# US 11,076,591 B2 · Electronic call decoy technology

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- Number: US 11,076,591 B2
- Document ID: US11076591B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/980,369
- Filed: 2018-05-15
- Published: 2018-11-15
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2017-05-15
- Assignees: Expedite International, Inc.
- Applicants: Tim Noe
- Inventors: Tim Noe
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11076591B2

## CPC

- A01M 31/004: {Game callers}
- A01M 31/002: {Detecting animals in a given area}
- A01M 31/06: Decoys
- H04N 23/695: Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
- H04R 1/345: {for loudspeakers}
- H02K 7/14: Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans (with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06)
- H04R 1/30: Combinations of transducers with horns, e.g. with mechanical matching means {, i.e. front-loaded horns}(horns in general G10K; {transducer enclosures or mountings using a back-loaded horn H04R1/2861; application of horns as guiding means to obtain a predetermined directivity characteristic H04R1/345})
- H04R 2201/025: Transducer mountings or cabinet supports enabling variable orientation of transducer of cabinet
- A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})

## Abstract

An electronic caller decoy that is used in hunting animals. The caller is particularly useful for attracting predator species such as coyotes, wolves, and the like. The decoy encourages predators to come towards the decoy within the range of a concealed hunter or hunters. The decoy simulates the sound and movement of wounded prey species such as rabbits, deer, and the like, to bring the predator within range. The decoy has a base including three or more legs, a body which is preferably rotatable on the base via a motor, an electronic sound generator and speaker, a microphone, a camera and a tail element. The motorized rotatable base is preferably remote controllable to orient sound broadcast in a specific direction, or plural directions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable, stationary rotatable electronic sound caller predator decoy, comprising:
a. a body including:
i. a housing,
ii. an electronic controller disposed within the housing,
iii. a power supply disposed within the housing and communicatively connected to the electronic controller, and
iv. a motor disposed within and connected to the housing, the motor having a lower portion extending downwardly and outwardly from the housing, and communicatively connected to the power supply and to the electronic controller;
b. a single horn type speaker connected to the body and communicatively connected to the electronic controller for broadcasting sound in one direction;
c. a tripod base connected to the lower portion of the motor, the tripod base having three legs, rigidly mounted, and extending radially outwardly and downwardly from a center axis of the base, the legs being adapted to be placed on an environmental surface;
d. a remote controller adapted to transmit rotational motion and sound control signals to the electronic controller;
e. a camera disposed on the housing oriented towards the speaker, and communicatively connected to the electronic controller, the camera adapted to record at least one picture of an animal species being attracted to and approaching the decoy;
f. a motion decoy element disposed on the housing, the motion decoy element being communicatively connected to the motor, and wherein the electronic controller activates and terminates movement of the motion decoy element by the motor;
g. the tripod base being for placement on the environmental surface for supporting the housing in a fixed, stationary position;
h. whereby the electronic controller generates sounds and sends them to the single speaker for broadcast; and
i. whereby the electronic controller also instructs the motor to activate and rotationally turn the housing and the single speaker about the tripod base, and to broadcast the generated sounds in a selection of plural directions or a specific direction, from a stationary position of the decoy to imitate a natural sound pattern of prey, the selection consisting of:
rotating the housing and single speaker from a starting position over all or a portion of a 360 degree path selected by the user by manual control, and
rotating, by automatic control, the housing and single speaker from a starting position 90 degrees in a first direction, 180 degrees in a second, opposite direction, and 90 degrees in the first direction to return to the starting position;
whereby a user can manually move the direction of broadcast of sounds from the stationary position of the decoy, in particular directions via the manual control, or can automatically move the direction of broadcast of sounds in a preset middle scan pattern via the automatic control.