Corrective collar utilizing geolocation technology
AssigneeProtect Animals with Statellites, LLC
InventorsKenneth Scott Ehrman, Michael Ehrman
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Abstract
The disclosed technology includes a collar that can output a first corrective action having a first correction magnitude, detect feedback information, and determine a second correction magnitude based at least in part on the feedback information. The collar can output a second corrective action responsive to determining that the collar is within a predetermined distance from an adverse device. The collar can receive map data and automatically determine a first geographical area in which it is permissible for a collar to be located and/or a second geographical area in which it is impermissible for the collar to be located, the collar being related to the system.
Claims21
A collar comprising:
- a strap configured to be worn by an animal;
- a power source;
- memory storing instructions;
- one or more processors in communication with the memory;
- and
- a geolocation sensor configured to output location data indicative of a location of the collar;
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the collar to:
- receive the location data indicative of the location of the collar from the geolocation sensor;
- receive geo-fence data indicative of a boundary defining a predetermined geographical area in which it is permissible for the collar to be located;
- determine whether the location of the collar is within the predetermined geographical area;
- determine an accuracy of the location data output by the geolocation sensor;
- and
- in response to determining that the collar is not within the predetermined geographical area:
- output a notification for delivery to a user device, the notification being indicative of the animal not being within the predetermined geographical area;
- and
- output location data for delivery to the user device, the location data being indicative of a current position of the collar;
- in response to determining that the accuracy of the location data is below a predetermined accuracy threshold, restrict output of the notification and the location data.
A collar comprising:
- a strap configured to be worn by an animal;
- a power source;
- memory storing instructions;
- one or more processors in communication with the memory;
- and
- a geolocation sensor configured to output location data indicative of a location of the collar;
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the collar to:
- receive location data indicative of the location of the collar from the geolocation sensor;
- receive geo-fence data indicative of a boundary defining a predetermined geographical area in which it is permissible for the collar to be located;
- receive movement data from a movement sensor disposed on the collar;
- determine, based at least on the location data whether the location of the collar is within the predetermined geographical area;
- in response to determining that the collar is not within the predetermined area:
- output a notification to a user device indicating that that animal is not within the predetermined area and
- determine, based at least on the movement data and using a machine learning algorithm, an activity level of the animal wearing the collar.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to:
- receive geo-fence data indicative of a boundary defining a predetermined geographical area in which it is permissible for a collar to be located;
- determine whether a location of the collar is within the predetermined geographical area;
- in response to determining that the collar is not within the predetermined geographical area, output instructions for a collar to output a first corrective action having a first correction magnitude;
- receive sensor data from a sensor in communication with the collar;
- determine a second correction magnitude based at least in part on the sensor data;
- and
- output instructions for the collar to output a second corrective action having the second correction magnitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.