Electronic and automatic pet door
In a pet door system designed to allow a user to control a pet door to manage access inside and outside of a space, a speaker that plays a first phrase in response to a first trigger. The pet door system comprises at least a sensor, a pet door, and a door opener. The sensor detects a pet entering an area about the pet door in response to the first phrase. The door opener opens a pet door when the sensor detects the pet entering the area about the pet door.
1. A pet door system comprising:
a speaker configured to emit one or more sounds in response to a first trigger, wherein the first trigger is at least one of a local trigger and a remote trigger;
an optical sensor configured to detect a visual presence of a pet within a visual threshold associated with a pet door;
a microphone configured to detect one or more sounds within an auditory threshold associated with the pet door;
a door motivator configured to open a pet door when at least one of the optical sensor and the microphone detects a pet entering a threshold area around the pet door;
a proximity sensor configured to detect a proximity of the pet to the pet door;
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage devices; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to store data associated with at least one pet door event, wherein the pet door event includes recorded data associated with at least one of the speaker, the optical sensor, the microphone, and the door motivator;
program instructions to receive one or more user-submitted program instructions, wherein the one or more user-submitted program instructions include one or more dependent triggers that control the operation of one or more of the speaker, the optical sensor, the microphone, and the door motivator in response to one or more detected events, and wherein the detected event at least includes a detection of the pet within a threshold proximity of the pet door.
2. The pet door system of claim 1 , further comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store the one or more sounds as a pre-recorded phrase.
3. The pet door system of claim 2 , wherein the pre-recorded phrase is recording using a remote device.
4. The pet door system of claim 1 , further comprising an infra-red sensor configured to detect a heat-signature indicative of a pet.
5. The pet door system of claim 1 , wherein the optical sensor is configured to transmit a set of captured images to a remote computer application.
6. The pet door system of claim 5 , wherein the door motivator is configured to close the pet door in response to a second trigger received from the remote computer application in response to a transmission of the set of captured images.
7. The pet door system of claim 1 , wherein the first trigger comprises a clock configured to reach a threshold time.
8. The pet door system of claim 1 , wherein the first trigger comprises a signal received from a remote computer application.
9. The pet door system of claim 1 , wherein the door motivator is configured to close the pet door in response to the pet crossing a threshold of the pet door, wherein the threshold substantially separates a first space from a second space.
10. The pet door system of claim 1 , wherein the pet door system further comprises a treat dispenser configured to dispense at least one treat when the door motivator is in an open configuration.
11. The pet door system of claim 10 , wherein the speaker is further configured to play a second phrase when the treat is dispensed by the treat dispenser.
12. The pet door system of claim 11 , further comprising a remote computer application configured to receive the second phrase.
13. The pet door system of claim 11 , further comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store the second phrase.
14. The pet door system of claim 10 , further comprising a treat holder configured to hold treats to be dispensed by the treat dispenser.
15. The pet door system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a computing device;
a network connected hub, wherein the computing device is connected to the network connected hub and the network connected hub is configured to:
receive transmitted sensor data from the computing device;
send the transmitted sensor data to a remote computer application;
receive a user input from the remote computer application through the network connected hub, wherein the user input is associated with one or more program instructions.
16. The pet door system of claim 15 , further comprising a remote server having a data store, wherein the remote server is configured to receive and send the transmitted sensor data to the computing device.
17. The pet door system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a computing device;
a network connected hub, wherein the computing device is connected to the network connected hub and the network connected hub is configured to:
receive a user input from the remote computer application through the network connected hub, wherein the user input is associated with one or more program instructions.
18. The pet door system of claim 17 , further comprising a remote server having a data store, wherein the remote server is configured to receive and send the transmitted sensor data to the computing device.