KR20170077313A

KR20170077313A - Smart beehive capable of honey harvesting easily

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Publication number: KR20170077313A
Application number: KR1020150187059A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이상철; 신진범
Original assignee: 이상철; 신진범
Priority date: 2015-12-28
Filing date: 2015-12-28
Publication date: 2017-07-06
Also published as: KR101797322B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart beehive that is easily intertwined with an external smart device to facilitate the harvesting of honey.
The smart beehive according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a honeycomb structure having a honeycomb structure. A honeycomb structure having a honeycomb structure is provided. A honeycomb structure is formed in a lower portion of the honeycomb structure. Honeycomb frame; A rotating bar disposed above the honeycomb frame and rotated by a motor to cause the honeycomb structure to be vertically shifted so that honey flows into the discharge passage; A weight sensor installed at a lower portion of the honeycomb frame for measuring the weight of the honeycomb frame or the weight of the stored honey; And a controller located inside the honeycomb frame, receiving the measured value of the weight sensor and wirelessly transmitting the measured value to an external smart device, and controlling the motor by receiving a control signal of the smart device.
According to the present invention, honey can be easily collected by itself through remote control of an external smart device.

Description

{Smart beehive capable of honey harvesting easily}

The present invention relates to a smart beehive, and more particularly, to a smart beehive that can be easily harvested by interlocking with an external smart device to facilitate collection of honey.

In general, honey is a way for bees to store honey as food in rocks, rocks, or trees in the natural life process, by supplying hummingbirds to pursue artificially economical living means, Earning income.

To be more specific, a honeycomb having a plurality of honeycombs is formed in a plate shape so as to be detachable in a rectangular beehive which is formed into a box shape and which is opened and closed by a lid, and has an entrance through which bees can enter and exit, It is breeding.

Therefore, the bees enter and exit through the entrance of the beehive, find flowers in the appropriate radius, collect the flowers in the flower as food, store them in the beehive in the beehive, and obtain humans by artificially picking them.

Honey has been used since ancient times for nourishment, sedation, detoxification, fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, cough, dry skin, eczema, constipation, nervous breakdown, hangover. It is also good for beauty and health, and is rich in vitamin B group, especially B6. In addition, honey is used as a mating agent in oriental medicine by alleviating the bitter taste of Chinese medicine.

Such honey having various effects is generally obtained through beekeeping. However, the collection of honey through such beekeeping is troublesome because it must be performed manually by a worker using a honeycomb. In addition, the worker has the disadvantage of frequently checking how much honey is in the beehive to determine when to collect the honey.

Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0429355 (Registered Date: October 16, 2006) "Honey Collecting Device"

It is an object of the present invention to provide a smart bee hull which can easily collect honey by itself through remote control of an external smart device have.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a smart honeycomb which is easy to collect honey with ease of use because it eliminates labor required to go directly to a honeycomb spot to collect honey and does not require the use of a separate honeycomb will be.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a honey bee extracting apparatus capable of checking in real time how much honey is stored in a beehive through a weight sensor or a web camera, .

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited thereto, and other matters not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a smart honeycomb which is easy to collect honey.

The smart beehive according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a honeycomb structure having a honeycomb structure. A honeycomb structure having a honeycomb structure is provided. A honeycomb structure is formed in a lower portion of the honeycomb structure. Honeycomb frame; A rotating bar disposed above the honeycomb frame and rotated by a motor to cause the honeycomb structure to be vertically shifted so that honey flows into the discharge passage; A weight sensor installed at a lower portion of the honeycomb frame for measuring the weight of the honeycomb frame or the weight of the stored honey; And a controller located inside the honeycomb frame, receiving the measured value of the weight sensor and wirelessly transmitting the measured value to an external smart device, and controlling the motor by receiving a control signal of the smart device.

The smart beehive, which is easy to collect honey according to the embodiment of the present invention, can easily collect honey itself by remote control of an external smart device.

In addition, the smart beehive according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is easy to collect honey, relieves the labor of having to go directly to the beehive site for collecting honey and does not require the use of a separate sowing machine, .

In addition, the smart beehive according to the embodiment of the present invention can easily determine how much honey is collected in a beehive through a weight sensor, a web camera, have.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention, It should not be construed as limited.
1 is a schematic perspective view of a smart beehive according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is a view showing a state in which the smart beehive of Fig. 1 is placed in a beehive box;
Figure 3 is a block diagram of the smart beehive of Figure 1;
Fig. 4 is a view showing a state in which the honeycomb structure of the honeycomb frame of Fig. 1 is deformed
5 is a view showing a state where honey is harvested using the smart beehive of Fig. 1

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Each drawing has been partially or exaggerated for clarity. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the respective drawings, the same constituent elements are shown to have the same reference numerals as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. Also, components and acts referred to as " comprising (or comprising) " do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components and operations. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a smart beehive according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view showing a smart beehive of FIG. 1 placed in a beehive box. FIG. FIG. 4 is a view showing a honeycomb structure of the honeycomb frame of FIG. 1 being deformed, and FIG. 5 is a view showing the honey bee collecting using the smart beehive of FIG.

1 to 3, the smart beehive 10 having a honey bee collecting function includes a honeycomb frame 100, a rotation bar 200, a weight sensor 300, a controller 400, and a web camera 500 do.

As shown in FIG. 1, the honeycomb frame 100 is provided with a honeycomb frame 110 having a honeycomb structure (HS). That is, the honeycomb frame 110 may be installed in the honeycomb frame 100 such that the longitudinal direction thereof is located in upper and lower chambers. The honeycomb frame 110 may be formed integrally or detachably with the honeycomb frame 100. The honeycomb structure (HS) is formed in an open form on both sides and is used as a place where bees store honey.

A transparent window 120 may be provided in front of and / or behind the honeycomb frame 100. The partition member 121 may be formed on the inner side of the transparent window 120 from the center to the downward direction. In addition, a plurality of partition plates 121 may be formed on the inner side of the transparent window 120 so as to be downwardly formed on both sides of the partition member 121 horizontally with the ground. The transparent window 120 allows the honeycomb 110 to be observed from the outside.

Referring to FIG. 2, at least one honeycomb frame 100 may be disposed in the beehive box 11. The beehive box 11 may be formed in the front and / or back of the beehive box 11 and used as a space for observing the honeycomb frame 100.

1 and 2, a discharge passage 130 is formed in a lower portion of the honeycomb frame 100 toward the front so that honey collected in the honeycomb frame 110 can be collected from the outside. A discharge port 131 is formed at the front end of the discharge passage 130. According to the embodiment, the discharge port 131 may be kept in a clogged state with the cap 131a for the first time or when honey is not collected.

Referring to FIG. 2, a tube 12 of a predetermined size or the like is mounted on the discharge port 131 to facilitate collection of honey. 5, the honey having passed through the discharge passage 130 can be received in the collection container 13, which flows out through the tube 12 connected to the discharge port 131 and is located below the discharge port 131.

The rotary bar 200 is disposed on the upper portion of the honeycomb 110. That is, the rotary bar 200 may be disposed in parallel with the honeycomb frame 110 on the honeycomb frame 110 in the honeycomb frame 100.

The rotary bar 200 is rotated by the motor 201 to cause the honeycomb structure HS to be shifted up and down (deformed) to flow the honey into the discharge passage 130.

According to an embodiment, the rotating bars 200 may be provided as a pair. That is, the pair of the rotating bars 200 can be arranged parallel to each other at the same height.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, according to the embodiment, the motor 201 may be disposed behind the honeycomb frame 100 within the beehive box 11. Fig. For example, the motor 201 may be an arduino servomotor or the like.

The weight sensor 300 is installed below the honeycomb frame 100. The weight sensor 300 may be a load cell or the like.

The weight sensor 300 measures the weight value of the honeycomb frame 100 or the stored honey weight value. The weight of the stored honey may be measured by subtracting the weight of the honeycomb frame 100 from the weight of the honeycomb frame 100.

The controller 400 is located inside the honeycomb frame 100. According to an embodiment, the controller 400 may be installed at the bottom of the honeycomb frame 100, near the weight sensor 300.

The controller 400 includes a communication module capable of communicating with an external smart device 20. 3, the controller 400 receives the measurement value W of the weight sensor 300 and wirelessly transmits the measurement value W to the external smart device 20. The controller 400 receives the control signal from the smart device 20 and controls the motor 201. [

It is obvious that both the controller 400 and the smart device 20 must be connected to the Internet in order to be linked with the controller 400 and the smart device 20 of the present invention.

1 and 2, the web camera 500 is installed within a predetermined position and distance from the honeycomb frame 100. According to an embodiment, the web camera 500 may be located a certain distance away from the front and / or rear of the beehive box 11.

The web camera 500 photographs the honeycomb frame 100 and transmits the captured image to the smart device 20 in real time. The web camera 500 may be mounted on a small board computer 501 such as a Raspberry Pi.

Accordingly, the web camera 500 displays image information obtained by continuously photographing the honeycomb frame 110 using the transparent window 120 of the honeycomb frame 100, which is visible through the opening of the beehack box 11, To the smart device 20 through the wireless communication module of the wireless terminal 510.

The smart device 20 is loaded with a software program or an application for confirming the measurement value W of the weight sensor 300 and checking the photographed image from the web camera 500 in real time.

Referring to FIG. 3, the controller 400 receives the control signal of the smart device 20 and controls the motor 201.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the collecting time of honey can be easily determined by checking or monitoring in real time how much honey is collected in the honeycomb frame 110 through the web camera 500 at a remote place (collecting amount of honey).

Referring to FIG. 4, a honeycomb structure HS according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed by separating hexagonal honeycomb shapes on both sides when viewed from one side. Such a honeycomb structure (HS) maintains a hexagonal honeycomb shape at all times, and keeps bees from collecting honey. When the honey is collected over a certain amount of time to collect honey, the honeycomb structure deforms to allow the honey to flow downward will be.

The honeycomb structure HS according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a variable portion HS1 and a fixed portion HS2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper portion of the variable portion HS1 is connected to the rotary bar 200 through the string member 202, and the position of the flexible portion HS1 is moved upward and downward. However, the fixing portion HS2 is held at one side of the variable portion HS1.

The variable portion HS1 is moved upward when the rotary bar 200 is rotated in one direction (for example, clockwise) by the motor 201, thereby destroying the honeycomb structure HS.

After all of the honey has flowed down and honey collection is completed, the variable part HS1 is moved downward when the rotary bar 200 is rotated in the other direction (for example, counterclockwise) by the motor 201, (HS) together with the honeycomb structure HS2.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, honey can be easily collected by itself through remote control of an external smart device. Furthermore, the present invention has the effect of minimizing the damage to the bees since it does not touch the honeycomb frame without following the bees.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage that ease of use is increased because there is no need to go to a field having a honeycomb directly in order to collect honey and it is not necessary to use a separate sowing machine.

In addition, the present invention can confirm in real time how much honey is stored in the beehive through a weight sensor, a web camera, etc., and can prevent the honey storage capacity from being exceeded in advance, .

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments.

The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

10: Smart beehive that is easy to collect honey 11: Beehive box
12: Tube 13: Collection container
20: smart device 100: honeycomb frame
110: honeycomb frame 120: transparent window
121: partition wall member 122: partition plate
130: discharge passage 131: discharge port
200: rotation bar 201: motor
202: string member 300: weight sensor
400: Controller 500: Web camera

Claims

A honeycomb frame provided with a honeycomb structure having a honeycomb structure and having a discharge passage formed forwardly so that honey collected in the honeycomb frame can be collected from the outside;
A rotating bar disposed above the honeycomb frame and rotated by a motor to cause the honeycomb structure to be vertically shifted so that honey flows into the discharge passage;
A weight sensor installed at a lower portion of the honeycomb frame for measuring the weight of the honeycomb frame or the weight of the stored honey; And
And a controller which is located inside the honeycomb frame and receives the measured value of the weight sensor and wirelessly transmits the measurement value to an external smart device and controls the motor by receiving a control signal of the smart device, Smart beehive.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the honeycomb structure is formed by separating honeycombs of continuous hexagonal shapes from both sides in the vertical direction when viewed from one side.

3. The method of claim 2,
In the honeycomb structure,
An upper end connected to the rotary bar through a string member and moved to upper and lower chambers,
And a fixing part which is held in position on one side of the variable part.

The method according to claim 1,
And a web camera installed within the predetermined position and distance from the honeycomb frame and photographing the honeycomb frame and transmitting the captured honeycomb frame to the smart device in real time,
Wherein the controller receives the control signal of the smart device and controls the motor.