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Granted Patent B2
US 11,234,428 · App. 16/946,204 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Pest detector to identify a type of pest using machine learning

Inventors: Jace W. Files (Round Rock, TX); John Trevor Morrison (Round Rock, TX); Shivshanker Someshekar Naimpally (Austin, TX)
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Patent No.
US 11,234,428
App. No.
16/946,204
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some implementations, a computing device may receive a notification from a pest detector. In response, the computing device may initiate execution of a software application and display a user interface. The user interface may enable playback of the notification, such as displaying a photograph of a pest or playing back audio of noise made by the pest. The user interface may display a floor plan of a building along with a location of the pest detector and additional locations of additional pest detectors located in the building superimposed on the floor plan. The user interface may enable selecting a particular building of multiple buildings, a particular floor of multiple floors, or a particular room of multiple rooms. The user interface may display where pests have been detected superimposed on the floor plan.

Claims (91)

1. A computing device comprising:

a communications interface to connect the computing device to a local area network;

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media to store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a pest detector, a notification that a pest was detected, wherein the pest detector and the computing device are connected to the local area network;

in response to receiving the notification, automatically initiating execution of a software application;

displaying a user interface associated with the software application;

displaying the notification in the user interface; and

displaying, in the user interface, an indication as to a particular location where the pest is predicted to be nesting.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein:

the computing device comprises one of a smartphone, a tablet, or a virtual assistant enabled device.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the notification comprises sensor data; and

enabling playback of the sensor data in the user interface, wherein the sensor data comprises at least one of:

a photograph of the pest; or

an audio file capturing noise made by the pest.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a floor plan of a building in which the pest detector is located;

displaying, in the user interface, a location of the pest detector in the floor plan; and

displaying, in the user interface, one or more additional locations corresponding to one or more additional pest detectors.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a first selection to select a particular building of a plurality of buildings;

displaying, in the user interface, a second selection to select a particular floor of a plurality of floors of the particular building; and

displaying, in the user interface, a third selection to select a particular room of a plurality of rooms on the particular floor.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a first visual indicator indicating where the pest has been detected; and

displaying, in the user interface, a second visual indicator indicating a direction in which the pest is moving.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

sending a floor plan of a building to a server;

receiving, from the server, one or more locations in which to place one or more pest detectors; and

displaying, in the user interface, the one or more locations overlaid on the floor plan of the building.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a notification from a pest detector that a pest was detected, wherein the pest detector and the computing device are connected to a same local area network;

in response to receiving the notification, automatically initiating, by the computing device, execution of a software application;

displaying, by the computing device, a user interface associated with the software application;

displaying, by the computing device, the notification in the user interface;

receiving, from a server, one or more predictions determined by the server based on an analysis of sensor data sent by the pest detector;

displaying the one or more predictions comprising at least one of:

a predicted location where one or more pests are gathering;

a predicted movement of the one or more pests from a first location to a second location; or

any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

sending a floor plan of a building to the server;

receiving, from the server, one or more locations in which to place one or more pest detectors; and

displaying, in the user interface, the one or more locations overlaid on the floor plan of the building.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, an indication as to a particular location where the pest is predicted to be nesting.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a status of the pest detector, the status comprising at least one of:

a power status indicating whether the pest detector is being powered by alternating current or battery power;

a power mode indicating whether the pest detector is in an active mode or a low power mode; or

a network connection indicating whether the pest detector is connected to a network or disconnected from the network.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, pest detection information comprising at least one of:

a type of pest detected by the pest detector; and

sensor data comprising:

a photograph of the pest; or

an audio file capturing noise made by the pest.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, service provider information association with one or more pest control service providers.

14. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of a computing device to store instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a pest detector, a notification that a pest was detected, wherein the pest detector and the computing device are connected to a same local area network;

in response to receiving the notification, automatically initiating execution of a software application;

displaying a user interface associated with the software application;

displaying the notification in the user interface;

displaying, in the user interface, a first visual indicator indicating where the pest has been detected; and

displaying, in the user interface, a second visual indicator indicating a direction in which the pest is moving.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the notification comprises sensor data; and

enabling playback of the sensor data in the user interface, wherein the sensor data comprises at least one of:

an image of the pest; or

an audio file capturing noise made by the pest.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a floor plan of a building in which the pest detector is located;

displaying, in the user interface, a location of the pest detector in the floor plan; and

displaying, in the user interface, one or more additional locations corresponding to one or more additional pest detectors.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a first selection to select a particular building of a plurality of buildings;

displaying, in the user interface, a second selection to select a particular floor of a plurality of floors of the particular building; and

displaying, in the user interface, a third selection to select a particular room of a plurality of rooms on the particular floor.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

sending a floor plan of a building to a server;

receiving, from the server, one or more locations in which to place one or more pest detectors; and

displaying, in the user interface, the one or more locations overlaid on the floor plan of the building.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, a status of the pest detector, the status comprising at least one of:

a power status indicating whether the pest detector is powered on;

a power mode indicating whether the pest detector is in an active mode or a low power mode; or

a network connection indicating whether the pest detector is connected to a network or disconnected from the network.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

displaying, in the user interface, service provider information association with one or more pest control service providers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2024
From: FILES, JACE W.; MORRISON, JOHN TREVOR; NAIMPALLY, SHIVSHANKER S.
To: KATCHER LLC
Reel/Frame 066042/0949 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16697893 · Nov 27, 2019
Related Publication 20210153490A1 · May 27, 2021
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