KR102305450B1 - Drone servicing system of agriculture and servicing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle service system for agriculture and a service method thereof, and an unmanned aerial vehicle service system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an unmanned aerial vehicle that flies over a predetermined area to collect information or control the area; a service server communicating with the unmanned aerial vehicle through a wireless communication network, controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle, and storing information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle; and a drone base station that maintains and manages the unmanned aerial vehicle and provides ground station services for surveying and navigation satellites in a target area; The service server may receive a user's service request through a web service, analyze it, and transmit a mission to the unmanned aerial vehicle, and may provide the collected information and the contents of the performed mission to the user terminal. According to the present invention, anyone can use an unmanned aerial vehicle such as a drone for agriculture through a wireless communication network, collect and analyze various information, and utilize the collected and analyzed information for agriculture, thereby maximizing agricultural productivity There is an effect that can be done.

Description

Agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system and service method thereof

The present invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle service system for agriculture and a service method thereof, and more particularly, to an agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system for supporting agriculture using an unmanned aerial vehicle such as a drone, and a service method thereof.

Unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones have been developed for military use, but recently, they are being used in various ways not only for military purposes but also for companies, media, or individuals, and the scope of their use is gradually expanding.

As a result, drone-related industries are rapidly growing, and agriculture is a major sector among them. However, most of the drones in the agricultural field have been partially introduced to control tasks such as spraying crops with medicines such as pesticides or fertilizers.

Currently, technologies that can collect various information through crop control, soil survey, seeding and growth evaluation using advanced imaging technology by installing cameras on drones have been developed. can be used as However, purchasing and operating drones incorporating various technologies from individual farms is not only costly, but also has problems in terms of operation and analysis technology.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0058767 (2017.05.29)

The problem to be solved by the present invention is an agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system in which anyone can use an unmanned aerial vehicle such as a drone capable of collecting various information such as crop control, soil investigation, seeding and growth evaluation at low cost, and its to provide a service method.

An unmanned aerial vehicle service system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an unmanned aerial vehicle that flies in a predetermined area and performs a mission to collect or control information about the area; a service server communicating with the unmanned aerial vehicle through a wireless communication network, controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle, and storing information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle; and a drone base station that maintains and manages the unmanned aerial vehicle and provides ground station services for surveying and navigation satellites in a target area; The service server may receive a user's service request through a web service, analyze it, and transmit a mission to the unmanned aerial vehicle, and may provide the collected information and the contents of the performed mission to the user terminal.

In this case, the drone base station may communicate with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the service server, respectively, transmit a control signal transmitted from the service server to the unmanned aerial vehicle, and transmit a signal transmitted from the unmanned aerial vehicle to the service server. .

Here, the unmanned aerial vehicle may include: a sensor unit including at least one of a navigation sensor, an orientation sensor, an altitude sensor, a gyro sensor, a speed sensor, and a proximity sensor; a photographing unit including one or more types of cameras for photographing the corresponding area; a memory unit for storing information detected by the sensor unit and data captured by the photographing unit; a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with the service server; and a control unit that controls to fly in the corresponding area according to a control signal received from the service server, and controls the sensor unit, the photographing unit, the memory unit, and the communication unit.

In this case, the camera included in the photographing unit may include any one or more of an infrared camera and a multi-spectral camera.

In addition, the service server may include: a web management unit for accessing the user terminal to request a service, and providing information to the user terminal; an unmanned aerial vehicle control unit for controlling the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle; an analysis unit for analyzing information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle; and a cloud server unit for reproducing the information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle through cloud computing.

In this case, the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit may control by setting the flight mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle to a fixed wing or a variable wing.

On the other hand, the unmanned aerial vehicle service method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: applying for an unmanned aerial vehicle service from a user terminal to a service server through a wireless communication network;

transmitting a control command from the service server through a wireless communication network to an unmanned aerial vehicle flying in the area to perform a task of collecting or controlling information about the area requested by the user terminal; performing a mission to collect or control information on the application area in the unmanned aerial vehicle; transmitting the information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle or the result of the control mission to the service server through a wireless communication network; and analyzing and storing the information transmitted to the service server so that it can be confirmed by the user terminal.

In this case, the command transmitted from the service server to the unmanned aerial vehicle may be transmitted through a drone base station that maintains the unmanned aerial vehicle and operates a survey and precision GPS ground station service in the corresponding area.

According to the present invention, anyone can use an unmanned aerial vehicle such as a drone for agriculture through a wireless communication network, collect and analyze various information, and utilize the collected and analyzed information for agriculture, thereby maximizing agricultural productivity There is an effect that can be done.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a drone base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining a method of operating an unmanned aerial vehicle service system for agriculture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a service server 110 , a user terminal 120 , a drone base station 130 and an unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . .

The service server 110 is connected to a wireless communication network, and controls the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . In addition, it is possible to receive an unmanned aerial vehicle service request from the user terminal 120 through communication with the user terminal 120 , and to collect control and data using the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 in the corresponding area. Accordingly, it is possible to collect information on the health status, disease presence, and distribution of crops in the area, and analyze the soil condition and moisture content of the soil.

In addition, the service server 110 may predict the irrigation (灌漑) or fertilization time of crops and harvest time of crops in the corresponding area. In addition, by using the unmanned aerial vehicle 140, it is possible to control so that a control operation of spraying a chemical, fertilizer, or pesticide, etc. to the corresponding area is performed. To this end, the service server 110 may include a web management unit 112 for receiving a service application and communication with the user terminal 120 , and may include an aircraft management unit 114 for controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . have. In addition, it may include a cloud unit 116 including cloud computing technology to manage the collected information. Details of the service server 110 as described above will be described later.

Cloud computing technology is a technology in which a commercialized service provider provides a part of virtualized computer resources and enables users to remotely use it as a service through the Internet. technology to increase

The user terminal 120 may be any one of a smartphone, a laptop computer, a tablet PC, and a PC, and the user uses the user terminal 120 to transmit information collected through the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 for a specific area to the service server ( 110) can be provided.

The unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may be controlled by the service server 110 and may collect information on a region according to a control command. In this embodiment, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may be a drone, fly over an area to collect information or perform a control mission, and capture the area in various ways to collect information or perform a control mission. can do. In this embodiment, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may be a fixed wing drone or a multi-copter drone. Fixed-wing drones are suitable for collecting information about a specific area while flying at high speed over a large area, and variable-wing drones are suitable for collecting precise information about a specific area.

To this end, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may be equipped with a camera such as an infrared camera and a multi-spectrum camera, and a navigation sensor for receiving a navigation satellite signal, a direction sensor, an altitude sensor, a gyro sensor, a speed sensor, and a proximity sensor. Also, more sensors can be mounted as needed.

A plurality of drone base stations 130 may be installed at regular intervals in an area where the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 wants to fly. The drone base station 130 may receive the control signal transmitted from the service server 110 and transmit the received control signal to the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . In this embodiment, communication between the drone base station 130 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may be performed via wifi, Bluetooth, or the like, and communication may be performed through mobile communication such as LTE or 5G. Alternatively, the wireless communication network may be communication through communication such as a 5G mobile network, which is a broadband mobile communication network.

In addition, the drone base station 130 may overlap some coverage with the adjacent drone base station 130 as in a mobile communication network, and is unmanned by hand-over between the drone base station 130 and the drone base station 130 . Communication with the aircraft 140 may not be cut off. Of course, if necessary, communication between the plurality of drone base stations 130 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may be made through communication performed at regular time intervals.

The drone base station 130 is provided to maintain and manage the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 , and to operate and provide ground station services such as surveying and precision GPS of the area where the drone base station 130 is installed.

The wireless communication network 200 is a communication network between the service server 110, the user terminal 120, and the drone base station 130, and in this embodiment, the wireless communication network 200 may be an Internet network or a mobile communication network. .

3 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a drone base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in this embodiment, the relationship between the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 and the drone base station 130 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 will be described in more detail.

First, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 includes a sensor unit 141 , a memory unit 143 , a photographing unit 145 , a communication unit 147 , and a control unit 149 . The sensor unit 141 may include a navigation sensor, an orientation sensor, an altitude sensor, a gyro sensor, a speed sensor, and a proximity sensor. The navigation sensor is provided in order to receive a position from a navigation satellite on a route in which the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 flies. The orientation sensor is provided to sense the flying direction, and the altitude sensor is provided to sense the flight altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . In addition, the gyro sensor may be provided with a three-axis gyro sensor to detect the flight direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 , and the speed sensor may be provided to detect the flight speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . In addition, the proximity sensor is provided to detect whether an object that approaches the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 or the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 approaches a specific object or structure such as a building. To this end, the proximity sensor may be a laser type sensor, but is not limited thereto.

The memory unit 143 is provided to store information photographed by the photographing unit 145 , and to store control information received through the communication unit 147 .

The communication unit 147 is provided to communicate with the drone base station 130 , and may transmit/receive information detected by the sensor unit 141 and information photographed by the photographing unit 145 to the drone base station 130 . In this embodiment, the communication unit 147 may communicate by a communication protocol capable of accessing a mobile communication network or an Internet network, and may communicate with the drone base station 130 by a specific dedicated radio frequency.

The photographing unit 145 may include an infrared camera and a multi-spectral camera. Infrared cameras can express different shades or colors depending on the growing conditions of crops in the area. The multi-spectral camera can quickly recognize that crops in the area have been affected by pests, pests, drought, etc., and may include a heat detection function.

In addition, the camera included in the photographing unit 145 may include a filter capable of blocking incident light as needed.

The control unit 149 controls the flight operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 , and stores data such as information detected by the sensor unit 141 and images captured by the photographing unit 145 in the memory unit 143 , and the communication unit It can be controlled to transmit to the drone base station 130 through 147 . In addition, the control unit 149 can control the flight state of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 based on the information detected by the sensor unit 141. For example, by detecting that there is an obstacle on the flight track from the proximity sensor, It can change the flight direction to fly avoiding detected obstacles.

In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may simultaneously receive signals from a plurality of drone base stations 130 , and communication between the plurality of drone base stations 130 may be performed through a cellular network, an Internet network, or a mobile communication network. In addition, the plurality of drone base stations 130 may form a coverage such as a service area or a cell of a certain radius.

4 is a diagram illustrating a service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to FIG. 4 , the service server 110 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. In this embodiment, the service server 110 includes a web service portal unit 112a, a web server unit 112b, a web application server unit 112c, a storage unit 112d, an unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a, and an analysis unit. 114b, a cloud server unit 116a, cloud instance, a block storage unit 116b, block storage part, and an object storage unit 116c, object storage part.

The web service portal unit 112a may be accessed by a user using the user terminal 120 and may manage an application for the user to be provided with the agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service of the present embodiment. In addition, the web service portal unit 112a manages the various information analyzed for the application area by the analysis unit 114b so that the information stored in the real-time or cloud server unit 116a can be accessed through the user terminal 120. can

And the web server unit 112b is provided to process data requested through the web service portal unit 112a so that the user terminal 120 connected to the web service portal unit 112a can obtain an application or information. . In this embodiment, the web server unit 112b is provided for processing static data.

The web application server unit 112c is connected to the storage unit 112d, and is provided to exchange data of a database stored in the storage unit 112d or manipulate data stored in the storage unit 112d using a program. The web application server unit 112c is provided to process dynamic data.

The storage unit 112d may store data generated through the web server unit 112b or the web application server unit 112c, and may store data transmitted through the cloud server unit 116a.

The unmanned aerial vehicle controller 114a may command the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 to perform a mission so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 can fly, collect various information, and control the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . At this time, the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a can automatically control the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 according to a preset control tool, and, if necessary, provide a console that the user can manually control through the user terminal 120 . may be Of course, an administrator who manages the service server 110 may provide a console capable of manually controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 .

And the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a may set the flight mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . Accordingly, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may fly according to the control command transmitted from the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a. In this case, in this embodiment, the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a may communicate with the drone base station 130 through a cellular network, an Internet network, or a mobile communication network.

For example, the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a may control the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 to perform a control operation for a specific area. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a may plan a mission with waypoints and events of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 flight. In addition, a command list for the helicopter mission may be provided, and the mission list may be provided to the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114a may control an infrared camera or a multi-spectral camera mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 according to the purpose to be collected. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle control unit 114b may set a rally point for the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 , and may control to track the terrain of the flight area.

The analysis unit 114b is provided to analyze various information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 . The analysis unit 114b may determine the circumstances of the pregnant performance of the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 and analyze a result thereof. And by analyzing the collected data, it is possible to acquire various information about the corresponding area based on the analyzed information. In addition, the analyzed information may be converted into information and stored in the storage unit 112d in various ways. For example, the information analyzed by the analysis unit 114b may be information on crops and land conditions through near-infrared rays. Here, the information informationalized by the analysis unit 114b may be stored in the block storage unit 116b or the object storage unit 116c through the cloud server unit 116a. In addition, various information may be reproduced through the cloud server unit 116a.

The cloud server unit 116a is provided to process data by accessing the cloud computing system through an Internet network or the like. Accordingly, when the information collected through the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 is accumulated, the accumulated information can be easily accessed and checked from the user terminal 120 . In particular, through big data analysis, various information such as the average crop condition for a specific period and climate change in the corresponding area may be provided to the user through the user terminal 120 .

The block storage unit 116b may store data in a hierarchical directory structure in a file system, and is provided to manage data according to file rules, and to manage data in block units by dividing specific areas and sections.

Unlike the block storage unit 116b, the object storage unit 116c may be configured alone. As an account unit of the user terminal 120, files or data can be stored, and unstructured unstructured data having different shapes and structures, such as pictures, images, or documents, can be stably stored. Accordingly, data can be stored in a way that automatically creates, stores, and manages metadata including specific information about files. Accordingly, even unstructured data can be quickly searched for and analyzed using metadata.

5 is a view for explaining a method of operating an unmanned aerial vehicle service system for agriculture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to FIG. 5 , an operating process of the agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service system 100 according to this embodiment will be described.

First, a service application is made in order for the user to use the agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service to the service server 110 using the user terminal 120 (①). When a service application is made in the service server 110 , the service server 110 receives the service application, and analysis of which information on which region the user wants to check may be performed.

When the service application is received and analyzed in the service server 110 in this way, it is possible to issue a control command so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 can collect information for the requested area (②). In this case, the service server 110 may simultaneously control and control the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 .

When a control command is transmitted from the service server 110 to the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 in this way, one or more of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicle 140 disposed in the unmanned aerial vehicle base departs toward the area according to the control command (③). And according to the control of the service server 110, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 may collect various information about the area or perform a control operation.

When the collection of necessary information for the area is completed, the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 returns to the unmanned aerial vehicle base (④). And the returned unmanned aerial vehicle 140 can be recharged.

When the unmanned aerial vehicle 140 returns to the unmanned aerial vehicle base, it transmits information on the process of mission performance and the collected information to the service server 110 through the drone base station 130 (⑤). Here, if necessary, the collected information may be transmitted in real time to the service server 110 through the drone base station 130 while flying in the corresponding area.

And the collection information transmitted to the service server 110 may be stored in the storage unit (112d). Also, the collected information stored in the storage unit 112d may be analyzed by the analysis unit 114b. The stored information can be checked by the user by accessing the service server 110 from the user terminal 140 . In this case, the information provided through the user terminal may be information reproduced through the cloud computing service in the cloud server unit 116a.

As described above, the detailed description of the present invention has been made by the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, but since the above-described embodiments have only been described with preferred examples of the present invention, the present invention is limited only to the above embodiments. It should not be understood, and the scope of the present invention should be understood as the following claims and their equivalents.

100: unmanned aerial vehicle service system
110: service server 112: web management unit
114: aircraft management unit 116: cloud unit
120: user terminal 130: drone base station
140: unmanned aerial vehicle
200: wireless communication network

Claims (2)

An unmanned aerial vehicle that flies over a predetermined area and performs a mission to collect or control information about the area;
a service server communicating with the unmanned aerial vehicle through a wireless communication network, controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle, and storing information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
and a drone base station that maintains and manages the unmanned aerial vehicle and provides a ground station service of a survey and navigation satellite of a target area,
The service server,
Receives a user's service request through a web service, analyzes it, transmits a mission to the unmanned aerial vehicle, and provides the collected information and performed mission details to a user terminal;
Based on the collected information, information on the health status, disease presence and distribution of crops, soil condition and soil moisture content are analyzed, and irrigation or crop fertilization time and crop harvest time of the area are predicted,
Provides the user terminal with information about the average crop condition and climate change in the region for a preset period through big data analysis,
The unmanned aerial vehicle is
a sensor unit including at least one of a navigation sensor, a direction sensor, an altitude sensor, a gyro sensor, a speed sensor, and a proximity sensor;
a photographing unit including one or more types of cameras for photographing the corresponding area;
a memory unit for storing information detected by the sensor unit and data captured by the photographing unit;
a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with the service server; and
A control unit for controlling to fly in the corresponding area according to a control signal received from the service server side, and controlling the sensor unit, the photographing unit, the memory unit, and the communication unit,
The camera included in the photographing unit,
One or more of an infrared camera that shoots images expressed in different shades or colors depending on the growth status of crops in the region, and a multi-spectrum camera that shoots images that can check whether the crops in the region are plagued by pests or drought includes,
The service server,
The user is connected using the user terminal, manages the application for receiving the agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle service, and the analysis unit can access the information analyzed for the application area in real time or the information stored in the cloud server unit through the user terminal. a web service portal unit that manages to
a web server unit for processing data requested through the web service portal unit so that a user terminal connected to the web service portal unit can obtain an application or information;
a web application server unit connected to the storage unit and provided for exchanging data of the database stored in the storage unit or manipulating the data stored in the storage unit using a program;
a storage unit for storing data generated through the web server unit or the web application server unit, and for storing data transmitted through the cloud server unit;
an unmanned aerial vehicle control unit for controlling the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle by setting the flight mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle to a fixed wing or a variable wing;
an analysis unit for analyzing information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
and a cloud unit that reproduces the information information in the analysis unit into information for providing to the user terminal,
The cloud unit,
When the information collected through the unmanned aerial vehicle is accumulated, through big data analysis of the accumulated information, information on the average crop status and the climate change of the region for the preset period is provided to the user terminal a cloud server unit;
a block storage unit for layering and storing the information information information in the analysis unit into a directory structure; and
An object storage unit that stores files or data in units of accounts of the user terminal, and automatically creates and manages metadata for unstructured unstructured data having different shapes and structures, such as pictures, images, or documents;
The drone base station communicates with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the service server, respectively, transmits a control signal transmitted from the service server to the unmanned aerial vehicle, and transmits the signal transmitted from the unmanned aerial vehicle to the service server. system.
An unmanned aerial vehicle service method using the unmanned aerial vehicle service system according to claim 1,
A step of applying for an unmanned aerial vehicle service from the user terminal to the service server through a wireless communication network;
transmitting a control command from the service server through a wireless communication network to an unmanned aerial vehicle flying in the area to perform a task of collecting or controlling information about the area requested by the user terminal;
performing a mission to collect or control information on the application area in the unmanned aerial vehicle;
transmitting the information collected from the unmanned aerial vehicle or the result of the control mission to the service server through a wireless communication network; and
Analyzing and storing the collected information transmitted to the service server so that it can be confirmed in the user terminal,
The analysis and storage step is,
The process of analyzing the health status, disease presence and distribution of crops, soil condition and soil moisture content, and predicting the irrigation or fertilization time of crops and crop harvest time in the area based on the collected information ; and
It includes the process of providing information about the average crop condition and climate change of the region for a preset period through big data analysis to the user terminal,
The command transmitted from the service server to the unmanned aerial vehicle is transmitted through a drone base station that maintains the unmanned aerial vehicle and operates a survey and precision GPS ground station service in the corresponding area.

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