A bait box including a housing; a feeding location arranged in the housing and configured for a poison bait, wherein the feeding location is arranged in an air cushion in the housing so that the feeding location is accessible for a rodent from an outside of the bait box through an entry arranged at a lower end of the housing; and a separation element which defines a liquid space with a liquid within the housing when the liquid rises outside of the housing above a threshold level above which accessibility of the feeding location is not provided to the rodent any more, wherein the liquid space extends from the threshold level to the separation element and separates the feeding location from the liquid space, wherein the housing is closed air tight besides the entry so that the air cushion is captured in the housing.

The instant disclosure provides an ability to use an array of data inputs to enter a network and thereby provide a realtime improvable database. The present invention is novel in its ability to maximize the customer's interface with a pest control system, thus allowing for maximum efficiency for current and future designs as well as a high level of compatibility with ancillary regulatory, financial and planning type functions.

A system for detecting flying animals, the system comprising: a detection module configured to detect flying animals; a local processing module associated with the detection module and configured to remove background noise from data gathered by the detection module; an analysis module configured to receive data from the local processing module and process said data to determine presence of flying animals and classify such flying animals by species; and a deterrent configured to repel one or more species of flying animal based on the classification of detected flying animals.

An electronic caller decoy that is used in hunting animals. The caller is particularly useful for attracting predator species such as coyotes, wolves, and the like. The decoy encourages predators to come towards the decoy within the range of a concealed hunter or hunters. The decoy simulates the sound and movement of wounded prey species such as rabbits, deer, and the like, to bring the predator within range. The decoy has a base including three or more legs, a body which is preferably rotatable on the base via a motor, an electronic sound generator and speaker, a microphone, a camera and a tail element. The motorized rotatable base is preferably remote controllable to orient sound broadcast in a specific direction, or plural directions.

Methods are proposed to define UE behavior for performing synchronization signal block (SSB) based radio link monitoring (RLM) and channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) based RLM. In a first novel aspect, if CSI-RS based RLM-RS is not QCLed to any CORESET, then UE determines that CSI-RS RLM configuration is error and does not perform RLM accordingly. In a second novel aspect, SSB for RLM and RLM CSI-RS resources are configured with different numerologies. UE perform SSB based RLM and CSI-RS based RLM based on whether the SSB and CSI-RS resources are TDMed configured by the network. In a third novel aspect, when multiple SMTC configurations are configured to UE, UE determines an SMTC period and whether SMTC and RLM-RS are overlapped for the purpose of RLM evaluation period determination.

In one embodiment, an infrared camera generates thermal images and a computer generates track trees for volant targets (e.g., bats) detected in the images using an HKUF technique and detection filtering. The computer extends each track tree by adding new branches for each target detected in a subsequent image, generates motion metrics for each new branch, applies biologically informed motion constraints to the motion metrics to delete branches from the track trees, selects a track in each terminated track tree as a most likely track for the corresponding detected target using a track-scoring system based on a combination of track tortuosity and Kalman prediction errors, automatically generates a counting box based on density plots generated using the selected tracks, and calculates a census of the volant targets based on the selected tracks relative to the counting box. The technique handles targets that may be occluded for one or more images.

The present disclosure relates to a system for managing and monitoring a sensor network that senses pest activity. A plurality of sensor stations may be controlled by the system, such sensor station configured for detecting the presence of pests at a baiting station, or for alerting users to the presence of a pest in a trap, as well as a related system of data collection and data management of pest activity data.

A floatable mount for a hunting camera provides an apparatus that enables protection of a camera for the duration of the camera's placement outside. The apparatus further protects the camera from damage due to rising water levels. The apparatus has a telescopic pole, allowing the user to extend a camera and place it in a higher, more advantageous position. The apparatus may be placed and secured onto the ground through the use of a foot pressure platform and a corkscrew or straight anchor. The apparatus also employs a flotation device that can keep the camera afloat safely above the water level when flooding occurs, or when the apparatus is placed into a body of water. The combination of these features allows the user to mount their camera safely, without having to worry about the camera falling into, or otherwise becoming damaged from, rising water levels.

A trail camera mounting and camouflaging device having a trail camera mounting point and a mounting bracket for mounting the camouflaging device to a substrate, such as a tree or other material. The camouflaging device has a series of flexible arms that extend outward away from the mounting bracket. The flexible arms are configured to be bent and otherwise manipulated into retaining the shape of the bend or manipulation. Each flexible arms has one or more fingers attached to the flexible arm. The fingers can utilize a flexible material such as a twist tie or can otherwise be configured with a clipping or clamping motion to attach foliage to the fingers. The flexible arms and fingers are configured to be manipulated and bent into position, such that foliage or other material camouflages the trails camera without blocking the sensor(s) of the trail camera.

An animal trap sensor includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end, a switch having a first metallic element and a second metallic element, and a signal unit, in which, when the first metallic element contacting the second metallic element, thereby forming a closed circuit, such that the signal unit transmits a signal to an off-site receiver. Or, an animal trap sensor includes a first portion and a second portion electrically connected with a signal unit including a power supply, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a first distance between each other, thereby generating an output property, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a second distance between each other, which is different from the first distance, thereby changing the output property and causing the signal unit to transmit a signal to an off-site receiver.