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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2016
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);

Inventors:

Rajiv Dayal, Milpitas, CA (US);

Fredrick W. Mau, II, McKinney, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 27/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); A61H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 27/009 (2013.01); A01K 15/021 (2013.01); A01K 29/00 (2013.01); A61H 3/061 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); A61H 2003/063 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1604 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1609 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1614 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5012 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5048 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5058 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5092 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for communicating with a guide animal are provided. One embodiment of a method includes determining a first command to provide to a user to proceed to a destination, determining a second command to provide to the guide animal to correspond with the first command, and outputting the first command to direct the user toward the destination. Some embodiments include outputting the second command to direct the guide animal toward the destination, where the second command is outputted to be imperceptible by the user but is perceptible by the guide animal.


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