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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:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Vittorio Castelli, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);

Ashish Kundu, Elmsford, NY (US);

Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); A01K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 11/008 (2013.01); A01K 1/0029 (2013.01); A01K 15/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G06K 9/00657 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle for determining geolocation foraging zones for animals, the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a processor-based monitoring device to monitor a plurality of geolocations, an identification device to identify an animal and to track a position of the animal in relation to the plurality of geolocations, a risk analysis device to evaluate a level of risk associated with each of the plurality of geolocations, and a mapping device coupled to the monitoring device to select a geolocation foraging zone when the level of risk associated with the geolocation foraging zone is below a predetermined threshold value.


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