Wireless animal fitness training, monitoring and remote control system
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring an animal'"'"'s physical activity comprising:
- an animal worn device comprising;
a housing;
a processor positioned in the housing having a preprogrammed instruction set with one or more resettable parameters;
one or more inputs including an accelerometer;
one or more outputs for applying a stimulus directly to the animal; and
a transceiver to communicate with a mobile device via Bluetooth or WiFi; and
a preprogrammed application to run on the mobile device;
wherein the processor in the animal worn device receives signals from the mobile device to modify the one or more resettable parameters within the preprogrammed instruction set to control the one or more outputs; and
wherein the processor in the animal worn device collects and stores data from the accelerometer to monitor the animal'"'"'s physical activity for sending to the mobile device via the transceiver.
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Abstract
An animal fitness monitoring system and an animal-worn device that is capable of receiving and sending various inputs and outputs, respectively, from/to a wireless mobile device. The wireless mobile device has a software application that allows a human user to wirelessly communicate with the animal-worn transceiver via direct, networked or cellular wireless protocols. The animal-worn device interacts with the applications on the wireless mobile device to allow for a variety of functions, such as the transfer of commands or stimuli to the animal, the transfer of data regarding the fitness or activity level of the animal to the wireless mobile device, and/or the transfer of instructions from the animal-worn device to an external device.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring an animal'"'"'s physical activity comprising:
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an animal worn device comprising; a housing; a processor positioned in the housing having a preprogrammed instruction set with one or more resettable parameters; one or more inputs including an accelerometer; one or more outputs for applying a stimulus directly to the animal; and a transceiver to communicate with a mobile device via Bluetooth or WiFi; and a preprogrammed application to run on the mobile device; wherein the processor in the animal worn device receives signals from the mobile device to modify the one or more resettable parameters within the preprogrammed instruction set to control the one or more outputs; and wherein the processor in the animal worn device collects and stores data from the accelerometer to monitor the animal'"'"'s physical activity for sending to the mobile device via the transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for monitoring fitness of and training a dog comprising:
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a dog worn device comprising; a housing; a processor positioned within the housing having a preprogrammed instruction set with one or more resettable parameters; two or more inputs including a bark sensing means and an accelerometer; one or more outputs for correcting undesirable behavior of the dog; and a transceiver to communicate with a programmable mobile device via Bluetooth or WiFi; and a preprogrammed application to run on the programmable mobile device; wherein the processor in the dog worn device receives resettable parameters from the mobile device according to the preprogrammed application to control barking by operating the outputs according to the resettable parameters; and wherein the processor in the animal worn device collects and stores data from the two or more inputs for sending to the mobile device via the transceiver to monitor the physical activity and behavior of the dog. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system of monitoring fitness of and containing a domestic animal comprising:
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an animal worn device comprising; a housing; a processor positioned within the housing having a preprogrammed instruction set with one or more resettable parameters; two or more inputs including means for receiving a boundary signal emitted by a ground based transmitter for containing the animal within a predetermined area and an accelerometer; one or more outputs to apply stimulus directly to the animal; and a transceiver for two way communication with a programmable mobile device via Bluetooth or WiFi; and a preprogrammed application to run on the programmable mobile device; wherein the processor in the animal worn device receives signals from the programmable mobile device to modify the one or more resettable parameters with the preprogrammed instructions set; wherein the processor in the animal worn device operates the one or more outputs to contain the animal within the predetermined area; and wherein the processor in the animal worn device collects and stores data from the accelerometer for sending to the mobile device via the transceiver to monitor the physical activity of the animal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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