	US 12,484,569 B2
	Method and system for monitoring and controlling the presence of at least one type of insect in agricultural crops
Andrés Peñaloza González, Santiago (CL); Antonio Cabreira Véjar, Santiago (CL); Daniel Jiménez Ballart, Santiago (CL); and Bárbara Valenzuela González, Santiago (CL)
Assigned to Andrés Peñaloza González, Santiago (CL); Antonio Cabreira Véjar, Santiago (CL); and Daniel Jiménez Ballart, Santiago (CL)
Appl. No. 18/014,046
Filed by Andrés Peñaloza González, Santiago (CL); Antonio Cabreira Véjar, Santiago (CL); and Daniel Jiménez Ballart, Santiago (CL)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CL2020/050068 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/000098, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016136 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A01M 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC A01M 1/026 (2013.01)

20 Claims

1. A method to monitor and control the presence of at least one type of insect in agricultural crops, comprising the following stages:

attracting and capturing at least one insect by means of at least one capture device (10) towards an inner surface (11) of said at least one device;

obtaining at least one internal photograph of said internal surface by at least one internal photographic device (20);

obtaining at least one external photograph of a crop coverage area by at least one external photographic device (21);

measuring the ambient temperature in the crop coverage area by at least one ambient temperature sensor (30);

measuring the soil temperature in the crop coverage area by at least one soil temperature sensor;

measuring the ambient humidity in the crop coverage area by at least one ambient humidity sensor (31);

measuring soil humidity in the crop coverage area by at least one soil humidity sensor (32);

sending the at least one internal photograph, the at least one external photograph and data on ambient temperature, soil temperature, ambient humidity and soil humidity from the at least one photographic device (20, 21) and the at least one sensor (30, 31, 32) to the at least one control device (40);

sending the at least one internal photograph, the at least one external photograph and the data on ambient temperature, soil temperature, ambient humidity and soil humidity, from the at least one control device (40) to the at least one analysis device;

detecting through the at least one analysis device using the at least one internal photograph sent, if there is at least one insect in it;

in case there is at least one insect in the internal photograph, identifying through the at least one analysis device the species to which the at least one photographed insect belongs;

including in an insect count for the identified species through the at least one analysis device, the at least one identified insect;

determining, through the at least one analysis device using the data on ambient temperature, a degrees day and an accumulated degrees day of the crop coverage area;

determining, through the at least one analysis device, using one or more of the data related to the at least one internal photograph and external photograph, and the degrees day and accumulated degrees day, the phenological stage of the at least one insect;

determining through the at least one analysis device, using one or more of the data related to the at least one external photograph and the degrees day and accumulated degrees day, the phenological stage of the crop coverage area;

evaluating from one or more of the parameters obtained on the species of the at least one insect, the insect count for the identified species, the degrees day, the accumulated degrees day, the data on ambient temperature, soil temperature, ambient humidity and soil humidity, and the phenological stage of the at least one identified insect and of the crop coverage area, if it is appropriate to apply at least one agrochemical in said crop coverage area;

alerting an operator, by at least one display device, in case the application of the at least one agrochemical in the crop coverage area is appropriate;

storing in the at least one analysis device, the parameters obtained on the species of the at least one insect, the insect count for the identified species, the degrees day, the accumulated degrees day, the data on ambient temperature, soil temperature, ambient humidity and soil humidity, the phenological stage of the at least one identified insect and the crop coverage area, and the evaluation about whether the application of the at least one agrochemical is appropriate; and

using the stored information about the parameters obtained on the species of the at least one insect, the insect count for the identified species, the degrees day, the accumulated degrees day, the data on ambient temperature, soil temperature, ambient humidity and soil humidity, the phenological stage of the at least one identified insect and the crop coverage area, and about the evaluation of whether the application of the at least one agrochemical is appropriate in the determination of future indications for the application of at least one agrochemical in the crop coverage area.