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US 12,408,638 B2Granted
Responsive dispersion from compartment in aqueous solution
OwnerArthur J. Zito, Jr., William R. Zitoinventors
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Abstract
A buoy that includes a first sensor to measure a change of an environmental event, a compartment that contains at least one organism, a second sensor to determine a maturity of the at least one organism, a release mechanism to release the at least one organism from the compartment to the body of water, an adjustable aperture nozzle mounted to the buoy to disperse the at least one organism from the compartment in a rate proportionate to the change of the environmental event with a quantity of the water from the body of water, and a control operable to adjust the release mechanism.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a buoy that floats in a body of water;
- a first sensor to measure a change of an environmental event external to the apparatus;
- a compartment in the buoy that contains at least one organism;
- a second sensor to determine a maturity of the at least one organism;
- a release mechanism to release the at least one organism from the compartment to the body of water external to the apparatus;
- an adjustable aperture nozzle mounted to the buoy and connected to the release mechanism, the adjustable aperture nozzle adjustable through a range of sizes to disperse the at least one organism from the compartment in a rate proportionate to the change of the environmental event as measured by the first sensor to the body of water external to the apparatus, with a quantity of the water from the body of water;
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- a control in communication with the first sensor, the release mechanism, the second sensor, and the adjustable aperture nozzle, the control operable to adjust the release mechanism, and the adjustable aperture nozzle to control dispersion of the at least one organism with the quantity of the water from the body of water in proportion to the change of the environmental event as measured by the first sensor, the controller operable to activate the release mechanism to release the at least one organism when the measurement from the second sensor is determined to reach a set point.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a buoy that floats in a body of water;
- a first sensor to measure a change of an environmental event external to the apparatus;
- a compartment in the buoy that contains at least one organism, and a second sensor;
- a release mechanism to release the at least one organism from the compartment to the body of water external to the apparatus;
- an adjustable aperture nozzle mounted to the buoy and connected to the release mechanism, the adjustable aperture nozzle adjustable through a range of sizes to disperse a quantity of the at least one organism from the compartment in a rate proportionate to the change of the environmental event as measured by the first sensor, to the body of water external to the apparatus, with a quantity of the water from the body of water;
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- a control in communication with the first sensor, the release mechanism, the second sensor, and the adjustable aperture nozzle, the control operable to adjust the release mechanism and to adjust the adjustable aperture nozzle to control the dispersion of the quantity of the at least one organism with the quantity of the water from the body of water in proportion to the change of the environmental event as measured by the first sensor, the controller operable to adjust a nozzle aperture of the adjustable aperture nozzle and the release mechanism to release the at least one organism based in response to the measurement from the second sensor.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a buoy that floats in a body of water;
- a receiver to receive measurements from a remote station to determine a change of an environmental event;
- a compartment in the buoy that contains at least one organism, the compartment contains a sensor that determines at least one of a size, a color, a density, a speed or a proxy for a maturity of the at least one organism;
- a release mechanism to release the at least one organism from the compartment to the body of water external to the apparatus;
- an adjustable aperture nozzle mounted to the buoy and connected to the release mechanism, the adjustable aperture nozzle mechanism adjustable through a range of sizes to disperse a quantity of the at least one organism from the compartment to the body of water external to the apparatus, with a quantity of the water from the body of water;
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- a control in communication with the receiver, the release mechanism, the sensor, and the adjustable aperture nozzle, the control operable to adjust both the release mechanism and the adjustable aperture nozzle to disperse the quantity of at least one organism with the quantity of the water from the body of water in proportion to the change of the environmental event as measured by the receiver and the measurement from the sensor in the compartment.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a buoy that floats in a body of water;
- a first sensor to measure a change of an environmental event external to the buoy;
- a compartment in the buoy that contains at least one organism, the compartment contains a second sensor that determines their size, color, density, speed or a proxy for their maturity;
- a release mechanism to release the at least one organism from the compartment;
- an adjustable aperture nozzle mounted to the buoy and connected to the release mechanism, the adjustable aperture nozzle adjustable through a range of sizes to disperse a quantity of the at least one organism from the compartment with a quantity of the water from the body of water;
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- a control in communication with the first sensor, the second sensor, the release mechanism, and the adjustable aperture nozzle, the control operable to adjust the release mechanism, and to adjust the adjustable aperture nozzle to control the dispersion of the at least one organism with the quantity of the water from the body of water in proportion to the change of the environmental event and to a desired maturity of the at least one organism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.