Patent ID: 8773501

Claim:
A motorized wildlife camera for capturing one or more images of an animal according to one or more capture sequences comprising: a mount configured to securely mount the motorized wildlife camera at an outdoor location; a plurality of separate sensors, each of the plurality of sensors associated with a distinct one of a plurality of detection zones and configured to generate an output identifying its associated detection zone only when an animal is detected within its associated detection zone; a rotating camera configured to rotate to point to each of the plurality of detection zones and capture one or more images thereof; a motor configured to move the rotating camera to point to each of the plurality of detection zones; a storage device configured to store the one or more images; one or more processors configured to receive the output and to execute one or more capture sequences when the output is received, the one or more capture sequences comprising: rotating the rotating camera to the detection zone identified in the output with the motor; capturing an image of the animal with the rotating camera while the rotating camera is at the detection zone identified in the output; after capturing the image of the animal, rotating the camera to one or more other detection zones not identified in the output with the motor according to a predefined order; capturing a plurality of additional images by capturing an additional image while the camera is at each of the one or more other detection zones; positioning the image of the animal and plurality of additional images adjacent to one another in a single combined image according to the predefined order; and storing the single combined image on the storage device.