Time of Flight Animal Monitoring
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1. An animal monitoring system including:
- a. an animal transceiver unit for placement on an animal having a transceiver circuit for transmitting and receiving signals; and
b. a base transceiver unit for operation to monitor relative movement of the animal transceiver unit having base transceiver circuitry for transmitting and receiving signals relative to the animal transceiver unit;
wherein, at least one of the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit is configured to provide an indicia of relative distance between the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit in response to signal communication between the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit to monitor relative movement between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for monitoring the movement of an animal. An animal transceiver unit is placed on the animal for transmitting and receiving signals. A base transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving signals relative to the animal transceiver unit is operated to monitor relative movement of the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit. An indication of the relative distance between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit is provided in response to signal communication between the animal and base transceiver units.
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1. An animal monitoring system including:
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a. an animal transceiver unit for placement on an animal having a transceiver circuit for transmitting and receiving signals; and b. a base transceiver unit for operation to monitor relative movement of the animal transceiver unit having base transceiver circuitry for transmitting and receiving signals relative to the animal transceiver unit; wherein, at least one of the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit is configured to provide an indicia of relative distance between the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit in response to signal communication between the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit to monitor relative movement between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23)
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22. A method of monitoring the movement of animal including the steps of
a. placing an animal transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving signals on an animal to be monitored; -
b. placing a base transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving signals relative to the animal transceiver unit at a location for monitoring relative movement between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit; c. providing signal communications between the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit; and d. determining relative distance between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit in response to signal communications between the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit to monitor the relative movement between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for restricting the movement of an animal comprising:
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a. a base unit comprising a transceiver for broadcasting a wireless signal, b. an animal unit for placement on an animal comprising a transceiver for receiving the wireless signal and a stimulus generator for applying a stimulus wherein the animal unit interprets the signal of the base unit to determine the distance between the animal unit and base unit and signals the stimulus generator to apply a stimulus to the animal when the distance between the animal unit and the base unit reaches a threshold.
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