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US 8,947,241 B2Granted
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;
- a communications component operable to receive command information and transmit stored location information, a status for the command information and condition information corresponding to the sensed condition of the animal;
- a memory operable to store the location information, the status for the command information, and the condition information;
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- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the sensor, the communications component, and the memory and operable to determine the status for the command information and automatically store location information corresponding to the current geographic location of the apparatus in response to a sensed condition of the animal and condition information in the memory.
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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;
- a communications component operable to receive command information and transmit stored location information corresponding to the geographic location of the apparatus, a status for the command information and condition information corresponding to the sensed condition of the animal;
- a memory operable to store location information, the status for the command information, and the condition information;
- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the sensor, the communication component, and the memory and operable to determine the status for the command information and store in memory, 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;
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- a portable navigation unit comprising:
- a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the unit;
- a communications component operable to transmit command information and receive the location information, the status for the command information and the condition information from the animal tracking apparatus;
- a memory operable to store the received location information, the status for the command information, and the condition information;
- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the communications component, and the memory, the processor operable to:
- determine heading information of the animal tracking apparatus based on the received location information, and
- generate a representation of the determined heading information and the location information, the status for the command information and the condition information received from the animal tracking apparatus;
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- a display operable to display the generated representation of the determined heading information, the location information, the status for the command information, and the condition information.
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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 and transmit stored location information, a status for the command and response information corresponding to a sensed response of the animal;
- a sensor operable to sense a response to the command made by the animal;
- a memory operable to store the location information, the status for the command, and the response information;
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- a processor coupled with the location determining component, the communications component, the sensor, and the memory and operable to determine the status for the command information, store location information, and monitor the sensor and store response information corresponding to the response in the memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.