Game alert system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording the presence of an infrared reflective animal in a surveillance area, said apparatus including:
- at least one monitor means including an IR transmitter and IR receiver responsive to incident IR radiation reflected by the animal to said IR receiver for producing an infrared receiver output signal, said monitor means further including an radio frequency transmitter responsive to said infrared receiver output signal for transmitting a radio frequency signal indicative of the presence of an animal in said surveillance area;
a radio frequency receiver responsive to said radio frequency signal by said monitor at a site remote to said surveillance area for generating a corresponding electrical signal, said radio frequency receiver further including means for displaying indicia corresponding to the occurrence of each transmission of a radio frequency signal by said monitor without inhabiting the wild habitat of the surveillance area; and
means for controlling access to said electrical signal generated by said radio frequency receiver.
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Abstract
A plurality of monitors are distributed throughout a surveillance area chosen in the wild habitat of animals by a sportsman. Each monitor transmits at least one infrared signal to the surveillance area. An animal intersected the beam reflects incident radiation on a detector situated in the same housing as the transmitter. When the signal is detected, an RF transmitter is energized for detection at a remote site by an RF receiver. The RF receiver includes a clock for establishing the date and time of the transmitted signal. In the preferred embodiment, each monitor is provided with three (3) infrared transmitters, each with an associated receiver. The transmitters are driven by encoded signals that uniquely identify each transmitter of the monitor as well as the transmitters of all other monitors that may be in use thereby to enable detected directional movement in the surveillance area. The receiver includes a decoder for establishing the identity of the received RF signal. The storage medium is used to allow recovery of detected events through a read command.
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8 Claims
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1. An apparatus for recording the presence of an infrared reflective animal in a surveillance area, said apparatus including:
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at least one monitor means including an IR transmitter and IR receiver responsive to incident IR radiation reflected by the animal to said IR receiver for producing an infrared receiver output signal, said monitor means further including an radio frequency transmitter responsive to said infrared receiver output signal for transmitting a radio frequency signal indicative of the presence of an animal in said surveillance area; a radio frequency receiver responsive to said radio frequency signal by said monitor at a site remote to said surveillance area for generating a corresponding electrical signal, said radio frequency receiver further including means for displaying indicia corresponding to the occurrence of each transmission of a radio frequency signal by said monitor without inhabiting the wild habitat of the surveillance area; and means for controlling access to said electrical signal generated by said radio frequency receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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