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WO2018033812A1 - Administration de substances à des animaux - Google Patents

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WO2018033812A1
WO2018033812A1 PCT/IB2017/054434 IB2017054434W WO2018033812A1 WO 2018033812 A1 WO2018033812 A1 WO 2018033812A1 IB 2017054434 W IB2017054434 W IB 2017054434W WO 2018033812 A1 WO2018033812 A1 WO 2018033812A1
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animal
magazine
uav
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Jacobus Petrus Smit
Timo Smit
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Uas Flightec Systems (Proprietary) Limited
VISAGIE, Pieter, Johan
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Publication of WO2018033812A1 publication Critical patent/WO2018033812A1/fr
Priority to ZA2019/00921A priority Critical patent/ZA201900921B/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61D—VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
    • A61D7/00—Devices or methods for introducing solid, liquid, or gaseous remedies or other materials into or onto the bodies of animals
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U20/00—Constructional aspects of UAVs
    • B64U20/80—Arrangement of on-board electronics, e.g. avionics systems or wiring
    • B64U20/87—Mounting of imaging devices, e.g. mounting of gimbals
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U50/00—Propulsion; Power supply
    • B64U50/10—Propulsion
    • B64U50/18—Thrust vectoring
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U70/00—Launching, take-off or landing arrangements
    • B64U70/90—Launching from or landing on platforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U10/00—Type of UAV
    • B64U10/10—Rotorcrafts
    • B64U10/13—Flying platforms
    • B64U10/14—Flying platforms with four distinct rotor axes, e.g. quadcopters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U2101/00—UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications
    • B64U2101/30—UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications for imaging, photography or videography
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U2101/00—UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications
    • B64U2101/55—UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications for life-saving or rescue operations; for medical use
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U2201/00—UAVs characterised by their flight controls
    • B64U2201/20—Remote controls

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  • a mounting configured to mount to an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of hovering;
  • a magazine configured to hold at least one unguided free-fall projectile configured to administer a substance to an animal upon impact with the animal, the magazine being carried by the mounting;
  • the substance administration payload may thus be characterised in that it carries no propellant, e.g. a source of compressed gas or a chemical substance for the production of pressurised gas.
  • a propellant e.g. a source of compressed gas or a chemical substance for the production of pressurised gas.
  • the aiming means is also being carried by the mounting.
  • any unguided free-fall projectile held by the magazine will also be vertically directly above the target animal so that, when released from the magazine, the unguided free-fall projectile should drop onto the animal.
  • the payload which may be considered to be an accessory for a UAV, may include a stabilizer for the carrier portion.
  • the payload includes a stabilizer to stabilize each axis of rotation when the carrier portion is displaceable or rotatable about clearly defined or distinct axes.
  • the stabilizer and axes of rotation are configured to stabilize the carrier portion about two orthogonal axes to maintain said axes in a horizontal plane.
  • this ensures in use that the magazine, when arranged to release an unguided free-fall projectile in a downwards direction which is perpendicular to said horizontal plane, will release or drop the unguided free-fall projectile vertically downwardly.
  • the magazine is thus arranged to drop the unguided free-fall projectile so that the projectile follows a path which, in the absence of an external Newtonian force other than gravity, such as wind, has substantially no horizontal component.
  • a disadvantage of a motorized stabilizer is that it requires electrical power for the controller, gyroscope and the electric motor(s) which, when obtained from a battery of a battery-powered UAV to which the payload is in use mounted, reduces the operating time of the UAV. Furthermore, even though lightweight, motorized stabilisers may still be heavier than desired.
  • the carrier portion is thus joined to the attachment portion by means of a pivot joint such that the carrier portion is suspended below the attachment portion, with a motion damper (such as a fluid-filled damper, e.g. a liquid-filled damper), acting on the carrier portion to dampen movement of the carrier portion relative to the attachment portion.
  • a motion damper such as a fluid-filled damper, e.g. a liquid-filled damper
  • the release mechanism may be remotely controlled.
  • the release mechanism may thus include a receiver to receive a signal, e.g. a radio signal, transmitted from a remote location.
  • the release mechanism may be configured to establish communication with a receiver of the UAV to which the substance administration payload is in use mounted.
  • the substance administration payload may include a wind screen for at least the magazine.
  • a wind screen protects the magazine, and hence an unguided free- fall projectile released from the magazine, against turbulence from rotating blades from a UAV carrying the substance administration payload in use.
  • the windscreen open at a bottom end thereof, encircles the mounting and components carried by the mounting, such as the magazine and the aiming means.
  • the invention extends to an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of hovering, the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying a substance administration payload as hereinbefore described.
  • system or kit for administration of substances to animals including
  • UAV unmanned aerial vehicle capable of hovering
  • the unguided free-fall projectile is a dart.
  • an unguided free-fall projectile configured to administer said substance to said animal upon impact with the animal from the UAV, the projectile being released from a height sufficient to allow the projectile to impact the animal with sufficient momentum to administer said substance to the animal.
  • the unguided free-fall projectile may be as hereinbefore described.
  • Adjusting the position of the UAV may be accomplished from a location remote from the UAV, e.g. using a remote radio control transmitter.
  • a remote radio control transmitter e.g. a radio frequency transmitter
  • the UAV may be configured or programmed to position itself automatically vertically directly above an animal, e.g. by using image recognition and an onboard flight controller, it is expected that the UAV will typically be positioned under the remote control of a human.
  • the mounting 12 includes a carrier portion 26.
  • the carrier portion 26 includes a mounting wall 26.1 to which the magazine 14 and the aiming video camera 20 are mounted.
  • the magazine 14 and the aiming video camera 20 are sandwiched between two face plates 21 bolted together by means of four threaded shafts and eight nuts, with the shafts passing through the mounting wall 26.1 and with the magazine 14 and the aiming video camera 20 being positioned on opposite sides of the mounting wall 26.1.
  • the position of at least one of the aiming video camera 20 and the magazine 14 is adjustable.
  • the carrier portion 26, and in particular the mounting wall 26.1, is displaceable or rotatable relative to the attachment portion 22, and hence also relative to a UAV to which the substance administration payload 10 is mounted, in use, about two orthogonal axes 28, 30.
  • the axis 28 defines a pitch or tilt axis for the carrier portion 26 and all components attached to the carrier portion 26 or carried by the carrier portion 26, whereas the axis 30 defines a roll axis for the carrier portion 26 and all components carried by the carrier portion 26.
  • the magazine 14, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, is configured to receive or hold a portion of a shaft 40 of the dart 16.
  • the magazine 14 is thus simply a length of square tubing of a plastics material, defining a bore 38 which is open-ended and which is dimensioned to receive a rear end portion of a shaft 40 of the dart 16 snugly or at least with little clearance so that the shaft 40 remains aligned with the bore 38 even when the substance administration payload 10 is moving.
  • a front portion of the shaft 40 and a head 42 of the dart 16 thus protrude downwardly from the magazine 14, as can be clearly seen in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, when the magazine 14 is in an operative orientation.
  • the aiming video camera 20 is mounted against one side of the mounting wall 26.1 of the carrier portion 26 and the magazine 14 is mounted to an opposite side of the mounting wall 26.1 such that the aiming video camera 20 and the magazine 14 are aligned in a parallel, close side-by-side relationship ensuring that the aiming video camera 20 is substantially aimed at a target area that will be impacted by an unguided free-fall projectile, such as the dart 16, released from the magazine 14, when the path of the dart 16 is vertically downward (i.e. not affected by forces other than gravity, such as wind).
  • the aiming video camera 20 defines an aiming marker in the form of a reticule or cross-hair to indicate a point of impact of the dart 16, i.e.
  • the substance administration payload 10 may include an image transmitter (a so-called On-Screen Display or OSD video transmitter) to transmit an image provided by the aiming video camera 20 to a remote location, e.g. for display on a remote display screen.
  • an image transmitter a so-called On-Screen Display or OSD video transmitter
  • OSD video transmitter to transmit an image provided by the aiming video camera 20 to a remote location, e.g. for display on a remote display screen.
  • the substance administration payload 10 however does not include an image transmitter.
  • the substance administration payload of the invention may employ a stabilizer in the form of a fluid-filled damper.
  • a stabilizer in the form of a fluid-filled damper.
  • the substance administration payload 10 was in fact mounted to a Storm Drone Antigravity GPS Flying Platform with a 22.2V 4200mah (93.2Wh) Li-Po battery and Tarot 15555 High Strength Foldable propellers. This is a 640 class quadcopter drone.
  • the Storm Drone Antigravity GPS Flying Platform was equipped with a NAZA-M V2 flight controller with a GPS module.
  • the UAV 300 is launched from the launch platform 410.
  • the launch platform 410 defines a raised platform 412 supporting an undercarriage 306 of the UAV 300 to be launched, and defines a recess 414 into which the dart 16, when received in the magazine 14, can project downwardly.
  • the unmanned aerial vehicle substance administration payload can carry a plurality of unguided free-fall projectiles, such as fluid-filled bomblets.
  • a plurality of unguided free-fall projectiles can be targeted on a single flight.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une charge utile d'administration de substance de véhicule aérien sans pilote (10) comprenant un support (12) configuré pour être monté sur un véhicule aérien sans pilote capable d'un vol stationnaire (un UAV). Un chargeur (14) est configuré pour contenir au moins un projectile à chute libre non guidé (16) configuré pour administrer une substance à un animal lors d'un impact avec l'animal. Le chargeur (14) est porté par le support (12). Un mécanisme de libération (18) est fourni pour libérer le projectile à chute libre non guidé (16) du chargeur (14) de sorte que le projectile (16) puisse tomber sous la force de gravité du chargeur (14) vers un animal cible directement sous le chargeur (14). Des moyens de visée (20) sont associés au chargeur (14) pour déterminer si le chargeur (14) est directement verticalement au-dessus de l'animal cible. L'invention concerne également un procédé d'administration d'une substance à un animal au moyen d'un UAV.
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