Imaging array for bird or bat detection and identification
AssigneeIdentiflight International, LLC
InventorsEric S. Wenger, Andrew G. Oliver, Victor L. Babbitt, Thomas R. Hiester
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Abstract
An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind farm. The automated system may include an array of a plurality of image capturing devices independently mounted in a wind farm. The array may include a plurality of low resolution cameras and at least one high resolution camera. The plurality of low resolution cameras may be interconnected and may detect a spherical field surrounding the wind farm. A server is in communication with the array of image capturing devices. The server may automatically analyze images to classify an airborne object captured by the array of image capturing devices in response to receiving the images.
Claims20
An automated system for tracking object motion in a designated area, the automated system comprising:
- an array of image capturing devices independently mounted in a designated area;
- the array including:
- a network of wide field of view cameras and
- two or more tracking cameras;
- wherein the network of wide field of view cameras are interconnected with at least one of the wide field of view cameras having a field of view pointed upward to detect a geometric field surrounding the designated area and the interconnected wide field of view cameras provide a combined field of view to monitor airspace in all approachable directions around the designated area;
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- a server in communication with the array of image capturing devices;
- to classify an airborne object captured by the array of image capturing devices in response to receiving the images.
A method of surveying a population of a predetermined species in a designated area, the method comprising the steps of:
- mounting an array of image capturing devices in a designated area, wherein the array of image capturing devices includes an interconnected network of wide field of view cameras and two or more tracking cameras, wherein at least one of the wide field of view cameras has a field of view pointed upward to detect a geometric field surrounding the designated area and the interconnected wide field of view cameras provide a combined field of view to monitor airspace in all approachable directions around the designated area;
- detecting an airborne object in the designated area with one or more of the wide field of view cameras to generate wide field of view (WFOV) images;
- activating the two or more tracking cameras with a controller to track the detected airborne object from the detecting step in the designated area and to provide tracking camera images of the airborne object;
- automatically providing the WFOV images, the tracking camera images, or a combination thereof to a server to determine whether the airborne object is a predetermined species of interest;
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- collecting data on the predetermined species of interest;
- thereby surveying the population of a predetermined species.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.