KR100946942B1 - Real time observation and monitoring apparatus and method for oceanographic information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A real time basis marine life monitoring device and a method thereof are provided to improve the productivity on fishing industry by measuring the fishery environment. CONSTITUTION: A real time basis marine life monitoring device comprises a buoyancy member(10), a fixture(12), first and second observers(20,23), a controller(34) and a communication module(30). The buoyancy member is composed in order to float on the sea. The fixture is installed on the lower part of the buoyancy member. The first and the second observer are respectively installed on top of the fixture and the buoyancy member. The first and the second observers observe the environment of and marine surrounding environment. The controller controls transmitting and receiving the information or the operation of the first and the second observers. The communication module transmits and receives the detected information.

Description

Real time observation and monitoring apparatus and method for oceanographic information}

The present invention is a marine environment observation device and method installed in the ocean or aquaculture farm far from the land to observe the environmental information of the seabed and remotely transmitting and receiving the monitoring in the land,

The present invention relates to a real-time marine life observation device and method which is characterized by a device and a system configured to enable more efficient, systematic and stable observation, which is very easy to maintain and manage, as well as to measure the performance of the marine environment and to perform functions.

In general, the activity of catching or harvesting a variety of marine animals and plants for profit is called fishery, and it can be categorized into marine, offshore, and coastal fisheries depending on the location and size of the sea area where such activities are performed.

Among these, coastal fishing and offshore fishing are carried out in the sea within a few kilometers within two days of returning from the land. The fishing activities include natural or artificial fishing grounds formed around the surrounding seas. Farm fish farms to form a fishery to harvest fish and plants.

However, since these fisheries are distributed over a wide sea and produce large fluctuations in catches at each location according to the season, weather environment, or surrounding conditions, the amount of production when the work is done by fisheries' speculation or rule of thumb as in the conventional case. There has been a problem inevitably sluggish.

In recent years, as a solution to these problems, a device has been developed to monitor the inside and surroundings of fish farms far away from the land and to monitor them at the base of the land. The development of a device that can grasp such a situation in advance so that efficient fishing activities can be carried out, so that the maximum profit can be achieved with minimum effort is being actively developed.

First of all, in the technology of Korean Patent No. 10-0848032 'Marine observation buoy', the mooring ring is connected to the mooring equipment installed under the main buoyancy cylinder and sub-buoyancy passage, and the main buoyancy cylinder floating in water. And a mooring unit including a ballast weight, a mooring unit including a balance weight, a sensor unit for detecting current flow, water temperature, air pressure, wind direction, and wind speed, and a marine observation unit for processing and storing information detected by the sensor unit. The technology of marine buoys for observing information on the environment of fisheries and transmitting and receiving on land or in the ground is published.

10-2007-0074409 discloses a communication module and a surrounding environment for wirelessly transmitting information to a sensor unit and an external linked device that detects a surrounding environment state, generates environment data corresponding to the detected environment state, and transmits the generated environment data to the control unit. A storage unit for storing a substance to cope with abnormal signs of an actuator, an actuator unit coupled to the storage unit, an actuator unit for discharging the substance of the storage unit, and a control unit for executing a set program and controlling the buoy; The control unit transmits the environmental data generated by the sensor unit through the communication module, and when it is determined that an abnormal symptom occurs in the received environmental data, driving the actuator unit to discharge the storage of the storage unit. There is a buoy that implements countermeasures.

Looking at the methodology, Application No. 10-2006-0067437 relates to a farm monitoring method and a system thereof, in a farm monitoring method for monitoring a plurality of farms, a satellite for a predetermined sea area including the farms Farm information is collected from the remote sensing image of the farm, and the amount of information on the spacing of the farm facility lines among the collected farm information is based on the amount of license for the spacing of the farm facility lines previously stored in a predetermined farm database (DB). It is characterized by monitoring the farm facilities by comparing with the farming facilities.Instead, the farm information is not obtained by visual interpretation of the satellite image, but by comparing the actual farm information obtained from the satellite image with the predetermined reference value, It can be monitored.

Application No. 20-2005-0017990 'Marine and Underwater Facility Monitoring System' and Application No. 10-2006-0082644 "Underwater Video Service System and Method" are published.

However, according to the above-described conventional technology, various sensor units of the marine observation unit and a power supply for transmitting and receiving the observed contents are used to use an auxiliary power source by a battery or photovoltaic power generation. It is difficult to maintain stable and continuous maintenance such as approach, and solar power generation has a problem that power generation is impossible when the weather is cloudy or rainy.

In addition, buoys caused by twisting and weight were frequently lost in the fixed body to fix the buoys including the monitoring device.In the management of the fishing grounds, the environment of various points according to the depth of the fishing nets is collected at once and dataized and synthesized. It was difficult to grasp each state of change efficiently and easily.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, to have a self-powered generator to generate power through the flow of current flow power consumption of the observation device for measuring the inside and surroundings of the fishery floating on the sea, It provides a fixed means to prevent twisting while flexibly responding to buoyancy and current movements, and collects the environment for each necessary position of a large farm, so that the local part and the whole situation can be checked in real time to accurately measure the fishing environment. Its main objective is to provide a marine environment observing apparatus and method which is characterized by the fact that it is possible to improve the production of fishery at the same time, and it is very easy to maintain and prevent the inoperable situation caused by the power shortage. I completed it as a task.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A buoyancy body which can float on water, a fixture installed at the bottom of the buoyancy body to connect the buoyancy body to the ground, an observation device installed at the buoyancy body and the fixture to measure the environment of the surrounding ocean, and the observation device In the marine observation device comprising a control analysis unit for analyzing the information observed in the communication module for bidirectionally transmitting the analysis information of the control unit on land or ground,

It is provided with a self-generating body consisting of a rotating body installed in the fixture so as to rotate horizontally to rotate by the current flow, and a power generating motor using the rotation of the rotating body, can cope effectively with the current A buoy fixing means and a center of gravity weight are provided, and a device and a system for providing a device locally or collecting information through a plurality of sensors can be provided to determine the state of the sea.

According to the marine observing apparatus and method according to the present invention, by installing at the main point of the offshore fish farm or aquaculture fish farm, the fishery environment can be accurately measured and monitored at the base of the land. Of course, the maintenance is very easy, and it is possible to prevent the inoperability due to the lack of power and current, as well as the red tide monitoring system using the image color, the growth analysis system using the sampling image, and the cluster analysis system using the camera tilting. In addition, it can be said that the invention has a great effect, such as being able to efficiently manage fisheries and the like.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a side view of the ocean observation apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown, buoyancy body 10 is configured to float on the surface of the ocean, and the buoyancy body 10 below The first and second observation portions 20 and 23 installed at the fixing fixture 12 to be installed, the upper portion of the buoyancy body 10, and the fixing fixture 12 to observe the seabed environment and the marine surrounding environment, and the The control unit 34 controls the operation of the first and second observation units 20 and 23 and the transmission and reception of the observed information, and the communication module 30 and the fastener for bidirectionally transmitting and receiving the observed information to the land of the land. Is installed in 12) is composed of the self-generator 50 and the weight (22) to produce its own power consumption by using the current flow.

In this case, the buoyancy body 10 forms a flat surface on the top to form various devices as shown in FIG. 1 or constitutes an observation device therein, to measure the surrounding environment of the marine buoyancy body 10 above. It is configured to install a first observation unit 20, a communication module 30 for bidirectionally transmitting and receiving land and information on land, and a photovoltaic device 40 for absorbing sunlight to generate power, In addition, the buoyancy body 10 is provided with a control unit 34 for controlling the first observation unit 20, the second observation unit 23 to be described later, and various functions such as transmission and reception of information.

The lower part of the buoyancy body 10 extends the tube toward the sea floor, so that the self-generating body 50 and the second observation part 23 can be installed in the sea bottom at the right position. A fixture 12 is provided which serves to stably position the sieve 10 at sea.

The fixture 12 is installed on one side of the lower to minimize the shaking of the buoyancy body 10, the self-generating body 50 and the second observation portion 23 by the current, and to maintain the vertical balance of the overall structure It is provided with a weight (22) to increase, the lower side of the weight (22) or one side of the fixture 12 is coupled to the connector 60 leading to the sea floor, and the lower portion of the connector (60) The fastening device, such as the insertion port 42, is fixed to the bottom of the sea floor or the net of aquaculture fishery, etc., and is fixed so that the observation apparatus 100 can stay in a fixed position of the sea or a fixed position of the fishery.

In addition, the control unit 34 provided in the buoyancy body 10 supplies power necessary for the operation of the control unit 34, the first and second observation units 20 and 23, and the operation of the communication module 30. The battery unit 36 is provided to supply, and the battery unit 36 is configured to be charged by the photovoltaic device 40 installed on the buoyancy body 10.

Here, the first observation part 20 is installed on the buoyancy body and is made up of sensing means such as various sensors for measuring weather information such as wind direction, wind speed, temperature, rainfall, etc., above the sea level. The two observation part 23 is a sensing means such as various sensors for measuring the water temperature of the lower seabed, the current flow of the lower seabed of the buoyancy body 10, and the camera 33 for real-time observation of the situation of the seabed with the naked eye. ) And observation means such as illumination 43.

At this time, the second observation portion 23 is installed so as to be rotatable and movable in the horizontal and vertical direction in the fixture 12 is configured to observe the environment in all directions and the source distance. Such information can be efficiently managed in connection with the red tide monitoring system using the image color, the growth analysis system using the sampling image, and the cluster analysis system using the camera tilting.

The communication module 30 installed above the buoyancy body 10 may bidirectionally transmit and receive information between the observation device 100 and the land of the land by a communication means such as an RF signal, and the marine observation device 100. It is configured to transmit the information observed from, and it is possible to check the situation of the site even on land and to monitor the situation of the seabed in the sea and fishery in real time.

In addition, the control unit 34 stores in advance various information about the sea and the sea environment in which the observation device 100 is installed, and the information observed by the first observation unit 20 and the second observation unit 23. This can be compared to pre-stored information to analyze the environment of fisheries more accurately.

2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the self-generating body 50 of the marine observing apparatus according to the present invention, one side of the fixture 12 and the rotating body 55 of the propeller shape that rotates by the current flow and In addition, the generator 50 is provided with a power generation motor 57 that rotates by the rotor 55 to generate electric power. The self-generator 50 is provided to charge the battery unit 36. It is coupled by the rotary connector 52 to be installed in the horizontally rotatable to the fixture 12 described above, while wrapping the outer body of the rotating body 55 and the power motor 57 of the self-generating body 50 A case 51 is formed to allow the current to flow therein, and the inlet portion 53 in front of the case 51 has a wide width while the inclined portion gradually decreases in width toward the rear discharge portion 56. Form 54 to increase the amount of power generated by increasing the speed of the current flowing through the rotating body 55, the current generated through the self-generator 50 is the battery unit 36 It is designed to maintain the battery's minimum power even when charging is difficult.

3 is a view showing a state of use of the marine observation device according to the present invention, when the marine environment observation device 100 according to the above-described configuration is installed in the ocean of the offshore fishery, the first observation portion 20 and By bi-directionally transmitting and receiving the weather information of the ocean temperature, wind direction, wind speed, rainfall, etc. measured by the observation unit 23 and the information such as the sea temperature, the speed of the current, the flow of the current, the real-time seabed situation, etc. In order to monitor in real time in a comprehensive manner, at this time, the battery unit 36 for supplying power to the various devices of the observation device 100 includes a photovoltaic device 40 and a self-generator 50. It can be recharged by the battery, which eliminates the need for replacement due to battery discharge, prevents charging situations, and enables stable use, and it is characterized by very easy maintenance and management.

And Figure 4 shows another use of the marine observation device according to the present invention, as shown, by installing the marine observation device 100 at a number of points in the farm, the information observed from each point to the base of land It can be configured to transmit and monitor.

In an actual configuration, a plurality of marine observing apparatuses of the present invention may be provided for each required portion to transmit data, and as illustrated in FIG. 8, a plurality of sensor units t1 may be attached to each portion of the farm, and the sensor may be installed. It is also possible to gather data collected from these fields to obtain data.

The sensor unit (t1) may be configured on the sea surface or inside the seawater of the farm, and to detect temperature, wind direction, wind speed, weather information, wave height, dissolved oxygen concentration, red tide, current direction, speed, etc. If it exceeds the dimensions, send the information or continuously measure and send the information.

In addition, if a change occurs over the basic environment by setting a specific reference environment, it is immediately transmitted to the intermediate sensor unit t2 and the integrated processing unit t3 through RF communication.

The intermediate sensor unit t2 temporarily receives the basic environmental information collected by each sensor unit and uses it as the basic environmental information amount. A processing unit, a data analyzing unit, and a data storage unit are separately configured to process data.

The information collected by each sensor unit t1 is transmitted to the intermediate sensor unit t2 distributed in a specific center position of the farm. The transmitted information is analyzed and processed by the intermediate sensor unit t2, and the necessary information is transmitted back to the comprehensive processing unit t3. At this time, the information value includes the position of the initial sensor part and the position value of the intermediate sensor collection system, and also includes a history of where sensor information was first collected and processed.

Between the sensor unit t1, the intermediate sensor unit t2, and the integrated processing unit t3, information is exchanged for a certain period of time by periodic transmission / reception connection, and a comprehensive processing unit instructed to take appropriate measures for environmental changes as necessary. In t3) it can be delivered to the intermediate sensor unit (t2). Comprehensive processing unit (t3) is configured to connect the appropriate command to the fish farm controller system to take the necessary measures.

For example, if a red tide phenomenon is detected by the detection of a sensor, the comprehensive processing unit (t3) administers ocher, etc. to aquaculture farms. You can do this by running a system that can. The integrated processing unit t3 is configured in the apparatus of the present invention to collect the collected information of its own and information collected from the sensors of the respective parts, and transmit and receive to the observer.

In addition, each sensor unit, the intermediate sensor unit, and the integrated processing unit can determine the location by GPS, so as to map each data and location received from the ground, it is possible to identify and confirm the overall state more efficiently.

Meanwhile, FIG. 5 is a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and as shown, a fixture 12 leading to the lower portion of the buoyancy body 10. Fixing joint (70) having a connector (60) for connecting and fixing the upper surface of the seabed, and connecting the connector (60) to be refracted only in one direction by connecting a plurality of pipes (66) having a predetermined length. It is characterized in that configured by connecting each).

Looking at the configuration of the fixed joint 70 in detail as shown in Figure 5, the pipe 66 is bent in all directions by inserting a ball 68 formed at the end of the pipe 66 into the interior of the fixed joint 70 Insert the fixed shaft (68a) to one side of the ball 68 in the state to be configured so that the pipe 66 is refracted only in one direction (refer to the drawing) on the left and right relative to the fixed shaft (68a) It is done.

Therefore, according to the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 6, when the buoyancy body 10 floating on the sea is moved sideways by current, each fixed joint 70 receives a change in the angle of the pipe 66 to a certain range. At the same time, the buoyancy body 10 stays at the same time and the rotation of the buoyancy body 10 is prevented and the breakage caused by the twist of the cable 90 (see FIG. 7) provided in the observation device or the upper portion of the buoyancy body 10 is prevented. By suppressing the angular change of the photovoltaic device 40 installed in the maximum, it is to act to ensure a smooth operation continuously.

In addition, as shown in the above embodiment, since the weight 22 is formed at the lower portion of the fixture 12, the connector 60 is provided at the lower portion of the fixture 12 as in the previous embodiment or buoyancy body and It may be configured to bind to any one side of the fixture, in this case, when the buoyancy body 10 moves in the operating range of the connector 60, the lower weight 22 is moved together to maintain balance And, you will get the effect to maximize the effect of anti-shake.

In addition, Figure 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, as shown, the center of the solar plate 400 of the photovoltaic device 40 installed on the buoyancy body 10, the upper fixed base ( 430 and the rotating shaft 410 is configured to be rotatable in the form of a seesaw, and provided with a spring 420 on the lower side of the solar panel 400 to maintain the angle of the maximum exposure point of sunlight, the sun When the algae sit on the upper portion of the photovoltaic device 40, the upper portion is configured to be inclined to the lower portion, and when the algae flies, it is configured to maintain the original angle by the spring 420.

According to the configuration of the photovoltaic device 40 by operating the algae, such as a seagull on the top of the solar panel 400 installed in the ocean observation device to prevent the contamination of the solar panel 400 by preventing the toilet, operating performance It is effective to keep it constant.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the auxiliary buoyancy body 80 suspended above the self-generating body 50 may be configured to prevent inclination due to its own load.

In addition, the pipe 66 of the connector 60 forms an air layer 64 therein as shown in FIG. 5, and the outside forms a foam layer 62 to increase buoyancy to the connector 60. It is possible to minimize the loss of buoyancy caused by additional buoyancy control.

10 and 11 are side views illustrating yet another embodiment of the marine observation apparatus according to the present invention. In the configuration of the marine observation apparatus according to the present invention, the illumination provided in the second observation unit 23 is As shown in FIG. 10, a lamp 43a that emits artificial sunlight may be configured to activate the growth of aquatic plants, plankton and fish stocks around the fishery where the apparatus is installed. .

In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, the camera 33 of the second observation portion 23 forms a housing 300 having a transparent window 310 in front and forming a peripheral portion of the outer portion, wherein the housing It is provided with a screw device 320 is connected via the 300 and the fixing portion 330 to rotate by the current, brush 345 in the lower portion of the rotating portion 340 is connected to the screw device 320 in a circular motion ) So that the transparent window 310 in front of the camera can be wiped with the brush 345 when the screw device 320 rotates due to the current, thereby observing the seabed situation of the camera 33 at all times. It can be configured to ensure a clean screen.

1 is a side view of the ocean observation device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing an enlarged self-generator which is a main part of the ocean observation apparatus according to the present invention

Figure 3 is a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention

4 is a side view showing the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

Figure 5 is a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention

6 is a schematic diagram showing a state of use of the ocean observation device according to the present invention.

7 is a perspective view 8 showing another use form of the ocean observation apparatus according to the present invention reference view showing a use state according to the present invention

9 is a flow chart according to the present invention

Figure 10 is a side view showing another embodiment of the ocean observation apparatus according to the present invention

Figure 11 is a side view showing another embodiment of the ocean observation apparatus according to the present invention

(Description of Major Symbols in the Drawing)

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Buoyancy body 12 Fixture 20 First observation part

22: weight 23: second observation portion 33: the camera

43: lighting 30: communication module

34: control unit 36: battery unit 40: photovoltaic device

50: self-generator 55: rotor 57: power motor

51: case 52: rotary connector 54: inclined portion

60: connector 66: pipe 70: fixed joint

80: auxiliary buoyancy body 400: solar plate 410: rotation axis

420: spring

Claims (10)

A buoyancy body floating in the sea, a fixture extending to the lower portion of the buoyancy body having a weight on the bottom, a first observation portion installed on the upper portion of the buoyancy body to measure the environment of the sea, and the buoyancy body lower portion The second observation unit is installed to be vertically transported and horizontally rotated on a fixture of the second observation unit for observing the seabed environment, and the communication module for bidirectionally transmitting the marine information observed from the first and second observation units to the base of the land. And a control unit for controlling transmission and reception of the communication module, measurement of the first and second observation units, a battery unit for supplying power to the first and second observation units and the communication module, and an upper portion of the buoyancy body. In the marine observation device comprising a photovoltaic device for charging the battery unit by photoelectric power generation, A self-powered generator installed in the fixture so as to rotate in a horizontal direction to generate electric power by rotating by current flow, and to charge a battery unit;  The connector is configured with a plurality of fixed joints for refractively coupling a plurality of pipes having a predetermined length to one side of the buoyancy body or the fixed portion, respectively, in order to connect and fix the fixed portion and the sea floor or the fishing ground. Real time marine life observation device characterized in that provided The method of claim 1, The self-generating body is configured to surround the outer side of the rotating body, the rotating motor to generate electricity by rotating by the rotation of the current, the rotating body and the power generating motor, the front of the rotating body, Real-time marine life observation device comprising a case for increasing the speed of the current flowing through the rotating body by forming an inclined portion therein so that the inlet side has a wide width gradually decreases to the rear The method according to claim 1 or 2, The photovoltaic device is a real-time marine life observation device characterized in that the algae combines the top of the solar plate in the form of a seesaw to maintain a certain angle without sitting on the top of the solar panel The method of claim 2, The self-generating body is a real-time marine life observation device having an auxiliary buoyancy body connected to the wire to the surface of the upper The method of claim 1, The pipe is formed inside the air layer, the outside is a real-time marine life observation device, characterized in that consisting of a foam material to increase the buoyancy The method of claim 1, Real-time marine life observation device characterized in that the illumination provided in the second observation portion comprises an artificial solar divergence lamp for activating the growth of underwater plants, plankton and fish resources The method of claim 1, The camera is configured as the second observation part, but the camera has a housing having a transparent window at the front and a peripheral part formed on the outer side, and a screw device connected through the housing and the fixing part to rotate by current, and the screw device. Real-time marine life observation device, characterized in that to form a brush in the lower portion of the rotating part connected to the circular motion, to wipe the transparent window in front of the camera with a brush when the screw device is rotated by the current Real-time marine life observation method characterized in that the binding of the real-time marine life observation device of claim 1 to a plurality of farmed fishery so that the environment of each fishery can be transmitted and received in real time to the observer of the land in real time Sensing a local environment by configuring a plurality of sensor units t3 for each depth of the farmed fishery and each position of each portion; Collecting information collected by the real-time marine life observation device of claim 1 and information collected by the sensor unit t3 into the real-time marine life observation device of claim 1; Transmitting the collected information and real-time video to an observer on land; The observer collects the GPS information of each sensor and the real-time marine life observation device of claim 1 to map and observe the environmental conditions of the entire fishery; real-time marine life observation method comprising a delete

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