Title :
Software-Configurable Herbivore Control Device ("Pseudo-Fence")
Author :
Cummings, Jonathan
Author_Institution :
SRA Int., Inc., Woodbridge, VA, USA
fDate :
Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/GHTC.2011.15
