Pest deterrent apparatus and method
OwnerJoshua Ramsey Rieslandinventor
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Abstract
A pest deterrent apparatus that uses a rotating mirror to paint a beam of sunlight onto a predetermined area of interest. The beam of sunlight being reflected onto the area of interest deters birds and other pests from landing or gathering in the area of interest. A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) device and a compass are used to determine the position of the sun with respect to the mirror. A pattern generator computes the movement of the mirror required to paint the predetermined area of interest with the beam of sunlight. The movement of the mirror is adjusted as the sun moves across the sky such that the predetermined area of interest continues to be covered with the beam of sunlight as the sun moves across the sky.
Claims20
A pest deterrent apparatus comprising:
- a sun position calculator, wherein the sun position calculator outputs a sun position;
- a mirror assembly, wherein the mirror assembly comprises a mirror;
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- a control signal generator electrically coupled to the mirror assembly and the sun position calculator, wherein the control signal generator causes the mirror to move such that a beam of sunlight reflected off the mirror is painted onto a predetermined area of interest in response to the sun position calculator outputting the sun position.
A method of preventing birds from landing in a predetermined area comprising:
- determining a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) location of a bird deterrent apparatus, wherein the bird deterrent apparatus comprises a mirror;
- determining a position of the sun with respect to the bird deterrent apparatus;
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- moving the mirror such that a beam of sunlight reflects off the mirror and is painted onto the predetermined area.
A bird deterrent apparatus comprising:
- a base unit comprising:
- a sun position calculator, wherein the sun position calculator outputs a sun position;
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- a control signal generator;
- wherein the control signal generator receives the sun position from the sun position calculator, and outputs an azimuth signal and an elevation signal in response;
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- a mirror assembly rotatably coupled to the base unit, wherein the mirror assembly comprises:
- a mirror rotatably coupled to the mirror assembly;
- a mirror motor mechanically coupled to the mirror, wherein the mirror motor rotates the mirror with respect to the mirror assembly;
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- a mirror motion controller electrically coupled to the mirror motor, wherein the mirror motion controller controls the rotation of the mirror;
- wherein the mirror motion controller instructs the motor to move the mirror such that a beam of sunlight is reflected off of the mirror onto a predetermined area of interest, in response to the mirror motion controller receiving the azimuth signal and the elevation signal from the control signal generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.