Insect Trap Analysis System with Multi-Angle Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current insect surveillance methods are time-consuming and resource-intensive, involving frequent manual collection of insect specimens from traps, which leads to infrequent sampling and potentially inaccurate analysis, allowing harmful insect populations to go undetected until it's too late.
Innovation Solution
An insect trap analysis system that includes a trap mechanism, image capture devices, mechanical devices, and a controller to remotely detect, capture images of, and analyze insect specimens. The system adjusts the position of the insect specimen or image capture device to capture images from multiple angles, and performs actions based on the analysis, such as sending real-time status updates to a server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual collection of insect specimens is performed frequently, then sampling frequency and detection accuracy are improved, but time consumption and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service through automated image capture and analysis. The trap mechanism automatically captures images of insect specimens using image capture devices, and the controller automatically analyzes these images to identify specimen characteristics, eliminating the need for manual collection and processing by researchers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical collection processes with automated electronic systems. The image capture devices electronically record specimen information, and the controller processes this data to identify insect characteristics, substituting human manual operations with automated electronic mechanisms.
2Reliability
If manual collection methods are used, then resource requirements are reduced, but detection accuracy and timeliness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates digital copies of insect specimens through image capture devices. Instead of physically collecting and handling specimens, the system captures visual representations (images) that can be stored, transmitted, and analyzed electronically, maintaining specimen information while reducing physical resource requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary digital processing layer between the trap mechanism and analysis. Image capture devices serve as intermediaries that convert physical specimens into digital data, which is then processed by the controller to identify characteristics, enabling remote and automated analysis.
3Measurement precision
If images are captured from multiple angles, then measurement precision and analysis accuracy are improved, but device complexity and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamic positioning mechanisms that can adjust the orientation and position of image capture devices. The trap mechanism can move cameras to different angles and positions to capture specimens from multiple perspectives, enabling comprehensive characterization while maintaining a relatively simple overall system architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
An insect trap analysis system may detect an insect specimen on a trap mechanism of an insect trap. The insect trap analysis system may control, based on detecting the insect specimen on the trap mechanism, one or more mechanical devices to: adjust a position of the insect specimen relative to a position of an image capture device associated with the insect trap, or adjust the position of the image capture device relative to the position of the insect specimen. The insect trap analysis system may cause, while controlling the one or more mechanical devices to adjust the position of the image capture device or the position of the insect specimen, the image capture device to capture a plurality of images of the insect specimen from a plurality of different angles relative to the insect specimen, and may perform an action associated with the plurality of images.