Wireless location assisted zone guidance system incorporating shepherding of wayward dogs
US12004485B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K11/008
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An assisted guidance region has a plurality of zones, each with an associated set of characteristics used to provide behavioral guidance to an animal Behavioral guidance is extended to a wayward dog who has moved outside of the assisted guidance region by providing stimuli to shepherd the dog back into a safe zone. Positive stimuli are provided when the dog is moving in a direction back towards the safe zone, by providing a safe zone or similar stimulus. Movement away from the safe zone will trigger the unit to deliver a non-aversive second alert zone stimulus. Movement that isn't getting closer or further away triggers a first alert zone stimulus. Calculation of relative movement direction with regard to the safe zone is preferably based upon a comparison of sequential data table position displacements from an approximate center of the safe zone or from a manually selected location.
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