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US 6,720,879 B2Granted
Animal collar including tracking and location device
AssigneeTime-N-Space Technology, Inc.
InventorMarlena Edwards
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Abstract
This invention relates to an animal collar for locating and tracking animals. The animal collar is provided with a digital video camera that may be remotely controlled transmit real time full motion video signals over a broadband wireless communication network to allow a pet owner to view the immediate surroundings of a lost pet. The animal collar is further provided with a global positioning (GPS) unit that communicates with GPS satellites to determine the geographic coordinates of the animal collar.
Claims22
An apparatus for locating or tracking animals comprising:
- an animal collar including:
- a digital video camera that generates video signals,
- a digital recorder including a pro-recorded message;
- a global positioning unit operative for receiving a global positioning signal,
- a controller in communication with the digital video camera and the global positioning unit, the controller including a wireless communications link;
- a remote source in communication with the wireless communication link, the controller being operative to transmit the video signals to said remote source and the controller being operative to cause said digital recorder to play said prerecorded message responsive to a command signal from said remote source.
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An animal collar comprising:
- a digital video camera that generates video signals,
- a digital recorder including a prerecorded message;
- a global positioning unit operative for receiving a global positioning signal,
- a controller in communication with the digital video camera and the global positioning unit, the controller including a wireless communications link, the controller being operative to transmit the video signals and the global positioning signals to a remote source responsive to a command from the remote source and the controller being operative to cause said digital recorder to play said prerecorded message responsive to a command signal from a remote source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.