Patent SG-11201810436T-A (SG)
Title: Sensing of objects
Inventor: KAYE MATHEW VARGHESE
IPC: A01M1/02
Filed: 2017-06-02
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property :::` , 1#11101111011101010111110101111100111111111111111111111111111111111111111110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number 03 (43) International Publication Date .....•\"\" WO 2017/208068 Al 07 December 2017 (07.12.2017) WIP0 I PCT _ (51) (21) (22) (25) Filing Language: (26) (30) (71) (72) International Patent Classification: CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, GO1D 5/24 (2006.01) AO1M 1/02 (2006.01) DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, International Application Number: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, PCT/IB2017/000678 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, International Filing Date: PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, 02 June 2017 (02.06.2017) 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. English Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, Priority Data: GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, 1609756.0 03 June 2016 (03.06.2016) GB UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, Applicant: BRANDENBURG (UK) LIMITED [GB/ ]; EE, ES, FL FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 29 Navigation Drive, Hurst Business Park, Brierley Hill, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, West Midlands (GB). TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, Inventors: KAYE, Mathew Varghese; c/o Brandenburg KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (UK) Limited, 29 Navigation Drive, Hurst Business Park, Brierly Hill, West Midlands, DY5 1UT (GB). JACQUES, Declarations under Rule 4.17: Mark; 14 Gainsborough Place, Dudley, West Midlands, — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a DY1 2TW (GB). patent (Rule 4.1700) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the Agent: EQUIPPED 4 (IP) LIMITED; 47 Hamilton earlier application (Rule 4 . 1 7 (iii)) Square, Birkenhead, CH41 5AR (GB). 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, (74) (81) = _ = = = = = Title: SENSING OF OBJECTS FIG 113 14a 12 1'b 20 (54) = = = = = = = = r _ _.„ ... = -4-0- -.4-0- da db : The invention relates to a fringe capacitance sensor (10) for sensing objects, particularly, but not exclusively, pests, a unit (100) comprising one or more fringe capacitance sensors, a system comprising a plurality of sensor units in a mesh topology other wireless network and a method for intelligently detecting object activity, such as the presence of a pest, for example, a rodent or burrowing or flying insect. It can also be applied to the management of animals, whether in the wild or on farms. A preferred (10) for detecting changes (A) in fringe capacitance (A) comprises an electrically conductive sensor conductor (12) and two conductive un-grounded conductors (14a; 14b) disposed one on either side (16a; 16b) of the sensor conductor (12) to form triplet (14a-12-14b). The conductors (12, 14a, 14b) are supported on an un-grounded conductive substrate (18) which is electrically (20) from said conductors (12, 14a, 14b) and each conductor (14a, 12; 14b) is of a width (w), and thickness (t), and is spaced a distance (d) from another such that the sensor is tuned to detect or identify a given animal. (57) GO crawling, op electrically --.... isolated = = = - sensor 'IlL ' or V::+ c:::: , sensor C:::: ) a ei I r ---- by 1-1 0 ei O [Continued on next page] WO 2017/208068 Al MIDEDIM01101 DIDIRMEM11011111111111111111111110111101111111111111111111 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 amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) of receipt of