KR100821882B1 - Feed fixed quantity supply automation system for the fish breeding inlandscape - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic system for providing a fixed quantity of feed for fish breeding in landscape is provided to reduce personnel power, to reduce the production cost of breeding and solve the pollution problem. An automatic system for providing a fixed quantity of feed for a fish breeding in landscape includes a local control device(20) and at least one remote control device(30). The local control device manages a feed supply device(10), and includes a touch screen controller(200), a sensor portion, a memory(220) and an RF modem(230). The remote control device includes a host PC(300) and an RF modem(310). The host PC controls to make the information transmitted from the local control device stored in database, and produces and transmits remote control instructions for controlling the local control device.

Description

FEED FIXED QUANTITY SUPPLY AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR THE FISH BREEDING INLANDSCAPE}

1 is a block diagram of a system for supplying a fixed amount of feed of a fish farm according to the present invention.

2 is a view schematically showing a feeder according to the present invention.

3 shows a tank position identifier in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the feeder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a perspective view showing a feeder according to the present invention.

6 is an internal cross-sectional view of FIG. 4.

7 is a block diagram of a valve and a motor for quantitative control according to the present invention.

8 is a block diagram of a stirring rod and a motor according to the present invention.

9 is a view showing a state in which a load cell according to the present invention is installed.

* Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings *

10. Feeding device 20. Local control device

30. Remote control device 100. Tank group

110. Traveling rail section 112. Rail body

112a. Countertop location identifier 114. Running rail

120. Feed Filler 122. Hopper

124. Feeding path 130. Feeder

131. Feed container 132. Traveling device

133. Valve for quantitative control 134. Weighing cylinder

135. Load Cells 136. Feed Stirring Rods

137. Feed Valve 200. Touch Screen Controller

210. Sensor interface 212. Sensor for positioning valves for quantitative control

214. Sensor for locating valve for feeding 220. Memory

230. RF modem 240. Battery

300.Host PC 310.RF Modem

320. Database 330. Graphical User Interface

1320. Traveling roller 1321. Traveling motor

1322.Identifier Sensor

The present invention relates to an automated system for feeding a fixed amount of fish in a fish farm, and more particularly, to an automatic feeding system for a fixed fish feed in a fish farm capable of quantitatively feeding a fish in a fish farm through a remote control using a communication network. .

The domestic aquaculture industry has begun to invest in shallow sea aquaculture since the late 1960s, but today, due to the lack of awareness of automation, the development of high-tech aquaculture equipment has been insufficient, and it has not escaped the labor-intensive form. Aquaculture is facing a big crisis. Therefore, in order to revitalize the domestic aquaculture industry, research on the development of aquaculture automation system is being actively conducted to develop aquaculture automation system to reduce aquaculture costs.

Currently, the automatic feeding device which is marketed at home and abroad is produced in various forms, but in the automatic feeding machine for the open patent No. 1104-81114, the speed of the motor which can adjust the speed to have the same effect as the person directly projecting the feed scattering A disk-type rotary disk was installed on the shaft and several rotary blades separating the rotary disks were developed to catch and project the feeds dropped by the rotary blades. However, such a supply device has a problem in that each tank needs to be installed independently.

In addition, it was developed in connection with the automation system of the entire aquaculture industry in order to automate the feed supply in the Patent Publication No. 1106-89339 automatic feeding system proceeds automatically along the rail installed above the tank proceeds automatically when it comes to the center of the tank The disc-shaped rotating disk was developed to evenly feed the front of the tank by feeding the feed 360 ° forward.

However, such a system is not exactly disclosed as a method of locating a tank by a mobile feeding unit, and a guide of a tubular structure that guides the lower outlet of the feeding reservoir in a method of controlling the amount of feed to be administered to the tank. In this guide housing, a watermill-type adjustment pin is installed on an adjustment shaft that is rotated by the drive motor to adjust the installation number of the adjustment pin, the size of the pin, or the rotational speed of the drive motor. If the feed rate is to be discharged from the reservoir, there was a problem that can not accurately control the amount of feed.

In addition, existing systems have a problem in that the feed is sandwiched between the guide housings in the process of rotating the control pin of the watermill in the method of feeding the feed has a problem that the feed is broken.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the problems as described above, as well as grasp the current operating state of the system in the management room, feed automation of the feed of fish tank fish tank that can feed the desired amount of feed at the desired time It is an object to provide a system.

In addition, the present invention is configured to use the photosensor, proximity sensor, limit switch and the like to detect the position of the tank, and automated feed quantitative supply of the fish farm of the fish tank to track the exact position using the signal detected by the sensor It is another object to provide a system.

In addition, the present invention has a function that can be operated independently even if there is no remote control signal feeder installed in the farm, and transmits the result of feeding the tank by the tank during operation to the control monitoring program of the management room using wireless communication Another aim is to provide an automated feed system for feeding fish farms.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a feed system for supplying a fixed amount of fish to a fish farm, which is opened and closed with a synthetic rubber valve so that the feed is not broken.

In order to achieve the above object, the system for supplying a fixed amount of feed of a fish farm to a fish farm according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a local control device for managing a feed device for supplying a fish to a fish farm and at least one local. In a feed system for feeding a fixed amount of fish in a fish farm having a remote control device for controlling a control device, the local control device includes a touch screen controller for controlling the feeder or displaying a control state of the feeder; A sensor interface for detecting a driving performance state, a memory storing a driving performance result detected by the sensor interface, and an RF modem for transmitting the driving performance result to a remote control device, wherein the remote control device controls the local control. Information sent from the device to the database And a host PC for generating and transmitting a remote control command for controlling the storage and controlling the local control device as a whole, and an RF modem for supporting communication with the local control device.

And the feeder according to the present invention, the tank group consisting of one or more tanks installed on the ground of the fish farm; A rail body installed at one side of the ceiling of the fish farm and having a running rail running in a caterpillar manner in parallel with the rail body having a height higher than the height of the tank group portion, and a rail having a tank position identifier installed at one side of the rail; A hopper type feed filling unit installed adjacent to the running rail unit and having an inlet and an outlet formed up and down, respectively, to store feed supplied from the outside; A box-type feed container having an upper portion opened below the traveling device having an identifier detecting sensor for continuously moving indefinitely and continuously along the traveling rail installed in the rail body of the traveling rail part. It is characterized in that it comprises a; feed receiving unit for receiving the feed from the feed filling unit to supply the quantitative feed to the tank group unit, and transmits the tank positioning information and feed amount information.

And the tank position identifier according to the invention is preferably a detection pin or bar code. In addition, the identifier sensor is preferably composed of any one of the photosensor, proximity sensor, limit switch for detecting the tank position identifier.

In addition, the traveling device according to the present invention is preferably composed of a traveling roller which is moved along the traveling rail of the traveling rail portion, and a traveling motor for rotating the traveling roller.

And the feeder according to the present invention, the lower end of the feed container is provided with a motor for controlling the valve and the quantitative control valve for controlling the amount of feed flowing; A weighing cylinder and a load cell for temporarily storing and weighing the feed; Feed stirring rod for smoothly feeding the feed from the feed bin to the measuring cylinder and a motor for controlling the feed; And a feed valve for feeding the feed to the tank and a motor for controlling the feed.

Here, the quantitative control valve according to the present invention preferably has a structure in which an end portion is padded with fluorocarbon resin, silicone resin or various rubbers and synthetic resin.

And the sensor interface according to the present invention, is provided on one side of the quantitative control valve for quantitative control valve positioning sensor for accurately controlling the position of the quantitative control valve; Is provided on one side of the feed valve for feeding the feed position valve for sensor for accurately controlling the position of the valve for feeding; It is preferably configured as.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.

First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a view schematically showing the overall configuration of a system for supplying a fixed amount of feed of a fish farm according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the feed system for supplying quantitative fish to the fish farm according to the present invention includes a local control device 20 and at least one of the feeders 10 for feeding the fish farm. It is configured to include a remote control device 30 for controlling the local control device (20).

First, the feeding device 10 according to the present invention will be described.

The feeder device 10 is configured to include a tank group unit 100, the running rail unit 110, the feed filling unit 120, the feeder 130.

The tank group unit 100 is composed of one or more tanks installed on the ground of the fish farm, each fish tank is inhabited.

2 (A) is a view as seen from the side of the running rail unit 110 is installed, (B) is a view as seen from the front. As shown in FIG. 2, the traveling rail unit 110 is installed at one side of the ceiling of the fish farm, and the rail body 112 provided with the traveling rail 114 traveling in a caterpillar manner is installed in the tank group. Equilibrium is arranged higher than the height of the portion 100 is installed to extend to the upper opening of each tank. The traveling rail 114 is coupled to the traveling device 132 of the feeder 130 to feed each tank. In addition, the tank body identifier 112a is provided at one side of the rail body 112 so as to accurately grasp the position of each tank.

3 is a view showing the tank position identifier 112a according to the present invention.

The tank position identifier 112a is provided in the form of a detection pin or barcode. For example, since each tank position identifier 112a is provided for each of the first to fifth tanks, it is easy to move to a specific tank through the identifier detection sensor 1322, which will be described later. It is possible.

The feed filling unit 120 is installed adjacent to the running rail unit 110 to fill the feed in the feed container 131 of the feed supply unit 130 moved along the running rail 114, the space portion therein The hopper 122 which can load the feed received from the outside and the feed stored in the hopper 122 is supplied to the feed container 131 of the feeder 130 described below through the lower discharger 122a. It consists of a conveying path 124 to be.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the feeder 130 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the feeder 130 according to the invention, Figure 6 is an interior of Figure 5 Each cross section is shown.

As shown in Figure 4 to Figure 6, the feeder 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a feed container 131, the traveling device 132 provided on the upper side of the feed container 131, feed container 131 The valve 133 for quantitative control for controlling the amount of flowing the feed provided at the bottom of the motor 133a for controlling the valve, the weighing cylinder 134 and the load cell for temporarily storing the feed and weighing the feed ( 135, a feed stirring rod 136 for smoothly feeding the feed from the feed container 131 to the metering cylinder 134, a motor 136a for controlling the feed, and a valve for feeding a feed to the tank ( 137 and a motor 137a for controlling the same.

The feed container 131 is configured to form a hopper-shaped space having an upper opening and an outlet 131a at the bottom thereof to receive and store a circular feed having a size of 2 to 10 used for fish farming from the feed filling unit 120. In addition, the outlet 131a is normally closed due to the quantitative control valve 133 to prevent the feed from escaping to the metering cylinder 134 for temporarily storing the feed.

The traveling device 132 is provided above the feed container 131, and is condensed with the traveling motor 1321 for rotating the traveling roller 1320, and the traveling roller 1320 is the traveling rail part. It is installed to move along the running rail 114 of (110).

In addition, the traveling device 132 is provided with an identifier detecting sensor 1322 for detecting the water tank position identifier (112a) provided in the running rail unit 110. In addition, the identifier detection sensor 1322 is configured to track the position of the tank using signals detected by a photo sensor, a proximity sensor, a limit switch, and the like. When the photo sensor is used as the identifier detecting sensor 1322, the water tank position identifier 112a of the traveling rail unit 110 may use a detection pin or a bar code. On the other hand, when the proximity sensor, the limit switch, etc. are used as the identifier detection sensor 1322, the tank position identifier 112a of the driving rail unit 110 may distinguish the respective tank positions by combining the shape of the physical pins. It may be configured to be.

When the feed roller approaches the tank to be fed by the traveling roller 1320, the identifier detecting sensor 1322 detects the tank position identifier 112a attached to the rail body 112 and describes the position of the tank to be described later. The signal is transmitted to the touch screen controller 200 of 20, and the touch screen controller 200 determines whether the current position of the feed container 131 is an appropriate position and what fish exists in the current tank to feed the feeder 130. The amount of feed is adjusted by adjusting the operating time of the valve 133 and the motor 133a for the quantitative control of the. The feature of this configuration is to have the advantage of operating without being affected by the electromagnetic waves of the travel motor and the switch.

Figure 7 (a), (b) is a block diagram of the quantitative control valve and motor according to the present invention, Figure 8 (a), (b) is a block diagram of the stirring rod and the motor according to the present invention.

7 and 8, the quantitative control valve 133 is provided with a rotation shaft 1330, a coupling 1331, and a bearing 1332 for transmitting the rotational force of the motor 133a, and the quantitative control valve ( The valve end portion 1333 is made of a material having elasticity and durability, such as fluorine resin, silicone resin, or various rubbers and synthetic resins, so as to prevent food from being caught between the bulkhead and the partition wall. During metering, the feed is prevented from breaking when the valve is opened and closed repeatedly. Reference numeral 1334, which is not described, is an inclined surface installed inside the partition wall. When the feed is to be weighed in a specific amount, the touch screen controller 200 controls the motor 133a of the quantitative control valve 133 to open the quantitative control valve 133 little by little.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the feed stirrer rod 136 stirs by the motor 136a to remove the bottleneck caused by the feed entering the feed container 131 to the narrow space. The feed stirring rod 136 is also provided with a motor 136a, a rotation shaft 1360, a coupling 1361, and a bearing 1362 for transmitting the rotational force of the motor 136a.

Subsequently, the feed coming down through the quantitative control valve 133 is blocked by the feed valve 137 installed in the lower portion of the measuring cylinder 134, so that the feed is accumulated, as shown in FIG. , The value of the weight of the feed dropped to the weighing cylinder 134 by the load cell 135 is transmitted to the touch screen controller 200 of the local controller 20 to control various valves and motors according to the quantitative control algorithm. After the quantitative control is completed, the operation result is transmitted to the remote control device 30 via the RF modem 230.

Here, three load cells 135 are preferably installed at intervals of 120 ° below the weighing cylinder 134. However, the load cells 135 are not limited thereto and may be installed in various numbers according to the shape of the weighing cylinder.

Next, the local control apparatus 20 according to the present invention will be described.

The local controller 20 includes a touch screen controller 200, a sensor interface 210, a memory 220, and an RF modem 230.

The touch screen controller 200 is a control device for controlling each motor and displaying a control state so as to receive a signal of a weight value of the feed measured by the load cell 135 to supply a feed of a target weighing value, the weight of the feed While continuously monitoring the target weighing value, close the quantitative control valve 133, stop the motor 136a of the feed stirring rod 136, then control the feed motor 137 to administer the feed downwards To control.

The sensor interface 210 has a quantitative control valve 133 and a feed valve 137, a quantitative control valve positioning sensor 212 and a feed valve positioning sensor 214 for precisely controlling the position thereof. ) The quantitative control valve positioning sensor 212 is installed on one side of the quantitative control valve 133, the feed valve positioning sensor 214 is installed on one side of the feed valve 137, respectively Accurately detect the position of the valve to transfer the signal to the touch screen controller 200 to control.

The memory 220 stores the result data relating to the driving performance state including the position information and feed amount information of each tank from the feeder 10. The data may include an error correction algorithm.

The RF modem 230 receives a remote control command from a remote control device 30, which will be described later, through a wireless communication network, and transmits information on a driving performance state including information for identifying positions of each tank and feed amount information to an RF signal. It is sent to the remote control device 30.

On the other hand, one side of the touch screen controller 200 is further provided with a battery 240 for supplying power required for each component.

Next, a remote control device 30 according to the present invention will be described.

9 is a block diagram schematically showing a remote control device 30 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the remote control device 30 includes a host PC 300, an RF modem 310, and a database. And 320.

The host PC 300 receives the identification information of the tank and the input feed amount information transmitted from the feed supplier 130 through a wireless communication network and stores these information in the database 320, respectively. In addition, the host PC 300 determines the input amount for each tank by using the control monitoring program, and then generates a remote control command and transmits it through the RF modem 310.

The RF modem 310 is for supporting communication with the local control apparatus 20. The RF modem 310 transmits / receives the operation performance status information including the remote control command, the identification information of the tank and the input feed amount information using the RF communication. .

The database 320 is grouped and stored including identification information, feed information, and reservation schedule information of a plurality of tanks installed at remote locations. The reservation schedule information includes feed type, feeding time, feeding time and feeding amount information.

The remote control device 30 configured as described above, as well as grasp the current operating state of the feeder 10 installed in the fish farm of a remote place in the management room, and installs a control monitoring program that can set various reservation schedules or manual operation And receive and store the identification information and feed amount information of the tank transmitted from the local control device 20 in the database 320, and transmit a remote control command through the RF modem 310 based on these information. do.

Referring to the operation relationship of the feed system for quantitative feed of fish tank fish farm according to the present invention as follows.

First, the remote control command of the remote control device 30 is transmitted to the local control device 20 through the RF modem 310, accordingly, the local control device 20 moves the feeder device 10 to a specific tank Let's do it. That is, by operating the traveling device 132 of the feeder 10 to move forward and backward along the running rail 114 of the running rail unit 110. The identifier detecting sensor 1322 detects the tank position identifier 112a provided for each tank installed in the rail body 112 and moves to the specific tank.

In this case, specific operations by the identifier detection sensor 1322 are as follows.

First, when the traveling device 132 of the feeder 130 is in the forward direction along the running rail 114, the water tank position identifier 112a increases by '1' and decreases by '1' in the reverse direction. Is the basis. However, if a malfunction occurs, the following actions are taken to prevent damage and abnormal operation of the system. That is, if the position detection signal decreases despite moving in the forward direction, the operation is stopped and the sensor detection error is displayed. If the position detection signal increases despite the movement in the reverse direction, the operation is stopped and the sensor detection error is displayed. do. In addition, when the tank position identifier 112a does not increase or decrease by '1', for example, when the tank position identifier 112a recognizes that the tank has moved to the 4th tank without passing through the 3rd tank, the 9th and 8th tanks of the 10th tank are used. If it is recognized that the tank has been moved to tank # 7 without going through the tank, the operation for the tank number not recognized is canceled and a sensor detection error is displayed. In addition, even when the feeding unit 130 has a sufficient time to move one section, if there is no signal input by the identifier detection sensor 1322, the operation is stopped and the error / sensor error of the moving system is displayed. In this way, it is possible to work by tank in sequential or random order through the error correction algorithm.

Subsequently, in the case of supplying a predetermined amount of feed for each tank to the feeder 130, the feed stirring rod 136 rotates at a constant speed, and adjusts the quantitative control valve 133 to feed the feed little by little. When dropped to 134, it detects the weight change in the load cell 135 attached to the weighing cylinder 134 to inform the weight of the feed currently dropped to the touch screen controller 200. Repeat this operation to perform quantitative control, and when the target feed weight is reached, close the quantitative control valve 133, stop the movement of the feed stirring rod 136, and stop the feed valve 137 Rotation is to feed the feed downwards. The result of feeding the feed for each tank is transmitted to the remote control device 30 of the management room at a remote location through the RF modem 230.

Basic control of the present invention is to be made in the local control device (20). That is, the feeder 10 has a function that can be operated independently by the local control device 20 even without a remote control signal. When connected to the remote control device 30 via the RF modem 230 of the local control device 20 can be remotely controlled and monitored, but the remote control is for feeding the feed. For example, the remote control device 30 issues a command for a task such as 'administer several grams of food to several tanks', and the local control device 20 controls the remote control device through the RF modem 230. In response to the command of (30) to perform the command to move the feeder device 10 to the tank several times, and when the execution is completed, perform the command to 'administer a few grams of feed'. At this time, the local control apparatus 20 transmits the operation result to the remote control apparatus 30 through the RF modem 230 whenever the feeder 10 performs one operation. Here, the result of feeding the tank for each tank during operation is configured to be confirmed by the Graphic User Interface (GUI) 330 of the remote control device 30 using wireless communication.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

The present invention by the configuration as described above, not only can improve the low efficiency and productivity, and the coastal pollution caused by the manual feed of the land farms, but also the cost of production and production cost of aquaculture fishing by automatic feeding Has the effect of reducing

In addition, since the present invention is provided with each ID (identifier) for each tank, it is easy to move to a specific tank, and there is an effect that can work for each tank in random order.

In addition, the present invention is configured to utilize a photo sensor, a proximity sensor, a limit switch, etc., regardless of the rail of the transfer system, and configure the system to track the exact position using the signal detected by the sensor to drive motor And it has the advantage to operate without being affected by the electromagnetic waves of the switch.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of significantly reducing the phenomenon of breaking the feed when feeding the feed by opening and closing the valve with a synthetic rubber.

Claims (6)

In a feed system for supplying a fixed amount of fish in a fish farm having a local control device for managing a feeder for feeding a fish farm and a remote control device for controlling the at least one local control device, The feeder is, A tank group consisting of one or more tanks installed on the ground of the fish farm and a rail body installed on one side of the ceiling of the fish farm and running in a caterpillar manner are equilibrated higher than the height of the tank group. One side of the rail is a running rail unit having a water tank position identifier, and a hopper-type feed filling unit which is installed adjacent to the running rail unit and formed inlet and outlet up and down respectively to store feed supplied from the outside, and the traveling The feed box of the box-type structure having the upper part opened below the traveling device equipped with the identifier detecting sensor which continuously moves indefinitely along the traveling rail installed in the rail body of the rail part and has the water tank position identifier of the running rail part Receiving the feed from the feed filling unit to supply the quantitative feed to the tank group portion, the tank It includes a feeding and transmitting the confirmation value information and feed supply amount information, and The local control device, A touch screen controller for controlling the feeder or displaying a control state, a sensor interface for detecting a driving performance state of the feeder, a memory for storing driving results detected by the sensor interface, and Including an RF modem for transmitting the results of the operation to the remote control device, The remote control device, An RF modem for supporting communication with the local PC and a host PC that controls to store information transmitted from the local controller in a database, and generates and transmits a remote control command for controlling the local controller. Automated feed metering system of fish tank fish farm, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1, The tank position identifier is made of a detection pin or bar code, The identifier detection sensor is a feed metering automation system for fish tank farms, characterized in that consisting of any one of the photosensor, proximity sensor, limit switch for detecting the tank position identifier. The method of claim 1, wherein the traveling device, And a traveling roller moving along the traveling rail of the traveling rail and a traveling motor for rotating the traveling roller. The method of claim 1, wherein the feeder, A motor for controlling the valve and a quantitative control valve for controlling the amount of feed flowing through the lower discharge portion of the feed container; A weighing cylinder and a load cell for temporarily storing and weighing the feed; Feed stirring rod for smoothly feeding the feed from the feed bin to the measuring cylinder and a motor for controlling the feed; And A feed valve for feeding the feed to the tank and a motor for controlling the feed; Automated feed system for feed of the fish farm, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 4, wherein the quantitative control valve, Automated feed system for feeding fish tanks, characterized in that the end portion is padded with fluorocarbon resin, silicone resin or various rubbers and synthetic resins. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor interface, A quantitative control valve positioning sensor provided at one side of the quantitative control valve to accurately control a position of the quantitative control valve; Is provided on one side of the feed valve for feeding feed valve positioning sensor for precisely controlling the position of the feed valve for feed; Feed metering supply automation system of the fish tank characterized in that consisting of.

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