Patent ID: 8839744
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: A01K,G08B

Abstract:
1. A dog training tool comprising: a mobile telephone having a WPAN interface; an adapter having a WPAN interface operable to communicate with the mobile telephone WPAN interface and a wireless communication module operable to communicate with a wireless radio signal; a collar adapted to couple to a dog, the collar having a GPS receiver and a wireless communication module operable to communicate GPS positions of the GPS receiver to the adapter wireless communication module with the wireless radio signal; a training application stored in memory of the mobile telephone and operable to execute on a processor of the mobile telephone, the training application operable to retrieve the GPS positions from the adapter through the WPAN interface and to present the GPS positions at a display of the mobile telephone; an accelerometer and gyroscope disposed in the collar and operable to detect acceleration and orientation information of the collar; and a virtual inertial navigation system executing on the mobile telephone and operable to apply the acceleration and orientation information to estimate a position of the collar; wherein the adapter receives the acceleration and orientation information through the wireless radio signal and provides the acceleration and orientation information to the mobile telephone through the WPAN.