ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,917, issued on Feb. 3.
"Smart mouse trap" was invented by Leonard Salati (Bronx, N.Y.), Fernando Salati (Bronx, N.Y.) and Franco Spinelli (Henderson, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments disclose a system for controlling infestation of rodents with a smart mouse trap, including a motion detector configured to activate a camera to capture images when the motion detector detects the rodents close to the smart mouse trap, a thermal imaging device configured to capture thermal images of the rodents, a mobile application configured to scan at least one QR code identifier to determine a location of an area of the smart mouse ...