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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Verily Life Sciences Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Massaro, Belmont, CA (US);
Robert Sobecki, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tiantian Zha, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Wasson, Oakland, CA (US);
VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may include a vessel and a first passageway and a second passageway that connect the vessel to a first release container and a second release container, respectively. A first and a second sensor may be positioned proximate to a first and a second release container, respectively. Each sensor may detect an adult insect passing into the respective release container. A first and second shutter may be positioned in the first passageway and the second passageway, respectively. Each shutter may have an open and a closed position to control access to the respective release container. A computing device may receive a first input signal from the first sensor and a second input signal from the second sensor. The first and second shutter may receive a first output signal and a second output signal, respectively, from the computing device to position the respective shutter in the open or closed position.