Mobile telephone dog training tool and method

摘要

A mobile telephone adapts to use as a gundog training tool by interfacing with a dog collar using a wireless communication device, such as a WWAN text or IP interface, a WLAN interface or a radio transceiver that couples to the mobile telephone and is accessible to a training application running on the mobile telephone. The dog collar includes a GPS receiver to provide position information to the mobile telephone and a shock device to provide training stimulus to the dog. A wireless headset interfaces with the mobile telephone to provide audible indications of position to an end user, such as a dog point and tone indicators of directions to the dog. A wireless handset interfaces with the mobile telephone to accept inputs for application to the collar, such as training stimulus.

主权项

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.