Handheld Arthropod Detection Device

An electronic arthropod detection device, comprising:

• one or both of a hyperspectral image sensor or a multispectral image sensor sensitive to multiple bands of electromagnetic radiation;
• a camera configured to generate an image from a visible light band of electromagnetic radiation;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the camera and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an indication associated with a type of arthropod to be detected;
• retrieving a first object detection model from a plurality of object detection models stored in the memory in response to receiving the indication associated the type of arthropod to be detected;
• receiving data from one or both of the hyperspectral image sensor or the multispectral image sensor while the electronic arthropod detection device scans a subject;
• determining whether an arthropod is or is likely present in a region of interest (ROI) based on data from the one or both of the hyperspectral image sensor or the multispectral image sensor, and
• initiating an arthropod detected procedure using the first object detection model in response to determining that an arthropod is detected in the at least one image.

An arthropod detection device, comprising:

• means for receiving an indication associated with a type of arthropod to be detected;
• means for retrieving a first object detection model from a plurality of object detection models in response to receiving the indication associated the type of arthropod to be detected;
• means for scanning a subject in multiple bands of electromagnetic radiation;
• means for determining, by a processor of the electronic arthropod detection device, whether an arthropod is or is likely present in a region of interest (ROI) based on data from scanning the subject in multiple bands of electromagnetic radiation, and
• means for initiating an arthropod detected procedure using the first object detection model in response to determining that an arthropod is detected in the at least one image.