Illuminating Device and system for Killing and/or Intefering with Pests, and Method for Killing and/or Interfering with Pests

• US 20100071257A1
• Filed: 09/20/2008
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shang-Chieh Tsai
• Original Assignee: Shang-Chieh Tsai
• Inventors: TSAI, SHANG-CHIEH
• Application Number:
  US12/234,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20100071257A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 43/113
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/226 by using waves, fields or rays, e.g. sound waves, microwaves, electric waves, magnetic fields, light rays
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 29/10 using light sources, e.g. lasers or flashing lights

Abstract

An illuminating device for killing and/or interfering with pests, which includes at least one light emitting diode for producing more than one non-parallel integrated pulse light that is centralized in a narrow wave band. A wavelength of the integrated light is in a range from 584 nm to 618 nm, a frequency thereof is in a range from 514 THZ to 485 THZ, and a view angle thereof is less than 45 degrees. In addition, an illuminating system for killing and/or interfering with pests includes a drive for driving the illuminating device to emit the integrated pulse light. Also, a method for killing and/or interfering with pests is provided. The method utilizes above illuminating device and system to produce a non-continuous, non-parallel integrated pulse light to kill, interfere with or dispel insect pest.

Claims

1. An illuminating device for killing and/or interfering with insects, comprising:

at least one light emitting diode for producing more than one non-parallel integrated light that is centralized in a pulse of a narrow wave band, wherein a wavelength of the integrated light is in a range from 584 nm to 618 nm, a frequency of the integrated light is in a range from 514 THZ to 485 THZ, and a view angle of the integrated light is less than 45 degrees.

2. The illuminating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the view angle of the integrated light is in a range from 10 degrees to 30 degrees.

3. The illuminating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wavelength of the integrated light is 600 nm, and the frequency of the integrated light is 500 THZ.

4. An illuminating system for killing and/or interfering with insects, comprising:

at least one light emitting diode for producing more than one non-parallel integrated light that is centralized in a pulse of a narrow wave band, wherein a wavelength of the integrated light is in a range from 584 nm to 618 nm, a frequency of the integrated light is in a range from 514 THZ to 485 THZ, and a view angle of the integrated light is less than 45 degrees; and

a drive for providing a voltage to power the light emitting diode to emit the integrated light.

5. The illuminating system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the drive comprises:

a flicker circuit for driving the light emitting diode to produce flickering integrated light pulse; and

a power supply for providing a stable voltage to the flicker circuit.

6. The illuminating system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the drive is a power supply.

7. The illuminating system as claimed in claim 4, wherein a photosensitive switch is arranged between the drive and the light emitting diode, and the photosensitive switch is configured for turning on or shutting down the light emitting diode according to the brightness of ambient environment.

8. The illuminating system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the flicker circuit comprises a photosensitive resistor for activating or deactivating the flicker circuit according to the brightness of ambient environment.

9. A method for killing and/or interfering with insects, comprising:

providing at least one pulse of light in a narrow wave band, the light being centralized in a wave band of yellow light spectra or near-yellow light spectra, a wavelength of the light being in a range from 584 nm to 618 nm, a frequency of the integrated light being in a range from 514 THZ to 485 THZ;

driving at least one light emitting diode to emitting a pulse of non-continuous, non-parallel integrated light, a view angle of the integrated light being less than 45 degrees; and

irradiating pests with the non-continuous, non-parallel integrated pulse light.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a flicker frequency of the non-continuous, non-parallel integrated pulse light is in a range from 1 to 5 times per second.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a flicker frequency of the pulse of non-continuous, non-parallel integrated light is 3 times per second.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein an intensity of the integrated light is larger than 10000 mcd.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a view angle of the integrated light is in a range from 10 degrees to 30 degrees.