KR20150074501A - Apparatus of cultivating orchid - Google Patents

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KR20150074501A
KR20150074501A KR1020130162341A KR20130162341A KR20150074501A KR 20150074501 A KR20150074501 A KR 20150074501A KR 1020130162341 A KR1020130162341 A KR 1020130162341A KR 20130162341 A KR20130162341 A KR 20130162341A KR 20150074501 A KR20150074501 A KR 20150074501A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G2/00—Vegetative propagation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G27/00—Self-acting watering devices, e.g. for flower-pots
    • A01G27/02—Self-acting watering devices, e.g. for flower-pots having a water reservoir, the main part thereof being located wholly around or directly beside the growth substrate
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
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    • A01G7/06—Treatment of growing trees or plants, e.g. for preventing decay of wood, for tingeing flowers or wood, for prolonging the life of plants
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers

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Abstract

Disclosed is an orchid cultivation device, which can properly provide water for orchid with respect to change in the environment cultivating orchid and drain water provided for orchid. The orchid cultivation device comprises: an immersion tank including an inner space for arranging an orchid pot, a water supply hole for supplying water to the inner space, a drainage hole for discharging water from the inner space; a pump for supplying water to the water supply hole; a valve for discharging water from the drainage hole; a pump operation circuit unit for operating the pump; a valve operation circuit unit for operating the valve; a humidity sensor closely installed on the orchid pot; and a main control unit for controlling the pump operation circuit unit and the valve operation circuit unit and supplying/discharging water to the immersion tank in accordance with the humidity value detected in the humidity sensor.

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{APPARATUS OF CULTIVATING ORCHID}

The present invention relates to an orchid cultivation apparatus, and more particularly, to an orchid cultivation apparatus capable of appropriately providing water to an orchid according to a change in the environment in which the orchid is cultivated and draining the water supplied to the orchid.

Generally, orchids are plants that must provide water at the right time to meet demanding growth conditions. In addition, the orchid can be bloomed only by optimally maintaining the surrounding environment such as the amount of light and temperature required by the orchid.

Therefore, if you are not familiar with orchid cultivation, you may give too much water to the orchids, causing the roots of the orchids to rot or giving too little water to dry the orchids. Also, it is not easy for the person who cultivates orchids to check the temperature or the amount of light at which the orchids are grown from time to time.

In particular, if an orchid grower has to leave the orchid cultivation for a long time, such as a long trip or business trip, it is very difficult to keep the orchid healthy and the environment in which the orchid is cultivated is constantly monitored There is a need to monitor.

Therefore, in the field of the art, even a beginner who first grows orchids is required to develop a new apparatus for growing orchids more efficiently and conveniently without killing orchids.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an orchid cultivation apparatus capable of supplying water to an orchid flower pot automatically by immersing the orchid flower pot according to the condition of the surrounding environment where the orchid is cultivated.

According to an aspect of the present invention,

A tamping tank having an inner space for placing the orchid flower pot and having a water supply port for supplying water to the inner space and a water outlet for discharging water in the inner space;

A pump for supplying water to the water supply port;

A valve for discharging water from the drain port;

A pump drive circuit for driving the pump;

A valve driving circuit for driving the valve;

A humidity sensor provided adjacent to the orchid flower pot; And

A main controller for controlling the pump driving circuit and the valve driving circuit according to a humidity value detected by the humidity sensor to supply / discharge water to / from the dipping tank,

The present invention provides an orchid cultivation apparatus comprising:

In one embodiment of the present invention, the pump driving circuit unit includes: an adapter for converting commercial AC power into DC power; And a relay switch for providing or blocking the DC power converted by the adapter to the pump under the control of the main control unit.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the pump driving circuit unit includes: an adapter for converting commercial AC power into DC power; And a relay switch for providing or blocking the DC power converted from the adapter to the valve under the control of the main control unit.

One embodiment of the present invention includes a temperature sensor and an illuminance sensor provided adjacent to the orchid flower pot; And a wireless communication unit transmitting the humidity value detected by the humidity sensor, the temperature value detected by the temperature sensor, and the illuminance value detected by the illuminance sensor to the wireless terminal under the control of the main control unit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide the convenience of cultivation of orchids because the orchid flowerpot can be automatically dipped in water according to the humidity of the environment in which the orchid is cultivated, thereby solving the problem of failure to grow orchids due to water supply mistakes .

In addition, according to the present invention, information on the humidity, temperature, and illuminance of the orchid growing environment can be wirelessly provided to the orchid grower so that the change of the orchid cultivation environment can be recognized remotely.

1 is a block diagram of an orchid cultivation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a pump driving circuit or valve driving circuit of an orchid cultivation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments of the present invention can be modified into various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. The embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, it should be noted that the shapes, sizes, etc. of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity.

1 is a block diagram of an orchid cultivation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the orchid growing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dipping tank 10, a pump 21, a valve 31, a pump drive circuit 22, a valve drive circuit 32, A humidity sensor 41 and a main control unit 50. [

In addition, the orchid cultivation system according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a temperature sensor 42, an illuminance sensor 43, and a wireless communication unit 60.

The dipping tank 10 may be made of a transparent material such as acryl or the like as a means for providing a space for immersing the orchid flowerpot 100 in water and for supplying and draining water to the space. The dipping tank 10 has an inner space capable of disposing the orchid flowerpot 100 and includes a water supply port 11 for supplying water to the inner space and a drain port 12 for discharging water existing in the inner space Lt; / RTI >

The pump 21 may be connected to the water supply port by means of a hose or the like to supply water to the water supply port 11 of the dipping tank 10. The pump 21 may be a serial drive pump or the like which can be used at home with low noise. The pump 21 can be operated according to the driving signal provided by the pump driving circuit portion 22. [

The valve 31 may be connected to the drain port 12 to block or discharge water from the drain port 12 of the dipping tank 10. The valve 31 may be a solenoid valve that can control the opening / closing state electrically. The valve 31 may be operated according to a driving signal provided from the valve driving circuit portion 32.

The pump drive circuit portion 22 and the valve drive circuit portion 32 each include a circuit for supplying the drive signal to the pump 21 and the valve 31 to drive the pump 21 and the valve 31, respectively.

2 is a block diagram showing a pump driving circuit or valve driving circuit of an orchid cultivation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the pump driving circuit portion and the valve driving circuit portion of the orchid cultivation system according to the embodiment of the present invention commonly include an adapter 71 for converting a commercial AC power source to a DC power source, And a relay switch 72 for providing or cutting off the DC power converted from the adapter 71 to the pump 21 or the valve 31 by receiving the control signal.

1, the humidity sensor 41 is installed adjacent to the orchid flower pot 100 to detect the humidity of the surrounding environment in which the orchid flower pot 100 is disposed, and detects the humidity signal having a magnitude corresponding to the detected humidity To the main control unit (50).

The main control unit 50 receives the humidity signal detected by the humidity sensor 41 and calculates a humidity value and compares the calculated humidity value with a predetermined reference humidity value and outputs the humidity value to the pump drive circuit unit 22 and the valve drive circuit unit 32 To control the operation of the pump 21 and the valve 31, respectively.

More specifically, the main control unit 50 may receive a humidity signal provided in an analog form (for example, a voltage value) from the humidity sensor 41 and generate a digital humidity value corresponding thereto. The main control unit 50 compares the generated humidity value with a predetermined reference humidity value stored in advance, and when the humidity value generated from the reference humidity value is low, the pump driving circuit unit 22 drives the pump 21 Lt; / RTI > In contrast, the main controller 50 compares the generated humidity value with a preset reference humidity value stored in advance, and when the humidity value generated from the reference humidity value is high, the valve driving circuit 32 drives the valve 31 Lt; / RTI >

The main control 50 may be implemented using a hardware platform including, for example, a microcontroller such as Arduino. Arduino is an open source based H / W platform that provides easy development environment, easy development tool, USB-based connection interface, low cost of H / W, open architecture, have. In particular, Arduino accepts values from many switches and sensors and provides interactivity with the surrounding environment by controlling electrical devices such as LEDs and motors.

The temperature sensor 42 is installed adjacent to the orchid flower pot 100 to detect the temperature of the surrounding environment in which the orchid flower pot 100 is disposed and transmits a temperature signal having a size corresponding to the detected temperature to the main control unit 50 do.

The illuminance sensor 43 is provided adjacent to the orchid flower pot 100 to detect the illuminance (brightness) of the surrounding environment in which the orchid flower pot 100 is disposed and to transmit an illuminance signal having a size corresponding to the illuminance detected by the main controller 50 ).

The humidity sensor 41, the temperature sensor 42, and the illuminance sensor 43 may constitute one sensor unit 40.

The main control unit 50 converts the analog temperature signal and the illuminance signal input from the temperature sensor 42 and the illuminance sensor 43 into a temperature value and an illuminance value in a digital form, respectively, similarly to the processing of the humidity signal The humidity value, the temperature value, and the illuminance value to the wireless communication unit 60.

According to the control of the main control unit 50, the wireless communication unit 60 provides the humidity value, the temperature value, and the illuminance value to the wireless terminal of the grower who cultivates the orchid, You can monitor and monitor the condition of the environment where the orchids are cultivated remotely. The wireless communication unit 60 may include a communication module that communicates according to a predetermined communication method. For example, the wireless communication unit 60 may include a communication module that communicates via Bluetooth, Zigbee, or CDMA.

The operation and effect of the orchid cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention having the above-described arrangement will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The humidity sensor 41, the temperature sensor 42 and the illuminance sensor 43 included in the sensor unit 40 around the orchid flowerpot 100 continuously detect the humidity, temperature and illuminance of the surrounding environment where the orchid is grown And transmits the humidity signal, the temperature signal, and the illuminance signal corresponding to the detected humidity, temperature, and illuminance to the main control unit 50.

The main control unit 50 generates a humidity value, a temperature value, and an illuminance value corresponding to the received humidity signal, the temperature signal, and the illuminance signal, and provides the humidity value, the temperature value, and the illuminance value to the wireless communication unit 60.

The wireless communication unit 50 periodically transmits the humidity value, the temperature value, and the illumination value provided by the main control unit 50 to the wireless terminal of the orchid grower so that the orchid grower can continuously check and monitor the condition of the environment in which the orchid is grown .

On the other hand, the main control unit 50 compares the generated humidity value with a reference humidity value stored in advance. When the generated humidity value is lower than the reference humidity value, the main control unit provides a control signal for operating the pump 21 to the pump driving circuit unit 22, and for blocking the valve 31 to the valve driving circuit unit 32 Control signal.

The relay switch 72 of the pump drive circuit unit 22 operates to electrically connect the adapter 21 that converts the AC commercial power according to the input of the control signal and provides the DC power to the pump 21, And the pump 21 is operated to supply water to the dipping tank 10. [0050] The relay switch 72 of the valve driving circuit unit 32 operates to electrically connect the adapter 31 and the adapter 31 that converts the AC commercial power according to the input of the control signal to provide the DC power, Power is supplied to the valve 32, thereby shutting off the valve 32 and causing the water in the dipping tank 10 to flood. The main control unit 50 provides a control signal for stopping the driving of the pump 21 to the pump driving circuit unit 22 after a predetermined time has elapsed so that the operation of the pump 21 is stopped, The water supply is stopped.

When the humidity falls below a certain level through such operation, the orchid flower pot 100 can be supplied with water by immersing it in an appropriate amount of water.

When the time during which the water is held in the dipping tank 10 is maintained for a predetermined time or more and the humidity value corresponding to the humidity detected by the humidity sensor 41 becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined reference humidity, And provides a control signal for opening the valve 31 to the drive circuit portion 32. [ The relay switch 72 of the valve drive circuit unit 32 operates to electrically shut off the valve 31 and the adapter 71 that converts the AC commercial power according to the input of the control signal to provide the DC power, 32, the valve 32 is opened and the water held in the dipping tank 10 is discharged. As a result, water is removed from the inner space of the dipping tank 10 and the orchid flowerpot 100 is released from the immersed state, and the water supply to the orchid is terminated.

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the orchid flower pot can be automatically immersed in water according to the humidity of the environment in which the orchid is cultivated, so that water can be provided, so that the convenience of cultivation of orchids can be provided. Can be solved.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments described, but should be determined by the scope of the following claims and equivalents thereof.

10: tank for soaking 11: water inlet
12: Outlet 100: Orchid flowerpot
21: pump 22: pump driving circuit
31: valve 32: valve drive circuit
40: sensor part 41: humidity sensor
42: temperature sensor 43: illuminance sensor
50: main control unit 60: wireless communication unit

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A tamping tank having an inner space for placing the orchid flower pot and having a water supply port for supplying water to the inner space and a water outlet for discharging water in the inner space;
A pump for supplying water to the water supply port;
A valve for discharging water from the drain port;
A pump drive circuit for driving the pump;
A valve driving circuit for driving the valve;
A humidity sensor provided adjacent to the orchid flower pot; And
A main controller for controlling the pump driving circuit and the valve driving circuit according to a humidity value detected by the humidity sensor to supply / discharge water to / from the dipping tank,
Orchid cultivation apparatus. The pump driving circuit according to claim 1,
An adapter for converting a commercial AC power source into a DC power source; And
And a relay switch for providing or cutting off the DC power converted from the adapter according to the control of the main control unit by the pump. The pump driving circuit according to claim 1,
An adapter for converting a commercial AC power source into a DC power source; And
And a relay switch for providing or blocking the DC power converted by the adapter under the control of the main control unit to the valve. The method according to claim 1,
A temperature sensor and an illuminance sensor provided adjacent to the orchid flower pot; And
And a wireless communication unit for transmitting the humidity value detected by the humidity sensor, the temperature value detected by the temperature sensor, and the illuminance value detected by the illuminance sensor to the wireless terminal under the control of the main control unit Cultivation device.
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