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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Applicant:
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
John P Swaddle, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Mark K Hinders, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 29/00 (2011.01); A01M 29/18 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 29/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
One or more sound producers disrupt auditory communications among animals in a defined locale. The sound is defined by (i) a frequency range commensurate with a communication frequency range used by at least one species to carry out auditory communications, (ii) colored noise in the frequency range, and (iii) a sound level of the colored noise in the frequency range at a perimeter region of the defined locale not to exceed approximately a peak sound level associated with auditory communications of one or more species.