Patent ID: 11917981
Assignee: RAMSEIER COATINGS AG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H  E  G | IPC A  E  G

Claim 11:
12. A method for determining whether to at least one of open and unlock a door for an animal, comprising:
capturing images of an approach procedure of the animal, the approach procedure comprising a trajectory of the animal;
storing reference images of a reference trajectory of characteristic procedures of approach of the animal;
comparing the trajectory to the reference trajectory;
actuating a drive for at least one of opening and unlocking the door if a degree of matching between the images and the reference images exceeds a threshold value; and
determining if the animal is holding a captured animal in jaws of the animal by at least one of:
comparing the images and the reference images; and
comparing a weight captured by a pressure sensor in proximity to the door with a reference weight of the animal;

wherein the drive for at least one of opening and unlocking the door is actuated only if the animal is identified as not holding the captured animal in the jaws.