Selective Bird Feeding Apparatus

摘要

A selective bird feeding apparatus includes a housing having an access opening and door mounted positionable in a closed condition or in an open condition relative to the access opening. A drive mechanism is actuated to move the door to the closed condition or to the open condition. An actuator coupled to the drive mechanism includes a sensor which radiates energy to a position adjacent to the opening. The sensor receives reflected radiation reflected off of an object adjacent to the opening. A control circuit assigns an input value to the reflected radiation which is compared with a stored standard value. The actuator actuates the drive mechanism to move the door to the closed condition when the input value is outside a threshold limit of the standard value and actuates the drive mechanism to move the door to the open condition when the input value is within the threshold limit.

主权项

1. A bird feeding assembly configured for selectively feeding birds, said assembly including:
a housing having an access opening therein for permitting access to bird feed in an interior of said housing by a bird; a door being mounted to said housing, said door being positionable in a closed condition closing said access opening or in an open condition exposing the bird feed to the bird; a drive mechanism being mounted to said housing and being mechanically coupled to said door, said drive mechanism being actuated to move said door to said closed condition or to said open condition; an actuator being mounted on said housing and being operationally coupled to said drive mechanism; a sensor being mounted to said housing and being operationally coupled to said actuator, said sensor measuring an area outside of said housing and adjacent to said opening, said sensor being configured to electronically determine when an undesirable bird species is adjacent to said opening, said actuator actuating said door to said closed condition when an undesirable bird species is detected by said sensor, said sensor detecting one or more species indicators, said species indicators including color, light reflectance, body weight or image recognition.