A device to be disposed on a subject for determining whether the subject is inside or outside of a containment zone defined by a containment perimeter. There is a positioning unit for generating position data, including satellite positioning data, of the subject; the position data. There is a processor unit, in communication with the positioning unit, configured to receive data from a memory representing a plurality of line segments forming the containment perimeter and obtain the position data of the subject. The processor casts a ray from the position of the subject toward a line segment of the containment perimeter and determines the number of line segments that are intersected by the ray. The processor determines from number of line segments intersected by the ray, if the subject is inside the containment zone or outside of the containment zone.

The present disclosure provides an intelligent pet monitoring method for a robot. A mutual position relationship between a pet and a robot is determined according to wireless communication between a wireless signal device on the pet and the robot, and then a grid position corresponding to the pet in a grid map constructed by the robot is determined according to the mutual position relationship. Daily activities of the pet may also be regular, to a certain extent, under the influence of a biological clock of the pet, so that big data generated by the grid positions of the pet at different time points is finally recorded to construct the pet daily activity model, and the daily activity trajectory of the pet may be predicted according to the pet daily activity model.

A system comprising a first transmitter for transmitting a first signal at a first frequency and a second transmitter for transmitting a second signal at a second frequency. The system includes a collar unit comprising a filter for receiving a combined signal, wherein the combined signal comprises the first signal and the second signal, wherein the filter includes a first antenna for detecting the first signal and a second antenna for detecting the second signal. The collar unit includes at least one signal analysis component configured to analyze the first signal and the second signal. The collar unit is configured to instruct a stimulus delivery unit to deliver a stimulus to the animal when the first signal voltage falls below a first value and the second signal voltage exceeds a second value.

An interactive system for monitoring health and movement of an animal has an elongated band adapted to encircle on a body part of an animal, a tracking chip to monitor movement of the animal within and outside of a geofence, a lock to provide an opening and closing of the elongated band, a means for health monitoring to collect a data set for a plurality of vital signs of the animal, and a user interface to notify a pet owner about the outside movement of the animal from the geofence. Further, the system enables the authorized users to log into the communicating device such as a computer or any other computing device and track the movement and view health information of the animal while it needed.

An animal training system includes a shock collar that may be worn around a neck of an animal. Thus, the shock collar is in electrical communication with the animal. The shock collar has a first transceiver. A control unit is provided and the control unit may be carried. The control unit is in communication with the shock collar. Thus, the control unit may determine a distance between the shock collar and the control unit. The control unit selectively actuates the shock collar when the shock collar moves beyond a pre-determined trigger distance from the control unit. Thus, the shock collar delivers an electric shock to the animal. The shock collar thusly informs the animal that the animal has moved beyond the pre-determined trigger distance from the control unit.

Disclosed are a method, system and apparatus for controlling the movement of animals, and in some aspects, the virtual herding or steering of animals over large areas of land. In some aspects, the animal is steered towards a desired region when the animal is out of the desired region. In some aspects, the animals is steered away from a steering region when the animal is within the steering region. In some aspects, the animal is steered towards a reference, which can be made to move along a path, thus leading the animal along the path from a starting point to a finish point. The method, system and apparatus disclosed reduce the need for fences or the use of personnel to manage the animals

A control module used in combination with an activation device for generating an activation signal in response to a stress exposure training event and an electrical impulse device for delivering an electrical shock to the user. The control module has a housing for being carried on the user. The module includes a controller function which sends a shock signal to the impulse device to shock the user according to prescribed shock criteria in response to an activation signal. The control module can be used with various activation devices including light-based force-on-force training or video shoot-back simulations. An operator input of the controller enables the prescribed shock criteria stored on the controller which is carried on the user to be adjusted by an operator directly at the module or remotely.

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.

An animal tether system and method wherein the rate of extension and retraction of the tether and/or the length of the tether can be actively controlled at least in part as a function of the angular direction and/or speed and/or length of which the tether extends/retracts. The system can be used to maintain an animal in a non-circular boundary, such as a rectangular space, by controlling how far the tether can extend at certain angular positions. The system also allows a user to block off certain areas within a space from access by the animal.

A method of using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to guide a target includes receiving a location signal from one or more sensors of the UAV, receiving an input signal from a user device for guiding the target that defines at least one of a travel route, a permissible region, or an impermissible region, comparing the location signal to the input signal to determine whether the target is deviating from the travel route, exiting the permissible region, or entering the impermissible region, and initiating, via the UAV or an attachment mechanism coupled between the UAV and the target, a deterrent mechanism in response to determining that the target is deviating from the travel route, exiting the permissible region, or entering the impermissible region.