SI23715A - System for the automatic detection and monitoring of insect pests appearance - Google Patents

Abstract

The system for automatic detection and monitoring of the appearance of harmful insects solves the problem of late physical examination of the trap, since it enables detection and monitoring of the appearance of pests with the help of cameras in the traps. The system is specially adapted to monitor the appearance of pests in permanent crops since the trap itself and the associated electronics are very light and it can be installed in the tree crown The machine part of the device also consists of a communication module where the power supply part of the device is, as a rule, installed on a bar outside the tree trunking for better signal and better illumination, and for relieving the weight of the trap. The communication module communicates wirelessly with the server where it is installed software that consists of the following main modules program with image storage on the server program for automated detection of target insects web application mobile application The system can also supply weather data kiizis of other devices that are important for the advancement of pest development and additional assistance in planning activities in the plantation. Data are transmitted to the user via the web site or through the application on smartphones

Description

SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND MONITORING OF EMERGENCY INSURANCE

The subject of the invention is a system for automatic detection and monitoring of the occurrence of harmful insects, especially pests from the group of night butterflies or skilled.

A technical problem solved by the use of the system is that pest monitoring is no longer required to be carried out physically in the field, as is usual practice. The user is automatically informed by the system of events that are important for determining the optimum time to perform activities in the plantation. This saves a lot of time and time for the experts conducting field trap inspections. The system also allows tracking of fruit pests, as it is designed so that the trap can be placed in the tree canopy (which is a prerequisite for effective monitoring of the fruit pest flight).

Monitoring the occurrence of harmful organisms is the basis of all modern food production technologies. Because pest monitoring is a very time-consuming task, physical trap inspections are usually performed at weekly intervals. In order to increase the accuracy and the number of data obtained, which are the basis for determining the most appropriate date for implementing the necessary measures against pests, there is a great need to develop an automatic system for detecting and monitoring the occurrence of pests.

Known solutions for the automatic detection and tracking of pest occurrence are primarily used to track storage pests - EGPIC (Electronic grain probe insect counter) system, which is protected by patents US005646404, US006882279 and US006707384 and is used to track undefined storage pests. The device performs IR-based counting. The method is partially verifiable, since pests are trapped in an escape trap - these are creeping insects that get trapped to the bottom of the device, but it is not determinable when a pest was caught.

Systems for remote sensing and monitoring of the occurrence of flying insects are typically made on the basis of detection with optical sensors (US007071929, US007071829, JP1999019493919990708), acoustic sensors (US007020996, US20020144452, US20040093190) insect (US006493363, US20080181352,

JP2000031224620001012). There are also known solutions that involve the use of a combination of different sensors (US20110030267, US6766251). Detection methods can be destructive or non-destructive and more or less reversible, and insect attractants can be visual or chemical.

The cameras are a reliable optical sensor because the field situation is immediately visually verifiable with the image available to the user. Patents US20137512 and US007401436 are contemplated as being able to detect organisms captured by the camera. Both solutions are intended primarily for the detection of mosquitoes and flies, but do not exclude the possibility of use in monitoring the occurrence of other organisms. The first patent involves photographing insects in a moving state. The device is too big and too heavy to fit into the tree canopy. it does not provide for this solution, which is not acceptable for fruit pest tracking devices must be installed in the tree canopy. The second patent has an interesting trapping system, which does not need to change the adhesive substrate, but does not provide for the installation of the device in the canopy.

Different forms of traps (US005133150) are most commonly used to monitor the occurrence of skills, most often the delta trap - for ease of use and efficiency (US20090293342), and there are various patents of modified delta traps (US006516558, US4961282).

The new system for automatic detection and monitoring of the occurrence of harmful insects is designed to send an image (several partial images) of the current state or to a selected interval. a picture of the captured insects 17 in delta traps 1. The images are transmitted over a wireless connection (multilevel bus data transmission (GPRS, UMTS, Ethernet, WiFi) 12, which is a standard part of the mobile operator's offer), is used and stored on a server 14 and stored using automatic recognition program 19 is processed. The output is the number of • recognized pests caught and the surface of the sticky plate occupied by the trapped insects. other objects (such as leaves, dust, ..). On the basis of this data and any other data (weather 27), rules are set up for the transmission of notices to the user, which are important for decisions on the implementation of activities in the plantation / field. The system user is allowed to monitor notifications, view details and monitor weather data through an application on a personal computer 15 or on a mobile phone 16.

The system consists of several subunits that, as a whole, constitute an effective system for monitoring the occurrence of harmful insects remotely. It is made up of custom delta trap 1 and camera hardware 2, communication module 10, and software (server image storage software, automatic pest recognition program, image aggregation program, web application).

Trap 1 is similar in shape to the classic delta pest trap from the skill group. The trap housing is made of corrugated polypropylene - it is an environmentally friendly material as it is 100% recyclable. It is resistant to mechanical damage and weathering, non-toxic and dust free. A trap made of such material can be useful for many years. The color of the case is usually chosen according to the attractiveness of the target organism.

The case is assembled into a trap by means of pins 7 and plastic connectors 6. The housing is formed by longitudinal supports 4, which insert electronics 2, consisting of a printed matter, a central processing unit, memory, cameras, LEDs, which provide adequate illumination and auxiliary electronics to ensure the functioning of the whole. The entire electronic part of the trap is surrounded by water-proof vacuum plastic that protects the electronics from the weather. It is all folded into one piece, which can be easily replaced when needed. The trap electronics are connected to the communication module 10 via a cable entry (field bus: RS458, RS232, USB, CAN) 9, and this via a high-bandwidth and memory bus (SPI, SIDO) to the memory 11. The communication module 10 also provides energy independence of the whole system in the field, as it includes a suitable battery and a solar cell.

The trap is functional using a suitable lure (pheromone / kairomone) and a sticky insert (plate) that fits into the bottom of the trap 8.

The housing is further enclosed by reducing the number of insect escapes and increasing the likelihood of catching insects (which enter the trap through the opening 3) on a sticky surface.

As a rule, the communication power supply of the device in the field is mounted on a pole outside the tree canopy (due to better signal and better illumination) and is connected to the central server 14 wirelessly (GPRS, UMTS, Ethernet or WiFi) 12 on the server. equipment consisting of the following main modules:

• A program with a system for storing images on a server (FTP server 18), which is transmitted by the devices from the field and is fed to the database 22 or via the FTP data processing system 21. the control data 26 is prepared on the FTP server 18.

• The program for automatic image processing and target organism recognition 19 recognizes and counts pests in the received images, with the main recognition descriptors used being shape, size and color.

• Server 14 with the following main data inputs / sources: a) number of target organisms identified and statistics and related history from database 22, b) weather data 27 - if available for specific / nearby location (minimum temperature - minimum , maximum, average, may also amount to precipitation, wind speed) and statistics and related history to be loaded into the system via FTP server 18 or SOAP interface 23 (depending on the source of the weather data), and c) the data provided in the the database 22 is entered by the user via web pages / web application 24 (image capture interval, manual confirmation / rejection information of automatically recognized pests in the images).

Online or. application server 20 provides at least the following information to the user through web pages 24: a) important notifications / warnings (first occurrence of first, second and next generation pests, increase in the number of specimens in traps, period without pest activity between two generations, need to replace adhesive board) , b) overview of the details for each trap / device, c) insight into the image taken in the field, d) review of relevant weather data (if present for the location), d) insight into relevant historical data (number of organisms captured, weather data).

• The mobile application on the smartphone 16, which communicates with the server 14 via • web services 25, is capable of displaying alert status, current status and history view showing the same information as on web pages 24, except that the display is optimized for mobile device / smartphone 16.

Using a species-specific attraction, the system is useful for tracking various pests. The automatic pest recognition program is also adapted to the target species.

To track pests of crops and vegetables, the trap is mounted directly on the carrier for the communication power supply of the device.

Claims (2)

PATENT APPLICATION An automatic detection and monitoring system for the occurrence of harmful insects, characterized in that the trap consists of a housing made of corrugated polypropylene (1) and electronics (2), which is mounted in a tree canopy, connected via a cable to one of the field guides (1). 9) with a communication module (10), which transmits data to the server (14) via a multi-level bus (12). 2. A system for automatically detecting and monitoring the occurrence of harmful insects, characterized in that the images (17) captured by the cameras in the trap are transferred from the field device to the server (14), from which they are available to various processing programs, from of which the automatic image processing system (19) is very important, which determines the amount of target insects captured in the image, and that all inputs and results of various treatments are fed into the database (22) and pumped from there to the web / application server (20) which transmits data via web pages (24) to a user's web browser to which the user accesses via a personal computer (15) or transmits it via an online service (25) to an application running on a smartphone (16).