WO2015188831A1 - Procédé pour éliminer des animaux d'un champ - Google Patents

Procédé pour éliminer des animaux d'un champ Download PDF

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WO2015188831A1
WO2015188831A1 PCT/DK2015/050155 DK2015050155W WO2015188831A1 WO 2015188831 A1 WO2015188831 A1 WO 2015188831A1 DK 2015050155 W DK2015050155 W DK 2015050155W WO 2015188831 A1 WO2015188831 A1 WO 2015188831A1
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Rasmus Nyholm JØRGENSEN
Kim Arild STEEN
Carsten Riis OLESEN
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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
    • A01M31/00—Hunting appliances
    • A01M31/002—Detecting animals in a given area
    • 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
    • A01M29/12—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using odoriferous substances, e.g. aromas, pheromones or chemical agents

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  • the present invention relates to methods for removing animals from a field/area prior to mowing.
  • the present invention relates to a UAV based detection system, which is also capable of prompting the animals to leave the area.
  • Thermal imaging have become an interesting technology in agriculture, due to the invariance to illumination and the lowered price on thermal cameras.
  • US2014148978 discloses a system for directing a bird away from equipment includes an item of equipment and a detector configured to detect a bird that could be harmed by or that could harm the equipment and to determine the proximity of the bird to the equipment.
  • the system also includes an unmanned aerial vehicle and a pilot system configured to control the unmanned aerial vehicle.
  • an object of the present invention relates to a method for removing animals from an area to be mowed/harvested.
  • one aspect of the invention relates to a method for removing animals from an area before mowing and/or harvesting the area or part of the area, the method comprising :
  • unmanned aerial vehicle UAV
  • step a) takes place at least the day before initiation of mowing and/or harvesting of the area or part of the area
  • UAV comprising a container designed for releasing a load during flight, wherein said load is an animal repellent, such as a liquid repellent, characterized in that said UAV carries the animal repellent.
  • the invention relates to a method for removing animals from an area before mowing and/or harvesting the area or part of the area, the method comprising :
  • step a) identify one or more animals present in the area by a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein step a) takes place at least the day before initiation of mowing and/or harvesting of the area or part of the area, and
  • UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
  • a repellent is positioned by a UAV, shortly after the animal has been
  • the method of detecting and depositing is performed at least the day
  • the repellent induces the animal to leave the area (or induces the mother of the animal to call the fawns out of the area. Thus, the farmer does not have to manually remove animals hiding in the area. To optimize the effect, behavioural studies show that the depositing of the repellent should be conducted at least the day before.
  • the complete method can be conducted without having to enter the field in any of the steps. This saves a lot of time and potential damage to the crop.
  • the term "in the vicinity of” is to be understood as within 50 meters of the animal such as within 40 meters, such as within 30 meters, such as within 20 meters or such as within 10 meters of the identified animal.
  • the repellent is released close to the animal and not directly on the animal.
  • step a) takes place between 04: 00 AM and 10: 00 AM the day before the area is mowed and/or harvested.
  • repellent in step b) is released between 04: 00 AM and 10: 00 AM the day before the area is mowed and/or harvested.
  • step a) takes place between 16: 00 and 24: 00 the day before the area is mowed and/or harvested.
  • repellent in step b) is released between 04:00 AM and 10: 00 AM the day before the area is mowed and/or harvested.
  • the above-indicated time intervals may also be used e.g. two days before harvesting and/or three days before harvesting. The highest effect though is believed to be the day before.
  • the reason for depositing the repellent at least the day before, is not the obvious choice. The reason being that it has been realized that during the first weeks of life (e.g.
  • the fawns do not to flee when a predator approaches but instead try to hide.
  • repellents such as wolf- or lynx urine
  • the fawn will most likely not flee, but instead keep hiding.
  • the repellent is deposited on the day of mowing the effect will be minimal.
  • the mother of the fawn will pick up the scent from the repellent and subsequently call the fawn out of the area. This will normally take place during the night, requiring the repellent to be deposited at the latest the evening before.
  • the timing of positioning the repellent is of high importance to optimize the effect.
  • repellent is selected from the group consisting of predator urine, such as wolf urine, lynx urine, such as Canada Lynx, mink urine, wolf excrements, lynx excrements, mink excrements or concentrated forms thereof, and artificial repellents.
  • the skilled person may find other repellents.
  • WCS Wildlife control supplies
  • the term "artificial repellents" relates to repellents having the same effect (or substantially the same effect on warm-blooded animals (preferably herbivores) as predator urine.
  • the repellent may be delivered from the UAV in different forms.
  • the repellent is a liquid, a solid or semi-solid material impregnated with the repellent.
  • the form of the repellent can be selected.
  • the animal is selected from the group consisting of warm-blooded animals, such as deer's, deer fawns, Sika deer, Roe deer, Fallow deer, Red deer, hares, hare leverets, wild rabbit, birds, such as ground nesting birds, such as pheasants, partridge and Mallard duck.
  • fawns are preferably to be understood as fawns less than a year old, such as less than 6 months old, such as less than 2 months old, or such as less than 1 month old.
  • a leveret is to be understood as a young hare, especially one less than a year old, such as less than 6 months old, such as less than 2 months old, or such as less than 1 month old.
  • the UAV is a helicopter, plane, multi rotor (quadro-, hexa-, octo-), or a fixed wing UAV.
  • the UAV is a small UAV having a max weight of 10 kg, such as max 5 kg, such as max 3 kg, such as max 1 kg.
  • the UAV can be controlled in different ways.
  • the UAV is remote-controlled or automatically controlled.
  • the automatic control is based on a positioning system such as GPS determining the area/field, automatic identification of the animals and automatic release of repellent. As also described in the background section, different types of control and detection system exists.
  • the cameras on the UAV may be of different types.
  • the animals are detected by cameras, such as selected from the group consisting of thermal cameras, infrared cameras, colour cameras, polarized thermal cameras, and polarized colour cameras.
  • the UAV is equipped with at least a normal camera + a thermal camera.
  • the repellent can be released in different was.
  • the repellent is released from the first UAV. In this way, only one flight may be required to identify the animals and release the repellent.
  • the repellent is released from the second UAV. By having a second UAV release the repellent, the first UAV can be lighter and thus cover a greater area. Another advantage may be that the type of repellent can subsequently be chosen based on the detected animal(s) and then loaded in the second UAV.
  • the method of the invention may further comprise a step c), comprising mowing and/or harvesting the area or part of the area.
  • the invention in another aspect, relates to a UAV comprising a container designed for releasing a load during flight, wherein said load is an animal repellent, such as a liquid repellent, characterized in that said UAV carries the animal repellent.
  • said animal repellent is selected from the group consisting of predator urine, such as wolf urine, lynx urine, such as Canada Lynx, mink urine, wolf excrements, lynx excrements, mink excrements or concentrated forms thereof, and artificial repellents.
  • the UAV further comprises a pump, for releasing the animal repellent.
  • a pump for releasing the repellent.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé pour éliminer les animaux d'une zone avant la tonte de la zone, le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à : identifier un ou plusieurs animaux présents dans la zone à l'aide d'un véhicule aérien sans pilote (UAV) la veille du début de la tonte, et si un ou plusieurs animaux sont détectés à l'intérieur de la zone, libérer un répulsif pour animaux depuis l'UAV, au niveau de et/ou à proximité de l'animal ou des animaux identifié(s).
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