POSITION TRACKING APPARATUS FOR TRAINING ANIMAL

• US 20130265165A1
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dogtra Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Dogtra Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SO, Min Jae
• Granted Patent: US 8,786,446 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.3
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/008 incorporating GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/021 Electronic training devices specially adapted for dogs or cats
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/022 Anti-barking devices
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/023 Anti-evasion devices
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 27/009 with electric-shock, sound, magnetic- or radio-waves emitting devices

Abstract

Disclosed is a position tracking apparatus for training an animal. When transmission data including an identification code of a training device is transmitted to a GPS device after the GPS device and the training device are attached to an animal, the GPS device receives the transmission data of the training device and transfers the received transmission data to the training device. Accordingly, it is possible to train the animal to desirably act through an operation of the training device attached to the animal even though the animal is far away from the master when the animal acts with undesirable behavior.

Claims

1. A position tracking apparatus for training an animal, the position tracking apparatus comprising:

a portable device for generating transmission data containing a vibration or an electrical stimulation intensity command code, a vibration or an electrical stimulation generating command code, and a code for requesting position information on an animal and transferring the transmission data;

a GPS device for extracting the vibration or the electrical stimulation intensity command code and the vibration or the electrical stimulation generating command code from the transmission data received from the portable device, and generating transmission data containing an identification code of a training device, the GPS device being attached to a collar connected to a body of the animal and transferring the transmission data; and

the training device for receiving the vibration or the electrical stimulation intensity command code and the vibration or the electrical stimulation generating command code from the GPS device through the transmission data, and generating a vibration or an electrical stimulation having an intensity according to a corresponding command, the training device being attached to the collar connected to the body of the animal and being located adjacent to the GPS device.

2. The position tracking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises:

a key input unit comprising a vibration generating key for generating the vibration, an electrical stimulation generating key for generating the electrical stimulation, an intensity adjusting key for adjusting an intensity of the vibration or the electrical stimulation, and a GPS function controlling key for requesting position information of the animal;

a portable device storage unit for storing a vibration generating command code according to an input of the vibration generating key, an electrical stimulation generating command code according to an input of the electrical stimulation generating key, a vibration or an electrical stimulation intensity command code according to an input of the intensity adjusting key, a position information requesting code according to an input of the GPS function controlling key, and a device identification code;

a portable device controller for extracting a vibration or an electrical stimulation intensity command code, a vibration or an electrical stimulation command code, and a position information requesting code corresponding to a key input from the key input unit, extracting an identification code of the GPS device, and generating transmission data; and

a wireless portable device transceiver for transmitting the transmission data generated through the portable device controller, and receiving transmission data containing position information of the animal.

3. The position tracking apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the portable device further comprises:

a portable device GPS module for performing communication with a GPS satellite and receiving coordinate data according to a position at regular intervals; and

a display unit for displaying whether the vibration generating key or the electrical stimulation generating key is input and a size of an intensity input through the intensity adjusting key, and displaying distance information from the animal as a table and a map,

wherein the portable device controller generates the distance information from the animal as the table and the map by using the position information of the animal received through the portable device wireless portable device transceiver and the coordinate data received from the portable device GPS module.

4. The position tracking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the GPS device comprises:

a GPS module for performing communication with a GPS satellite and receiving coordinate data according to a position at regular intervals;

a wireless transceiver for receiving transmission data containing an intensity command code, a vibration or an electrical stimulation generating command code, and a position information requesting code, and transmitting transmission data containing an intensity command code and a vibration or an electrical stimulation generating command code or transmission data containing position information according to the coordinate data;

a GPS device storage unit for storing an identification code of the portable device, an identification code of the GPS device, and an identification code of the training device;

a signal converter for extracting the intensity command code, the vibration or the electrical stimulation generating command code from the received transmission data, and generating transmission data containing the identification code of the training device; and

a controller for controlling such that the coordinate data is transferred from the GPS module, the transmission data containing the position information is generated, and the generated transmission data is transferred to the portable device, and controlling the signal converter such that transmission data for an operation control of the training device is generated and transferred through the signal converter.

5. The position tracking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the training device comprises:

a vibration generator for generating a vibration, the vibration generator being in contact with the body of the animal;

an electrical stimulation generator for generating an electrical stimulation, the electrical stimulation generator being in contact with the body of the animal;

a wireless receiver for receiving the transmission data;

an LED output unit for turning on/off an LED according to whether the vibration generator or the electrical stimulation generator is operated; and

a training device controller for controlling the vibration generator and the electrical stimulation generator such that a vibration or an electrical stimulation having an intensity according to a corresponding command is generated by analyzing the transmission data.