Animal indicator apparatus
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1. An animal indicator apparatus operable to be worn by an animal, the apparatus comprising:
- a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus;
a memory operable to store cartographic data including data representative of a location of at least one boundary;
an indicator including a light-emitting device; and
a processor coupled with the location determining component, the memory, and the indicator, the processor operable to activate the indicator when the current geographic location of the apparatus is near the location of a boundary;
wherein the processor varies an intensity or blinking rate of the light-emitting device as a function of a distance between the current geographic location of the apparatus and the location of the boundary.
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Abstract
An animal indicator apparatus that tracks the locations of an animal and alerts nearby persons when the animal approaches a boundary includes a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus; memory for storing cartographic data representative of at least one boundary; an indicator and a processor. The processor triggers the indicator when the current geographic location of the apparatus is near the location of the boundary.
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26 Claims
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1. An animal indicator apparatus operable to be worn by an animal, the apparatus comprising:
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a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus; a memory operable to store cartographic data including data representative of a location of at least one boundary; an indicator including a light-emitting device; and a processor coupled with the location determining component, the memory, and the indicator, the processor operable to activate the indicator when the current geographic location of the apparatus is near the location of a boundary; wherein the processor varies an intensity or blinking rate of the light-emitting device as a function of a distance between the current geographic location of the apparatus and the location of the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An animal indicator apparatus operable to be worn by an animal, the apparatus comprising:
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a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus; memory operable to store cartographic data including data representative of a plurality of roads; an indicator including a light-emitting device; and a processor coupled with the location determining component, the memory, and the indicator, the processor operable to activate the indicator when the current geographic location of the apparatus is near the location of one of the roads; wherein the processor varies an intensity or blinking rate of the light-emitting device as a function of a distance between the current geographic location of the apparatus and the location of one of the roads. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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