Pet Care System
Pet care and patient care systems have a lot in
common. With a Webcam or a Kinect interface, we can detect
the motion or lack of motion of a pet/patient.
It is also possible to detect whether a patient
has a fall, which should cause the system to send
an alert message.
Pet Care system requirements:
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InputProcessor will process input video stream from WebCam at a specified speed
of N frame per second.
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Uploader will upload images and send alert messages to the pet owner through the Web Server.
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Video images will be processed by PetAbsence to detect the
absence of a pet.
If the pet is absent for a specified Na frames,
an alert message is sent to the pet owner by Uploader.
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Video images will be processed by PetNoMovement to detect the
lack of movement of a pet.
If the pet does not move for a specified Ns frames,
an alert message is sent to the pet owner by Uploader.
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GUI allows the user (pet owner) to specify various
parameters such as N (frame rate per second),
Na (number of frames for absence to trigger an alarm),
and
Ns (number of frames for no movement to trigger an alarm).
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(For experimental purpose, you can select a few images from Prof. Chang's website to test your PetAbsence or PetNoMovement algorithms.)
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(Typical video streams can be observed at the website of Camp Bow Wow.)