FR2856826A1 - Termite detection alarming method for protecting e.g. government building, involves detecting termites by acoustic sensor placed at cellulose posts end, and transmitting alarm signal after termite detection to monitoring center - Google Patents

Termite detection alarming method for protecting e.g. government building, involves detecting termites by acoustic sensor placed at cellulose posts end, and transmitting alarm signal after termite detection to monitoring center Download PDF

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FR2856826A1
FR2856826A1 FR0307640A FR0307640A FR2856826A1 FR 2856826 A1 FR2856826 A1 FR 2856826A1 FR 0307640 A FR0307640 A FR 0307640A FR 0307640 A FR0307640 A FR 0307640A FR 2856826 A1 FR2856826 A1 FR 2856826A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M1/00—Stationary means for catching or killing insects
    • A01M1/20—Poisoning, narcotising, or burning insects
    • A01M1/2005—Poisoning insects using bait stations
    • A01M1/2011—Poisoning insects using bait stations for crawling insects
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M1/00—Stationary means for catching or killing insects
    • A01M1/02—Stationary means for catching or killing insects with devices or substances, e.g. food, pheronones attracting the insects
    • A01M1/026—Stationary means for catching or killing insects with devices or substances, e.g. food, pheronones attracting the insects combined with devices for monitoring insect presence, e.g. termites
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M1/00—Stationary means for catching or killing insects
    • A01M1/24—Arrangements connected with buildings, doors, windows, or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M2200/00—Kind of animal
    • A01M2200/01—Insects
    • A01M2200/011—Crawling insects

Abstract

The method involves utilizing a soft wood cellulose post (1) for attracting termites that are in search of food. The post is situated at a site very near to the termites acquiring zone. The termites that are acquired by the post are detected by an acoustic sensor (2) placed at an end of the post. The sensor after detecting transmits an alarm signal through a wireless transmitter (5) to a monitoring center. An independent claim is also included for a device for alarming detection of termite.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé simple d'alarme de détection de présence de termites, consistant à attirer les termites en recherche de nourriture, à détecter leur grignotement et à transmettre une alarme avant infestation des bâtiments.
Les termites sont une menace pour les constructions dans une grande partie de l'Europe. Au contraire d'autres insectes xylophages, leur action est collective et souterraine, et ne se dévoile que tardivement.
L'objet de l'invention est de développer un système permettant de détecter automatiquement et précocement la présence de termites à proximité d'un lieu non (ou plus) infecté.
Les dispositifs connus consistent à détecter la présence de termites dans les structures en bois des bâtiments, à repousser ou attirer les termites dans des pièges afin de pouvoir les éliminer. L'objectif du procédé est d'automatiser la détection des termites, de diminuer les coûts de surveillance contre une infestation par les termites, de suivre l'efficacité des traitements curatifs.
Le dispositif objet de l'invention est préventif et caractérisé par le fait qu'il n'intervient pas dans les bâtiments infestés, mais en prévention, surveillance et contrôle de non infestation.
Les dessins annexés illustrent à titre d'exemple un mode de réalisation.
En référence à ces dessins, le dispositif préventif destiné à être implanté en périphérie des bâtiments, se présente sous la forme d'un pieu (1) servant d'appât dans lequel est noyé un capteur acoustique (2), relié par un conducteur adapté (3) à une carte de traitement du signal acoustique équipée d'un circuit intégré spécialisé (4), des accumulateurs d'énergie (8) éventuellement rechargés par une cellule solaire (7), une liaison filaire ou un transmetteur radio codé (5) vers une centrale de réception et de traitement (10).
Le système, selon une réalisation de l'invention, se présente sous la forme d'un pieu dont l'extrémité en bois sert d'appât pour les termites (1). Les pieux sont enfoncés dans le sol, espacés d'environ 3 mètres, en périphérie des bâtiments à protéger. Des capteurs acoustiques (2) noyés dans les pieux appâts (un par appât), détectent le grignotement des termites et envoient l'information vers une centrale (10) de traitement de l'alarme.
Pour limiter la consommation d'énergie, les capteurs sont alimentés quotidiennement pendant une période limitée (quelques minutes). Lorsque toutes leurs données ont été collectées, le processeur central les analyse. S'il détecte une activité, il déclenche une alarme qui peut être selon le cas, visuelle et / ou sonore (logement habité), relayée par fil ou radio (logement inhabité ou contrat de service).
Le système objet de l'invention est destiné aux marchés suivants :
Distributeurs d'alarme (dont la grande distribution) Sociétés et professionnels de la lutte contre les termites.
Particuliers.
Administrations et organismes publics.
Organismes de recherche et de lutte contre les xylophages Le dispositif selon l'invention est plus particulièrement destiné à protéger les bâtiments à titre préventif. Il est donc implanté à l'extérieur des bâtiments pour prévenir d'une infestation avant tout dégât sur les bâtiments.The present invention relates to a simple alarm for detecting the presence of termites, which consists in attracting termites in search of food, in detecting their nibbling and in transmitting an alarm before infestation of the buildings.
Termites are a threat to construction in much of Europe. Unlike other xylophagous insects, their action is collective and underground, and is only revealed late.
The object of the invention is to develop a system making it possible to automatically and early detect the presence of termites near a place which is not (or no longer) infected.
Known devices consist in detecting the presence of termites in the wooden structures of buildings, in repelling or attracting termites in traps in order to be able to eliminate them. The objective of the process is to automate the detection of termites, to reduce the costs of surveillance against a termite infestation, to monitor the effectiveness of curative treatments.
The device object of the invention is preventive and characterized by the fact that it does not intervene in infested buildings, but in prevention, surveillance and control of non infestation.
The accompanying drawings illustrate by way of example an embodiment.
With reference to these drawings, the preventive device intended to be installed at the periphery of buildings, is in the form of a pile (1) serving as bait in which an acoustic sensor (2) is embedded, connected by a suitable conductor (3) an acoustic signal processing card equipped with a specialized integrated circuit (4), energy accumulators (8) possibly recharged by a solar cell (7), a wired link or a coded radio transmitter (5 ) to a reception and processing center (10).
The system, according to one embodiment of the invention, is in the form of a stake whose wooden end serves as bait for termites (1). The piles are driven into the ground, spaced about 3 meters apart, on the outskirts of the buildings to be protected. Acoustic sensors (2) embedded in the bait piles (one per bait), detect the nibbling of termites and send the information to a central (10) alarm processing.
To limit energy consumption, the sensors are supplied daily for a limited period (a few minutes). When all of their data has been collected, the central processor analyzes it. If it detects an activity, it triggers an alarm which can be, depending on the case, visual and / or audible (inhabited accommodation), relayed by wire or radio (uninhabited accommodation or service contract).
The system which is the subject of the invention is intended for the following markets:
Alarm distributors (including mass distribution) Companies and professionals in the fight against termites.
Individuals.
Administrations and public bodies.
Research and anti-wood boring organizations The device according to the invention is more particularly intended to protect buildings as a preventive measure. It is therefore installed outside buildings to prevent infestation before any damage to buildings.

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1. Procédé d'alarme et de détection de termites caractérisé par le fait qu'on utilise des pieux en cellulose de bois (1) pour attirer les termites en recherche de nourriture, détecter leur grignotement et transmettre une alarme, le pieu étant usiné en son centre afin de permettre l'introduction d'un capteur acoustique (2), le plus près possible à l'extrémité du pieu afin d'être situé à l'emplacement le plus proche de la zone grignotée. 1. Alarm and termite detection method characterized by the fact that wood cellulose piles (1) are used to attract termites in search of food, detect their nibbling and transmit an alarm, the pile being machined in its center to allow the introduction of an acoustic sensor (2), as close as possible to the end of the pile in order to be located at the location closest to the nibbled area.

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2. Dispositif selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé par la simplicité de son capteur acoustique qui ne nécessite pas de discriminateur.2. Device according to the preceding claim, characterized by the simplicity of its acoustic sensor which does not require a discriminator. 3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le pieu servant d'appât enfoncé dans le sol pour attirer les termites peut être en toute matière consommée par les termites.3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the stake serving as bait driven into the ground to attract termites can be of any material consumed by termites. 4. Dispositif selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé par le fait que la partie du pieu destinée a être enfoncée dans le sol, peut être en toute matière résistante, percée de trous ou ajourée, afin d'y placer l'appât incorporant le capteur acoustique.4. Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the part of the pile intended to be driven into the ground, can be of any resistant material, pierced with holes or perforated, in order to place the bait incorporating the acoustic sensor therein. . 5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 caractérisé par le fait que le signal acoustique est traité et que la transmission du signal d'alarme peut être filaire ou radio.5. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the acoustic signal is processed and that the transmission of the alarm signal can be wired or radio. 6. Dispositif selon les revendications précédentes, caractérisé par la possibilité de le raccorder à un réseau ou une centrale existante.6. Device according to the preceding claims, characterized by the possibility of connecting it to an existing network or central. 7. Dispositif selon les revendications précédentes caractérisé en ce que le système peut être adapté directement sur une poutre de bois ou tout objet susceptible d'être attaqué par les termites.7. Device according to the preceding claims characterized in that the system can be adapted directly on a wooden beam or any object liable to be attacked by termites. 8. Dispositif selon les revendications précédentes caractérisé par la possibilité d'être utilisé en maintenance ou en contrôle à distance des systèmes existants de traitement par appâts ou piège.8. Device according to the preceding claims, characterized by the possibility of being used in maintenance or in remote control of existing bait or trap treatment systems.
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