Claims:The scope of the invention is defined by the following claims:
Claim:
1. A system/method for providing the feeder system for Per, said system/method comprising the steps of:
a) The proposed invention used Raspbian based Linux system (1) Raspbian (a Linux based operating system (2) − due to its compatibility with Raspberry pi) and powered by Cortex a-53 processor (3).
b) The essential hardware and network setup (4) is configured for proposed invention.
c) The server configuration (5) is setup to run on the proposed invention.
d) The user controls (6) and feed system (7) status are controlled via the IoT.
2. As mentioned in claim 1, Raspbian OS is installed first. This is followed by programming the Cortex A53 microprocessor which regulates the entire automated system
3. As per claim 1, After the Raspbian OS is setup, the next step is to wire-up the components that will be attached to the Pi’s GPIO pins.
4. As mentioned in claim 1, the entire system components are connected via the Raspbian OS such as buttons, motors, and LCD screen. If the system satisfies the conditions, then the feeding machine is initiated to deliver the milk to the pet. , Description:Field of Invention
The present invention relates to, Household pets need special treatment and care. Owners need due. Lack of adequate attention to pets’ needs might have great consequential effects, such as starvation, ill health, among others. Due to concurrent tasks demanding owners’ attention, couple with busy life style, management of these pets may not be as simple as expected. Hence, the need to migrate from manual to technology-based management of pets’ daily needs.

Background of the Invention
Several works have been done in attempt to automate diverse human activities. However, one system, proposed in C.P. Ricci (US2016/9378601B2), methods and systems for home automation that determines state of and/or activities within a household and provide information to remotely located owner. Thus, the house owner can remotely identify occupants and monitor their activities. Another work in R.M. Orr (US2014/10170123B2), presented a speech-enabled technology using virtual assistant that accepts speech as input to control electronic devices in remote location. The virtual assistant has natural language processing capability. Thus, via speech, devices within the technology network can be remotely controlled.
A typical pet feeder should have a dispenser that releases dry pet feeds; the amount of food dispensed can be regulated by a motor. The number of revolutions the motor makes usually determines the quantity of dry pet feeds dispensed. Part of the first automated pet feeder systems designed is the Gravity Feeder (US1984/4538548A), it has a hopper full of pet food which is dispensed evenly through its ports to a bowl. The feeder keeps filling up same bowl as dispensed food are consumed by the pet. Thus, the continuous filling of the bowl can be said to be the down side of this basic pet feeder. This implies that a pet owner would be unable to control the amount of food consumed by the pet.
Similarly, Yaomin (US2017/9560834B2) designed an automatic pet feeder mechanism that has a food hopper and feeds serving tray. The hopper is designed such that its bottom is larger than its top, a cylindrical shaft fitted at its center, and with a tapered outer wall. The primary goal of this invention is to design a system that automates the feeding process of common household pets with easy remote operation and user-friendly interface. The system (CN2014/203505281U) Livestock breeders is a substantial industry in China; traditionally, the puppy of farming has been theo, lambs, cheetah, etc; in order to offer the best microenvironment for the wildlife, they are all brought up on open - air wards; however, since the region is bigger, workmen are required to knock something like this and nourish to every location in the location with nutrient, which requires a large number of workers and components.
One more system was explained in (CN2015/103416316B), The feeding mechanism is joined to the microcontroller, which is utilized to operate the feeding mechanism and perform matching movements in response to the external control commands. A controller terminal, a monitored connector, as well as a pet feeding make up the pet feed. The processes inside the pet feeding control technique are now that external monitoring instructions are obtained in a wireless environment and also that the feeding element is commanded to carry out the appropriate activities depending on external mandatory detention. In telecommunication system, the automatic feeder may accept feedback control methods, requiring no further setup. Controlling instructions can be modified at any moment, as well as the automatic feeder is adaptable. The same type of mechanism is used in (US2007/7650855B2).

According to this idea and living well, life has been a growing demand. Thus, how to raise pets in an easy way has been the main issue recently. This study examines the ability of computation, communication, and control technologies to improve human interaction with pets by the technology of the Internet of Things. An Internet of Things (IoT) based automatic feeder system comes handy to assist in the management of pet’s needs. The latter technology will enable pet owners to remotely manage critical needs that are automatable while engaged in other time and attention demanding tasks.
Summary of the Invention
Currently, there are lots of pet feeding devices in the market, aimed at ensuring that pets get a healthy number of feeds even when the pet owner is away. The major difference in the various pet feeding devices is the degree of control that these devices could give to pet owners and the methodology used to achieve it. Hence, this study proposes a pet feeder system that is IoT driven. The proposed solution, with the aid of a user-friendly interface and the integration of IoT into pet feeder device, would allow users / owners control the pet feeder re- motely. Also, it will enable owners monitor the pet to ensure that proper feeding is always carried out. The proposed design would give pet owners the freedom to travel knowing that with the automatic pet feeder, the pet would be well taken care of.

Brief Description of Drawings
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Figure 1, Block diagram of the proposed automated pet feeder system
Detailed Description of the Invention
Part of objectives of this work is to enable remote access to the automatic pet feeder in order to feed a pet from any part of the world. For that to be possible access to a network is needed; this can be achieved via an Internet protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a unique numerical label assigned to devices connected to a network. For the automatic pet feeder to be accessed remotely, an IP Address would have to be assigned to the pet feeder through the network interface of the Raspberry pi. Private IP address - A private address is an address assigned to devices expected to communicate within a LAN only
Public IP address - A public IP address is an address that uniquely identifies devices over the Internet. Seems the automatic pet feeder is expected to communicate with the pet owner over the Internet, a public IP address would have to be assigned to it by a service provider. Current study, the automatic pet feeder is expected to be connected to a trusted home network.

For devices on different network to communicate, a routing protocol must be setup. This would ensure the pet owner’s network would communicate effectively with the home net- work where the pet feeder is located. Internet service providers make use of border gate protocol (BGP) to route or send data over different networks. BGP is a path vector proto- col that is designed to exchange routing and reach-ability in- formation among various autonomous systems on the Inter- net. With a BGP routing protocol setup, a home network should be able to effectively communicate with the pet owners’ network. The materials that would be needed for the fabrication of the automated pet feeder consists a Raspberry pi, a shaft, stepper motor, relay and food container.
Raspberry pi is a series of micro-computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Raspberry Pi model B is released in the year 2016. It comprises of a 1.2GHz 64-bit quad core processor, with on board 802.11n Wi-Fi and USB boot capability. Two years after, the Raspberry pi model B plus (+) was released. It has a faster processor (1.4GHz), Power over Ethernet (PoE), USB boot capability and a network Boot which makes model B + a perfect microcomputer for this study due to its processor speed and its ability to connect to a home network for remote access. The power engine behind the operation of Raspberry Pi B+ is the Cortex-A53. The processor is mostly 64bit making it a very fast processor. The Cortex-A53 processor has up to four cores, each of the cores has an L1 memory system and a single shared L2 cache. The most advantageous feature of the Cortex-A53 processor is its performance and high level of power efficiency.
The Raspberry Pi Camera Module is a high quality 8megapixel Sony IMX219 image sensor designed for Raspberry Pi, featuring a fixed focus lens. The Raspberry Pi module became prominent from the release of Raspberry Pi Zero [14]. The Pi camera supports up to 1080p30, 720p60 and 640x480p90 video making it a valuable piece for implementing a monitoring sys- tem for the study. A stepper motor is a brushless DC motor that converts electrical power to mechanical power. A stepper motor also called stepping motor divides full rotation into equal steps therefore, and the motor’s position can be programmed to start of stop at specific steps. Stepper motors use the theory of operation for magnet to make its shaft turn in a particular distance. A stepper motor consists of stator and rotor with eight and six poles respectively. The rotor moves exactly 15 degrees for each pulse of electricity received.

Operationally, stepper motors mode of operation is very differently from DC brush motor. A stepper motor consists of multiple toothed electromagnets around a central gear. The electromagnets are controlled and energized by external micro controller. For the stepper motor to turn, the electromagnet would be energized which in turn makes the gear’s teeth attracted to the electromagnet’s teeth. When the gear’s teeth are aligned with the first electromagnet, it’s slightly offset from the next electromagnet, therefore, when the next electromagnet is turned on and the first electromagnet turned off, the gear then rotates slightly which completes one full step. Relays are electrically operated switch. Relays are mostly used when a circuit is to be controlled by an independent low pow- er signal or where multiple circuits are to be controlled by just one signal. A simple electromagnetic relay would have a coil wrapped around a soft iron core, otherwise known as a solenoid, an iron York which is to provide low reluctance for magnetic flux and a movable iron armature.
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