Dog Collar GPS Tracking Remote Programming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current GPS systems for animal control collars lack remote programming capabilities and real-time tracking, making it inconvenient to control and confine animals within predefined boundaries effectively.
Innovation Solution
A dog collar system that uses GPS, audible cues, and electrical shocks to monitor and control an animal's position, allowing remote programming and real-time tracking by interfacing with a remote database via mobile devices and cloud servers, utilizing multiple position calculation methods for accuracy and incorporating dead-reckoning techniques.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If GPS and remote database interface are added to animal control collars, then real-time tracking and remote programming capability are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote database and wireless communication module as intermediaries between the collar and the user's mobile device. This allows programming and tracking without direct physical connection, resolving the contradiction by enabling remote operation while managing complexity through modular system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into separate functional modules: GPS receiver, wireless communication interface, database storage, and control circuitry. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall system design, making the complex functionality more manageable and maintainable.
2Measurement precision
If multiple position calculation methods (GPS, dead-reckoning) are integrated, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines GPS satellite-based positioning with dead-reckoning accelerometer-based positioning into a unified hybrid positioning system. The control circuitry integrates data from both methods, using GPS when available and dead-reckoning when GPS signals are lost, achieving continuous high-precision tracking without requiring separate independent systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically switches between GPS and dead-reckoning modes based on signal availability. When GPS signals are strong, the system uses GPS positioning; when signals are lost, it automatically transitions to dead-reckoning mode, maintaining position accuracy adaptively without manual intervention.
3Reliability
If real-time GPS tracking and remote monitoring are implemented, then control effectiveness is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses periodic GPS positioning intervals rather than continuous high-frequency tracking. The collar updates position at optimized intervals based on the animal's movement state, transmitting data wirelessly only when position changes exceed a threshold or at scheduled intervals, reducing energy consumption while maintaining effective real-time monitoring capability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables convenient and consistent remote control of animal collars, providing accurate geo-positioning and real-time tracking, ensuring the animal remains within predefined boundaries while using aural cues and shocks for motivation.
Implementation Method 1
a global positioning system works by utilizing a network of GPS satellites that continuously transmit signals to the Earth; the data transmitted by these signals includes the precise time at which the signal was transmitted by the satellite. By noting the time at which the signal is received at a GPS receiver, a propagation time delay can be calculated. By multiplying the propagation time delay by the signal's speed of propagation, the GPS receiver can calculate the distance between the satellite and the receiver.
Implementation Method 2
the position of a portable device may also be calculated through other means, such as a dead-reckoning system incorporating an accelerometer
Data Source
AI summary
A dog collar for the remote control and confinement of a dog or other suitable animal to selected geographical boundary. The system uses a series of audible cues or electrical shocks to motivate the dog to move away from an approaching preselected boundary while continually monitoring the current GPS location of the dog and recording those positions. A user interface allows for a user to program a boundary into the dog collar.