CN112931269A

CN112931269A - Intelligent accurate feeding system and method

Info

Publication number: CN112931269A
Application number: CN202110148552.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邹伟; 刘勇; 张凯; 吴征征; 廖平; 廖意
Original assignee: Jiangxi Zengxin Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangxi Zengxin Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-29
Filing date: 2021-01-29
Publication date: 2021-06-11

Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent accurate feeding system and method, belonging to the field of animal husbandry, comprising the following steps: the control unit is in communication connection with the controlled unit, and the control unit is in electric signal connection with a cloud end system and/or an upper computer system; a database of feeding schemes of different growth expectation feeding animals is recorded in the cloud end system and/or the upper computer system; the controlled unit comprises a feeding device, the feeding device comprises at least one feeding point, a feeder is arranged on each feeding point, and sign information of the animals to be fed in the corresponding feeding points is recorded in the feeders; the control unit can acquire the physical sign information of the feeder and compare the physical sign information with the database to analyze and select an optimal feeding scheme. The intelligent accurate feeding system can feed animals in different growth periods, and can also realize tracking of feeding data of the fed animals.

Description

Intelligent accurate feeding system and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of animal feeding, in particular to an intelligent accurate feeding system and method.

Background

At present, the pig raising level in China is low in death rate, and a scientific management means is lacked, which is mainly shown in the following steps: the yield is low, the feed-meat ratio is high, and the labor productivity is low, so an intelligent feeding system needs to be designed to realize scientific feeding.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to at least solve one of the technical problems in the prior art and provides an intelligent accurate feeding system and method.

The technical solution of the invention is as follows:

an intelligent precision feeding system comprising:

the control unit is in communication connection with the controlled unit, and the control unit is in electric signal connection with a cloud end system and/or an upper computer system; a database of feeding schemes of different growth expectation feeding animals is recorded in the cloud end system and/or the upper computer system;

the controlled unit comprises a feeding device, the feeding device comprises at least one feeding point, a feeder is arranged on each feeding point, and sign information of the animals to be fed in the corresponding feeding points is recorded in the feeders;

the control unit can acquire the physical sign information of the feeder and compare the physical sign information with the database to analyze and select an optimal feeding scheme.

Preferably, the controlled unit further comprises a water supply device, the water supply device comprises a water supply pipe, a flow valve arranged on the water supply pipe and a probe arranged on a feeding point, the probe is used for detecting the water level of the feeding point, and the control unit can control the action of the flow valve according to the water level information detected by the probe.

Preferably, the controlled unit further comprises a feeding device, the feeding device comprises a feeding pipe, a plurality of discharging holes are formed in the feeding pipe, and the discharging holes are communicated with the feeder through a material storage sub-tank; the discharge port of the feeder is connected with the blanking pipe through a bell mouth.

Preferably, controlled unit still includes unloading control mechanism, unloading control mechanism includes touch pole and inductor, the touch pole sets up in the top of feeding point, treats to raise the animal in feeding point and with touch pole jack-up, the inductor senses the magnetic signal in the touch pole and judges whether to continue the unloading with this signal transmission to the control unit.

Preferably, the feeder comprises a shell, an electronic device bin and a working bin are arranged in the shell, and a feeding hole and a discharging hole are formed in the working bin;

the rotary feeding device comprises a rotary feeding body and a driving device for driving the rotary feeding body to rotate, the rotary feeding body is positioned in the working bin, and the rotary feeding body comprises a rotating shaft and a material receiving plate arranged on the rotating shaft;

the casing is including dismantling the last casing and the casing down of connection, and the tip of going up casing and casing down is provided with the end cover, is connected with the pivot of rotator through the bearing in the end cover, go up casing and casing down and pass through adhesive tape sealing connection.

Preferably, the driving device adopts a dc brushless motor, which is arranged in the electronic device bin, and an output shaft of the dc brushless motor passes through the mounting plate to be connected with the rotating shaft.

Preferably, still include handheld feeding system and set up the recognition device on waiting to feed the animal on one's body, handheld feeding system can enter sign information, the parameter in the modification feeding scheme of recognition device collection and correlation the feeder is in order to realize data tracking.

The invention also discloses a control method of the intelligent accurate feeding system, which comprises the following steps:

the system comprises an upper computer system and/or a cloud system, wherein the upper computer system and/or the cloud system enter a database of feeding schemes corresponding to different growth expectation feeding animals in advance, a feeder is correlated with physical sign information of the animals to be fed and sends the physical sign information to a control unit, the control unit compares, analyzes, processes and selects the corresponding feeding scheme according to the acquired physical sign information and the feeding scheme, and sends a control instruction to a controlled unit to realize the execution of the selected feeding scheme.

Preferably, the different growth expectation feeding animals include parturited pigs, finishing pigs, nursery pigs, and finishing pigs.

Preferably, the feeding method of the feeding regimen is:

the timer in the feeder reads time, and controls the feeder to distribute the current feed amount and simultaneously control the current water amount required by the water supply device according to the preset feeding scheme in the database.

The invention has at least one of the following beneficial effects:

(1) the intelligent accurate feeding system can feed animals in different growth periods, and can also realize tracking of feeding data of the fed animals.

(2) According to the intelligent accurate feeding system, the feeding amount of animals to be fed can be automatically controlled by the system, meanwhile, the water amount is accurately controlled, feeding is more intelligent and fine, meanwhile, the feeding condition of the animals to be fed can be stored to the cloud system and the upper computer system, subsequent query and analysis are facilitated, and the feeding scheme is further adjusted conveniently.

(3) This feeder of adoption, the fodder is followed the feed inlet feeding, fall into on the rotatory feed body, the rotatory feed body of drive arrangement drive is rotatory, the fodder is along with the motion of rotatory feed body, get into the target container through the discharge gate under the action of gravity, the blanking is accurate, realize contactless control, set for automatic unloading in back, can also hand terminal control by backstage control, also can adjust through control panel temporarily, and simultaneously, the leakproofness is good, and is waterproof, can carry out high pressure water washing in the application scene.

(4) By arranging the feeding control mechanism and the water supply device, the animals to be fed can be fed accurately, waste of water and feed is avoided, and meanwhile, the feeding device can be adjusted in time by combining the commonality and individuality of the animals to be fed, so that intelligent and scientific feeding is realized.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic control block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a detailed control block diagram of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a control schematic of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the construction of a birthing house or a breeding house in which the preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a feeder in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a first schematic view of the internal structure of the feeder according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the feeder according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of the control of the birthing or dispensing house in the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of the control of the birthing or dispensing house in the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a blanking control mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing the structure of an incubator according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

in the figure, 1-a controlled unit, 2-a control unit, 3-an upper computer system, 4-a cloud system and 100-a feeder; 200-storage sub-tanks, 300-bell mouths, 400-feed troughs, 500-water supply devices and 600-blanking control mechanisms; 601-touch bar, 602-sensor;

101-a feeding hole, 102-a discharging hole, 103-an end cover, 104-a control panel, 105-a rotary feeding body, 1051-a material receiving plate, 106-a driving device, 107-a mounting plate and 108-an adhesive tape.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.

Referring to fig. 1 to 11, a preferred embodiment of the present invention:

an intelligent precision feeding system comprising:

the system comprises a control unit 2 and a controlled unit 1 which are in communication connection, wherein the control unit 2 is in electric signal connection with a cloud system 4 and/or an upper computer system 3; a database of feeding schemes of different growth expectation feeding animals is recorded in the cloud system 4 and/or the upper computer system 3;

specifically, the communication connection may be a wireless connection or a 4G connection, or may be other types of communication, and is not limited thereto;

the controlled unit 1 comprises a feeding device, the feeding device comprises at least one feeding point, specifically the feeding point is a feeding trough 400, each feeding point is provided with a feeder 100, and sign information of an animal to be fed in the corresponding feeding point is recorded in the feeder 100; more specifically, the feeder 100 is connected with the networking control panel and the relay control panel through the CAN bus, connected with the cloud system through a wired network or a wireless 4G network, and connected with the upper computer system 3 through a wired network.

The networking control panel adopts a high-speed MCU chip, the frequency can reach 480MHZ, the networking control panel plays a role of a communication network bridge, transmits data in an upper computer system or a cloud system to each feeder, collects updated data and uploads the updated data to the upper computer system or the cloud system;

the relay control board adopts an M3 core MCU, the main frequency is up to 72MHz, the relay control board is used for network relay, upper computer data received by the networking communication board is decomposed and downloaded to a corresponding feeder terminal,

when specifically using, the feeder terminal specifically is feeder PCB board, adopts M3 core MCU, and the dominant frequency is up to 72MHz, and it can be according to the curve of feeding of upper computer system setting, ration on time, and a meal single or a meal unloading many times can also collect and pass on the actual feeding volume and give upper computer system, feeder PCB board has increased the clock chip.

The control unit 2 can obtain the information of the physical signs of the feeder 100 and compare it with the database to analyze and select the best feeding scheme.

Cloud system 4 or upper computer system 3 can carry out data processing according to the data that feeder 100 acquireed, obtain the curve of feeding, follow newly simultaneously and issue the curve of feeding, the data management of being convenient for.

The accurate feeding system of intelligence of this embodiment can feed the animal in different growth periods, but also can realize tracking the data of feeding the animal.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it may also have the following additional technical features:

the controlled unit further comprises a water supply device 500, the water supply device 500 comprises a water supply pipe, a flow valve arranged on the water supply pipe and a probe arranged on a feeding point, the probe is used for detecting the water level of the feeding point, and the control unit can control the action of the flow valve according to the water level information detected by the probe. Specifically, the water supply device is installed on the rail of the feeding point, the probe is 20cm away from the feeding groove, when the probe contacts the water surface, weak current is formed, and then the signal is sent to the control unit to control the action of the flow valve. In specific application, the flow valve of the childbirth house is 520Hz/L, and the flow valve of the nursing house is 1400 Hz/L.

Controlled unit 2 still includes feedway, feedway includes the feeder sleeve, is provided with a plurality of discharge gates on the feeder sleeve, the discharge gate through set up a storage divide jar 200 with the feeder intercommunication. Specifically, when the breeding house is used, the storage sub-tanks 200 are arranged in a herringbone mode to lower the feed into each feeding point.

Controlled unit 1 still includes unloading control mechanism, unloading control mechanism includes touch pole 601 and inductor, touch pole 601 sets up in the top of feeding point, and the pig in feeding point only will touch pole 601 jack-up, and the inductor senses the magnetic signal in the touch pole and judges whether the feeder continues the unloading with this signal transmission to control unit. Specifically, unloading control mechanism 600 and water supply installation 500 carry out the unloading simultaneously, avoid appearing the fodder agglomeration on the one hand, on the other hand avoids the volume of water to transfer successively arouse the misjudgement of inductor.

A feeder 100, comprising:

the electronic device comprises a shell, wherein an electronic device bin and a working bin are arranged in the shell, and a feeding hole 101 and a discharging hole 102 are formed in the working bin;

the rotary feeding device comprises a rotary feeding body 105 and a driving device 106 for driving the rotary feeding body 105 to rotate, the rotary feeding body 105 is positioned in the working bin, and the rotary feeding body 105 comprises a rotating shaft and a material receiving plate 1051 arranged on the rotating shaft.

The fodder is fed from feed inlet 101, falls into on the rotatory feed body 105, and drive arrangement drive rotatory feed body is rotatory, and the fodder moves along with rotatory feed body, gets into the target container through discharge gate 102 under the action of gravity, and the blanking is accurate, realizes contactless control.

The shell comprises an upper shell and a lower shell which are detachably connected, and end covers 103 are arranged at the end parts of the upper shell and the lower shell; specifically, the upper shell and the lower shell can be fixed through screws, are convenient to detach, and can be connected in other modes. The upper shell and the lower shell are in sealing connection through the adhesive tape 108, the sealing performance is good, the waterproof performance is achieved, and high-pressure water flushing can be performed in an application scene.

The shell is internally provided with a mounting plate 107 to divide the shell into a working bin and an electronic device bin; the rotary feeding body 105 is integrally formed, the strength is high, the rotary feeding body 105 is fixed in the shell through the bearing, the operation is smoother, the service life is prolonged, and the blanking is more accurate.

Drive arrangement 106 adopts direct current brushless motor, its set up in the electron device storehouse, direct current brushless motor's output shaft passes mounting panel 107 with the pivot is connected, specifically, direct current brushless motor has the feedback function, and the phenomenon can trigger the alarm when the rotator card is dead appears, and is safe and reliable more.

The feeding hole 101 and the discharging hole 102 are coaxially arranged, and blanking is facilitated.

The material receiving plates 1051 are provided with 4-8 and are uniformly distributed on the rotating shaft.

The electronic device bin is internally provided with a control device and a detection device, the detection device can detect the rotation angle or the number of turns of the rotating shaft so as to control the blanking amount, and the control device can control the action of the driving device according to a detection signal of the detection device.

The control device comprises a control circuit board, a control panel 104 and a control terminal which are electrically connected. Specifically, automatic blanking after setting is carried out, background control can be carried out, terminal control can be carried out in a handheld mode, and adjustment can be carried out through a control panel temporarily.

Still including handheld feeding system and set up in the recognition device who treats on the animal body of feeding, specifically recognition device can be the ear tag, handheld feeding system can enter sign information, the parameter and the relevance of modification feeding scheme that recognition device gathered feeder is in order to realize data tracking.

the upper computer system 3 and/or the cloud system 4 enter a database of feeding schemes corresponding to different growth expectation feeding animals in advance, the feeder 100 collects physical sign information of the animals to be fed and sends the physical sign information to the control unit, the control unit compares the acquired physical sign information with the feeding schemes, analyzes, processes, selects the corresponding feeding schemes, and sends control instructions to the controlled unit to realize the execution of the selected feeding schemes.

The different growth expectation feeding animals include parturited pigs, finishing pigs, nursery pigs, and finishing pigs.

The feeding method of the feeding scheme comprises the following steps: the timer in the feeder 100 reads the time and controls the feeder 100 to dispense the amount of feed to be fed at the present time and at the same time controls the amount of water required by the water supply device at the present time according to the feeding schedule preset in the database.

In specific application, the delivery and pregnancy feeding process is controlled as follows:

the timer reads time, and according to a feeding curve (feeding scheme) set by the upper computer, the feed amount (the amplification of 50-50%) of the current day is distributed: for example, three meals a day (the feed amount in the day is 30% in the morning, 30% in the middle and 40% in the evening), and five times of feeding in each meal are distributed according to 40% in the first time, 20% in the second time, 20% in the third time, 10% in the fourth time and 10% in the fifth time. To the time of feeding, 40% down for the first time, wait for the touching pole touching, the material is expected for the second time under the touching to analogize, do not touch not the unloading, note the material quantity, feed back to the host computer. When the touch frequency is more than 5 times, the blanking is not carried out, and the touch frequency is recorded and fed back to the upper computer. And the CAN communication is interrupted, the data reading and writing and the address query of the upper computer are received, and the actual feeding amount is uploaded and the data is modified by a fence searching person. And scanning the keyboard, receiving the data modified by the fence patrol personnel, caching the modified data, not updating the feeding data, and waiting for the upper computer to confirm to download the feeding curve again.

Nursing/fattening feeding:

(1) the timer reads time, and according to a feeding curve set by the upper computer, feeding is carried out according to the current day, wherein the feeding is carried out according to the current day, for example, 1-5 grades, each grade corresponds to pigs in different periods, and feed with corresponding weight is fed.

(2) And the CAN communication terminal receives the data reading and writing and address query of the upper computer, and uploads the actual feeding amount and the modified data of the fence searching personnel.

(3) And scanning the keyboard, receiving the modification of the gear by the fence patrol personnel, and uploading the modified gear to an upper computer.

The above additional technical features can be freely combined and used in superposition by those skilled in the art without conflict.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the technical solutions that achieve the objects of the present invention by basically the same means are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an accurate feeding system of intelligence which characterized in that includes:

the system comprises a control unit (2) and a controlled unit (1) which are in communication connection, wherein the control unit (2) is in electric signal connection with a cloud system (4) and/or an upper computer system (3); a database of feeding schemes of different growth expectation feeding animals is recorded in the cloud system (4) and/or the upper computer system (3);

the controlled unit (1) comprises a feeding device, the feeding device comprises at least one feeding point, each feeding point is provided with a feeder, and sign information of an animal to be fed in the corresponding feeding point is recorded in the feeder;

the control unit (2) can acquire the physical sign information of the feeder and compare the information with the database to analyze and select the optimal feeding scheme.

2. An intelligent precision feeding system according to claim 1, characterized in that the controlled unit (1) further comprises a water supply device (500), the water supply device (500) comprises a water supply pipe, a flow valve arranged on the water supply pipe and a probe arranged on a feeding point, the probe is used for detecting the water level of the feeding point, and the control unit can control the action of the flow valve according to the water level information detected by the probe.

3. An intelligent accurate feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the controlled unit (1) further comprises a feeding device, the feeding device comprises a feeding pipe, a plurality of discharging ports are arranged on the feeding pipe, and the discharging ports are communicated with the feeder by arranging a material storage sub-tank (200); the discharge hole of the feeder is connected with a blanking pipe through a bell mouth (300).

4. An intelligent precision feeding system according to claim 1, characterized in that the controlled unit (2) further comprises a feeding control mechanism (600), the feeding control mechanism (600) comprises a touch rod (601) and a sensor, the touch rod is arranged above the feeding point, when an animal to be fed in the feeding point jacks up the touch rod (601), the sensor senses a magnetic signal in the touch rod (601) and sends the signal to the control unit (2) to judge whether to continue feeding.

5. The intelligent accurate feeding system of claim 1, wherein the feeder comprises a housing, an electronics compartment and a working compartment are arranged in the housing, and the working compartment is provided with a feed inlet (101) and a discharge outlet (102);

the rotary feeding device comprises a rotary feeding body (105) and a driving device (106) for driving the rotary feeding body (105) to rotate, the rotary feeding body (105) is positioned in the working bin, and the rotary feeding body (105) comprises a rotating shaft and a material receiving plate (1051) arranged on the rotating shaft;

the casing is including dismantling the last casing and the casing down of connection, and the tip of going up casing and casing down is provided with end cover (103), is connected with the pivot of rotator through the bearing in end cover (103), go up casing and casing down and pass through adhesive tape (108) sealing connection.

6. An intelligent precision feeding system according to claim 5, wherein the driving device (106) is a brushless DC motor, which is disposed in the electronics compartment, and an output shaft of the brushless DC motor passes through the mounting plate (107) and is connected to the rotating shaft.

7. The intelligent accurate feeding system of claim 1, further comprising a handheld feeding system and an identification device disposed on an animal to be fed, wherein the handheld feeding system can enter physical sign information collected by the identification device, modify parameters in a feeding scheme, and associate the feeder to realize data tracking.

8. A control method of an intelligent accurate feeding system is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the system comprises an upper computer system (3) and/or a cloud system (4), wherein a database of feeding schemes corresponding to different growth expectation feeding animals is recorded in advance, feeders are correlated with physical sign information of the animals to be fed and send the physical sign information to a control unit (2), the control unit (2) acquires the physical sign information and the feeding schemes, the physical sign information and the feeding schemes are compared, analyzed, processed and selected to correspond to each other, and meanwhile control instructions are sent to a controlled unit (1) to realize the execution of the selected feeding schemes.

9. The control method of an intelligent precision feeding system according to claim 8, wherein the different growth expectation feeding animals comprise farrowing pigs, finishing pigs, nursery pigs and finishing pigs.

10. The control method of an intelligent precision feeding system according to claim 8, wherein the feeding method of the feeding scheme is: