High-Level-Design

The PumaGuard system consists of three main components:

  1. Central Unit

    This unit contains the inference machine which processes the incoming photos from the Trailcam Units. If a Puma was identified, the central unit activates lights and sound through one of the Output units.

  2. Trailcam Unit

    This unit contains a trailcam and a small processing unit. The processing unit monitors the camera for new photos and sends new photos to the Central unit for processing.

  3. Output Unit

    The output unit contains a speaker and lights for scaring the puma away. The speaks and lights are controlled by a small processing unit which gets instructions from the Central unit.

Below a schematic of the setup. Note that there can be multiple Trailcam and Output units.

        architecture-beta
    group central(cloud)[Central Unit]

    service pi(server)[Pi] in central
    service ap(internet)[AP] in central

    group camera_1(disk)[Trail Cam]

    service trailcam_1(camera)[Trailcam] in camera_1
    service pizero_camera_1(server)[Pi Zero] in camera_1

    group camera_2(disk)[Trail Cam]

    service trailcam_2(camera)[Trailcam] in camera_2
    service pizero_camera_2(server)[Pi Zero] in camera_2

    group output_1(speakers)[Output]

    service speaker_1(speaker)[Speaker] in output_1
    service lights_1(light)[Lights] in output_1
    service pizero_output_1(server)[Pi Zero] in output_1

    group output_2(speakers)[Output]

    service speaker_2(speaker)[Speaker] in output_2
    service lights_2(light)[Lights] in output_2
    service pizero_output_2(server)[Pi Zero] in output_2

    pizero_camera_1:B -- B:ap
    pizero_camera_2:B -- B:ap
    pizero_output_1:B -- B:ap
    pizero_output_2:B -- B:ap
    pizero_camera_1:B -- B:trailcam_1
    pizero_camera_2:B -- B:trailcam_2
    pizero_output_1:B -- B:speaker_1
    pizero_output_1:B -- B:lights_1
    pizero_output_2:B -- B:speaker_2
    pizero_output_2:B -- B:lights_2
    pi:B -- B:ap

Fig. 1 Some caption