Patent ID: 11864536
Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
determining that an aquaculture feeding system has transitioned from a first state to a second state based on detecting a change in backpressure at an outlet at an end of a feed pipe that is connected to a blower at an opposite end, wherein the outlet is positioned above water surface, and wherein detecting the change in backpressure comprises:
determining a current power consumption of the blower blowing air through the feed pipe, and
detecting the change in backpressure based on determining that a difference between the current power consumption and a predetermined value of power consumption is above a threshold; and

responsive to determining that the aquaculture feeding system has transitioned from the first to the second state:
providing instructions to a dosing system that transfers feed pellets into the feed pipe to set a feed rate of the dosing system; and
providing instructions to the blower that is operatively coupled to the dosing system and that moves the feed pellets along the feed pipe, to set a flow rate of the blower.