KR20060112533A - System and method for managing a farm in ubiquitous - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for managing a farm based on the ubiquitous are provided to control the inside of a greenhouse according to a control signal generated from a mobile terminal in case that emergency is generated by transmitting current state information collected from the inside of the greenhouse to the mobile terminal. Each management terminal(150,250) detects the current state information for the inside of each greenhouse(100,200) and controls each driving device(130,230) through the local wireless communication(290). A main management terminal(350) detects the inside/outside state information of a main greenhouse(300), controls the driving device(330) of the main greenhouse, transceives data with the management terminal through the local wireless communication, and transceives the data with a farm management server(600) through the wired/wireless network(190,500). The server compares the current state information received from the management terminal with farm management data, transmits a comparison result to the mobile terminal(800), and transmits the control signal received from the mobile terminal to the management terminal.

Description

Ubiquitous based farm management system and its method {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A FARM IN UBIQUITOUS}

1 illustrates a ubiquitous based farm management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows a management system of a farm implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 schematically illustrates a main management terminal of a farm shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a farm management method using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a farm management method using a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: first sub house

200: second sub house

300: main house

110, 210, 310: measuring sensor

130, 230, 330: drive unit

150, 250: sub management terminal

350: main management terminal

400: farm

500: communication network

600: farm management server

700: Short Message Service Server

750: Multimedia Message Service Server

800: mobile terminal

The present invention relates to a farm management system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to continuously monitor the environment of a house, that is, a greenhouse, a barn, a freezer, and the like by using a mobile terminal, and notify an administrator when an emergency occurs. The present invention relates to a ubiquitous based farm management system and a method thereof.

Generally, crops grown in farm houses are affected by temperature, humidity, insolation, water supply, carbon dioxide, etc., and the quality of crop growth rate, yield, and taste. Therefore, in the environment such as the plastic house of the farm, the equipment to keep the temperature, humidity, insolation, etc. constant was used, which had a limitation that the farmer or the manager should operate only on site.

In addition, the industrialization of agriculture requires a farmer to manage the majority of greenhouses, barns, and storage warehouses. At this time, when an emergency such as a power failure, a device failure, or a fire occurs, it is difficult for farmers to overcome the emergency alone.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to transmit the current state information collected using short-range wireless communication in a house to a mobile terminal and control generated from the mobile terminal when an emergency occurs. To provide a ubiquitous farm management system and method for controlling the inside of the house according to the signal.

Ubiquitous based farm management system according to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A management terminal for detecting current state information in a house to be managed using a communication network and controlling the driving device of the house using short-range wireless communication;

Detects internal and external state information of the main house, controls the driving device of the main house, transmits and receives data with at least one management terminal through the short range wireless communication, and transmits data with the farm management server through a wired or wireless network. A main management terminal for transmitting and receiving; And

The present state information received from the main management terminal is compared with farm management data required for growing or breeding crops or livestock managed in the house, and the comparison result is transmitted to the mobile terminal through a communication network, and the mobile Farm management server for transmitting a control signal received from the terminal to the main management terminal.

Ubiquitous-based farm management method according to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the measurement sensor and the driving device through near field communication; And a main management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management terminal through the short range wireless communication and communicating with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network.

A) transmitting measurement data measuring an environmental factor of a house and current state data of a driving device for controlling the environmental factor to the management terminal;

B) generating, at the management terminal, a wireless message comprising an identification number of the management terminal, the measurement data, current status data, and a message destination address;

C) the management terminal transmitting to the main management terminal having the message destination address;

D) when the main management terminal compares the measurement data with the farm management data and is out of the range of the farm management data, transmitting a control signal for operating the driving device to the main management terminal; And

E) receiving the current state data of the drive device from the main management terminal receiving the control signal and transmitting to the mobile terminal via a communication network.

Ubiquitous based farm management method according to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the measurement sensor and the driving device through near field communication; And a main management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management terminal through the short range wireless communication and communicating with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network.

Iii) determining that an error has occurred in the measurement sensor or the drive device when measurement data or state data of the drive device is not received from the measurement sensor or the drive device for a predetermined time;

Ii) searching for the cause of the error in the management terminal to generate an alarm message according to the error cause, and transmitting the alarm message to the main management terminal using the short range wireless communication; And

Iii) transmitting the error message from the main management terminal to the mobile terminal through the farm management server.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if an emergency such as a power failure or failure of a device occurs in a plurality of houses owned by a farmer, it can respond quickly.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is to apply to the farm a ubiquitous (Ubiquitous) space that can obtain the information needed by the network anytime, anywhere.

1 illustrates a ubiquitous based farm management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The farm management system of the present invention is a farm 400, a communication network 500 for bidirectional communication with the farm 400, for transmitting management data and control signals to the farm 400 through the communication network 500 Farm management server 600, Short Message Service Server (hereinafter referred to as SMS server; used for providing data generated in the house and farm management data; 700) and Multimedia Message Service Server (Multimedia Message Server) It will be referred to as MMS server 750, and a mobile terminal 800.

The farm management server 600 includes a management unit 610 for managing a main management terminal and a sub management terminal, a control unit 630 for controlling the farm management server 600, the main management terminal 350, and the mobile terminal ( And a communication unit 650 for transmitting and receiving data with the 800, a farm management database 670 for storing and managing management data for managing the farm, and a warning message generator 690.

The management unit 610 for managing the main management terminal and the sub management terminal is configured to classify and register the sub management terminal provided in the housing according to the type of object to be managed when there are a plurality of houses in a farm. Provide a tool.

In addition, when there are a plurality of houses, one house is set as the main house and the main management terminal 350 is installed, and the remaining houses are set as the management terminals 100 and 200 as sub-houses of the main house. The main terminal 300 and the management terminals 100 and 200 are registered in the management unit 610.

The controller 630 compares the data received from the main management terminal 350 and the data stored in the farm management database 670 and notifies the mobile terminal 800 of the comparison result, that is, the current state of the house. In order to transmit the data to the SMS server 700 or MMS server 750.

In addition, the control unit 630 compares the measurement data received from the main management terminal 350 with the farm management data stored in the farm management database 670 when the measurement data falls within the range of the risk data, the risk data Instructs the warning message generation unit 690 to generate a warning message based on the. The warning message is transmitted to the SMS server 700 and the MMS server 750 to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 800.

The SMS server 700 processes the warning message or the data received from the farm management server 600 into a short message, and the MMS server 750 processes the data into a voice message or a multimedia message to process the data of the house. The current state is transmitted to the mobile terminal 800.

The mobile terminal 800 receives the measurement data, the state data of the driving device, the guide message, and the warning message provided through the mobile communication network from the farm management server 800 and displays them on the screen. At this time, by displaying the appropriate environmental factor data stored in the database 670 of the farm management server 800 so that it is easy to determine whether the current state of the house environment of the farmer or manager is normal or a situation requiring control. do.

In addition, the mobile terminal 800 receives and displays an image signal photographed from a camera installed in the main house 300 and the sub-houses 100 and 200.

In addition, the mobile terminal 800 accesses the farm management server 600 to remotely control the driving device 330 provided in the farm 400.

Figure 2 shows a management system of a farm implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The farm management system of the present invention includes at least one sub house, a main house, a mobile communication network 500, a farm management server 600, and a mobile terminal 800.

House of the present invention is used in the concept including livestock barn, freezing warehouse, cold storage warehouse, greenhouse. When the farm 400 has a predetermined number or more, the farm 400 sets at least one main house 300 and sets and operates the subject houses 100 and 200 subordinate to the main house 300. That is, the main management terminal 350 of the main house 300 is provided with a communication module for directly transmitting and receiving data with the farm management server 600 through the communication network 500.

On the other hand, the data transmission and reception between the main house 300 and the sub-houses (100, 200) uses a short-range wireless communication (290), and the data transmission and reception between the sub-houses (100, 200) also the short-range wireless communication (290) I use it.

Examples of the short range wireless communication include Bluetooth, Zigbee, infrared communication (IrDA), radio frequency (RF), radio frequency identification (RFID), and ultra wideband communication (UWB). The RF includes UHF (Ultra High Frequency), and VHF (Very High Frequency).

In other words, the measurement data of the first sub house 100 and the state data of the driving device 130 are transmitted to the management terminal 150 using short-range wireless communication, and a control signal is transmitted through the management terminal 150. Transmitted to the drive device 130.

In addition, the management terminal 150 transmits the data generated in the first sub-house 100 to the main management terminal 350 through the short-range wireless communication (290). The main management terminal 350 collects data generated from the first sub-house 100 and the second sub-house 200 and transmits the data to the farm management server 600 through the communication network 500.

3 schematically illustrates a main management terminal of a farm shown in FIG. 2.

Inside the main house 300, at least one measurement sensor 310 for measuring environmental factors such as temperature and humidity of the house, and at least one driving device 330 for controlling the environmental factors according to the measurement data are installed. In addition, a main management terminal 350 for managing the measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330 is installed.

The measurement sensor 310 includes a measurement unit 312 for measuring environmental factors, a storage unit 314 for storing measured measurement data, and the main management terminal 350 using short-range wireless communication. It is configured to include a short-range wireless communication unit 316 to transmit to.

The driving device 330 is a switching unit 332 for switching the power on (ON) / off (OFF) according to the control signal received from the main management terminal 350, and the current of the driving device 330 And a short range wireless communication unit 334 for transmitting an on / off state to the main management terminal 350.

For example, the driving device 330 is operated according to an open signal of an entrance door of the main house 300 to generate image data, and transmit the generated image data to the main management terminal 350.

The main management terminal 350 may include a data collector 352 for storing data received from the measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330 through short-range wireless communication, and a control signal received from the outside. The controller 354 for transmitting to the driving device 330 or generating a control signal therein, and performing short-range wireless communication with the measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330, and a farm management server. And a communication unit 358 for performing wireless or wired communication with the mobile terminal 800.

In one application example, the main management terminal 350 further comprises a GPS receiver 356 for receiving its location information, the farm management server 600 via the communication unit 358 the location information To send).

The control unit 354 of the main management terminal 350 compares the measurement data received from the management terminals 150 and 250 of the sub-house with farm management data which is the reference data to determine whether it is within the range of the reference data. If it is out of the reference data, a control signal for operating the driving device 330 is generated. At the same time, the control unit 354 transmits the measurement data to the farm management server 600 when the measurement data is out of the range of the reference data.

In addition, when data is not received from the measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330 so that a predetermined time elapses, the main management terminal 350 is connected to the measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330. It is assumed that an error has occurred and an alarm message is transmitted to the mobile terminal 800 through the farm management server 600.

At least one main management terminal 350 is installed in the farm 400 and is registered in the farm management server 600 by a farmer or a manager. When there are a plurality of farms 400, there are also a plurality of main management terminals 350 installed in the farms 400, and types of crops or livestock grown, stored, stored, or reared among the houses of the farms 400. The same houses are grouped to facilitate the transmission and return of management data and control signals.

Therefore, when adding a house in the farm 400, by registering the information on the house to the farm management server 600, it is possible to remote control using the mobile terminal (800).

The operating state of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a ubiquitous based farm management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The farmer or manager registers the farm 400 and the house by accessing the farm management server 600 and inputting the location, management type, ID, etc. of the house formed in the farm 400 to be managed and controlled through the communication network. The management type includes a kind of crops grown in the farm 400, a kind of livestock raised, a kind of storage to be stored, and the like.

In this case, when there are a plurality of houses formed in the farm 400, one main house 300 is set and the other is set as a sub house subordinate to the main house 300.

Therefore, the data generated in the sub house is collected in the main house 300 so that the main management terminal 350 of the main house 300 is connected to the mobile terminal through the farm management server 600 through the communication network 500. 800).

In more detail, the measurement data measured by the measurement sensor and the current state data of the driving device is transmitted to the management terminal (S310).

The management terminal generates a wireless message and transmits it to the main management terminal (S320). The radio message includes an identification number of the management terminal, the measurement data, current state data of the driving device, and a message destination address for receiving the radio message. In the management terminal provided in the sub house, the arrival address is set as the main management terminal.

The measurement sensor 310 measures environmental factors such as temperature and humidity inside the house, and the measured measurement data is within the reference data range compared to farm management data, that is, reference data, provided from the farm management server 600. It is determined whether there exists (330).

As a result of the determination in step S330, when the measurement data falls within the range of the reference data, the measurement data and the state data of the driving device are transmitted to the farm management server 600 to be displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 800. (S380). The current state data of the driving device 330 is data about whether the current driving device 330 is in an ON state or an OFF state.

As a result of the determination in step S330, when the measurement data is out of the range of the reference data, the main management terminal 350 uses the short range wireless communication to drive the driving device to fall within the range of the reference data. A control signal for activating is generated and transmitted to the management terminal managing the driving device (S340).

In one application, if the measurement data is temperature data and the temperature data exceeds the upper limit of the reference temperature, the running fan is turned off and if the temperature data is less than the lower limit of the reference temperature, the heater is turned off. In the case of, transmits a control signal to be turned on to the warm air fan, which is the driving device.

In addition, the measurement data is transmitted to the farm management server 600 through the communication network (500).

The farm management server 600 determines whether the measurement data outside the range of the reference data falls within the range of the dangerous data, and if not, confirms the confirmation message for the control signal generated by the main management terminal 350. It transmits to the mobile terminal 800 (S350, S390).

If the measurement data falls within the dangerous data range, an emergency has occurred in the house to which the measurement data is sent, and an urgent response is necessary. Therefore, the farm management server generates a warning message and transmits it to the mobile terminal 800 registered in the farm management server 600 (S360).

The mobile terminal 800 performs a remote control according to the received warning message (S370). The alert message may be implemented as a short message, a voice message, or a multimedia message.

In addition, when the door of the sub-house or the main house is opened, a camera operated according to the open signal of the door captures an image and transmits the image to the main management terminal along with time information.

The main management terminal transmits the open information of the door together with the image information to the mobile terminal.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a ubiquitous based farm management method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The measurement sensor 310 and the driving device 330 installed in the house periodically transmit the measurement data or the current state data of the driving device 330 to the management terminal. Therefore, when the measurement data and the current state data of the driving device 330 are not received for a predetermined time, the management terminal determines that an error, failure, or power failure has occurred in the measuring sensor or the driving device ( S410).

Search for the cause of the error of the measurement sensor or the drive device to generate an alarm message according to the cause of the error and transmit the alarm message to the main management terminal 350 using short-range wireless communication, the farm management server 600 It transmits to the mobile terminal 800 through (S420, S430, S440).

In addition, when there are several consent houses in the farm, one house is set as the main house and the other house is set as the sub house, and the management terminal installed in the sub house periodically transmits data to the main management server installed in the main house. do.

Therefore, when data is not received from the management terminal of the sub house for a predetermined time, the main management terminal 350 determines that an error or power failure has occurred in the management terminal (S450).

The main management terminal 350 generates an alarm message according to a failure or power failure of the management terminal and transmits the alarm message to the mobile terminal 800 through the farm management server 600.

In addition, the main management terminal 350 transmits the data collected from the management terminal periodically to the farm management server 600. Accordingly, when data is not received from the main management server 350 in the farm management server 600 for a predetermined time, it is determined that an error or a power failure occurs in the main management server 350 and the error or power failure Generates an alarm message according to the transmission to the mobile terminal (800) (S460).

As described in detail above, according to the ubiquitous-based farm management system and method of the present invention, when a farmer or manager owns a plurality of houses, that is, a greenhouse, a barn, a storage warehouse, etc. In addition to being able to check the state of the house with the mobile terminal, there is an advantage in that the mobile terminal can be notified of the current state in the event of a power failure or a failure of the device to quickly cope with an emergency state.

In addition, in the case of growing and breeding various kinds of crops and livestock, information on environmental factors suitable for each crop and each livestock can be frequently checked and the environment can be provided remotely, thereby improving productivity and quality of crops and livestock. This has the effect of being improved.

In addition, the main house is provided with a communication module that can be connected to the mobile communication network only in the case of managing multiple houses, and the subject house is equipped with a device for transmitting and receiving data with a relatively cheap short-range communication module and low cost. As a result, it is possible to integrate and manage multiple houses.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

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A management terminal for detecting current state information in a house to be managed using a communication network and controlling the driving device of the house using short-range wireless communication; Detects internal and external state information of the main house, controls the driving device of the main house, transmits and receives data with at least one management terminal through the short range wireless communication, and transmits data with the farm management server through a wired or wireless network. A main management terminal for transmitting and receiving; And The present state information received from the main management terminal is compared with farm management data required for growing or breeding crops or livestock managed in the house, and the comparison result is transmitted to the mobile terminal through a communication network, and the mobile Ubiquitous based farm management system comprising a farm management server for transmitting a control signal received from the terminal to the main management terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the management terminal, A data collector for collecting and storing current state information in the house; And And a short range wireless communication unit configured to transmit the collected current state information to the main management terminal and to transmit a control signal received from the main management terminal to the driving device using the short range wireless communication. Ubiquitous based farm management system. The method of claim 2, wherein the management terminal or the main management terminal, Ubiquitous based farm management system characterized in that it further comprises a GPS receiver for receiving location information from the satellite. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the management terminal, And a control unit for generating a control signal for operating the driving device when the measurement data is out of the farm management data by comparing the measured data with the farm management data. According to claim 4, The farm management server, A farm management database for storing and managing the farm management data; A management terminal manager for classifying and registering the management terminal according to a type of object to be managed when there are a plurality of management terminals; A warning message generator for generating a warning message based on the dangerous data when the measured data received from the management terminal falls within a range of dangerous data; And Ubiquitous-based farm management system comprising a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data with the management terminal and the mobile terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the short-range wireless communication, Ubiquitous based farm management system, characterized in that one of Bluetooth (Bluetooth), Zigbee (IR), infrared communication (IrDA), radio frequency (RF), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and UWB. The system of claim 4, wherein the system is And a mobile terminal for displaying the measurement data, the state data of the driving device, the alarm message or the warning message provided through the farm management server, and accessing the farm management server to remotely control the driving device. Ubiquitous based farm management system characterized by. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises: A measuring unit mounted at a predetermined position of the house and measuring an environmental factor; A storage unit for storing the measured measurement data; And Ubiquitous-based farm management further comprises a measurement sensor, characterized in that it comprises a short-range wireless communication unit for sending the stored measurement data to the management terminal using the short-range wireless communication at a predetermined time period. system. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises: A switching unit for turning on / off according to a control signal received from the management terminal; And Ubiquitous-based farm management system, characterized in that it further comprises a drive device comprising a short-range wireless communication unit for transmitting the on / off state to the management terminal. The method of claim 9, wherein the drive device, An entrance door of the house; And Ubiquitous-based farm management system, characterized in that it comprises a camera installed at a predetermined position of the house is operated when the door is opened (Open) to transmit the captured image data to the management terminal. The system of claim 10, wherein the system is A multimedia message server for generating the image data into a multimedia message and transmitting the multimedia data to the mobile terminal; And Ubiquitous-based farm management, characterized in that it further comprises a short message server (Short Message Service Server) for receiving the current state information of the house from the farm management server to generate a short message to transmit to the mobile terminal system. A management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the measurement sensor and the driving device through near field communication; And a main management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management terminal through the short range wireless communication and communicating with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network. A) transmitting measurement data measuring an environmental factor of a house and current state data of a driving device for controlling the environmental factor to the management terminal; B) generating, at the management terminal, a wireless message comprising an identification number of the management terminal, the measurement data, current status data, and a message destination address; C) the management terminal transmitting to the main management terminal having the message destination address; D) when the main management terminal compares the measurement data with the farm management data and is out of the range of the farm management data, transmitting a control signal for operating the driving device to the main management terminal; And E) Ubiquitous based farm management method comprising the step of receiving the current state data of the drive device from the main management terminal receiving the control signal to a mobile terminal through a communication network. The method of claim 12, wherein the method is F) when the door of the house in which the management terminal is installed is opened, operating a camera installed at a predetermined position to capture an image and to store the image together with time information; G) transmitting the open information of the door to the mobile terminal; And H) Ubiquitous based farm management method further comprising the step of providing the photographed image information and time information to the mobile terminal at the request of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 12, wherein the method is I) the main management terminal periodically transmitting the measurement data of the management terminal and the state data of the drive device to the farm management server; And J) The farm management server further comprises the step of transmitting the measurement data and status data to the registered mobile terminal with the identification number of the management terminal at a predetermined time period, characterized in that the ubiquitous based farm management method. The method of claim 14, wherein the method is K) when the measured data is out of the range of the farm management data as a result of the comparison of step D), transmitting the measured data to a farm management server to determine whether it is within a range of dangerous data set by a user; L) as a result of the determination of step K), if it belongs to the range of the dangerous data, generating a warning message according to the dangerous data, and further comprising the step of transmitting to the mobile terminal registered in the farm management server Ubiquitous based farm management method. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the step K), when the measured data is temperature data and the temperature data exceeds a predetermined temperature, a control signal for turning off a hot air fan of the driving device is transmitted to the main management terminal. Ubiquitous based farm management method. The method of claim 12, wherein the method comprises: M) receiving the control signal from the farm management server by the mobile terminal accessing the farm management server to request control of the driving device; N) transmitting, by the main management terminal, the control signal to a management terminal managing a driving device for which the mobile terminal requests control by using the short range wireless communication; And O) ubiquitous based, characterized in that for transmitting the current state data of the drive device changed by the control of the drive device in accordance with the control signal to the main management terminal and sent back to the mobile terminal How to care for your farm. A management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the measurement sensor and the driving device through near field communication; And a main management terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management terminal through the short range wireless communication and communicating with a farm management server through a wired or wireless network. Iii) determining that an error has occurred in the measurement sensor or the drive device when measurement data or state data of the drive device is not received from the measurement sensor or the drive device for a predetermined time; Ii) searching for the cause of the error in the management terminal to generate an alarm message according to the error cause, and transmitting the alarm message to the main management terminal using the short range wireless communication; And And iv) transmitting the error message from the main management terminal to the mobile terminal through the farm management server. The method of claim 18, wherein the method is I) If the measurement data and the status data are not received from the management terminal for the predetermined time by the main management terminal, it is determined that an error has occurred in the management terminal and the cause of the error occurred in the main management terminal. Generating an alarm message; And Iii) transmitting the generated alarm message to the mobile terminal through the communication network. The method of claim 18 or 19, wherein the method Iii) If the farm management server does not receive the predetermined data from the main management terminal for a predetermined time, it is determined that an error has occurred in the main management terminal and generates an alarm message according to the cause of the error, thereby generating the mobile terminal. Ubiquitous based farm management method further comprising the step of transmitting to.

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