Camera bait station
AssigneeRentokil Initial 1927 PLC
InventorsEthan Vickery, Ronen Amichai, Jay Rasmussen, Shmuel Seifer
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Abstract
This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods associated with pest (e.g., rodent) management. An example of monitoring device for a pest-management station includes a camera configured to capture image data, a plurality of sensors configured to couple to a pest station. The plurality of sensors including at least one of a reed switch, a touch sensor, or a motion sensor. The monitoring device further includes a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit data, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to activate the camera based on sensor data from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors. Bait stations, servers, and corresponding methods are also described.
Claims29
A monitoring device for a pest-management device, the monitoring device comprising:
- a camera configured to capture image data;
- a plurality of sensors configured to couple to a pest station, the plurality of sensors including at least one of a reed switch, a touch sensor, or a motion sensor;
- a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit data;
- artificial intelligence (AI) based pest identification software;
- a memory storing AI generated pest identification data including rodent eye curvature data;
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- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to activate the camera based on sensor data from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, and responsive to a determination that a timer condition is satisfied, to cause the camera to capture rodent eye curvature image and generate rodent eye curvature image data, wherein the timer condition is based on timing data generated using the sensor data;
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- wherein the processor is configured to identify rodents based on the AI based pest identification software, and wherein the AI based pest identification software is configured to identify rodent species, rodent gender, a particular rodent, or a combination thereof, based on a comparison of the rodent eye curvature data to the rodent eye curvature image data.
A monitoring device for a pest-management device, the monitoring device comprising:
- a camera configured to capture image data;
- a plurality of sensors configured to couple to a pest station, the plurality of sensors including at least one of a reed switch, a touch sensor, or a motion sensor;
- a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit data;
- one or more first light sources;
- one or more second light sources, the second light sources different from the first light source, wherein the one or more first light sources comprises a visible light LED, wherein the one or more second light sources comprises an infrared LED, wherein the visible light LED is arranged to be used to image an internal area of the pest-management device, and wherein the infrared LED is arranged to be used to image an external area of the pest-management device;
- a memory;
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- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
- activate the camera based on sensor data from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, and responsive to a determination that a timer condition is satisfied, cause the camera to capture an image, wherein the timer condition is based on timing data generated using the sensor data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.