Modular Dog Collar Integrating Tracking and Stimulus Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current animal tracking and control systems require separate devices for tracking and stimulation, which can be cumbersome and inconvenient for both users and animals, especially in applications where reduced bulk and weight are desirable.
Innovation Solution
A modular dog collar system that integrates an animal tracking unit and a stimulus unit, allowing them to be docked together as a single device, with a remote handheld control unit that communicates with both units using different channels, enabling efficient tracking and stimulus delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate devices are used for tracking and stimulation, then functionality is complete, but device complexity and bulk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the tracking unit and stimulus unit into a single integrated collar device, merging previously separate functions into one unified system. This reduces the number of separate devices the animal must wear while maintaining complete functionality for both tracking and stimulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated collar is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously - it serves as both a tracking device and a stimulus delivery system. The single device universally handles positioning, communication, and behavioral correction functions that previously required separate specialized devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate devices are used for tracking and stimulation, then functionality is complete, but weight on the animal increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the tracking unit and stimulus unit into one integrated collar, the total weight on the animal is reduced. Instead of carrying two separate devices with their own batteries, housings, and components, the animal wears a single lighter device that combines all necessary functions.
3Weight of moving object
If integrated system is used, then bulk and weight are reduced, but ease of operation for stimulus removal decreases
Solution Approach 1:
While the overall system is integrated, the stimulus unit is designed as a separable module that can be removed from the tracking unit. This segmentation allows the stimulus component to be easily detached for competitions or specific situations where stimulation is not needed, maintaining ease of operation despite the integrated design.
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
This integrated system simplifies the mounting and operation of animal tracking and training systems, reduces bulk and weight for the animal, and allows for easy removal of the stimulus unit for competitions, providing effective tracking and control with reduced complexity.
Implementation Method 1
a piezoelectric element for receiving the vibrations of the at least one acoustic event, the receiving the vibrations including generating an electrical signal proportional to the frequency and magnitude of the vibrations
Data Source
AI summary
A method is described that comprises receiving a filtered signal corresponding to an acoustic event, applying one or more tests to the filtered signal in a sequence, wherein each test of the one or more tests assesses the filtered signal for the presence of one or more characteristics, the determining the presence of the one or more characteristics comprising a failure to identify the acoustic event as a first event, terminating the applying the one or more tests when a test determines the presence of the one or more characteristics, and identifying the acoustic event as the first event upon an occurrence of completing all tests of the one or more tests, the completing all tests including each test in the sequence determining the absence of the one or more characteristics.