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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 12399933 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2022

Avian detection systems and methods

Applicant:

Identiflight International, Llc, Louisville, CO (US);

Inventors:

Carlos Jorquera, Louisville, CO (US);

Aaron Coppage, Louisville, CO (US);

Jason Desalvo, Louisville, CO (US);

Ryan Luttrell, Louisville, CO (US);

Jason Luttrell, Louisville, CO (US);

Assignee:

IdentiFlight International, LLC, Louisville, CO (US);

Attorney:

Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Kaitlin A Retallick

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/583 (2019.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01); F03D 80/00 (2016.01); F03D 80/10 (2016.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/583 (2019.01); F03D 7/02 (2013.01); F03D 7/0264 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/10 (2016.05); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); F05B 2270/8041 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30241 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided herein are detection systems and related methods for detecting moving objects in an airspace surrounding the detection system. In an aspect, the moving object is a flying animal and the detection system comprises a first imager and a second imager that determines position of the moving object and for moving objects within a user selected distance from the system the system determines whether the moving object is a flying animal, such as a bird or bat. The systems and methods are compatible with wind turbines to identify avian(s) of interest in airspace around wind turbines and, if necessary, take action to minimize avian strike by a wind turbine blade.

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