Detection of animal intrusions and control of a repellent mechanism for detected animal intrusions
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorBRANT CANDELORE
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus and a method are provided for detection of animal intrusions and control of a repellent mechanism to prevent such intrusions. The electronic apparatus controls an image-capture device to acquire an image of a house yard and selects a set of zones in the acquired image based on a user-specified setting. The electronic apparatus detects an animal in the acquired image and controls the repellent mechanism based on a determination that the detected animal is in a zone which is among the selected set of zones, to target the detected animal.
Claims20
An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry communicatively coupled to a repellent mechanism, wherein the circuitry is configured to:
- control an image-capture device to acquire an image of a house yard;
- select a set of zones in the acquired image based on a user-specified setting;
- detect an animal in the acquired image;
- and
- control the repellent mechanism based on a determination that the detected animal is in a zone which is among the selected set of zones, to target the detected animal.
A method, comprising:
- in an electronic apparatus:
- controlling an image-capture device to acquire an image of a house yard;
- selecting a set of zones in the acquired image based on a user-specified setting;
- detecting an animal in the acquired image;
- and
- controlling the repellent mechanism based on a determination that the detected animal is in a zone which is among the selected set of zones, to target the detected animal.
An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- control an image-capture device to acquire a preview image of a Field-of-View (FoV) region of the image-capture device;
- determine a plurality of zones in a house yard in the acquired preview image;
- control a user device to display the acquired preview image;
- control the user device to display a plurality of user-selectable options onto the displayed preview image;
- receive, via the user device, a user input over the displayed plurality of user-selectable options;
- select, from the determined plurality of zones, a set of zones which is to be protected from an animal intrusion based on the user input;
- and
- store the selection of the set of zones as a user-specified setting on the electronic apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.