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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Perimeter Technologies, Inc., Reading, PA (US);
Inventors:
Scott F. Touchton, Pottstown, PA (US);
James T. Deery, Spring City, PA (US);
Assignee:
PERIMETER TECHNOLOGIES INC, Reading, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 27/00 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); A01K 15/04 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 27/009 (2013.01); A01K 15/023 (2013.01); A01K 15/04 (2013.01); A01K 27/001 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); G08B 23/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for monitoring the movement of an animal. An animal transceiver unit is placed on the animal for transmitting and receiving signals. A base transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving signals relative to the animal transceiver unit is operated to monitor relative movement of the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit. An indication of the relative distance between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit is provided in response to signal communication between the animal and base transceiver units.