Animal husbandry – Animal controlling or handling – Responsive to voice of animal
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-03
2007-04-03
Nguyen, Son T. (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Animal controlling or handling
Responsive to voice of animal
C119S719000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10752953
ABSTRACT:
An electronic apparatus (1) supported against a dog's skin to control vocalizing by the dog electronically converts the vocalizing into a sequence of signals representing frequencies of the vocalizing, and operates a controller to determine if each measured frequency lies within any of a plurality of predetermined frequency sub-ranges and if so, increments cumulative totals of the frequencies which lie in the sub-ranges, respectively, to provide a plurality of cumulative totals that represent a frequency spectrum of the vocalizing. The controller is operated to determine whether the barking sounds constitute a valid bark by comparing the frequency spectrum to a predetermined valid bark frequency spectrum. Appropriate aversive stimulus signals are produced between first and second stimulus electrodes if the vocalizing sounds constitute a valid bark.
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Crist Timothy J.
Napolez Francisco J
Cahill von Hellens & Glazer, P.L.C.
Nguyen Son T.
Tri-Tronics Inc.
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