ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,900, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Western Robotics LLC (Jackson, Wyo.).
"Automatic animal detection and deterrent system" was invented by Charles Hartman King (Birmingham, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides a method of detecting and deterring a target animal from a target area. A target area is positioned within the field of vision of a video camera connected to a computer processing system. An animal identification computer program using convolution neural networks and deep learning computer programs and camera images rapidly detects a target animal. The animal identification computer program is train...