# US 11,441,543 B2 · System recording the collisions of flying animals with wind turbines, its application and manner of recording collisions of flying animals with wind turbines with the use of the system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,543 B2 - Document ID: US11441543B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/631,981 - Filed: 2018-07-16 - Published: 2020-05-28 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-19 - Applicants: Michal Przybycin - Inventors: Michal Przybycin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441543B2 ## CPC - F03D 17/00: Monitoring or testing of wind motors, e.g. diagnostics (testing during commissioning of wind motors F03D13/30) - F05B 2260/80: Diagnostics - F05B 2270/8041: Cameras - F05B 2270/8042: Lidar systems - F05B 2270/805: Radars - Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction - F03D: WIND MOTORS - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The object of the invention is a system recording the collisions of flying animals (9) with wind turbines (1) and indicating where they fell on the ground, which comprises a wind turbine (1) composed of a tower (2), a nacelle (3), a rotor (4) with blades (5) and a sensor unit comprising one sensor (6) and peripheral devices of the sensor, characterised in that the sensor (6) mounted on the nacelle (3) and/or tower (2) of the wind turbine (1) is a LIDAR sensor or a 3D light field camera or a 3D radar scanning the space around the wind turbine (1) in the field of view (7) of the sensor (6). The object of the invention is also the method of application of the above described system for recording the collisions of flying animals (9) with wind turbines (1) and indicating where they fell on the ground and the application of the system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for recording collisions of flying animals with wind turbines and indicating a position where the flying animals fall to the ground, comprising: a wind turbine including a tower, a nacelle, and a rotor with blades; and a sensor system having a sensor and peripheral devices, wherein: the sensor is mounted on the nacelle and/or the tower, the sensor is a LIDAR sensor or a 3D light field camera or a 3D radar scanning a space around the wind turbine in a field of view of the sensor, and the sensor is configured to trace a trajectory of a falling animal after a collision with the wind turbine including continuously monitoring coordinates and speed of the falling animal in 3D space within a range of the field of view of the sensor once the falling animal has entered the field of view of the sensor until the falling animal has fallen to the ground. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is mounted on the nacelle and has a horizontal field of view of 180°. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is mounted on the tower and has a horizontal field of view of 360°. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a LIDAR sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system, according to claim 4, wherein the range of the sensor is about 300 m. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a 3D radar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a 3D light field camera. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is located on the tower below a rotor blade range. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, further comprising: at least one device recording an image of the falling animal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system, according to claim 9, wherein the at least one device comprises one or more video cameras, night vision cameras, thermal imaging cameras, or photo cameras. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system, according to claim 1, wherein the sensor system further comprises: one or more further sensors mounted on the nacelle and/or the tower in such manner that the one or more further sensors are configured to communicate with one another by way of wired or wireless communication and cover multiple fields of view in conjunction with the field of view of the sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system, according to claim 11, wherein the sensor and the one or more further sensors are located on the tower below a rotor blade range. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system, according to claim 11, further comprising: at least one device recording an image of the falling animal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system, according to claim 13, wherein the at least one device comprises one or more video cameras, night vision cameras, thermal imaging cameras, or photo cameras. ### Claim 15 A method for recording collisions of flying animals with wind turbines and indicating where they fell on the ground including a system comprising a wind turbine including a tower, a nacelle, and a rotor with blades, and a sensor system including a sensor and peripheral device, where the sensor is mount on the nacelle and/or the tower and the sensor is a LIDAR sensor, a 3D light field camera, or a 3D radar configured to scan a space around the wind turbine in a field of view of the sensor, the method comprising: tracing a trajectory of the flying animal using the sensor as the flying animal falls after the collision with the wind turbine; and obtaining an indication from the sensor that a collision occurred between a flying animal and the wind turbine, comprising: continuously monitoring one or more coordinates and a speed of the flying animal using the sensor as the flying animal falls in 3D space within a range of the field of view of the sensor from when the flying animal enters the field of view of the sensor until the flying animal contacts the ground. ### Claim 16 A method for recording collisions of flying animals with wind turbines and indicating where they fell on the ground including a system comprising a wind turbine including a tower, a nacelle, and a rotor with blades, a sensor system including a sensor and peripheral device, where the sensor is mount on the nacelle and/or the tower and the sensor is a LIDAR sensor, a 3D light field camera, or a 3D radar configured to scan a space around the wind turbine in a field of view of the sensor, and one or more further sensors mounted on the nacelle and/or the tower in such manner that the one or more further sensors are configured to communicate with one another by way of wired or wireless communication and cover multiple fields of view in conjunction with the field of view of the sensor the method comprising: tracing a trajectory of the flying animal using the sensor and the one or more further sensors as the flying animal falls after the collision with the wind turbine; and obtaining an indication from the sensor and the one or more further sensors that a collision occurred between a flying animal and the wind turbine, comprising: continuously monitoring one or more coordinates and a speed of the flying animal using the sensor and the one or more further sensors as the flying animal falls in 3D space within a range of a field of view of the sensor of the multiple fields of view of the one or more further sensors from when the flying animal enters the field of view of the sensor and the multiple fields of view of the one or more further sensors until the flying animal contacts the ground.