Image-Guided Laser Repellent Aiming for Lower Power Waste
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laser repellent devices often waste energy by emitting laser beams aimlessly without effectively targeting intended animals, leading to inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
A laser repellent device equipped with an image capturing unit, processing unit, and laser module that uses image recognition to control the direction and activation of laser beams based on real-time image analysis, ensuring precise targeting of animals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If the laser module emits laser beams periodically in an irregular manner without targeting, then the animals may be scared away, but the energy is wasted because the laser does not hit the intended targets
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing images of the area, recognizing animal targets, and calculating their positions before emitting laser beams. This ensures the laser is directed at the correct targets, eliminating energy waste while maintaining repellent effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses image capturing and recognition to obtain feedback information about animal positions and movements. Based on this feedback, the laser module adjusts its direction and timing to accurately target animals, ensuring energy is not wasted while maintaining high repellent effectiveness.
2Reliability
If the laser module continuously emits laser beams to ensure animals are scared away, then the repellent effectiveness is maintained, but the power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous operation, the system uses periodic action by capturing images at intervals and emitting laser beams only when animals are detected. This reduces power consumption while maintaining repellent reliability through timely interventions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by using image recognition to automatically determine when laser emission is necessary. It only consumes energy for laser emission when animals are present and need to be repelled, rather than operating continuously, thus reducing power consumption while maintaining reliability.
3Area of stationary object
If the laser module rotates frequently to cover all directions, then the area coverage is improved, but the energy consumption increases and the laser may not accurately target animals
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary image capture and analysis to identify animal positions before rotating the laser module. This allows the laser to rotate only to the necessary angles for targeting, reducing rotational energy waste while maintaining accurate targeting and effective coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces continuous mechanical rotation with targeted rotation based on image recognition data. Instead of rotating frequently to cover all directions, the laser module rotates only to the specific angles where animals are located, reducing energy consumption while maintaining effective coverage.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system accurately directs laser beams at animals to scare them away while minimizing power consumption by activating only when necessary.
Implementation Method 1
The laser module is configured to emit a laser beam
Data Source
AI summary
A laser repellent device includes: an image capturing unit that is placed to face an area of interest, and, when activated, continuously captures images of the area of interest; a laser unit that includes a rotational module and a laser module, the laser module being configured to emit a laser beam and a direction of the laser beam being driven by the rotational module; and a processing unit that transmits the images of the area of interest to a server, receives an image recognition result generated by the server processing the images of the area of interest, generates a rotational signal and a laser activation signal based on the image recognition result, and transmits the rotational signal to the rotational module, and transmits the laser activation signal to the laser module, so as to control the operations of the rotational module and the laser module.