Electronic bait station monitoring system
AssigneeOMS Investments, Inc.
InventorsAshley Zirkle, Charles Evan Meyers
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Abstract
A bait station having an enclosed housing defining an internal volume is disclosed, wherein the internal volume is divided by a partition wall defining a main chamber and an electronics compartment. The electronics compartment has a wireless communication module including a computer processor and transceiver. The main chamber has a single access for a targeted type of pest and a bait access door. A bait platform is located within the main chamber, and a bait monitoring sensor is also located within the main chamber. The bait monitoring sensor is communicatively coupled with the wireless communication module.
Claims20
An electronic bait monitoring system, comprising:
- a bait station comprising an enclosed housing defining an internal volume, wherein the internal volume is divided by a partition wall defining a main chamber and an electronics compartment;
- the electronics compartment having a wireless communication module comprising a computer processor and transceiver;
- the main chamber having a single access for a targeted type of pest and a bait access door;
- a bait platform located within the main chamber the bait platform being spring mounted in a vertical direction;
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- a bait monitoring sensor located within the main chamber that is communicatively coupled with the wireless communication module, the bait monitoring sensor comprising a contact switch that indicates a vertical position of the bait platform in discrete increments.
An electronic bait monitoring system, comprising:
- a bait station comprising an enclosed housing defining an internal volume, wherein the internal volume is divided by a partition wall defining a main chamber and an electronics compartment;
- the electronics compartment having a wireless communication module comprising a computer processor and transceiver;
- the main chamber having an access for a targeted type of pest and a bait access door;
- a bait platform located within the main chamber;
- a bait monitoring sensor located within the main chamber that is communicatively coupled with the wireless communication module, the bait monitoring sensor being configured to monitor an amount of bait in the main chamber;
- a network element, wherein the network element comprises one or more processors, the network element being configured to:
- receive, via a network, a signal from the wireless communication module of one or more bait stations;
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- provide, via the network, the wireless communication module signal to a software program on one or more electronic devices;
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- the software program being configured to interpret and display information pertaining to the one or more bait stations based on the wireless communication module signal, wherein the software program is further configured to translate a raw signal from the bait monitoring sensor to a percentage of remaining bait for display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.