IP Library Granted Patent US 12,133,510
Granted Patent B2
US 12,133,510 · App. 17/874,261 · Granted Nov 5, 2024

Computer controlled stress and strain gauge sensor

Inventor: Mario J. Marin (Murrieta, CA)
A01K29/005A01K15/021A01K15/025G01L1/22G01L5/0033G01L5/10G01L5/1627G08B5/36G08B21/182
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Patent No.
US 12,133,510
App. No.
17/874,261
Granted
Nov 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments disclose a stress and strain gauge including at least one stress and strain sensor module configured to sense stresses and strains being applied by an animal biting a rope extending from a protective hand guard, a stress and strain gauge indicator coupled to the at least one stress and strain sensor configured for measuring the sensed stresses and strains as strain levels, a processor coupled to the stress and strain gauge indicator configured to dynamically analyze and compare the strain levels to predetermined threshold strain level measurements to determine a current animal play level that varies incrementally, and an alert module wirelessly coupled to the processor configured to notify a user of the protective hand guard in real-time of the current incremental animal play level.

Claims (32)

1. A stress and strain gauge, comprising:

at least one stress and strain sensor module configured to sense stresses and strains being applied by an animal biting a rope extending from a protective hand guard;

a stress and strain gauge indicator coupled to the at least one stress and strain sensor configured for measuring the sensed stresses and strains as strain levels;

a processor coupled to the stress and strain gauge indicator configured to dynamically analyze and compare the strain levels to predetermined threshold strain level measurements to determine a current animal play level that varies incrementally; and

an alert module wirelessly coupled to the processor configured to notify a user of the protective hand guard in real-time of the current incremental animal play level.

2. The stress and strain gauge of claim 1 , wherein the alert module is wirelessly coupled to a mobile application and configured to display the sensed stresses and strains measurements in a graphic and numeric format.

3. The stress and strain gauge of claim 1 , wherein the protective hand guard includes an illuminator with a series of light emitting diode (LED) lights coupled to the alert module and configured to illuminate the LED lights incrementally in real-time based on the current determined animal play level.

4. The stress and strain gauge of claim 1 , wherein the strain level includes a magnitude of thrashing force configured as a combination strain force that is determined by alternating strain forces from one side to another side of the rope.

5. The stress and strain gauge of claim 1 , wherein the strain levels comprise biting forces, tensile strains, pulling forces, magnitude of thrashing forces and force frequencies, wherein the pulling force is a simultaneous tensile pulling force.

6. The stress and strain gauge of claim 1 , wherein the alert module includes at least one audible alert configured to produce differing sounds incrementally in real-time based on the current determined animal play level.

7. The stress and strain gauge of claim 1 , further comprising a communications module coupled to the stress and strain gauge indicator configured to wirelessly transmit the current animal play level to a remote computer.

8. A stress and strain gauge analyzer, comprising:

at least one stress and strain sensor module configured to sense stresses and strains being applied by an animal biting an extension device extending from a protective hand guard;

a stress and strain gauge indicator coupled to the at least one stress and strain sensor configured for dynamically measuring values of the sensed stresses and strains;

a processor coupled to the stress and strain gauge indicator configured to dynamically analyze and compare the dynamically measured values to predetermined threshold measurement values to determine a current animal play level that varies incrementally; and

an alert mobile application operating on a smart phone wirelessly coupled to the processor and configured to notify a user of the protective hand guard in real-time of the current incremental animal play level.

9. The stress and strain gauge analyzer of claim 8 , wherein the at least one stress sensor module is coupled to an integrated sensor module compartment inside the protective hand guard.

10. The stress and strain gauge analyzer of claim 8 , further comprising a digital memory device configured for storing the predetermined threshold measurement values.

11. The stress and strain gauge analyzer of claim 8 , wherein the alert mobile application includes a plurality of audible alerts of the current incremental play level.

12. The stress and strain gauge analyzer of claim 8 , wherein the dynamically measured values include strain levels comprise biting forces, tensile strains, pulling forces, magnitude of thrashing forces and force frequencies, wherein the pulling force is a simultaneous tensile pulling force.

13. The stress and strain gauge analyzer of claim 8 , wherein the alert mobile application includes graphic and numeric displays of the real-time current incremental animal play level on the user mobile application.

14. The stress and strain gauge analyzer of claim 8 , wherein the protective hand guard includes an illuminator with a series of light emitting diode (LED) lights coupled to the alert mobile application and configured to illuminate the LED lights incrementally in real-time based on the current incremental animal play level.

15. A stress and strain gauge processor, comprising:

at least one stress and strain sensor module configured to sense stresses and strains being applied by a dog biting a rope extending from a protective hand guard;

a stress and strain gauge indicator coupled to the at least one stress and strain sensor configured for dynamically measuring values of the sensed stresses and strains in real-time;

a processor coupled to the stress and strain gauge indicator configured to automatically and dynamically analyze and compare in real-time the dynamically measured values to predetermined threshold measurement values to produce a current dog play level having varying levels of play classification; and

an alert mobile application operating on a smart phone wirelessly coupled to the processor and configured to notify a user of the protective hand guard in real-time of the current varying levels of play classification.

16. The stress and strain gauge processor of claim 15 , further comprising a digital memory device configured for storing the predetermined threshold measurement values.

17. The stress and strain gauge processor of claim 15 , wherein the alert mobile application displays a graphic and numeric value in real-time of the current varying level of play classification.

18. The stress and strain gauge processor of claim 15 , further comprising a computer controlled stress and strain gauge sensor with an AR/VR application for presenting a user with virtual lessons and teachings of stress and strain gauge sensor analytics.

19. The stress and strain gauge processor of claim 15 , wherein the protective hand guard includes an illuminator with a series of light emitting diode (LED) lights coupled to the alert mobile application and configured to illuminate the LED lights incrementally in real-time based on the current varying levels of play classification.

20. The stress and strain gauge processor of claim 15 , wherein the alert mobile application includes a plurality of audible alerts of the current varying level of play classification in real-time.

Continuity (2)
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