Dynamic and geo-fenced manipulation of insects with device screens
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAl Chakra, Kelley Anders, Liam S. Harpur, Robert H. Grant
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Abstract
A mobile device, computer program product for a mobile device and a computer-implemented method of operating a mobile device is disclosed. The mobile device includes a sensor, an animal database and a processor. The sensor receives data regarding an animal proximate the mobile device. The processor compares the data to the animal database to determine a type of animal at the mobile device, and performs an action on the mobile device based on the type of animal in order to manipulate a behavior of the animal.
Claims14
A computer program product for operating a mobile device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining a data regarding an insect proximate to a touch screen of the mobile device;
- determining, from the data, a type of insect;
- and
- performing an action at the mobile device based on the type of insect in order to manipulate a behavior of the insect,
- wherein the action comprises displaying light of a selected color on the touch screen to attract the insect and moving a region at which the selected color is displayed to a different location of the touch screen to encourage the insect to move to the different location of the touch screen.
A mobile device, comprising:
- a sensor receivable of data regarding an insect proximate the mobile device;
- an animal database;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- compare the data to the insect database to determine type of animal at the mobile device;
- and
- perform an action on the mobile device based on the type of insect in order to manipulate a behavior of the insect,
- wherein the action comprises displaying light of a selected color on the touch screen to attract the insect and moving a region at which the selected color is displayed to a different location of the touch screen to encourage the insect to move to the different location of the touch screen.
A computer-implemented method of operating a mobile device, comprising:
- obtaining a data regarding an insect proximate to a touch screen of the mobile device;
- determining, from the data, a type of insect;
- and
- performing an action at the mobile device based on the type of insect in order to manipulate a behavior of the insect,
- wherein the action comprises displaying light of a selected color on the touch screen to attract the insect and moving a region at which the selected color is displayed to a different location of the touch screen to encourage the insect to move to the different location of the touch screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.