WO2015187172A1 - Procédé et système pour dissuader les formes de vie aviaires de rester dans une région - Google Patents

Procédé et système pour dissuader les formes de vie aviaires de rester dans une région Download PDF

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WO2015187172A1
WO2015187172A1 PCT/US2014/041199 US2014041199W WO2015187172A1 WO 2015187172 A1 WO2015187172 A1 WO 2015187172A1 US 2014041199 W US2014041199 W US 2014041199W WO 2015187172 A1 WO2015187172 A1 WO 2015187172A1
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Farshid Arman
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M29/00—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
    • A01M29/06—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using visual means, e.g. scarecrows, moving elements, specific shapes, patterns or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M29/00—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
    • A01M29/16—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using sound waves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M31/00—Hunting appliances
    • A01M31/002—Detecting animals in a given area
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D80/00—Details, components or accessories not provided for in groups F03D1/00 - F03D17/00

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  • the present invention relates to removing avian life from an area.
  • Avian life can have an adverse impact on certain areas. For example, birds striking a plane near an airport can damage the plane or kill the birds. In some instances, the bird strike can cause the plane to crash. In other areas, such as fisheries, wineries and farms, birds sometimes cause substantial problems, resulting in large portions of the crop being consumed or damaged. Further, in areas that include wind turbines, birds flying through these areas often collide with the turbines and die.
  • a method for dissuading avian life forms from a region comprises: defining a region of interest;
  • the region of interest is defined by its global positioning system (GPS) coordinates.
  • GPS global positioning system
  • the first avian life form is detected by a computer vision technique, sensors or radar.
  • the UAV is guided towards the first avian life form by an on-board computer vision system.
  • the method further comprises dissuading a second avian life form from the region of interest with the UAV when the first avian life form is outside the region of interest.
  • the method further comprises launching a plurality of UAVs towards the plurality of avian life forms to dissuade the plurality of avian life forms from the region of interest.
  • the plurality of UAVs move in a coordinated, pre-determined pattern.
  • the UAV broadcasts predatory bird sounds to dissuade the first avian life form from the region of interest.
  • the method further comprises defining a body of interest within the region of interest to prevent the UAV from colliding with the body of interest.
  • the body of interest includes a wind turbine, a transmission tower, a transmission line, or a water tower.
  • the body of interest is defined by its GPS coordinates.
  • a system for dissuading avian life forms from a region comprises: a memory device for storing a program; a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to: define a region of interest; detect a first avian life form in the region of interest; and dissuade the first avian life form from the region of interest by launching a UAV towards the first avian life form.
  • the region of interest is defined by its GPS coordinates.
  • the first avian life form is detected by a computer vision technique, sensors or radar.
  • the UAV is guided towards the first avian life form by an on-board computer vision system.
  • the processor is further operative with the program to dissuade a second avian life form from the region of interest with the UAV when the first avian life form is outside the region of interest.
  • the method further comprises launching a plurality of UAVs towards the plurality of avian life forms to dissuade the plurality of avian life forms from the region of interest.
  • the plurality of UAVs move in a coordinated, pre-determined pattern.
  • the UAV broadcasts predatory bird sounds to dissuade the first avian life form from the region of interest.
  • the processor is further operative with the program to define a body of interest within the region of interest to prevent the UAV from colliding with the body of interest.
  • the body of interest includes a wind turbine, a transmission tower, a transmission line, or a water tower.
  • the body of interest is defined by its GPS coordinates.
  • FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method to dissuade avian life forms from a region according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate defining a region of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 illustrates dissuading avian life forms from a region of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 illustrates dissuading avian life forms from a region of interest according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a computer system in which an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
  • FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method to dissuade avian life forms from a region according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a region of interest is defined (110).
  • a region of interest may be an area that should be cleared of all avian life forms. Such a region may include wind farms, fisheries, wineries, farms, water reservoirs, transmission lines, airports, cell phone towers and the like.
  • FIGS. 2 A and 2B illustrate such regions.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B there is shown a wind farm 210, a farm 220, a fishery 230 and an area including transmission lines and towers 240.
  • Regions of interest are demarcated in FIGS. 2A and 2B by solid lines, 210a, 220a, 230a and 240a.
  • the regions of interest may be defined by their global positioning system (GPS) coordinates. These coordinates may be manually entered into a system embodying the present invention.
  • GPS global positioning system
  • an avian life form in the region of interest is detected (120).
  • any bird or flock of birds that enter the region are detected visually using computer vision techniques.
  • Such techniques may include a self-working system that detects flying birds in real-time.
  • An example of a bird detection system is dtbird ® .
  • Another technique may be to employ a radar system to detect the birds in the region of interest.
  • An example of a bird and bat radar system is the MerlinTM Avian Radar System. It is to be understood, however, that these systems are not limiting and
  • one or more unmanned aerial vehicle are launched towards the avian life to dissuade them from the region of interest (130).
  • the flight of the UAVs is controlled autonomously by onboard computers or by a system embodying the present invention.
  • a single UAV 310 may be launched towards one bird 320a or two birds 320a and 320b.
  • the UAV's on-board vision guidance system will guide the UAV to the target. Once the UAV chases a bird out of the region, it may pursue the other bird in the region of interest.
  • the UAV when the bird is detected, its rough GPS coordinates are transmitted to the UAV.
  • the UAV is then activated and launched towards the rough GPS coordinates.
  • the UAV can identify the bird, lock-on and then chase it out of the region of interest.
  • they may operate in the same manner; however, they may also communicate with each other such that when one UAV rids the region of interest of its assigned bird, it can then assist the other UAV in its chase or simply return to its base.
  • a swarm of UAVs 410 are launched that will sweep the region.
  • the swarm of UAVs 410 can move and sweep in a coordinated, pre-determined pattern in order to clear the region of all birds 420.
  • Such motion can be achieved by programming, real-time communication between the UAVs 410 and frequent/live communication with the avian detection system.
  • the UAVs may broadcast sounds of predators (such as sounds of hawks) as an additional form of dissuasion.
  • the UAVs can also have a visual effect to scare birds.
  • the flight of a plurality of the UAVs can be such that they mimic the wing motion of a predatory bird.
  • the UAVs may have sensors on board that will notify them that they are crossing a border or a boundary from an approved region to an unapproved region.
  • the UAVs may include on-board light sensors that are tuned-in to light signals from a ground station, wherein the light signals identify the border or boundary, or the UAVs on-board cameras may identify ground-based visual symbols indicative of the border or boundary.
  • the UAVs can be remotely controlled by a human operator.
  • control may occur via the internet or some other wireless connection and the controlling operator can perform the actual chase if desired.
  • aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or computer program product.
  • aspects of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "circuit,” “module” or “system.”
  • aspects of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable medium(s) having computer readable program code embodied thereon.
  • the computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium.
  • a computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
  • a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
  • a computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof.
  • a computer readable signal medium may be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
  • Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, PvF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
  • Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C++ or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages.
  • the program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server.
  • the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider).
  • LAN local area network
  • WAN wide area network
  • Internet Service Provider for example, AT&T, MCI, Sprint, EarthLink, MSN, GTE, etc.
  • These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable medium that can direct a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable medium produce an article or manufacture including instructions which implement the function act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
  • the computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide processes for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
  • a computer system 501 can comprise, inter alia, a central processing unit (CPU) 502, a memory 503 and an input/output (I/O) interface 504.
  • the computer system 501 is generally coupled through the I/O interface 504 to a display 505 and various input devices 506 such as a mouse and keyboard.
  • the support circuits can include circuits such as cache, power supplies, clock circuits, and a communications bus.
  • the memory 503 can include RAM, ROM, disk drive, tape drive, etc., or a combination thereof.
  • Exemplary embodiments of present invention may be implemented as a routine 507 stored in memory 503 (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium) and executed by the CPU 502 to process the signal from a signal source 508.
  • the computer system 501 is a general-purpose computer system that becomes a specific purpose computer system when executing the routine 507 of the present invention.
  • the computer system 501 also includes an operating system and micro-instruction code.
  • the various processes and functions described herein may either be part of the micro-instruction code or part of the application program (or a combination thereof) which is executed via the operating system.
  • various other peripheral devices may be connected to the computer system 501 such as an additional data storage device and a printing device.
  • each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s).
  • the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved.
  • each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration can be implemented by special purpose hardware -based systems that perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

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L'invention concerne un procédé permettant de dissuader des formes de vie aviaires de rester dans une région, lequel procédé comprend les étapes qui consistent à: définir une région d'intérêt 110); détecter une première forme de vie aviaire dans la région d'intérêt (120) ; et dissuader la première forme de vie aviaire de rester dans la région d'intérêt par un envoi de véhicule aérien sans pilote (UAV) en direction la première forme de vie aviaire (130).
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