transmits the read habit information to the display.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 26, 2026
From: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 075830/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: EGAMI, TAKUTO; UEDA, SHINYA
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059211/0602 →
Continuity (1)
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