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US 12,696,874 B1

Graphical shepherding

US 12,696,874 B1 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: GPSip, Inc. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
GPSip, Inc.
Inventors
Rodney P. Landers
Publication date
2026-08-04
Filing date
2024-12-22
Document type
B1 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,696,874 B1 · US12696874 · 12696874

Abstract

An assisted guidance region has a plurality of zones, each with an associated set of behavioral guidance characteristics. Behavioral guidance is extended to a wayward dog who has moved outside of an alert zone by providing stimuli to shepherd the dog back in. Calculation of relative movement direction outside of and relative to the alert zone is preferably based upon reading a future position guidance zone value located in a path of sequential future position guidance zone values stored in said data table that are defined in direction by a displacement from said second represented current posi…

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