Smart Bait Holder with Integrated Pest Detection and Data Output
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current bait holding devices for pest control are limited in their functionality, primarily focusing on reliable bait attachment without the capability to acquire or output specific data or information related to the bait or pests, hindering effective pest management and resistance monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A bait holding device equipped with a housing part, detection device, control device, and output device that allows for the acquisition, processing, and transmission of data on bait and pest parameters, including chemical, physical, and geometric properties, as well as pest movements, enabling user information generation and communication of bait application, testing, and resistance insights.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a bait holding device is equipped with detection device, control device, and output device for data acquisition and transmission, then the functionality and information capability of the device is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into a single bait holding device: the housing component not only holds the bait but also incorporates detection devices for acquiring information about bait parameters and pest presence, control units for processing data, and output devices for transmitting information. This multi-functional integration resolves the contradiction by making the device versatile without proportionally increasing complexity through separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines previously separate functions (bait holding, detection, data processing, and information transmission) into an integrated system within the housing component. The detection device, control unit, and output device are merged into a cohesive unit that operates together, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining enhanced functionality.
2Loss of information
If detection devices and data processing capabilities are added to the bait holding device, then the ability to acquire and output information about bait and pests is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing component is designed as a multi-functional unit that simultaneously provides structural support for bait holding and integrates detection, control, and communication functions. This approach improves information capability while managing manufacturing complexity by consolidating multiple functions into a single manufacturable component rather than assembling separate complex subsystems.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device (1) for holding a bait (2), in particular a bait (2) for pests (14), preferably for rodents, comprising: a housing part (3), which in particular can be inserted into a part of a sewerage installation and which has an accommodating space (6) for accommodating a bait (2), a sensing apparatus (9), which is designed to sense first information, an output apparatus (11), which is designed to output first information sensed by means of the sensing apparatus (9).