Wireless Pet Containment Avoidance Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless containment systems do not effectively differentiate between containment and avoidance signals, making it difficult to create avoidance regions within containment areas, which are necessary to keep pets away from specific off-limits areas such as trash cans and gardens.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a wireless pet containment system with a transmitter avoidance beacon that broadcasts unique signals during gaps in the containment signal transmission, using different modulation methods or frequencies to differentiate containment and avoidance signals, allowing the collar receiver to distinguish between them and administer appropriate stimuli to the pet.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single wireless containment signal is used, then the system is simple to operate, but the system cannot differentiate between containment boundaries and avoidance zones
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless signal is segmented into two distinct types: containment signals (first type) that define the outer boundary and avoidance signals (second type) that define inner exclusion zones. The transmitter broadcasts these different signal types with different characteristics, allowing the collar to differentiate and respond appropriately to each zone type.
Solution Approach 2:
Different signal characteristics are applied to different spatial regions. The containment signal creates an outer boundary with one set of characteristics, while avoidance signals within the containment area have different characteristics. This local differentiation allows the system to provide zone-specific responses without complicating overall system operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If avoidance beacons are added within containment areas, then avoidance zones can be created, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless containment transmitter is enhanced with multi-functionality to also serve as an avoidance beacon transmitter. The same transmitter unit that manages containment boundaries now also broadcasts avoidance signals within specific zones. The collar receiver is enhanced to recognize and differentiate between signal types, providing universal functionality without requiring separate dedicated devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar receiver acts as an intermediary that receives and differentiates between containment and avoidance signals. It processes both signal types and translates them into appropriate responses, mediating between the complex multi-signal system and the pet's behavior modification needs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If different signal frequencies or modulation methods are used for containment and avoidance signals, then signal differentiation is achieved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system differentiates between containment and avoidance signals by changing transmission parameters such as frequency, modulation type, or signal characteristics. These parameter changes create distinct signal identifiers that the collar can reliably differentiate, achieving signal type differentiation through controlled parameter variation rather than requiring complex manufacturing tolerances.
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 solution enables the creation of distinct avoidance regions within containment areas, effectively discouraging pets from entering off-limits zones by administering stimuli when the pet approaches the avoidance signal threshold, thereby maintaining the pet within the safe containment area.
Implementation Method 1
A first range of the first signal defines a first boundary of a containment area. A second range of the second signal defines a second boundary of an avoidance region.
Implementation Method 2
The receiver includes a first antenna for detecting the first signal and a second antenna for detecting the second signal.
Data Source
AI summary
A system comprising a first transmitter for transmitting a first signal at a first frequency and a second transmitter for transmitting a second signal at a second frequency. The system includes a collar unit comprising a filter for receiving a combined signal, wherein the combined signal comprises the first signal and the second signal, wherein the filter includes a first antenna for detecting the first signal and a second antenna for detecting the second signal. The collar unit includes at least one signal analysis component configured to analyze the first signal and the second signal. The collar unit is configured to instruct a stimulus delivery unit to deliver a stimulus to the animal when the first signal voltage falls below a first value and the second signal voltage exceeds a second value.