Patents by Inventor Brian Carnell

Brian Carnell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11291198
    Abstract: Systems and methods for effectively repelling pest animals (e.g., birds), including drones that adopt complex deterrent strategies (e.g., cooperative strategies), establishing a fuzzy boundary for a geofenced area and altering pest deterrent device flight patterns based on the characteristics of the fuzzy boundaries. Deterrence strategies can be selected based on the type of pest animals, and new deterrence strategies can be generated based on outcome feedback from previous strategies (e.g., combining aspects of preexisting deterrence strategies by utilizing an AI system). Drones can be automatically maintained by comparing current drone operational status with a predetermined threshold level. A maintenance robot (e.g., a drone) can autonomously rescues a working robot (e.g., another drone) that is in trouble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BirdBrAIn Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Carnell
  • Publication number: 20200154695
    Abstract: Systems and methods for chasing birds and other unwanted pest animals from a particular area. A robot system is used to relocate a pest deterrent in an area where a pest has been identified. The robot is programmed to move toward the pest animal within a geofenced area until the pest animal leaves the geofenced area. Robots (either ground based or flying robot drones) are programmed to move pest deterrent systems from one area to another to not allow a pest to become accustomed to the system. Two or more robots can be used in cooperation to adopt a complex strategy in chasing birds and other unwanted pest animals from a particular area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Brian Carnell
  • Publication number: 20200154696
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dispatching pest animals such as birds, rodents and other predefined pest animals from a particular area using computer vision and artificial intelligence to identify the pest and machine learning to continuously improve the system. The system is set to continuously monitor its predefined area for motion and an electronic system is used to collect electronic representation of an intruder and submit the representation to the system for processing. Based on the results of its identification, the system will make an intelligent decision as to whether to activate the dispatch mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Brian Carnell
  • Publication number: 20200156784
    Abstract: Systems and methods for effectively repelling pest animals (e.g., birds), including drones that adopt complex deterrent strategies (e.g., cooperative strategies), establishing a fuzzy boundary for a geofenced area and altering pest deterrent device flight patterns based on the characteristics of the fuzzy boundaries. Deterrence strategies can be selected based on the type of pest animals, and new deterrence strategies can be generated based on outcome feedback from previous strategies (e.g., combining aspects of preexisting deterrence strategies by utilizing an AI system). Drones can be automatically maintained by comparing current drone operational status with a predetermined threshold level. A maintenance robot (e.g., a drone) can autonomously rescues a working robot (e.g., another drone) that is in trouble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Brian Carnell