ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,018, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Method and apparatus for monitoring vermin within a geographic area" was invented by Matthew Hayek (Libertyville, Ill.), Andrew M Davis (Palatine, Ill.), Young Geun Jang (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and Brad A Karch (Geneva, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for creating a heat map of vermin within a geographic area is provided herein. During operation a camera (and/or other sensors) that are fixed and/or mobile are utilized to detect vermin. The camera and other sensors themselves may be equipped with the capabilities to detect vermin and r...