US 7,501,979 B1
Airborne biota monitoring and control system
David L. Guice, 230 Haden Rd., Brownsboro, Ala. 35741 (US); William V. Dent, 2011 Alexander Dr. SE., Huntsville, Ala. 36801 (US); and Augustus Hammond Green, Jr., P.O. Box 270, New Market, Ala. 35761 (US)
Filed on Feb. 08, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/54,685.
Application 11/054685 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/721112, filed on Nov. 25, 2003, granted, now 6,853,328, filed on Feb. 08, 2005.
Application 10/721112 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/571295, filed on May 14, 2000, granted, now 6,653,971, filed on Nov. 25, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/134081, filed on May 14, 1999.
Int. Cl. G01S 13/88 (2006.01); A01M 1/22 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 342—54  [342/22; 342/27; 342/28; 342/52; 342/175; 342/195; 235/400; 235/404; 235/411] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A system for disabling or killing at least one pest insect comprising:
at least one energy transmitter positioned to emit detection energy into a region where said pest insect is detected,
at least one receiver of said detection energy reflected from said pest insect,
at least one processor responsive to said receiver of said detection energy for processing at least a portion of said detection energy reflected from said pest insect to develop information related to said pest insect,
a communications interface coupled to said at least one processor for transmitting said information related to said pest insect to a remotely located human-controlled computer for display to a human operator, and for receiving control commands from said human-controlled computer,
a pest insect disabling or killing system responsive to said control commands from said human-controlled computer.