阅读说明：本技术 基于传感器的节肢动物观察 (Sensor-based arthropod viewing ) 是由 R·沃伦豪普特 D·格克 S·格罗杰 E-G·施密德 于 2019-09-16 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及在植物生长区域内对节肢动物进行基于传感器的观察。本发明的主题是借助于相机对节肢动物进行基于传感器的观察的设备、系统、方法和计算机程序产品。(The present invention relates to sensor-based observation of arthropods in an area of plant growth. The subject of the present invention is a device, a system, a method and a computer program product for sensor-based observation of arthropods by means of a camera.)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

-an acquisition region of the image data,

-an imaging unit for imaging the image data,

-a transmitter unit for transmitting the data to the subscriber unit,

-a control unit, and

-at least one sensor for detecting the position of the object,

wherein the at least one sensor is configured to:

detecting a physical property in the environment of the acquisition area that is related to the probability of arthropods being present within the acquisition area, an

The detected property is converted into a signal which,

wherein the control unit is configured to:

triggering the imaging unit to generate an image of the acquisition area, an

Triggering the transmitter unit to transmit the image and/or information about the image to a computer system over a network,

wherein the control unit is configured to:

based on the signals from the sensors, the time and/or frequency of image generation is fixed, and/or the time and/or frequency of transmission of the images and/or information about the images over a network to a computer system is fixed.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the signal indicates the occurrence of an event and the control unit is configured to trigger the generation of one or more images of an acquisition area upon the occurrence of the event.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the event is exceeding a predetermined threshold of the physical property or not reaching the predetermined threshold of the physical property.

4. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is a brightness sensor.

5. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is a temperature sensor.

6. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is a humidity sensor.

7. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is an air pressure sensor.

8. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is a wind sensor.

9. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is a sensor for detecting a chemical in the air.

10. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is a microphone.

11. The device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the at least one sensor is part of a light barrier, an interruption of the light barrier indicating the presence of an arthropod within the acquisition area or an interruption of the light barrier indicating the entry/exit of an arthropod into/from the device through an opening in the device.

12. The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the at least one sensor is a camera, wherein the camera comprises an image sensor, wherein at least a part of the acquisition area is imaged on the image sensor, wherein the camera is configured to read the image sensor and to analyze the read image, thereby identifying beneficial and/or harmful insects, and/or identifying specific beneficial and/or specific pests.

13. The device of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one sensor is a motion sensor configured to indicate motion of a body within the acquisition region and/or an entry region of the device.

14. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 13, comprising two or more sensors as specified in claims 4 to 12.

15. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the control unit is configured to increase the temporal frequency of generating images of an acquisition area if the probability of beneficial and/or specific pests and/or specific beneficial and/or specific pests being present within the acquisition area increases.

16. A system comprising at least one device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the at least one device and the computing system are interconnected by a network.

17. A method, comprising the steps of:

detecting a physical property within the environment of the acquisition area, wherein the physical property is related to a probability of an arthropod being present within the acquisition area,

-generating an image of the acquisition area, an

-sending the image and/or information about the image to a computer system over a network,

wherein the time and/or the time frequency of generating an image of the acquisition area and/or the time frequency of sending the image and/or information about the image to a computer system over a network is fixed according to the probability of the presence of one or more arthropods within the acquisition area.

18. A computer program product comprising a computer program that can be loaded into a working memory of a computer, the computer program triggering the computer in the working memory to perform the steps of:

-receiving a signal, wherein the signal comprises information about the probability of arthropod presence within an acquisition area,

-controlling the generation of the image of the acquisition area and sending the image and/or information about the image to the computer system over the network, wherein the time and/or the time frequency of generating the image of the acquisition area and/or the time frequency of sending the image and/or the information about the image to the computer system over the network are fixed according to the probability of the arthropod being present within the acquisition area.