Patent ID: 6504483
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G01S,G08B,H04B

Abstract:
A method for tracking an animal located on a track, said method comprising the steps of:attaching, to the animal, an ultra wideband impulse radio unit; determining a position of the animal from the interaction between the ultra wideband impulse radio unit and at least two of a plurality of reference ultra wideband impulse radio units distributed at known locations throughout the track; receiving, at a central station, information relating to the position of the animal on the track; displaying, at the central station, an overlay of the track that indicates the position of the animal on the track; and using the ultra wideband impulse radio unit and another ultra wideband impulse radio unit at the central station to establish two-way communications between a person at the central station and a person controlling the animal, wherein the ultra wideband impulse radio unit is used to determine the position of the animal and also used to establish the two-way communications between the person at the central station and the person controlling the animal.