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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Applicant:
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Inventor:
John P. Swaddle, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 29/18 (2011.01); A01M 29/10 (2011.01); A01M 29/08 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 29/18 (2013.01); A01M 29/08 (2013.01); A01M 29/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combination of a visual warning cue and a conspicuous auditory warning cue acts synergistically to reduce bird strike frequency against a man-made structure. Methods and systems are described for providing said combination of warning cues when a bird is within a warning zone. The auditory warning cue entails at least two separate sonic pulses within one second when the bird is within the warning zone, and is defined by an intensity-weighted frequency average of between 6 kHz and 18 kHz, and an intensity at a location within the warning zone of at least 70 decibels.