Benjamen D Butcher

US Patent:

20090188148, Jul 30, 2009

Filed:

Jan 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/363566

Inventors:

Justin Orris - Lone Tree CO, US
Benjamen Butcher - Denver CO, US

International Classification:

A01M 31/06

US Classification:

43 3, 43 2

Abstract:

An autonomous decoy device is disclosed. The autonomous decoy comprises a decoy shell, a propulsion system, the propulsion system, a steering apparatus, a receiver, a memory, and a microcontroller. The decoy shell has a form resembling an animal in life size or near life size proportions. The propulsion system is adapted to move the decoy device in or on a desired medium and the steering apparatus is adapted to control the direction of movement of the decoy device. The receiver is adapted to receive an electromagnetic signal and determine a relative strength of the signal. The memory is adapted to store at least one instruction set. The microcontroller is adapted to control the propulsion system and the steering apparatus based on the at least one instruction set and the relative strength of the signal. Various autonomous routines and methods of use are further described herein.