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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Gordon David Mcintosh, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Gordon David Mcintosh, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 47/06 (2006.01); A01M 1/02 (2006.01); A01M 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 47/06 (2013.01); A01M 1/026 (2013.01); A01M 1/22 (2013.01); A01M 2200/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of this disclosure include a system, method and apparatus providing automated audio and vision based pest detection and entry denial for a beehive. The apparatus may include multiple video classification sensors that transmit a signal of the dorsal and lateral aspect of the insects to a computer running a video processing algorithms that classify all insects attempting to enter a beehive. Additionally, the apparatus may include multiple audio classification sensors that transmit audio signals to the computer for audio analysis to assist in classification. Insects classified as pests (not-a-bee) are actively excluded from the beehive.