A smart drone for wildlife research

Abstract

The invention relates to an intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle for wildlife research, a main body and a shooting mechanism arranged under the main body, the shooting mechanism includes a second driving motor, a second driving shaft, a turntable, a telescopic unit and a shooting unit, the shooting unit It includes a fixed plate, a camera body arranged on one side of the fixed plate, a lens and a focusing mechanism arranged on the other side of the fixed plate, and the focusing mechanism includes a third driving motor, a second connecting rod, a third connecting rod, a hinge block, a slide Rod and swivel, the intelligent UAV used for wildlife research operates through the second drive motor and telescopic unit to realize the angle adjustment of the lens, which is convenient to adjust the shooting angle according to the research needs, and realize the shooting of wild animals in different ranges Not only that, the focus mechanism on the fixed plate changes the focal length of the lens to achieve clear shooting of moving objects at different distances, and it is convenient to collect images of high-speed moving animals for people to study, thereby improving the practicability of the device.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular to an intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle used for wild animal research. Background technique [0002] Unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for short, is a new concept weapon equipment in rapid development, which has the advantages of flexible maneuvering, quick response, unmanned flight, and low operation requirements. UAVs equipped with multiple types of sensors can realize real-time image transmission and detection of high-risk areas, which is a powerful supplement to satellite remote sensing and traditional aerial remote sensing. At present, the scope of use of UAVs has been expanded to the three major fields of military, scientific research, and civilian use, specifically in power, communications, meteorology, agriculture, ocean, exploration, photography, disaster prevention and reduction, crop production estimation, anti-drug anti-smuggling, border pat...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] However, when the existing drone is installed with a camera, due to its simple and fixed installation structure, the camera cannot be rotated to shoot wild animals and their activity environments from different angles. Not only that, but most of the cameras on the drone use a fixed-focus camera. As a result, when the UAV wants to take pictures of a certain object, it needs to fly the UAV to the vicinity of the object to ensure clear image acquisition. When the object is a high-speed moving animal, such as a cheetah in the hunting state When waiting for carnivores, antelopes and other herbivores in the escape state, the drone cannot track their speed, so it cannot complete the shooting work, which directly reduces the practicability of the drone in wildlife research

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