Animal training and restraining system
First Claim
1. A system for training an animal to remain in a predefined area comprising a plurality of distance zones from a central point where the perimeters of the distance zones are measured by the received strength of a radio frequency transmission, comprising a transmitter, receiver means for receiving transmissions, means for establishing a numerical value of the magnitude of a received transmission with respect to each of the zone perimeters, memory means for storing said numerical values, means for converting the magnitude of the received transmission to a numerical value, means for comparing the received transmission numerical value with the stored numerical values, means mounted on the animal for imparting warning sounds and applying physical stimuli, and means responsive to said comparison means for actuating said means for imparting to produce one or both of the warning sounds or stimuli to the animal dependent on the animal'"'"'s location with respect to a zone, one of said transmitter and receiver being located at a central point with respect to said zone perimeters and the other of said transmitter and receiver being carried on said means mounted on the animal.
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Abstract
A system for training an animal to remain in a predefined area comprising a plurality of distance zones from a central point where the perimeters of the distance zones are measured by the received strength of a radio frequency transmission, comprising a transmitter, a receiver for receiving transmissions, a measurement circuit for establishing a numerical value of the magnitude of a received transmission from the transmitter with respect to each of the zone perimeters, a digital memory for storing numerical values, control logic for converting the magnitude of the received transmission to a numerical value, control logic for comparing the received transmission numerical value with the stored numerical values, an animal control signal generator mounted on the animal for imparting warning sounds and applying physical stimuli, and an actuation circuit responsive to the comparison logic for actuating the signal generator for imparting to produce one or both of the warning sounds or stimuli to the animal dependent on the animal'"'"'s location with respect to a zone, one of the transmitter and receiver being located at a central point with respect to the zone perimeters and the other of the transmitter and receiver being carried on the signal generator mounted on the animal.
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- 1. A system for training an animal to remain in a predefined area comprising a plurality of distance zones from a central point where the perimeters of the distance zones are measured by the received strength of a radio frequency transmission, comprising a transmitter, receiver means for receiving transmissions, means for establishing a numerical value of the magnitude of a received transmission with respect to each of the zone perimeters, memory means for storing said numerical values, means for converting the magnitude of the received transmission to a numerical value, means for comparing the received transmission numerical value with the stored numerical values, means mounted on the animal for imparting warning sounds and applying physical stimuli, and means responsive to said comparison means for actuating said means for imparting to produce one or both of the warning sounds or stimuli to the animal dependent on the animal'"'"'s location with respect to a zone, one of said transmitter and receiver being located at a central point with respect to said zone perimeters and the other of said transmitter and receiver being carried on said means mounted on the animal.
- 4. An animal training system comprising a central logic unit including a radio transmitter and receiver, a unit for mounting on the animal which includes a transmitter and receiver, said central transmitter and receiver being effective to transmit signals to the animal unit and receive identification signals from the animal transmitter, means at said central logic unit for measuring the strength of a signal from the animal transmitter, means at said central logic unit for comparison of the measured strength of a signal from the animal transmitter with stored data relative to distance from the central logic unit, and means for initiating transmission of one a plurality of types of control signals to the animal.
- 13. An animal training system comprising a logic unit adapted to be mounted on an animal and including a radio receiver, a central transmitter effective to transmit signals to the logic unit, means at said logic unit for measuring the strength of a signal from the transmitter, and means responsive to the strength of a signal from the transmitter for initiating application of one of a plurality of types of a control signal to the animal, said logic unit also including memory means for storing binary data indicative of the strength of a signal received from said transmitter which is a function of a plurality of distance zones of the transmitter from said logic unit.
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16. An animal training system comprising a logic unit adapted to be mounted on an animal and including a radio receiver, a central transmitter effective to transmit signals to the logic unit, means at said logic unit for measuring the strength of a signal from the transmitter, and means responsive to the strength of a signal from the transmitter for initiating application of one of a plurality of types of a control signal to the animal, said logic unit including a central processing unit including arithmetic logic and is effective to determine from succeeding received signals the direction the animal is moving with respect to the transmitter, said transmission signal being continuously transmitted and said receiver periodically receiving the transmitted signal.
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17. An animal training system comprising a logic unit adapted to be mounted on an animal and including a radio receiver, a central transmitter effective to transmit signals to the logic unit, means at said logic unit for measuring the strength of a signal from the transmitter, and means responsive to the strength of a signal from the transmitter for initiating application of one of a plurality of types of a control signal to the animal, said logic unit including a central processing unit including arithmetic logic and effective to determine from succeeding periodic receptions the speed at which the animal is moving, said transmission signal being continuously transmitted and said receiver periodically receiving the transmitted signal.
- 18. An animal training system comprising a logic unit adapted to be mounted on an animal and including a radio receiver, a central transmitter effective to transmit signals to the logic unit, means at said logic unit for measuring the strength of a signal from the transmitter, and means responsive to the strength of a signal from the transmitter for initiating application of one of a plurality of types of a control signal to the animal, said transmitted signal comprising a series of pulses, said logic unit including a digital to analog converter, a central processing unit and a random access memory, said digital to analog converter being effective to convert a predetermined number of said pulses to binary signals, said central processing unit being effective to determine the average value of the binary signals and determine the minimum and maximum value of sad binary signals, and said random access memory being effective to store said average value and the difference between said maximum and minimum values.
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