Real-time tracing, transmitting and analyzing system for flight animals

• US 7,489,251 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2006
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: YoungTek Electronics Corp.
• Original Assignee: YoungTek Electronics Corp.
• Inventors: Yang, Yuan-Hsiu, Su, Chung-Hsien, Wang, Bily
• Primary Examiner(s): TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER
• Application Number:
  US11/455,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20070290866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 967 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/573.3, 340/539.13, 342/357.06, 342/357.07
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/002 Detecting animals in a given area

Abstract

A real-time tracing, transmitting and analyzing system for flight animals is disclosed. The real-time tracing, transmitting and analyzing system has a tracing and transmitting device with a weight between 1 and 10 grams. The tracing and transmitting device is fastened on any part of a flight animal'"'"'s body (the flight animal'"'"'s concave ring portion between its body and tail is most suitable), for capturing real-time flight information (such as location, height, flight velocity, and the physical and mental states of the flight animal) of the flight animal by using GPS. Moreover, the real-time flight information is transmitted via a base station to a flight information-analyzing device for immediately displaying the real-time flight information regarding each flight animal for reference via the flight information-analyzing device. Thereby, in a pigeon race, for example, breeders can obtain any real-time flight information that they desire regarding each flight animal.

Claims

1. A real-time tracing, transmitting and analyzing system for flight animals, comprising:

a plurality of tracing and transmitting devices, each weighing between 1-10 grams, wherein each tracing and transmitting device is fastened on a concave ring portion between a body and a tail of a flight animal, and each tracing and transmitting device has a GPS module for receiving real-time flight information regarding the flight animal and a real-time tracing and transmitting module for transmitting the real-time flight information of the flight animal from the GPS module to a base station; and

a flight information-analyzing device having a real-time flight information-analyzing module for immediately receiving the real-time flight information from each tracing and transmitting device through the base station and analyzing the real-time flight information to obtain flight information-analyzing data, and a real-time flight information display module for immediately displaying both the real-time flight information and the flight information-analyzing data for each flight animal.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the real-time flight information comprises:

real-time location information, real-time height information and a real-time flight velocity.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the real-time flight information comprises a physical and mental state of the flight animal.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flight information-analyzing data comprises information regarding how far each flight animal is from a destination.

5. A method of using a real-time tracing, transmitting and analyzing system for flight animals, comprising:

fastening a plurality of tracing and transmiffing devices on a concave ring portion between a body and a tail of corresponding flight animals, respectively, wherein the weight of each tracing and transmitting device is between 1-10 grams;

receiving real-time flight information regarding each flight animal via a GPS module of each tracing and transmitting device;

transmitting the real-time flight information of the flight animal from the GPS module to a base station via a real-time tracing and transmitting module of each tracing and transmitting device;

immediately receiving the real-time flight information from each tracing and transmitting device through the base station via a real-time flight information-analyzing module of a flight information-analyzing device, and analyzing the real-time flight information to obtain flight information-analyzing data; and

immediately displaying both the real-time flight information and the flight information-analyzing data regarding each flight animal via a real-time flight information display module of the flight information-analyzing device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the real-time flight information comprises:

real-time location information, real-time height information and a real-time flight velocity.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the real-time flight information comprises a physical and mental state of the flight animal.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the flight information-analyzing data comprises information regarding how far each flight animal is from a destination.