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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.

Patent No.:

US 11291198 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2019

Methods and systems for bird deterrence and maintenance thereof

Applicant:

Birdbrain Inc., Clayton, NC (US);

Inventor:

Brian Carnell, Clayton, NC (US);

Assignee:

BirdBrAIn Inc., Clayton, NC (US);

Attorney:

Fish IP Law, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Yonel Beaulieu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); A01M 29/06 (2011.01); A01M 29/10 (2011.01); A01M 29/16 (2011.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G06V 40/00 (2022.01); A01M 29/24 (2011.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); A01M 31/00 (2006.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 29/24 (2013.01); A01M 29/06 (2013.01); A01M 29/10 (2013.01); A01M 29/16 (2013.01); A01M 31/002 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/143 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for effectively repelling pest animals (e.g., birds), including drones that adopt complex deterrent strategies (e.g., cooperative strategies), establishing a fuzzy boundary for a geofenced area and altering pest deterrent device flight patterns based on the characteristics of the fuzzy boundaries. Deterrence strategies can be selected based on the type of pest animals, and new deterrence strategies can be generated based on outcome feedback from previous strategies (e.g., combining aspects of preexisting deterrence strategies by utilizing an AI system). Drones can be automatically maintained by comparing current drone operational status with a predetermined threshold level. A maintenance robot (e.g., a drone) can autonomously rescues a working robot (e.g., another drone) that is in trouble.

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