KR20160064265A - Environment control system per cultivation block - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for controlling a cultivation block unit environment. The system for controlling the cultivation block unit environment according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for controlling an environment of a large-scale block at a cultivation block unit. The system for controlling the cultivation block unit environment comprises: a plurality of unit block environment information collecting devices which divides the large-scale block into a predetermined sized unit block, is installed in every unit block, and collects at least one from environmental information among temperature and humidity for the unit block, illumination, density of carbon dioxide, oxygen density, smoke generating information, and image information; a plurality of unit block environment controlling devices which is installed in every unit block, and performs an operation of controlling the environment of the unit block according to a control signal; and a central management center which sets a cultivation block by combining the unit blocks according to a predetermined reference, monitors the environmental information received from the unit block environment information collecting devices at the cultivation block unit, and generates/transmits the control signal for controlling the operations of the unit block environment controlling devices installed in the unit block included in the cultivation block according to a monitoring result.

Description

[0002] Environmental control system per cultivation block [0003]

The present invention relates to a cultivation block unit environmental control system.

Recently u-Fram service using u-IT (ubiquitous Information Technology) technology is emerging in various agriculture fields. The purpose of introducing IT technology in agriculture is to manage the production, cultivation, harvesting, logistics and distribution management in existing agriculture in relation to the opening of agricultural products by FTA (Free Trade Agreement) to reduce labor force, strengthen competitiveness, It is to escape the method. And u-IT technology enables efficient and efficient way to maximize the effect of cost reduction and achieve the above objective

However, in the case of agriculture-related IT technology, the construction cost is high and it is difficult to construct a large-scale complex monitoring system.

In addition, there is a disadvantage in that a plurality of systems must be constructed and managed separately because the measurement and feedback of temperature and humidity, the measurement of illuminance and the feedback are separated from each other.

The above-described background technology is technical information that the inventor holds for the derivation of the present invention or acquired in the process of deriving the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public prior to the filing of the present invention.

As a related technology, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2008-0024647 (System for monitoring agricultural cultivation environment and method) is used to provide information on the cultivation environment of agricultural products to users in real time by using RFID and USN system, Discloses an RFID / USN based agricultural product cultivation environment monitoring system and a method thereof, which are provided on the Internet from a distance and are adapted to automatically regulate the cultivation environment of agricultural products based on the collected information.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0024647

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring and controlling the temperature, humidity, and illuminance in units of cultivation blocks by dividing a cultivating complex or a recording zone having a certain area into a plurality of unit blocks and recombining the cultivating blocks into cultivating blocks according to predetermined criteria, / Oxygen concentration and growth image information.

The present invention relates to an environmental control system for each cultivating block, in which a smoke detection sensor is arranged for each unit block to detect a fire in advance, the degree of cultivation or recording is indicated in percent (%) through image analysis, .

Other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for performing environment control on a large-scale complex in a unit of a growth block, the large-scale complex being divided into unit blocks of predetermined size, A plurality of unit block environment information collection devices for collecting environmental information of at least one of carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen concentration, smoke generation information, and image information; A plurality of unit block environment adjustment units provided for each unit block and performing an operation of adjusting the environment of the unit blocks according to a control signal; And a unit block setting unit that sets a unit block by combining the unit blocks according to a predetermined criterion, monitors the environment information received from the plurality of unit block environment information collecting apparatuses in units of the unit block, And a central control center for generating and transmitting a control signal for controlling the operation of the unit block environment control device installed in the unit block to which the unit block environmental control unit belongs.

The center control center sets the unit block as one cultivation block when the cultivating area ratio of an arbitrary unit block is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, and when the cultivating area ratio is less than a predetermined reference value, A re-arrangement block setting unit for setting the re-arrangement block as one re-arrangement block; A monitoring unit for each block receiving at least one of environmental information of temperature, humidity, illuminance, carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen concentration, smoke generation information, and image information from the unit block environment information collecting unit and monitoring the unit information in units of the cultivation block; And a feedback providing unit for generating and transmitting a control signal for controlling an operation of the environment control device installed in one or more unit blocks belonging to the re-assembling block according to a result of analyzing the environment information.

Wherein the central control center comprises: an image analyzing unit for analyzing image information received from the unit block environment information collecting device on a pixel-by-pixel basis; The degree of similarity between the predicted image information when the growth rate or the degree of video recording of the unit block is 100% and the image information analyzed by the image analysis unit, and calculating the cultivation index of the unit block in terms of percent (%) The feedback unit may classify the unit block as a dangerous group and output an alarm if the cultivation index is less than a predetermined reference value.

The unit block environment information collecting apparatus includes a sensor for measuring at least one of temperature, humidity, illuminance, carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen concentration, and smoke generation information, wherein the number of the sensors is five, And the other one may be disposed at the center of the unit block.

Wherein the central control center estimates a fire occurrence point by analyzing the direction and direction of the wind direction and the wind direction and the movement speed of the smoke with respect to the smoke occurrence information from the environment information, The water supply portion of the regulating device is controlled to supply the water, so that the fire suppression can be performed.

Other aspects, features, and advantages will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the cultivating complex or the recording zone having a certain area is divided into a plurality of unit blocks, and then the cultivation block is reassembled into a cultivation block according to a predetermined criterion to measure and control the temperature, It is effective to provide atmospheric pressure, atmospheric carbon dioxide / oxygen concentration and growth image information.

In addition, smoke detection sensors are arranged for each unit block to detect the fire in advance, and the image analysis shows the degree of cultivation or recording as a percentage (%), and provides warning and feedback for the dangerous group.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cultivated block-based environmental control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a sensor in a unit block,
Fig. 3 is an example of a cultivation block setting,
Figure 4 is an illustration of a growing block section,
FIG. 5 is a view showing a monitoring screen of a large-
6 is a view showing a monitoring screen for a cultivation block,
Figure 7 shows a monitoring block.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Also, the terms " part, "" module," and the like, which are described in the specification, mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

It is to be understood that the components of the embodiments described with reference to the drawings are not limited to the embodiments and may be embodied in other embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is to be understood that although the description is omitted, multiple embodiments may be implemented again in one integrated embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a cultivation block unit environmental control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sensor arrangement diagram in a unit block, FIG. 3 is an illustration of a cultivation block setting, FIG. 5 is a view showing a monitoring screen of a large-scale complex, FIG. 6 is a view showing a monitoring screen for a growing block, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a monitoring block.

The cultivation block unit environmental control system according to an embodiment of the present invention divides a large-sized cultivation complex or a recording zone into a plurality of unit blocks and recombines the unit blocks into cultivation blocks according to a predetermined criterion, Monitoring and providing feedback to the crop growth environment for each cultivation block.

1, the cultivation block unit environmental control system according to the present embodiment includes a central control center 100, at least one unit block environment information collecting apparatus 210, and at least one unit block environment adjusting apparatus 220 .

The central control center 100 receives unit block environment information of one of the temperature, humidity, illuminance, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen concentration, smoke generation information, and image information from one or more unit block environment information collecting apparatuses 210, And provides feedback on the crop growth environment to the unit block environment control unit 220 according to the monitoring result so that optimal growth can be achieved.

The unit block environment information collection device 210 is installed for each unit block and collects environmental information about the unit block and transmits the collected environmental information to the central control center 100.

In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a large-scale cultivating complex or a recording zone is basically divided into unit blocks of a predetermined size (for example, 50 m X 50 m).

The unit block environment information collecting apparatus 210 includes a temperature and humidity sensor 211, an illuminance sensor 212, a CO2 sensor 213, a smoke sensor 214, a camera 215 and a communication unit 216.

The CO2 sensor 213 measures the concentration of carbon dioxide in the unit block and the concentration of oxygen in the unit block. The CO2 sensor 213 measures the temperature and humidity in the unit block, .

The smoke detection sensor 214 detects the smoke generated in the unit block and can confirm whether a fire has occurred or not.

The central control center (), which will be described later, estimates a fire occurrence point by estimating the movement direction and the movement speed of the smoke in association with the wind direction and the wind speed in the unit block to determine a predetermined method (for example, , An alarm sound output, an alarm screen output, etc.), and controls the water supply unit 221 of the corresponding point so that the fire suppression is performed.

The camera 215 may be a camera capable of capturing an image within a unit block, providing the image as image information, and capable of pan, tilt, and zoom so as to acquire an image of the entire unit block.

The sensors (the temperature / humidity sensor 211, the illuminance sensor 212, the CO2 sensor 213, the smoke sensor 214) included in the unit block environment information collection device 210 and the camera 215 are connected to a unit block Individual IP addresses are allocated to prevent errors or interferences of the sensor data, so that it is possible to distinguish which unit block is related to the same type of sensor through the IP address.

Accordingly, the unit block environment information collecting device 210 stores in advance the information about the IP address of the sensor and the camera performing the measurement on the unit block, so that the environment corresponding to the corresponding IP address and the environment And transmits the collected information to the central control center 100 through the communication unit 216.

Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown an arrangement of sensors for preventing interference with sensors of adjacent unit blocks.

Assuming that the size of the unit block is 50m X 50m and the measurement radius of the sensor is 5m max, it is possible to minimize the interference between the unit blocks by arranging the measurement radius of the sensor as much as possible from the boundary of the unit block. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the four sensors are spaced apart from the center of each edge by the maximum measurement radius (5 m in this example) of the sensor from the center of the unit block to the inside of the unit block, It is possible to minimize the interference due to neighboring unit blocks while maximally separating the five sensors from each other in the corresponding unit block.

That is, five sensor blocks are arranged for each sensor block, and the unit block environment information collecting device 210 collects the measured values from the five sensors and obtains the average of the measured values, thereby obtaining a representative value It is possible to acquire sensor data having reliability.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the environment information measured by the unit block environment information collecting device 210 is transmitted to the central control center 100 through a repeater, wherein the repeater can use local communication such as wifi.

The unit block environment adjuster 220 adjusts the crop growth environment of the unit block according to a control signal transmitted from the central control center 100 to be described later.

For example, the unit block environment control device 220 may include a water supply unit 221 and may control the supply of water in the unit block, the water supply amount, and the water supply time in accordance with the control signal, Thereby enabling optimal growth.

The central control center 100 includes a cultivation block setting unit 110, a block-by-block monitoring unit 120, a feedback providing unit 130, an image analyzing unit 140, and a cultivation index calculating unit 150.

The cultivation block setting unit 110 sets up a cultivation block by combining a plurality of unit blocks partitioned for a large-scale complex (cultivation complex or a recording zone) according to a predetermined criterion.

The setting conditions of the cultivation block are as follows.

3A, if the area to be cultivated (or the area to be recorded in the unit block) is equal to or larger than a predetermined reference value (for example, 70%), the unit block 301 is divided into one cultivation block 310, .

When the cultivating target area in the unit block is less than the predetermined reference value, adjacent unit blocks may be combined into one cultivating block. 3B, since the cultivating area of the first unit block 302 and the second unit block 303 are respectively 60% and less than a predetermined reference value, they are combined into one cultivation block 320 Setting.

Referring to FIG. 4, there is shown an example in which unit blocks of the same size are re-assembled to a large-size complex and are set as a plurality of size-enlarging blocks.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the block-by-block monitoring unit 120 performs environmental information monitoring in units of the cultivation block set by the cultivation block setting unit 110.

The environmental information is collected by the unit block environment information collecting device 210 on a unit block basis and collected in the central control center 100. The environment information may also be recombined with the cultivation block set by the cultivation block setting unit 110 with respect to these environmental information.

For example, when one unit block is one grown block as shown in FIG. 3A, the environmental information of the corresponding unit block may be environmental information of the grown block.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3B, when two or more unit blocks are combined into one reproduction block, a representative value such as an average value is calculated for the environment information of the unit blocks included in the unit block, Can be regarded as environmental information of the cultivation block.

The block-by-block monitoring unit 120 monitors the environment information in units of a cultivation block and displays it on a screen so that a remote location manager can visually confirm the environment information.

Referring to FIG. 5, an example of a monitoring screen 500 shown in the monitoring unit 120 for each block is shown.

The environmental information for each cultivation block unit includes sensor data such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, carbon dioxide concentration (or oxygen concentration), information indicating whether the water supply unit 221 is operating, analysis information on a growing state of the crop, .

The monitoring screen 500 may include a block image screen 510 in which images photographed for one or more re-building blocks are output. In the block image screen 510, an image 511 for each block is grouped into an MXN matrix, The image of the cultivation block can be confirmed at a glance.

If an arbitrary one of the image blocks 511 is selected through an action such as a click, the corresponding image is enlarged to fill the entire block image screen 510, can do.

The feedback providing unit 130 provides feedback necessary for improving the growth environment for each cultivation block based on the results monitored by the monitoring unit 120 for each block.

A control signal is transmitted to the unit block environment adjusting device 220 installed in the unit block (s) belonging to the rearing block to which the feedback is to be provided so that necessary measures are taken to improve the growing environment.

For example, when the humidity of one arbitrary cultivation block is monitored as low, a control signal for increasing the water supply amount to the water supply unit 221 installed in the unit block (s) belonging to the corresponding cultivation block can be transmitted.

The image analysis unit 140 analyzes the image information transmitted from the unit block environment information collection device 210 on a pixel-by-pixel basis. In this case, pixel-by-pixel analysis can analyze the RGB color of each pixel and count the number of pixels similar to the color of the crop grown in the block.

According to the image analysis result of the image analysis unit 140, the cultivation block setting unit 110 may determine whether or not the cultivation target area of each unit block reaches a predetermined reference value.

Alternatively, the cultivation index calculating unit 150 may calculate the cultivation index of the corresponding unit block or cultivation block according to the image analysis result of the image analysis unit 140. Here, the cultivation index is a value indicating the cultivation rate or the degree of recording of the corresponding block (unit block or cultivation block).

It is possible to calculate the cultivation index of the block in units of percent (%) by grasping the similarity with the predicted image information in the case where the cultivation rate is 100% or the recording degree is 100% with respect to the block in advance.

When the cultivation index is less than a predetermined reference value (for example, 50%), the feedback providing unit 130 classifies the block as a dangerous group and outputs an alarm to alert the user.

In addition, statistics of the degree of recording per block (or growth rate) can be calculated and displayed numerically, and future prediction information based on statistics can be provided. Here, the prediction information may include the time of completion of cultivation or the time of completion of the recording, or may be a predicted value of variation of the cultivation index with the passage of time.

When an arbitrary one of the images 511 is selected from the monitoring screen 500 as shown in FIG. 5, the detail monitoring screen 600 for each of the growing blocks as shown in FIG. 6 may be output. The detail monitoring screen 600 for each cultivation block may display information on the cultivation block image, the degree of the crop, the risk, the statistics, and the prediction.

In this embodiment, the repeater may be connected to the unit block environment information collecting device 210 through wifi communication, and may be connected to the central control center 100 through LAN communication.

The central control center 100 analyzes environment information of each block transmitted through the repeater and can issue a situation coping instruction to the subordinate client associated with the corresponding block.

Referring to FIG. 7, one monitoring block (i.e., a unit block environment information collecting device 210 and a unit block environment adjusting device 220) is illustrated and connected to a server through an interface. Here, the server may be installed in the central control center 100.

The subordinate client is provided with a program for individually outputting the environment information transmitted to the central control center 100. The statistical and forecasting programs can be operated by the clients to which the data is transmitted. Here, the IP of each subordinate client may be interchangeably interfaced.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

100: central control center 110: cultivation block setting unit
120: block-by-block monitoring unit 130:
140: Image analysis unit 150: Cultivation index calculation unit
210: unit block environment information collecting device 211: temperature / humidity sensor
212: illuminance sensor 213: CO2 sensor
214: smoke detection sensor 215: camera
216: communication unit 220: unit block environment control device
221: water supply part 500: monitoring screen
600: Detailed monitoring screen

Claims (5)

A system for performing environmental control on a large-scale complex in a cultivation block unit,
A plurality of unit cells for collecting environmental information of at least one of temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen concentration, smoke generation information, and image information for each unit block, Unit block environment information collecting device;
A plurality of unit block environment adjustment units provided for each unit block and performing an operation of adjusting the environment of the unit blocks according to a control signal; And
A unit block is set by combining the unit blocks according to a predetermined criterion, and the environmental information received from the plurality of unit block environment information collecting apparatuses is monitored in units of the cultivation block. According to the monitoring result, And a central control center for generating and transmitting a control signal for controlling the operation of the unit block environment control device installed in the unit block.
The method according to claim 1,
The central control center,
If the area ratio of the arbitrary unit block to be cultivated is equal to or greater than the predetermined reference value, the unit block is set as one cultivating block. If the cultivating area ratio is less than the predetermined reference value, A cultivation block setting unit for setting the cultivation block;
A monitoring unit for each block receiving at least one of environmental information of temperature, humidity, illuminance, carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen concentration, smoke generation information, and image information from the unit block environment information collecting unit and monitoring the unit information in units of the cultivation block;
And a feedback providing unit for generating and transmitting a control signal for controlling an operation of the environment control device installed in one or more unit blocks belonging to the re-assembling block according to a result of analyzing the environment information.
3. The method of claim 2,
The central control center,
An image analyzing unit for analyzing image information received from the unit block environment information collecting device in units of pixels;
The degree of similarity between the predicted image information when the growth rate or the degree of video recording of the unit block is 100% and the image information analyzed by the image analysis unit, and calculating the cultivation index of the unit block in terms of percent (%) And an exponent calculating unit,
Wherein the feedback providing unit classifies the unit block as a dangerous group and outputs an alarm if the cultivation index is less than a predetermined reference value.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the unit block environment information collecting device includes a sensor for measuring at least one of temperature, humidity, illuminance, carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen concentration, and smoke generation information,
The number of the sensors is five,
Wherein four of the unit blocks are spaced apart from each corner of the unit block by a maximum measurement radius of the sensor and the remaining one is disposed at the center of the unit block.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the central control center estimates a fire occurrence point by analyzing the direction and direction of the wind direction and the wind direction and the movement speed of the smoke with respect to the smoke occurrence information from the environment information, Wherein the control unit controls the water supply unit to supply the water so that the fire suppression is performed.

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