Patent SG-11201906521U-A (SG)
Title: Method for sex sorting of mosquitoes and apparatus therefor
Inventor: LEPEK HANAN
IPC: A01K29/00
Filed: 2018-01-22
Abstract: Reachindividuals of one classification with robot arm to select or zap 22 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 26 July 2018 (26.07.2018) WIPO I PCT omit VIII °nolo 01110111 Eno! om X101111111 ow (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/134829 Al 10 Co-ordinates Fig. 1 12 14 16 24 18 (51) International Patent Classification: A01K 63/00 (2017.01) A01K 67/033 (2006.01) AO1K 1/03 (2006.01) GO1N 35/00 (2006.01) A01K 29/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IL2018/050081 (22) International Filing Date: 22 January 2018 (22.01.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/449,050 22 January 2017 (22.01.2017) US 62/458,065 13 February 2017 (13.02.2017) US 62/529,057 06 July 2017 (06.07.2017) US 62/533,242 17 July 2017 (17.07.2017) US (71) Applicant: SENECIO LTD. [IL/IL]; 4A Bik'at HaYare'akh Street, 4463107 Kfar-Saba (IL). (72) Inventors: LEPEK, Hanan; 4A Bik'at HaYare'akh Street, 4463107 Kfar-Saba (IL). NAVE, Tamir; 155 Levi Eshkol Street, 5540045 Kiryat-Ono (IL). FLEISCH- MANN, Yoram; House 319/1, Kibbutz Lehavot Haviva, 3883500 Doar-Na Hefer (IL). EISENBERG, Rom; 6 Mor Street, 4424206 Kfar-Saba (IL). KARLIN, Baruch E.; 7 HaHorsha Street, 3452413 Haifa (IL). TIROSH, Itamar; 5 HaHermon Street, 4373213 RaAnana (IL). (74) Agent: EHRLICH, Gal et al.; G. E. Ehrlich (1995) Ltd., 11 Menachem Begin Road, 5268104 Ramat Gan (IL). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (54) Title: METHOD FOR SEX SORTING OF MOSQUITOES AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Unsorted mosquitoes Stationary phase Find — image individuals Classify individuals Tracking to update coordinates (57) : Method and apparatus for mechanical sex-sorting of mosquitoes by extracting a class of mosquitoes from unsorted mosquitoes comprises obtaining unsorted mosquitoes, obtaining images of individual mosquitoes in a stationary phase, electronically classifying the individuals from the images into male mosquitoes and/or female mosquitoes, and possibly also unclassified objects; obtaining co-ordinates of individuals of at least one of the male mosquito and female mosquito classifications, and using a robot arm to reach an individual identified by the obtained coordinates to store or remove the individuals, thereby to provide sex-sorted mosquitoes. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/134829 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMIDOMEENHOMOVOIS SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))