System for insect surveillance and tracking

US11547106B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Soumyadipta Acharya · Baltimore, US
• William Patterson · Baltimore, US
• Margaret Glancey · Thurmont, US
• Nicholas Radant · Baltimore, US
• Justin Chang · New Taipei, TW
• Kimberly Ashman · New Orleans, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

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.