Patent ID: 6598563
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A01K,Y10S

Abstract:
A wireless animal behavior modification system, comprising:a wireless receiver module formed to receive a modulated radio frequency (RF) signal, including control commands over a wireless communication link, the wireless receiver module comprising: an RF receiver module, coupled to receive the modulated RF signal from a receiving antenna, the RF receiver module further comprising: a high frequency amplifier, coupled to the receiving antenna, for producing an amplified modulated RF signal; a demodulator coupled to receive the amplified modulated RF signal, the demodulator for extracting a formatted transmission message from the amplified modulated RF signal, the demodulator comprising a receiver mixer coupled to the high frequency amplifier and to a local oscillator operating at a selected radio frequency, and a first buffer, operably coupled to receive the extracted formatted transmission message from the demodulator, the first buffer for forming the extracted formatted transmission message into a digital format; a receiver processor module, containing logic circuitry, operably coupled to receive the formatted transmission message from the first buffer and further formed to decode the formatted transmission message into a plurality of stimulation control signals responsive to a plurality of transmitted control commands; a receiver memory module, operably coupled to the receiver processor module, for storing the plurality of stimulation control signals and for storing a receiver processor module algorithm code; and a plurality of stimulation modules for stimulating an animal, coupled to receive the plurality of stimulation control signals from the receiver processor module, the plurality of stimulation modules for stimulating the animal with at least one of shock, vibration or shock and vibration; an adjustable collar assembly connected to the wireless receiver module for maintaining the wireless receiver module in close proximity to an animal, the adjustable collar assembly further containing the receiving antenna integrated into the adjustable collar assembly; a wireless command module, for transmitting the plurality of control commands via the wireless communication link, the wireless command module further including: at least one stimulation intensity level switch for selecting an intensity level for the wireless receiver module wherein the intensity level relates to an intensity of a behavior modification stimulant; at least one stimulation mode switch for selecting a desired operating mode; at least one receiver select switch for selecting a wireless receiver module; a switch interpretation module, operably coupled to the at least one stimulation intensity level switch and to the at least one receiver select switch, the switch interpretation module for determining the selected intensity level by the at least one stimulation intensity level switch and for generating a plurality of control commands that reflect the selected intensity level and the selected receiver wherein the wireless receiver module, upon receiving the plurality of control commands, sets the intensity of the behavior modification stimulant to correspond to the selected intensity level of the wireless command module if the selected receiver select switch reflects the wireless receiver module; a command processor module, containing logic circuitry coupled to receive the plurality of control commands from the switch interpretation module, for processing the plurality of control commands into a plurality of control signals responsive to the plurality of control commands and for processing the plurality of control signals into the formatted transmission message; a processor memory, operably coupled to the command processor module, for storing the plurality of control commands and for storing a command processor module algorithm code; and an RF transmitter module, operably coupled to receive the formatted transmission message from the command processor module, for up-converting the formatted transmission message into a modulated RF signal suitable for wireless communications, the RF transmitter module further comprising: a local oscillator operating at a selected radio frequency (RF); a mixer, operably coupled to the command processor module and to the local oscillator, for mixing the formatted transmission message from the command processor module with the selected RF in order to produce the modulated RF signal; a filter module, operably coupled to the mixer, formed to remove signals below a lower corner frequency or above an upper corner frequency, the filter module producing a filtered RF signal; and a high frequency amplifier, operably coupled to receive the filtered RF signal from the filter module, the high frequency amplifier for amplifying the modulated RF signal to produce an amplified and filtered RF signal to a transmitting antenna for transmission.