US 12,185,710 B2
Flying insect light trap monitoring device
Andrew John Selvig, Eagan, MN (US); and Dylan O'Donnell, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Terrier Technologies, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Terrier Technologies, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,654.
Application 18/157,654 is a continuation of application No. 16/392,877, filed on Apr. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,582,963.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,293, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148584 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01M 1/02 (2006.01); A01M 1/10 (2006.01); A01M 1/14 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC A01M 1/026 (2013.01) [A01M 1/106 (2013.01); A01M 1/145 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring device configured to be releasably coupled to a flying insect light trap having at least one light bulb that emits wavelengths of light that attract flying insects, a light housing supporting and partially surrounding the at least one light bulb, a glue board contained within the light housing, adjacent the at least one light bulb, that is capable of capturing flying insects, and a grill extending across an open side of the light housing, wherein the glue board is proximately located within the light housing on an opposite interior side than the grill, the monitoring device comprising:
a housing defining an interior cavity and comprising at least one panel, having a viewing aperture, and at least one mounting structure configured to operably and releasably couple the monitoring device to a portion of the flying insect light trap when the monitoring device is associated with the flying insect light trap, such that when the monitoring device is associated with the flying insect light trap the interior cavity of the housing is mounted outside and adjacent the respective flying insect light trap to which it is associated;
a camera and a wide angle lens, secured to the housing, wherein the camera is located within the interior cavity of the housing, the wide angle lens configured to view the glue board within the light housing of the respective flying insect light trap through the viewing aperture of the at least one panel of the housing when the monitoring device is associated with the flying insect light trap, such that the configuration of the camera and wide angle lens is capable of taking a digital photograph image of the glue board within the flying insect light trap to which the monitoring device is associated;
a controller, including a processor and a memory, secured within the housing and communicatively coupled to the camera, wherein the controller is configured to receive the digital photograph image from the camera; and
a communications module, operatively coupled to the controller, configured to send the digital photograph image for processing remotely.