KR20130039014A - An identification apparatus for living things - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for distinguishing animals and plants is provided to enable a user of a smart device to distinguish the animals and the plants and to confirm information by only photographic action after executing an application. CONSTITUTION: A photographing unit(110) photographs an object. An image analysis unit(160) extracts a feature part of a subject included in image data transmitted by a control unit(150). A storage unit(170) stores feature data of animals and plants. The control unit distinguishes the object by comparing feature data extracted from the image analysis unit with the feature data transmitted from the storage unit and generates distinguished data as visual data. A display unit(140) displays the generated visual data. [Reference numerals] (110) Photographing unit; (120) Input unit; (130) Communication unit; (140) Display unit; (150) Control unit; (160) Image analysis unit; (170) Storage unit; (180) Power supply unit;

Description

An identification apparatus for living things

The present invention relates to a flora and fauna identification device, and more particularly, a technology that enables a user of a smart device having a camera function (smartphone, a tab, etc.) to simply identify the flora and fauna to be photographed, and provide information about the flora and fauna. It is about.

Human beings are living beings in nature, and various animals and plants live together in nature.

On the other hand, according to the urbanized life, it is difficult to have knowledge about the various flora and fauna in the natural world, so there was almost no way to properly check the information on the flora and fauna encountered in mountains, rivers and / or the sea.

In order to solve this problem, physical books such as illustrated plants and animals have been provided. However, this conventional technology has a physical limitation to accommodate all the information of various animals and plants, and there exists a problem of damage due to portable or outdoor life. In addition, there is a problem that takes a long time to find the necessary information.

The present invention is derived to solve the conventional problems as described above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a technology that can be identified by the user only shooting a still image or video using a camera of the smart device. .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of continuously improving the quantity and quality of information by continuously collecting information of a shooting target photographed by a user in a server.

In order to achieve the above object, a flora and fauna identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the photographing unit for photographing a subject to shoot a still image or moving picture, and transfers the photographed image data to the control unit; An input unit for receiving a command of a user and transferring the received command data to a control unit; An image analyzer extracting a feature part of the subject included in the image data transmitted by the controller, and transferring the extracted feature data to the controller; A storage unit configured to store the feature data of the flora and fauna and to transmit the feature data to the control unit at the request of the control unit; Controls the operation of each component, compares the feature data extracted from the image analyzer with the feature data transmitted from the storage to identify a photographing target, and generates visual data so that the user can visually identify the identification data. A control unit for transmitting to the display unit; A display unit for visually displaying an operation state of the apparatus and displaying visual data transmitted from the control unit; And a power supply unit supplying power required for the operation of each component.

In the present embodiment, the storage unit may be configured as a nonvolatile memory whose contents are not erased even when the power supply is cut off from the power supply unit.

In this embodiment, the communication unit for performing wired and wireless communication with the outside by a communication command of the control unit; may further include.

In the present embodiment, the control unit may perform an operation of transmitting the feature data extracted from the image analyzer to a server through a communication unit and controlling the communication unit to receive the photographing target information identified by the server.

According to the present invention, a user of a smart device such as a smart phone or a tab can check the identification and information of the flora and fauna only by photographing operation after executing the application in a state in which the user downloads and installs the application, thereby providing a convenient flora and fauna identification device.

In addition, according to the present invention, as the photographing information is provided to the external server through the communication unit, it is possible to provide a technique for improving the quantity and quality of the flora and fauna information.

1 is a block diagram of an identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a flora and fauna identification apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms set in consideration of functions in the present invention, and these terms may vary according to the intention or custom of the producer producing the product, and the definition of the terms should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification.

(Example)

With reference to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 will be described in the flora and fauna identification apparatus according to the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of an identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention can be installed in a general digital camera or smart phone program to be linked with the camera device, or provided as an application by the smartphone user to download the application as necessary to install and use on their smart phone As shown in FIG. 1, the flora and fauna identification apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment 100 is simply referred to as an 'identification apparatus' unless otherwise described for convenience of description. The photographing unit 110 captures a photographing object as a still image or a moving image, and transmits the photographed image data to the controller 150. In this case, the user may use the input unit 120 to select any one of the still images or any one of the moving images.

The input unit 120 receives a user's command and transfers the received command data to the controller 150. The input unit 120 may use various input means such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a touch pad, and the like.

The image analyzer 160 extracts a feature part of the subject included in the image data transmitted by the controller 150 and transfers the extracted feature data to the controller 150.

The storage unit 170 stores the feature data of the animals and plants, and transmits the feature data to the controller 150 at the request of the controller 150. The storage unit 170 is preferably configured as a nonvolatile memory that does not erase the stored contents even when the power supply from the power supply unit 180 is cut off.

The controller 150 controls the operation of each component and compares the feature data extracted from the image analyzer 160 with the feature data transferred from the storage unit 170 to identify a photographing target. In addition, the controller 150 may generate visual data and transmit the visual data to the display unit 140 so that the user can visually check the identification data.

The display unit 140 visually displays an operation state of the device, and displays visual data transmitted from the controller 150.

The power supply unit 180 supplies power required for the operation of each component.

The communication unit 130 performs wired and wireless communication with the outside by a communication command of the control unit 150. The communication unit 130 may use serial communication or parallel communication as a wired communication protocol, or use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile communication technologies as a wireless communication protocol. When using the communicator 130, the controller 150 transmits the feature data extracted from the image analyzer 160 to the server through the communicator 130, and the communicator 130 transmits the photographing target information identified by the server. The control to receive is performed.

(Example)

Hereinafter, an example of using the identification device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the first step, the user finds a mushroom while climbing.

In a second step, a user presses a camera photographing button of the input unit 120 to operate the photographing unit 110. The photographing data photographed by the photographing unit 110 is transmitted to the controller 150, and the controller 150 transmits the photographed data to the image analyzer 160.

In a third step, the image analyzer 160 extracts a feature part based on the photographing data and transmits the extracted feature data to the controller 150. For example, when the photographing target is a mushroom, the shape of the mushroom shade, the color of the shade, the pattern of the shade may be extracted as the feature portion.

In a fourth step, the controller 150 receives the feature data from the storage unit 170 and compares the feature data extracted from the image analyzer 160. When the feature data match, the controller 150 displays a photograph and information of the mushroom related to the matched feature data on the display unit 140. When only a part of the feature data matches, the controller 150 displays pictures and information on the plurality of mushrooms that partially match on the display unit 140, and the user checks the plurality of mushrooms and manually displays the closest mushroom. You will be confirmed.

On the other hand, when the controller 150 cannot extract all or part of the mushroom information according to the limit of the storage capacity of the storage unit 170, the controller 150 analyzes the image to the external server through the communication unit 130 The feature data extracted from the unit 160 and / or the image data received from the photographing unit 110 may be delivered, and the result analyzed by the external server may be received.

In addition, the external server may classify and store the image data received from each identification device 100 to reinforce the information of the flora and fauna, and the reinforced data may be further stored in the storage unit 170 through the communication unit 130. Could be

The specific embodiments of the present invention have been described above.

However, the spirit and scope of the present invention is not particularly limited to these specific embodiments, and it is common knowledge in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Those who have a must understand.

Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are provided to fully illustrate the scope of the invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, Are only defined by the scope of the claims.

100: identification device 110: the photographing unit
120: input unit 130: communication unit
140: display unit 150: control unit
160: image analysis unit 170: storage unit
180: power supply

Claims (4)

A photographing unit which photographs a photographing target as a still image or a moving image, and transmits the photographed image data to a controller;
An input unit for receiving a command of a user and transferring the received command data to a control unit;
An image analyzer extracting a feature part of the subject included in the image data transmitted by the controller, and transferring the extracted feature data to the controller;
A storage unit configured to store the feature data of the flora and fauna and to transmit the feature data to the control unit at the request of the control unit;
Controls the operation of each component, compares the feature data extracted from the image analyzer with the feature data transmitted from the storage to identify a photographing target, and generates visual data so that the user can visually identify the identification data. A control unit for transmitting to the display unit;
A display unit for visually displaying an operation state of the apparatus and displaying visual data transmitted from the control unit; And
Plant and animal identification apparatus comprising a; power supply for supplying power for the operation of each component. The method of claim 1,
The storage unit is characterized by a non-volatile memory device is characterized in that the stored contents are not erased even if the power supply from the power supply is cut off. The method of claim 1,
And a communication unit for performing wired and wireless communication with the outside by a communication command of the control unit. The method of claim 3,
And the control unit transmits the feature data extracted from the image analyzer to a server through a communication unit, and controls the communication unit to receive the photographing target information identified by the server.

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