MOVING OBJECT LOCATING APPARATUS

• US 20080061978A1
• Filed: 01/08/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dennis Huang
• Original Assignee: Dennis Huang
• Inventors: HUANG, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US11/620,812
• Publication Number:
  US 20080061978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/006 Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals identification systems for access to feeding pens A01K1/0209; ear tags with electronic identification means A01K11/004
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/021 Electronic training devices specially adapted for dogs or cats
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/00 Other apparatus for animal husbandry
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/06 Means for increasing effective directivity, e.g. by combining signals having differently oriented directivity characteristics or by sharpening the envelope waveform of the signal derived from a rotating or oscillating beam antenna comparing amplitude of signals having differently oriented directivity characteristics to determine direction G01S3/16, G01S3/28
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/38 using adjustment of real or effective orientation of directivity characteristic of an antenna or an antenna system to give a desired condition of signal derived from that antenna or antenna system, e.g. to give a maximum or minimum signal G01S3/16, G01S3/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons

Abstract

The present invention relates to a moving object locating apparatus that comprises a search unit and at least one target unit. The first central processing unit is configured to proceed with coding, and the antenna module is configured to transmit searching signals that carry identification codes. The target unit, which is provided with a default identification code, comprises a radio transmit-receive unit, a second central processing unit and a second power unit. When the radio transmit-receive unit receives the searching signal, the second central processing unit will decode the identification code carried by the searching signal and matches with the default identification code of the target unit. When two codes are matched, the second central processing unit then will proceed to coding and then actuate the radio transmit-receive unit to transmit a response signal, which carries the default identification code, back to the search unit.

Claims

1. A moving object locating apparatus comprising:

a search unit comprising a first central processing unit for coding, an antenna module configured to transmit searching signals which carry identification codes and a first power unit; and

at least one target unit provided with a default identification code comprising a radio transmit-receive unit, a second central processing unit and a second power unit;

as said radio transmit-receive unit receives said searching signal, said second central processing unit decodes the identification code carried by said searching signal and matches with the default identification code of said target unit;

when two codes are matched, said second central processing unit then proceeds to coding and actuates said radio transmit-receive unit to transmit a response signal, which carries said default identification code, back to said search unit.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said search unit further comprises a switch, and said antenna module further comprises an omni-directional antenna and a directional antenna, to which said switch is connected respectively;

said omni-directional antenna is first employed to search for said target unit and then, when said target unit is detected within a predetermined radius, said omni-directional antenna is switched to said directional antenna with said switch for further searching.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said search unit further comprises an alarm unit;

upon receiving the response signal from said target unit, said alarm unit is initiated.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the quantity of said target unit is one.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said target unit further comprises a s detection activating device;

as said search unit draws near to said target unit, said detection activating device is initiated.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said target unit further comprises an input device for inputting identification numbers.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said search unit further comprises an emitting strength adjustment that allows searching signals to be transmitted at different levels of strength.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said search unit further comprises a sensitivity adjustment that provides different levels of sensitivity upon reception.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are at least two target units.