CA2051740A1 - Electronic assembly for restricting animals to defined areas - Google Patents

Electronic assembly for restricting animals to defined areas

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CA2051740A1
CA2051740A1 CA2051740A CA2051740A CA2051740A1 CA 2051740 A1 CA2051740 A1 CA 2051740A1 CA 2051740 A CA2051740 A CA 2051740A CA 2051740 A CA2051740 A CA 2051740A CA 2051740 A1 CA2051740 A1 CA 2051740A1
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falls below
field strength
composite
receiving antennae
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Lee D. Weinstein
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XONIX BOUNDARIES Inc
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Torrington Product Ventures Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B21/00—Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
    • G08B21/02—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
    • G08B21/0202—Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child
    • G08B21/0263—System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the direction in which child or item is located
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K15/00—Devices for taming animals, e.g. nose-rings or hobbles; Devices for overturning animals in general; Training or exercising equipment; Covering boxes
    • A01K15/02—Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals ; Electric shock devices ; Toys specially adapted for animals
    • A01K15/021—Electronic training devices specially adapted for dogs or cats
    • A01K15/023—Anti-evasion devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B21/00—Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
    • G08B21/02—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
    • G08B21/0202—Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child
    • G08B21/023—Power management, e.g. system sleep and wake up provisions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B21/00—Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
    • G08B21/02—Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
    • G08B21/0202—Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child
    • G08B21/0241—Data exchange details, e.g. data protocol
    • G08B21/0247—System arrangements wherein the alarm criteria uses signal strength

Abstract

ABSTRACT
An animal restraining system includes a radio frequency transmitter adapted to be located adjacent an area in which the animal is to be restrained, a transmitting antenna, and a collar unit worn by the animal. The collar unit has a multiplicity of radio signal receivers each having a highly directional receiving antenna with the receiving antennae of the multiplicity of receivers having their axes of maximum sensitivity oriented in different directions, and an analyzer for determining a composite of the field strengths of the radio signals received by the receiving antennae, and detecting when the composite field strength at the receiving antennae falls below predetermined values. When the detected composite field strength falls below a first predetermined value, a first warning signal is generated to the animal, and a second and different warning signal is generated when the composite field strength falls below a second predetermined value.
CA002051740A 1990-12-10 1991-09-18 Electronic assembly for restricting animals to defined areas Expired - Fee Related CA2051740C (en)

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US07/625,313 US5067441A (en) 1990-12-10 1990-12-10 Electronic assembly for restricting animals to defined areas
US07/625,313 1990-12-10

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JP (1) JPH04258233A (en)
AU (1) AU632450B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9104054A (en)
CA (1) CA2051740C (en)
DE (1) DE4130775A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2670084B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2250882A (en)
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FR2670084B1 (en) 1993-06-04
ITTO910704A0 (en) 1991-09-18
GB9120094D0 (en) 1991-11-06
GB2250882A (en) 1992-06-17
ITTO910704A1 (en) 1992-06-10
DE4130775A1 (en) 1992-06-11
CA2051740C (en) 1994-01-11
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