Solar animal driving device and animal driving method

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of animal driving, in particular to a solar animal driving device and an animal driving method.The animal driving method comprises the steps that an effective driving area and an edge area are determined, animals in the edge area are attracted firstly, and then the animals are driven after being attracted to the effective driving area, so that the animal driving efficiency can be improved without increasing the power of a horn; according to the solar animal repelling device, the distance between an animal and the repelling device is kept close enough, so that repelling can be effectively conducted, and the problem that the animal gradually adapts to sound waves and generates habitual inertia due to the fact that the sound waves of the repelling device are not strong enough when the animal is located in the edge area is solved. And luring and driving of light, sound waves and smells are realized.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of animal repelling, and particularly relates to a solar animal repeller and an animal repelling method. Background Art

[0002] An animal repeller is a device that uses means such as sound, light, waves, and odors to repel animals, so as to avoid animals causing damage to human farm crops, gardens, courtyards, golf courses, warehouses, loading and unloading docks, utility poles, wires, trees and flowers, buildings, etc.

[0003] Currently, the repellers on the market mainly work by means of sound wave repelling and light repelling. Basically, they use sound waves that can make animals dislike or feel uncomfortable, and scare animals by emitting strong light or flashing lights to achieve animal repelling. There are also those that use chemical odors to simulate the body odor of their natural enemies for specific animals. The above means all have drawbacks in animal repelling and insect repelling; for light repelling, during the day, the effect of light repelling will be greatly reduced, and the effectiveness of repelling animals is low, so mainly sound waves are used for repelling during the day; for chemical odor repelling, on the one hand, the emission of odors will affect the surrounding air, and at the same time, it is also affected by wind power, and it is only applicable to certain specific places; for sound wave repelling, since the intensity of sound waves will decrease significantly with the increase of the propagation distance, the effectiveness of sound wave repelling will gradually decrease with the increase of distance, and the effective radius of repelling will be limited. To expand the effective radius, only the energy consumption can be increased and the power of the sound wave generator can be improved, but this will also affect the lives of people around. And if the animal is at the edge of the effective radius, the effectiveness of sound wave repelling is low, and the animal will gradually adapt to this sound wave in this area and develop a habit, further affecting the effectiveness of repelling; for this reason, there is an urgent need to propose a solar animal repeller and an animal repelling method to overcome the drawbacks of the existing sound wave repelling, improve the effectiveness of repelling, and reduce energy consumption. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a solar animal repeller and an animal repelling method to solve the problems raised in the background art. The specific technical solutions are as follows:

[0005] To achieve the above purpose and other related purposes, the present invention provides an animal repelling method, including the following steps:

[0006] S1: Set a repelling area, determine an effective repelling area and an edge area. The edge area is the edge position of the repelling area. The effective repelling area and the edge area together form the repelling area; in one embodiment, the repelling area is arranged as a fan-shaped area that spreads with the sound wave. The effective repelling area is a fan-shaped area with the repeller as the origin and a radius of the distance where the repelling effectiveness is greater than 90%. The edge area is the repelling area minus the effective repelling area;

[0007] S2: Activate the repeller, detect the animals within the repelling area, obtain the distance between the animals and the repeller, the body size, and the movement trajectories of the animals. In some embodiments, the repeller also detects the species of the animals;

[0008] S3: When animals are detected within the repelling area, determine whether the animals are located within the edge area, that is, based on the distance and angle between the animals and the repeller, determine whether the animals are located within the effective repelling area or the edge area;

[0009] S4: When the animals are located within the edge area, the repeller attracts the animals to enter the effective repelling area. Determine whether the attraction is effective by detecting the movement trajectories of the animals. When the attraction is ineffective, change the attraction method. If all attraction methods are ineffective, directly drive the animals. When the attraction is effective, the animals enter the effective repelling area through attraction; when the animals are located within the effective repelling area, the repeller drives the animals; The methods for the repeller to attract animals include but are not limited to: playing the courtship sounds, feeding sounds of the animals, sounds emitted by the living foods themselves in the food chain, releasing the smell of food, the smell of male or female glands, activating the light source capable of emitting the wavelength that attracts animals; The methods for the repeller to drive animals include but are not limited to: playing the sounds of the natural enemies of the animals, the ultrasonic waves that make the animals uncomfortable, activating the light source capable of emitting strong light or flashing lights, releasing the body odor or glandular odor of the natural enemies of the animals.

[0010] The present invention also provides a solar animal repeller, comprising:

[0011] A repeller housing;

[0012] A power supply unit arranged on the repeller housing for supplying power to the repeller;

[0013] A detection unit arranged on the working surface of the repeller housing, the detection unit includes an infrared pyroelectric sensor, and the thermal imaging of the animals is collected through the infrared pyroelectric sensor;

[0014] A driving and inducing unit arranged on the working surface of the repeller housing for driving or attracting the animals;

[0015] A control unit for receiving the signals of the detection unit, determining the distance between the animals and the repeller, the body size, and calculating the movement trajectories of the animals according to the continuously received thermal imaging, and controlling the operation of the driving and inducing unit according to the distance. The control unit adopts an MCU processor containing a memory, and the memory stores a program that can be read and executed by the MCU processor, and this program is used for the above-mentioned animal repelling method.

[0016] Preferably, the power supply unit includes a solar panel, a battery charging protection processor, and a battery. The solar panel converts solar energy into electrical energy and charges the battery through the battery charging protection processor.

[0017] Preferably, the detection unit further includes a camera. The control unit is electrically connected to the camera and is used to photograph the animal, and the control unit is used to determine the type of the animal.

[0018] Preferably, the driving and inducing unit includes a horn and an LED lamp group. The horn is used to play the sound of the natural enemy of the animal stored in the control unit according to the instruction of the control unit. The LED lamp group is used to emit strong light and flashing light according to the instruction of the control unit to drive the animal away, or emit light to attract the animal.

[0019] Preferably, the driving and inducing unit further includes an odor releaser. The odor releaser is used to release the odor of food, the odor of male or female glands to attract the animal according to the instruction of the control unit, or release the body odor or gland odor of the animal's natural enemy to drive the animal away.

[0020] Preferably, the odor releaser includes an annular groove body, a double-layer annular sealing cylinder for limiting the annular groove body, a lifting mechanism for pushing the annular groove body to move up and down, a rotating mechanism for driving the annular groove body to rotate, and a blower. A plurality of partition plates are arranged on the annular groove body. The partition plates divide the annular groove body into a plurality of independent placement cavities. Spices simulating the odors of different foods and the odors of male or female glands of different animals are respectively placed in each placement cavity. A sealing cover is arranged on the annular groove body. The sealing cover and the partition plate cooperate to seal each placement cavity. Air holes are formed on the front and rear sides of the placement cavity. The double-layer annular sealing cylinder is composed of an inner cylinder body, an outer cylinder body and a bottom plate. The annular groove body is slidably connected between the inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body. The inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body are used to block the air holes. Corresponding notches are arranged on both the inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body. The blower is arranged on the inner cylinder body and is correspondingly arranged with the notch. Through the blowing of the blower, the spice odor in the placement cavity located at the notch is blown towards the driving area to achieve the attraction or driving of the animal.

[0021] Preferably, the lifting mechanism is a plurality of electric telescopic rods. The electric telescopic rods are arranged on the bottom plate. A slider is arranged at the upper end of the electric telescopic rod. An annular sliding groove is arranged on the lower side surface of the annular groove body. The slider is slidably connected in the annular sliding groove. The electric telescopic rod controls the up and down movement of the annular groove body through its own expansion and contraction. The annular sliding groove allows the annular groove body to rotate.

[0022] Preferably, the rotating mechanism is a reduction motor and a gear. Tooth teeth are arranged on the outer side surface of the annular groove body. The tooth teeth are meshed with the gear. The reduction motor drives the annular groove body to rotate through the gear.

[0023] Preferably, the outer shell of the deterrent includes a fixing rod and a housing. The lower end of the fixing rod is pointed, which is convenient for inserting into the soil for fixation. The upper end of the fixing rod is connected to the housing. The lower side of the housing is connected to the upper side of the double-layer annular sealing cylinder. An annular LED lamp is arranged on the fixing rod for illuminating the lawn or garden.

[0024] A solar animal deterrent and an animal deterrent method provided by the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

[0025] 1. By determining the effective deterrence area and the edge area, the animal deterrent method first attracts the animals in the edge area and then drives them after attracting them to the effective deterrence area. Without increasing the power of the speaker, it can keep the animals close enough to the deterrent so that the deterrence can be effectively carried out, avoiding the problem that the sound wave of the deterrent is not strong enough in the edge area, causing the animals to gradually adapt to the sound wave and develop a habit.

[0026] 2. The solar animal deterrent can fully execute the above animal deterrent method by setting a detection unit, a deterrence and induction unit, and a control unit, realizing the attraction and deterrence of light, sound wave, and smell. The use of a solar panel can provide electrical energy, which is more environmentally friendly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the following drawings are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0028] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the deterrence area in the animal deterrent method of the present invention;

[0029] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the solar animal deterrent of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the odor release device of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0031] The following further details a solar animal deterrent and an animal deterrent method proposed by the present invention in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments. According to the following description, the advantages and features of the present invention will be clearer. It should be noted that the drawings are all in a very simplified form and use non-precise scales, only for conveniently and clearly assisting in explaining the purpose of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0032] In the description of the present invention, the terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the quantity of the indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality of" means at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically defined.

[0033] It should be noted that the diagrams provided in the following embodiments only illustrate the basic concept of the present invention in a schematic manner. Therefore, only the components related to the present invention are shown in the diagrams, rather than being drawn according to the number, shape, and size of the components in actual implementation. The form, quantity, and ratio of each component in actual implementation can be arbitrarily changed, and the layout form of its components may also be more complex.

[0034] The animal driving method provided by the embodiments of the present application is applied to the following scenarios, including a driver and at least one animal.

[0035] The driver is used to perform: detecting and identifying within a driving area to determine whether there is an animal in the driving area; when there is an animal, detecting the distance between the animal and the driver, and judging whether to drive or attract the animal according to the distance.

[0036] In one embodiment, the animal driving method includes the following steps:

[0037] S1: As Figure 1 shown, set a driving area, determine an effective driving area 201 and a marginal area 202. The marginal area 202 is the edge position of the driving area. The effective driving area 201 and the marginal area 202 together form the driving area; in one embodiment, the driving area is arranged as a fan-shaped area that spreads with sound waves. The effective driving area 201 is a fan-shaped area with the driver 100 as the origin and a radius of the distance where the driving effectiveness is greater than 90%. The marginal area 202 is the driving area minus the effective driving area 201;

[0038] S2: Start the driver 100, detect the animals in the driving area, and obtain the distance, body size, and movement trajectory of the animals from the driver 100. In some embodiments, the driver 100 also detects the types of animals;

[0039] S3: When it is detected that there are animals in the driving area, judge whether the animals are located in the marginal area 202, that is, judge whether the animals are located in the effective driving area 201 or the marginal area 202 according to the distance and angle between the animals and the driver 100;

[0040] S4: When the animal is located in the edge area 202, the repeller 100 attracts the animal and makes it enter the effective repelling area 201. The animal's movement trajectory is detected to determine whether the attraction is effective. If the attraction is ineffective, the attraction method is changed. If all the attraction methods are ineffective, the animal is directly repelled. When the attraction is effective, the animal enters the effective repelling area 201 through attraction; when the animal is located in the effective repelling area 201, the repeller 100 repels the animal; the methods of the repeller 100 to attract the animal include but are not limited to: playing the animal's courtship sounds, eating sounds, sounds emitted by living food in the food chain itself, releasing the smell of food, the smell of male or female glands, and activating a light source that can emit a wavelength that attracts animals; the methods of the repeller 100 to drive the animal include but are not limited to: playing the sounds of the animal's natural enemies, ultrasonic waves that make the animal uncomfortable, activating a light source that can emit strong light or flashing lights, and releasing the body odor or glandular odor of the animal's natural enemies.

[0041] A solar animal repeller, such as Figures 2-3As shown, it includes a repeller housing 110, a power supply unit 120 provided on the repeller housing 110, a detection unit 130 provided on the working surface of the repeller housing 110, a repelling and inducing unit, and a control unit. The power supply unit 120 is used to supply power to the repeller 100. The power supply unit 120 includes a solar panel, a battery charging protection processor, and a battery. The solar panel converts solar energy into electrical energy and charges the battery through the battery charging protection processor. The detection unit 130 includes an infrared pyroelectric sensor, which collects the thermal imaging of animals through the infrared pyroelectric sensor and sends it to the control unit. The control unit determines the distance and body size between the animal and the repeller 100, and calculates the movement trajectory of the animal based on the continuously received thermal imaging. In some embodiments, the detection unit 130 further includes a camera. After determining that the animal is within the repelling area, the control unit activates the camera to take pictures of the animal and determines the species of the animal. The repelling and inducing unit includes a speaker 140, an LED light group 150, and an odor releaser 16,0. The speaker 140 is used to play, according to the instructions of the control unit, the sounds of the natural enemies of animals stored in the control unit, ultrasonic waves that make animals uncomfortable, the courtship sounds of animals, the feeding sounds, and the sounds emitted by the living food itself in the food chain. The LED light group 150 is used to emit strong light according to the instructions of the control unit, and the flashing lights are used to repel animals, or emit light to attract animals.The odor releaser 160 is used to release the odor of food, the odor of male or female glands to attract animals, or release the body odor or gland odor of animal natural enemies to drive away animals according to the instructions of the control unit. In one embodiment, the odor releaser 160 includes an annular groove body 161, a double-layer annular sealing cylinder 162 for limiting the annular groove body 161, a lifting mechanism 163 for pushing the annular groove body 161 to move up and down, a rotating mechanism 164 for driving the annular groove body 161 to rotate, and a blower 165 for blowing air. A plurality of partition plates are arranged on the annular groove body 161, and the partition plates divide the annular groove body 161 into a plurality of independent placement cavities. Spices simulating the odors of different foods and the odors of different animal male or female glands are respectively placed in each placement cavity. A sealing cover 166 is arranged on the annular groove body 161, and the sealing cover 166 cooperates with the partition plates to seal each placement cavity to prevent odor mixing. Air holes 167 are opened on both the front and rear sides of the placement cavity. The double-layer annular sealing cylinder 162 is composed of an inner cylinder body, an outer cylinder body and a bottom plate. The annular groove body 161 is slidably connected between the inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body. The inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body are used to block the air holes 167. Corresponding notches 168 are arranged on both the inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body for releasing the blockage of the air holes 167 on a single placement cavity. The blower 165 is arranged on the inner cylinder body and is correspondingly arranged with the notch 168. Through the blowing of the blower 165, the spice odor in the placement cavity located at the notch 168 is blown towards the driving area to realize the attraction or driving of animals. When not working, the lifting unit lifts the annular groove body 161 to make the air holes 167 higher than the notch 168, so as to block all the air holes 167, and the blower 165 continues to work for a period of time to disperse the previously released odor. Specifically, the lifting mechanism 163 is a plurality of electric telescopic rods. The electric telescopic rods are arranged on the bottom plate, and sliders are arranged at the upper ends of the electric telescopic rods. An annular sliding groove is arranged on the lower side surface of the annular groove body 161, and the sliders are slidably connected in the annular sliding groove. The electric telescopic rods control the up and down movement of the annular groove body 161 through their own telescopic movement. The annular sliding groove allows the annular groove body 161 to rotate. The rotating mechanism 164 is a reduction motor and a gear. Tooth teeth are arranged on the outer side surface of the annular groove body 161, and the tooth teeth are meshed with the gear. The reduction motor drives the annular groove body 161 to rotate through the gear.

[0042] The control unit adopts an MCU processor including a memory, and a program that can be read and executed by the MCU processor is stored in the memory for executing the above-mentioned animal driving method.

[0043] The repeller housing 110 includes a fixing rod 111 and a housing 112. The lower end of the fixing rod 111 is pointed, which is convenient for inserting into the soil for fixation. The upper end of the fixing rod 111 is connected to the housing 112. The lower side of the housing 112 is connected to the upper side of the double-layer annular sealing cylinder 162. An annular LED lamp 113 is provided on the fixing rod 111 for illuminating the lawn or garden.

[0044] It should be noted that the repeller 100 of the present invention can also perform conventional multi-segment fixed frequency sweep frequencies, multi-segment fixed directional frequencies, and the range of segmented sweep frequencies is fixed frequencies of 18KHZ, 25KHZ, 45KHZ, and continuous segmented sweep frequency of 13 - 60KHZ. It can also be improved to download audio files from a cloud server, computer, mobile phone, laptop, tablet, or other suitable devices, and the painful sounds made by animals, or use methods such as strong light irradiation on animals. As files are stored in the memory for the use of this device, it will not be elaborated here.

[0045] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and not to limit them. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention can be modified or equivalently replaced without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for driving away animals, characterized in that: It includes the following steps: S1: Set the driving area, determine the effective driving area and the edge area. The edge area is the edge position of the driving area. The effective driving area and the edge area together form the driving area. In one embodiment, the driving area is arranged as a fan-shaped area that spreads with the sound wave. The effective driving area is a fan-shaped area with the driver as the origin and a radius equal to the distance at which the driving effectiveness is greater than 90%. The edge area is the driving area minus the effective driving area; S2: Start the driver, detect the animals in the driving area, and obtain the distance, body size, and movement trajectory of the animals from the driver. In some embodiments, the driver also detects the species of the animals; S3: When animals are detected in the driving area, determine whether the animals are in the edge area, that is, based on the distance and angle between the animals and the driver, determine whether the animals are in the effective driving area or the edge area; S4: When the animals are in the edge area, the driver attracts the animals to enter the effective driving area. Determine whether the attraction is effective by detecting the movement trajectory of the animals. When the attraction is ineffective, change the attraction method. If all attraction methods are ineffective, directly drive the animals. When the attraction is effective, the animals enter the effective driving area through attraction. When the animals are in the effective driving area, the driver drives the animals. The methods for the driver to attract animals include, but are not limited to: playing the courtship sounds, feeding sounds of the animals, sounds emitted by the living foods in the food chain itself, releasing the smell of food, the smell of male or female glands, and activating the light source that can emit the wavelength to attract animals. The methods for the driver to drive animals include, but are not limited to: playing the sounds of the natural enemies of the animals, ultrasonic waves that make the animals uncomfortable, activating the light source that can emit strong light or flashing lights, and releasing the body odor or gland smell of the natural enemies of the animals.

2. A solar animal repeller, characterized in that: It includes: The driver housing; A power supply unit arranged on the driver housing for supplying power to the driver; A detection unit arranged on the working surface of the driver housing. The detection unit includes an infrared pyroelectric sensor for collecting the thermal imaging of the animals through the infrared pyroelectric sensor; A driving and induction unit arranged on the working surface of the driver housing for driving or inducing the animals; A control unit for receiving the signals from the detection unit, determining the distance, body size of the animals from the driver, and calculating the movement trajectory of the animals based on the continuously received thermal imaging, and controlling the operation of the driving and induction unit according to the distance. The control unit uses an MCU processor containing a memory. The memory stores a program that can be read and executed by the MCU processor, and this program is used to execute the animal driving method described in claim 1.

3. The solar animal repeller according to claim 2, characterized in that, The power supply unit includes a solar panel, a battery charging protection processor, and a battery. The solar panel converts solar energy into electrical energy and charges the battery through the battery charging protection processor.

4. The solar animal repeller according to claim 2, wherein The detection unit further includes a camera. The control unit is electrically connected to the camera for photographing the animals, and the control unit is used to judge the species of the animals.

5. The solar animal repeller according to claim 2, characterized in that, The driving and inducing unit includes a speaker and an LED light group. The speaker is used to play the sounds of natural enemies of animals stored in the control unit according to the instructions of the control unit. The LED light group is used to emit strong light or flashing light to drive away animals or emit light to attract animals according to the instructions of the control unit.

6. A solar animal repeller according to claim 5, characterized in that: The driving and inducing unit also includes an odor releaser, which is used to release the smell of food, the smell of male or female glands to attract animals, or release the body odor or glandular odor of animal natural enemies to drive animals away according to the instructions of the control unit.

7. A solar animal repeller according to claim 6, characterized in that: The odor releaser includes an annular trough body, a double-layer annular sealing cylinder for limiting the annular trough body, a lifting mechanism for pushing the annular trough body up and down, a rotating mechanism for driving the annular trough body to rotate, and a blower for blowing air. The annular trough body is provided with multiple partitions, which divide the annular trough body into multiple independent placement chambers. Each placement chamber is respectively filled with spices that simulate the odors of different foods or the odors of male or female glands of different animals. The annular trough body is provided with a sealing cover, which cooperates with the partition to seal each placement chamber. Air holes are opened on the front and back sides of the placement chamber. The double-layer annular sealing cylinder consists of an inner cylinder body, an outer cylinder body and a bottom plate. The annular trough body is slidably connected between the inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body, and the inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body are used to block the air holes. The inner cylinder body and the outer cylinder body are both provided with corresponding notches. The blower is arranged on the inner cylinder body and corresponding to the notches. Through the blowing of the blower, the odor of the spices in the placement chambers located at the notches is blown to the repelling area, thereby attracting or repelling animals.

8. A solar animal repellent according to claim 7, characterized in that, The lifting mechanism is composed of multiple electric telescopic rods, which are arranged on the base plate. A slider is provided at the upper end of the electric telescopic rod. An annular slide is provided on the lower side of the annular trough body. The slider is slidably connected to the annular slide. The electric telescopic rod controls the up and down movement of the annular trough body through its own extension and contraction, and the annular slide allows the annular trough body to rotate.

9. The solar animal repellent according to claim 8, wherein The rotating mechanism comprises a reduction motor and a gear. The outer side surface of the annular groove body is provided with teeth, which mesh with the gear. The reduction motor drives the annular groove body to rotate through the gear.

10. A solar animal repeller according to claim 2, characterized in that: The repeller shell includes a fixing rod and a shell. The lower end of the fixing rod is pointed, which is convenient for inserting into the soil and fixing. The upper end of the fixing rod is connected to the shell. The lower side of the shell is connected to the upper side of the double-layer annular sealing cylinder. The fixing rod is provided with a ring-shaped LED light for illuminating the lawn or garden.

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