UAV-enforced insect no-fly zone
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1. A system for counteracting flying insects, comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle of the rotorcraft type, having a body connected to a number of spinning rotors, said spinning rotors generating an airflow enabling insects flying over said spinning rotors to be drawn towards said unmanned aerial vehicle,one or more grids attached to said body in a manner that said airflow passes though said grid, so that said drawn insects are collected on said grids or touch said grids,an imager having a field of view,one or more processors configured to track an insect in the field of view of the said imager and to control the flight of said unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Abstract
A system for tracking and counteracting flying insects includes an imager, a unmanned aerial vehicle with an embedded counteracting device and a processor.
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13 Claims
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1. A system for counteracting flying insects, comprising:
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an unmanned aerial vehicle of the rotorcraft type, having a body connected to a number of spinning rotors, said spinning rotors generating an airflow enabling insects flying over said spinning rotors to be drawn towards said unmanned aerial vehicle, one or more grids attached to said body in a manner that said airflow passes though said grid, so that said drawn insects are collected on said grids or touch said grids, an imager having a field of view, one or more processors configured to track an insect in the field of view of the said imager and to control the flight of said unmanned aerial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of counteracting flying insects, comprising:
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acquiring images from an imager, determining that an image includes an insect at a location, approaching the insect with one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, drawing the insect with an airflow towards said unmanned aerial vehicle, touching the insect or collecting the insect with a grid embedded in said unmanned aerial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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