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US 9,861,080 B1Granted
Pet tracking device
AssigneeNetgear, Inc.
InventorsJames Hathway, Jingyuan Tan, James Cao
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Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a pet tracking device that receives and transmits wireless signals indicative of the location of the pet tracking device. The pet tracking device has a body including a power source and electrical circuits located within a housing and at least one hoop antenna extending outwardly from a surface of the housing. The at least one hoop antenna also functions as a collar attaching location for affixing the pet tracking device to a pet worn collar.
Claims19
A pet tracking device, comprising:
- a housing affixed to a pet collar;
- at least one receiver circuit disposed within the housing for receiving an incoming wireless signal;
- at least one transmitter circuit disposed within the housing for transmitting an outgoing wireless signal;
- at least one hoop antenna in electrical communication with the at least one receiver circuit and at the least one transmitter circuit, the at least one hoop antenna having a first end, a second end and a length extending between the first end and second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the at least one hoop antenna are affixed to the housing and the length extends outwardly from the housing and is attached to the pet collar.
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A pet tracking system for tracking the location of a pet, the system comprising:
- a pet collar;
- a pet tracking device, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one receiver circuit disposed within the housing for receiving an incoming wireless signal;
- at least one transmitter circuit disposed within the housing for transmitting an outgoing wireless signal;
- at least one hoop antenna in electrical communication with the at least one receiver circuit and the at least one transmitter circuit, the at least one hoop antenna having a first end, a second end, and a length extending between the first end and second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the at least one hoop antenna are affixed to the housing and the length extends outwardly and is attached to the pet collar;
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- a wireless communication device, comprising;
- a receiver circuit for receiving the outgoing signal from the at least one transmitter circuit of the pet tracking device indicative of the location of the pet tracking device;
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- a display configured to display the location of the pet tracking device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.