KR102304764B1 - Control unit of grain preparation machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A control device capable of operating a plurality of grain preparation machines with one terminal without individually having an operation unit in the grain preparation machine comprises: a main board that enables control of various motors and sensors of the grain preparation machine; It is constituted by an operation terminal that can be remotely operated wirelessly at a place remote from the grain preparation machine, and the main board can be used in any grain preparation machine of a grain dryer, a brown rice machine, an optical sorter, a grain sorting meter, and a rice milling machine. It was set as the common main board|substrate.

Description

Control unit of grain preparation machine

The present invention relates to a control device for a grain preparation machine.

Conventionally, there is a control device for a grain preparation machine for the purpose of reducing mass production costs by providing a common control device corresponding to a plurality of types of grain preparation machines such as a brown rice machine, a grain dryer, an optical sorting machine, and a grain sorting meter ( Patent Document 1).

The control device of the grain preparation machine includes one of the input/output interface boards of interest among a plurality of input/output interface boards designed to correspond to each model of the grain making machine, such as a brown rice machine, a grain dryer, an optical sorting machine, and a grain sorting meter. and a common main control board connected to the selected input/output interface board so that the machine of the selected input/output interface board can be operated. A serial communication line is connected between the input/output interface board and the common main board. The common main board is equipped with hardware including at least a central arithmetic control unit, an electrically writable/erasable storage unit, and a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing data, while a liquid crystal touch screen as a man machine interface is connected. application software for performing operation control of the selected machine is installed in the hardware. The control apparatus of the said grain preparation machine is equipped with the said structure as a characteristic feature.

Thereby, the storage capacity becomes small, and it becomes possible to reduce the manufacturing cost significantly. There is no need to change the dedicated hardware or operating system (OS), and there is an advantage that the model change setting can be performed very easily.

However, in Patent Document 1, it is premised on the premise that each machine is individually provided with an operation unit, and whenever an operator or operator of the machine works, they go to the vicinity of the operation panel of the machine and operate the operation panel to operate the machine. There was a problem with starting.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2015-187818

It is an object of the present invention to operate a plurality of grain preparation machines, such as a grain dryer, a brown rice machine, an optical sorter, and a grain sorting meter, by one terminal without individually having an operation unit in the grain preparation machine in view of the above problems. To provide a control device for a grain preparation machine.

In order to solve the above problem, one aspect of the control device of the grain preparation machine according to the present invention is to prepare and process the grain after harvest, and to enable control of various motors and sensors of the grain preparation machine It is constituted by a main board and an operation terminal capable of remote operation by wireless at a place remote from the grain making machine, and the main board is any grain preparing machine of a grain dryer, a brown rice machine, an optical sorter, a grain sorting meter, and a rice milling machine. A technical means was devised to make a common main board that can be used even in .

According to the above aspect of the present invention, it is composed of a main board that enables control of various motors and sensors of the grain preparation machine, and an operation terminal that can be remotely operated wirelessly from a place remote from the grain preparation machine, The main board is a common main board that can be used in any grain preparation machine such as a grain dryer, a brown rice machine, an optical sorter, a grain sorting meter, and a rice polishing machine. Thereby, the instruction|command of operation can be transmitted to each grain preparation machine via the common main board common to each grain preparation machine. Thereby, the problem that an operator or an operator of a machine must go to the vicinity of the operation panel of a machine and operate an operation panel to start operation every time an operation|work is eliminated is eliminated. The operator is enabled to operate each grain preparation machine at one point.

Moreover, since there is no operation button in each grain preparation machine, the cost of a product can be reduced and a cheap product can be supplied to the market.

In the control apparatus of the said grain preparation machine, the said operation terminal is provided with the application for operation for operating the said some grain preparation machine, When the application for operation is started, the liquid crystal for operation of the said terminal for operation On the screen, an all-in-one stop button for stopping each grain preparation machine at once, an on/off button for individually turning on/off each grain preparation machine, and a setting screen for individually setting each grain preparation machine are set to appear characterized in that

According to said aspect, when the application for operation for operating the said some grain preparation machine is installed in the terminal for operation, and the application for operation is started, each grain preparation is in the liquid crystal screen for operation of the said terminal for operation. Since it is set so that the all-in-one stop button for stopping the machines all at once, the on/off button for individually turning on/off each grain-making machine, and a setting screen for individually setting each grain-making machine appear, the model change of the machine It is not necessary to develop new parts when the operation panel is changed due to a change of the operation panel, etc., and specifications can be changed only by changing the operation application.

The said setting screen is comprised so that the setting screen unique to each grain preparation machine may appear when an operator slides the setting screen horizontally with a finger touch in the said control apparatus of said grain preparation machine, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to the above aspect, since the setting screen is configured so that a setting screen unique to each grain preparation machine appears when the operator slides the setting screen horizontally with a finger touch, each grain can be obtained by simple operation (swiping). It can be switched to the setting screen of the operation unique to a machine, and for a user, operation of a plurality of grain preparation machines is possible with a single terminal for operation, and furthermore, with simple operation, the convenience becomes very good.

And the said grain preparation machine is applied in a grain common dry preparation facility or a rice center, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to the above aspect, since the grain preparation machine is applied in a grain joint dry preparation facility or rice center, even if the grain joint dry preparation plant or rice center has a plurality of grain preparation machines, one terminal for operation, An operation instruction can be transmitted to each grain preparation machine. In addition, various types of information such as driving information, driving history display, and abnormal stop information can be acquired with one operation terminal.

According to the present invention, control of a grain preparation machine capable of operating a plurality of grain preparation machines, such as a grain dryer, a brown rice machine, an optical sorting machine, and a grain sorting meter, can be operated by a single terminal without individually having an operation unit in the grain preparation machine device can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a conceptual diagram in one Embodiment of the control apparatus of the grain preparation machine of this invention.
2 is a schematic block diagram of a control device.
3 : displays the setting screen for operation of each model.
It is a conceptual diagram which applied one Embodiment of this invention to a grain common drying preparation facility, a rice center, etc.
4B is an enlarged view of a centralized monitoring screen of the dryer central monitoring system of FIG. 4A .
Fig. 4C is an enlarged view of the screen of the portable terminal of the central monitoring system of the dryer of Fig. 4A.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, preferred embodiment of this invention is described based on drawing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a conceptual diagram in one Embodiment of the control apparatus of the grain preparation machine of this invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram in a control apparatus, and FIG. 3 is an individual setting screen when each grain preparation machine is selected. it's a transition

As shown in FIG. 1, the control apparatus 1 of the grain preparation machine removes the rice husk from the grain dryer 2 for the purpose of prevention of deterioration of the grain after harvest, storability, and improvement of workability, and rice, and processes it into brown rice. A brown rice machine (3) for the purpose of doing this, an optical sorting machine (4) that optically separates defective grains and foreign substances from brown rice after grinding, and a weighing while sorting and removing shavings, crushed grains, etc. contained in brown rice after optical sorting · It can be applied to the sorting meter (5) for packaging, and other rice milling machines (not shown) that remove bran from brown rice to polish rice.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the control device 1 includes a common main board 6 attached to each grain preparation machine 2 to 5, and a screen in which remote operation is possible by radio and the main body and the liquid crystal screen are integrated. The main part is constituted by the operation terminal (tablet) 7 which can be operated by touching directly. In the commonization main board 6, at least a central arithmetic control unit (CPU) 8, the communication module 9 which can communicate with the said operation terminal (tablet) 7, and each grain preparation machine (2-5) An input/output interface board 10 to which various motors and sensors are electrically connected is provided.

When the terminal (tablet) 7 for operation shown in FIG. 2 starts the application software for grain preparation machine operation, on the liquid crystal screen 7a, from the bottom, the all-in-one stop button 11, each individual grain preparation machine The on/off button 12 and the individual setting screen 13 of each grain preparation machine appear. The all-in-one stop button 11 plays the role of an emergency stop when it is necessary to urgently stop each grain preparation machine while it is operating. The ON/OFF button 12 performs ON/OFF operation of each grain preparation machine, and for example, red may light during operation, and green should just light during stop. The setting screen 13 has a button which can select each operation process of each grain preparation machine, and a button which can set various conditions at that time. For example, in FIG. 2 , buttons of “start input”, “start circulation”, “start drying”, and “start discharge” are provided as operation steps of the grain dryer, or As drying conditions, drying speed buttons "fast", "normal" and "slow", grain varieties buttons "rice", "barley" and "barley", and a target moisture value setting button "15.0%" can be provided.

When the setting screen 13 is slid horizontally with a finger touch (swipe), a screen for each model is displayed (FIG. 3). That is, reference numeral 13-a is a setting screen related to the same grain dryer 2 as in FIG. 2 , reference numeral 13-b is a setting screen related to the rice mill 3 , and reference numeral 13-c is related to the optical sorting machine 4 . This is the setting screen.

A widely known OS (Operating System), such as iOS (registered trademark), Android (registered trademark), Windows (registered trademark), and Mobile (registered trademark), is adopted and installed in the operation terminal (tablet) 7 . can be put In addition, the types of communication used between the common main board 6 and the operation terminal (tablet) 7 are generally distributed Wifi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and sub-gigaband bands of 920 MHz band. You can use a wireless line such as It is assumed that the terminal (tablet) 7 for operation is arrange|positioned in the short-distance (for example, several meters - several tens of meters) close to the place which is installing each grain preparation machine 2-5.

On the other hand, the operation terminal (tablet) 7 can be connected to the Internet 14 via a mobile phone base station by wireless communication. A remote monitoring server 15 is connected to the Internet 14, and various types of operation information, operation history display, abnormal stop information, and the like of each grain preparation machine 2 to 5 are connected from a terminal for operation (tablet) 7 to the Internet 14 . Information can be accumulated in the remote monitoring server 15 . That is, the operation terminal (tablet) 7 serves as a router (network device that interconnects different networks).

The Internet 14 is further connected to a mobile terminal (mobile phone, smartphone) 16 owned by the user, in a place far away from each grain preparation machine 2 to 5 (for example, several kilometers). In the event of an abnormality in the operation or operation of the machine, or when the operation is finished, the user is notified of the machine malfunction or the end of the operation by e-mail using e-mail, etc. can inform

In addition, as shown to FIG. 4A, the terminal (tablet) 7 for operation is several grain dryer group (2-n), several brown rice machine group (3-n), several optical sorting machine group (4-n). ), it is applicable also in a grain common drying preparation facility, a rice center, etc. which arrange|positioned the some sorting meter group (5-n). At this time, the terminal for operation (tablet) 7 is able to process also the enormous amount of information comparable to the central operation panel which centrally controls a series of machines. The plurality of grain dryer groups (2-n), the plurality of brown rice machine groups (3-n), the plurality of optical sorting machines group (4-n), and the plurality of sorting and weighing machine groups (5-n) are provided on the Internet 14 above. may be connected.

Moreover, FIG. 4A is a conceptual diagram which applied one Embodiment of this invention to a grain joint drying preparation facility, a rice center, etc. FIG. 4B is an enlarged view of the centralized monitoring screen of the central monitoring system of the dryer of FIG. 4A. FIG. 4C is an enlarged view of a screen of a mobile terminal of the central monitoring system of the dryer of FIG. 4A .

In addition, in the Internet 14, a water load meter (not shown), a grain discriminator (not shown) as a measuring instrument, and a taste measuring device (a taste meter, (not shown) may be connected.

A signal (for example, a heartbeat signal sent in order to inform the outside that the machines 2 to 5 itself is operating normally) is transmitted from each grain preparation machine 2 to 5, and an operation terminal (Tablet) (7) is an operation of receiving the signal and sending back a response. When the heartbeat signals of the machines 2 to 5 registered on the operation terminal (tablet) 7 side are not detected, an alarm (warning) may be sounded to notify the operator. While sending an alarm signal, you may make it possible to take safety actions, such as a stop process.

In addition, an "interlock operation button" is provided in the operation terminal (tablet) 7, and each preparation machine 2 to 5 used from when grain is brought in to when grain is taken out is linked (for example, For example, 20 hours after the grain dryer 2 starts operating, the brown rice machine 3 starts, 10 minutes after the brown rice machine 3 starts, the optical sorter 4 starts, and the optical sorter 4 starts. It is good also as interlocking|interlocking control) control that the sorting meter 5 operates after 5 minutes.

In addition, the following are conceivable.

1. Each dispensing machine is equipped with a control device that can connect to LAN and also connect to the Internet.

2. In a safe place such as an external data center, a data server that records the operation information and operation history information of the dispensing machine in a database, and an information terminal such as a smartphone or tablet, or viewing the information from a PC connected to the Internet A server is formed including a web server that provides a web service for this purpose, and an application server that provides services such as remote monitoring, remote operation, operation history display, and abnormal notification mail distribution.

3. Establish a PC connected to the Internet for connecting each dispensing machine and server to the facility side.

4. This PC acts as a router, connecting each dispensing machine and server through the Internet.

5. Using a web browser on this PC, it is possible to communicate with the server to perform operation and status of each dispensing machine.

6. The communication path between each machine and the server computer uses the Internet by encrypting the contents, or VPN (Virtual Private Network) is used to prevent intrusion, theft, and eavesdropping from the outside.

7. The structure in which the operator monitors each dispensing machine is to send the information to be viewed and the device to be operated via the Internet to the server computer via the web browser of the PC, and the server computer returns the requested information to the facility's web browser. sent, the operator can obtain the desired information.

8. In the structure in which the operator operates each machine, the operation instruction flag area of the machine to be operated is made in advance in the database of the server computer. ', the machine operates, and if the flag indicates "stop", the machine stops.

9. The operator can operate the machine by changing the flag on the server from a computer connected to the Internet.

10. In the event of an abnormality occurring in the dispensing machine being monitored or the completion of work, the registered e-mail address is notified of the abnormality or termination by e-mail.

11. Has the function of updating the control software of each machine from the control server.

12. Maintenance service is provided to users using the control server.

13. As the PC on the facility side can use a general PC with Internet access, it can be done at low cost.

14. Since there are no important functions such as operation and display software and operation data on the facility-side PC, even if it is broken or stolen, it can be used immediately if a replacement PC is prepared.

15. Since the substance of the facility monitoring and operation software resides on the server computer, there is no need to go to the site when making changes, so no effort is required.

16. By accessing the server computer from a smartphone in hand, it is possible to remotely monitor and operate the operation of the facility's machinery.

As mentioned above, according to this embodiment, the main board which enables control of the various motors and sensors of the grain preparation machines 2-5, and the grain preparation machine 2-5 are remote-operated by wireless in the place away from it. It is constituted by the possible operation terminal 7, and the main board can be used in any grain preparation machine of the grain dryer 2, the brown rice machine 3, the optical sorter 4, the grain sorting meter 5 and the rice milling machine. Since it was set as the common main board 6 with which there is, it does not provide an operation part individually in the grain preparation machines 2-5, but the commonization main common to each grain preparation machine 2-5 by one terminal 7 for operation. An operation instruction can be transmitted to each grain preparation machine via the board|substrate 6 . Thereby, the problem that an operator or an operator of a machine must go to the vicinity of the operation panel of a machine and operate an operation panel to start operation every time an operation|work is eliminated is eliminated. The operator is enabled to operate each grain preparation machine at one point.

Industrial Applicability

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION This invention is applicable in a grain preparation machine used in a farmhouse, a grain common dry preparation facility (Country Elevator (CE)), a rice mill, a food factory, etc.

1: control unit
2: Grain dryer
3: brown rice
4: optical sorter
5: sorting meter
6: common main board
7: Terminal for operation (tablet)
8: Central Operational Control Unit (CPU)
9: Communication module
10: input/output interface board
11: Japanese stop button
12: on/off button
13: setting screen
14: Internet
15: remote monitoring server
16: mobile terminal (cell phone, smartphone)

Claims (4)

As a control device of a grain preparation machine which prepares and processes grain after harvest,
It is composed of a main board that enables control of various motors and sensors of the grain preparation machine, and an operation terminal that can be remotely operated wirelessly from a place away from the grain preparation machine,
The main board is a common main board that can be used in any grain preparation machine of a grain dryer, a brown rice machine, an optical sorter, a grain sorting meter, and a rice polishing machine,
An operation application for operating a plurality of the grain preparation machines is installed in the operation terminal, and when the operation application is started, the operation liquid crystal screen of the operation terminal stops each grain preparation machine at once It is set so that an all-in-one stop button, an on/off button for individually on/off operation of each grain preparation machine, and a setting screen for individually setting each grain preparation machine appear, wherein the setting screen is It has a button to select the operation process and a button to set various conditions at that time.
A signal is transmitted from each grain preparation machine to the operation terminal at regular intervals, the operation terminal is configured to sound an alarm when the signal is not detected, and furthermore, the operation terminal has an interlocking operation button This is formed, and each grain preparation machine used from when grain is brought in to when grain is taken out is controlled so as to be interlocked. As a control device of a grain preparation machine which prepares and processes grain after harvest,
It is composed of a main board that enables control of various motors and sensors of the grain preparation machine, and an operation terminal that can be remotely operated wirelessly from a place away from the grain preparation machine,
The main board is a common main board that can be used in any grain preparation machine of a grain dryer, a brown rice machine, an optical sorter, a grain sorting meter, and a rice polishing machine,
An operation application for operating a plurality of the grain preparation machines is installed in the operation terminal, and when the operation application is started, the operation liquid crystal screen of the operation terminal stops each grain preparation machine at once It is set so that an all-in-one stop button, an on/off button for individually turning on/off each grain preparation machine, and a setting screen for individually setting each grain preparation machine appear, wherein the setting screen is It has a button to select the operation process and a button to set various conditions at that time.
Each grain preparation machine and the server computer are connected using the Internet or a virtual private network, and an operation instruction flag area of each grain preparation machine operated in a database of the server computer is previously created by using the operation terminal; The grain preparation machine sees its operation instruction flag at regular intervals, and operates each grain preparation machine if the operation instruction flag indicates "operation", and operates each grain preparation machine if the operation instruction flag indicates "stop" A control device for a grain preparation machine, characterized in that it is stopped. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The said setting screen is the control apparatus of a grain preparation machine comprised so that when an operator slides the setting screen horizontally with a finger touch, the setting screen unique to each grain preparation machine appears. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The control device of the grain preparation machine to which the said grain preparation machine is applied in a grain common dry preparation facility or a rice center.

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