KR20150000054A

KR20150000054A - u-AUV FOR MANAGING AQUACULTURE OF FISHES

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Publication number: KR20150000054A
Application number: KR1020130071576A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 한지광; 이무용; 함유진
Original assignee: (주)진우소프트이노베이션
Priority date: 2013-06-21
Filing date: 2013-06-21
Publication date: 2015-01-02

Abstract

The present invention relates to an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for managing a growth environment and growing state of raised fishes living in a fish farm, comprising a camera part which photographs movement of fish living and the growth environment in the fish farm; a sensor part with a plurality of sensors which collect the growth environment information in the fish farm; an analysis part which stores and analyzes images photographed by the camera part and the growth environment information collected by the sensor part; a communication part which communicates with external terminals and transmits the image and the growth environment information to the external terminal. The AUV of the present invention has advantages of collecting the growth environment and growing state of raised fishes and accordingly determining abnormal fishes based on the collected growth environment and growing state information. In addition, the AUV can collect the growth environment information in the fish farm like water temperature, salinity and ammonia concentration, and manage the same.

Description

[0002] U-AUV FOR MANAGING AQUACULTURE OF FISHES [0003]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unmanned submersible for fish culture management, and more particularly, to an unmanned submersible for fish culture management for managing a growth environment and a growing condition of a fish in a farm.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns of a "Fish Flation", a constant price hike in fisheries due to a shortage of fisheries resources. Therefore, in order to escape the structure of the domestic aquaculture industry, which is centered on small fish, it is necessary to search for stagnant domestic fish culture through the development of super large fish culture technology.

In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of fishery facilities such as marine cage farms installed on the sea. These farms have problems in that they can not confirm the status of the fish in the farm in real time even if the manager is resident. Also, in the past, the diver must directly check the growth environment and growth condition of the fishes in the aquaculture through diving, but it is difficult to collect accurate information as the depth of the aquarium and the size of the aquarium are larger.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an unmanned submersible for fish culture management capable of collecting a growth environment and a growing state of a fish in a farm and discriminating an abnormal entity.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an unmanned submersible for fish culture management capable of collecting and managing growth environment information (temperature, salinity, ammonia concentration, etc.) of the farm.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention which are not mentioned can be understood by the following description and more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an unmanned underwater aquarium for fish aquaculture management for managing the growth environment and growth condition of fishes in a farm, the method comprising the steps of: An analysis unit for storing and analyzing the image of the growth environment measured by the sensor unit and the image taken by the camera unit; And a communication unit for communicating with the external terminal and transmitting the image and the growth environment information to the external terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that a growth environment and a growth state of a fish in a farm can be collected and an abnormal entity can be discriminated.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to collect and manage the growing environment information (water temperature, salinity, ammonia concentration, etc.) of the farm.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an unmanned underwater vehicle for fish form management according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a fish-

The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings, which are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to denote the same or similar elements.

1 shows an unmanned submersible for fish management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an unmanned submersible for fish farm management according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a camera unit 102, a sensor unit 104, a body 106, and a propelling unit 108.

The camera unit 102 photographs the movement of the fish in the farm and captures the growth environment around the farm. The undersea submersible according to the present invention mainly includes an illumination unit (not shown) for acquiring an image of better quality by illuminating an object to be photographed by the camera unit 102, if necessary. Such an illumination unit may be composed of a white light, an LED, or the like.

The sensor unit 104 includes a plurality of sensors for measuring the growth environment information of the farm. The sensor unit includes a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature in the water, a salinity sensor for measuring the underwater salinity, a dissolved oxygen sensor for measuring the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water, a gas sensor for measuring an underwater gas component such as ammonia, A turbidity sensor for measurement, and a PH sensor for measuring the PH concentration in water. Accordingly, the growth environment information measured by the sensor unit 104 may include at least one of temperature information, salinity information, dissolved oxygen amount information, gas information, turbidity information, and PH information.

In addition, at the tail of the unmanned submersible for fish culture management according to an embodiment of the present invention, a propelling unit 108 such as a propeller is installed to obtain a driving force for moving the unmanned submersible.

On the other hand, the body 106 includes various modules for managing information collected by the camera unit 102 and the sensor unit 104. The configuration of the body 106 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 shows an internal configuration of an unmanned submersible body for fish farm management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, an unmanned submersible body 106 for fish aquarium management according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an analysis unit 202, a communication unit 204, a control unit 206, and a power supply unit 208.

The analysis unit 202 stores and analyzes the image captured by the camera unit 102 and the growth environment information measured by the sensor unit 104.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the analysis unit 202 analyzes a motion image of a fish taken by the camera unit 102 to determine whether the fish is an anomaly object. For example, the analysis unit 202 compares a motion or pattern of a normal fish, which has been stored in advance, with a motion image of a fish taken by the camera unit 102, , The captured fish can be identified as an abnormal organism.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the analysis unit 202 may determine the fish taken by the camera unit 102 as an anomaly object when the speed of the fish taken by the camera unit 102 is lower than a predetermined constant reference have.

The communication unit 204 communicates with the external terminal and transmits the image captured by the camera unit 102 and the growth environment information obtained by the sensor unit 104 to the external terminal. The communication unit 204 may also transmit information on the abnormal entity analyzed by the analysis unit 202 to the external terminal.

The control unit 206 controls the overall operation of various modules included in the unmanned submersible. In an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 206 controls the movement of the unmanned submersible vehicle through a signal input from the outside through the communication unit.

Meanwhile, the power supply unit 208 supplies power to various modules included in the unmanned submersible. The power supply unit 208 may be composed of a fuel cell or a solar cell.

The image and growth environment information obtained by the unmanned submersible for fish culture management according to the present invention described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 can be transmitted to an external terminal, such as a mobile phone or a server, through the communication unit 204. The collected and transmitted images and information can be used as basic data to analyze the activity and swimming characteristics of the fish in the farm.

According to the present invention, it is possible to acquire ecological information of a fish and status information of an abnormal object through remote operation of an unmanned submersible through an external signal, and when it is confirmed that an abnormal object has occurred, Management is possible. In particular, according to the present invention, it is possible to monitor and manage the aquaculture environment of the aquaculture environment, for example, the water temperature or the degree of contamination, in real time through various kinds of growth environment information measured by the sensor unit 104.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, But the present invention is not limited thereto.

Claims

The present invention relates to an unmanned submarine for fish culture management for managing the growth environment and growth condition of fishes in a farm,
A camera unit for photographing the movement of fishes in the farm and the growth environment of the farm;
A sensor unit including a plurality of sensors for measuring growth environment information of the farm;
An analysis unit for storing and analyzing the image captured by the camera unit and the growth environment information measured by the sensor unit; And
And a communication unit for communicating with the external terminal and transmitting the image and the growth environment information to the external terminal
Unmanned submersible vessels for the management of fish forms.

The method according to claim 1,
The sensor unit
A temperature sensor, a salinity sensor, a dissolved oxygen sensor, a gas sensor, a turbidity sensor, and a pH sensor
Unmanned submersible for fish farm management.

The method according to claim 1,
The analyzer
Comparing the movement of the fish taken by the camera unit with the movement of the pre-stored normal fish, and discriminating whether or not the fish is an abnormal object photographed by the camera unit
Unmanned submersible for fish farm management.

The method according to claim 1,
The analyzer
When the moving speed of the fish imaged by the camera unit is less than a predetermined standard, the fish imaged by the camera unit is determined as an anomaly object
Unmanned submersible for fish farm management.

The method according to claim 1,
And a lighting unit for illuminating an object to be photographed by the camera unit
Further included unmanned submersibles for fish farm management.

The method according to claim 1,
And a control unit for controlling the movement of the unmanned submersible vehicle through a signal input through the communication unit
Further included unmanned submersibles for fish farm management.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a power supply for supplying power to the unmanned submersible,
The power supply unit
A fuel cell, and a solar cell.
Unmanned submersible for fish farm management.