ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION DEVICES AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME

• Main Authors: CHEN, HONGHAO, CARLSON, THOMAS J, DENG, Z. DANIEL, MYJAK, MITCHELL J, GROSS, MARK E, LI, HUIDONG, EPPARD, M. BRADFORD, CARTMELL, SAMUEL S, LU, JUN, XIAO, JIE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.04.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRICITY; FISHING; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL; FORESTRY; GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING

Acoustic tags and a process for fabrication are disclosed for identifying and tracking various hosts including inanimate and animate objects in up to three dimensions. The acoustic tags may be powered by a single power source. Tags can have an operation lifetime of up to 90 days or longer at a transmission rate of 3 seconds. The acoustic tags have an enhanced signal range that enhances detection probability when tracking the hosts. La présente invention concerne des étiquettes acoustiques et un procédé de fabrication permettant d'identifier et de suivre divers hôtes comprenant des objets inanimés et animés dans trois dimensions maximum. Les étiquettes acoustiques peuvent être alimentées par une source d'alimentation unique. Les étiquettes peuvent posséder une durée de fonctionnement pouvant aller jusqu'à 90 jours ou plus à une vitesse de transmission de trois secondes. Les étiquettes acoustiques possèdent une plage de signal optimisée qui optimise la probabilité de détection lors du suivi des hôtes.