monitoring pest insect traps by means of low-power image sensor technologies监测害虫陷阱通过低功耗图像传感器技术.pdfVIP

Sensors 2012, 12, 15801-15819; doi:10.3390/s121115801 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Monitoring Pest Insect Traps by Means of Low-Power Image Sensor Technologies Otoniel López 1, Miguel Martinez Rach 1, Hector Migallon 1, Manuel P. Malumbres 1,*, 2 2 Alberto Bonastre and Juan J. Serrano 1 Department of Physics and Computer Architecturer, Miguel Hernandez University, Ave. Universidad s/n-Ed. Alcudia, 03202 Elche, Spain; E-Mails: otoniel@umh.es (O.L.); mmrach@umh.es (M.M.R.); hmigallon@umh.es (H.M.) 2 Department of Computer Engineering, Technical University of Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46021 Valencia, Spain; E-Mails: bonastre@disca.upv.es (A.B.); jserrano@itaca.upv.es (J.J.S.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: mels@umh.es; Tel.: +34-96-665-8391; Fax: +34-96-665-8814. Received: 3 September 2012; in revised form: 8 November 2012 / Accepted: 9 November 2012 / Published: 13 November 2012 Abstract: Monitoring pest insect populations is currently a key issue in agriculture and forestry protection. At the farm level, human operators typically must perform periodical surveys of the traps disseminated through the field. This is a labor-, time- and cost-consuming activity, in particular for large plantations or large forestry areas, so it would be of great advantage to have an affordable system capable of doing this task automatically in an accurate and a mo