Method for locating animals using radio waves

US11035924B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMARTBOW GMBH · AT

Inventors

• Wolfgang Auer · Ried im Innkreis, AT
• Branislav Rudic · Linz, AT
• Markus Pichler · Linz, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 15, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B21/0272
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for locating an animal using radio waves. In radiolocation, a large number of possible calculation results for the location of the animal arise. Using the results of previous measurements and calculations with regard to the possible locations of the node to be located, stochastic calculations are used to filter out, from the plurality of the current location calculation results, that result which in fact applies with the highest probability. Acceleration values which are measured at the animal are used in the stochastic calculations. It is assumed that with increasing measured acceleration values the probability increases that there can also be relatively large distances between temporally successive locations of the node to be located.