US 11,812,727 B2
Mission planner for the aerial release of mosquitoes
Hanan Lepek, Kfar-Saba (IL); and Ralph Breslauer, St. Augustine, FL (US)
Assigned to Senecio Ltd., Kfar-Saba (IL)
Filed by Senecio Ltd., Kfar-Saba (IL)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/201,211.
Application 17/201,211 is a division of application No. 16/082,306, granted, now 10,945,410, previously published as PCT/IL2017/050303, filed on Mar. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/306,224, filed on Mar. 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195866 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 1/08 (2006.01); A01M 1/02 (2006.01); A01M 1/10 (2006.01); B64D 1/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC A01K 1/08 (2013.01) [A01M 1/026 (2013.01); A01M 1/106 (2013.01); B60P 3/04 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); Y02A 50/30 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving information indicating a population of wild insects within a geographic region;
determining a number of wild insects per unit area within the geographic region;
placing, based on the number of wild insects per unit area, one or more insect release points;
generating an insect release route through the geographic region, the insect release route passing through each insect release point;
following said insect release route with a quantity of bred insects using at least one ground distribution vehicle, said at least one ground distribution vehicle having a respective release resolution and distribution parameters;
modifying a release map according to said respective release resolution and said distribution parameters of said at least one ground distribution vehicle; and
round respective ones of said release points releasing a predefined density of insects using said release map.