BatFlash: A head-mounted LED for detecting bat echolocation

Junghee J. Kim, Timothy K. Horiuchi, Melville Wohlgemuth, Cynthia F. Moss

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Abstract

Studies of bat echolocation and flight typically involve microphone array recordings from the ground, sometimes synchronized with video recordings. When multiple bats interact, it is often a challenge to assign a given call to the vocalizing bat. We have designed a lightweight, inexpensive device to display bat-tagged echolocation events using a head-mounted light-emitting diode (LED) that flashes when an onboard microphone detects a high-amplitude ultrasonic pulse. We describe the circuit and demonstrate its functionality in flight on the head of a big brown bat.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages208-211
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509029594
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event12th IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2016 - Shanghai, China
Duration: Oct 17 2016Oct 19 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2016 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2016

Other

Other12th IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period10/17/1610/19/16

Keywords

  • big brown bat
  • echolocation
  • head-mounted
  • LED

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Biomedical Engineering

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