UWB Pet Wearable with Zone Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional systems for keeping pets within designated areas or preventing them from entering certain zones are often ineffective or burdensome, lacking a reliable and efficient method for pet tracking and boundary enforcement.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing ultra-wideband (UWB) technology with anchors and a wearable device that determines the pet's location within a building, providing feedback responses such as audible alerts, vibrations, or low-voltage shocks when entering no-go, no-solicitation, or no-bark zones, and using data processing hardware to manage zone definitions and pet behavior feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional training systems are used to keep pets within designated areas, then pet owners can attempt to control pet movement, but the systems are ineffective and too burdensome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical training systems (leashes, physical barriers, manual training) with an electronic UWB-based tracking system that automatically monitors pet location and provides feedback, eliminating the need for constant human intervention and physical constraints
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables pets to self-regulate their behavior through automatic feedback mechanisms (vibration, audible alerts, shocks) that provide real-time correction when entering restricted zones, allowing pets to understand and respect boundaries without continuous human training or supervision
2Measurement precision
If UWB signals are transmitted continuously for accurate pet location tracking, then centimeter accuracy is achieved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device transmits UWB signals periodically rather than continuously, adjusting the transmission frequency based on whether the pet is in motion or at rest, which maintains tracking accuracy while significantly reducing power consumption during stationary periods
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts UWB signal transmission frequency based on the pet's activity state (motion vs. rest), increasing accuracy when the pet is moving and reducing energy consumption when the pet is stationary, optimizing both measurement precision and power usage
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple feedback responses (audible alert, vibration, shock) are provided for no-go zones, then pet behavior control is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device integrates multiple feedback mechanisms (audible alerts, vibration motors, low-voltage shock generators) into a single universal platform that can deliver different types of corrections based on the same location detection system, allowing one device to serve multiple behavioral correction functions
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a graduated feedback mechanism where the type and intensity of correction (audible alert → vibration → shock) depend on the severity and persistence of the boundary violation, providing adaptive behavioral correction that escalates only when necessary
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
The system effectively restricts pet movement within designated zones, reduces unwanted behaviors like barking, and provides a reliable, energy-efficient tracking solution with centimeter accuracy, enhancing pet owner control and pet safety.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of anchors fixed in a building, the anchors configured to transmit and receive ultra-wideband (UWB) signals
Data Source
AI summary
A system comprising a plurality of anchors fixed in a building, the anchors configured to transmit and receive ultra-wideband (UWB) signals, and a wearable configured to be worn by a pet, the wearable including data processing hardware and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising transmitting UWB signals to the plurality of anchors to determine a location of the wearable within the building, receiving UWB signals from the plurality of anchors to determine the location of the wearable within the building, and upon a determination that the location of the wearable is in a no-go zone, transmitting a feedback response to the pet wearing the wearable, the feedback response including at least one of an audible alert, a vibration, or a low-voltage shock.