# US 2021/0329902 A1 · A system for insect surveillance and tracking

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- Number: US 2021/0329902 A1
- Document ID: US20210329902A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/479,634
- Filed: 2018-01-26
- Published: 2021-10-28
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-27
- Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University
- Applicants: The Johns Hopkins University
- Inventors: Soumyadipta Acharya; William Patterson; Margaret Glancey; Nicholas Radant; Justin Chang; Kimberly Ashman
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210329902A1

## CPC

- A01M 1/00: Stationary means for catching or killing insects
- A01M 1/026: {combined with devices for monitoring insect presence, e.g. termites (bait stations A01M1/2005; detecting other animals in a given area A01M31/002)}
- A01M 1/106: {for flying insects}
- G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69)
- G06V 40/10: Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
- Y02A 50/30: Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change
- A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

## Abstract

A mosquito surveillance device includes one or more mosquito traps having a camera capable of taking images of mosquitos and transmitting the images electronically to a receiver. Suitable traps include an ovitrap, for example. Images may be transmitted from inside or outside the trap to a receiver using low bandwidth cellular phone networks. The images are processed and displayed using software forming mosquito data. The images may be analyzed and the number of live mosquitos identified, the number of dead mosquitos identified, the species of mosquitos identified, or mapped vector densities in real time identified preferably at high resolution.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mosquito surveillance device comprising:
one or more mosquito traps comprising a camera capable of taking images of mosquitos and transmitting the images electronically to a receiver.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the trap is an ovitrap.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the camera is a camera phone that is programmable.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 transmitting the images inside the trap to a receiver using low bandwidth cellular phone networks.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 wherein the receiver is a central server that is able to transmit the image to one or more users.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the images are analyzed and the number of mosquitos are identified.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein one or more species of the mosquitos are identified.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the images are processed and displayed using software forming mosquito data.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the mosquito data is mapped vector densities in real time at high resolution.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the mosquito data is viewed by health systems or individuals.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the images comprising dead mosquitos.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the software comprises vision algorithms.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12 wherein the vision algorithms identities one or more species of the mosquitos.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12 wherein the vision algorithms count the number of mosquitoes.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14 wherein the species of mosquito consist of Culex species and Aedes/Anopheles