Reward device for police dog alert practice
The police dog reward device, triggered by remote control, overcomes the limitations of existing reward methods, achieving instant and accurate training feedback and efficient training results, and is suitable for multi-subject training of police dogs.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NANJING FOREST POLICE COLLEGE
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-05
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-31
AI Technical Summary
The existing reward system for police dog alert training has several drawbacks, including difficulty in remote control, impact on training efficiency and health, inability to accurately simulate real-world scenarios, and a lack of scent guidance mechanisms, which fail to fully utilize the olfactory advantages of police dogs.
Design a reward device for police dog alert training, including a shell, a ball, a scent box, and a triggering mechanism. The ball is launched instantly when the police dog completes the correct alert action via a remotely controlled triggering structure. Combined with the scent transmitted by the scent box, a precise closed-loop feedback mechanism is formed.
It enables instant rewards through remote control, improving training efficiency and safety, strengthening the neural connection between the alert behavior and reward of police dogs, enhancing training effectiveness, and is applicable to multi-subject training while reducing consumable costs.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the technical field of police dog search and training devices, specifically to a reward device for police dog alerting practice. Background Technology
[0002] In scent-detection training for police dogs, alerting maneuvers are a crucial component. During training, the dog must detect a scent and then perform corresponding alerting maneuvers based on that scent. Trainers only reward the dog when it correctly completes the alerting maneuver.
[0003] Currently, the main reward methods for police dog alert training include food rewards and toy rewards. However, these traditional reward methods have many limitations. For example, food rewards require trainers to manually give them in real time, making remote control difficult, and frequent feeding may affect the health of the police dog and the training rhythm; toy rewards are usually given by trainers to throw the toy manually, which is not only inefficient but also fails to accurately simulate the reward triggering mechanism in real-life scenarios, making it difficult to stimulate the police dog's autonomous alert awareness and reaction speed.
[0004] In addition, traditional reward methods lack a scent guidance mechanism that can effectively attract the attention of police dogs, fail to make full use of the police dogs' keen sense of smell, and are difficult to meet the high-efficiency training needs of modern police dog alerting exercises. Summary of the Invention
[0005] The purpose of this invention is to provide a training reward device for police dogs during search training, so as to improve training efficiency.
[0006] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model proposes a reward device for police dog alert training, comprising: The housing has slots and ventilation holes for police dogs to sniff. A bouncing ball placed inside a slot; An odor box installed inside a housing, the odor box being configured to transmit odors to the outside of the housing via a gas channel and a vent. The launching mechanism is disposed inside the housing and located at the bottom of the slot, and is used to launch the ball placed in the slot out of the housing. The launching mechanism is provided with a compressed state and a launched state. The launching mechanism is in a compressed state, and the ball is located inside the groove. When the launching mechanism is in the launched state, the ball is ejected from the housing through the slot. And a triggering structure for driving the spring-launching mechanism, the triggering structure being configured to remotely drive a power component to drive a lever, switching the spring-launching mechanism from a compressed state to a spring-launched state.
[0007] In this system, after the police dog sniffs out a scent, it will make a corresponding alarm action based on the different scents. When the correct alarm action is completed, the trainer will remotely control the trigger mechanism to switch the launching mechanism from the compressed state to the launched state, and the launching mechanism will eject the ball from the slot.
[0008] For example, after identifying the scent of a target, police dogs usually alert by pawing the ground or sitting still. This reward device can activate the launching mechanism to launch a ball the moment the police dog completes the correct alert action, forming a closed-loop feedback of "scent recognition - alert action - dynamic reward". Compared with the delay of manually throwing rewards in traditional training, it can more accurately strengthen the neural connection between the police dog's alert behavior and the reward, improve training efficiency, and enhance training effect.
[0009] Preferably, the spring-lifting mechanism includes a support, a first elastic arm, and a second elastic arm. Both the first and second elastic arms are mounted on the support, and the first and second elastic arms are hinged together. When the spring-lifting mechanism is in a compressed state, the first elastic arm is parallel to the second elastic arm, and the first and second elastic arms compress each other to store elastic potential energy. When the spring-lifting mechanism is in a spring-up state, both the first and second elastic arms rotate upwards at the top of the slot, and both the first and second elastic arms extend axially to release elastic potential energy.
[0010] Preferably, the triggering structure includes a power component and a lever, one end of which is connected to the output end of the power component, and the other end of which is positioned below the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm.
[0011] Preferably, both the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm are sleeve structures. The sleeve structure includes a cylinder and a telescopic rod. The telescopic rod is installed inside the cylinder, and a compression spring is provided between the telescopic rod and the cylinder.
[0012] Preferably, the scent box is installed on the inner wall of the housing.
[0013] As a preferred option, the power component is a telescopic motor.
[0014] Preferably, a power supply module for supplying power to the triggering structure is provided inside the housing.
[0015] Compared with existing technologies, the reward device for police dog alert training provided by this utility model has the following substantial features and advancements: This reward device for police dog alert training uses a remote-controlled triggering structure to instantly drive the launching mechanism to eject a ball when the police dog completes the correct alert action. Combined with the target scent transmitted through the scent box via the gas channel and vent, a precise closed loop of "scent recognition - alert action - dynamic reward" is formed. This not only enables physical isolation between the trainer and the police dog through remote control, improving the safety and efficiency of training in complex scenarios, but also stimulates the police dog's hunting instinct with the dynamic ball, strengthening conditioned reflexes. Furthermore, the integrated shell design takes into account modular maintenance and portability, making it suitable for training in multiple subjects such as bomb detection and drug detection, improving training efficiency and effectiveness. Attached Figure Description
[0016] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a reward device for police dog warning training in an embodiment of this utility model.
[0017] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a reward device for police dog alerting training in an embodiment of this utility model.
[0018] Figure 3 This is a reference diagram showing the spring-launching mechanism in a compressed state in an embodiment of this utility model.
[0019] Figure 4 This is a reference diagram showing the spring-launching mechanism in the spring-launching state in an embodiment of this utility model.
[0020] Reference numerals: 1. Housing; 2. Groove; 3. Vent hole; 4. Ball; 5. Launching mechanism; 6. Triggering structure; 7. Scent box; 8. Power module; 51. Support; 52. First elastic arm; 53. Second elastic arm; 61. Telescopic motor; 62. Lever. Detailed Implementation
[0021] The specific embodiments of this utility model will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0022] This invention proposes a reward device for police dog alert training, which aims to more accurately strengthen the neural connection between alert behavior and reward in police dogs during scent search training, thereby improving training efficiency and effectiveness.
[0023] The reward device for police dog alerting training proposed in this embodiment uses a remote-controlled triggering structure to instantly drive the launching mechanism to launch a ball when the police dog completes the correct alerting action. Combined with the target scent transmitted by the scent box through the gas channel and vent, a precise closed loop of "scent recognition - alerting action - dynamic reward" is formed. This not only enables physical isolation between the trainer and the police dog through remote control, improving the safety and efficiency of training in complex scenarios, but also stimulates the police dog's hunting instinct with the dynamic ball, strengthening conditioned reflexes, improving training efficiency, and enhancing training effect.
[0024] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, a reward device for police dog alerting training includes: The housing 1 has a slot 2 and a vent 3 for police dogs to sniff. The ball 4 is placed inside slot 2; The odor box 7 installed inside the housing 1 is configured to transmit the odor to the outside of the housing 1 through the vent 3 via a gas channel. The launching mechanism 5 is arranged inside the housing 1 and located at the bottom of the slot 2. It is used to launch the ball 4 placed in the slot 2 out of the housing 1. The launching mechanism 5 is provided with a compressed state and a launched state. The launching mechanism 5 is in a compressed state, and the ball 4 is located inside the slot 2; When the launching mechanism 5 is in the launched state, the ball 4 is ejected from the housing 1 through the slot 2; And a triggering structure 6 for driving the spring-launching mechanism 5, the triggering structure 6 being configured to drive the lever 62 via remote control to switch the spring-launching mechanism 5 from the compressed state to the spring-launching state.
[0025] In this system, after identifying the target scent, police dogs typically alert the dog by pawing the ground or sitting still. The reward device can activate the launching mechanism 5 to launch the ball 4 the moment the police dog completes the correct alert action, forming a closed-loop feedback of "scent recognition - alert action - dynamic reward". Compared with the delay of manually throwing rewards in traditional training, this can more accurately strengthen the neural connection between the police dog's alert behavior and the reward, improve training efficiency, and enhance training effect.
[0026] like Figure 2 As shown, the spring-lifting mechanism 5 includes a support 51, a first elastic arm 52 and a second elastic arm 53. The first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53 are both mounted on the support 51, and the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53 are hinged together.
[0027] like Figure 3As shown, when the spring-launching mechanism 5 is in a compressed state, the first elastic arm 52 is parallel to the second elastic arm 53, and the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53 compress each other to store elastic potential energy.
[0028] like Figure 4 As shown, when the springing mechanism 5 is in the springing state, the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53 both rotate upwards in the upper slot 2, and both the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53 extend axially to release elastic potential energy.
[0029] Therefore, under the compressed state, the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53 are squeezed in parallel, which can store a large amount of elastic potential energy. When it bounces, it extends along the axis and releases energy, so that the ball 4 obtains stable and strong ejection power. Compared with a single elastic structure, its ejection force is greater and the distance is farther. Moreover, the ejection parameters can be precisely controlled by adjusting the material of the elastic arm and the degree of compression.
[0030] Furthermore, the structure of the double elastic arms hinged to the support 51 has strong stability and durability. The structure of the double elastic arms supporting each other and hinged to the support 51 disperses the force and avoids component damage caused by single-point stress concentration. At the same time, during frequent ejection, the symmetrical extension and contraction movement mode of the elastic arms reduces wear and extends the service life of the device.
[0031] According to some preferred embodiments of this utility model, both the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53 are sleeve structures. The sleeve structure includes a cylinder and a telescopic rod. The telescopic rod is installed inside the cylinder, and a compression spring is provided between the telescopic rod and the cylinder. Thus, the guiding effect of the telescopic rod within the cylinder ensures that the elastic arms move smoothly along the axial direction during extension and retraction, avoiding swaying or deviation, thereby making the launching direction of the ball 4 more stable and improving the accuracy and consistency of the reward.
[0032] like Figure 2 As shown, the triggering structure 6 includes a power unit and a lever 62. One end of the lever 62 is connected to the output end of the power unit, and the other end of the lever 62 is positioned below the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53. The power unit drives the lever 62 through its output end, which can precisely control the timing and force of the lever 62 actuating the triggering mechanism 5. This ensures that when the police dog completes the correct alarm action, the triggering mechanism 5 can switch from the compressed state to the popped state in a timely and stable manner, avoiding the impact of trigger delay or insufficient force on the training effect.
[0033] For example, the power component is a telescopic motor 61. The telescopic motor 61 has precise stroke control capability. By adjusting the telescopic length of the motor, the timing of the lever 62 actuating the trigger mechanism 5 can be precisely controlled, so that the reward is triggered instantly when the police dog completes the warning action, further strengthening the formation of conditioned reflex.
[0034] like Figure 2As shown, a power module 8 for supplying power to the trigger structure 6 is installed inside the housing 1. Therefore, this reward device does not require an external power source, allowing trainers to carry the device to various training locations, including indoors and outdoors, without being limited by power outlets, greatly improving the device's adaptability to different usage scenarios.
[0035] like Figure 3 As shown, the scent box 7 is installed on the inner wall of the housing 1. Trainers can quickly replace the corresponding scent box 7 according to different training subjects without modifying the entire device, greatly improving training efficiency. The modular design of the scent box 7 helps reduce usage costs and extend the device's lifespan. If the scent box 7 is damaged, only the individual part needs to be replaced, without replacing the entire reward device, reducing consumable costs for long-term training.
[0036] In this embodiment of the invention, a reward device for police dog alerting training is used by selecting the corresponding scent box 7 according to the training subject. The scent box 7 is embedded and fixed along the groove on the inner wall of the housing 1, ensuring a tight connection between the scent box 7 and the gas channel to prevent scent leakage. A suitable bouncing ball 4 is placed in the slot 2, ensuring that the bouncing ball 4 is placed stably. The telescopic motor 61 of the trigger structure 6 is paired and debugged with the remote controller, and the response speed and force of the motor drive lever 62 are tested to ensure that the telescopic motor 61 can accurately control the lever 62 to actuate the spring mechanism 5.
[0037] Subsequently, the trainer carries the device into the training area and places it in a suitable location. The scent inside the scent box 7 is released to the outside through the gas channel and vent 3, forming a target scent area to guide the police dog to sniff. When the police dog recognizes the target scent and makes the correct alarm action, the trainer sends a command through a remote control. The remote control signal is transmitted to the telescopic motor 61 of the trigger structure 6, and the motor output drives the lever 62 to move upward. The other end of the lever 62 actuates the first elastic arm 52 and the second elastic arm 53, which are in a compressed state and have stored elastic potential energy in parallel compression, causing them to rotate upward and extend axially, releasing elastic potential energy to eject the ball 4 in the slot 2 out of the shell 1. After the ball 4 is ejected, it simulates the dynamics of "prey", stimulating the police dog's hunting instinct and completing a reward process.
[0038] This utility model is not limited to the specific technical solutions described in the above embodiments. Besides the above embodiments, this utility model may have other implementation methods. For those skilled in the art, any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of this utility model should be included within the protection scope of this utility model.
Claims
1. A reward device for police dog alert practice, characterized in that include: The housing (1) is provided with a slot (2) and a vent (3) for police dogs to sniff. A ball (4) is placed in the slot (2); An odor box (7) installed inside the housing (1) is configured to transmit odors to the outside of the housing (1) via a gas channel and a vent (3); The spring-launching mechanism (5) is arranged inside the housing (1) and located at the bottom of the slot (2) for ejecting the ball (4) placed in the slot (2) from the housing (1). The spring-launching mechanism (5) is provided with a compressed state and a spring-launched state. The launching mechanism (5) is in a compressed state, and the ball (4) is located inside the slot (2); When the spring-launching mechanism (5) is in the spring-launched state, the ball (4) is ejected from the shell (1) through the slot (2). And a trigger structure (6) for driving the spring-launching mechanism (5), the trigger structure (6) being configured to drive the lever (62) via remote control to switch the spring-launching mechanism (5) from the compressed state to the spring-launching state.
2. The reward device for a K9 demonstration exercise according to claim 1, wherein, The spring-lifting mechanism (5) includes a support (51), a first elastic arm (52) and a second elastic arm (53). The first elastic arm (52) and the second elastic arm (53) are both mounted on the support (51), and the first elastic arm (52) and the second elastic arm (53) are hinged together. The spring-launching mechanism (5) is in a compressed state, with the first elastic arm (52) parallel to the second elastic arm (53), and the first elastic arm (52) and the second elastic arm (53) compressing each other to store elastic potential energy; When the spring-launching mechanism (5) is in the spring-launched state, the first elastic arm (52) and the second elastic arm (53) both rotate upward above the upper slot (2), and the first elastic arm (52) and the second elastic arm (53) both extend axially to release elastic potential energy.
3. The reward device for a K9 demonstration exercise of claim 2, wherein, The triggering structure (6) includes a power component and a lever (62). One end of the lever (62) is connected to the output end of the power component, and the other end of the lever (62) is located below the first elastic arm (52) and the second elastic arm (53).
4. The reward device for a K9 demonstration exercise of claim 2, wherein, The first elastic arm (52) and the second elastic arm (53) are both sleeve structures. The sleeve structure includes a cylinder and a telescopic rod. The telescopic rod is installed inside the cylinder, and a compression spring is provided between the telescopic rod and the cylinder.
5. The reward device for a K9 demonstration exercise of claim 1, wherein, The odor box (7) is installed on the inner wall of the housing (1).
6. The reward device for a K9 demonstration exercise of claim 1, wherein, The power component is a telescopic motor (61).
7. The reward device for a K9 demonstration exercise of claim 1, wherein, The housing (1) is provided with a power module (8) for supplying power to the trigger structure (6).