KR101212130B1 - Sprout cultivating cartridge and automated sprout cultivating device comprising the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A sprout cultivation cartridge and a sprout automatic cultivation apparatus including thereof are provided to fundamentally block the insertion of contaminants into the cultivation apparatus. CONSTITUTION: A sprout automatic cultivation apparatus comprises the following: a main body unit(100) including a storage unit(130) for detachably inserting a sprout cultivation cartridge; a front door(120) located on the front side of the main body unit for secluding the storage unit and receiving the sprout cultivation cartridge; a handle located on the front side of the front door; a transparent window for users to observe the growth of vegetable sprouts, produced with a glass or acryl material; and a supporter(140) for supporting the sprout cultivation cartridge.

Description

Sprout vegetable cultivation cartridge and sprout vegetable automatic cultivation apparatus including same {SPROUT CULTIVATING CARTRIDGE AND AUTOMATED SPROUT CULTIVATING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a sprout vegetable cultivation cartridge and an automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus including the same, and more particularly, by receiving information of the sprout vegetable from the cultivation cartridge and the electronic tag having an electronic tag in which the information of the sprout vegetable is recorded. The present invention relates to a sprout vegetable automatic cultivation device for realizing the growing environment of sprout vegetables.

Sprout vegetable is a seed that grows sprouts from seeds for a short period of time to feed young pears and cotyledon at the beginning of growth, or to bury roots or stems of sage roots to make them sprouted. Refers to vegetables.

 Sprout vegetables, also called sprout vegetable, do not refer to any specific vegetable, but rather to harvest fresh young leaves, leaves or stems obtained by sowing seeds of vegetables or cereals. Usually sprouts emerge from the seed and are young vegetables with 1 to 3 leaves.

 Vegetables biosynthesize important substances such as nutrients for their growth at the time of sprouting, so the vitamin and mineral content of sprout vegetables is three to four times that of mature vegetables. It is common not to use pesticides because cleanliness and freshness are paramount. There are various kinds of sprout vegetables, and the most common ones are bean sprouts and mung beans, and also sprout vegetables, rapeseed, buckwheat, cabbage, garland chrysanthemum, broccoli, cabbage, alfalfa, soybeans, perilla, and peas. Is a possible crop.

The sprout vegetable market in Korea is about 2.8% of the total vegetable market, but in the developed countries like USA, Europe, Australia and Japan, the sprout vegetable market occupies more than 20-30% of the whole vegetable market. Growth is expected. On the other hand, the demand for sprout vegetables was mainly dominated by restaurants in 2002. Since then, consumer consumption began to increase, and in 2005, 40% of private consumers and 60% of restaurants were surveyed. There is a trend.

 In general, when cultivating sprout vegetables at home, cultivation is carried out in a container and a plastic container while being exposed to the external environment without control of light quantity, temperature, and moisture content. Since there is no control over the quantity of light, temperature, and moisture, it is difficult to cultivate optimized for various kinds of sprout vegetables, and the sprout plants with relatively weak immune function are exposed to the external environment as they are easily contaminated by various viruses and bacteria. high portential. In particular, due to the nature of raw vegetables that are mainly consumed raw raw, such pollution problem is a very important problem that threatens the health of consumers, such as causing food poisoning.

Prior art document Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2011-0132699, as a closed booth for cultivating crops united to cultivate crops at home, a cultivation shelf having an cultivation space divided into a front door and multiple stages, an artificial light source, Disclosed is a crop cultivation booth comprising a nutrient solution supply means for supplying nutrient solution to a cultivation bed, and an air conditioner for controlling temperature and humidity. The crop cultivation booth disclosed in the prior art document has been described as having the effect of being able to cultivate crops without using earth and sand to block a part of external pollutants.

However, the cultivation booth disclosed in the prior art document does not have a means for fundamentally blocking the external pollutant contained in the seed itself of the crop, there is a problem that can not prevent secondary pollution of the booth itself due to the external pollutant contained in the seed. .

In addition, the cultivation booth disclosed in the prior art document may control the cultivation environment to enable the cultivation of various crops by varying the types of crops grown in the cultivation unit, but the user may individually set the cultivation environment conditions for each cultivation unit. It is inconvenient to input to the control unit, and it is not particularly suitable for the general user who is ignorant of the crop growing environment conditions.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, by cultivating the seed germination of the sprout vegetables in the cultivation device and cultivation that can fundamentally block the inflow of contaminants into the cultivation device and the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a sprout vegetable growing device comprising.

In addition, the user does not individually set the cultivation environment conditions of the sprout vegetable, and automatically reads the cultivation environment conditions and the like from the electronic tag that stores the information of the sprout vegetable to be germinated and cultivated, such as the cultivation environment conditions of the sprout vegetable It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus capable of realizing the growing environment conditions of sprout vegetables.

In order to achieve the above object, the cultivation cartridge according to the present invention is a cultivation cartridge formed with a cultivation zone in which the sprout vegetables are grown, the cultivation zone is provided therein, the box-shaped body portion is open at the top; And an electronic tag holder disposed on one side of the body portion, wherein the electronic tag in which the information of the sprout vegetable is recorded is provided in the holder.

In addition, the sprout vegetable information includes the cultivation environment conditions of the sprout vegetable, the cultivation environment conditions are cultivation temperature according to the cultivation step of the sprout vegetable, the dimming time and light amount of the light to be irradiated to the sprout vegetable, the sprout Water supply amount of water to be supplied to the vegetables, may include at least one of the humidity of the cultivation zone.

The electronic tag holder may include a slot into which the electronic tag is detachably inserted.

In addition, the cultivation cartridge further includes a grid-shaped cultivation network spaced apart by a predetermined interval from the bottom surface of the body portion, the seed network of the sprout vegetable is finished sterilization treatment and coating of nutrients is disposed in the cultivation network The grid size of the cultivation network may be smaller than the minimum diameter of the seed of the shoot vegetable.

In addition, as a plurality of re-background swash plate disposed rotatably on the upper side of the cultivation network, the sprout vegetable germinated from the seed further includes a plurality of re-background swash plate to grow through a plurality of re-background swash plate, the cultivation By rotating the inclined plate, the angle between the background background plate and the cultivation network can be adjusted.

On the other hand, the automatic sprout vegetable growing device according to the present invention, at least one cultivation cartridge is formed a growing zone in which the sprout vegetables are grown; A main body having a receiving portion into which the cultivation cartridge is detachably inserted; At least one antenna for wirelessly receiving a signal containing sprout vegetable information from an electronic tag attached to the cultivation cartridge; A reader for reading the information from the signal received by the antenna; A control unit for receiving the information from the reader and extracting a cultivation environment condition of the sprout vegetable from the received information to generate a control signal for implementing the cultivation environment condition; And a cultivation environment controller for receiving the control signal and implementing the cultivation environment conditions.

In addition, the cultivation environment conditions are at least any one of the cultivation temperature according to the cultivation step of the sprout vegetable, the dimming time and light amount of the light to be irradiated to the sprout vegetable, the amount of water supplied to the sprout vegetable, the humidity of the cultivation zone It may include.

In addition, the maximum distance between the electronic tag and the antenna in the state in which the cultivation cartridge is inserted into the main body may be smaller than the maximum range in which the antenna can wirelessly receive a signal from the electronic tag.

In addition, the control unit generates a control signal for changing or maintaining the cultivation environment conditions for each cultivation step of the sprout vegetable, the cultivation step may include a germination step, growth step, functional strengthening step and harvesting step of the sprout vegetable have.

The cultivation environment control unit may include a temperature control unit for maintaining or changing the cultivation temperature, a light control unit for adjusting the light quantity, and a water supply unit for adjusting the water supply amount and maintaining or changing the humidity of the cultivation zone. A control signal for controlling each of the temperature control unit, the light control unit and the water supply unit may be generated for each cultivation step.

In addition, the at least one cultivation cartridge is provided with the cultivation zone therein, the top of the box-shaped body portion open; And an electronic tag holder disposed on one side of the body portion. The electronic tag may be provided in the holder.

The electronic tag holder may include a slot into which the electronic tag is detachably inserted.

In addition, the cultivation cartridge further includes a grid-shaped cultivation network spaced apart by a predetermined interval from the bottom surface of the body portion, the seed network of the sprout vegetable is finished sterilization treatment and coating of nutrients is disposed in the cultivation network The grid size of the cultivation network may be smaller than the minimum diameter of the seed of the shoot vegetable.

In addition, the cultivation cartridge is a plurality of re-background swash plate is rotatably disposed on the upper side of the cultivation network, the sprout vegetable germinated from the seed further comprises a plurality of re-background swash plate is grown through a plurality of re-background swash plate And, by rotating the background background plate may be adjusted the angle between the background background plate and the cultivation network.

In addition, the at least one cultivation cartridge includes a first cultivation cartridge and a second cultivation cartridge which are inserted into receiving portions separately defined in the main body portion, and the control unit includes a first electronic tag attached to the first cultivation cartridge. Generating a first control signal for implementing a first cultivation environment condition extracted from the second cultivation environment, and generating a second control signal for implementing a second cultivation environment condition extracted from the second electronic tag attached to the second cultivation cartridge. Can be.

In addition, the cultivation environment control unit independent of the first cultivation environment conditions for the first cultivation cartridge according to the first control signal, and the second cultivation environment conditions for the second cultivation cartridge according to the second control signal, respectively. Can be implemented.

In addition, the growing step for the first growing cartridge and the growing step for the second growing cartridge may be independently performed.

The cultivation cartridge and the automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus according to the present invention have the effect of fundamentally blocking the inflow of contaminants into the cultivation apparatus by germinating and cultivating the seed of the sprout vegetable which has been sterilized.

In addition, the cultivation cartridge and the automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus according to the present invention automatically cultivates the sprout vegetable by reading the cultivation environment conditions, etc. from the electronic tag stored the information of the sprout vegetable to be germinated and cultivated, such as the cultivation environment conditions of the sprout vegetable Has the effect of controlling to implement environmental conditions.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an automatic sprout vegetable growing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the automatic sprout vegetable growing device of Figure 1 with the front door open.
Figure 3 (a) is a perspective view showing a cultivation cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 (b) is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the cultivation cartridge of Figure 3 (a).
4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the cultivation cartridge of FIG.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing a state in which a plurality of cultivation cartridges are mounted in an automatic sprout vegetable growing device.
Figure 6 (a) is a view showing the seed vegetable seed in the state of nutrient coating is completed, Figure 6 (b) is a view showing the germination of the seed of Figure 6 (a), and Figure 6 (c ) Is a cross-sectional view for explaining the relationship between the sprout vegetable at the harvesting stage and the back background swash plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the background swash plate of Fig. 6 (c).
8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a light control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is a block diagram for explaining the function of the controller of the automatic sprout vegetable growing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments, it can be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Also, unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. . Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries can be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the relevant art and are, unless expressly defined in the present application, interpreted in an ideal or overly formal sense .

In addition, the following embodiments are provided to more clearly explain to those skilled in the art, the shape and size of the elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for more clear description.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus of Figure 1 with the front door open.

1 and 2, the automatic sprout vegetable growing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one cultivation cartridge (not shown), the cultivation cartridge (not shown), the cultivation zone 220 is grown is grown It is configured to include a main body 100 having a receiving portion 130 that is inserted detachably, the front door 120 is disposed on the front of the main body portion 100 to block the receiving portion 130 from the outside. .

The front door 120, the cultivation cartridge is inserted, serves to block the receiving unit 130, the outside of which the cultivation environment of the sprout vegetable is implemented, the user handle 121 is disposed on the front of the front door 120 It is possible to easily open and close the front door 120 using the). In addition, the front door 120 is provided with a transparent window 122 having a glass or acrylic transparent material so as to observe the situation that the sprout vegetable is grown inside the main body portion 100, the transparent window 122 is external In the main body 100 may be provided with a filter for blocking the light flowing into.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the front door 120 is opened, the accommodating part 130 is exposed to the outside, and the user inserts a cultivation cartridge in which the seed of the sprout vegetable is disposed in the accommodating germination and cultivation of the sprout vegetable. Is automatically started. The lower side of the receiving unit 130 is provided with a support 140 for supporting the cultivation cartridge, the support 140 is provided with a guide groove for guiding the insertion of the cultivation cartridge and to control the exact position of the cultivation cartridge. The cultivation cartridge may be provided with a rail-shaped guide rail corresponding to the guide groove.

On the other hand, the automatic sprout vegetable growing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented a cultivation environment independently for each cultivation cartridge and the receiving portion by inserting a plurality of cultivation cartridges. Although FIG. 2 illustrates a main body portion 100 having two receiving portions 130a and 130b formed therein, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a main body portion 100 having three or more accommodation portions may be configured. Referring to the main body portion 100 in which the two receiving portions 130a and 130b are formed as shown, the first cultivation cartridge 200a is inserted into the first receiving portion 130a and the second cultivation cartridge ( 200b) may be inserted into the second accommodating part 130b, and the cultivation environment for the first cultivation cartridge 200a and the second cultivation cartridge 200b may be independently performed as described below.

The outside of the main body 100 is provided with an interface unit 110 including an input unit 112 for receiving a cultivation environment condition from the user and a display panel 111 for displaying control conditions and progress conditions. The cultivation environment conditions for each cartridge can be set separately, and the cultivation environment conditions and progress of each cultivation cartridge can be easily checked. The automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention obtains the information of the sprout vegetable from the electronic tag attached to the cultivation cartridge and automatically implements the cultivation environment conditions for each cultivation cartridge, but if necessary, the user inputs 112 You can also reset the growing conditions for each growing cartridge.

At least one antenna for receiving a signal containing the information of the sprout vegetable wirelessly from the electronic tag attached to the cultivation cartridge, the reader for reading the information from the signal received by the antenna, the reader inside the main body 100 A control unit for generating a control signal for realizing the cultivation environment condition by receiving the information from the received information, extracting the cultivation environment condition of the sprout vegetable, and a cultivation for receiving the control signal to implement the cultivation environment condition An environmental control unit is provided.

The electronic tag attached to the cultivation cartridge stores information of sprout vegetables to be cultivated, and a signal including the information stored in the electronic tag is recognized wirelessly through an antenna. The electronic tag and antenna included in the automatic sprout vegetable cultivation apparatus according to the present invention can be included as long as the means for wirelessly recognizing and transmitting the stored information, and preferably may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

The reader reads the information of the sprout vegetable from the signal received through the antenna and delivers it to the controller. The information read may include cultivation environment conditions for the cultivation of sprout vegetables, along with information on the seed vegetable seed.

The control unit receives the sprout vegetable information from the reader, extracts the growing environment condition of the sprout vegetable, generates a control signal for realizing the growing environment condition, and transfers it to the growing environment control unit. The cultivation environment conditions of the sprout vegetable to be cultivated include the cultivation temperature according to the cultivation stage of the sprout vegetable, the dimming time and light quantity of the light to be radiated to the sprout vegetable, the water supply of the water to be supplied to the sprout vegetable, the humidity of the cultivation zone 220 It may include, the cultivation step includes the germination stage, growth stage, functional strengthening stage and harvesting stage of sprout vegetables. That is, the control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a control signal for changing or maintaining the cultivation environment conditions for each cultivation stage of the sprout vegetable, that is, the growth stage of the sprout vegetable, and transmits it to the cultivation environment control unit. A detailed description of the function of the controller will be described later with reference to FIG. 9.

The cultivation environment control unit is a temperature control unit for maintaining or changing the cultivation temperature inside the main body portion 100 in which the sprout vegetables are grown, a dimming unit for adjusting the dimming time and the amount of light to be radiated to the sprout vegetables, and be supplied to the sprout vegetables Includes a water supply that controls the water supply and maintains or modifies the humidity of the growing area.

The temperature control unit includes heating means for increasing the temperature inside the body and cooling means for lowering the temperature inside the body. The heating means and the cooling means is not limited, but preferably, the heating means is provided between the inner walls of both sides of the accommodating part 130 and the outer wall of the main body part 100 so as to directly heat the accommodating part or a water tank to be described later. It may include a means for heating the water vapor to be generated, the cooling means may be provided inside the upper portion of the main body portion 100 may be a Peltier (Peltier) device using a semiconductor cooling method. On the other hand, the temperature controller may further include a temperature sensor for detecting the cultivation temperature for each accommodating unit, that is, inside the main body 100.

In addition, the temperature controller further includes a ventilation fan (not shown) disposed at the rear of the main body 100 and a filter for filtering the air passing through the ventilation fan. When the difference between temperature and humidity is large, the ventilation fan is operated to facilitate control of temperature and humidity, and a filter is installed in a passage through which outside air flows to remove harmful substances on the air introduced into the inside. Can be.

The dimming part 520 is disposed on the upper inner wall of each receiving part, and preferably includes a light emitting diode (LED) light source and an ultraviolet light source (UV) light source. The LED light source includes a white LED light source 521 and a red LED light source. 522 and a blue LED light source 523. 3 shows the configuration of such a white LED light source 521 (W), a red LED light source 522 (R), a blue LED light source 523 (B) and a UV light source 524 (UV). 3 shows a configuration in which one set of LED light sources 521, 522, and 523 and UV light sources 524 are arranged for each growing zone 220. However, the automatic sprout vegetable growing device according to the present invention is used as a home. Since the amount of light required for the cultivation of sprout vegetables is about 30 μmol / cm2, it can be cultivated with a small amount of light, so it can be configured to supply light for the entire cultivation area 220 with one set of light sources. Do. A detailed method of supplying light to the sprout vegetable using this light source will be described later.

The water supply unit includes a water supply tank provided inside the upper end of the main body unit 100 to supply cultivation water to the cultivation cartridge, and a drain tank provided at the lower end of the main body unit 100 to store the cultivation water discharged from the cultivation cartridge. . In addition, a water supply hole 170 may be provided to penetrate the upper surface of the main body part 100 to supply the water to the water supply tank and connected to the water supply tank. On the other hand, the water supply unit according to one embodiment of the present invention, a means for injecting water into the cultivation zone of the cultivation cartridge, the injection nozzle provided on the upper inner wall of each receiving portion and the pressure pump for pressurizing the water supplied to the injection nozzle It may further include. Using the spray nozzles, water is sprayed at regular time intervals during the cultivation of sprout vegetables and supplied to the sprout vegetables. In the harvesting stage of the sprout vegetables, water is sprayed at a higher pressure to remove seedlings.

Figure 4 (a) is a perspective view showing a cultivation cartridge 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 (b) is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the cultivation cartridge 200 of Figure 4 (a). The cultivation cartridge 200 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b).

Referring to Figure 4 (a), the cultivation cartridge 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a cultivation cartridge 200 is formed with a cultivation zone 220 is grown sprout sprout vegetables, the cultivation zone 220 therein ) And a box-shaped body portion 210 having an open top and an electronic tag holder 261 disposed on one side of the body portion 210.

Body portion 210 is provided with at least one cultivation zone 220, the germination and cultivation of sprout vegetables, three cultivation zones 220, preferably partitioned into partitions 211, as shown in the front, A handle 230 is provided to allow a user to easily insert and extract the cultivation cartridge 200 into the receiving unit 130 of the main body 100, and an electronic tag on the rear thereof records information of the sprout vegetable. An electronic tag holder 261 is provided to fix and protect the 260.

The electronic tag 260 provided in the cultivation cartridge 200 of the present invention is not limited as described above, but the card form in which the electronic tag 260 is embedded in a chip form so as to facilitate insertion and removal into the cultivation cartridge 200. Preferably, the electronic tag holder 261 is provided with a slot 262 to facilitate insertion and removal of a card having the electronic tag 260 embedded therein.

The slot 262 may be formed so that the card having the electronic tag 260 embedded therein is inserted from the upper side to the lower side of the cultivation cartridge 200, but to protect the electronic tag 260 from moisture in order to protect the electronic tag 260 from moisture. As shown in a), the card in which the electronic tag 260 is embedded is preferably formed in the holder 261 so as to be inserted from the rear side of the cultivation cartridge toward the front side.

In addition, the rear of the cultivation cartridge 200 is provided with a water supply drain 250 for the supply and recovery of cultivation water for the cultivation of sprout vegetables.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 4 (b), in the cultivation zone 220 of the cultivation cartridge 200, a grid-shaped cultivation network spaced apart from the bottom surface of the cultivation zone 220 at a predetermined interval (h) ( 240 is provided, the grid size (D1) of the cultivation network 240 is configured to be smaller than the minimum diameter of the seed of the sprout vegetable, the seed of the sprout vegetable is germinated and grown on the upper side of the cultivation network 240 You lose. In the space between the cultivation network 240 and the bottom surface of the cultivation zone 220 spaced apart at regular intervals (h), the cultivation water supplied from the water supply and drain port 250 is introduced and used for germination and cultivation of sprout vegetables. do.

On the other hand, the cultivation cartridge 200 and the sprout vegetable seed according to the present invention undergoes the following process to fundamentally block external pollutants as described above. That is, as shown in Figure 5 (a), the sprout vegetable seeds after the sterilization process using micro-bubble, ozone water, chlorine, and the like after the coating process of the nutrients and enzymes 330 to be used in the cultivation process after germination and cultivation cartridge ( 200 is disposed in the cultivation network 240.

Preferably cultivation after placing the seedling vegetable seeds undergoing the disinfection process and coating process in the cultivation network 240 in the cultivation network 240 of the cultivation cartridge 200 which has been disinfected by the supplier of the cultivation cartridge 200 in the cultivation network 240 The entire cartridge 200 may be supplied to a consumer equipped with an automatic sprout vegetable growing device according to the present invention in a vacuum packed state.

In addition, preferably, the supplier vacuum-packs the sprout vegetable seeds, which have been subjected to the sterilization and coating process, using a packaging material, and together with the electronic tag in which the information of the vacuum sprouted vegetable seeds and the corresponding sprout vegetable seeds is recorded together with the consumer. It is also possible to supply.

On the other hand, the cultivation cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention, as a plurality of background background plate 271 rotatably disposed above the cultivation network 240, the sprout vegetable germinated from the seed is a plurality of background background plate ( It further includes a plurality of background background plate (271) that is to pass through between the growth 271.

Sprout vegetables in the harvest stage is the seed of the root portion of the bark (310) is raw when ingested, it is desirable to avoid ingesting as many harmful pathogens that can cause enteritis and upset stomach. And after harvesting sprout vegetables from the cultivation cartridge, it takes a lot of time and effort to remove the seedlings 310 individually.

The cultivation cartridge 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 5 (c) and Figure 6, as a means for effectively and easily removing the seedling 310 as described above a plurality of background background plate ( It further comprises an endothelial removal unit 270 having 271. Referring to Figure 5 (c), a plurality of background backplate 271 is disposed on the upper side of the cultivation network 240 so that the sprout portion of the sprout vegetable of the harvesting stage is exposed to the upper side through the background backplate 271 and grown In the state, the seedling 310 part is located between the re-background swash plate 271 and the cultivation network 240. Therefore, by tilting the back background swash plate 271 that is rotatably disposed in the direction of the arrow shown at the time of harvest of the sprout vegetable, by reducing the free space between the stem of the sprout portion and the back background swash plate 271 Seed 310 may be effectively removed from the stem.

Referring to FIG. 6, the seedling removing unit 270 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of back background slopes 271 and a support 272 supporting a plurality of back background slopes 271, and a plurality of cultivations are provided. The inclined plate 271 is rotatably disposed about a rotation axis fixed to the support 272 so that the angle between the background backplate 271 and the redistribution network 240 can be adjusted to adjust the inclined angle. . In addition, the support 272 is disposed in the upper direction of the cultivation network provided in each cultivation zone of the cultivation cartridge is configured to rotatably support the plurality of background background plate 271.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the cultivation cartridge 200 of FIG. 4 (a) is mounted on the receiving unit 130 of the automatic sprout vegetable growing device, and FIG. 8 shows a plurality of cultivation cartridges 200a and 200b. It is sectional drawing which shows the state attached to the 1st accommodating part 130a and the 2nd accommodating part 130b of an automatic vegetable growing device. The positional relationship between the electronic tag and the antenna of the cultivation cartridge according to the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

First, referring to Figure 7, the electronic tag 260 and the antenna (in the state in which the cultivation cartridge 200 is inserted into the main body 100 of the automatic sprout vegetable growing device according to an embodiment of the present invention ( The maximum distance Dmax between 150 is configured to be smaller than the maximum range Rmax at which the antenna 150 can wirelessly receive signals from the electronic tag 260.

That is, the antenna 150 that receives the signal wirelessly from the electronic tag 260 by using the RFID technology has a limited maximum range Rmax. Therefore, the maximum distance between the antenna tag 150 and the electronic tag 260 attached to the cultivation cartridge 200 in the state that the cultivation cartridge 200 is inserted into the main body 100 of the automatic sprout vegetable growing device ( Dmax) is set so that the antenna does not exceed the maximum range (Rmax) that can receive a signal wirelessly, it is possible to effectively receive a signal from the electronic tag 260.

On the other hand, as described above, the automatic sprout vegetable growing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include two or more cultivation cartridge (200a, 200b). As shown in FIG. 8, when the first planting cartridge 200a and the second planting cartridge 200b are provided in the automatic sprout growing device, the main body 100 is provided in the first planting cartridge 200a. The sprout vegetable information is received from the second antenna 260b provided in the first antenna 150a and the second cultivation cartridge 200b to receive a signal containing the sprout vegetable information from the first electronic tag 260a. The second antenna 150b may be provided to receive the included signal.

As described above, the antennas 150a and 150b capable of individually receiving signals including the information of the sprout vegetable from the electronic tags 260a and 260b provided in the respective cultivation cartridges 200a and 200b are provided. The cultivation environment conditions may be different for each cultivation cartridge, and it is necessary to distinguish and implement a cultivation environment implemented according to such different cultivation environment conditions.

In addition, for accurate information transfer according to the cultivation environment conditions for each cultivation cartridge, as shown in FIG. 5, the distance Da and the first electronic tag 260a between the second electronic tag 260b and the first antenna 150a. ) And the distance Db between the second antenna 150b is preferably configured to be larger than the maximum range Rmax that the first antenna 150a and the second antenna 150b can receive.

9 is a block diagram for explaining the function of the control unit 400 of the automatic sprout vegetable growing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 9, a process of transferring information from the electronic tag of the cultivation cartridge to the controller 400 and a signal transfer process from the controller 400 to the cultivation environment control unit 500 will be described.

The cultivation cartridge according to the present invention includes the cultivation environment conditions for each cultivation stage of sprout vegetables as an example for the cultivation environment conditions of a specific sprout vegetable. The following cultivation environment conditions are exemplary and the temperature, light quantity and water supply conditions for each shoot vegetable, and the time required for each step may be different, of course.

<Examples of Germination and Cultivation Environment Conditions of Sprout Vegetables>
Germination stage
(1 day)
Growth stage
(1 ~ 2 days)
Functional Enhancement Level
(1 day)

Harvest stage Temperature 25 ~ 30 ℃ 18 ~ 25 ℃
Quantity of light Unnecessary Small amount required below 30 μmol / cm2
(LED: White, Red, Blue all used) Enhanced functionality through LED Blue + UV combination

Water supply and humidity Initial 6 hour cartridge water supply
+
18-20 hours spray after draining
Humidity: 90% or more

Small spray in 1 minute increments per hour
Humidity: 60 ~ 70%
Before harvest
With spray nozzle
Intensive spraying

As shown in Table 1, the cultivation stage of the sprout vegetable may include the germination stage, growth stage, functional reinforcement stage and harvest stage of the sprout vegetable, and the humidity, light quantity and water supply conditions for each stage are controlled differently according to the cultivation stage.

The antenna 150 receives a signal including the cultivation environment condition from the electronic tag 260, and the received signal is transmitted to the reader (RFID reader) 160.

The reader 160 extracts specific cultivation environment conditions as shown in Table 1 from the received signal and transmits them to the controller 400.

The control unit 400 analyzes the received cultivation environment conditions, generates a control algorithm for realizing a specific cultivation environment according to the cultivation stage, that is, time, and transmits a control signal according to the generated control algorithm to the cultivation environment controller 500. In more detail, the temperature control signal, the light quantity control signal, and the water supply control signal are transmitted to the temperature controller 510, the dimmer 520, and the water supply 530, respectively. Meanwhile, sprout vegetable information including the generated control algorithm is transmitted to the data storage unit 410 and recorded.

The cultivation environment control unit, that is, the temperature controller 510, the light control unit 520, and the water supply unit 530 may implement the cultivation conditions of the specific cultivation cartridge according to the control signal of the controller 400.

Meanwhile, a temperature sensor, an optical sensor, and a humidity sensor are provided in the main body unit in which the cultivation cartridge is disposed, and each sensor is electrically connected to the control unit so that the control unit may monitor the cultivation environment inside the main body unit in real time.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but this is merely illustrative, and those skilled in the art to which the art belongs may have various modifications and equivalent other embodiments. I understand that it is possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

100: main body
200: Cultivation Cartridge
400:
500: cultivation environment control unit
510: temperature controller
520: light control unit
530: water supply

Claims (17)

A cultivation cartridge in which a cultivation zone in which sprout vegetables are grown is formed,
The cultivation zone is provided inside, the box-shaped body portion is open at the top; And
And an electronic tag holder disposed on one side of the body portion.
And the electronic tag in which the information of the sprout vegetable is recorded is provided in the holder. The method of claim 1,
The sprout vegetable information includes the cultivation environment conditions of the sprout vegetable,
The cultivation environment conditions include at least one of a cultivation temperature according to the cultivation step of the sprout vegetable, the dimming time and the amount of light to be irradiated to the sprout vegetable, the amount of water supplied to the sprout vegetable, the humidity of the cultivation zone Cultivation cartridge, characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
And the electronic tag holder has a slot into which the electronic tag is detachably inserted. The method of claim 1,
The cultivation cartridge further includes a grid-shaped cultivation network spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the bottom surface of the body portion upwards,
The cultivation cartridge, characterized in that the seed of the sprout vegetable is completed, the sterilization and nutrient coating treatment is completed, the grid size of the cultivation network is smaller than the minimum diameter of the seed of the sprout vegetable. 5. The method of claim 4,
A plurality of re-background swash plate is rotatably disposed on the top of the cultivation network, the sprout vegetable germinated from the seed further comprises a plurality of re-background swash plate to grow through a plurality of re-background swash plate,
Rotating the background background plate cultivation cartridge, characterized in that the angle between the background background plate and the cultivation network is adjusted. At least one cultivation cartridge having a cultivation zone in which the sprout vegetables are grown;
A main body having a receiving portion into which the cultivation cartridge is detachably inserted;
At least one antenna for wirelessly receiving a signal containing sprout vegetable information from an electronic tag attached to the cultivation cartridge;
A reader for reading the information from the signal received by the antenna;
A control unit for receiving the information from the reader and extracting a cultivation environment condition of the sprout vegetable from the received information to generate a control signal for implementing the cultivation environment condition;
A cultivation environment adjusting unit configured to receive the control signal and implement the cultivation environment conditions;
Sprout vegetable automatic cultivation apparatus comprising a. The method according to claim 6,
The cultivation environment conditions include at least one of the cultivation temperature according to the cultivation step of the sprout vegetable, the dimming time and the amount of light to be irradiated to the sprout vegetable, the amount of water supplied to the sprout vegetable, the humidity of the cultivation zone Automatic sprout vegetable growing device, characterized in that. The method according to claim 6,
The maximum distance between the electronic tag and the antenna in the state in which the cultivation cartridge is inserted into the main body portion is smaller than the maximum range in which the antenna can wirelessly receive a signal from the electronic tag. Cultivation device. The method of claim 7, wherein
The control unit generates a control signal for changing or maintaining the cultivation environment conditions for each cultivation step of the sprout vegetable,
The cultivation step is a sprout vegetable automatic cultivation device, characterized in that it comprises a germination step, growth step, functional strengthening step and harvesting step of the sprout vegetable. 10. The method of claim 9,
The cultivation environment control unit includes a temperature control unit for maintaining or changing the cultivation temperature, a light control unit for adjusting the light quantity and a water supply unit for adjusting the water supply amount and maintaining or changing the humidity of the cultivation zone,
The control unit automatically growing sprout vegetable, characterized in that for generating the control signal for controlling each of the temperature control unit, the light control unit and the water supply unit for each cultivation step. The method according to claim 6,
The at least one cultivation cartridge is
The cultivation zone is provided inside, the box-shaped body portion is open at the top; And
And an electronic tag holder disposed on one side of the body portion.
Automatic sprout vegetable growing device, characterized in that the holder is provided with the electronic tag. The method of claim 11,
The electronic tag holder is an automatic sprout vegetable growing device, characterized in that it has a slot in which the electronic tag is inserted detachably. The method of claim 11,
The cultivation cartridge further includes a grid-shaped cultivation network spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the bottom surface of the body portion upwards,
The seedlings of the seedling vegetables that have been sterilized and the coating of nutrients is disposed in the cultivation network, the grid size of the cultivation network is characterized in that the sprout vegetable automatic cultivation device is smaller than the minimum diameter of the seed of the sprouts. The method of claim 13,
The cultivation cartridge is a plurality of re-background swash plate is rotatably disposed on the upper side of the cultivation network, the sprout vegetable sprouted from the seed further comprises a plurality of re-background swash plate is grown through a plurality of re-background swash plate,
Rotating the background swash plate automatic sprout vegetable growing device, characterized in that the angle between the background and the cultivation network is adjusted. The method of claim 11,
The at least one cultivation cartridge includes a first cultivation cartridge and a second cultivation cartridge inserted into receiving portions separately partitioned from the main body portion,
The control unit generates a first control signal for implementing a first growing environment condition extracted from the first electronic tag attached to the first cultivation cartridge, and extracted from the second electronic tag attached to the second cultivation cartridge. Sprout vegetable automatic cultivation apparatus, characterized in that for generating a second control signal for implementing the second cultivation environment conditions. 16. The method of claim 15,
The cultivation environment adjusting unit independently implements a first cultivation environment condition for the first cartridge according to the first control signal and a second cultivation environment condition for the second cultivation cartridge according to the second control signal. Automatic sprout vegetable growing device, characterized in that. 16. The method of claim 15,
Cultivation step for the first cultivation cartridge and the cultivation step for the second cultivation cartridge are each independently grown vegetable growing device, characterized in that proceeds independently.

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