Bird Feeder Layout That Prevents Perching Near the Camera
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Solution Overview
Problem
Birds perching between the feeding tray and shooting device of a bird feeder can lead to inaccurate focusing, resulting in blurry images and poor imaging quality.
Innovation Solution
A bird feeder design with a vacant area between the shooting device and feeding tray, preventing birds from perching in that area, ensuring they stand away from the shooting device for optimal focusing, and incorporating a U-shaped feeding tray and a feed bin with an avoidance area for the shooting device to simplify structure and enhance imaging quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the shooting device is positioned close to the feeding tray for better imaging coverage, then the imaging quality improves, but birds can perch between the device and tray causing focusing errors and blurry images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the problematic intermediate space where birds perch and removes it by creating a vacant area between the shooting device and feeding tray. This eliminates the perching zone while maintaining the shooting device's proximity to the tray for good imaging coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a third spatial dimension (vertical spacing) to resolve the conflict. By creating vertical clearance between the shooting device and feeding tray, birds are prevented from perching in the intermediate zone, while the horizontal positioning remains optimized for imaging.
2Reliability
If a vacant area is created between the shooting device and feeding tray to prevent bird perching, then focusing accuracy improves, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the vacant area requirement into the overall structural design of the bird feeder housing. The spacing is integrated into the device's physical layout rather than being added as a separate component, avoiding unnecessary complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The vacant area serves multiple functions: it prevents bird perching, provides mounting space for the shooting device, and contributes to the overall structural framework. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional specialized components.
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AI summary
A bird feeder includes a main body and a first shooting device. The main body includes a feeding tray and a vacant area is formed between the first shooting device and the feeding tray and prevents birds from perching between the first shooting device and the feeding tray. The presence of the vacant area between the first shooting device and the feeding tray ensures that no position is available for the birds to perch between the first shooting device and the feeding tray, forcing the birds to stand only at a side of the feeding tray away from the first shooting device to feed, and keeping the birds within an optimal focusing range, thereby improving the imaging quality.