UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
发明人:
HUR Byul,EISENSTADT William R.
申请号:
US201615566930
公开号:
US2018279598(A1)
申请日:
2016.04.13
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
Embodiments relate to smart mosquito and insect trap devices, networks and method for detecting, counting, trapping and discarding a population of mosquitoes and/or insects. The mosquito species include the ones such as Aedes mosquito species that can cause Zika virus diseases. The device comprising a housing (201) having a directional force through a narrow path (240) to move an insect or mosquito in a predetermined direction. The device comprises one or more detectors (255) to detect a presence of an insect or mosquito along the path (240). An isolated basket (260) or trap is included to trap the insect or mosquito at a location below or at an end of the path. A processor (352) tracks a count of a population in the basket based on detection of the presence of the insect or mosquito.