System and method for tracking, monitoring, and locating animals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8978592-B2
Application number	US-201113190213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2011
Priority date	Aug 9, 2006
Publication date	Mar 17, 2015
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015

Abstract

An accessory unit is provided for a remotely controlled animal training system. The accessory unit may include a battery, a receiver, a light source, functional unit, a connection and a control. In embodiments, the control may be operable to determine a function and an intensity for the light source based on the received signal and power the light source based on the determined function and intensity. The determined function may cause the light source to flash or illuminate at the highest intensity. The functional unit may be a pressure sensor unit, a GPS unit or a compass.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An accessory unit for a remotely controlled animal training system, comprising:
a battery;
a receiver operable to receive a signal from a remote transmitter;
a light source operable to output light at a plurality of intensities;
a functional unit;
a connection to couple the light source and the functional unit to the battery of the animal training system; and
a control coupled with the receiver, the light source and the functional unit, the control…

Assignees

• Duncan Timothy T
• Hayes Sean M
• Napolez Francisco J
• Whetten David T
• Garmin Switzerland Gmbh

Inventors

• Duncan Timothy T
• Hayes Sean M
• Napolez Francisco J
• Whetten David T

Classifications

• A01K15/021 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic