Real-time monitoring and early detection system for insect activity in grains during storage

Abstract

A system for real-time monitoring of insects includes a smart trap and an image processor. The smart trap includes a chamber with perforations sized to admit insects into an interior of the smart trap; a collection chamber located within the interior of the smart trap; and an imaging system for capturing images that include the collection chamber. The image processor is configured to receive images captured by the smart trap and to determine a count of insects within the collection chamber based on image analysis of the received image. Image analysis includes identifying a region within the received image corresponding with a boundary of the collection chamber, cropping the received image to the identified region to generate a cropped image, modifying at least one characteristic of the cropped image to generate a modified, cropped image, and determining a count of insects based on the modified, cropped image.