KR20140065508A - Hand-held device for training animals using gui and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless portable terminal for training animals using GUI and, more specifically, to a wireless portable terminal for training animals which displays icons of lists of animals which need to be corrected and icons of stimulative orders on a single screen to issue the stimulative orders for quickly correcting misbehaviors of the animals far away from owners thereof.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a hand-

The present invention relates to a wireless portable terminal for an animal training implemented with a GUI (Graphic User Interface), and more particularly, to a wireless portable terminal for an animal training, And a stimulation command icon in a single screen.

In general, behavioral correction of an animal is the animal's master recognizes the animal's erroneous behavior and instructs it in the field to train the animal so that it does not repeat the erroneous behavior. Animal behavior correction at a close distance can be easily corrected by recognizing animal's horses and gestures, but in remote animals it is difficult to communicate corrective commands to animals only by the animal's master's voice and gestures. Corrects animal behavior through an animal trainer in the form of a communication device. Especially in hunting it is not easy to control revenge hounds.

Animal trainer consists mainly of portable radios carried by the owner of the animal and necklace radios hanging on the neck of the animal. When the owner recognizes the wrong behavior of the animal and manipulates the portable radio, the electric shock, vibration and sound Stimulus is generated and corrected by being delivered to the animal.

Patent Document 1 is presented as a conventional technique for an animal training machine. The above technique is a technique using a voltage-frequency conversion technique (VFC). It is a technique to increase or decrease the output of the stimulus level suitable for an animal in a sophisticated and quick manner so that the animal can learn new behaviors required by the animal manager. And in any device the animal manager can quickly select the appropriate level of the various stimulus signals without unduly suppressing or overreacting the animal at any given moment.

This technique is suitable for 2 ~ 3 animal training and it is not suitable for animal training of more than 10 animals because the animal is selected by using the switch. Because it is a button input method, fatigue is accumulated on the hand when used for a long time, Mistakes and button failures are likely to occur.

Patent Document 2 is proposed as another conventional technique. The technique consists of a transmitter of a touch screen method operated by a user and a receiver in the form of a necklace attached to the animal. To perform training to correct animal behaviors, the user can transmit various stimuli to the animal on the transmitter screen, identify the health status of the animal, and use GPS to confirm the position of the animal.

It is important for animal behavior correction to recognize and react quickly to animal malpractice. Because this technique is a step-by-step menu method, it is difficult to promptly respond to animals because there are many steps that are required to make a stimulation order. Since animals have a short-term behavioral memory, it is effective to correct the behavior immediately, and it is ineffective to perform the calibration after a long period of time. It is therefore necessary to give immediate corrective stimulation to the animal's behavior.

Most of the conventional techniques described above are a step-by-step menu method applied to dogs. When a trainee recognizes a dog that performs an erroneous action, 1) pops a dog list window 2) selects a dog to be corrected by moving a scroll bar 3) 4) It is difficult to send an immediate correction command because it takes a considerable time to operate because it needs to execute a stimulus sending command.

1. Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0071352 2. U.S. Published Patent Application No. 2010/0176955

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a wireless portable wireless terminal for animal training that can stimulate a plurality of calibrating animals at a remote location in an erroneous manner immediately.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the wireless portable wireless terminal of the present invention implemented with a GUI according to the present invention comprises a touch screen for wirelessly transmitting a calibration command to a controller attached to a calibrating animal at a remote location, An animal list icon and a stimulation command icon are implemented on a single screen on the screen with a GUI.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the animal list icon is disposed on one side in the longitudinal direction, and the stimulation command icon is disposed on the other side.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the screen is characterized in that an animal list icon is distributed on upper and lower sides and a stimulation command icon is arranged between the animal list icons.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the screen is characterized in that an animal list icon is distributed and arranged on the left and right sides, and a stimulation command icon is arranged between the animal list icons.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the screen is characterized in that the animal list icons are arranged in a circle and the stimulation command icons are arranged at the center of the circle formed by the animal list icons.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller receives the stimulation command of the portable terminal and completes the operation, and transmits the completion signal to the portable terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal is provided with a storage device, and a user can update and store information.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal may be implemented in software in a portable communication device equipped with a touch screen.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen is automatically adjusted in brightness according to external brightness.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller is provided with a GPS, and the user recognizes the position and movement of the animal through the portable terminal.

As another embodiment of the present invention, a method for sequentially touching an animal list icon and a stimulation command icon on a screen by using a wireless portable terminal for an animal training implemented with a GUI includes pressing and releasing the animal list icon, A method of pressing and releasing an icon is provided. When a user touches an animal list icon and a stimulation command icon on the screen, different sounds are generated.

As another embodiment of the present invention, a method for sequentially touching an animal list icon and a stimulation command icon on a screen using a wireless portable terminal for animal training implemented with a GUI, includes the steps of: And when the user touches the animal list icon and the stimulation command icon on the screen, a different sound is generated.

A method for registering a controller in a portable terminal using a wireless portable terminal for training an animal implemented with a GUI,

A response requesting step of transmitting a response request signal from the portable terminal to the controller;

An acknowledgment step of the portable terminal receiving an acknowledgment signal (ACK) from the controller;

A state confirmation and correction step of confirming whether the power supply state of the controller is failed or not, and proceeding to a response request step when the portable terminal does not receive an acknowledgment signal in the response confirmation step;

A registration step of registering the identification number, the name and the color of the controller in the portable terminal when the portable terminal receives the acknowledgment signal in the response confirmation step;

And an additional registration confirmation step of proceeding to a response request step for registration if there is a controller to be additionally registered, and terminating registration if there is no controller to be additionally registered.

Also, a method for managing a controller registered in accordance with the controller registration method in a mobile terminal,

A step of determining the number of controllers registered in the portable terminal before activating the icon and initializing the counter;

A response requesting step of transmitting a response request signal from the portable terminal to the controller;

If the portable terminal receives a response signal from the controller and receives an affirmative response signal, the wireless terminal proceeds to an activation command step of activating the animal list icon. If the wireless terminal does not receive the response signal, step;

A final controller check step of incrementing the counter of the counter by 1 in order to repeat the number of registered controllers and performing an activation test according to the registered number;

And activating and deactivating the animal list icon on the touch screen of the portable terminal according to the reception status of each controller when the registered controller is inspected.

The portable animal trainer according to the present invention can improve the probability of success of animal behavior correction because the trainer can quickly perform correction in response to a calibrating animal that performs erroneous behavior at a long distance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an illustration of a wireless portable terminal for animal training implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a controller and an animal training wireless terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3A is an exemplary view showing Embodiment 1 of a wireless portable terminal for training animals implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3B is an exemplary view showing a second embodiment of a screen of a wireless portable wireless terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3C is an exemplary view showing a third embodiment of a screen of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3D is a view showing a fourth embodiment of a screen of a wireless portable wireless terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an operation example 1 of an operation method of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an operation example 2 of an operation method of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a sound generated when a user touches an icon of an animal training wireless terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing a further embodiment of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering a controller in a wireless portable wireless terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a controller in an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. And

The animal training system according to the present invention includes a wireless portable terminal 100 and a wireless controller 200 as shown in FIG.

When the trainee recognizes an erroneous behavior of the animal, the portable terminal 100 uses the portable terminal 100 to send a correction command to the controller 200 attached to the calibrating animal at a remote location And the controller 200 applies various stimuli to the animal to be calibrated.

The portable terminal 100 includes a touch screen 110. The user sequentially touches the animal icon icon 111 and the stimulation command icon 112, which are implemented as a GUI on the screen on the touch screen 110, The controller 200 can issue a calibration command.

The controller 200 is attached to an animal to be calibrated, receives a calibration command of the portable terminal 100, generates a stimulus such as electric shock, vibration, and noise to the animal by a calibration command and transmits the stimulus to the animal, Behavioral correction is done because it recognizes wrong behavior by stimulation.

The present invention does not technically limit the number of animals to be calibrated since the user can perform the behavioral correction by the number of times the controller 200 is attached to each animal, but if too many animals are difficult to manage by one user, If there is only one user performing calibration training, it should be used within the range of not exceeding 12.

2 is a block diagram of a wireless portable terminal and a controller implemented with a GUI according to the present invention.

 The portable terminal 100 includes a touch screen 110, a processing unit 120, a transmission / reception module 130, a battery 140, a GPS 150, a storage 160 and a speaker 170.

A plurality of animal list icons 111 implemented by a GUI and a plurality of stimulation command icons 112 formed by a type of stimulus are uniformly arranged on a screen of the touch screen 110. A user may select one of the animal list icons 111 To select an animal to give a stimulation command, and then touch one of the stimulation command icons 112 to select a type of stimulus to give an instruction. The touch screen 110 can be easily used even in a dark place or at night, and its brightness is automatically adjusted according to the external brightness, and a product having a large screen size is easy to use.

The processing unit 120 processes the stimulation command input through the touch screen 110 and sends the processed stimulation command to the transmission and reception module 130. The transmission and reception module 130 transmits the processed stimulation command to the controller 200 attached to the callee animal .

The battery 140 supplies power to the portable terminal 100 and applies a general battery or a rechargeable battery. The GPS 150 interlocks with the GPS 250 of the controller 200 to touch the position and movement line of the animal to be calibrated And displays it on the screen 110 to recognize the user.

The speaker 170 stores an animal list icon 111 arranged in a GUI implemented on the screen of the touch screen 110 installed in the portable terminal 100 and a stimulus When the command icon 112 is touched, different sounds are generated. The user can store various sounds in the storage device 160 and set unique sounds for respective icons.

The controller 200 includes a transmission / reception module 210, a processing unit 220, a stimulus generator 230, a battery 240, and a GPS 250.

The transceiving module 210 receives a calibration command from the portable terminal 100 and sends the calibration command to the processing unit 220. The processing unit 220 processes the calibration command and sends the calibration command to the stimulus generator 230. [

The stimulation generator 230 generates stimuli such as electric shock, vibration and noise by the calibration command received from the portable terminal 100, and the user can set intensity, interval, noise type, and the like of the stimulus.

The battery 240 supplies power to the controller 200 and applies a general battery or a rechargeable battery and the GPS 250 transmits the position of the animal to the portable terminal 100 using the processing unit 220 and the transmission / To the GPS 150 through the transmission / reception module 130 of the GPS receiver 150 and processes the position signal of the GPS 150 to display the position of the animal on the touch screen 110. Accordingly, So that it is possible to respond quickly even at a long distance.

The transmission / reception module 130 of the portable terminal and the transmission / reception module 210 of the controller may be configured to be uni-directional or bi-directional like a walkie-talkie.

3A, 3B, 3C and 3D, the screen of the touch screen 110 of the portable terminal 100 is arranged with various kinds of animal list icons 111 and stimulation command icons 112 for the convenience of the user, Can be used by selecting one from the configuration menu, and the date, time, and location information can be displayed on the screen. Since it is possible to set the interval and icon size of each icon arranged for each GUI, the user can set it according to the individual difference.

FIG. 3A shows an embodiment of a screen of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. When the screen is rectangular, an animal list icon 111 is arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction, The command icon 112 can be placed or vice versa.

FIG. 3B shows an embodiment of a screen of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. An animal list icon 111 is distributed on upper and lower sides, And a stimulation command icon 112 is placed between the stimulation command icons 112. [

FIG. 3C shows an embodiment of a screen of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. An animal list icon 111 is distributed and arranged on the left and right sides, And a stimulation command icon 112 is placed between the stimulation command icons 112. [

FIG. 3D shows an embodiment of a screen of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. The animal list icons 111 are arranged in a circle, And a stimulation command icon 112 is placed at the center of the screen.

The user can sequentially touch the animal list icon 111 and the stimulation command icon 112 implemented on the screen of the touch screen 110 installed in the portable terminal 100 to input an animal selection, have.

FIG. 4A illustrates an operation method of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4A, The animal selection and stimulation selection commands are sequentially input by selecting and pressing and releasing, and the user can touch with one finger or touch using two fingers. The user can touch the blank space of the screen of the touch screen 110 to cancel the selected command.

FIG. 4B illustrates an operation method of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4B, the touch and drag (touch & drag) animal selection, stimulation selection and command are sequentially inputted by the drag method.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a sound generated when a user touches an icon of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. Touching the animal icon icon 111 and the stimulation command icon 112 arranged by the GUI generates different sounds, so that the user can grasp whether the correct animal selection and stimulation commands are input. The user can set a unique sound for each animal list icon 111 and can set the sound of the stimulation command icon 112 to easily distinguish the animal to be calibrated.

So as to stimulate the command is sent to the right is carried out it was not complete, even if carried out to know through the transceiver module from the controller 200 to see a response signal (ACK) can be generated to complete the sound of the portable terminal (100). An example of complete sound can be "ding-dong" or the like.

The present invention enables an animal training application (app) to be installed and used in a portable terminal such as a smart phone, a touch screen type mobile phone, and a tablet PC instead of the portable terminal 100.

In addition, the wireless portable terminal for animal training implemented by the GUI according to the present invention can be used not only for animal correction training, but also for group behavior such as mountain climbing, hiking, kindergarten children's picnic. The leader of the group can transmit the appointed signal through the controller 200 paid to the members through the portable terminal 100 and can receive the signal of the GPS installed in the controller to grasp the position and the movement line of the member, The present invention may be used in situations where conversation is difficult, such as in secret training and entry into a nuclear power plant.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to the present invention. In a state in which only the animal list icon 111 is displayed on the screen of the portable terminal 100, A stimulus command icon 112 is generated for each type around the pressed animal list icon 111 and the user selects one of the stimulus command icons 112 generated while pressing the animal list icon 111 And then dragging and dropping them to the icon position, the animal selection, the stimulation selection and the command can be sequentially inputted.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering a controller 200 in an animal training wireless portable terminal 100 implemented with a GUI according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a controller in a wireless terminal.

Since the number of the controllers 200 to be managed by the portable terminal 100 is variable, the following registration method and management method are required.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering the controller 200 in the portable terminal 100. The controller 200 sends a response request message to the controller in step S10, (S21), registering the controller in the portable terminal (S30), and asking whether the controller is additionally registered (S40).

The response requesting step S10 is a step of transmitting a response request signal from the portable terminal 100 to the controller 200. The response confirming step S20 is a step in which the controller 200 receives an acknowledgment signal ACK If the portable terminal 100 does not receive an acknowledgment signal in the acknowledgment step S20, the state checking and correcting step S21 checks whether the controller 200 is in a power supply state or a failure state And then proceeds to the response request step S10. The registration step S30 is a step of registering the identification number, the name and the color of the controller 200 in the portable terminal 100 when the portable terminal 100 receives the acknowledgment signal in the response confirmation step S20, In the confirmation step S40, if there is a controller to be additionally registered by asking whether there is a controller 200 to be additionally registered, the process repeatedly proceeds to the response request step S10, and if there is no controller to be additionally registered, the registration is terminated . Since the registered contents are stored in the storage device 160 of the portable terminal 100, they exist in the portable terminal 100 until the user deletes them.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a controller 200 registered in a mobile terminal in a state in which the controller 200 is attached to an animal. The preparation step S110, the response requesting step S120, the response checking step S130, A deactivation command step S141, a final controller confirmation step S150, a counting step S151, and an activation display step S160.

The preparation step S110 is a step of recognizing the number of the controller 200 registered in the portable terminal 100 and initializing the counter before activating the icon and the response requesting step S120 is a step in which, The response confirmation step S130 is a step of receiving a response signal from the controller 200. If the response signal is not received, the animal list icon 111 (Step S141). In the case of receiving the acknowledgment signal, the flow advances to step S 140 to activate the animal list icon 111. In the last controller checking step (S150), the counter of the counter is incremented by 1 (S151) to repeat the number of registered controllers, and the activation check is performed according to the registered number.

When the registered controller 200 is inspected, the activation display step S160 activates or deactivates the animal list icon 111 on the touch screen 110 of the portable terminal 100 according to the reception status of each controller 200 The user can check the status of each controller 200 according to the state of the animal list icon 111 activated and deactivated on the touch screen 110 and can train the animal to be calibrated, Since the list icon 111 is displayed in a bluish color on the touch screen 110 and does not respond even if the icon is touched, the user can check the status of the controller 200 linked to the disabled animal list icon 111, It can be repaired. The user can check the status of each registered controller 200 by periodically inspecting the controller. The user issues a correction order while looking at the behavior of the animal.

The user can manage the animal to be calibrated by deleting or arbitrarily disabling the animal list icon 111 indicating the controller 200 registered in the portable terminal 100. The name of the animal list icon 111, By changing the color, the user can easily identify.

100: portable terminal 110: touch screen
111: Animal list icon 112: Stimulus command icon
120: processing device 130: transmitting / receiving module
140: Battery 150: GPS
160: Storage device 170: Speaker
200: controller 210: transmitting / receiving module
220: Processor 230: Stimulator generator
240: Battery 250: GPS

Claims (10)

An animal training portable terminal used for wirelessly transmitting a calibration command to a controller attached to a calibrating animal at a remote location,
Wherein the portable terminal comprises a touch screen,
Wherein an animal list icon and a stimulation command icon are embodied in a single screen on a GUI (Graphic User Interface) on the touch screen. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein an animal list icon is disposed on one side in the longitudinal direction of the screen, and a stimulation command icon is disposed on the other side. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the screen is arranged with an animal list icon distributed on the upper and lower sides, and a stimulation command icon is arranged between the animal list icons. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the screen is arranged such that an animal list icon is distributed on the left and right sides, and a stimulation command icon is arranged between the animal list icons. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the screen has a plurality of animal list icons uniformly arranged in a circle, and a stimulation command icon is disposed at a center of a circle formed by the animal list icon. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the controller receives the stimulation command of the portable terminal and completes the operation and transmits a completion signal to the portable terminal. 7. A method for operating an animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with a GUI according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
And pressing and releasing the animal list icon and then pressing and releasing the stimulation command icon. 7. A method for operating an animal training wireless portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
And dragging the animal list icon to the stimulation command icon while holding the animal list icon. 7. An animal training wireless portable terminal implemented with the GUI of any one of claims 1 to 6,
Wherein the position of the member is identified during a group movement such as climbing, cycling, hiking, and a kindergarten child picnic. A method of registering the controller using the wireless training portable wireless terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A response requesting step of transmitting a response request signal from the portable terminal to the controller;
An acknowledgment step of the portable terminal receiving an acknowledgment signal (ACK) from the controller;
A state confirmation and correction step of confirming whether the power supply state of the controller is failed or not, and proceeding to a response request step when the portable terminal does not receive an acknowledgment signal in the response confirmation step;
A registration step of registering the identification number, the name and the color of the controller in the portable terminal when the portable terminal receives the acknowledgment signal in the response confirmation step;
Further comprising registering the controller in the wireless training portable wireless terminal, wherein the controller registers the controller in the wireless training portable wireless terminal, if the controller further registers, Way.

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