Animal tracking apparatus and method
AssigneeGarmin Switzerland GmbH
InventorsBradley C. Trenkle, Timmy R. Walker
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Abstract
An animal tracking apparatus includes a location determining component; a sensor operable to sense a condition of the animal; memory; and a processor. The processor is operable to automatically store location information corresponding to the current geographic location of the apparatus in response to a sensed condition of the animal. The processor is also operable to monitor the sensor to identify a desired response to a received command and to store response information corresponding to the response.
Claims20
An animal tracking apparatus operable to be worn by an animal, the apparatus comprising:
- a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus;
- a sensor operable to sense a condition of the animal;
- memory;
- and
- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the sensor, and the memory and operable to automatically store location information corresponding to the current geographic location of the apparatus in response to a sensed condition of the animal.
An animal tracking system comprising:
- an animal tracking apparatus operable to be worn by an animal, the apparatus comprising:
- a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus;
- a sensor operable to sense a condition of the animal;
- memory;
- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the sensor, and the memory and operable to store, in response to a sensed condition of the animal, location information corresponding to the current geographic location of the apparatus and condition information corresponding to the sensed condition;
- a communications component coupled with the processor and operable to transmit the location information and the condition information;
- and
- a portable navigation unit comprising:
- a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the unit;
- a communications component operable to receive the location information and the condition information from the animal tracking apparatus;
- memory;
- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the communications component, and the memory, the processor operable to generate a representation of the location information and the condition information received from the animal tracking apparatus;
- and
- a display operable to display the generated representation of the location information and the condition information.
An animal tracking apparatus operable to be worn by an animal, the apparatus comprising:
- a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the apparatus;
- a communication component operable to receive a command from a remote unit;
- a sensor operable to sense a response to the command made by the animal;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the communications component, the sensor, and the memory and operable to monitor the sensor and to store response information corresponding to the response in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.