KR20140080939A - Plant cultivation system for use in combination with light and artificial light - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plant cultivation system for use in combination with natural light and artificial light. The plant cultivation system for use in combination with natural light and artificial light comprises a housing which has a plant cultivation space and irradiates the plant cultivation space with natural light by forming a part of the roof or a side wall to be transparent; an LED lighting unit for providing artificial light to the plants by being installed in the housing; an image sensor for obtaining images of the plant cultivation states and image information by being installed in the housing; a temperature and humidity sensor for sensing the temperature and the humidity in the housing; an insolation sensor for measuring the amount of solar radiation radiated into the housing; and a control module which receives the information sensed from the image sensor, the temperature and humidity sensor, and the insolation sensor and controls the LED lighting unit. By the configuration, natural light is used in combination with artificial light and the state of the inner environment is optimized according to the growth of plants, thereby improving productivity and economic efficiency.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a plant cultivation system,

The present invention relates to a combined plant cultivation system.

A plant plant is a system that can artificially control the growth environment (light, air, heat, nutrients) of a living organism within a controlled facility to plan and produce the same crop as the plant production through automation regardless of season or place. Is different from conventional vinyl houses in that it is an agricultural field with advanced technology such as LED, environmental control system and robot automation process.

In addition, plant factories are one of the active countermeasures against domestic climate change, and it is a new growth industry that can export the factory equipment itself. It increases the economic efficiency by exporting the plant factory installation and technology to countries where the self sufficiency rate of vegetables is less than 10% It is a technology that can be made.

Conventionally, there is a "plant plant system for leafwood production" (Application No. 10-2011-0019180). However, the prior art uses artificial light and controls the temperature generated by artificial light by a cooler , There is a problem that the system is highly dependent on electric energy.

The object of the present invention is to use artificial light and natural light in combination and to optimize the state of the internal environment according to the growth of plants to be cultivated, thereby improving productivity and economic efficiency And a plant cultivation system using the plant.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a plant, comprising: a housing forming a plant growing space and having a roof or a part of a side wall formed to be transparent so as to be exposed to natural light; An LED illuminating unit provided in the housing to provide illumination of an artificial light type to a plant to be cultivated; An image sensor for acquiring image or image information on a growth state of a plant installed inside the housing and cultivated; A temperature and humidity sensor for sensing temperature and humidity inside the housing; A solar radiation sensor for measuring the amount of natural light irradiated into the housing; And a control module for receiving the information sensed by the image sensor, the temperature and humidity sensor, and the irradiation dose sensor and performing control of the LED illumination unit.

Here, the control module controls the illumination height, the illumination angle, and the illumination amount of the LED illumination unit with reference to the previously stored plant growth reference data and the environmental condition data transmitted from the image sensor, the temperature / humidity sensor and the irradiation dose sensor in real time .

In addition, the light combining type planting system may further include a support portion coupled to one end or both ends of the LED illumination portion, and the support portion may be provided to vertically convey the upper portion of the support portion by driving the cylinder.

Here, at least one gear rotated by the driving means may be installed at the coupling portion of the support portion and the LED illumination portion so that the illumination angle of the LED illumination portion is controlled.

In addition, the light-combining type plant cultivation system may further include a gas sensor for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the housing, and an air speed sensor for sensing the wind direction and wind speed outside the housing.

The LED illumination unit may include at least one unit LED that emits blue, green, and red colors. The unit LED may be a combination of the colors of pink White) colors.

Industrial Applicability According to the present invention, productivity and economic efficiency can be increased by using artificial light and natural light in combination, and by optimizing the state of the internal environment according to the growth of plants to be cultivated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of a combined plant cultivation system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to this, the terms used in the specification and claims should not be construed in a dictionary sense, and the inventor may, on the principle that the concept of a term can be properly defined in order to explain its invention in the best way And should be construed in light of the meanings and concepts consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments shown in the present specification and the drawings are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are presented. Therefore, various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may exist.

1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of a combined plant cultivation system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a combined plant cultivating system according to the present invention includes a housing 10 forming a plant cultivation space and having a roof or a part of a side wall formed to be transparent so as to be exposed to natural light; An LED illumination unit 20 for providing illumination in the form of artificial light to a plant installed inside the housing 10 and cultivated; An image sensor (30) for acquiring image or image information about a growth state of a plant installed inside the housing (10) and cultivated; A temperature and humidity sensor 40 for sensing temperature and humidity inside the housing 10; A solar radiation sensor 50 for measuring the amount of natural light irradiated into the housing 10; And a control module 60 that receives information sensed by the image sensor 30, the temperature / humidity sensor 40 and the irradiation amount sensor 50 and performs control of the LED illumination unit 20.

The combined plant cultivation system according to the present invention includes a gas sensor 70 for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the housing 10 and an air speed sensor 80 for sensing the wind direction and wind speed outside the housing 10 ). ≪ / RTI >

Here, the image sensor 30, the temperature / humidity sensor 40, the solar radiation sensor 50, the gas sensor 70, and the wind speed sensor 80 sense each measurement object and send information about the measurement object to the control module 60, And each sensor may be installed in a Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) composed of one or more sensor nodes and tags installed at various positions so as to be able to communicate with the control module 60.

The control module 60 refers to the growth reference data of the plant to be cultivated in advance and the environmental condition data transmitted from the image sensor 30, the temperature / humidity sensor 40 and the irradiation amount sensor 50 in real time, The illumination angle, and the amount of illumination of the illumination unit 20, as shown in FIG.

That is, the control module 60 stores the growth reference data of the plant to be cultivated, and the image or image data of the plant growth state transmitted from the image sensor 30 and the image or image data of the plant growth state transmitted from the temperature / humidity sensor 40, Data on the ratio of the amount of natural light emitted from the radiation sensor 50 to the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the air in the housing transferred from the gas sensor 70, The data of the external air volume and wind speed are collected to comprehend the environmental condition information and compared with the current plant growth condition and the growth standard data, the intensity and placement control of the LED lighting unit 20, ventilation fan driving, And the like of the plant cultivation system.

The planting system according to the present invention may further include a support 22 coupled to one or both ends of the LED illumination unit 20. The support 22 may be supported by the support 22, As shown in Fig.

In addition, one or more gears (not shown) may be provided on the coupling portion of the support portion and the LED illumination portion to be rotated by the driving means so that the illumination angle of the LED illumination portion is controlled.

That is, when it is determined by the control module 60 that artificial light irradiation by the LED illumination unit 20 is necessary, the control module 60 transmits the light emission signal to the LED illumination unit 20, The illumination angle, the illumination angle, and the illumination amount of the LED illumination unit 20 according to the uniformity of the light distribution to be irradiated.

The LED illumination unit 20 may include at least one unit LED that emits blue, green, and red colors. The unit LED may be a combination of the colors, The color of the light emitted by the color combination is not limited to that described above. The light emitted by the LED illumination unit 20 (light emitting diode) may be emitted in various combinations of colors selected according to the growth characteristics of the plant to be cultivated To provide artificial light illumination.

In addition, a detailed configuration (communication circuit, protocol, interface, etc.) for implementing the USN of each sensor, a mechanical configuration (driving force providing means, driving force converting means, gear, cylinder) for controlling the illumination height and the angle of illumination, The specific contents of the unit LED and the selection of the luminescent color by the color combination are already known and are omitted.

Industrial Applicability As described above, productivity and economic efficiency can be increased by using artificial light and natural light in combination, and by optimizing the state of the internal environment according to the growth of plants to be cultivated.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the exemplary embodiments and the drawings, it is to be understood that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and that various changes and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Various modifications and variations may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Description of the Related Art [0002]
10: housing 20: LED illumination part
22: support 30: image sensor
40: Temperature and humidity sensor 50:
60: control module 70: gas sensor
80: wind speed sensor

Claims (6)

A housing which forms a plant growing space and is formed such that a roof or a part of a side wall thereof is transparent to be irradiated with natural light;
An LED illuminating unit provided in the housing to provide illumination of an artificial light type to a plant to be cultivated;
An image sensor for acquiring image or image information on a growth state of a plant installed inside the housing and cultivated;
A temperature and humidity sensor for sensing temperature and humidity inside the housing;
A solar radiation sensor for measuring the amount of natural light irradiated into the housing;
And a control module that receives the information sensed by the image sensor, the temperature / humidity sensor, and the irradiation dose sensor and performs control of the LED illumination unit. The method according to claim 1,
The control module controls the illumination height, the illumination angle, and the illumination amount of the LED illumination unit with reference to the plant growth reference data stored in advance and environmental condition data transmitted from the image sensor, the temperature / humidity sensor, and the irradiation dose sensor in real time Planting system. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the light combining type plant cultivation system further comprises a support portion coupled to one end or both ends of the LED illumination portion, wherein the support portion vertically transports the upper portion of the support portion by driving the cylinder, . The method of claim 3,
Wherein at least one gear rotated by a drive means is provided at a coupling portion between the support portion and the LED illumination portion to control an illumination angle of the LED illumination portion. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the light combining type plant cultivation system further comprises a gas sensor for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the housing, and an air speed sensor for sensing the wind direction and wind speed outside the housing. The method according to claim 1,
The LED illumination unit may include one or more unit LEDs emitting blue, green, and red colors, and the unit LEDs may be formed of a combination of the colors of pink, Wherein the light source is arranged to emit light of a color.

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