US 12,352,917 B2
Pest detection using sensor with textured surface
Larry Arvid Lake, Woodbury, MN (US); Morgan Ann Manderfield, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US); Joelle Francine Olson, Hanover, MN (US); Liliana Reategui, Saint Anthony, MN (US); and Daniel Ronald Schwartz, Cottage Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/588,817.
Application 18/588,817 is a continuation of application No. 17/455,875, filed on Nov. 19, 2021, granted, now 12,158,559.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,066, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0201409 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01V 3/02 (2006.01); A01M 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 3/02 (2013.01) [A01M 99/00 (2013.01); A01M 2200/011 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pest detection device, comprising:
a sensing surface comprising a plurality of traces at least in part beneath a textured material, the textured material having sufficient texture to enable climbing pests to climb across the sensing surface mounted at a nonhorizontal angle of greater than about 30 degrees;
a controller connected to at least some of the plurality of traces of the sensing surface; and
a power supply connected to the controller.