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US 12,752,917 B2Granted
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pest abatement device
OwnerHarrison Francis Hertzberginventor
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a carrier body, which supports at least one propulsion element, and at least one reservoir and a spraying arrangement including at least one arm to extend outward from the carrier body and at least one nozzle to spray pest abatement material.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- maneuvering an unmanned aerial vehicle through flight, via operation of at least one propulsion element, into close proximity to a pest target portion of a building, wherein the aerial vehicle comprises a carrier body, the at least one propulsion element, and at least one spraying arrangement, wherein the at least one spraying arrangement includes at least one arm with a nozzle and a reservoir to hold a pest abatement material with the reservoir being in communication with the nozzle;
- visualizing, via a camera mounted on at least one of the carrier body or the at least one spraying arrangement, the pest target portion while illuminating the pest target portion via a light supported by the aerial vehicle;
- and
- positioning the at least one arm, via extension from the carrier body and via at least one point of articulation of the at least one arm, relative to the pest target portion of the building to position the nozzle in close proximity to the pest target portion to spray the pest abatement material from the reservoir at the pest target portion while visualizing the illuminated pest target portion, wherein the positioning includes:
- articulating, via the at least one point of articulation along the at least one arm, the at least one arm into different positions to spray the pest target portion, wherein the at least one point of articulation comprises a first articulation point between opposite ends of the at least one arm;
- and
- removing, via the at least one propulsion element, a pest habitation from the pest target portion.
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A method comprising:
- maneuvering an unmanned aerial vehicle through flight, via operation of at least one propulsion element, into close proximity to at least one pest target portion of a building, wherein the aerial vehicle comprises a carrier body, the at least one propulsion element, and at least one spraying arrangement, wherein the at least one spraying arrangement includes at least one arm with a nozzle and a reservoir to hold a pest abatement material with the reservoir being in communication with the nozzle,
- wherein the maneuvering comprises;
- visualizing, via a camera mounted on at least one of the carrier body or the at least one spraying arrangement, the at least one pest target portion;
- and
- identifying at least one of pests or a pest habitation of the pest target portion, wherein the identifying comprises at least one of:
- thermally identifying, via a thermal camera mounted on at least one of the carrier body or the at least one spraying measurement, the respective pests or pest habitation of the pest target portion;
- and
- illuminating, via a light mounted on the at least one of the carrier body or the at least one spaying arrangement, the pests or the pest habitation;
- and
- positioning the at least one arm, via extension from the carrier body and via at least one point of articulation of the at least one arm, relative to the pest target portion of the building to position the nozzle in close proximity to the pest target portion to spray the pest abatement material from the reservoir at the respective pests and pest habitation of the pest target portion while visualizing the pest target portion via the camera and while performing the thermal identification of the respective pests or pest habitation, wherein the positioning includes:
- articulating, via the at least one point of articulation along the at least one arm, the at least one arm into different positions to spray the pest target portion, wherein the at least one point of articulation comprises a first articulation point between opposite ends of the at least one arm;
- and
- removing, via the at least one propulsion element, a pest habitation from the pest target portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.