US 10,051,845 B1Granted

Pupae emergence method and apparatus

AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC

InventorsPeter Massaro, Robert Sobecki, Tiantian Zha, Brian Wasson

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Abstract

An apparatus may include a vessel and a first passageway and a second passageway that connect the vessel to a first release container and a second release container, respectively. A first and a second sensor may be positioned proximate to a first and a second release container, respectively. Each sensor may detect an adult insect passing into the respective release container. A first and second shutter may be positioned in the first passageway and the second passageway, respectively. Each shutter may have an open and a closed position to control access to the respective release container. A computing device may receive a first input signal from the first sensor and a second input signal from the second sensor. The first and second shutter may receive a first output signal and a second output signal, respectively, from the computing device to position the respective shutter in the open or closed position.

Claims25

Dependent claims

An emergence apparatus, comprising:

a vessel having an interior space to receive water and insect pupae;
a first passageway, the first passageway connecting the vessel to a first release container;
a first sensor positioned proximate to the first release container to detect an adult insect passing by the first sensor and into the first release container;
a second passageway, the second passageway connecting the vessel to a second release container;
a second sensor positioned proximate to the second release container to detect an adult insect passing by the second sensor and into the second release container;
a first shutter positioned in the first passageway, the first shutter having an open position and a closed position to control access between the vessel and the first release container;
a second shutter positioned in the second passageway, the second shutter having an open position and a closed position to control access between the vessel and the second release container;
and
a computing device configured to receive a first input signal from the first sensor and a second input signal from the second sensor,
wherein the first shutter is configured to receive a first output signal from the computing device to position the first shutter in one of the open position or the closed position, and wherein the second shutter is configured to receive a second output signal from the computing device to position the second shutter in one of the open position or the closed position.

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An emergence apparatus, comprising:

a vessel having an interior space to receive water and insect pupae;
a first passageway, the first passageway connecting the vessel to a first release container;
a first sensor positioned proximate to the first release container to detect an adult insect passing by the first sensor and into the first release container;
a second passageway, the second passageway connecting the vessel to a second release container;
a second sensor positioned proximate to the second release container to detect an adult insect passing by the second sensor and into the second release container;
a first shutter positioned in the first passageway, the first shutter having an open position and a closed position to control access between the vessel and the first release container;
a second shutter positioned in the second passageway, the second shutter having an open position and a closed position to control access between the vessel and the second release container;
a first computing device configured to receive a first input signal from the first sensor;
and
a second computing device configured to receive a second input signal from the second sensor,
wherein the first shutter is configured to receive a first output signal from the first computing device to position the first shutter in one of the open position or the closed position, and wherein the second shutter is configured to receive a second output signal from the second computing device to position the second shutter in one of the open position or the closed position.

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A method, including:

providing an emergence device comprising:
a vessel having an interior space to receive water and insect pupae;
a first passageway, the first passageway connecting the vessel to a first release container;
a first sensor positioned proximate to the first release container to detect an adult insect passing by the first sensor and into the first release container;
a second passageway, the second passageway connecting the vessel to a second release container;
a second sensor positioned proximate to the second release container to detect an adult insect passing by the second sensor and into the second release container;
a first shutter positioned in the first passageway, the first shutter having an open position and a closed position to control access between the vessel and the first release container;
and
a second shutter positioned in the second passageway, the second shutter having an open position and a closed position to control access between the vessel and the second release container;
detecting, by at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor, an adult insect has passed by the respective sensor;
transmitting to a computing device, by the respective sensor, a signal indicating an adult insect has passed by the respective sensor;
and
determining, by the computing device, a total number of adult insects that have passed by the respective sensor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/285,623Filed 5 Oct 2016
Granted: 21 Aug 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A01K 67/30
Rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; New or modified breeds of animals: rearing or breeding invertebrates
A01K 29/005
Other apparatus for animal husbandry: monitoring or measuring activity
A01K 67/31
Rearing or breeding invertebrates: arrangements for releasing thereof into the environment
B01D 35/02
Filtering devices having features not specifically covered by groups B01D24/00 - B01D33/00, or for applications not specifically covered by…