Continual aerail, release from drones
AssigneeSenecio Ltd.
InventorsHanan Lepek, Rom Eisenberg, Yoram Fleischmann, Amir Ilan
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Abstract
A storage and release mechanism for aerial distribution and release of insects from an unmanned aerial vehicle, the release being aimed at controlling a wild insect population, the wild population having fluctuating local densities, the mechanism comprising a switch for switching between two or more different sustainable insect delivery rates for release of the insects. The method is particularly suitable for sterile male mosquitoes in programs to control wild mosquito populations.
Claims20
A storage and release mechanism for aerial distribution and release of insects from cartridges mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle, the release being aimed at controlling a wild insect population, the wild population having fluctuating local densities, the mechanism comprising:
- the cartridges mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- a switch for switching between a first sustainable insect delivery rate for release of said insects via said unmanned aerial vehicle and a second sustainable insect delivery rate for release of said insects via said unmanned aerial vehicle to provide a selected insect delivery rate;
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- a release mechanism;
- wherein said insects are arranged in said mounted cartridges, each cartridge sequentially being brought into contact with said release mechanism at said selected delivery rate, the release mechanism configured to release said insects from each cartridge while the respective cartridge remains mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle.
A storage and release mechanism for aerial distribution and release of insects from an unmanned aerial vehicle, the release being aimed at controlling a wild insect population, the mechanism comprising:
- at least two cartridges containing insects for distribution, the cartridges configured for mounting on said unmanned aerial vehicle;
- a controllable opening mechanism for controllably opening said cartridges to release said insects at a controllable rate, said controllable opening mechanism being configured to open said cartridges and release said insects from said cartridge while said cartridges remain mounted on said unmanned aerial vehicle;
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- a magazine, the magazine comprising an opening position and a mechanical opener, wherein said at least two insect-containing cartridges comprise a plurality of insect-containing cartridges within said magazine, the magazine configured to cause respective ones of said plurality of cartridges to proceed to said opening position, the opening position being a position at which each cartridge respectively is opened and the insects therein released, the opening position being associated with operation of said mechanical opener to open respective cartridges, the mechanism comprising an actuatable device being associated with said controllable opening mechanism to regulate arrival of cartridges at the opening position and thereby control said release rate.
An unmanned aerial vehicle having at least two cartridges mounted thereon, each cartridge containing insects for release, each cartridge being controllably openable to release said insects from respective cartridges while said cartridges remain mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- the unmanned aerial vehicle further comprising a magazine, wherein said at least two insect-containing cartridges comprise a plurality of insect-containing cartridges within said magazine and configured to proceed to an opening position, the opening position being a position at which each cartridge respectively is mechanically opened and the insects therein released, the opening position being associated with operation of a mechanical opener to open said cartridges, the mechanism comprising an actuatable device to regulate arrival of cartridges at the opening position and thereby control said release rate.
A storage and release mechanism for insect dispersal from an unmanned aerial vehicle, the mechanism comprising:
- a plurality of cartridges;
- a conveyor extending from a storage position to a release position, for conveying insects in said cartridges from said storage position to said release position;
- an insect release door fixed at said release position and a mechanical opener, said door being openable in synchronization with said conveying of insects along said conveyor, to release said insects for dispersal from said cartridges as respective cartridges are opened by said mechanical opener, the cartridges being retained on said unmanned aerial vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.