Collapsible Electrodes and Electronic Whistle for Animal Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional animal training devices cause skin irritation due to continuous electrode contact, are prone to damage during storage and use, and lack a convenient method for trainers to signal animals over distance, especially in adverse conditions.
Innovation Solution
An animal training device with collapsible electrodes and an integrated electronic whistle, allowing electrodes to be retracted during non-use and travel, and featuring a transmitter with an electronic whistle switch for remote signaling, enabling controlled electrode operation and whistle use through a simple switch interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If electrodes are made to protrude from the receiver surface to ensure reliable skin contact for electric shock delivery, then the training effectiveness is improved, but the skin irritation and friction damage worsen during continuous wear and travel
Solution Approach 1:
The electrode structure is made dynamic by enabling it to switch between protruding and retracted states. A motor-driven mechanism extends the electrodes to contact the animal's skin during training sessions, then retracts them during travel or non-use periods. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by maintaining reliable contact only when needed while preventing continuous friction damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically extending electrodes before training begins and retracting them afterward. The controller receives signals from the transmitter to proactively adjust electrode position, ensuring contact is established in advance for reliable training while preventing prolonged exposure that causes skin irritation.
2Reliability
If electrode terminals are made to protrude for effective training operation, then the electric shock delivery is improved, but the device becomes prone to breaking or bending during storage and collision with external objects
Solution Approach 1:
The electrode terminals transition from a static protruding state to a dynamic configuration that can extend and retract. During storage or travel, the electrodes are retracted into the receiver housing, eliminating the protruding structure that is susceptible to breaking or bending. During training, they extend to provide effective shock delivery, thus resolving the strength contradiction.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the animal training device is separated from the animal body for storage, then the skin irritation is reduced, but the device may be broken or bent due to collision with external objects
Solution Approach 1:
The electrode structure is nested within the receiver housing when not in use. The retractable electrodes are stored inside the device body, protected by the housing structure from external collisions. This nesting arrangement prevents breaking or bending during storage while still allowing the electrodes to extend for training, resolving the contradiction between reducing skin irritation and maintaining device strength.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the trainer carries additional signaling devices like a whistle, then the animal can be called over distance, but the trainer must put down other devices and search pockets during cold weather when wearing gloves
Solution Approach 1:
The whistle function is merged with the existing transmitter device. The electronic whistle unit is integrated into the transmitter housing, and the whistle button is incorporated alongside other control buttons. This combination allows the trainer to activate the whistle along with other training functions without needing to handle separate devices, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining distance signaling capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The transmitter device is enhanced with multi-functionality by incorporating both electric shock delivery and electronic whistle signaling capabilities in a single unit. This universal device can perform multiple training functions including remote calling, punishment, and praise, eliminating the need for separate signaling devices and simplifying operation during cold weather when wearing gloves.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is an animal training device having a pair of collapsible electrodes and an electronic whistle, which includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes an electrode collapse switch for generating a signal used to collapse or erect the electrodes, an electronic whistle switch for generating a signal causing an electronic whistle to be blown, a transmission control unit for performing control on an electronic whistle unit such that a whistle is blown, a wireless transmission unit for transmitting a wireless signal in response to the control signal of the transmission control unit, and the electronic whistle unit. The receiver includes a wireless reception unit, a reception control unit for performing control such that the electrodes are collapsed or erected, a high voltage generation, an electrode driving unit for collapsing or erecting the electrodes, and the left and right electrodes.