Patents Assigned to Spotta Limited
  • Patent number: 12702126
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a pest attractant or repellent into a surrounding environment, comprising: a main reservoir for storing a fluid; a control volume coupled to the main reservoir, a first flow restrictor arranged to regulate a flow of the fluid between the main reservoir and the control volume; a second flow restrictor arranged to regulate a flow of the fluid out of the control volume; and, an evaporation medium positioned at or downstream of the first flow restrictor, wherein at least one of the first and the second flow restrictors is a controllable flow restrictor, and wherein the system further comprises electronically controllable actuation means for actuating the controllable flow restrictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: SPOTTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Fryers, Neil D'Souza-Mathew, Gareth Funk, Paris Thomas, Aidan Thomas
  • Patent number: 12167728
    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of pests. In one aspect the system comprises an imaging system including: a housing including one or more pest entrances; a pest attractant arranged within the housing; a pest detection surface; an image capture device, said image capture device being configured to capture one or more images of the pest detection surface; and a triggering sensor arrangement for detecting a target pest that is on or about to enter the pest detection surface, said triggering sensor arrangement being configured to provide a trigger-signal if the presence of an object is detected, the image capture device being configured to take an image of the pest detection surface in response to the trigger-signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SPOTTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Fryers, Neil D'Souza-Mathew, Gareth Funk
  • Patent number: 12096759
    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of pests, the system comprising: at least one remote camera system, each of the at least one remote camera system comprising an image capture device coupled to a processor and a wireless transmitter, each of the at least one remote camera system having a pest detection surface and being configured to: capture one or more image of the pest detection surface; process the captured one or more image to recognise the potential presence of a target pest on the pest detection surface; and transmit data from the captured one or more image in response to recognising the potential presence of one or more target pests; and a server configured to: receive the transmitted data; process the transmitted data to verify the potential presence of the target pest on the pest detection surface; and provide an output indicating the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Spotta Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Clayton Fryers, Neil D'Souza-Mathew, Gareth David Funk
  • Publication number: 20220007630
    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of pests, the system comprising: at least one remote camera system, each of the at least one remote camera system comprising an image capture device coupled to a processor and a wireless transmitter, each of the at least one remote camera system having a pest detection surface and being configured to: capture one or more image of the pest detection surface; process the captured one or more image to recognise the potential presence of a target pest on the pest detection surface; and transmit data from the captured one or more image in response to recognising the potential presence of one or more target pests; and a server configured to: receive the transmitted data; process the transmitted data to verify the potential presence of the target pest on the pest detection surface; and provide an output indicating the verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Spotta Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Clayton Fryers, Neil D'Souza-Mathew, Gareth David Funk
  • Patent number: 11160263
    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of pests, the system comprising: at least one remote camera system, each of the at least one remote camera system comprising an image capture device coupled to a processor and a wireless transmitter, each of the at least one remote camera system having a pest detection surface and being configured to: capture one or more image of the pest detection surface; process the captured one or more image to recognise the potential presence of a target pest on the pest detection surface; and transmit data from the captured one or more image in response to recognising the potential presence of one or more target pests; and a server configured to: receive the transmitted data; process the transmitted data to verify the potential presence of the target pest on the pest detection surface; and provide an output indicating the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Spotta Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Clayton Fryers, Neil D'Souza-Mathew, Gareth David Funk
  • Publication number: 20210029979
    Abstract: A system/method for producing a substance attractive to one or more species of insect characterised by: housing a population of live insects; providing any combination of nutrients, food or water to the live insects; removing organic matter from the population; and sterilizing the removed organic matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Spotta Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Clayton Fryers, Gareth David Funk, Neil D'Souza-Mathew
  • Publication number: 20210029984
    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of pests, the system comprising: at least one remote camera system, each of the at least one remote camera system comprising an image capture device coupled to a processor and a wireless transmitter, each of the at least one remote camera system having a pest detection surface and being configured to: capture one or more image of the pest detection surface; process the captured one or more image to recognise the potential presence of a target pest on the pest detection surface; and transmit data from the captured one or more image in response to recognising the potential presence of one or more target pests; and a server configured to: receive the transmitted data; process the transmitted data to verify the potential presence of the target pest on the pest detection surface; and provide an output indicating the verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Spotta Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Clayton Fryers, Neil D'Souza-Mathew, Gareth David Funk