US 11,891,179 B2
Method and system of remote egg oiling
Timothy Allyn Shields, Haines, AK (US); Roy Adair Haggard, Murrieta, CA (US); and Mercy Lynn Vaughn, Paso Robles, CA (US)
Assigned to HARDSHELL LABS, INC., Haines, AK (US); and SUNDANCE BIOLOGY, INC., Paso Robles, CA (US)
Filed by HARDSHELL LABS, INC., Haines, AK (US); and SUNDANCE BIOLOGY, INC., Paso Robles, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/583,144.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,028, filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0094966 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. B64D 1/18 (2006.01); A01M 25/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 1/18 (2013.01) [A01M 25/006 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. 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; and
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, wherein oiling bird eggs includes oiling raven eggs of ravens preying on desert tortoises by the RFAS to control raven population, and the flying includes flying the aerial vehicle to the position near the egg target, the egg target being a nest with raven eggs of the ravens preying on desert tortoises.