MONITORING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING NUMBERS OF CAPTURED OR KILLED LIVING CREATURES

• US 20160127694A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yu J.U. Chang
• Original Assignee: Yu J.U. Chang
• Inventors: Chang, Yu Ju
• Application Number:
  US14/527,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20160127694A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/02 with devices or substances, e.g. food, pheronones attracting the insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/026 combined with devices for monitoring insect presence, e.g. termites bait stations A01M1/2005; detecting other animals in a given area A01M31/002
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 23/16 Box traps
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/002 Detecting animals in a given area
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras

Abstract

A monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures includes at least one living-creature capture device having functions of luring, or capturing or killing living creatures; at least one camera for capturing images of the living-creature capture devices, the images including photos; an input interface unit connected to the camera for receiving the images from the camera; an operation unit performing logic operations of the system; the operation unit includes a timer for recording times for capturing images; a comparison unit for determining a number of living creatures of the image; and the comparison unit containing a sample database; and a memory unit built in a memory for storing related data of the system. The system can be realized by a specific image processing unit which is combined with a cloud structure; or by a handset; or by a computer; or by a cloud structure.

Claims

1. A monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures, comprising:

at least one living-creature capture device having functions of luring, or capturing or killing living creatures;

at least one camera for capturing images of the living-creature capture devices, the images including photos;

an input interface unit connected to the camera for receiving the images from the camera;

an operation unit performing logic operations of the system;

the operation unit includes a timer for recording times for capturing images;

a comparison unit for determining a number of living creatures of the image; and

the comparison unit containing a sample database; and

a memory unit built in a memory for storing related data of the system.

2. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a thermometer or a humidity meter for measuring temperatures or humidity and measured data are transferred to the input interface unit.

3. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display interface has functions for displaying data in the memory unit;

and displaying of data are represented by different statistical drawings.

4. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a statistical unit for calculating statistical values about the numbers of living creatures on the images, images, capturing times, positions, temperatures, humidity.

5. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the living-creature capture device is a bait-contained living-creature capture device.

6. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the living-creature capture device is a luring form living-creature capture device, which serves to lure living creatures to enter into the living-creature capture device.

7. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the living-creature capture device is a mechanic living-creature capture device which captures living creatures using a mechanic device.

8. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein a user inputs kinds of living creatures to be counted on the image and then the living creature is searched in the sample database and then by the comparing logics built in the comparison unit, the comparison unit counts a number of the living creatures on the image.

9. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sample database stores features or figures of various living creatures capable of being captured by the living-creature capture device;

thereby, by comparison the image with the features or figures in the sample database, the living creature in the image are determined.

10. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input interface unit contains a position unit which causes the user to input positions of the cameras and thus the images from the cameras is transferred with the position.

11. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a display for displaying the data from the display interface.

12. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein a map is built in the system for indicating positions installing the living-creature capture device.

13. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera, the operation unit having a form of a processor, the memory unit, the input interface unit and the comparison unit are combined within an image processing device so as to form as an integral structure;

and the image processing unit further comprises a transmission unit for data transmission by wired or wireless ways; and

the image processing unit is equipped in a position for capturing harmful living creatures.

14. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 13, wherein the image processing unit has the function of adding identification code to a captured image.

15. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a cloud structure which contains a server for receiving data from the image processing unit;

the cloud servers comprises a transmission interface by which users can connect to the cloud server to get data from the living-creature capture device.

16. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation unit is a processor of a handset;

and the display is a display of the handset;

the memory unit, the input interface unit, the comparison unit and the display interface are combined into an APP planted into the handset; and

the camera is provided by the handset or equipped near the living-creature capture device.

17. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation unit is a processor of a computer;

the memory unit, the input interface unit, the comparison unit and the display interface are planted in the computer by using a hardware or a software; and

the camera is equipped near the living-creature capture device and the image captured is transferred to the computer through a network.

18. The monitoring system for determining numbers of captured or killed living creatures as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation unit is a processor of a serve in a cloud end;

the memory unit, the input interface unit, the comparison unit and the display interface are combined as an integral structure planted in the server;

the camera is equipped near the living-creature capture device and the image captured is transferred to the computer through a network; and

the serves comprises a transmission interface, by that a user can connect to the serves through the transmission interface by using a handset or a computer for getting the data about the capturing result of the living-creature capture device.