Dual-Plate Rodent Trap with Remote Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic rodent traps face issues such as rodents avoiding single entrance traps, inefficient plate orientation leading to missed triggers or escape, and susceptibility to false triggers due to environmental conditions or non-target species interactions.
Innovation Solution
The electronic rodent trap features a high voltage killing circuit with parallel lower plates and an elevated upper plate, ensuring the trap is only activated when the rodent contacts both the lower and upper plates, reducing false triggers and enhancing rodent interaction and dispatch.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single entrance door is used in the trap, then the device complexity is reduced, but rodent interaction decreases due to cautious behavior and complete avoidance
Solution Approach 1:
The trap is divided into multiple functional zones including a bait chamber, a transition tunnel, and a killing chamber with multiple entrance holes. This segmentation creates a progressive pathway that reduces rodent caution while maintaining structural simplicity, as each zone serves a specific function in guiding the rodent toward the killing area.
2Ease of operation
If plates are oriented in series with the rodent encountering plate one, then two, then three, then the trap may not be triggered if the rodent does not fully enter, or may be triggered by improperly oriented rodents increasing escape likelihood
Solution Approach 1:
The killing plates are arranged in a three-dimensional configuration where plates are positioned at different spatial locations and orientations within the killing chamber. This dimensional arrangement ensures that rodents must navigate through a specific path to reach the bait, guaranteeing proper orientation and full entry before triggering the dispatch mechanism, thereby eliminating escape possibilities.
3Measurement precision
If remote monitoring notifications are sent for all triggers, then complete monitoring coverage is achieved, but time is wasted checking traps that have not been triggered by rodents due to false triggers from environmental conditions or non-target species
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates a feedback mechanism where trap triggers are monitored and analyzed before generating notifications. The monitoring system provides feedback about the nature of each trigger event, allowing the system to distinguish between rodent-induced triggers and false triggers from environmental conditions or non-target species, thereby reducing unnecessary field verifications.
4Area of stationary object
If complex infrastructure is deployed for remote monitoring over wide geographic areas, then monitoring coverage is improved, but system complexity and setup time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is designed with universal communication capabilities that allow traps to operate independently over wide geographic areas using standard wireless protocols. Each trap unit functions as a standalone monitoring node, eliminating the need for complex centralized infrastructure while maintaining broad coverage through distributed autonomous operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design increases the likelihood of successful rodent capture and dispatch while minimizing false triggers and notifications, allowing for effective remote monitoring over a wide geographic area without complex infrastructure.
Implementation Method 1
the two lower plates upon which the rodent is standing are energized along with the upper plate to deliver a high voltage pulse train to dispatch the rodent
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic rodent trap includes an outer housing forms a trap body having two entrances defined on opposite sides thereof and creates a tunnel therebetween extending longitudinally between the entrances. A high voltage killing circuit is arranged within the trap body, and includes a plurality of killing plates and a triggering element separate from the plurality of killing plates and spaced inwardly from the entrance. A removable tunnel module is received within the outer housing and includes opposed entrances in alignment with the two entrances of the trap body. A removable electronics module is received within the outer housing, the electronics module contains the voltage circuit operatively connected to the plurality of killing plates.