Software-Configurable Herbivore Control Device ("Pseudo-Fence")

Author

Cummings, Jonathan

Author_Institution

SRA Int., Inc., Woodbridge, VA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

40

Lastpage

45

Abstract

A design for a software-configurable device suitable for herbivore control in agricultural conditions is provided. The ability to configure the device in software provides for collaboration between researchers, as well as future refinements. Reductions to the dynamic range of sensors include conversion from hemispherical to toroidal patterns and a focus on individual frequency ranges. Periodic sampling is also used to reduce the amount of data received from sensors. Strobe patterns and sounds are used to alarm herbivores, enticing the herbivores to leave the crop plot.

Keywords

agricultural engineering; alarm systems; crops; image sensors; intelligent sensors; sampling methods; agricultural conditions; crop plot; hemispherical pattern; periodic sampling; pseudofence; sensors; software configurable herbivore control device; strobe pattern; toroidal pattern; Agriculture; Backplanes; Detectors; Dynamic range; Mirrors; Software; CMOS; LED; alarm; arrays; backplane; conical; cylinder; generator; herbivore; infrared; interpreter; microphone; oscillator; parser; processor; radio; software-configurable; speaker; waveform; words;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-634-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4595-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GHTC.2011.15

Filename

6103605