Apparatus and method for the detection of wood boring pests
OwnerZeid Bassam Sinokrotinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is used to detect insect infestations within a tree. The apparatus is used to insert a needle of a microphone housing within the tree. The microphone housing includes a microphone coupled to the needle. The microphone monitors an audio window. Within the audio window a plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows are detected. A mel spectrogram is calculated from the plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows where the mel spectrogram includes a matrix of features. A neural network determines if each of the plurality of overlapping sub-audio windows includes an indication of an insect being present and determines if the indications of an insect being present of the plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows indicates that the tree has an insect infestation.
Claims16
An apparatus for monitoring sounds from within a tree,
- the apparatus comprising:
- a microphone housing including a needle coupled to a microphone, the microphone recording a sound detected by the needle while inserted within the tree;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the microphone housing, the processing unit including a processor and a memory, the memory storing non-transitory computer readable instruction that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- record, with the microphone, an audio window;
- detect, within the audio window, a plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows;
- calculate a mel spectrogram from the plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows,
- the mel spectrogram including a matrix of features;
- determining, using a neural network, if each of the plurality of overlapping sub-audio windows includes a number of indications of an insect being present;
- and
- determining that the number of indications of the insect being present in the plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows exceeds a predetermined threshold, and indicating that the tree has an insect infestation.
A method of detecting insect infestations within a tree, the method comprising:
- inserting a needle of a microphone housing within the tree, the microphone housing including a microphone coupled to the needle;
- recording, with the microphone, an audio window;
- detecting, within the audio window, a plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows;
- calculating a mel spectrogram from the plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows, the mel spectrogram including a matrix of features;
- determining, using a neural network, if each of the plurality of overlapping sub-audio windows includes an indication of an insect being present;
- and
- determining that the number of indications of the insect being present in the plurality of overlapping audio sub-windows exceeds a predetermined threshold, and indicating that the tree has an insect infestation.
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