Intelligent Mosquito Monitoring and Control System Model with Android-enabled User Interface

Abstract

This research paper focuses on the design and implementation of an intelligent mosquito monitoring and control system model with android-enabled user interface and bzigo camera system to monitor and repel mosquitoes as a preventive remedy for mosquito bites that cause malaria infection. Several techniques aimed at combating mosquitoes to stop malaria spread ranging from environmental fumigation; the use of mosquito treated net; the use of herbal repellent sticks with low smoking technique; the spray of mosquito insecticide chemical repellents to electronic spray control, have health and environmental concerns. The method adopted for this design includes: microcontroller-based system, bzigo camera system and Android-enabled system. These combined approaches were used to develop a human and environmentally friendly device. The bzigo camera system intelligently scans for mosquitoes within its range of coverage and processes the images of mosquitoes automatically to give a feedback to a microcontroller. The controller receives the image signal and sends a notification to the home owners and also produces a sound frequency of about 38kHz to 45kHz that forces the available mosquitoes into a specified vacuum for the house owner’s disposal. This frequency range does not permit the survival of mosquitoes and this operation is monitored using a developed Android-enabled user interface. The design was tested under an indoor space of 12ft x 12ft confinement. The results from this intelligent mosquito repelling system model proves its suitability for the control of mosquitoes and as such seen to be an adequate technique to replace other less human and environmentally friendly approaches.