CUBIC OPTICAL SENSOR FOR MONITORING AND STUDYING CHARACTERISTICS OF FLYING INSECTS, INCLUDING MOSQUITOS, WHICH CAN BE COUPLED TO A CATCH TRAP

摘要

Disclosed is a cubic optical sensor for monitoring and studying characteristics of flying insects, including mosquitos, which can be coupled to a catch trap that, by means of digital recording, allows flying insects to be observed, studied, classified and counted automatically using signal processing techniques and automatic learning techniques. The sensor is formed by a box (2) and a lid (3) provided with a top air pipe (4) that, by means of a coupling piece (7), connects to any conventional trap (6). According to different embodiments, on each face of the cuboid (8) is mounted an optical emitter panel (32) and/or an optical receiver panel (33) connected to an electronic signal acquisition and communication module (10) and to an external data-processing system. The optical emitter panels (32) and the optical receiver panels (33) are formed by a matrix group of luminescent diodes (24) and photoreceivers (31), respectively.