Animal collision avoidance system

A plurality of animal collision avoidance systems for use in an airport, comprising:

• a plurality of detection modules configured to scan their fields of view within the airport to detect a presence of an object and to recognize the object within their fields of view as being a bird;
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• a plurality of deterrence modules configured to electronically produce a plurality of electronically generated acoustic sounding signals, upon recognition of the bird, to induce an acoustic startle reflex (ASR) of the bird to deter the bird from an airport runway or to divert a trajectory of the bird away from the airport runway;
• wherein the electronically generated acoustic sounding signal is between approximately 300 Hz and 6,500 Hz, the acoustic sounding signal as delivered to within approximately 3.3 feet of an ear of the recognized bird within a maximum acoustic startle response rise time, and wherein the change in power level is approximately 12 dB.

A network of animal collision avoidance systems, comprising:

• a plurality of animal collision avoidance systems configured to electronically produce an electronically generated deterrent signal upon recognition of an object within an environment, to deter the object from an environment or to divert a trajectory of the object away from the environment;
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• a remote Environmental Data Center, communicatively coupled to the plurality of animal collision avoidance systems via a communication network, configured to control operation of the plurality of animal collision avoidance systems;
• wherein the electronically generated deterrent signal is between approximately 300 Hz and 6,500 Hz, the acoustic sounding signal as delivered to within approximately 3.3 feet of an ear of the bird having a rise time from a first power level to a second power level within a maximum acoustic startle response rise time, wherein the change in power level is approximately 112 dB.

An animal collision avoidance system, comprising:

• a detection module configured to detect for a presence of an object within an environment and to recognize a taxonomic rank of the object;
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• a deterrence module configured to electronically produce an electronically generated acoustic sounding signal, upon recognition of the taxonomic rank, to induce an acoustic startle reflex (ASR) of the object to deter the object from entering into the environment;
• wherein the electronically generated acoustic sounding signal is between approximately 300 Hz and 6,500 Hz, the acoustic sounding signal as delivered to within approximately 3.3 feet of an ear of the object having a rise time from a first rower level to a second power level within a maximum acoustic startle response rise time, and wherein the chance in power level is approximately 112 dB.