KR20140084680A - Integrated Rice Distribution and Inventory Management System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rice processing complex and a rice distribution management system and, more specifically, to a rice processing complex including a measuring device for measuring the quality of polished rice and to a rice distribution management system. To this end, the rice distribution management system comprises a drying storage center and a rice processing complex, wherein the rice processing complex includes a distribution management database which stores weight information and position information of multiple types of warehoused or delivered rice classified according to before and after processing or the degree of processing and quality information of the warehoused rice along with grower identification information; multiple storage tanks which store the multiple types of the rice by type; a quality measuring unit which stores the quality of the rice stored in the storage tank including rice bran; an identification information input unit which receives and transmits the grower identification information of unhulled rice among the multiple types of rice; multiple auto weighers which are respectively installed in an entrance gate and an exit gate of each storage tank, detect the weight of the warehoused or delivered rice, and transmit the detected weight information and rice information of the rice; and a distribution information management unit which matches the weight information and the position information of the rice provided from the auto weigher with the grower identification information provided from the identification information input unit, stores the matched information in the distribution management database, and manages the stored information.

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[0002] Integrated Rice Distribution and Inventory Management System [

The present invention relates to a rice processing plant and a rice distribution management system, and more particularly, to a rice processing plant and a rice distribution management system including a measurement device capable of measuring the quality of rice, as well as a rice processing plant.

In general, rice farming is largely divided into rice paddy cultivation and paddy rice cultivation. Most of the rice cultivation is rice paddy cultivation, and rice paddy cultivation is very rare because paddy rice cultivation that cultivates rice paddies is advantageous in many aspects.

Rice farming in Korea is usually planted from the beginning of April to the middle of the year, and mid / late September is mature and harvested.

Generally, the farming area of one farm is 0.8 hectare, and 5.5 tons of rice is grown.

Thus, the rice harvested by the farmers is brought into dry storage facilities in the area or brought into the rice processing plant and circulated.

Here, the DSC (Drying & Storage Center) is the place where farmers harvest the rice harvested, dry and store only, and the RPC (Rice Processing Complex) It is a place to perform.

In accordance with the scale-up policy of the Mizoroku General Treatment Plant, the integration of the Mizoroku General Treatment Plant is progressing by city, and one Mizoguchi General Treatment Plant will have a large number of carry-in, dry and storage facilities. Comprehensive management including storage facilities became necessary.

Conventionally, dry storage facilities are used to feed the harvested rice (about 24% moisture) to the input port, and the rice carried into the inlet port is moved to the shipper through the transfer device and the first foreign object is sorted, The moisture is measured.

Then, the transferred rice is moved to the drying facility, and the rice of about 24% moisture is dried to about 15% and stored in a storage facility such as a silo.

However, because the size of the storage facility is 200 to 500 tons, a single storage tank contains a mixture of rice harvested by a large number of farmers and is transported to the rice processing plant, where it is processed.

On the other hand, farmers around the rice processing plant can import the rice harvested in the rice processing plant immediately without going through the drying and storing facility.

In this way, rice gardens were installed at the entrance and exit of the rice paddy harvesting plant, and only yields were calculated.

On the other hand, there is an inventory measuring device that can measure the exact temperature of the grain in the silo and manage the quality of the grain, and can measure the stock of grain in the silo, and the silo is automatically managed and operated remotely (Registration Practical Utility Model No. 20-0280560, June 21, 2002), which is intended to provide an automatic grain management apparatus capable of controlling the grain size of rice grains.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a configuration of an automatic grain management apparatus of a conventional rice grain processing plant.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional automatic grain management system of a rice processing plant includes a silo 10 for storing cereals such as rice, a weighing apparatus 30 for measuring the weight of cereals such as rice, a weighing apparatus 30, A unit control device 50 for controlling the unit mechanical devices such as a stirrer installed in the silo 10, a silo 10, A temperature measuring unit 60 for measuring the temperature and humidity of cereals such as rice, an outside air measuring unit 60, and an inventory measuring unit 40, a unit machine control unit 50, And an overall management device 70 connected to the ambient air measurement devices 60 to manage the respective devices in a comprehensive manner.

However, in the past automatic grain management system of the rice processing plant, merely the weight of the silo is measured by the gravimetric apparatus and only the inventory management of the grain stored in the sealer is performed, and the distribution information and the quality information of each grainman are provided There is no problem.

In addition, the rice processing plant will carry out the process of importing the dried rice by the dry storage facility.

However, in the conventional dry storage facility and rice processing plant, there is a problem that the trace of the rice produced by the farmer can not be tracked because the rice mixed with the rice brought in by the farmer is stored or mixed.

In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to manage the theft in the conventional dry storage facility and the rice gravel general treatment plant.

For this reason, conventional dry storage facilities and rice processing plants are entrusted to and managed by an external security company, but there is a problem in that there is no method that can be confirmed even if the stored rice is stolen.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for detecting the weight of a rice harvested by a plurality of farmers, It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice grain distribution management system in which an apparatus is installed and rice grain to be mixed is discriminated and managed from weight change information provided from the weight detection apparatus.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a rice cake distribution management system that enables accurate history management to be carried out on packaged products by managing the rice in which the dry storage facility located in the area is connected to the rice processing plant.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a rice rice distribution management system capable of confirming whether or not stolen rice has been stolen by managing the history of rice according to the import farmhouses.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose a method of measuring the rice germination and the deviation of rice grains brought in and harvested.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose a method for measuring the protein and moisture content of imported rice.

To accomplish this, in the rice cake distribution management system including the dry storage facility and the rice processing plant of the present invention, the rice processing plant includes the weight information and the position information of a plurality of types of rice rice, A plurality of storage tanks for storing the plurality of kinds of music pieces for each type, a quality control unit for measuring the quality including the remaining rice balls stored in the storage tank, An identification information input unit for inputting and receiving cultivator identification information of rice from the plurality of types of rice cakes, a weight detecting unit for detecting the weight of rice balls installed in or discharged from the entrance gates and the exit gates of the respective storage tanks, A plurality of flow meters for transmitting the detected weight information of the rice balls and the rice information; And a distribution information management unit for storing the weight information and the position information of the rice balls provided from the circulation system with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit and storing the same in the distribution management database.

To this end, the rice processing plant of the present invention includes a distribution management database for storing weight information, position information, and quality information of the imported rice, together with the cultivator identification information, A plurality of storage tanks for storing the plurality of types of music in each type;

A quality measurement unit for measuring quality including remaining rice bran stored in the storage tank, an identification information input unit for receiving and receiving grower identification information of rice from the plurality of kinds of rice bran, an inlet and an outlet for each of the storage tanks, A plurality of flow meters for detecting the weight of the rice to be received or delivered and delivering the detected weight information and position information; And a distribution information management unit for storing weight information and location information of rice balls provided from the culture system with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit and storing the same in the distribution management database.

According to the above-described configuration, the rice cake distribution management system according to the present invention has an excellent effect of installing a flow meter in each process and tracking the history from the receipt of the raw material to the manufacturing process production and delivery process.

In addition, the present invention can calculate the yield by storing and managing the input and processing amounts of raw materials, brown rice, and white rice floury, and can manage the name and inventory amount of the storage tank installed for each process, Management, and return management.

The present invention can monitor the input amount of each process in real time and control the flow meter by a PC, so that the processing operation can be made easy and simple, and the operation status of the flow meter can be managed in one PC, Can have excellent effect.

In addition, the present invention can improve the quality of a product by monitoring the processing state by calculating the yield rate of each process in real time, and it is possible to computerize the reports written by hand, It is effective.

In addition, the present invention adds a production order indication system, and the manager transmits the product ordered to the production. The producer confirms the order quantity by using the touch monitor and improves the product. When the production is completed, There is another excellent effect that can be checked in real time.

According to the rice cake distribution management system of the present invention, it is possible to measure the remaining rice bran in a rice sample simply and quickly by measuring the color intensity ratio (CBB) index of the rice sample without processing the NMG reagent There is an effect.

According to the present invention, as uniform light is irradiated to all directions of rice samples through ring illumination, it is possible to eliminate factors that hinder image processing such as a shadow effect, Can be measured.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a configuration of an automatic grain management apparatus for a conventional rice grain processing plant.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a rice cake distribution management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a rice cake processing plant in a rice cake distribution management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of a carry-in and dry-store facility in the rice cake distribution management system according to FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a distribution process carried in and taken out in the rice cake distribution management system according to FIGS. 3 and 4 through the monitoring unit.
FIG. 6 shows a configuration of a quality measuring unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 shows a CBB monopole measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 shows an apparatus for measuring protein and moisture according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a method for measuring remaining rice bran according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a sequence of processing images in each step according to FIG.
11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the apparatus for measuring protein and moisture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The foregoing and further aspects of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a rice cake distribution management system according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a rice cake distribution management system in the rice cake distribution management system of the present invention. Fig.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rice cake distribution management system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a rice cake processing plant 100 and a plurality of dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rice processing center 100 includes a distribution management database 110, an identification information input unit 120, one or more flow meters 130-1 to 130-n, a distribution information management unit 140, A raw meat processing section 150, a cultivator information processing section 160 and a wired or wireless communication section 170 and includes a raw material tank 101, a brown rice processing section 102, a brown rice tank 103, a rice processing section 104, A backflow tank 105, a quality measuring section 106, and a packaging processing section 107. [

The distribution management database 110 stores the cultivator identification information, the weight information of the rice to be carried or discharged, and the location information of rice, brown rice and white rice. Here, the cultivator identification information may be a name of a grower, a resident registration number, an address, a telephone number, a variety, a parcel, and the like. In addition, rice of the same variety can be treated as the same grower at the rice paddy processing plant when the same variety is cultivated by the same cultivation method.

The identification information input unit 120 receives the cultivator identification information of rice to be received in the stock tank 101 as a storage tank and transfers the information to the distribution information management unit 140. The identification information input unit 120 may be a key input device directly input by an administrator, an RFID reader for reading an RFID tag including information of a grower, or a barcode reader.

The circulation systems 130-1 to 130-n are installed in the inlet and outlet gates of the raw material tank 101, the brown rice tank 103 and the white rice tank 105 which are storage tanks, , Brown rice or white rice, and transmits the detected weight information of rice, brown rice or white rice to the distribution information management unit 140. At this time, the flow meters 130-1 to 130-n may be connected to the distribution information management unit 140 through wired or wireless communication such as Ethernet, WiFi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth.

The quality measuring unit 106 measures the quality of the rice stored in the rice tanks 105. The configuration of the quality measurement unit 106 will be described later.

The distribution information management unit 140 matches weight information and position information of rice, brown rice or white rice provided from each of the culture systems 130-1 to 130-n with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit 120, And stores it in the management database 110. Weight and moisture information measured through the hopper scale can be stored and managed in the distribution management database.

The distribution information management unit 140 also confirms the weight of the remaining rice, brown rice or white rice stored in the storage tank through the weight information of rice, brown rice or white rice provided from each of the culture systems 130-1 to 130-n , Rice grower, brown rice, or white rice, and matches the information with the grower identification information, and stores the information in the distribution management database 110.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed that all of the rice, brown rice or white rice by the grower stored in the storage tank is discharged through the distribution information management unit 140 through the circulation information processing control unit 150, It is possible to shut off the exit gate of the device.

Also, the beer processing control unit 150 according to the grower may check the distribution management database 110 to open the entrance gate of the storage tank in which the rice for each grower is processed and stored, so that rice is stored for each grower in the same storage tank.

Then, the cultivator information processing unit 160 confirms the distribution information of the rice processed into white rice in the distribution management database 110, and inputs the information to the RFID tag or the barcode.

In addition, the identification information input unit 120 of the rice rough processing plant 100 can receive the distribution information of the dried rice delivered from the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n through the wired or wireless communication unit 170 . At this time, the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n and the rice gravel processing plant 100 may use a communication network such as the Internet using a TCP / IP, a mobile communication network, a WiBro, or a dedicated network.

The dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n include a distribution management database 210, an identification information input unit 220, a plurality of flow meters 230-1 to 230-n, a distribution information management unit 240, Or a wireless transmission unit 250.

The distribution management database 210 stores the grower identification information, the weight information and the position information of the rice to be carried or discharged.

The storage tank 201 stores the rice to be loaded.

The identification information input unit 220 receives the cultivator identification information of the rice to be brought into the storage tank 201 and delivers the information to the distribution information management unit 240.

The flow-through systems 230-1 to 230-n are respectively installed at the entrance gate and the exit gate of each storage tank 201 to detect the weight of the rice being put into or out of the storage tank 201, And the location information to the distribution information management unit 240. At this time, the flow meters 230-1 to 230-n may be connected to the distribution information management unit 140 through wired or wireless communication such as Ethernet, WiFi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth.

The distribution information management unit 240 matches the rice weight information and the position information provided from the flow meters 230-1 to 230-n with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit 220, . In addition to that, it is possible to manage the result of purchasing a member, output weight, and average moisture result.

The wired or wireless transmission unit 250 confirms distribution information of dried rice discharged from the storage tank 201 and delivered to the rice processing plant 100 in the distribution management database 210 and transmits the information to the rice processing plant 100 do. At this time, the distribution information transmitted to the rice complex processing plant 100 includes the cultivator identification information, the weight of the dried rice, and the identification information of the dried and stored dry storage facility.

Meanwhile, the cultivator information processing unit 260 can check the distribution information of dried rice discharged from the storage tank 201 and delivered to the rice paddy processing plant 100 in the distribution management database 210, and input the information to the RFID tag or the barcode have.

Meanwhile, the rice cake processing system 100 and the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n of the rice cake distribution management system have a monitoring unit 180 for providing information stored in the distribution management database 110 or 210 to the manager .

5, the monitoring unit 180 can display information on the carry-in, store, dry, and process steps performed in the rice cake processing plant 100 and the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n have.

An operation process of the rice cake distribution management system according to the present invention will be described.

The rice processing plant 100 includes a raw material tank 101 for storing rice as a raw material, a brown rice processing unit 102 for processing the stored raw materials into brown rice, a brown rice tank 103 for storing brown rice processed in the brown rice processing unit 102, A rice processing unit 104 for processing the brown rice stored in the brown rice tank 103 into white rice, a white rice tank 105 for storing white rice processed through the rice rice processing unit 104, and a packaging unit for packaging the processed white rice, A first circulation system 130-1 and a second circulation system 130-2 are provided at the inlet gate and the outlet gate of the raw material tank 101 and the inlet and outlet gates of the brown rice tank 103 A third flow system 130-3 and a fourth flow system 130-4 are installed and the fifth flow system 130-5 and the sixth flow system 130-4 are connected to the inlet gate and the exit gate of the white rice tank 105, (130-6).

The second to third flow systems 130-2 to 130-6 installed at the inlet or outlet gates of the raw material tank 101, the brown rice tank 103 and the white rice tank 105 are connected to the distribution information management unit 140.

Therefore, the rice is harvested by the grower and stored in the raw material tank 101. At this time, the rice stored in the raw material tank 101 is mixed with the rice harvested by the other grower.

The identification information input unit 120 receives the cultivator identification information of the rice to be imported and delivers the information to the distribution information management unit 140. The identification information input unit 120 may be a key input device directly input by an administrator, an RFID reader for reading an RFID tag including information of a grower, or a barcode reader.

Then, the distribution information management unit 140 receives the weight information of the rice to be carried in from the first circulation system 130-1 installed at the entrance gate of the raw material tank 101, and matches the information with the position information of the rice grower identification information And stores it in the distribution information database. At this time, the location information of the rice becomes the raw material tank 101 as the weight information of the rice is supplied from the first circulation system 130-1.

At this time, the distribution information management unit 140 changes the weight of the rice stored in the stock tank 101 while the arbitrary rice grower is brought into the stock tank 101. When all the arbitrary rice growers are stored, The weight of the rice paddy does not change so that it is confirmed that the importing is completed and stored in the distribution management database 110.

The second flow system 130-2 is connected to the raw material tank 101 through the outlet gate of the raw material tank 101 to discharge the rice stored in the raw material tank 101 to the brown rice processing unit 102, The weight information of the rice stored in the distribution information management unit 140.

Then, the distribution information management unit 140 compares the weight information of the rice stored in the raw material tank 101, which is changed from the second circulation system 130-2, with the weight information of the rice stored in the distribution management database 110.

If the weight of the rice discharged through the outlet gate from the raw material tank 101 exceeds the weight of the arbitrary grower rice stored at the time of import, the distribution information management unit 140 stores the rice of the stored grower from the raw material tank 101 And updates the distribution management database 110 to indicate that they have all been discharged.

At the same time, the rice discharged from the raw material tank 101 is processed into brown rice through the brown rice processing unit 102, and then stored through the inlet gate of the brown rice tank 103.

At this time, the distribution information management unit 140 receives the weight information of the brown rice stored in the brown rice tank 103 from the third culture system 130-3 installed at the entrance gate of the brown rice tank 103. [ Here, the distribution information management unit 140 can determine the fading rate (the proportion of the brown rice produced to the weight of the used rice) and the state of brown rice.

Then, the distribution information management unit 140 confirms the location of the rice music through the weight information of the rice rice provided from the second rice gauge 130-2 and the third rice culture system 130-3, And matches the identification information with the weight information of the rice to update it in the distribution management database 110. At this time, the distribution information management unit 140 can also check status information and yield information of rice (rice, brown rice, white rice). Here, rice is generally referred to as rice, brown rice and white rice, so it can be generally expressed as rice paper, grain or rice.

Thereafter, the brown rice is discharged to the rice processing unit 104 through the outlet gate of the brown rice tank 103 for processing into rice white again.

At this time, the distribution information management unit 140 receives weight information of brown rice discharged from the brown rice tank 103 from the fourth flow-through system 130-4 installed at the outlet gate of the brown rice tank 103.

The brown rice discharged from the brown rice tank 103 is processed into white rice in the white rice processing unit 104 and stored in the white rice tank 105.

At this time, the distribution information management unit 140 receives the weight information of the white rice stored in the white rice tank 105 from the fifth flow system 130-5 installed at the inlet gate of the white rice tank 105. [

Then, the distribution information management unit 140 confirms the position of the brown rice or the white rice through the weight information of the brown rice or the white rice provided from the fourth rice culture system 130-4 and the fifth rice culture system 130-5, The location information is matched with the grower identification information and the weight information of the white rice and updated in the distribution management database 110. At this time, the distribution information management unit 140 can determine the whiteness yield (the ratio of the weight of white rice produced to the weight of the brown rice used) and the state of white rice. In addition, information on the overall yield (weight ratio of rice produced to the weight of rice used) can be confirmed from the yield and grain yield.

Thereafter, the white rice stored in the white rice tank 105 is delivered to the packaging unit for sale, and the packaging unit is packed in predetermined units.

At this time, the distribution information management unit 140 receives the weight information of the white rice discharged from the white rice tank 105 from the sixth flow system 130-6 installed at the outlet gate of the white rice tank 105.

Then, the distribution information management unit 140 confirms the position of the white rice through the weight information of the rice white provided from the sixth flow system 130-6, matches the position information of the rice white with the weight information of the rice grower To the distribution management database (110). At this time, information on final yield of rice can be also checked and managed.

If it is confirmed that all the rice grown by the grower stored in the storage tank is discharged through the distribution information management unit 140, the rice-ripping process control unit 150 for each grower may control the rice- . By thus blocking the outlet gate of the storage tank, the rice, brown rice or white rice discharged from the storage tank can be physically separated.

Also, the ripper processing control unit 150 for each grower checks the distribution management database 110 to control the rice gardens and brown rice for each grower to be processed so that the entrance gates of the same storage tanks are opened so that rice for each grower is stored in the same storage tank .

The cultivator information processing unit 160 can input the rice white stored in the white rice tank 105 in the packaging processing unit 106 to the cultivator identification information, the RFID tag or the barcode packaged in the distribution management database 110 upon packaging .

On the other hand, the process of bringing rice grown by farmers into the dry storage facility will be explained.

First, in the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n, rice stored in the storage tank 201 is loaded into the storage tank 201 through the inlet.

At this time, the identification information input unit 220 receives the grower identification information of the rice to be brought into the storage tank 201, and transmits the information to the distribution information management unit 240. Here, the identification information input unit 220 may be a barcode, an RFID reader, or a key input device that can directly input information.

Also, the flow meters 230-1 to 230-n, which are respectively installed at the entrance gate and the exit gate of each storage tank 201, detect the weight of the rice being put into or out of the storage tank 201, Information and location information to the distribution information management unit 240.

Then, the distribution information management unit 240 matches the rice weight information and the position information provided from the flow meters 230-1 to 230-n with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit 220, 210). At this time, the distribution management database 210 stores the grower identification information, the weight information of the rice to be carried in or discharged, and the position information.

The wired or wireless transmission unit 250 confirms distribution information of dried rice discharged from the storage tank 201 and delivered to the rice processing plant 100 in the distribution management database 210 and transmits the information to the rice processing plant 100 do.

In this way, the rice leaves from the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n are brought into the rice processing plant 100.

At this time, the information of the rice is transmitted by the wired or wireless transmission unit 250 of the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n and the wired or wireless communication unit 170 of the rice gravel processing plant 100 by communication.

The method of providing rice information from the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n to the rice processing plant is carried out through a cultivator information processing unit, The distribution information of the rice may be checked in the distribution management database 210 and input to the RFID tag or the barcode, and then read and supplied to the rice processing plant.

In this way, the rice can be carried in the rice or rice paddy processing plant discharged from the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n, and the distribution management of rice can be performed comprehensively.

5, the monitoring unit 180 transmits information on the carry-in, storage, drying, and processing operations performed in the rice cake processing plant 100 and the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n, Lt; / RTI >

The dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200-n transmit the information stored in the distribution management database 210 through the wired or wireless transmission unit 250 to the wired or wireless communication unit 170 of the rice- And the monitoring unit 180 of the rice cake processing plant 100 uses the information received through the wired or wireless communication unit 170 to transmit the operating conditions of the dry storage facilities 200-1 to 200- It can be displayed to the administrator and provided.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a quality measuring unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration of the quality measuring unit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

According to FIG. 6, the quality measuring unit includes a protein and moisture content measuring device, a bulk microwell cell, a bulk microwaves smoothing device, a microwaves automatic feeding device, a microwast monolith feeding device, a monolithic microwave feeding table, and a CBB monolith measuring device. Of course, other configurations than the above-described configuration may be included in the quality measurement unit proposed by the present invention.

As described above, the present invention relates to a method of measuring residual rice bran by using near-infrared rays and visible rays and a method of using remaining rice bran by using image of rice. Hereinafter, a method for measuring residual rice bran by using image of rice will be described.

The remaining rice bran measuring method using images of rice includes a rice bran feeder 650, a rice bran feeder table 660, and a CBB blanket measuring device 670 in FIG. In order to measure the image of rice in connection with the present invention, rice should be provided as a single piece. Thus, the present invention includes a rice gonad feeder 650 that includes a box and a single feed for measuring images of rice.

In the context of the present invention, rice is stored inside a box (not shown) that is capable of turning left and right. That is, the box is rotatable by the motor, and the rice for measuring the image is stored therein. When the box is rotated to the left or right by the control signal, the rice stored therein moves to the solid feed device (not shown). The single-sided feeding device discharges the rice supplied from the box one by one.

The rice grains feeder table 660 is formed in the form of a disk and is supplied with rice discharged from the rice grains feeder 650. The rice grains feed table 660 rotates with respect to the center axis and the rice discharged from the rice grains feeder 650 is placed on the rice grains feed table 60 and the rice placed on the rice grains feed table 660 And moves to the CBB monolith measurement device 670 by rotation. That is, the seized rice is moved to the measurement position of the CBB monolith measurement device 670 by rotation on the rice grain separating feed table 60. In the present invention, the rice stored in the box is moved one by one to the CBB monolith measurement device 670 to measure the image of the rice. Of course, since the rice grain separating feed table 60 rotates at a predetermined time period, the rice discharged from the rice grain separating feeder 50 can be continuously measured by the CBB separator 670.

Hereinafter, the CBB measurement apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 7 shows a CBB monopole measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7, the CBB monopole measuring apparatus includes a transparent plate 720, a ring illumination 710, a backlight 730, an image acquisition unit 700, and an image processing unit 740.

In the above-described constitution, the transparent plate 720 is formed of a transparent plate, and the ground glass is placed thereon. At this time, the transparent plate 720 may also be realized as translucent. The transparent plate 720 may be provided with arrangements for feeding the rice balls.

The ring illumination 710 is disposed above the transparent plate 720, and irradiates the light through the ring-shaped diffusion plate. At this time, the light irradiated through the ring illumination 710 is irradiated uniformly in all the directions of the upper portion of the micrograph located at the center of the ring illumination 710, so that the factors hindering image processing such as a shadow effect, Can be removed.

The backlight unit 730 is formed at a predetermined distance below the transparent plate 720, and irradiates light on the transparent plate 720. At this time, the light emitted from the backlight 730 passes through the music.

The image acquiring unit 700 acquires a reflection image formed by reflecting the light irradiated through the ring illumination 710 on the microwaves and transmits the transmitted image formed from the light transmitted through the backlight unit 730 through the backlight unit 730 . The image acquiring unit 700 preferably uses a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera, but it is not limited thereto.

The image processing unit 740 separates the raw image area and the background area through a plurality of combined images obtained through the combination of the images obtained by the image obtaining unit 700 while controlling the brightness of the image, ). After separating the remnant corpuscle area from the rough area of the reflection image using the brightness and color of the surface of the corpuscle, the remaining permeable remnant corpuscle and the remaining remnant corpuscle area Are combined to detect the final remaining unoriginated region. At this time, the permafrost area and semi-semi-permanent perforated area may be distinguished from each other depending on the hue and color. Here, the image processor 740 divides the reflected image by using the colors of the beat, the horny layer, and the starch layer, and distinguishes the transmitted image using the transmittance of each region.

At this time, the image processing unit 740 divides the final remaining unirradiated region, that is, the perianth (A) and the endothelial layer (B) into whole rag loops (perianth (A), horny layer (B) C) is defined as a colorized steel balance area CBB (Colored Bran Balance) index to calculate the remaining unprocessed rice.

Here, A: perianth, B: frontal layer and C: area of starch layer.

In addition, the image processing unit 740 can detect the internal density, the internal crack, and the difference in transmittance through the transmitted image.

Also, the image processor 740 can estimate the degree of whiteness and whiteness using the color space ratio (CBB) index. Here, there is a nonlinear relationship between the color tone Ratio (CBB) index, the degree of incidence and the degree of whiteness as shown in the following Equations (2), (3) and FIG.

Therefore, in the image processing unit 740, an experiment constant and a determination coefficient can be obtained using a SAS multi-session analysis program. The results are shown in the following [Table 1] and [Table 2]. As shown in [Table 1] and [Table 2], the coefficient of determination of the CBB index by the degree of whiteness and whiteness is more than 0.99, so that the model agrees well with the measured value. CBB) index, it is possible to predict the degree and degree of whiteness.

Where C0, a, b are experimental constants and x is degrees.

The constants of Equation (2) are shown in the following table.

Experimental coefficients for Eq. (2) R ²

a b -7.5472 107.5594 0.2284 0.9990

: 실험상수,

: 백도이다. here,

: Experimental constant,

It is white.

The constants of Equation (3) are shown in the following table.

Experimental coefficients for Eq. (3) R ² a b c d 1972.49 0.15938 3.16447e + 06 0.78719 0.9972

In addition, the CBB index difference of 50 lips excluding 10 lobes, which are different from the average value of the CBB index of 60 rice ribs determined through the scanning system, is calculated through the following equation (4).

Hereinafter, a method for measuring protein and moisture content of rice will be described with reference to FIG. The system for measuring protein and moisture in rice includes a protein and moisture content measuring device 610, a bulk microwave cell 630, a bulk microwave equalizing device 620, and a rice automatic transfer device 640. Of course, it is obvious that other constituents other than the above-mentioned constitution can be included in the system for measuring protein and moisture of rice.

In the bulk rice cell 630, rice for storing protein or moisture is stored in a bulk form. The bulk music equalization smoothing device 620 smoothes the top of the rice stored in the bulk rice cell. The automatic rice feeder 640 feeds the bulk rice cracker cell 630 containing the rice flattened at the top thereof to the protein and moisture measuring device 610 by the bulk rice cracking smoother 620. Hereinafter, a protein and moisture measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a protein and moisture measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a protein and moisture measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

According to Fig. 8, the protein and moisture measuring apparatus includes a light generating unit, an optical transmission cable, a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit, a reflected optical transmission cable, and a measurement unit. The light generating unit 800 generates near infrared rays or visible rays for measuring protein and moisture of rice. The frequencies of the near-infrared rays or visible rays generated by the light generator 800 are set in advance.

The optical transmission cable 810 transmits near infrared rays or visible rays generated by the light generator 800 to the light emitting unit 820.

The light emitting unit 820 irradiates the rice containing the near infrared ray or visible light supplied through the optical transmission cable 810 in the bulk fine cell. The light receiving unit 830 receives near infrared rays or visible rays reflected by the rice. The reflected optical transmission cable 840 transmits the near infrared rays or visible rays received by the light receiving unit 830 to the measuring unit 850.

The measuring unit 850 analyzes the reflection spectrum of the received near-infrared ray or visible ray. With respect to the present invention, the spectrum of the R < K > is measured by using a dedicated program WinSI to drive the spectrophotometer, using a wavelength of 400 to 1500 nm.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a method for measuring residual corpus luteum according to the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a view showing a sequence of processed images in each step according to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9, the residual corpuscular measuring method is performed by the image processing unit unless otherwise specified.

First, a reflection image or a transmission image of a raw image picked up by the image acquisition unit as shown in FIG. 10A is extracted (S500). Here, the reflection image photographed by the image acquisition unit is an image of a minute-wave in which the light irradiated by the ring illumination is reflected. The illumination brightness of the ring illumination is preferably from 0 to 100 lux.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10B, the background region and the rough region are separated from the extracted reflection image or the transmission image (S502).

Thereafter, as shown in Fig. 10C, the remaining un-corpuscular region of the tear is detected in the transmitted image (S504). Here, the transmitted image photographed by the image acquiring unit is an image of a captured image of light transmitted through the backlight unit. In this case, the brightness of the backlight is preferably in the range of 0 to 100 lux.

Further, as shown in Fig. 10D, the reflected unmachined region is detected in the rough region of the reflected image (S506).

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10E, the final remaining unmachined region is detected by combining the transmitted unmachined region and the reflected image detected through the transmitted image (S508). Here, the final remaining corpuscle region is divided into regions of raindrops in the reflection image, that is, the pericarp, the colony and the starch layer, by using color, and the permeability of each region in the transmitted image is used.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10F, the color-proof area ratio (CBB) index of the pericarp, horny layer, and starch layer is calculated (S510).

[Equation 1]

Here, A: perianth, B: frontal layer and C: area of starch layer.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a process of measuring protein and moisture of rice according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a process of measuring protein and moisture of rice according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In step S1100, the frequency band of the near infrared ray or visible ray to be used for measuring the protein and moisture of the rice is set.

Infrared rays or visible rays having the frequency band set in the step S1102 are generated.

The near infrared rays or visible rays generated in step S1104 are irradiated to rice (rice).

Infrared light or visible light irradiated in step S1106 is reflected by the rice.

The moisture content or the protein content of the rice is analyzed by analyzing the reflection spectrum received in step S1108.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the present invention .

610: Protein and moisture measuring device 620: Bulk smoothing device
630: Bulk drooping cell 640: Raw material automatic feed device
650: Raw material feeding device 660: Raw material feeding table
670: CBB discrete measuring device

Claims (17)

In a rice cake distribution management system including a dry storage facility and a rice processing plant,
The rice gravel general treatment plant,
A distribution management database for storing weight information and position information of a plurality of kinds of rice balls, which are divided according to the processing before and after the processing, and the degree of processing, and quality information of the loaded rice balls together with the grower identification information;
A plurality of storage tanks for storing the plurality of types of music in each type;
A quality measuring unit for measuring quality including remaining rice bran stored in the storage tank;
An identification information input unit for inputting and receiving grower identification information of rice from the plurality of types of rice;
A plurality of flowmeters installed in inlet gates and outlet gates of the respective storage tanks for detecting the weight of the rice balls to be received or discharged and delivering the detected rice weight information and the rice information; And
And a distribution information management unit for storing the weight information and the position information of the rice balls provided from the circulation system with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit and storing and managing the same in the distribution management database. system.
The apparatus according to claim 1,
A bulk microwell cell for storing raw music to be measured;
A protein and moisture content measuring device for measuring a protein and a moisture content by irradiating a near infrared ray or a visible ray of the microgrooves stored in the bulk microwaved cell and analyzing a reflected spectrum of the irradiated near infrared ray or visible light ray; A single-piece feeding device that feeds and discharges the rice in one single feed;
And a color unevenness area ratio (CBB) unevenness measuring device for detecting a remaining unoriginal area by irradiating light to the unprocessed unrecorded area supplied by the unidirectional feeding device.
The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the colorless steel area ratio (CBB)
A transparent plate on which the music is placed;
A backlight unit disposed at a lower portion of the transparent plate and irradiating light on the transparent plate;
A ring lighting unit disposed on the transparent plate and irradiating light to the music through a ring-shaped diffusion plate;
An image acquiring unit acquiring a reflection area where light irradiated through the ring illumination is reflected and formed on the beat, and acquiring a transmission image formed from light transmitted through the beat, irradiated through the back light unit; And
And an image processing unit for calculating a CBB index after acquiring the area of the pericarp, the horny layer, and the starch layer by detecting the remaining corpuscle area through the reflection image and the transmission image acquired through the image acquiring unit, .
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the image processing unit comprises:
Is calculated through the following expression (1). ≪ EMI ID = 1.0 >
[Equation 1]

Where A is the area of the perianth, B is the area of the colony layer, C is the area of the starch layer
The method of claim 3,
And a raw single piece feeding table having a disk shape for feeding the raw rice supplied from the raw single piece feeding device to the CBB single piece measuring device.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the protein and moisture content measuring device comprises:
A light generating unit generating near infrared rays or visible rays;
A transmission cable for transmitting near infrared rays or visible rays generated by the light generator;
A light emitting unit emitting light in a near-infrared or visible light transmitted by the transmission cable;
A light receiving unit for receiving near infrared rays or visible rays reflected by the music piece;
A reflected optical transmission cable for transmitting near infrared rays or visible rays received by the light receiving unit;
And a measuring unit measuring the moisture content of the rice cake from the reflected light received by the reflected optical transmission cable.
3. The method of claim 2,
Further comprising a grower processing control unit for blocking the exit gate of the storage tank when it is confirmed that the rice for each grower stored in the storage tank is discharged through the distribution information management unit.
8. The method of claim 7,
The livestock-processing control unit for each grower,
And controlling the entry gate of the stored storage tank to store rice in the same storage tank by checking the distribution management database so that the rice is stored in the same storage tank.
3. The method of claim 2,
And a grower information processing unit for confirming the distribution information of the rice to be packaged after being processed into white rice and inputting the information to the RFID tag or the bar code.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the identification information input unit comprises:
And a wired or wireless communication unit for receiving distribution information of dried rice discharged from the storage tank of the dry storage facility.
11. The method of claim 10,
The dry storage facility may comprise:
A distribution management database for storing weight information and position information of a plurality of kinds of rice balls, which are divided according to the processing before and after the processing, and the degree of processing, and quality information of the loaded rice balls together with the grower identification information;
A plurality of storage tanks for storing the rice to be imported;
An identification information input unit receiving and inputting cultivator identification information of rice to be brought into the storage tank;
A plurality of flue gas generators installed at inlet gates and outlet gates of the storage tanks to detect the weight of rice to be loaded or unloaded into the storage tank and transmit weight information and position information of the detected rice;
A distribution information management unit for matching weight information and location information of rice provided from the culture system with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit and storing the same in the distribution management database; And
And a wired or wireless transmission unit for confirming distribution information of dried rice discharged from the storage tank and delivered to the rice processing plant in the distribution management database and transmitting the information to the rice processing plant.
12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising a cultivator information processing unit for confirming distribution information of dried rice discharged from the storage tank and delivered to the rice processing plant in a distribution management database and inputting the information to an RFID tag or a barcode.
In the rice processing general treatment plant,
A distribution management database for storing weight information and position information of a plurality of kinds of rice balls, which are divided according to the processing before and after the processing, and the degree of processing, and quality information of the loaded rice balls together with the grower identification information;
A plurality of storage tanks for storing the plurality of types of music in each type;
A quality measuring unit for measuring quality including remaining rice bran stored in the storage tank;
An identification information input unit for inputting and receiving grower identification information of rice from the plurality of types of rice;
A plurality of flowmeters installed at inlet gates and outlet gates of each of the storage tanks to detect the weight of the rice balls being loaded or unloaded and to transmit weight information and position information of the detected rice balls; And
And a distribution information management unit for storing weight information and location information of rice rice provided from the culture system with the cultivator identification information provided from the identification information input unit and storing and managing the same in the distribution management database.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13,
A bulk microwell cell for storing raw music to be measured;
A protein and moisture content measuring device for irradiating a near infrared ray or a visible ray of the rice stored in the bulk microwaved cell and analyzing the reflected spectrum of the irradiated near infrared ray or visible ray to measure the protein and the moisture content;
A single-piece single-sided feeding device for receiving and discharging the single-piece stored in the bulk dry cell;
And a color unevenness area ratio (CBB) unimolecular measuring device for irradiating light to the rice balls supplied by the single-sided feeding device to detect a remaining rice bran area.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the colorless steel area ratio (CBB)
A transparent plate on which the music is placed;
A backlight unit disposed at a lower portion of the transparent plate and irradiating light on the transparent plate;
A ring lighting unit disposed on the transparent plate and irradiating light to the music through a ring-shaped diffusion plate;
An image acquiring unit acquiring a reflection area where light irradiated through the ring illumination is reflected and formed on the beat, and acquiring a transmission image formed from light transmitted through the beat, irradiated through the back light unit; And
And an image processing unit for detecting the remaining corpuscle area through the reflection image and the transmission image acquired through the image acquiring unit to acquire the area of the pericarp, the hornbone layer and the starch layer, and then to calculate the CBB index.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the protein and moisture content measuring device comprises:
A light generating unit generating near infrared rays or visible rays;
A transmission cable for transmitting near infrared rays or visible rays generated by the light generator;
A light emitting unit emitting light in a near-infrared or visible light transmitted by the transmission cable;
A light receiving unit for receiving near infrared rays or visible rays reflected by the music piece;
A reflected optical transmission cable for transmitting near infrared rays or visible rays received by the light receiving unit;
And a measuring unit for measuring the moisture content of the rice cake from the reflected light received by the reflected optical transmission cable.
17. The method according to claim 15 or 16,
And a grower information processing unit for confirming the distribution information of the rice to be packaged after being processed into white rice and inputting the information to the RFID tag or the bar code.

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