ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,864, issued on Jan. 27.

"Portable communication device for initiating communication between dog and dog owner and method for same" was invented by Paul Salsberg (Thornhill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable communication device for initiating communication between the dog and the dog owner is disclosed. The device comprises an IR emitter module projecting the series of virtual buttons on the ground and displaying images of the virtual buttons that can be pressed by the paw of the dog. A camera module is provided to record angle of infrared light emitted by the IR emitter module. A sensor module receives information of ...