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US 2006/0037559 A1Published application
Portable animal tracking system
AssigneeRadio Systems Corporation
InventorDonald Belcher
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Abstract
A portable animal tracking system. The portable animal tracking system provides two-way communication between a first unit carried by an operator and a second unit carried by an animal. The first unit allows an operator to issue warnings or corrections to an animal and to locate an animal. The second unit delivers warnings and corrections to the animal by the second unit and responds to location requests from the first unit. Location is accomplished through an angular-bearing analysis.
Claims20
An apparatus for locating an animal, said apparatus comprising:
- a transponder comprising:
- at least one antenna;
- a receiver in communication with said at least one antenna, said transponder receiver converting a request signal received by said at least one antenna into a transponder digital signal;
- a transmitter in communication with said at least one antenna, said transponder transmitter sending a response signal through said at least one antenna;
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- a processor in communication with said transponder receiver and said transponder transmitter, said transponder processor generating data included in said response signal;
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- a transceiver comprising:
- a plurality of antennas;
- a transmitter in communication with at least one of said plurality of antennas, said transceiver transmitter sending said request signal through said at least one of said plurality of antennas;
- a receiver in communication with said plurality of antennas, said transceiver receiver converting said response signal received by said plurality of antennas into at least one transceiver digital signal;
- a processor in communication with said transceiver receiver and said transceiver transmitter, said transceiver processor determining a direction of arrival associated with said response signal from said at least one transceiver digital signal;
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- a display in communication with said processor, said display communicating said direction of arrival.
11 more elements
An apparatus for locating an animal, said apparatus comprising:
- a first unit receiving a request signal and produce a response signal, said first unit adapted to be carried by an animal;
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- a second unit producing said request signal and receiving said response signal as a plurality of received signals, each of said plurality of received signals being combined with each other of said plurality of received signals to produce a plurality of component signals, said plurality of component signals being processed to uniquely identify an angular bearing of said first unit relative to said second unit, said second unit communicating said angular bearing in a human accessible manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.