Wireless location assisted zone guidance system region lookup
First Claim
1. A method of electronically selecting, with electrical circuitry including at least a processor therein, a wireless location assisted zone guidance system region representation that is electrically stored in electronically accessible memory and that defines an electrical control signal associated with a current geographic location, comprising the steps of:
- initiating said electrical circuitry;
electrically locating position fixing signal transmitters;
determining said current geographic location based upon electrical transmissions received from said position fixing signal transmitters;
ascertaining presence of at least one stored assisted guidance region and responsive thereto generating a first ascertain result indicative of no stored assisted guidance regions when no presence is ascertained and generating a second ascertain result indicative of at least one stored assisted guidance region when presence is ascertained;
generating a new region query to create a new assisted guidance region responsive to said first ascertain result;
comparing said current geographic location with a plurality of geographic locations represented by said first one of said at least one stored assisted guidance region responsive to said second ascertain result and responsive thereto generating a first compare result indicative of said current geographic location corresponding to a one of said plurality of geographic locations represented by said first one of said at least one stored assisted guidance region;
setting a current assisted guidance region to said first one of said at least one stored assisted guidance region responsive to said first compare result; and
outputting said electrical control signal associated with a said current geographic location to at least one animal stimulation apparatus.
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Abstract
An assisted zone guidance system automatically activates a stored assisted guidance region based upon collar position at initiation, relative location of one or more assisted guidance regions, and possible query results. The assisted guidance regions are stored within a look-up table that is defined by at least one reference point, and rows and columns that are offset from the reference. The table rows and columns correspond to geographic locations. The value retrieved from the indexed array is used to either create a new assisted guidance region, select an assisted guidance region that contains the current collar location, or if the collar is not within a region to select an adjacent assisted guidance region. Each assisted guidance region contains a plurality of guidance zones that each have an associated set of characteristics used to provide behavioral guidance to an animal.
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1. A method of electronically selecting, with electrical circuitry including at least a processor therein, a wireless location assisted zone guidance system region representation that is electrically stored in electronically accessible memory and that defines an electrical control signal associated with a current geographic location, comprising the steps of:
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initiating said electrical circuitry; electrically locating position fixing signal transmitters; determining said current geographic location based upon electrical transmissions received from said position fixing signal transmitters; ascertaining presence of at least one stored assisted guidance region and responsive thereto generating a first ascertain result indicative of no stored assisted guidance regions when no presence is ascertained and generating a second ascertain result indicative of at least one stored assisted guidance region when presence is ascertained; generating a new region query to create a new assisted guidance region responsive to said first ascertain result; comparing said current geographic location with a plurality of geographic locations represented by said first one of said at least one stored assisted guidance region responsive to said second ascertain result and responsive thereto generating a first compare result indicative of said current geographic location corresponding to a one of said plurality of geographic locations represented by said first one of said at least one stored assisted guidance region; setting a current assisted guidance region to said first one of said at least one stored assisted guidance region responsive to said first compare result; and outputting said electrical control signal associated with a said current geographic location to at least one animal stimulation apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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