KR20190050053A - Hydroponic plant system for cultivating vegetables with multi spray device and controlled internet of things - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a hydroponic system for automatically and eco-friendly cultivating vegetables without adding separate nutrient solutions or nutrients. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a hydroponic system for vegetables comprises: a cultivation unit including vertically stacked trays in which seeds or seedstocks are arranged; a water supply unit for supplying water to upper and lower parts of each of the trays; a temperature control unit for controlling a temperature of a cultivation space in which the cultivation unit is arranged; a humidifying unit for controlling humidity of the cultivation space; a ventilation unit for ventilating air in the cultivation space; and a control unit for controlling each of the water supply unit, the temperature control unit, the humidifying unit, and the ventilation unit to control the humidity, temperature, ventilation, and water supply of the cultivation space input and set by a user.

Description

HYDROPONIC PLANT SYSTEM FOR CULTIVATING VEGETABLES WITH MULTI SPRAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLED INTERNET OF THINGS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]

The present disclosure relates to a cultivation system and relates to a hydroponic vegetation cultivation system for cultivating vegetables by automatically controlling the cultivation environment of vegetables.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the description set forth in this identification section is not prior art to the claims of this application and is not to be construed as prior art as described in this identification section.

In general, vegetable cultivation is controlled through the control of water, light, temperature, humidity, oxygen and carbon dioxide, and additional nutrients or nutrients are added to grow vegetables containing the nutrients that the user desires.

Recently, however, researches have been carried out to cultivate vegetables containing necessary nutrients by precisely controlling the temperature, humidity, oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration in lighting, water and cultivation space of specific wavelength and light quantity without adding nutrients and nutrients .

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1191161 discloses a vegetable cultivation system for peanut medicines, and Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1446293 discloses a complex vegetable germination cultivation and drying apparatus.

However, the existing inventions do not disclose a technique for promoting the growth of vegetables or rhizomes cultivated through seeds, and for increasing the nutrient content of vegetables or plant roots.

The present invention provides a hydroponic vegetation cultivation system that automatically cultivates environmentally friendly vegetables without adding additional nutrients or nutrients.

Further, it is obvious that the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and another technical problem may be derived from the following description.

According to one embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, the hydroponic vegetation growing system comprises a growing section comprising vertically stacked trays in which seeds or vertical roots are arranged, a water supply section for supplying water to the top and bottom of each of the trays, A control unit for controlling the water supply unit, the temperature control unit, the humidifying unit, and the ventilating unit to control the temperature of the cultivating space, the humidifying unit for adjusting the humidity of the cultivation space, the ventilation unit for ventilating the air in the cultivation space, And controlling the humidity, temperature, ventilation, and water supply of the cultivation space set by the user.

Each of the trays may be formed of an elastic material made of natural rubber or polymer material having a plurality of pores formed therein, and the center portion may include vegetable mediums cut through the upper and lower portions in a curved shape.

The regenerating unit may include a support container for supporting the trays in the form of a container for covering a space under the trays, and lighting units spaced from each other on the trays to irradiate light to each of the trays .

Further, each of the illumination units is connected to each other along the connection direction of the trays, and the specific gravity of the attached red LEDs may be relatively higher than the specific gravity of the blue LEDs.

The water supply unit may include lower water supply units for supplying water toward the bottom surface of each of the trays in the support vessel and upper water supply units for supplying water to the upper portions of the trays at the upper portions of the trays .

The lower water supply units may include first nozzles formed at an upper portion of the lower water supply units spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance to supply water toward lower portions of the bottoms of the trays.

In addition, the upper water supply units may be installed one for each of the two trays at a position on the same vertical line as the corresponding position between the first nozzles, and supply water toward the upper portions of the trays And second nozzles.

According to one embodiment disclosed herein, the hydroponic vegetation growing system has the advantage of automatically growing seeds or rootstocks through the control of water, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide and oxygen without any additional nutrients or nutrients.

In addition, the hydroponic vegetable growing system has an advantage of improving the growth of the seed or the root to be cultivated by cutting the center of the vegetable medium in which the seed or the root is placed in a curved shape to insert into the vegetable medium.

In addition, the hydroponic vegetable growing system has an advantage that moisture can be efficiently supplied to the seeds or the longitudinal roots inserted into each of the trays through the nozzles formed at the top and bottom of each of the trays.

In addition, since the effect of the present invention described above is obviously exerted by the constitution of contents described irrespective of whether or not the inventor perceives it, the effect described above is only some effects according to the contents described, Should not be recognized.

Further, the effect of the present invention should be grasped further by the entire description of the specification, and even if it is not stated in an explicit sentence, a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the written description belongs, It should be seen as an effect described in this specification.

1 is a perspective view of a hydroponic vegetation growing system in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure herein.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the re-growth section and the water supply section of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the rewriting section of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the vegetable medium of FIG. 3; FIG.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I 'of FIG. 2;
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II 'of FIG. 2;
Figures 7 and 8 are perspective views of a hydroponic vegetation growing system in accordance with another embodiment of the disclosure herein.

Hereinafter, the configuration, operation, and effects of the hydroponic vegetation cultivation system according to a preferred embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. For reference, in the following drawings, each component is omitted or schematically shown for convenience and clarity, and the size of each component does not reflect the actual size, and the same reference numerals denote the same components throughout the specification. And reference numerals for the same components in individual drawings are omitted.

1 illustrates a perspective view of a hydroponic vegetation growing system in accordance with an embodiment of the teachings herein.

1, the hydroponic vegetation growing system 100 includes a cultivation unit 200, a water supply unit 300, a temperature control unit 400, a humidification unit 500, a ventilation unit 600, and a control unit 700 ).

The hydroponic vegetable growing system 100 is a system for cultivating seeds of various vegetable or root plants of root vegetables such as goat ginseng, ginseng root, ginseng root, and so on for a predetermined period of time through control of water, light, temperature and humidity without supplying nutrients or nutrients .

The plurality of rearing units 200 are arranged to be spaced apart from each other within the predetermined cultivation space 10, and seeds or vertical roots are disposed in each of the plurality of layers, and are periodically supplied with water and light through the user's control.

The water supply unit 300 supplies the purified water to the reed unit 200 by moving the purified water to the reed unit 200 through the water pump and the water supplied to the reed unit 200 is supplied to the reed unit 200 The water is sprayed to the area where the leaves of each of the seeds or the longitudinal roots grow and the area where the roots grow.

The water supply unit 300 includes a water tank connected to a water pump, and a water temperature sensor and a heater are installed inside the water tank to keep the temperature of the water supplied to the reaming unit 200 constant at a user-set temperature .

The temperature control unit 400 is formed on the upper side or the side surface of the cultivation space 10 to control the temperature inside the cultivation space 10 through operation of the user's temperature control unit 400 or the control unit 700, It is preferable that the temperature inside the container 10 is maintained between 21 ° C and 24 ° C.

The humidifier 500 may be a combined humidifier using an ultrasonic wave, a heating type, or a combination of an ultrasonic wave and a heating type. The humidity sensor disposed inside the cultivation space 10 may maintain the humidity inside the cultivation space 10 desired by the user .

The humidity in the cultivation space 10 is preferably 80% to 95%, and the humidity suitable for the cultivation space 10 depends on the type of the seed or the root to be cultivated in the humidifier, the temperature control unit 400, Lt; / RTI >

The ventilation part 600 is installed in each of the opposing side walls covering the cultivation space 10 to ventilate the inside air. Particularly, the control part 700 measures the concentration of carbon dioxide installed in the cultivation space 10 The concentration of carbon dioxide in the cultivation space 10 can be sensed through the carbon dioxide sensing sensor and the concentration of carbon dioxide can be controlled by controlling the driving time of the ventilation part 600. [

When the carbon dioxide is supplied into the cultivation space 10, the carbon dioxide may be converted into carbonic acid by being combined with the moisture inside the cultivation space 10. Therefore, during the operation of the humidification unit 500, the ventilation unit 600 automatically stops the operation can do.

The ventilation unit 600 senses the amount of oxygen through the oxygen sensor installed in the cultivation space 10 and supplies oxygen to the inside of the cultivation space 10 according to the concentration of oxygen suitable for the cultivation environment of the seed or the root The oxygen is discharged to the outside to control the concentration of oxygen.

The controller 700 controls the amount and temperature of water supplied to the redering unit 200 through the water supply unit 300 and the amount or wavelength of light generated in the rearing unit 200 and controls the temperature regulator 400, Controls the humidifier (500) and the ventilator (600) to control the temperature, humidity, and concentration of carbon dioxide in the cultivation space (10).

The control unit 700 may be connected to various types of wired or wireless terminals including a smart phone and a display may be disposed outside to control the temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, amount of light (time for irradiating light And intensity of light), and the amount and cycle of water supplied.

Accordingly, the hydroponic vegetation growing system 100 can automatically control the environment inside the cultivation space 10 through the control unit 700 according to the cultivation environment of seeds or rootstocks, and can control water, temperature, humidity, It is possible to cultivate vegetables only by controlling carbon dioxide, which is advantageous in that it is environmentally friendly and cost-effective.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the reaming section and the water supply section of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows an exploded perspective view showing the rewriting section of Fig. 1. Fig. Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the vegetable medium of Figure 3; 5 shows a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I 'of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 shows a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II 'of FIG.

2 to 6, the reaming section 200 includes a frame 220, a tray 240, a support container 250, and a lighting unit 260.

The frame 220 is formed to extend in one direction so as to align the plurality of trays 240 in one direction, and the trays 240, which are elongated and extended upward by a predetermined height, 220). ≪ / RTI >

The tray 240 includes a tray frame 242 and a vegetable medium 244.

Each of the trays 240 is disposed in close contact with one side of the frame 220 in the form of a layer, and each of the seeds or the longitudinal rods is arranged in a lattice form so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance from each other.

The tray frame 242 is formed in a rectangular shape of a low weight material and a plurality of holes passing through the tray frame 242 are arranged in a lattice form and a vegetable medium 244 is inserted into each of the holes.

Each of the vegetable mediums 244 is formed of a material having a plurality of pores. The central portion of the vegetable mediums 244 penetrates the upper and lower portions of each of the vegetable mediums 244 in the form of an 'S' curve having one side and the other side bent in different directions .

The vegetable culture medium 244 is formed at its central portion with a culture medium space 20 formed through incision and moisture through water is supplied to the vegetable culture medium 244 in a state in which the seed or the longitudinal root is disposed inside the culture medium space 20. [ To the seed or root muscle.

The culture medium 20 is cut into 'S' shape unlike the conventional cross-shaped vegetable culture medium shown in the upper right part of FIG. 4, so that during the growth of the seed or root muscle in the culture medium 20, The area of the medium 244 that is in close contact with the incised inner surface increases, and the supply of moisture is smooth.

In addition, the seeds or rootstocks inserted into the medium space inside the vegetable medium incised in the existing cross-shaped form are subjected to relatively high pressure through the four corners inside the vegetable medium, and the cruciform shape is formed according to the growth of the vegetable But the space in the center portion is relatively low.

On the other hand, a relatively low pressure is applied to the seeds or vertical roots disposed in the medium space 20 in the two directions compared to the conventional cross-shaped medium space, It is relatively larger than the space at the center of the medium and is improved in the development of the vegetable rather than the existing vegetable medium.

The support vessel 250 is coupled to the frame 220 in the form of a container that covers a space formed in a lower portion of each of the trays 240 to support each of the trays 240, To the outside.

Each of the trays 240 and the support vessels 250 are disposed alternately in the vertical direction inside the frame 220 and a predetermined space for supplying water and water is provided in the lower portion of each of the trays 240 .

The illumination unit 260 includes red LEDs 262 and blue LEDs 264.

The illumination unit 260 extends along the direction in which the trays 240 are aligned and irradiates light having a light amount inputted by the user toward the tray 240 for a predetermined time and stops illumination of the light for a predetermined time And the temperature of the cultivation space 10 desired by the user is maintained by adjusting the amount of light.

Each of the illumination units 260 is disposed in parallel on the same horizontal line on top of each of the trays 240 to irradiate light on each of the trays 240, And the pair of illumination units 260 are electrically connected to each other and controlled through the control unit 700.

The red LEDs 262 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along the extending direction of the illumination unit 260 on the bottom surface of the frame of the illumination unit 260 and the blue LEDs 264 are arranged on the bottom of the red LEDs 262 are disposed to face each other with either one of them interposed therebetween.

Specifically, four red LEDs 262, one blue LED 264, one red LED 262, and one blue LED 264 are connected to each other along a direction in which the illumination unit 260 extends. And the ratio of the color and the amount of light can be adjusted according to seeds or vertical roots to be cultivated.

In the case of the ginseng (ginseng root or ginseng root) among the above-mentioned longitudinal roots disposed in the trays 240, an oil component containing ginsenoside is contained in the leaves or stems as compared with the adult ginseng, The mixing ratio of the red LEDs 262 and the blue LEDs 264 is important in order to increase the content of the useful component.

For example, broadband red light including 660 nm short wavelength red light and 710 nm long wavelength red light is used to increase photosynthetic activity with low energy through Emerson synergy, and blue light is classified into 440 ~ 460 nm wavelength.

In the case of seed ginseng, the content of the useful component contained in leaves and stems is increased through the irradiation of the red light and the blue light, so that the ratio of the red LEDs 262 relative to the blue LEDs 264 is increased, Can be increased.

The water supply unit 300 includes a water pump 320, a lower water supply unit 340, and an upper water supply unit 360.

The water pump 320 purifies the water used in the outside or the redering unit 200 and supplies water to the reusing unit 200 after heating the water to a desired temperature through the control unit 700.

The lower water supply unit 340 includes a lower valve 342, a lower pipe 344, and first nozzles 346.

The lower water supply unit 340 supplies the water supplied from the water pump 320 toward the re-culturing unit 200 and the water supplied to the re-culturing unit 200 flows between the trays 240 and the support vessels 250 To the bottom of each of the trays 240 to supply moisture to the roots of the seeds or root ends.

The lower valve 342 is connected to the water pump 320 and is installed in each of the lower pipes 344 for supplying water to the re-cultivation unit 200. The lower valves 342 are driven through the control of the control unit 700, To control the amount of water supplied to the < / RTI >

Each of the lower tubes 344 extends along a space defined between each of the support vessels 250 and the bottom surface of each of the trays 240 and each of the first nozzles 346 extends in an array direction Are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along the lower pipe 344.

Specifically, each of the first nozzles 346 is disposed on the same vertical line as a position corresponding to the center of each of the trays 240, and, due to the characteristic of spraying water toward the bottom surface of each of the trays 240, The number of the second nozzles 366 to be described later formed in the unit 360 is relatively large.

The upper water supply unit 360 includes an upper valve 362, an upper pipe 364, and a second nozzle 366.

The upper water supply unit 360 supplies the water supplied from the water pump 320 toward the reaming portion 200 and the water supplied to the rearing portion 200 is sprayed toward the upper portions of the respective trays 240, Or provide moisture to the root ends.

The upper valve 362 is connected to the water pump 320 and is installed in each of the upper pipes 364 for supplying water to the re-cultivation unit 200. The upper valves 362 are driven through the control of the control unit 700, As shown in FIG.

Each of the upper nozzles 364 extends along the arrangement direction of the trays 240 in a space formed in the upper portion of each of the trays 240 and each of the second nozzles 366 extends in the direction So that they are spaced apart from each other on the upper pipe 364 at a position corresponding to a vertical line on the same vertical line.

Specifically, each of the second nozzles 366 is disposed between each of the pair of trays 240, so that the number of the first nozzles 346 relative to the number of the first nozzles 346 As shown in FIG.

In the case of water sprayed from the second nozzle 366, the water can be continuously absorbed by each of the vegetative mediums 244 to supply water to each of the seeds or the longitudinal roots, and the amount of water absorbed through the leaves is relatively higher than the roots, The number of the first nozzles 346 arranged for the single tray 240 is relatively larger than that of the second nozzles 366.

Therefore, the hydroponic vegetable growing system 100 can control the cultivation environment of the seed or the root through water, temperature, humidity, and light, thereby maximizing the nutrients of the vegetables or plant root cultivated through seeds without supplying additional nutrients or nutrients .

Figures 7 and 8 illustrate a perspective view of a hydroponic vegetation growing system in accordance with another embodiment of the disclosure herein.

The hydroponic vegetation cultivation system 120 according to the present embodiment is substantially similar to the hydroponic vegetation cultivation system 100 of Figs. 1 to 6 except for the thermal imaging camera 800, the infrared lamp 820 and the cultivation unit 900 The same reference numerals and names are used and redundant explanations are omitted.

7 and 8, the hydroponic vegetation cultivation system 120 includes an infrared camera 800, an infrared lamp 820, and a cultivation unit 900.

The hydroponic vegetation cultivation system 120 photographs the interior of the cultivation space 10 through the thermal imaging camera 800 and displays the infrared lamp 820 located in the cultivation space 10 where the temperature input by the user into the control unit 700 is not maintained So as to maintain the temperature inside the cultivation space 10 uniformly.

The thermal imaging camera 800 may be installed inside the cultivation space 10 to detect the temperature of the surrounding environment of each of the seeds or the longitudinal roots by detecting the infrared rays of the seeds or the longitudinal roots disposed on the vegetative medium 244.

The infrared lamps 820 are coupled to the frame 220 between the illumination units 260 that are disposed on top of the tray 240 and are spaced apart from each other by the thermal imaging camera 800, The positions of the infrared lamps 820 corresponding to the respective positions of the infrared lamps 820 inside the cultivation space 10 are preset in the controller 700. [

An image obtained by photographing inside the cultivation space 10 photographed through the thermal imaging camera 800 senses a relatively low temperature position on the image using a separate image processing program of the control unit 700. [

The controller 700 senses the coordinates of the relatively low temperature position on the image and drives the infrared lamp 820 disposed at a relatively low temperature position for a predetermined time to increase the temperature of the lowered temperature position .

On the other hand, the infrared lamp 820 and the illumination unit 260, which are disposed in a space forming a relatively high temperature in an image in the cultivation space 10 photographed through the thermal imaging camera 800, are turned off, The temperature can be reduced.

The cultivation unit 900 includes a support vessel 920.

The support vessel 920 is coupled to the frame 220 to support each of the trays 240 and forms a predetermined space in the lower portion of each of the trays 240 so that water drained from the tray 240 is discharged toward the outside .

The bottom surface of the support vessel 920 is formed to extend obliquely at an angle to the water pump 320 along the arrangement direction of each of the trays 240 and the center of the bottom surface protrudes in a semicircular concave shape toward the top do.

At the edge of the bottom surface formed along the arrangement direction of the trays 240, there is formed a drain path which is elongated toward the water pump 320 and protrudes concavely in a semicircular shape toward the lower side.

When the water drops downward from each of the trays 240, the water moves along the bottom surface of the support vessel 920 to the bottom edge of the support vessel 920, and the water pump 320 And is effectively discharged toward the disposed position.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken in conjunction with the present invention. It is to be understood that various equivalents and modifications may be substituted for those at the time of the present application. It is to be understood, therefore, that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive, and that the scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, All changes or modifications that come within the scope of the equivalent concept are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

100: hydroponic vegetable growing system 200:
300: water supply part 400: temperature control part
500: humidifier part 600: ventilation part
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Claims (7)

A growing section comprising vertically stacked trays in which seeds or root ends are arranged;
A water supply unit for supplying water to the upper and lower portions of each of the trays;
A temperature regulator for regulating the temperature of the cultivation space in which the cultivation unit is disposed;
A humidifier for adjusting the humidity of the cultivation space;
A ventilation part for ventilating air in the cultivation space; And
And a control unit for controlling the water supply unit, the temperature control unit, the humidifying unit, and the ventilation units to control the humidity, temperature, ventilation, and water supply of the cultivation space set by the user, system.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the trays comprises:
Wherein the vegetable growers are formed of an elastic material of natural rubber or polymer material having a plurality of pores formed therein, and the central portion includes vegetable mediums cut through the upper and lower portions in a bent curved shape.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
A support container for supporting the trays in the form of a container covering a space under the trays; And
And an illumination unit disposed above each of the trays to irradiate light to each of the trays.
4. The illumination system according to claim 3,
Wherein the grains are connected to each other along the connection direction of the trays and the specific gravity of the attached red LEDs is relatively higher than the specific gravity of the blue LEDs.
The water treatment system according to claim 3,
Lower water supply units for supplying water to the bottom surface of each of the trays within the support vessel; And
And upper water supply units for supplying water to the upper surface of the trays at an upper portion of the trays.
The water treatment system according to claim 3,
And first nozzles spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval to supply water toward the bottom of each of the trays.
7. The water treatment system according to claim 6,
And second nozzles provided for the two trays at positions corresponding to the vertical line on the same position between the first nozzles and supplying water toward the upper portions of the trays, respectively A hydroponic vegetable growing system characterized by.

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