KR20170118294A - Insect production automation system - Google Patents

Abstract

An insect breeding system and a production management system are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a production management system for performing production scheduling, production / quality control, work management, environment control, growth management, and production manual preparation work on an insect; A breeding system for breeding said insects according to said production manual; A production database for storing production LOT-specific data for said insects being raised in said breeding system; And an analysis and prediction system for analyzing the quality of the insect using the machine learning analysis technique, predicting the production history and demand, and standardizing the production manual by using the production LOT data stored in the production database, / RTI >

Description

Insect production automation system [0002]

The present invention relates to an insect mass production automation system.

In the case of fish cultivation, feed supply accounts for more than half of the production cost of aquaculture, and water quality pollution by cultivation is derived from feeds. Therefore, .

So far, basic researches have been carried out such as setting the nutrient requirement for the mixed feed of aquaculture fish. In addition, a mixed feed study has been carried out to reduce the feed cost, which is a high proportion of the aquaculture unit production cost.

The amount of mixed feed production is increasing with the increase of aquaculture production. Fishmeal has been used as the main protein source of formulated feeds worldwide and is the most expensive raw ingredient of feed ingredients, but the supply of fishmeal has been recently unstable and the price of fishmeal continues to rise.

Feed nutritionists around the world are actively researching alternative feed materials to solve these problems. (1996), and Pengmaneerat et al., 1993; Belal and Assem, 1995; Kaushik, 1995), and other vegetable feedstuffs such as soybean meal, cottonseed meal, wheat, conglutin mill, (Gallagher and Degani, 1988; Fowler et al., 1990; Kikuchi, 1994; Luzier and Summerfelt, 1995) have been reported have.

The rate of use of protein raw materials in the feed is very high and determines the quality and price of the feed.

Fish meal is a major protein feedstock with high levels of protein and amino acid composition, which determines the quality and price of feed. Especially, the proportion of carnivorous fish such as flounder and rockfish in Korea is very high as 50 ~ 70%.

Compared with 10 years ago, import prices of mixed feed such as fish oil and substitute oil increased except for some items, and import prices of raw materials for ingredients have increased very much. Therefore, development of alternative fish meal is urgent.

Recently, as aquaculture species increase, it is required to develop a substitute substance for fishmeal which can supply fishmeal continuously and steadily in accordance with increase in demand and price increase.

In the case of fish and oil substitutes, the increase in import prices is very large and the import weight is decreasing due to the price burden.

The share of animal protein in fishmeal is very high, and the share of imports is increasing even with the increase of import price. However, most of the fish production (fish catch) used as fish meal is rapidly decreasing due to the impact of climate change such as El Niño.

Insect proteins contain nutrients that can replace fish meal and are recognized as an alternative to recent feed problems. Although various feed insects have been proposed as alternatives, there are some cases where they feel hateful, so insect use is urgent.

At present, two kinds of insects recognized in Korea are brown duck (Tenebrio molitor) and white spotted flower (Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis). It is not easy to meet the production cost because it is difficult to use large amount of sawdust which is fermented under optimized conditions.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0100392 (published on September 2, 2015) - Insect mass feeding device and facility

The present invention provides an insect mass production automation system capable of mass-producing and supplying an insect (for example, a brown goat) to use an insect ingredient containing a nutrient substitute for a fish meal as a new fish meal replacement substance .

The present invention relates to an insect mass production automation system which enables production information to be managed in a mass production manner for insects as well as feedstuffs due to edible possibility, .

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the following preferred embodiments.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a production management system for performing production scheduling, production / quality control, work management, environment control, growth management, and production manual preparation work on an insect; A breeding system for breeding said insects according to said production manual; A production database for storing production LOT-specific data for said insects being raised in said breeding system; And an analysis and prediction system for analyzing the quality of the insect using the machine learning analysis technique, predicting the production history and demand, and standardizing the production manual by using the production LOT data stored in the production database, / RTI >

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

According to the present invention, there is an effect that a large amount of insects (for example, brown goose) can be produced and supplied in order to utilize an insecticidal ingredient containing a nutrient substitute for a fish meal as a new fish meal replacement substance.

In addition, there is an effect that the production information can be managed and the information technology can be integrated to massively produce insects, which can be used as food materials as well as feeds due to the possibility of edible food, so that the state of rearing can easily be confirmed in the farmhouse.

1 is a diagram showing a production information management process performed in an insect breeding system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system for data interlocking and data analysis between farms and institutions for supply-demand adjustment management according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
3 is a perspective view of an insect mass production system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figs. 4 and 5 are a plan view and a side view, respectively, of the insect mass production system shown in Fig. 3,
6 is a view showing a concept of a separating device for separating fecal soil and insects,
7 is a perspective view of an insect mass production system having a plurality of production lines,
FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are perspective views in another direction of the insect mass production system having a plurality of production lines shown in FIG. 7,
10 to 12 are a plan view, a side view, and a front view, respectively, of the system shown in FIG. 7;
13 is a plan view of a system in which a square circulation system is applied to each production line.

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 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.

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.

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 illustrating a production information management process performed in an insect breeding system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a data interlocking process between a farmer and an institution for supplying-demand control according to an embodiment of the present invention. And a data analysis system.

An insect breeding system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a system for mass production for providing insects (for example, brown goats) as feed for human consumption or food such as fish meal substitute materials.

A production information system 100 applied to an insect breeding system is shown in Fig. The production information system 100 manages insect production information based on ICT.

The production information system 100 includes a production management system 110, a production database 130, and an analysis and prediction system 140.

The production management system 110 performs production scheduling, production / quality control, work management, environmental control, growth management, and production manual preparation for insects.

The production manual consists of an integrated process of production planning, production start, production management, production end, production data analysis, and unit work can be carried out according to the standard production manual.

The production manual includes the production environment, feeding conditions and work scheduling in terms of production LOT by insect type and production method. It also includes management and data measurement management.

According to the production manual (breeding manual) provided in the production management system 110, the breeding system 120 can manage and breed insects classified into eggs, larvae, pupa, and adults. And the reared adult can finally be stored and packaged and supplied to the outside. The production manual includes information on growth information, environmental information, and quality information.

Production LOT-specific data according to egg management, larvae rearing, pupa management, adult rearing, storage and packaging processes can be stored in production database 130. The production database 130 stores production information related to the growth / living body, environment, quality, etc. in the production process as a database.

The analysis and prediction system 140 analyzes the information (growth information, environmental information, quality information) stored in the production database 130 using the machine learning analysis technique to analyze the growth / quality of insects, Can be predicted.

The analysis and prediction system 140 may update the production plan by adding production status information in the production manual, and manage the production schedule, resource status, production amount, and inventory status. In addition, it is possible to analyze production quantity, purchase schedule and profit of annual production plan.

The production manual can be calibrated to optimize the production manual according to the analysis and prediction result, and the corrected production manual can be provided to the production management system 110 to be applied to the production process for the insect in the future.

In this embodiment, production and quality information can be managed in production LOT units for production history tracking.

The breeding system 120 may be associated with a production status management system.

The production status management system monitors and displays the work, environment and growth status of each production LOT. The production status management system can be monitored via web or smart phone, and can be instructed to work through PC or smart phone.

The work schedule can be announced to the worker and the work result can be displayed by the layer management of the worker. In addition, alarms about the production process and storage conditions of the produced insects can be transmitted to the operator through various media.

The breeding system 120 may be associated with a biometric management system.

In the biological measurement management system, the growth state of the insects can be measured and stored by the environmental sensor and the camera vision according to the stage and growth schedule. Analysis of insects according to the shape and wavelength range of insects can be made by a predetermined image analysis technique in biometrics.

In the biometric management system, the growth state can be managed while measuring the standard size, weight, and temperature of each step.

The breeding system according to the present embodiment can be developed by selecting a platform based on open source. Web-based systems can be developed for use on the web and on smartphones at the same time, using industry standards such as HTML5.

The service cloud 210 for the insect-keeping farmhouse can be constructed and associated with the production management system 110. [

The service cloud 210 includes an external system 220 for external information and a service portal for the insect farm 230. It is a service portal for information exchange of insect breeding farmers. It can be used for information of external agencies (Meteorical Administration, Rural Development Administration, market research institute, etc.) and co-marketing of farmers.

It is possible to intervene production information of the farmhouse to predict the production amount, and to provide the market information and to autonomously control the supply.

The farmer can receive the production management service using the smart phone and the web, and the production management system 110 can operate itself.

It is possible to provide the standard cultivation production management service in the form of cloud by the production manual of the production information system.

In the analysis and prediction system 140, data generated in the production process can be tabulated and analyzed for each LOT unit. Big data information about non - standardized living body and environment can be analyzed by modeling extraction using big data analysis technique and binary analysis of continuous information analysis using machine learning technique.

A standard production manual can be created based on the analyzed information. And it can analyze the demand and share the analyzed information based on the production information and the market survey data collected from the farmhouse.

An insect mass production system can automate feeding, feeding and ejection throughout the year. The larvae can be separated from the larvae through the larvae. Larvae reservoirs, drying facilities, and constructed feed reservoirs may also be constructed.

It can be constructed so that the smartphone can control the signal and image immediately after a dangerous situation.

According to the user setting, a text message can be notified (additionally, the mobile phone is notified / vibrated) immediately upon occurrence of a problem in the production process.

It can check the real-time temperature and humidity condition, control the cooling / heating system to be suitable for production, and establish the wind direction and solar radiation environment suitable for production through realization of the production direction wind direction and radiation amount sensing unit.

It is possible to improve ventilation and increase thermal efficiency by using a heat recovery system.

In addition, the surveillance system can detect when a fire, temperature change, intrusion, or the like occurs and inform the user of various media.

Hereinafter, breeding system 120, particularly insect mass production system 300, will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an insect mass production system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 4 and 5 are a plan view and a side view, respectively, of the insect mass production system shown in FIG. 3, Fig. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an insect mass production system equipped with a plurality of production lines, FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views in another direction of an insect mass production system provided with a plurality of production lines shown in FIG. 7, 12 are respectively a plan view, a side view, and a front view of the system shown in Fig. 7, and Fig. 13 is a plan view of a system to which a square circulation system is applied to each production line.

The insect mass production system 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mass production system for insects (for example, brown goats) as a substitute for fish meal in a large number of boxes, automatically separates the breeding boxes, .

The frame 310 is a body capable of accommodating the respective boxes 305 and may be formed of a plurality of layers (or stages) capable of accommodating the respective boxes 305 by layers.

Each layer is provided with a conveyor system so that a plurality of boxes 305 can be placed on the conveyor belt and its position can be moved.

Although the two ends of the conveyor belt are shown as being laundered in the drawing, it is needless to say that they may be constituted by a rectangular circulation system as shown in Fig.

The box 305 is a container that accommodates the foliar soil and the feed inside thereof and has a space in which an insect (for example, a brown goat) can be inhabited. Box 305 may be placed on each layer of frame 310.

The size of the box 305 can be determined according to the size of the whole frame 310, the number of insects, and the amount of feed.

The box 305 may be implemented in various shapes. The upper surface of the box 305 is opened, and a space in which insects can live therein may be provided. In addition, the upper surface of the box 305 may have various shapes such as a rectangle, a circle, an ellipse, and a polygon.

An identification tag such as RFID is attached to the box 305 so that it can be distinguished from other boxes.

The control unit 340 can manage the insect growth state in units of boxes and specifies a box requiring a specific operation (separation of fecal soil and larvae) through identification of the identification tags and can be automatically transferred to the larva separating unit have.

To this end, a tag reader is provided in front of each layer of the frame 310, so that the identification tag of the closest box 305 can be read to identify the box 305.

A lifting system 320 is installed in front of each layer of the frame 310 so that a box 305 selected from a plurality of boxes 305 placed on each layer is placed in a waiting queue 330). The lifting system 320 may also be used to move the box 305 to an original box (not shown) in a state of being empty or filled with new feces (or eggs / larvae) after the box 305 discharges the material contained therein by the work carriage 330 305 can be raised to the layer on which they were placed.

In this embodiment, the work truck 330 itself functions as a larvae separating part or moves to the larvae separating part so that the feces and larvae contained in the box 305 can be separated.

6, the larva splitting unit 400 includes a main table 410, a filter table 420, a larva 440, and a driver 430.

A filter table 420 is placed on the main table 410. A rail is provided on the upper surface of the main table 410, and the filter table 420 can be moved back and forth by a wheel reciprocating along the rail. The forward and backward movement of the filter table 420 may be effected by the driving force provided by the driving unit 430. [

The filter table 420 is formed of a mesh structure having a predetermined size, and the mesh size is smaller than the average size of the larva and larger than the average size of the fecal soil. That is, the filter table 420 allows the feces to pass through and leaves only the larva.

The larva left on the filter table 420 is moved in one direction by the forward and backward movement of the filter table 420 and is moved to the larva receiving part 440 installed on one side of the main table 410 Can be stored. The larvae rejection 440 is a half pipe structure having a semicircular cross section and is arranged so as to have a predetermined inclination so that the larva separated from the filter table 420 slides and falls into the larva storage portion.

Assuming that the insect mass production system 300 according to the embodiment described above is one production line, a plurality of production lines may be implemented in parallel so that mass production is possible. An insect mass production system 500 with a plurality of production lines is shown in Figures 7-13.

In the insect mass production system 500 equipped with a plurality of production lines, production lines having a plurality of layers (stages) are implemented in parallel, and selected boxes in each production line can be supplied to and removed from the work platform. In this process, the box can be lifted through the lifting system.

The workbench carries the contents contained in the box itself or the box (fecal soil and larvae) to the larvae separating section. In the larva separating part, it is possible to separate the foliar larva and the larva by using the principle of separating the larvae and larvae as shown in FIG.

The isolated larvae can be post-processed to be used as feed for insects.

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 appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.

100: Production information system 110: Production management system
120: Breeding system 130: Production database
140: Analysis and Forecasting System 210: Service Cloud
300: insect mass production system 310: frame
305: box 320: lifting system
330: Work carriage 340:

Claims (1)

A production management system for production scheduling for insects, production / quality control, work management, environment control, growth management, and preparation of production manuals;
A breeding system for breeding said insects according to said production manual;
A production database for storing production LOT-specific data for said insects being raised in said breeding system; And
An analysis and prediction system for analyzing the quality of the insect using the machine learning analysis technique, predicting the production history and demand, and standardizing the production manual by using the production LOT data stored in the production database.

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