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INUPATHY the worlds' first dogs mental visualizer.

Seen shiny colorful dog wears? But this one changes with your dogs emotion. INUPATHY.

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INUPATHY the worlds' first dogs mental visualizer.

INUPATHY the worlds' first dogs mental visualizer.

INUPATHY the worlds' first dogs mental visualizer.

INUPATHY the worlds' first dogs mental visualizer.

INUPATHY the worlds' first dogs mental visualizer.

Seen shiny colorful dog wears? But this one changes with your dogs emotion. INUPATHY.

Seen shiny colorful dog wears? But this one changes with your dogs emotion. INUPATHY.

Seen shiny colorful dog wears? But this one changes with your dogs emotion. INUPATHY.

Seen shiny colorful dog wears? But this one changes with your dogs emotion. INUPATHY.

Joji Yamaguchi
Joji Yamaguchi
Joji Yamaguchi
Joji Yamaguchi
1 Campaign |
Tokyo, Japan
$12,147 USD 91 backers
40% of $30,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

English explanation follows after Japanese explanation.

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There is a lot to learn from your dog, but a dogs life is short.
INUPATHY is your chance to learn more from your dog, in depth.

How can we learn more from our dogs?
The idea is to LOOK INSIDE DOGS BODY.

INUPATHY senses the small changes in your dogs
heart rate, and visualize it in real time.

INUPATHY is the worlds first attempt to
visualize dogs mental condition, from heart rate analysis.

The INUPATHY cloud service will take care of dogs heart rate data.
Long term analysis of the dogs condition will be done at the cloud service.

The INUPATHY system consits of three components.
Hardware, application, and cloud service.

As our future vision, we will implement device connectivity.
Via smartphones or other relay device,
INUPATHY will be able to send emotion
data to various devices. Imagine what will happen!

A toy reacting to your dogs' attention!
A camera that catches your dogs' happiest moment!
A food bowl that can tell you how much you dog likes his meal!

*Some of the App features shown above are stretch goals.

INUPATHY is designed like a harness.
Sensor will be attached to the chest belt.
The broad white area of the device is the LED display.

INUPATHY will be a perfect gift for your families dog,
or your friends dog!

Hi, I am Joji Yamaguchi, inventor of INUPATHY.

I am a software hardware engineer living in Japan.
I am a father of a dog (was two), and two human children.

I was a biology researcher before I started my career as an engineer.
My main interest was in animal behavior. When I was 27, I got married. My wife brought her dog, Midori, with her, and I became a father of a dog.

Soon after our marriage, we invited a second dog to our family.
His name is Akane, and he is the very reason why I invented INUPATHY.
When he was young, Akane seemed to be always afraid of something.

I wanted to know him better. I wanted to know what made him stressed,
and how I can make him more relaxed.

When I touch his chest, I could feel his little heart beating, sometimes fast, and some times slow. I wanted to be able to sense this any time. And so, I came up with the idea of visualizing dogs heart rate.

To do this, I had to invent a sensor that can sense heart beat over thick fur, gently, with no pain.

I stepped in further to analyze heart rate. I modified HRV analysis,
which analyzes the fluctuation of heart beat rhythm,
so that it becomes suitable for dogs.
After carefully observing dogs' behavior and the HRV pattern,
I found patterns that appears typically when the dog is happy, and when the dog is concentrated.

INUPATHY gave me many insight about Akane.
For example, when he is afraid,
he can't be calm by talking to him gently.
I have to give him a gentle touch.

My belief is, that technology is not for human only.
Since our technology uses resource on earth,
we have to share it with other members on earth.

INUPATHY is also my first step to make a better
relationship with other species on Earth.
This is a dream far too big for one man. Please help me.
Become a part of the change we need to make.

During our user test, we have tried INUPATHY on more than 40 dogs.
It seemed to be working well,
but we must admit that there can be exceptions.
We also still have a lot to do to optimize our design,
to make it as comfortable for dogs as possible.
Therefore, please note that there could be design changes.

We aim to be certified for FCC, CE, and TELEC.
When shipping to areas where our wireless module is not certified,
we may have to disable the wireless connectivity of INUPATHY
(Heart rate analysis and LED display will be supported,
but will not be able to connect to other devices, such as iOS devices).

When we fail to meet our $30,000 goal,
we will give up making steel mold,
but will produce and ship the product,
with 3D print. In this case,
the device will not be flexible, and will not be drip-proof.

Battery life is currently approximately 5 hours
(this depends on the average heart rate).
We will try our best to make it last longer.

When we meet our $30,000 the majority of the money
will be spent on steel mold.
Remaining will be used on safety tests and authentications
(FCC, CE, TELEC).

Please feel free to contact us from our web site.
Tell us what you think about INUPATHY,
and our vision. Please become a part of the team.

AND PLEASE SHARE! Tell your friend our story.

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SXSW Campaign get one INUPATHY

$169 USD
This is a limited campaign price celebrating the SXSW! Get one INUPATHY for 32 % off, NOW! The size is limited to dogs from chest round 35cm to 80cm. That is 13.7 inches to 31.5 inches. Comes with iOS App. This will also be a perfect gift for a friend or family with a dog!
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
24 out of 30 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Donation "Tech for Animals!"

$10 USD
Thank you for your donation! Your name will be on our INUPATHY homepage as our supporter (Please let us know if you don't want to have your name on the homepage, before the campaign ends!). This will be applied to other perks as well.
12 claimed
Ships worldwide.

T-shirt and Sticker

$40 USD
Get one T-Shirt, and stickers especially designed for INUPATHY! "Dog makes world happy!"
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
24 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Simple Donation (Big)

$100 USD
Thank you very much for your donation! I will promise to use this money to make a better life for animals and humans. Your name will be listed as a special supporter at our web site.
3 claimed

Early Bird One INUPATHY

$199 USD
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT!! Get one INUPATHY and iOS App! INUPATHY is for dogs of chest round 35 cm to 80cm (Typically, from Toy Poodle to Golden Retriever). If your partner is out of size, check our semi-order-made option.
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
7 out of 22 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Get One INUPATHY.

$249 USD
Get one INUPATHY and iOS App! INUPATHY is for dogs of chest round 35 cm to 80cm (Typically, from Toy Poodle to Golden Retriever). If your partner is out of size, check our semi-order-made option.
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
1 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Early Bird Two INUPATHY

$398 USD
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT! Get two INUPATHY and enjoy pair of dogs in Interaction! + iOS App INUPATHY is for dogs of chest round 35 cm to 80cm (Typically, from Toy Poodle to Golden Retriever). If your partner is out of size, check our semi-order-made option.
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
1 out of 23 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Custum-made INUPATHY

$499 USD
Get One Custum-made INUPATHY. If your dog is too small or too large for our size, tell us your friends size and we will make a 3D printed INUPATHY. Note that since it will be made by 3D printer, it will not be smooth & flexible, and it will not be drip proof. The minimum size is 2 kilogram dogs. Also note that the number of LEDs will not change, even for huge dogs. + iOS App We can also add your dogs name to the body of INUPATHY.
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
2 out of 15 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
sold out

Super Early Bird One INUPATHY

$149 USD
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
10 out of 10 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
sold out

Super Early Bird Two INUPATHY

$298 USD
Estimated Shipping
December 2016
2 out of 2 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
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