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Electric fence security system

Details

Inventors: Williams, Julie A.; Kelley, James D.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Swann; Glen
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Troutman Sanders LLP, Wright, Esq.; James D.

Electric fences used to keep animals in or out of a particular area of land often cover great distances over all manner of terrain, making it very difficult to ensure the effectiveness of the entire length of the fence, especially at points distant from a human supervisor or at points which are not in a direct line of sight from a human supervisor. This invention relates to an electric fence monitoring system having a centrally located monitor and one or more remote units positioned along the fence, where the monitor uses wireless communication to broadcast a request for information related to one or more electrical conditions of the electric fence and the remote unit receives the request, takes a reading and uses wireless communication to broadcast a data message back to the monitor via wireless communication.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Advantageously, the present invention allows one or more electrical conditions of an electric fence system to be checked using wireless communication.
Also advantageously, the present invention allows one or more electrical conditions of an electric fence system to be checked only when a request is made by a monitor.
Also advantageously, the present invention allows a request for information about one or more electrical conditions of an electric fence system to be relayed from a monitor to a first remote unit and from the first remote unit to a second remote unit, and for data related to the electrical condition of the electric fence to be relayed from the second remote unit to the first remote unit and from the first remote unit to the monitor.
Also advantageously, the present invention allows a coded page to be sent to a user's pager unit identifying the location and the type of a failure in the electric fence system.
Additional objects, advantages and other novel features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description that follows and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned with the practice of the invention.
The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an electric fence monitoring system comprises a monitor and one or more remote sensors together with an electric fence system.
Each remote sensor is positioned at a particular point along the electric fence system and is capable of taking a reading of the electrical condition of the fence at that point.
The monitor and remote sensors are each equipped with a transceiver, and the various transceivers communicate with each other in order to relay information about the readings taken by the sensors to the monitor.
The monitor, which is positioned in a location convenient to the user, is capable of analyzing the readings transmitted by the remote sensors to determine if an electrical problem exists with the electric fence system

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