469results about "Animal hunting" patented technology

A climbing stand system for climbing a tree is disclosed. The climbing stand system includes a climbing stand assembly and a tree cord. The climbing stand assembly includes a base plate, a pivotable center post, removable arm guards, and integrally-formed tie-down anchors. When climbing, the tree cord is configured to be attached to the tie-down anchors and guided through the arm guards around the tree. The tree cord includes a metallic core, a sheath, and shrink-wrapped knotted end regions. The climbing stand assembly is transformable between a climbing platform having the center post in an extended position and the arm guards connected to the base plate and a saddle platform having the center post in the extended position and the arm guards partially or fully removed from the base plate.

A hunting platform system including a platform couplable to a tree and a band extending around the tree. The band being connected to both sides of the platform. The platform has a heal hole positioned in the platform to accommodate a heal of a hunter.

A system, apparatus and method for controlling the stoppage of a spinning wing of a migratory bird decoy. When power is turned off by a remote controller, a photo eye sensor system identifies when a motor shaft needs to stop spinning so that the dark side of a wing stops facing upward. When the motor shaft is in a correct location, a wing shaft control cylinder is engaged, which locks the motor shaft / wing in the correct position with the dark side (feather) up. When engaged, a pin from the cylinder goes into a motor gear housing, which stops and holds the wing shaft, and therefore the wing, in the correct position.

A watercraft for retrieving an object on a body of water, comprising (i) a containment structure having an interior defining an internal cargo area of the watercraft, an open front side, and a partially or fully submerged lower containment element through which water can freely pass while obstructing the object from exiting the internal cargo area; and (ii) one or more floatation members coupled to an exterior of, or defining at least a portion of, the containment structure. A modular watercraft comprising first and second floatation members configured to be deployed on an exterior, and stowed in an interior, of the containment structure. A system comprising a watercraft having one or more rotating capture assemblies onboard, configured to actively pull or push the object into an internal cargo area through the open front side of the containment structure.

The invention relates to the technical field of airport bird strike prevention and control and intelligent acoustic interference, in particular to a humanization airport bird behavior migration dispersing method based on anti-adaptive continuous ultrasonic neural interference, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the number, position, flight path, moving speed and other dynamic data of bird targets in real time through a multi-dimensional sensor; according to the data and the environmental parameters, ultrasonic signals with variable parameters are directionally transmitted; under the action of ultrasonic waves, behavior responses of the birds are continuously monitored, and the key behavior parameter variable quantity serves as a feedback signal; when it is detected that bird response is weakened, an anti-adaptive algorithm is started instantly, and pseudo-random dynamic adjustment is conducted on ultrasonic parameters; by controlling the sound pressure level and the transmitting direction of the ultrasonic signals, the birds are induced to move outwards safely along the preset migration corridor. Precise dispelling, long-acting dispelling and humanization guiding of birds are achieved, and intelligence, effectiveness and safety of bird prevention and control of the airport are remarkably improved.

A combination backpack and quiver apparatus includes a backpack, a quiver, a planar insert and first and second quiver mounting rods. The planar insert is received in an outer pocket of the backpack. The insert includes a plurality of elongated quiver mounting receptacles extending substantially parallel to an insert length, the quiver mounting receptacles being spaced apart across an insert width. The quiver includes a hood, first and second elongated quiver rails extending from the hood, and at least one resilient arrow holder mounted on the rails and including a plurality of laterally open arrow receiving recesses defined in the resilient arrow holder. The first and second quiver mounting rods are received in first and second ones of the quiver mounting receptacles and are attached to the at least one resilient arrow holder to mount the quiver on the backpack.

A portable foldable blind has a has a bottom frame, first and second side panels, a front side and a back side. The blind also includes fascia elements over the front and back sides. The blind has inner roof frames which support the fascia elements and outer roof frames. The outer roof frames have handle portions. During deployment or folding, the outer roof frames can be braced against the sides of the blind to provide an alternative usage and to improve the ability for users to deploy the fascia elements.

The invention discloses a method for killing, preventing and controlling alien species ampullaria gigas in a riverway, and relates to the technical field of alien species prevention and control. According to the distribution position of the detected ampullaria gigas, a plurality of positions where the number of the ampullaria gigas is large are selected for putting trapping cages, and bunchy aquatic plants are bound in the trapping cages through ropes; and feeding a certain proportion of natural enemy organisms of the ampullaria gigas into the trapping cage. The position, number and distribution of the ampullaria gigas are accurately recognized by using the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the laser radar, the cost effectiveness is good, black carps are accurately put according to the volume of the trapping cage, resource waste caused by blind putting is avoided, the cost of the trapping cage and the bait is low, the overall cost is effectively controlled, natural enemies are put after trapping, the ampullaria gigas capturing and killing efficiency is greatly improved, and the economic benefit is high. The water quality and the aquatic plants are monitored regularly, the ecology is restored in time, the ecological balance recovery of the river channel is powerfully promoted, and a scientific, efficient and environment-friendly solution is provided for prevention and control of the ampullaria gigas.

A tray system for use by hunters includes a tray and a clamp. The clamp defines a channel into which a frame member on a hunting stand is insertable to attach the clamp to the hunting stand. The clamp also defines a groove and a tray support portion. A flange on the tray is insertable into the groove, and the tray support portion is positioned to support the tray when the flange is in the groove. The tray system enables a hunter to quickly install a tray to support hunting accessories in close proximity to an occupant of the stand. The tray system may also include a mobile telephone holder attachable to the tray to support a mobile telephone in a generally vertical position so that the screen of the telephone is readily viewable by the hunter.

A station keeping waterfowl system includes at least one self propelled station keeping waterfowl decoy and a homing buoy each having water resistant housings, with at least a portion of the decoy housing having a form of a waterfowl. The decoy and buoy each include batteries, microprocessors, and power switches. The decoy includes a motor driven propeller, a motor driven rudder, and a receiving array of antennae for radio direction finding and radio ranging to the buoy. The receiving array is a T-array of antennae comprising a first transverse linear array and a second longitudinal linear array. The homing buoy emits a homing signal and the one or more waterfowl decoys autonomously navigate to remain within a predetermined radius around the buoy. The system includes a simple handheld controller which preferably comprises no more than two switches or buttons.

The animated waterfowl decoy is configured for use with waterfowl. The animated waterfowl decoy forms a lure that visually and audibly attracts waterfowl to the location of the lure. The animated waterfowl decoy incorporates a decoy structure and a control circuit. The control circuit mounts in the decoy structure. The decoy structure generates the sentiments that visually attract the waterfowl to the animated waterfowl decoy. The control circuit generates the sentiments that audibly attract that waterfowl to the animated waterfowl decoy.

Devices, systems, and methods for selectively emitting scent control material responsive to local conditions of a scent control device. The local conditions may dictate the effectiveness of a given set of output parameters of a scent control device. The scent control device accepts as input, one or more conditional inputs carrying information about the local conditions around the scent control device, such as weather conditions, elevation, barometric pressure, or functional status of the scent control device. Operational programs corresponding to the conditional inputs may be automatically selected based on the combination of conditional inputs to cause the output parameters of the scent control device to match or take into account the local conditions. The scent control device then outputs scent control material such as ozone at a rate effective to control one or more scents to a level that is not perceivable by animals or humans.

The present disclosure is directed to a hunting blind with a plurality of planar panels, where the panels are arranged side-by-side and coupled together along their lateral edges to one another using selectively lockable hinges to form an elongate, essentially U or C shaped structure. The hunting blind is arranged to partially surround and define a three-dimensional space in which a hunter may be concealed from game. Support members that extend into the three-dimensional space are excluded in the disclosed hunting blind, such that the volume of usable space concealed by the blind is maximized and the hunter's position or movement within the space remains unimpeded.

The mounted bracket for use in building on a tree is a mechanical structure. The mounted bracket for use in building on a tree is a load bearing structure. Each mounted bracket for use in building on a tree is a bracket. One or more instantiations of the mounted bracket for use in building on a tree attaches a platform structure to a load bearing anchor structure. The one or more instantiations of the mounted bracket for use in building on a tree elevate the platform structure above the ground. Each mounted bracket for use in building on a tree includes a platform plate, a mounting nut, a guard plate, and a fastening device. The mounting nut and the guard plate attach to the platform plate. The fastening device secures the mounted bracket for use in building on a tree to the load bearing anchor structure.

The animated waterfowl decoy is configured for use with waterfowl. The animated waterfowl decoy forms a lure that visually and audibly attracts waterfowl to the location of the lure. The animated waterfowl decoy incorporates a decoy structure and a control circuit. The control circuit mounts in the decoy structure. The decoy structure generates the sentiments that visually attract the waterfowl to the animated waterfowl decoy. The control circuit generates the sentiments that audibly attract that waterfowl to the animated waterfowl decoy.

A tree hanger includes a controllable motor disposed within a body of the tree hanger, a penetrating member operably coupled to the controllable motor and extending from a first end of the body, the penetrating member being configured to rotate and penetrate into a supporting surface to support the tree hanger, a hanger arm extending from the body at a second end of the body that is opposite the first end, the hanger arm being configured to support an item on a utility end of the hanger arm via a hanging member, wherein the hangar arm includes a pivoting element configured to change an angle of extension of the hanger arm from the body.

Method for detection and classification of insects and animals, aiming at pest control affecting crops and, more specifically, the detection of insects and animals through radar. The invention comprises the comparison between a set of patterns derived from the echo of a centimeter-wave radar signal captured in the field by an operational radar (900) and the characteristic signature of each animal species (80, 921) determined through data processing carried out in a laboratory. This processing involves the generation of a spectrogram (420) from the Doppler signal produced by the movement of the animal species' appendages (80), which, in the case of insects, consists of wing flapping. For each species, a signature is generated from the spectrogram and the relevant patterns selected among the group consisting of standard deviation, kurtosis, skewness, entropy, and energy of the radar signal echo.

A system for an automated evaluation of a game animal based on sensory animal-related data including a processor of an animal evaluation server (AES) node configured to host a machine learning (ML) module and connected to at least one user-entity node over a network and a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive an evaluation request including animal profile sensory data from the at least one user-entity node; derive the animal profile sensory data from the evaluation request; parse the animal profile sensory data to derive a plurality of key classifying features; query a local animal evaluation database to retrieve local historical animal evaluations'-related data based on the plurality of key classifying features; generate at least one classifier feature vector based on the plurality of key classifying features and the local historical animal evaluations'-related data; and provide the at least one classifier feature vector to the ML module configured to generate an animal evaluation predictive model for producing at least one animal scoring parameter; and generate animal scoring data for the at least one user-entity node based on the at least one animal scoring parameter.

Disclosed herein are spinning wing decoys for hunting, birdwatching, photographing, and other outdoor activities. In a specific embodiment, the spinning wing decoy includes: an axle, axle hub, drive shaft, motor, motor housing, motor door, retainer ring, remote controller, receiver, transmitter, computer, switch, main control box, bottom door, bearing housing lids, bearing housing, protect plate peg, blade, wing, frame, battery, battery lid, battery housing, housing unit, attachment member, mounting member, and support member.

The utility model relates to a pomacea canaliculata trapper which comprises a trapping mechanism, a liquid medicine barrel is arranged below the trapping mechanism, a photovoltaic panel is installed on the top of the trapping mechanism, the trapping mechanism comprises a bottom plate and a lower frame, a plurality of vertical rods are connected between the bottom plate and the lower frame, and an action control circuit and a photovoltaic power source controller are installed on the surface of the bottom plate. A gear transmission mechanism is installed below the bottom plate and comprises a plurality of gears, an output shaft of each gear is rotationally connected with a rotating blade, the rotating blades are located above the lower frame, a screw is further arranged between the bottom plate and the lower frame and connected with a spiral sweeping disc, one end of the spiral sweeping disc is in sliding connection with the vertical rod, and the other end of the spiral sweeping disc is in sliding connection with the vertical rod. And the screw rod and the sweeping disc are positioned in an area enclosed by the plurality of rotating blades. According to the habit that the ampullaria gigas climbs to the side wall of a hard object on the water surface or the surface of an emergent aquatic plant to lay eggs before nighttime to dawn, mechanical equipment is combined, female ampullaria gigas before egg laying is efficiently caught and killed through a physical means, the population number of the ampullaria gigas is greatly controlled, and the device is environmentally friendly and low in input manpower and cost.

A retractable anchor assembly according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes a spool base; a spool mounted for rotation around an axis and at least partially within the spool base; a line attached to the spool; a clock spring mounted to the spool base and the spool to rotationally bias the spool around the axis to automatically retract the line; a button that interfaces with the spool to selectively prevent rotation of the spool; and a spring along the axis to bias the button into engagement with the spool.

A platform assembly for attachment to a tree includes a platform, an integrally formed post coupled to the platform and operable to pivot relative to the platform about a pivot axis, and a standoff extending outward from the post proximate to the first end. The post extends from a first end to a second end along a length of the post that is substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis.

This disclosure relates to the monitoring of arthropods based on image recordings. The subject matter of this disclosure is a computer-implemented method, a device, and a computer program.

A monitoring station (100) for animal migration comprising: a computer-implemented processing means (110) adapted to processing signals from the set of sensors to change the power consumption mode of the monitoring station between a low power consumption mode and a high power consumption mode; and in the high power consumption mode of the monitoring station (100), processing signals from the set of sensors to identify animal size and behavioral pattern of the animal, and date and time into a processed data packets; a memory for storing a processed data packets; a communication module (101, 102) adapted to communicate with a communication network (20) to open a communication channel for sending the processed data packets.

A tree platform system includes a post including an upper end and a lower end disposed at opposite ends thereof; and a platform connected to the post near the lower end. The platform includes a primary portion and a secondary portion that cooperate to define a main standing surface for selective receipt of at least one associated foot of an associated user of the tree platform system. The primary portion defines a datum plane and the secondary portion defines a secondary plane. The datum plane and the secondary plane are not coplanar.

A climbing system includes a treestand and a plurality of climbing sticks. The treestand includes a monolithic platform formed from strengthened material. Each of the climbing sticks includes a frame having a plurality of weight-reduction apertures formed therethrough. Tree engaging structures include ramped surfaces to facilitate smooth downward sliding on a tree. Methods of manufacturing a treestand and climbing sticks are also disclosed. The method of manufacturing a treestand includes providing a solid, strengthened piece of material and removing portions of the material to form openings between structural supports. The method of manufacturing a climbing stick includes providing a frame and forming a plurality of weight-reduction apertures therethrough.

The utility model discloses a wing spreading type electric goose bait. The electric goose bait comprises a motor assembly, a receiver assembly, a power supply assembly, a bait shell, a wing assembly, a pile suite and a remote controller, and the motor assembly provides power for the wing assembly and drives the wing assembly to conduct bionic wing spreading movement; the receiver assembly receives a control instruction sent by the remote controller and controls operation of the motor assembly. The power supply assembly supplies power to the motor assembly and the receiver assembly; the bait shell is a shell of the electric goose bait, adopts a hollow structure and provides a mounting frame for the motor assembly, the receiver assembly and the power supply assembly; the wing assembly is driven by the motor assembly to do bionic wing spreading motion; the electric goose bait is fixed on the ground through the pile sleeve piece; the remote controller transmits a control signal to control the movement of the electric goose bait wing assembly. The device has the advantages of being real in appearance, capable of simulating the activity state of the wild goose, simple to operate, high in ornamental value and wide in application scene.

A platform assembly includes a platform. The platform has an outer perimeter that bounds an interior structure that defines a receiving area. The platform includes an upper surface for supporting feet of a user. The upper surface defines an upper plane of the platform. A post is pivotably coupled with the platform and is operable to pivot between the stowed position, wherein the post is received within the receiving area, and the deployed position. Standoff is pivotably coupled with the post and is operable to pivot relative to the post between the retracted position and the use position. In the stowed position of the post and the retracted position of the standoff, no portion of the standoff and no portion of the post is positioned upward of the upper plane of the platform.

Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include receiving data representing actions to be performed relative to a subset of agricultural objects, positioning an emitter of an agricultural projectile delivery system adjacent to an agricultural object, identifying a corresponding action to be performed in association with the agricultural object, selecting an emitter to perform the action, and causing the emitter to emit an agricultural projectile to intercept the agricultural object.