Patent ID: 11891179
Assignee: HARDSHELL LABS, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. A conservation method, comprising:
oiling bird eggs by a remote fluid application system (RFAS) to control avian pest species population, the RFAS coupled to an aerial vehicle, including:
loading an oil reservoir of the RFAS with oil and pressurized air;
operating an RFAS camera coupled in the RFAS;
flying the aerial vehicle to a position near an egg target, the aerial vehicle having a drone camera distinct from the RFAS camera;
remotely operating a gimbal motor of the RFAS to adjust a position of a nozzle and the RFAS camera of the RFAS to the egg target;
determining, based on images from the RFAS camera of the egg target, whether and to what extent the egg target is to be sprayed with oil;
dispensing oil on the egg target by fluidly coupling the oil reservoir to the nozzle, the dispensing based on the images from the RFAS camera of the egg target;
operating a laser, including providing a visual marker of a point that will be sprayed by the nozzle; and
moving the point over an entire clutch of eggs while dispensing oil, wherein the nozzle is mounted on the gimbal motor, the RFAS camera is mounted on the gimbal motor, and the laser is mounted on the gimbal motor such that they share a common gimbal pivot point and form a nozzle-camera-laser assembly, and wherein the method further includes operating the motor driven, remotely controlled gimbal motor to aim the nozzle-camera-laser assembly at the eggs in the clutch.