Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-calibrating ultrasonic removal of ectoparasites from fish
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Application No.: US17132874Application Date: 2020-12-23
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Publication No.: US11490601B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Grace Calvert Young , Matthew Aaron Knoll , Bryce Jason Remesch , Peter Kimball
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A01K61/13
- IPC: A01K61/13 ; A01M29/18 ; G06V40/10 ; G01N29/44 ; G06T7/00 ; G01N29/00 ; G01N29/34 ; G01N29/36

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for self-calibrating ultrasonic removal of sea lice. In some implementations, a method includes generating, by transducers distributed in a sea lice treatment station, a first set of ultrasonic signals, detecting a second set of ultrasonic signals in response to propagation of the first set of ultrasonic signals through water, determining propagation parameters of the sea lice treatment station based on the second set of ultrasonic signals that were detected, obtaining an image of a sea louse on a fish in the sea lice treatment station, determining, from the image, a location of the sea louse in the sea lice treatment station, and generating a third set of ultrasonic signals that focuses energy at the sea louse.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220192160A1 SELF-CALIBRATING ULTRASONIC REMOVAL OF ECTOPARASITES FROM FISH Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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