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Patent No.:

US 9816486 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2016

Bird or bat detection and identification for wind turbine risk mitigation

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Eric S. Wenger, Lakewood, CO (US);

Andrew G. Oliver, Longmont, CO (US);

Victor L. Babbitt, Superior, CO (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Lathrop Gage LLP

Primary Examiner:

Yvonne Abbott-Lewis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); A01M 29/00 (2011.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); F03D 80/00 (2016.01); F03D 80/10 (2016.01); A01M 29/10 (2011.01); A01M 29/16 (2011.01); A01M 31/00 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01); E04B 1/72 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/042 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); A01M 29/00 (2013.01); A01M 29/10 (2013.01); A01M 29/16 (2013.01); A01M 31/002 (2013.01); E04B 1/72 (2013.01); F03D 7/00 (2013.01); F03D 7/048 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/10 (2016.05); G06F 3/005 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06K 9/00369 (2013.01); G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 13/0242 (2013.01); H04N 13/0296 (2013.01); F05B 2270/804 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30241 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01); Y02E 10/726 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind turbine includes a plurality of optical imaging sensors. A controller receives and analyzes images from the optical imaging sensors to automatically send a signal to curtail operation of the wind turbine to a predetermined risk mitigating level when the controller determines from images received from the optical imaging sensors that an airborne animal is at risk from the wind turbine.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wenger, Eric. (2017). Bird or bat detection and identification for wind turbine risk mitigation (U.S. Patent No. 9816486). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9816486

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