ANIMAL CONTROL SYSTEM
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Abstract
An animal control system, including at least one transducer assembly intimately associated with an animal, and at least one control unit, wherein the control unit contains at least one assembly that includes on-board data, and the control unit is configured to a) receive data from the transducer assembly, and b) assess the received data with respect to the on-board data, and c) formulate and transmit a command to an appropriate transducer assembly; the system characterized in that the control unit is functionally separated from both actuation of the command and from the transducer assembly or assemblies.
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37 Claims
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22. An animal control system, including:
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at least one on-animal transducer assembly physically associated with an animal, said transducer assembly being adapted to transmit individual animal data including an ID for the animal, wherein the on-animal transducer is inserted into or directly attached to the animal; at least one off-animal transducer assembly configured to send and/or receive data, wherein the off-animal transducer assembly is not inserted into or attached to the animal; and at least one control unit, wherein the control unit contains at least one assembly that includes on-board data, wherein the control unit is configured to a) receive individual animal data from the on-animal or the off-animal transducer assembly, and b) assess the received individual animal data with respect to historical individual animal data stored as on-board data in the control unit, and c) formulate a command using the historical individual animal data of the animal; and d) transmit the command, including the ID for the animal, to an appropriate on-animal or off-animal transducer assembly, wherein the control unit is functionally separated from both the actuation of the command and from the transducer assembly or assemblies, and wherein all of the components of the animal control system are configured to function independently of an operator. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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Specification