ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,965, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"System including wireless handheld mobile device configured for monitoring selected areas" was invented by Wilfred I. Tucker (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The document discloses technology that improves the ability of a user to detect and deter the presence of an entity (e.g., person, animal) in a selected area. The system generates a three-dimensional (3D) point map of an environment. The system can then use 3D imaging technology such as LiDAR (light detection and ranging) to generate a baseline 3D point map that includes the selected a...