Electronic fence transmitter for self-adjusting the receiving distance

• US 20060037560A1
• Filed: 08/17/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SOS Co., Inc. (Dogtra Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Ho-Yun So
• Inventors: So, Ho Yun
• Granted Patent: US 7,126,475 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 119/721
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/023 Anti-evasion devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 119/908 Electrical animal control or handling

Abstract

An electronic fence transmitter is comprised of a fence wire buried in a yard; a digital-analog (D/A) converter, a wire voltage amplifier, a data amplifier, a power amplifier for power-amplifying a data signal that is outputted from the data amplifier; a voltage detector that is connected in series to the fence wire; a comparator for comparing the detected voltage of the voltage detector with a reference voltage; and a controller by which the D/A converter is controlled according to a signal inputted from the comparator and a voltage applied to the fence wire increasing gradually until a value of the detected voltage is larger than the value of the reference voltage. A distance for receiving the signal from the fence wire is set as constant without regard to an installation length or area of fence wire.

Claims

1. An electronic fence transmitter for self-adjusting the receiving distance comprising:

a fence wire buried in a yard along the boundary of a confined area within which a pet may move around freely;

a digital-analog (D/A) converter for gradually increasing the voltage applied to the fence wire;

a wire voltage amplifier for amplifying voltage outputted from the D/A converter and for applying to the fence wire;

a data amplifier for amplifying data signal that is applied to the fence wire from a controller;

a power amplifier for power-amplifying a data signal that is outputted from the data amplifier;

a voltage detector that is connected in series to the fence wire;

a comparator for comparing the detected voltage of the voltage detector with a reference voltage; and

a controller by which the D/A converter is controlled according to a signal inputted from the comparator and a voltage applied to the fence wire increasing gradually until a value of the detected voltage is larger than the value of the reference voltage.

2. The electronic fence transmitter according to claim 1, in which the signal applied to the fence wire from the transmitter controller is amplitude-modulated with a 10 kHz signal.

3. The electronic fence transmitter according to claim 1, in which the power amplifier consists of a field-effect transistor.

4. The electronic fence transmitter according to claim 1, in which the voltage detector is comprised of a resistor one end of which is connected to the power amplifier, another end of which is connected to a ground, and the resistor is connected to the fence wire so as to divide the voltage according to the ON operation of the power amplifier.

5. The electronic fence transmitter according to claim 4, in which when radio signal emitted from the fence wire having the predetermined length is received at the predetermined distance far from the fence wire, the voltage applied to the resistor of the voltage detector is measured and, the measured voltage is established as the reference voltage of the comparator.

6. The electronic fence transmitter according to claim 1, in which a variable resistor and an analog switch are connected between the D/A converter and the wire voltage amplifier so as to manually vary the voltage that is applied to the fence wire.