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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Melanie S. Farrell, Hartford, WI (US);
Alan L. Smith, Mequon, WI (US);
Edward F. Marshall, Fredonia, WI (US);
LiphaTech, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An electronic pest monitoring system includes an electronic pest monitoring device which may be used in combination with or separate from a bait box. The electronic pest monitoring device is adapted to be removably attached to a bait box. The electronic pest monitoring device includes a pest detector, such as a passive IR detector, which provides a pest detection signal in response to the presence of a pest. A processor coupled to the pest detector includes a real-time clock, and stores in memory a time and date of occurrence of the pest detection signal and a duration of the presence of the pest. Such pest detection event information may be transmitted from the electronic pest monitoring device over a wireless communications channel, such as an IR communications channel, to a hand-held computer unit for display and analysis.