KR20100001693A - Feed supplying system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A feed supply system is provided to automatically supply the fixed amount of fodder in the predetermined time through remote control without going to a cattle shed, and to conveniently adjust the amount of the fodder according to the number of livestock. CONSTITUTION: A feed supply system comprises a feed supplier(380) a remote control device, and a controller(300). The feed supplier supplies the fixed amount of fodder to a manger in a cattle shed according to the control of the controller. The controller is equipped on the top of the manger. The remote control device changes and supplies fodder supplying information and located on a remote distance from the feed supplies.

Description

Feed supply system

The present invention relates to a feed system for automatically feeding a certain amount of feed into the trough of the existing barn.

In general, a livestock barn is used to raise livestock such as cows. In recent years, the barn is a barn where about 5 cows are raised on a fence for convenience of management, standardization and mass production of various materials. have.

Such a barn is provided with a feed trough on the front of the metal fence for livestock to eat directly, and straw or hay is laid on the floor to create an optimal environment for cattle to live. The cattle are being raised.

In particular, it is very important to feed the correct amount of feed at the correct time in order to have a high quality meat during the breeding process of cows, because the general feeding method is that the manager directly feeds the trough at a certain time every day, In the case of a lot of manpower takes a lot of breeding, resulting in a lot of costs had a disadvantage of weakening profitability.

In order to solve these drawbacks, a device for automatically feeding the food at a predetermined time has been developed in the past, but these feeding devices are very complicated in construction and are difficult to manufacture, and thus can be applied to an existing barn environment. There was a very difficult problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the conventional problems as described above,

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a feed system for automatically feeding a certain amount of feed into the trough of the existing barn.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a feeding system that can conveniently adjust the amount of feed supplied according to the number of livestock raised in the barn.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a feeding system that allows the manager who manages the barn to automatically supply a certain amount of feed at a predetermined time through a remote control without going directly to the barn.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is that the administrator who manages the livestock house automatically feeds the food at a predetermined time even if the house is empty for a long time, so that the limitation of privacy caused by the administrator being unable to empty the house for a long time due to the feeding. It is to provide a feeding system that can solve the problem.

"Feed supply system" according to the present invention for solving the above problems,

A feeder disposed on an upper trough of a barn to store feed and automatically supplying the stored feed to the trough at a predetermined time according to the control of a controller provided at a predetermined position;

The feeder is located remotely, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device for connecting to the controller through the communication to provide the feeding information, and to change the provided feeding information remotely.

Feeder in the above,

A feed storage tank having a feed stored and having a width corresponding to a trough positioned at a lower portion thereof, a discharge opening for discharging the feed in the trough at a lower surface thereof, and having an inner surface inclined toward the discharge opening;

An opening / closing door connected to a first driving motor to rotate the forward and backward directions to open and close the outlet and to feed the trough;

It is mounted on the outer surface of the feed storage tank, and receives the feed supply information through communication with the remote control to control the feed accordingly, or based on the basic information input according to the manual operation of the administrator feed supply information It is preferable to include a controller for generating a feed and control the feeding based on the generated feeding information.

The feeder,

Vibration means for applying a vibration to the feed storage tank in response to the control of the controller to ensure accuracy in feeding the feed,

The feed storage tank,

It is characterized in that it further comprises a feed amount control plate connected to the second drive motor to adjust the feed amount corresponding to the number of livestock raised in the barn while rotating in the forward, reverse.

The controller,

A power supply unit supplying driving power to the controller;

A key operating unit for inputting manual feeding information such as the number of livestock and feed feeding time in the house according to the key operation of the manager;

A communication module for receiving the feed supply information transmitted from the remote control device through communication and transmitting the status information of the feeder to the remote control device;

A control unit for controlling the amount of feed and feeding according to the feed supply information received through the key manipulation unit or the communication module, and controlling the vibration of the feed storage tank when feeding the feed;

A display device which displays the feed supply information in association with the control unit and displays the state information of the current feeder;

A memory having a built-in control program for feeding the feed, storing the received feeding information and storing state information of the feeder;

A feed amount adjusting unit configured to generate a feed amount control plate control signal so that only the amount of feed determined according to the number of livestock raised under the control of the controller;

A feeder for controlling opening / closing time of the opening / closing door for feeding so that the number of livestock and the amount of feed determined according to the age of the livestock are supplied under the control of the controller;

It includes a vibration controller for driving the vibrating means to vibrate the feed storage tank so that the feed is accurately and easily at the time of feeding the feed under the control of the controller.

In the above communication module,

Communication with the remote control device is performed using any one of short range wireless communication including Zigbee, wired communication including RS 485 communication, and mobile communication using a mobile communication network.

In the above, the remote control device,

A power supply unit for supplying driving power to the remote control device;

A key operating unit for inputting manual feeding information such as the number of livestock and feed feeding time in the house according to the key operation of the manager;

A control unit for generating and outputting feed supply information for controlling feed amount control and feed supply according to the feed supply information received through the key manipulation unit;

A monitor for displaying feed supply information in association with the control unit, and displaying status information of a current feeder;

A memory having a built-in control program for feeding, storing the received feeding information and storing state information of the feeding feeder;

And a communication module for transmitting the generated feed supply information to the controller mounted in the feed feeder through communication, and receiving and providing the state information of the feed feeder to the controller.

Preferably, the remote control device is implemented as a personal computer (PC) equipped with a communication device.

According to the present invention there is an advantage that can automatically put a certain amount of feed in the trough of the existing barn, there is an advantage that can conveniently adjust the amount of feed supplied according to the number of livestock raised in the barn.

In addition, the administrator who manages the livestock farm can conveniently supply a certain amount of feed at a fixed time through a remote control without going directly to the livestock house. By providing the supply, there is an advantage that the administrator can solve the privacy problem caused by not being able to empty the barn for a long time because of the feeding.

Hereinafter, described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention. If it is determined that the detailed description of the known function or configuration related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view of the installation state of the feeder 10 in the feeding system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the feeding system according to the present invention, Figure 3 is one of the controller 300 of FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of the remote control apparatus 100 of FIG. 2.

As shown, the feed system according to the present invention, the remote control device 100, including a communication network 200 and the controller 300 is roughly divided into a feeder 10 installed in the barn.

Remote control device 100 is located in the remote with the feeder 10, and connected to the controller 300 through the communication to provide the feed supply information, a function for changing the provided feed supply information remotely Do this.

The remote control device 100, the remote control device in the above, the power supply unit 110 for supplying the driving power, and the manual feed supply such as the number of animals and feed feeding time of the animals raised in the barn in accordance with the key operation of the administrator A controller 130 for inputting information, a controller 130 for generating and outputting feed amount information for controlling feed amount adjustment and feed supply according to the feed supply information received through the key manipulation unit 120; , The display unit 140 in conjunction with the control unit 130 to display the feed supply information, the monitor 140 for displaying the status information of the current feeder 10, a control program for feeding the feed is built-in, the received feed supply information Transmitting the generated feed supply information to the memory 150 storing state information of the feeder generated while storing the feeder and the controller 300 mounted on the feeder 10 through communication; , And it includes a communication module 170 provided to receive the state information of the feeder 10 to the control unit 130.

The remote control device 100 is preferably implemented as a personal computer (PC) equipped with a communication device.

The communication network 200 connects a communication channel between the remote control device 100 and the controller 300 provided in the feeder 10, and may be a local area network such as Zigbee or a wired communication network such as RS485. It may be a mobile communication network for mobile communication. The communication network 200 is preferably applied by adopting an optimal communication network according to the distance or environment of the place where the manager is mainly stayed and the barn.

The feeder 10 is disposed above the trough 1 of the barn and stores the feed, and automatically controls a predetermined amount of the stored feed at a predetermined time according to the control of the controller 300 provided at a predetermined position. 10) to supply the function.

The feeder 10, the feed is stored and formed in a width corresponding to the trough (1) located in the lower portion, the discharge port 11 for discharging the feed to the trough 1 is formed on the lower surface, the inner side is The feed storage tank 12 formed to be inclined toward the discharge port 11 and the first driving motor 50 is rotated forward and backward to open and close the discharge port 11 to inject the feed into the trough 1. It is mounted on the opening and closing door 20 and the outer side of the feed storage tank 12, and receives the feed supply information through communication with the remote control device 100 to control the feed supply accordingly, or to the administrator's manual The controller 300 generates feed supply information based on the basic information input according to the manipulation, and controls the feed supply based on the generated feed supply information.

The well-known feeder 10 further includes a vibrating means 60 that applies vibration to the feed storage tank 12 in response to the control of the controller 300 to achieve accuracy in feeding. The vibrating means 60 is installed at a position for applying vibration to the feed storage tank 12, preferably on the inner side or the outer side of the feed storage tank 12.

The feed storage tank 12 is connected to the shaft 32 of the second drive motor 40 is rotated in the forward and reverse direction, the feed amount control plate 30 to adjust the feed amount corresponding to the number of animals raised in the barn It is preferable to further include. The feed amount control plate 30 is formed in a shape corresponding to the inner surface shape of the feed storage tank 12, a pair is provided, a fastening hole is formed laterally and a spiral formed on the inner surface, both ends are the It is rotatably supported on the shaft 32, characterized in that the position is moved while being rotated.

The controller 300 may include a power supply unit 310 for supplying driving power, and a key operation unit 320 for inputting manual feeding information such as the number of livestock and feed feeding time, which are raised in a livestock house according to a key operation of a manager. And a communication module 330 for receiving the feed supply information transmitted from the remote control apparatus 100 through communication, and transmitting the state information of the feeder 10 to the remote control apparatus 100; A control unit 340 for controlling the amount of feed and feeding according to the feed supply information received through the key manipulation unit 320 or the communication module 330, and controlling the vibration of the feed storage tank 12 when feeding the feed; In addition, the display unit 350 to display the feed supply information in conjunction with the control unit 340, and displays the status information of the current feeder 10, a control program for feeding the feed is built-in, the received feed supply Store information The memory 360 for storing the state information of the live feeder 10 and the feed generating the feed amount control plate control signal so that only the feed amount determined according to the number of livestock raised under the control of the controller 340 Feed supply unit for controlling the opening and closing time of the feed opening and closing door 20 so that the feed amount determined according to the amount control unit 370 and the number of livestock and the age of the livestock under the control of the control unit 340 ( 380, and a vibration controller 390 for driving the vibrating means 60 to vibrate the feed storage tank 12 so that the feeding of the feed is performed accurately and easily under the control of the controller 340. .

Preferably, the communication module 330 communicates with the remote control apparatus 100 using any one of short range wireless communication including Zigbee, wired communication including RS485 communication, and mobile communication using a mobile communication network.

In the feed system according to the present invention configured as described above, a manager directly inputs a command for feeding the feed by manually operating the key operation unit 320 provided in the controller 300 at the site where the barn is installed, and in response to the input command, The control unit 340 draws out a control program stored in the memory 360 and controls the feeding accordingly. In the remote, the manager sends a feeding command through the remote control device 100 through communication. 10) There is a way to deliver.

First, the first method, the manager describes how to directly enter the feeding command as follows.

The driving power is supplied to the feeder 10 by the power supply unit 310, and a proper amount of the feed storage tank 12 (assuming that 5 cattle are raised in a barn, storage is possible for up to 3 days to 4 days). In a state where the feed is stored, the manager inputs the number of animals and the age and feeding time of the cattle raised through the key control unit 320.

When the basic information for automatic feed is input through the key manipulation unit 320, the controller 340 stores the basic information in the memory 360, draws out a control program for automatically feeding the feed stored in the memory 360, and After calculating the control information for feeding based on the basic information, the feed amount control unit 370 and the feeder 380 is controlled to automatically control the feeding. Here, the control information for feeding, the feed amount information according to the number of cattle to be fed, feeding time (morning, lunch, dinner) information, feeding time (for example, 10 seconds) information, vibration means driving information, etc. It includes.

Feed amount control unit 370 received the feed amount information to drive the motor 40 to correspond to the number of cows to be fed to move the feed amount control plate 30 to correspond to the number of cows fed feed amount. . For example, five cows may be kept in a fence of a barn, and five cows may be kept at all times, and the number may change depending on the shipment or the age. Therefore, the feed amount must be adaptively changed according to the number of cows raised in one fence. For this purpose, the feed amount control plate 30 is moved according to the number of cows to be adjusted to adjust the amount of feed supplied. For example, when there are five cattle raised, the feed amount control plate 30 moves to the outermost portion of the feed storage tank 12, and when the cattle are reduced, the feed amount control plate 30 corresponds to a corresponding amount. ) Is moved to the center to control the feed amount.

Next, the feed supplier 380 controls the opening and closing door 20 by controlling the driving time of the motor 50 by the feed input time information provided from the control unit 340. That is, when the feeding time is 10 seconds, the feed supply unit 380 rotates the motor 50 in the forward direction to open the opening and closing door 20 for 10 seconds, and thus the feed stored in the feed storage tank 12 is discharged ( 11) through the trough (1). When the 10 seconds have elapsed, the feeder 380 rotates the motor 50 in a reverse direction for a predetermined time so that the open / close door 20 closes the outlet 11.

At this time, the vibration controller 390 drives the vibration means 60 only during the time that the opening / closing door 20 is opened under the control of the controller 340 to apply vibration to the feed storage tank 60. Due to this vibration, the feed stored in the feed storage tank 60 is quickly added to the trough 1, and also a predetermined feed amount to be supplied. In particular, when moisture is introduced into the feed, it may be stuck to the inclined surface of the feed storage tank 12, so that accurate feeding may not be possible. Even in this case, the feed storage tank 12 may be moved through the vibration means 60. By vibrating, it is possible to shake the feed storage tank 12, it is possible to always feed the feed accurately and quickly.

Here, the feeding time is preferably applied to a known optimum feeding time (morning, lunch, dinner) obtained through experiments on cattle breeding. The feeding time can be arbitrarily changed by the administrator, and the control program can be built in advance.

According to the present invention, in the case of feeding the trough, in the past, when the manager comes to feed the feed time to feed the trough close to the number of cows directly holding the feed, there is a variety of inconveniences, lack of accuracy Although it has adversely affected the development of cows, the present invention can always automatically supply a certain amount of feed at a certain time, it is possible to breed cattle optimally, as well as to eliminate the waste of manpower and various inconveniences caused by feeding You will be able to.

On the other hand, when the second method, the administrator describes how to transmit the feed command from the remote as follows.

When the administrator inputs basic information for automatic feed through the key control unit 120 at the place where the remote control apparatus 100 is installed, and commands the automatic feed of the feed, the controller 130 of the remote control apparatus 100 Feed supply information is generated using a control program or the like stored in the memory 150.

The feed supply information thus generated may include feed supply time zone information, feed input time, feed amount information, vibration control information, and the like, and may additionally include information for requesting the status of the feeder.

The generated feed information is transmitted to the communication network 200 through the communication module 170, and received by the communication module 330 included in the controller 300 of the feeder 10 located remotely through the communication network 200. do.

Here, the communication network 200 may be implemented as a local area network such as Zigbee, a wired communication network such as RS-485, or a mobile communication network for mobile communication, and each communication module may transmit data corresponding to the communication network. It is desirable to convert the format to transmit.

When the feeding information is provided from the remote control device 100, the control unit 340 stores the feeding information in the memory 360, and controls the entire operation of the feeding machine 10 based on the feeding information, and automatically feeds the feed trough. Since the method of automatically feeding the feed is made in the same manner as described in the first method described above, detailed description is omitted to avoid duplicate description.

In addition, the control unit 340 provided in the controller 300 of the feeder 10 checks the state of each component through self-diagnosis and the like, and if a problem occurs, the remote control device 100 through the communication module 330. ) Transmits the status information of the feeder 10.

The control unit 130 of the remote control device 100 checks this, stores the corresponding state information in the memory 150, and displays the state information on the monitor 140, so that the administrator can easily feed the feeder installed in the barn, even remotely. You can check the status.

The transmission and display of such status information serves to provide information that can quickly cope with a breakdown of the feeder.

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically control the feeder installed in the barn only by a simple key operation from the remote, there is an advantage of providing the manager with a free time to enjoy personal privacy as well as the manager does not go directly to the barn It also promotes the convenience of automatically supplying a certain amount of feed at a precise time.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by any person having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

According to the present invention described above, the feed can be automatically supplied from the barn, and the automatic control of the feeder is possible remotely, so that one manager can be extended to a system for remotely managing a plurality of barns located at different places. It is possible.

1 is a perspective view of the installation state of the feeder in the feed system according to the present invention.

2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a feeding system according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the controller of FIG. 2.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment configuration of a remote control of Figure 2;

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

10... Feeder

100... Remote control unit

200... communications network

300... controller

330... Communication module

340... Control

370... Feed control unit

380... Feed

390... Vibration controller

Claims (6)

In the feeding system, A feeder disposed on an upper trough of a barn to store feed and automatically supplying the stored feed to the trough at a predetermined time according to the control of a controller provided at a predetermined position; It is located remotely from the feeder, it is connected to the controller through the communication to provide the feeding information, and the feeding system characterized in that it comprises a remote control device for changing the supplied feeding information remotely . According to claim 1, The feeder, A feed storage tank having a feed stored and having a width corresponding to a trough positioned at a lower portion thereof, a discharge opening for discharging the feed in the trough at a lower surface thereof, and having an inner surface inclined toward the discharge opening; An opening / closing door connected to a first driving motor to rotate the forward and backward directions to open and close the outlet and to feed the trough; It is mounted on the outer surface of the feed storage tank, and receives the feed supply information through communication with the remote control to control the feed accordingly, or the feed supply information based on the basic information input according to the manual operation of the administrator Feeding system, characterized in that it comprises a controller for controlling the feeding of the feed based on the feed information generated. The method of claim 2, wherein the feeder, Vibration means for applying a vibration to the feed storage tank in response to the control of the controller to ensure accuracy in feeding the feed, The feed storage tank, Feeding system characterized in that it further comprises a feed amount control plate connected to the second drive motor to adjust the feed amount corresponding to the number of animals raised in the barn while being rotated forward, reverse. The method of claim 2, wherein the controller, A power supply unit supplying driving power to the controller; A key operating unit for inputting manual feeding information such as the number of livestock and feed feeding time in the house according to the key operation of the manager; A communication module for receiving the feed supply information transmitted from the remote control device through communication and transmitting the status information of the feeder to the remote control device; A control unit for controlling the amount of feed and feeding according to the feed supply information received through the key manipulation unit or the communication module, and controlling the vibration of the feed storage tank when feeding the feed; A display device which displays the feed supply information in association with the control unit and displays the state information of the current feeder; A memory having a built-in control program for feeding, storing the received feeding information and storing state information of the feeding feeder; A feed amount adjusting unit configured to generate a feed amount control plate control signal so that only the amount of feed determined according to the number of livestock raised under the control of the controller; A feeder for controlling opening / closing time of the opening / closing door for feeding so that the number of livestock and the amount of feed determined according to the age of the livestock are supplied under the control of the controller; Feeding system characterized in that it comprises a vibration controller for driving the vibrating means to vibrate the feed storage tank so that the feed is precisely and easily at the time of feeding the feed under the control of the controller. The method of claim 4, wherein the communication module, Feeding system characterized in that for communicating with the remote control device using any one of a short range wireless communication including Zigbee, wired communication including RS485 communication, mobile communication using a mobile communication network. According to claim 1, The remote control device, A power supply unit for supplying driving power to the remote control device; A key operating unit for inputting manual feeding information such as the number of livestock and feed feeding time in the house according to the key operation of the manager; A control unit for generating and outputting feed supply information for controlling feed amount control and feed supply according to the feed supply information received through the key manipulation unit; A monitor for displaying feed supply information in association with the control unit, and displaying status information of a current feeder; A memory having a built-in control program for feeding, storing the received feeding information and storing state information of the feeding feeder; And a communication module for transmitting the generated feed supply information to the controller mounted in the feed feeder through communication, and receiving and providing the state information of the feed feeder to the controller.

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