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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Tara Astigarraga, Fairport, NY (US);
Christopher V. Derobertis, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Louie A. Dickens, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jose R. Mosqueda Mejia, Michoacan, MX;
Daniel J. Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for detecting contagious diseases in a wildlife population using a drone are provided. Aspects include monitoring, by a drone, a geographic area and capture images of the geographic area and analyzing the captured images to identify a deceased wildlife in a region of the geographic area. Aspects also include performing increased monitoring of the region and capture supplemental images of the region using the drone and analyzing the supplemental images to identify a number of deceased wildlife in the region. Based on a determination that number of deceased wildlife in the region, greater than a threshold number, a corrective action is taken.