Object Detection Zoo PART-2 | Birds Detection
I hope everyone is doing well and I’m back with another story of object detection zoo.
This time we will be talking about “bird detection”. Sounds dull right? OK OK! Let’s first discuss some facts.
Fact-1,
A bird strike — sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) — is a collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a manmade vehicle, usually an aircraft. The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with structures such as power lines, towers, and wind turbines (see Bird–skyscraper collisions and Towerkill).
These cause annual damages that have been estimated at $400 million[3] within the United States alone and up to $1.2 billion to commercial aircraft worldwide.
Fact-2,
Tens of millions of flamingos, storks, pelicans, and other migratory birds are being killed across the world when they fly into power lines, according to a new study.
Now that we know this use case is important, Let’s explore some of its applications and outputs.
Fact-3,
Crop loss in horticulture due to birds is an on-going and increasing cost to growers. Estimates of damage vary but are generally reported in the research literature as 30% to 35% of small berry production, 7% for wine and table grapes, 13% for apples and pears, 16% for stone fruits, and 22% in the nut crops.1 This includes whole fruit being consumed, fruit knocked off bushes or canes, and unsalable fruit (pecks, holes, slashes). These estimates are consistent with the OFVGA grower survey conducted in 2012 which reported 35% losses in berry crops, 10% loss for apples, 15% for tender fruit, and 7% for grapes.
1) Bird caretakers, people who pet or sell birds(especially white pigeon caretakers because in India they allow pigeons to fly for some distance) can keep track of birds, count them and monitor them easily.
2) At the airport runway and other airplane landing and take-off areas, we can place a bird monitoring system to prevent major accidents caused by bird strikes.
3) We can place a monitoring system near electrical power plants, huge mobile towers, or any other areas which cause huge bird deaths.
4) Monitoring systems in crop yards and farms could help farmers to avoid crop and vegetable damage.
Well, you might be wondering how to prevent these accidents and how to keep birds away from there areas?
Answer to that is by combining detection +alarm triggering. When there is detection you can trigger the alarms which make certain noises to make birds fly away!
Some of these use-cases may not make any sense,
Maybe you can think of a better use-case/application for this!
In the end, it’s all about the individual’s capacity for imagination and thinking.
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Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
