Geofenced autonomous aquatic drone
OwnerCraig D. Allmendingerinventor
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Abstract
A geofenced autonomous aquatic drone for repelling sharks from a shoreline. The drone employs a buoyant housing resembling a portion of a predator such as an orca whale. A battery positioned within the drone is recharged through a floating inductive charging station. A transmitter unit coupled to at least one under water transducer introduces certain sounds, such as reproduction of orca whale or dolphin calling sounds. A propulsion system controlled a microprocessor receives location information via DGPS for providing a geofence around an area to be patrolled. The drone travels within the geofence area, monitored by the DGPS receiver, while said transducer produces certain sounds and or a solution of shark repellant is dispensed.
Claims13
An autonomous aquatic drone comprising:
- a buoyant housing resembling at least a portion of a shark predator selected from the group of consisting of an orca whale, a sperm whale or a dolphin;
- a battery positioned within said housing, said battery recharged through inductive charging;
- a microprocessor electrically coupled to said battery;
- a transmitter electrically coupled to said microprocessor and to at least one transducer constructed and arranged to produce sound waves, an electrical frequency or a magnetic field;
- a propulsion system secured to said housing and operatively associated with said microprocessor;
- a solution of orca whale pheromones dispensed through a capillary tube and admixed by said propulsion system;
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- a DGPS receiver coupled to said microprocessor;
- wherein said microprocessor is programmed to control said propulsion system for directing said buoyant housing to travel within a geofence area coordinated by said DGPS receiver.
An autonomous aquatic drone comprising:
- a buoyant housing resembling at least a portion of a shark predator selected from the group of consisting of an orca whale, a sperm whale or a dolphin;
- a battery positioned within said housing, said battery recharged through inductive charging;
- a microprocessor positioned within said housing and electrically coupled to said battery;
- a water jet propulsion system secured to said housing and operatively associated with said microprocessor;
- a DGPS receiver coupled to said microprocessor;
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- a solution of shark repellant attached to said buoyant housing for admixing through said water jet propulsion system, said solution is drawn from a storage tank by a capillary tube, said solution consisting of orca whale pheromones;
- wherein said microprocessor is programmed to control said water jet propulsion system for directing said buoyant housing to travel within a geofence area coordinate by said DGPS receiver while said solution of shark repellant is dispensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.