US 12,653,154 B1Granted

Wireless location assisted zone guidance system with remote activation

OwnerRodney P. Landers, Kevin L. Nieuwsmainventors

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Abstract

A fully self-contained location training apparatus monitors the location of an animate being, for exemplary purposes such as a dog, and selectively provides location-dependent stimulation. A communications link is provided between the location training apparatus and a mobile training aid. The mobile training aid is provided with a trigger that, when triggered by an operator, in turn causes the location training apparatus to deliver consistent and predictable training stimuli isolated from direct communication or expression by a human operator. The trigger may comprise a button or voice activation. The stimuli may be constant, or may ramp up over time. The mobile training aid is configured to emulate stimuli provided to the animate being, and will preferably display a map and representation of location of the animate being, together with enablement or display of the trigger button when appropriate.

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Dependent claims

In combination, an animal location training apparatus and a mobile training aid,

said animal location training apparatus having:
at least one animal stimulation apparatus coupled with an animal and configured to selectively provide stimulation to said animal;
a wireless location determination apparatus coupled with said animal and configured to operatively generate current position identifying information representative of a current position of said animal;
an electrical processor coupled to said wireless location determination apparatus and operative to receive said current position identifying information therefrom, and responsive thereto to selectively actuate said animal stimulation apparatus to selectively provide said stimulation to said animal;
and
a communications link enabling wireless communications with said mobile training aid, said communications link configured to communicate said selectively provided stimulation to said mobile training aid;
said mobile training aid having:
a communications link enabling wireless communications with said animal location training apparatus;
a human interactive communications apparatus configured to communicate with a human and emulate said selectively provided stimulation;
and
a trigger configured to be selectively actuated by a human through said human interactive communications apparatus, and responsive thereto to send an animal stimulation apparatus actuation signal through said mobile training aid communications link to said animal location training apparatus communications link, and responsive thereto selectively actuate said animal stimulation apparatus to provide stimulation to said animal;
wherein said trigger comprises a button;
and
wherein said button is only displayed through said human interactive communications apparatus when said current position of said animal is within a safe zone and said at least one animal stimulation apparatus is thereby not generating any alert or warning stimuli.

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In combination, an animate being location training apparatus and a mobile training aid,

said animate being location training apparatus having:
at least one animate being stimulation apparatus coupled with an animate being and configured to selectively provide stimulation to said animate being;
a wireless location determination apparatus coupled with said animate being and configured to operatively generate current position identifying information representative of a current position of said animate being;
an electrical processor coupled to said wireless location determination apparatus and operative to receive said current position identifying information therefrom, and responsive thereto to selectively actuate said animate being stimulation apparatus to selectively provide said stimulation to said animate being;
and
a communications link enabling wireless communications with said mobile training aid, said communications link configured to communicate said selectively provided stimulation to said mobile training aid;
said mobile training aid having:
a communications link enabling wireless communications with said animate being location training apparatus;
a human interactive communications apparatus configured to communicate with a human and emulate said selectively provided stimulation;
and
a trigger configured to be selectively actuated by a human through said human interactive communications apparatus, and responsive thereto to send an animate being stimulation apparatus actuation signal through said mobile training aid communications link to said animate being location training apparatus communications link, and responsive thereto selectively actuate said animate being stimulation apparatus to provide stimulation to said animate being;
wherein said trigger comprises a button;
and
wherein said button is only displayed through said human interactive communications apparatus when said current position of said animal is within a safe zone and said at least one animal stimulation apparatus is thereby not generating any alert or warning stimuli.

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An animal location training system, comprising an animal location training apparatus and a mobile training aid,

said animal location training apparatus having:
at least one animal stimulation apparatus coupled with an animal and configured to selectively provide stimulation to said animal;
a wireless location determination apparatus coupled with said animal and configured to operatively generate current position identifying information representative of a current position of said animal;
an electrical processor coupled to said wireless location determination apparatus and operative to receive said current position identifying information therefrom, and
responsive thereto to selective actuate said animal stimulation apparatus to selectively provide said stimulation to said animal;
and
a communications link enabling wireless communications with said mobile training aid, said communications link configured to communicate said selectively provided stimulation to said mobile training aid;
said mobile training aid having:
a communications link enabling wireless communications with said animal location training apparatus;
a human interactive communications apparatus configured to communicate with a human and emulate said selectively provided stimulation;
and
a trigger configured to be selectively actuated by a human through said human interactive communications apparatus, and responsive thereto to send an animal stimulation apparatus actuation signal through said mobile training aid communications link to said animal location training apparatus communications link, and responsive thereto5 selectively actuate said animal stimulation apparatus to provide stimulation to said animal;
wherein said trigger comprises a voice activation apparatus configured to translate preselected commands from voice to said animal stimulation apparatus actuation signal independent of a tone or volume of said voice;
and
wherein said trigger comprises a button;
and
wherein said button is only displayed through said human interactive communications apparatus when said current position of said animal is within a safe zone and said at least one animal stimulation apparatus is thereby not generating any alert or warning stimuli.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.