Patent ID: 11950579
Assignee: SENECIO LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  Y | IPC A  G

Claim 13:
14. Apparatus for mechanical sex-sorting of mosquitoes by extracting a class of mosquitoes from unsorted mosquitoes, the apparatus comprising:
a camera configured to identify individual unsorted mosquitoes while said individual unsorted insects are in a stationary phase, the stationary phase selected to be long enough to allow for identification of said individuals in said stationary phase, the camera further configured to obtain images and coordinates of said individuals in said stationary phase, the coordinates being of the location at which a respective individual is stationary;
a classifier, configured to electronically classify said individuals from said images into at least one member of a group of classifications including male mosquitoes, female mosquitoes, and unclassified objects;
a robot arm connected to said classifier and configured to reach an individual identified by ones of said obtained coordinates, the coordinates obtained while said individual is in said stationary phase, to store or remove said individuals, thereby to provide sex-sorted mosquitoes.