| US 7,591,099 B2 | ||
| Bed bug monitor | ||
| Jason Gregory Lang, Bloomington, Minn. (US); Joelle Francine Olson, Shoreview, Minn. (US); Stephen John Barcay, Burnsville, Minn. (US); and Stephen X. Skaff, Apple Valley, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/511,851. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/712340, filed on Aug. 30, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0044372 A1, Mar. 01, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A01M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 43—107 | 15 Claims |
| 1. A capacitive pest monitor apparatus, comprising:
a) an interior and an exterior;
b) a plurality of capacitive electrodes internally disposed in the apparatus;
c) a capacitive sensing circuit, operatively connected to the capacitive electrodes, the capacitive sensing circuit detecting
the capacitance of the electrodes and detecting changes in the capacitance due to pests passing over the capacitive electrodes
and generating a pest detection signal;
d) a pest detection signal storage device, the storage device operatively connected to the capacitive sensing circuit, the
storage device receives the pest detection signals and stores the signals for later analysis; and
e) a heating device internally disposed in the apparatus for attracting insects.
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