Wearable mechanism attached to a person or animal for detecting distress conditions

Abstract

Wearable devices that can be used to help track and prevent a stray or lost condition of a human or animal wearer. For example, when a lead used for taking a pet for a walk or leashing the pet to a place such as a kennel is pulled by the pet or a human during walk or while the pet is leashed, a portable electric power generator connected with the lead generates electricity using mechanical energy obtained by the pulling action. The electricity generated by the portable electric power generator is supplied for the electronic device attached to pet worn by the pet through a charging cable disposed along the lead inside or outside the lead, thereby charging a rechargeable battery inside the electronic device attached to pet. The electronic device attached to pet uses the electrical energy of the integrated battery to perform a predetermined operation (such as wirelessly reporting the current location of the pet, and wirelessly reporting information representing the sound of the pet). The electronic device attached to pet reports that the pet got away from a location where the owner exists and has gotten lost for a number of conditions.

1 . A lead for pet comprising: 
 a portable electric power generator including an enclosure incorporating an electric power generator, a cable installed for being wound out from and into the enclosure, the integrated electric power generator for generating electricity inside the enclosure using a force applied to the cable, and a power supply cable for supplying the generated electricity;    a lead connected with one end of said cable of said portable electric power generator at one end, and used for holding said power supply cable inside or outside in parallel;    a joint installed on the other end of said lead, and used for detachably attaching the lead to a collar; and    a power supply line connector attached to an end of said power supply cable close to said joint.    
   
   
       2 . A wearable mechanism comprising: 
 a jack for power supply cable disposed on the outside surface of said wearable mechanism;    a power supply line disposed in the lengthwise direction of said wearable mechanism starting from said jack for power supply;    an electric connector disposed on an end of said power supply line; and    a joint for detachably attaching a lead.    
   
   
       3 . A collar for pet formed by connecting said electric connector of said wearable mechanism according to  claim 2 .  
   
   
       4 . An electronic device disposed on or in a wearable mechanism, the device comprising: 
 a battery for supplying a plurality of individual units with electric power;    a GPS unit for detecting the current location;    an antenna unit for wireless transmission/reception; and    a wireless data communication unit for using said antenna unit to wirelessly transmit/receive data,    wherein said wireless data communication unit is used to transmit a message including information on remaining energy amount of said battery, and said current location.    
   
   
       5 . An electronic device disposed on or in a wearable mechanism, the device comprising: 
 a rechargeable battery for supplying a plurality of individual units with electric power;    a jack for accepting a plug for supplying electricity for charging;    an interface circuit for charging capable of detecting the existence of said plug inside said jack; and    memory for storing a program, wherein the program is invoked on detecting the absence of said plug inside said jack by said interface circuit for charging.    
   
   
       6 . An electronic device disposed on or in a wearable mechanism, the device comprising: 
 a battery for supplying a plurality of individual units with electric power;    a GPS unit for detecting the current location;    an antenna unit for wireless transmission/reception;    a wireless data communication unit for using said antenna unit to wirelessly transmit/receive data; and    wearable mechanism pullout detecting means for detecting a pullout of the wearable mechanism from a neck of a wearer,    wherein said wireless data communication unit is used to wirelessly transmit a message including identification information of said wearer, and information indicating that the wearer has gotten lost to a predetermined destination when said detecting means detects the wearable mechanism pullout.    
   
   
       7 . An electronic device disposed on or in a wearable mechanism, the device comprising: 
 a rechargeable battery for supplying a plurality of individual units with electric power;    a charging interface circuit for charging said rechargeable battery, and detecting a charge status;    a GPS unit for detecting a current location;    an antenna unit for wireless transmission/reception;    a wireless data communication unit for using said antenna unit to wirelessly transmit/receive data; and    detecting means for detecting the occurrence of a stray status where said GPS unit detects a location away from a registered location by a predetermined distance, and simultaneously said charging interface circuit has not detected a charging of said rechargeable battery for more than a predetermined period,    wherein said wireless data communication unit is used to wirelessly transmit a message to a predetermined destination including identification information of a wearer, and information indicating that the wearer has gotten lost when said detecting means detects an occurrence of said stray status.    
   
   
       8 . An electronic device disposed on or in a wearable mechanism, the device comprising: 
 a rechargeable battery for supplying a plurality of individual units with electric power;    a charging interface circuit for charging said rechargeable battery, and detecting the charge status;    a GPS unit for detecting a current location;    an antenna unit for wireless transmission/reception;    a wireless data communication unit for using said antenna unit to wirelessly transmit/receive data; and    detecting means for detecting an occurrence of a stray status of a wearer wearing said wearable mechanism,    wherein said wireless data communication unit is used to wirelessly transmit a message to a predetermined destination including identification information of the wearer, and information indicating that the wearer has gotten lost when said detecting means detects an occurrence of said stray status.    
   
   
       9 . An electronic device disposed on or in a wearable mechanism, the device comprising: 
 a rechargeable battery for supplying individual units with electric power;    a charging interface circuit for charging said rechargeable battery, and detecting the charge status;    a GPS unit for detecting the current location;    an antenna unit for wireless transmission/reception;    a wireless data communication unit for using said antenna unit to wirelessly transmit/receive data; and    detecting means for detecting the occurrence of a stray status of a wearer wearing said collar,    wherein said wireless data communication unit is used to wirelessly transmit a message to a predetermined destination including identification information of the wearer, information indicating that the wearer has gotten lost, and the current location of the wearer detected by said GPS unit when said detecting means detects an occurrence of said stray status.    
   
   
       10 . An electronic device disposed on or in a wearable mechanism, the device comprising: 
 a battery for supplying a plurality of individual units with electric power;    a GPS unit for detecting a current location;    an antenna unit for wireless transmission/reception; and    a wireless data communication unit for using said antenna unit to wirelessly transmit/receive data,    wherein said wireless data communication unit is used to transmit a message including at least one of information on remaining energy amount of said battery or identification information of the wearer.