Patent ID: 11864550
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for capturing insects with an insect capturing device, comprising:
a capture opening having an opening edge,
at least one glare light source,
an insect trap and
at least one receiving chamber having at least one chamber wall,
the method having the following steps:
1) locating an insect on a surface,
2) blinding the insect with the at least one glare light source,
3) moving the insect capturing device closer to the blinded insect,
4) capturing the insect with the insect trap,
further comprising between steps 1) and 2), the following steps:
a) determination of the brightness in the surroundings of the insect by use of a brightness sensor;
b) comparison of the determined brightness in the surroundings of the insect to the lighting intensity of the glare light source by use of a data processing device;
c) determination of a capture probability on the basis of the comparison performed according to b) by use of a data processing device; and
d) display or output of the determined capture probability by use of an indicator or output device.