Patent ID: 8552872

Claim:
A transmitter for an animal training device comprising: a mode selection switch selecting a mode between vibration mode, shock mode, or illumination mode; a volume switch setting a level of vibrations or shock output from a receiver; a display unit displaying the level of vibrations or shock set by the volume switch; an adjust mode select switch selectively switching either an intensity selection mode, which sets the level of vibrations or shock set by the volume switch in multiple stages, or a rheostatic mode, which sets the level of vibrations or shock set by the volume switch to a digitized value; a radio transmit unit transmitting a radio signal, including data about the level of vibrations or shock currently set by the volume switch, to the receiver; a transmit controller controlling the display unit to display, in the intensity selection mode or the rheostatic mode, the level of vibrations or shock currently set by the volume switch according to the intensity selection mode or rheostatic mode selected by the adjust mode select switch, and controlling the radio transmit unit to transmit, to the receiver, the radio signal including the data about the level of vibrations or shock currently set by the volume switch; and, a power switch supplying or cutting off power to the transmitter.