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Specialized trap for ground truthing an insect recognition system

A technology for identifying systems and real data, applied in the field of sensors, can solve problems such as labor-intensive efficiency

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-05-03
VERILY LIFE SCI LLC
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[0002] Conventional methods for accurately classifying insects are very labor-intensive and inefficient, for example by requiring entomologists to visually inspect each insect as it is caught by a trap

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[0013] Some embodiments may provide dedicated traps for real data calibration of insect identification systems. Certain embodiments can capture individual insects, which an entomologist can identify at a later time. When a batch of insects is captured for later identification, some embodiments may include a time stamp mechanism that facilitates identification of the time associated with the time each individual insect was captured.

[0014] Typically, entomologists will sit next to insect sensors for extended periods of time and manually identify species each time an insect is caught. In some cases, entomologists can examine distributions of individuals, species, or sexes over collection periods of 24 hours or longer (eg, one week). When examining the distribution of insects over extended periods of time, entomologists may not be able to identify the individual insects that correspond to each sensor signal. In order to train an insect recognition algorithm, it is necessary t...

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Systems and methods can be provided to monitor insects (e.g., mosquitos) in the field and gather data to ground truth one or more sensors or machine learning classification algorithms for classifyinginsects. A trap with various sensor capabilities can capture various insects and data pertaining to the captured insects. Some embodiments may enable offline identification of information by an entomologist or other individuals and use the identification information to ground-truth the one or more sensors. Using the trap with the various sensor capabilities increases the availability and diversityof training data for machine learning classification algorithms on the primary sensor.

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Background technique [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to sensors, and in particular to sensors for insect traps. [0002] Conventional methods for accurately classifying insects are very labor-intensive and inefficient, for example, by requiring entomologists to visually inspect each insect as it is caught by a trap. Contents of the invention [0003] Various examples are described with respect to systems and methods for ground truthing of insect recognition systems. A disclosed system may include: a roll of substrate material having an upper surface and a lower surface and an adhesive applied to at least one of the upper or lower surfaces; a motor coupled to the roll of substrate material and driven configured to rotate the roll of substrate material to dispense the substrate material into the insect trap; a sensor disposed along the dispensing path of the substrate material and configured to capture information associated with the surface of the dispensed s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A01M1/14A01M1/02
CPCA01M1/026A01M1/106A01M1/14Y02A50/30H04L67/12
Inventor E.皮特斯T.拉查尔P.马萨罗Y.韩N.斯诺德
Owner VERILY LIFE SCI LLC