Smart insect trap
AssigneeFerimark 2016 S.L.
InventorsIratxe Guerequiz Larrocea, Fernando Rodrigo Pinacho Crisostomo
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Abstract
An intelligent insect trap is disclosed, which allows a simple and effective monitoring of the insects captured inside the trap. It consists of a cylindrical or prismatic housing with a perimetral entrance accessing to an usable internal surface positioned in the active state/mode. This surface is adhesive and located near a container that holds a semiochemical lure. The trap also includes one or more video or photo cameras oriented towards the active sticky surface. Additionally, the trap comprises two or more adherent surfaces, which are mobile along the housing, preferably in the form of a disc or ring, and configured to be consecutively positioned in the active state.
Claims5
An intelligent insect trap comprising:
- an internal active adhesive/sticky usable surface (3);
- two or more additional adhesive surfaces (3);
- a cylindrical or prismatic housing (1) provided with a plurality of perimeter entrances (2) that are spaced apart and are configured to allow access to the internal active adhesive/sticky usable surface (3),
- a container (7) holding a semiochemical lure,
- one or more cameras (4) oriented toward the active usable surface (3);
- and
- a battery,
- a servomotor;
- wherein an upper part of the cylindrical or prismatic housing (1) is configured to store the two or more additional adhesive surfaces (3), which are mobile along the housing (1),
- wherein the two or more adhesive surfaces (3) are disc or ring-shaped, and are coaxially positioned within the housing (1);
- and
- the two or more adhesive surfaces (3) are configured to be positioned consecutively in the active state by actuating the servomotor (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.