Segmented Trap Dish for Pest Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pest trap devices face difficulties in identifying individual pests due to accumulation, as pests group together, making automated identification and counting challenging.

Innovation Solution

A device with a dish having a bottom and walls that include multiple depressions to immobilize pests, allowing them to settle separately, combined with a camera system for remote imaging and analysis.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If multiple pests enter the trap dish, then the trap can capture more pests, but the pests accumulate in groups and become difficult to identify

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of pests capturedVSAvoididentification accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The trap dish bottom is divided into multiple separate depressions, each capable of holding one or a few pests. This segmentation prevents pests from accumulating in a single mass, allowing individual pests to be captured and identified while still enabling the trap to capture multiple pests across different depressions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If pests accumulate in groups, then the trap captures more pests, but automated camera analysis becomes difficult or impossible

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepest capture capacityVSAvoidautomated identification difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the trap bottom into multiple depressions, each depression acts as an isolated capture zone. This allows the camera to capture clear images of individual pests in each depression, making automated identification and counting feasible while maintaining high pest capture capacity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Device complexity

If a flat bottom is used in the trap dish, then the structure is simple, but pests accumulate and obscure each other

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebottom structure complexityVSAvoidpest identification clarity

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The bottom structure is segmented into multiple depressions rather than being completely flat. This provides simple structural features that guide pests into separate compartments, preventing accumulation and ensuring clear visibility for identification without requiring complex mechanical or electronic components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

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

The device effectively prevents pest accumulation by using depressions to isolate pests, enabling clear imaging and accurate identification and counting, enhancing the efficiency of pest detection and monitoring in agricultural areas.

Implementation Method 1

the bottom has a plurality of depressions

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectPhysical separation through depressions:

Implementation Method 2

a dish for receiving a liquid... for immobilizing pests

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectImmobilization by liquid:

Implementation Method 3

The camera allows the content of the trap dish to be checked remotely. The images taken by such a camera can be analyzed

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectOptical imaging: Photography

Data Source

PatentUS20250089695A1Tray trap for plant pests

Publication Date: 2025.03.20 BAYER AG

AI summary

The present invention relates to a device and a method for immobilizing plant pests for identification purposes.