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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Rodney P. Landers, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kevin L. Nieuwsma, Lakeville, MN (US);
Chad R. James, Redmond, OR (US);
Michael D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory M. Anderson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Rodney P. Landers, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kevin L. Nieuwsma, Lakeville, MN (US);
Chad R. James, Redmond, OR (US);
Michael D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory M. Anderson, Bloomington, MN (US);
GPSIP, Inc., Oshkosh, WI (US);
Abstract
Individual zones are defined within a multi-zone assisted guidance region by storing a zone GPS data point target width, assigning GPS data points located within a perimeter and within the target width to a second zone, allotting GPS data points located interior of and distinct from the second zone and within the target width to a first zone; and finally ascribing unassigned GPS data points located interior of and distinct from the first zone to a safe zone. If there is not enough total width between perimeter points in a region to provide all zones at the target width, a data point width of more exterior zones are preferentially electronically maintained at the target width and more interior zones are reduced or eliminated. In addition, adjacent guidance zones have unique stimulation that acts through different neurological access channels to provide behavioral guidance to an animal.