Animal-wearable audible communication apparatus
AssigneeCommand Sight, Inc.
InventorsAlan Robert Peper, Jr., Nenad Nestorovic
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Abstract
An apparatus for enabling audible communication between an animal and a remote handler of the animal comprises a flexible strap configured to be worn by the animal, and a bone conduction transducer coupled to the flexible strap and capable of receiving a signal representing a message from the remote handler. The bone conduction transducer is configured to generate physical vibrations based on and representative of the signal representing the message from the remote handler. The bone conduction transducer is positioned or positionable on the flexible strap so that when the flexible strap is worn by the animal, the vibrations are conducted to a skeletal structure of the animal to enable the animal to audibly perceive the message from the remote handler.
Claims21
An apparatus for enabling audible communication between an animal and a remote handler of the animal, the apparatus comprising:
- a flexible strap configured to be worn by the animal;
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- a bone conduction transducer coupled to the flexible strap and capable of receiving a signal representing a message from the remote handler, the bone conduction transducer being configured to generate physical vibrations based on and representative of the signal representing the message from the remote handler, the bone conduction transducer being positioned or positionable on the flexible strap so that when the flexible strap is worn by the animal, the vibrations are conducted to a skeletal structure of the animal to enable the animal to audibly perceive the message from the remote handler;
- wherein the flexible strap at least partially includes an electrical conductor for providing power to the bone conduction transducer, wherein the electrical conductor is flexible so as to be adjustable in length.
An apparatus for enabling audible communication between an animal and a remote handler of the animal, the apparatus comprising:
- a flexible strap configured to be worn on the head of an animal;
- a wireless receiver to receive a wireless signal representing a message from the remote handler via a wireless communication link and, in response thereto, to provide a transformed signal representing the message from the remote handler;
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- a plurality of transducer assemblies slidably coupled to the flexible strap, each of the plurality of transducer assemblies including
- a bone conduction transducer to receive the transformed signal representing the message from the remote handler and to generate physical vibrations based on and representative of the signal representing the message from the remote handler;
- a conduction plate in mechanical contact with the bone conduction transducer and positioned so that, when the flexible strap is worn by the animal, the conduction plate is in mechanical contact with the animal and positioned between the animal and the corresponding bone conduction transducer to convey the physical vibrations from the bone conduction transducer to the animal;
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- a housing slidably coupled to the flexible strap and containing the bone conduction transducer;
- an electrical conductor coupled to each bone conduction transducer for providing power to the bone conduction transducers, wherein the electrical conductor is flexible so as to be adjustable in length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.