A termite intelligent monitoring system

Abstract

A smart termite monitoring system is disclosed. The housing of the monitoring device of the present invention is equipped with an upper cover, and a solar panel is located above the upper cover to provide power to the monitoring device. The housing contains, from bottom to top, an attractant compartment, a photographing compartment, and an equipment compartment. The photographing compartment is at a height suitable for a camera in the equipment compartment to capture a panoramic view of the ant bridge atop the attractant compartment. The camera is fixed at the bottom of the equipment compartment, with its lens facing downward to capture images of termite activity above the ant bridge, which are then transmitted to a terminal management platform via a wireless network. The system has the following beneficial effects: a rational structural design, integrating image and video acquisition, wireless network data transmission, and identification and feedback from a terminal management platform. The monitoring device can be powered independently; termites are guided to enter through multiple paths, providing an all-round, no-blind-angle shooting angle; a fixed-focus infrared camera is used to provide clear images; termite activity is monitored, enabling precise identification and accurate termite counting.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a termite monitoring system, in particular to an intelligent termite monitoring system, and belongs to the technical field of safe operation of water conservancy projects. Background Art

[0002] The high piles of soil, suitable humidity, and abundant food sources within earth-rock dams provide a surviving environment for termites and other dike-damming animals. Historical and current evidence indicates that termites and other dike-damming animals nest, build paths, and reproduce on dams, damaging the internal structures of these structures. This can easily lead to dangerous conditions such as leakage and pitting in water conservancy projects. Severe accidents can even cause dam collapses and embankment collapses, posing significant safety risks to the normal operation of reservoir dams and dikes. The damage caused by termites and other dike-damming animals to reservoir dams and dikes is highly hidden, recurring, and long-lasting, making prevention and control difficult. In recent years, with the continuous development of science and technology, the prevention and control of termites on embankments has gradually shifted from traditional manual monitoring to remote monitoring, and a number of related equipment have been developed and put into use. Current termite monitoring and trapping equipment mostly uses sensors to sense termites, or is triggered by termites chewing on bait and then feeds back information to the background. The problem with this technology is that users cannot intuitively grasp the activity status and number of termites, and the monitoring results cannot provide accurate data information, which affects the accurate analysis and judgment of further trapping and control of termites. Summary of the Invention

[0003] In order to overcome the shortcomings of existing termite monitoring and trapping equipment that use sensors to sense termites, or are triggered by termites gnawing on bait and provide feedback to the backend, the user cannot intuitively grasp the activity status and number of termites, and the monitoring results cannot provide accurate data information, which affects the accurate analysis and judgment of further trapping and control of termites. The present invention provides a termite intelligent monitoring system.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problems is: an intelligent termite monitoring system, wherein an upper cover is installed on the upper end of the shell of the monitoring device, and a solar panel is arranged above the upper cover to provide power to the monitoring device; an attractant chamber, a shooting chamber, and an equipment chamber are arranged in sequence from bottom to top in the shell; the height of the shooting chamber is suitable for the camera in the equipment chamber to capture a panoramic view of the ant bridge on the top of the attractant chamber; the camera is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the equipment chamber, and the lens is facing downward to capture images of termite activities on the surface of the ant bridge, and the images are transmitted to the analysis and management platform via a wireless network.

[0005] The wall of the attraction chamber is provided with an entry hole for attracting termites to enter; pine wood strips and ant bridges are installed in the attraction chamber from bottom to top, the ant bridge fixes the pine wood strips, and the outer surface of the ant bridge is tightly fitted with the inner wall of the attraction chamber; an axial blind hole is provided on the upper part of the pine wood strip, and the through hole of the ant bridge is connected to the blind hole.

[0006] The surface where the through holes of the ant bridge are located is covered with a transparent plate, and a gap for termites to move is provided between the transparent plate and the surface where the through holes are located.

[0007] The number of the pine wood strips is more than 2, and there are gaps between adjacent pine wood strips.

[0008] The solar panel is installed above the top plate of the upper cover, and the top plate is tilted; the tilt angle of the top plate to the horizontal plane is 16 to 20 degrees.

[0009] The upper cover is rotated to adjust the direction of the lighting surface.

[0010] The equipment compartment is provided with a battery, a circuit board and a camera.

[0011] An equipment box is provided in the equipment compartment, and a battery, a circuit board, and a camera are installed in the equipment box; the camera is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the equipment box; and the through hole at the bottom of the equipment box corresponds to the camera.

[0012] The circuit board in the equipment compartment is provided with a SIM card, and the termite activity image on the upper surface of the ant bridge is transmitted to the terminal analysis and management platform via a wireless network, and the analysis and management platform identifies, analyzes and judges the termite activity image.

[0013] When the number of termites exceeds the set threshold, the analysis and management platform sends an alarm signal to the terminal.

[0014] The beneficial effects of the present invention are that the structural design is reasonable, the system integrates image and video acquisition, data wireless network transmission and terminal management platform identification and feedback; the monitoring device can be powered independently, and free remote networking and deployment are not restricted; the unique ant bridge design guides termites to enter through multiple paths, providing an all-round, no-dead-angle shooting perspective; a fixed-focus infrared camera is used to provide clear image quality; termite activities are monitored to achieve accurate identification and accurate statistics of termites, providing accurate analysis and judgment data information for termite prevention and control; when the number of termites exceeds the set threshold, an alarm signal is issued, and the monitoring results are applied to termite prevention and control work. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the video monitoring device of the present invention.

[0016] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 Left view.

[0017] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 A-direction view.

[0018] In the figure: 1. Shell, 2. Upper cover, 3. Top plate, 4. Solar panel, 5. Lure chamber, 6. Shooting chamber, 7. Equipment chamber, 8. Camera, 9. Lure hole, 10. Baffle, 11. Pine wood strip, 12. Ant bridge, 13. Blind hole, 14. Through hole, 15. Cover, 16. Termite, 17. Transparent plate, 21. Battery, 22. Circuit board, 23. Equipment box. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. However, those skilled in the art should be aware that the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments listed, and any embodiments that conform to the spirit of the present invention should be included within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0020] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "vertical", "up", "down", "left", "right", "horizontal", etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships, are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing or simplifying the description of the present invention, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0021] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "installed," "connected," "connected," and "sealed" should be understood broadly. For example, a connection can be fixed or removable, direct, indirect, or integral; it can be mechanical, indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or internally connected between two components. A seal can be an oil seal, a packing seal, or other forms of seal. Those skilled in the art will understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention based on specific circumstances.

[0022] See attached Figure 1-3 The present invention provides an intelligent termite monitoring system. A cover 2 is installed on the upper end of the housing 1 of the monitoring device. A solar panel 4 is provided above the cover 2 to provide power to the monitoring device. An attractant chamber 5, a photographing chamber 6, and an equipment chamber 7 are sequentially arranged in the housing 1 from bottom to top. The height of the photographing chamber 6 is suitable for a camera 8 in the equipment chamber 7 to capture a panoramic view of the ant bridge 12 on top of the attractant chamber 5. The camera 8 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the equipment chamber 7, with the lens facing downward to capture images of termite activity on the upper surface of the ant bridge 12, and transmit the images to the analysis and management platform via a wireless network.

[0023] The housings of the attracting chamber 5, photographing chamber 6, and equipment chamber 7 can be a single unitary housing 1 or can be separate units connected to form the housing 1. Preferably, the housing 1 is a single unitary unit, the photographing chamber 6 and equipment chamber 7 are cylindrical, and the attracting chamber 5 is a cubical unit. The photographing chamber 6 and equipment chamber 7 are separated by a fixed annular baffle 10.

[0024] The wall of the attraction chamber 5 is provided with entry holes 9 for attracting termites to enter; preferably, the entry holes 9 are long holes and are evenly distributed on the wall of the chamber. The entry holes 9 can also be provided at the bottom of the attraction chamber 5, and termites enter the interior of the attraction chamber 5 through the entry holes 9.

[0025] The attracting chamber 5 is provided with pinewood strips 11 and an ant bridge 12 from bottom to top. The ant bridge 12 secures the pinewood strips 11. The outer surface of the ant bridge 12 is in close contact with the inner wall of the attracting chamber 5. An axial blind hole 13 is provided on the upper portion of the pinewood strips 11, and a through hole 14 of the ant bridge 12 communicates with the blind hole 13. Preferably, the upper surface of the ant bridge 12 is a flat plate with a groove below the plate for securing the pinewood strips 11. The through hole 14 on the plate communicates with the blind hole 13 of the pinewood strips 11, forming a passage for termites to move around.

[0026] The surface above the through-holes 14 of the ant bridge 12 is covered with a transparent plate 17. A gap is formed between the transparent plate 17 and the surface where the through-holes 14 are located, allowing termites to move upward through the blind holes 13 of the pine wood strips 11 and the through-holes 14 of the ant bridge, forming a termite movement channel. Termites then move upward through the gap between the transparent plate 17 and the upper surface of the ant bridge 12, where images are captured by the camera 8. Preferably, the transparent plate 17 is connected to the ant bridge 12 to prevent termites from moving upward into the capture chamber 6, which would affect image recognition results and cause misjudgment of termite activity.

[0027] The number of the pine wood strips 11 is more than 2; preferably, the number of the pine wood strips 11 is 4 or 6, and each pine wood strip 11 is connected to the lure hole 9 of the lure bin 5; there are gaps between adjacent pine wood strips 11, and these gaps are used for termites to move in the bin.

[0028] The monitoring device uses pine wood strips 11 as bait to lure termites into the lure chamber 5. The termites then gnaw on the pine wood strips 11, enter the blind holes 13 after gnawing through the pine wood strips, and then ascend along the termite channel formed by the blind holes 13 of the pine wood strips 11 and the through holes 14 of the ant bridge 12 until they reach the upper surface of the ant bridge 12.

[0029] The solar panel 4 is mounted on the top plate 3 of the upper cover 2, and the top plate 3 is tilted. Furthermore, the tilt angle of the top plate 3 to the horizontal plane is 16-20 degrees, and preferably, the tilt angle of the top plate 3 to the horizontal plane is 18 degrees.

[0030] The upper cover 2 includes a top plate 3 and a cover body 15. The cover body 15 is connected to the shell 1. The upper cover 2 can rotate around the axis. After the installation position of the monitoring device is determined, the direction of the lighting surface is adjusted by rotating the upper cover 2 to adapt to the terrain, thereby effectively improving the solar energy conversion efficiency.

[0031] The equipment compartment 7 is provided with a battery 21, a circuit board 22, and a camera 8. The camera 8 is a fixed-focus infrared camera with clear image quality.

[0032] Furthermore, the device compartment 7 houses a device housing 23, housing the battery 21, circuit board 22, and camera 8 for easy assembly and disassembly. The camera 8 is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the device housing 23, with a through-hole at the bottom of the device housing 23 corresponding to the position of the camera 8. The camera 8's lens, through the through-hole at the bottom of the device housing 23 and the central through-hole of the annular baffle 10 between the imaging compartment 6 and the device compartment 7, captures the movements of the termites 16 on the surface of the ant bridge 12, enabling efficient and accurate identification of the termite population through image recognition technology.

[0033] The circuit board 22 within the device compartment 7 is equipped with a SIM card, and termite activity images are transmitted to the analysis and management platform via a wireless network. The camera 8 can also be integrated with the circuit board 22 to increase its stability. Card slots are provided on both sides of the device housing 23, into which the battery 21 and circuit board 22 are inserted and secured.

[0034] The monitoring system collects termite activity images through a monitoring device and transmits them to an analysis and management platform at the terminal via a wireless network. The analysis and management platform identifies, analyzes and judges the termite activity images (the present invention only relates to the structure of the detection system and does not involve the analysis and judgment method of the image data).

[0035] The analysis and management platform completes the recognition, analysis and judgment of termite images to achieve the purpose of intelligent termite monitoring. When the number of termites exceeds a set threshold, an alarm signal is issued and the monitoring results are applied to termite prevention and control work.

[0036] Example:

[0037] See attached Figure 1 、 2 A termite intelligent monitoring system, wherein a housing 1 of the monitoring device is provided with an upper cover 2, and a solar panel 4 is provided above the upper cover 2 to provide power for the monitoring device.

[0038] The upper cover 2 comprises a top plate 3 and a cover body 15. The cover body 15 is connected to the housing 1. The solar panel 4 is embedded in the upper surface of the top plate 3, which is tilted at an angle of 18° to the horizontal plane. The orientation of the lighting surface is adjusted by rotating the upper cover 2. Once the position is determined, the upper cover 2 is fixed to the housing 1. The wires of the solar panel 4 pass through the wire holes in the equipment box 23 and are connected to the battery 21, charging the battery 21 and realizing independent power supply for the monitoring device.

[0039] The housing 1 is provided with an attracting chamber 5, a shooting chamber 6, and an equipment chamber 7 in sequence from bottom to top; the height of the shooting chamber 6 is suitable for the camera 8 in the equipment chamber 7 to shoot a panoramic view of the ant bridge 12 on the top of the attracting chamber 5.

[0040] The shell 1 is a whole, the attracting chamber 5 has a cubic body, the shooting chamber 6 and the equipment chamber 7 have cylindrical bodies, and the shooting chamber 6 and the equipment chamber 7 are separated by a fixed annular baffle 10.

[0041] The wall of the attracting chamber 5 is provided with long strip-shaped attracting holes 9 , which are evenly distributed on the wall of the attracting chamber 5 . Termites enter the attracting chamber 5 through the attracting holes 9 .

[0042] The pinewood strips 11 and the ant bridge 12 are installed from bottom to top in the attracting chamber 5. The upper part of the pinewood strips 11 is provided with an axial blind hole 13; the upper part of the ant bridge 12 is a flat plate (such as Figure 1 、 3 As shown), a groove is provided under the flat plate, and the upper end of the pine wood strip 11 is inserted into the groove of the ant bridge 12, fitting tightly with the groove to fix the pine wood strip 11; the flat plate of the ant bridge 12 is provided with a through hole 14 connected to the blind hole 13, and the blind hole 13 and the through hole 14 constitute an upward activity channel for termites, and the termites come to the flat plate of the ant bridge 12 through the upward activity channel.

[0043] The surface above the through-holes 14 of the ant bridge 12 is covered with a transparent plate 17. The transparent plate 17 is fixedly connected to the ant bridge 12 to prevent termites from moving upward into the imaging chamber 6. This would prevent the camera 8 from capturing all termites, affecting the accuracy of image recognition and termite counting. A gap is created between the transparent plate 17 and the surface where the through-holes 14 are located, allowing termites to move upward through the blind holes 13 of the pine wood strips 11 and the through-holes 14 of the ant bridge, creating a termite movement channel. Termites then move upward into the gap between the transparent plate 17 and the upper surface of the ant bridge 12.

[0044] There are 6 pine wood strips 11, and the cross-sections of the 6 pine wood strips are all squares of the same size. The pine wood strips 11 are arranged in a pattern of 2 horizontally and 3 vertically, and are vertically installed in the attractant chamber 5. The upper end of each pine wood strip 11 is fixedly installed in the corresponding groove of the ant bridge 12, and there is a gap between adjacent pine wood strips 11.

[0045] The device compartment 7 is fixedly mounted with a device housing 23. The battery 21, circuit board 22, and camera 8 are located within the device housing 23, positioned in a fixed arrangement from top to bottom. The camera 8, integrated into the circuit board 22, faces downward and is fixed in position. It captures the movements of termites 16 on the surface of the ant bridge 12 through a through-hole at the bottom of the device housing 23 and a central through-hole in the baffle 10 between the imaging compartment 6 and the device compartment 7. The lens is a 3.6mm fixed-focus infrared camera, providing clear images.

[0046] The housing 1 , the upper cover 2 , the ant bridge 12 , the equipment box 23 , etc. are all made of ABS plastic, and the transparent plate 17 is an acrylic transparent plate.

[0047] The circuit board 22 in the equipment compartment 7 is provided with a SIM card, and the termite activity data is transmitted to the terminal analysis and management platform via a wireless network.

[0048] The monitoring system uses monitoring devices to collect videos and images of termite activity and transmits them wirelessly to an analysis and management platform, which analyzes and assesses them. In addition to the termite activity videos and images, the data also includes information such as the monitoring device's installation location, battery level, acquisition time, and device serial number.

[0049] The analysis and management platform completes the recognition and analysis of termite activity images, applies the analysis and judgment results to termite prevention and control work, and sends an alarm signal when the number of termites exceeds a set threshold, prompting the user to perform termite extermination and other operations.

[0050] The intelligent termite monitoring system of the present invention integrates features such as image acquisition, wireless data transmission, and background identification and feedback. The monitoring device can be autonomously powered, freely remotely networked, does not require a central station, does not require laying lines, and is not restricted in location, thus realizing monitoring and intelligent identification of termite activities. The monitoring device uses a combination of solar panels and large-capacity rechargeable batteries to achieve autonomous power supply and maintenance-free operation. The tilt setting and lighting surface orientation of the solar panels can be adjusted to adapt to different terrains, effectively improving the efficiency of solar energy conversion. A fixed-focus infrared lens is used for image acquisition, and the image quality is clear. A panoramic transparent ant bridge design is adopted to guide termites to enter through multiple paths, and the all-round, no-dead-angle shooting angle provides an environment for precise identification and accurate statistics of termite activity data.

[0051] The lower part of the monitoring device of the intelligent termite monitoring system of the present invention is buried in the dam. Pine wood is used as bait to lure dam termites into the monitoring device and move on the ant bridge. The camera regularly captures termite images at set time intervals and uploads them to the analysis and management platform. The number of termites and photos are fed back to the user in real time through image intelligent recognition technology. When the number of termites exceeds the set threshold, an alarm is sent to the client, prompting the customer to perform termite extermination and other operations on site. It can effectively improve the accuracy of termite monitoring and reduce the cost of termite monitoring.

[0052] It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design many alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A termite intelligent monitoring system, characterized by: An upper cover is installed on the upper end of the housing of the monitoring device, and a solar panel is provided above the upper cover to provide power to the monitoring device; The housing is provided with an attracting chamber, a shooting chamber, and an equipment chamber from bottom to top. The height of the shooting chamber is suitable for the camera in the equipment chamber to shoot a panoramic view of the ant bridge on the top of the attracting chamber. The camera is fixedly installed at the bottom of the equipment compartment, with the lens facing downward to capture images of termite activity on the surface of the ant bridge, and transmits the images to the analysis and management platform via a wireless network; The wall of the attraction chamber is provided with an entry hole for attracting termites to enter; The pine wood strips and ant bridges are installed in the attracting chamber from bottom to top. The ant bridge fixes the pine wood strips, and the outer surface of the ant bridge is tightly fitted with the inner wall of the attracting chamber. An axial blind hole is provided on the upper part of the pine wood strips, and the through hole of the ant bridge is connected to the blind hole. The surface where the through holes of the ant bridge are located is covered with a transparent plate, and a gap for termites to move between the transparent plate and the surface where the through holes are located; The number of the pine wood strips is more than 2, and there are gaps between adjacent pine wood strips.

2. The intelligent termite monitoring system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The solar panel is installed above the top plate of the upper cover, and the top plate is set tilted; The upper cover is rotated to adjust the direction of the lighting surface.

3. The intelligent termite monitoring system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The inclination angle between the top plate and the horizontal plane is 16 to 20 degrees.

4. The intelligent termite monitoring system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The equipment compartment is provided with a battery, a circuit board and a camera.

5. The intelligent termite monitoring system according to claim 4, characterized in that: The equipment compartment is provided with an equipment box, in which a battery, a circuit board and a camera are installed; the camera is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the equipment box; The through hole at the bottom of the equipment box corresponds to the camera.

6. The intelligent termite monitoring system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The circuit board in the equipment compartment is provided with a SIM card, and the termite activity image on the upper surface of the ant bridge is transmitted to the terminal analysis and management platform via a wireless network, and the analysis and management platform identifies, analyzes and judges the termite activity image.

7. The intelligent termite monitoring system according to claim 6, characterized in that: When the number of termites exceeds the set threshold, the analysis and management platform sends an alarm signal to the terminal.

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