KR20210138447A - Breedng environment monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a breeding environment monitoring device to display a schedule to reach a target weight of individuals. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the breeding environment monitoring device comprises: a display screen; and a processor configured to display, through the display screen, a first input box for receiving a target weight of an object, the average weight of the individual by day on a first graph, and the average weight by day of the individual and the expected shipment date when the average weight by day of the individual is expected to reach the target weight. The processor performs control of displaying the date on the first axis of the first graph and displaying the average weight on the second axis. The processor performs control of displaying the average weight by day of at least one individual on the first graph as a selectable mark and displaying distribution data for the selected average weight by each day as a second graph when the mark is selected.

Description

Breedng environment monitoring device

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a breeding environment monitoring device, and more particularly, to a breeding environment monitoring device applicable to a breeding ground for breeding poultry.

The weight is used as the most important indicator to determine the time of shipment for chickens, especially poultry, raised in livestock houses. Therefore, it is very important to check the state of breeding by measuring the weight at a certain point. In addition, if the time of shipment can be controlled by controlling the amount of gain by age of chickens by measuring the weight and weight of chickens, the time of shipment can be adjusted at the time consumers want, and chickens can be supplied at a higher price, which will be very helpful in increasing the profits of farmers. can

An object of the present invention is to provide a breeding environment monitoring device capable of intuitively checking the weight of an individual breeding ground.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a breeding environment monitoring device capable of displaying a schedule for reaching a target weight of an individual.

In addition, it is to provide a breeding environment monitoring device that can check the growth state of the individual by breed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display screen; and a control to display a first input box for receiving the target weight of the object through the display screen, displaying the average weight of the object by age on the first graph, and the average weight of the object by age and the average weight of the object and a processor configured to display an expected shipment date expected to reach a target weight, wherein the processor controls a first axis to display a date and a second axis to display an average weight of the first graph, and the processor A breeding environment for controlling to display the average weight for each age of at least one individual on the first graph as a selectable mark, and when the mark is selected, to display the distribution data for the selected average weight for each age as a second graph A monitoring device is provided.

The processor may display the average weight for each age of the individual as a first curve on the first graph, calculate the expected weight until the expected shipment date, and display it as a second curve on the first graph.

The processor may display the average weight for each age of at least one individual on the second curve as a selectable mark.

The processor transmits first distribution data of the average weight for each age calculated from the image data of a plurality of cameras and second distribution data of the average weight for each age calculated from the image data of any one of the plurality of cameras to the second It can be controlled to be displayed on the graph.

The processor may control to display a second input box for selecting a target camera for displaying the second distribution data on the second graph.

The processor may control the average weight for each age calculated from each of the plurality of cameras to be displayed on the display screen.

The processor may control the display state of the first input box to receive the input date of the object.

The processor may control the display state of the first input box to receive the breed information of the individual.

The processor may display an expected shipment date on the first graph, in which the average weight for each age of the individual is expected to reach the target weight according to the input breed information of the individual.

The processor may control the first axis to display age and the second axis to display average weight of the first graph.

The processor may control to display at least one of the information received from the first input box, the expected shipment date, and the current average weight of the object on the display screen.

The present invention breeding environment monitoring device may display the weight of the breeding ground by age.

In addition, a schedule for reaching a target body weight of an individual may be displayed.

In addition, it is possible to display the growth state of the individual by breed.

1 is a block diagram of a breeding environment monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining the operation of a processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 5 is an operation flowchart of a breeding environment monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

However, the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited to some embodiments described, but may be implemented in various different forms, and within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention, one or more of the components may be selected among the embodiments. It can be combined and substituted for use.

In addition, terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the embodiments of the present invention may be generally understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, unless specifically defined and described explicitly. It may be interpreted as a meaning, and generally used terms such as terms defined in advance may be interpreted in consideration of the contextual meaning of the related art.

In addition, the terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are for describing the embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention.

In the present specification, the singular form may also include the plural form unless otherwise specified in the phrase, and when it is described as "at least one (or one or more) of A and (and) B, C", it is combined with A, B, C It may include one or more of all possible combinations.

In addition, in describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used.

These terms are only used to distinguish the component from other components, and are not limited to the essence, order, or order of the component by the term.

And, when it is described that a component is 'connected', 'coupled' or 'connected' to another component, the component is not only directly connected, coupled or connected to the other component, but also with the component It may also include a case of 'connected', 'coupled' or 'connected' due to another element between the other elements.

In addition, when it is described as being formed or disposed on "above (above) or under (below)" of each component, the top (above) or bottom (below) is one as well as when two components are in direct contact with each other. Also includes a case in which another component as described above is formed or disposed between two components. In addition, when expressed as "upper (upper) or lower (lower)", the meaning of not only an upper direction but also a lower direction based on one component may be included.

Hereinafter, the embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals regardless of reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a breeding environment monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , a breeding environment monitoring apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display screen 11 , a communication unit 12 , a processor 13 , and a database 14 .

The display screen 11 may visually display various information under the control of the processor 13 .

The display screen 11 is a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display (Flexible) Display), a three-dimensional display (3D display), and may include at least one of an e-ink display (e-ink display).

Also, the display screen 11 may output various user interfaces or graphic user interfaces on the screen.

In addition, the display screen 11 may be configured as a touch screen by forming a layer structure with the touch pad, and may also be used as an input device in addition to an output device. The display screen 11 may generate input data for controlling the operation of the breeding environment monitoring apparatus 10 . The display screen 11 may receive various commands for the operation of the breeding environment monitoring device 10 .

The processor 13 may control to display a first input box for receiving the target weight of the object through the display screen 11 .

In an embodiment, the target weight of the object is a parameter input from the user, and may be variously set according to the purpose of delivery of poultry of the object. In an embodiment, the weight may be input in a standard weight unit such as g, kg, or pound root.

Also, the processor 13 may control the display state of the first input box so that the breed information of the individual may be input.

In an embodiment, the variety information may mean a standardized variety for each individual. The variety information is stored in the database 14 , and the processor 13 may display a first input box through the display screen 11 to select at least one of the variety information stored in the database 14 .

The processor 13 may display the first input box on the display screen 11 in a pop-up method. Alternatively, the control may be performed to display the first input box fixedly on a partial area of the display screen 11 .

In addition, the processor 13 may control the display state of the first input box so that the date of the object is input. That is, the processor 13 may display in the first input box a part from which the date of the budding can be selected together with the target weight and the breed information.

The processor 13 displays the average weight by age of the individual according to the breed on the first graph, and displays the expected shipment date when the average weight of the individual by age and the average weight by age of the individual are expected to reach the target weight on the first graph. can be set. In addition, the processor 13 displays the average weight by age of at least one individual on the first graph as a selectable mark, and when the mark is selected, displays distribution data for the selected average weight by age as a second graph. can be controlled In this case, the processor 13 may control the first axis to display the date and the second axis to display the average weight of the first graph. The processor 13 may divide and display the first axis of the first graph in units of one unit and the second axis in units of standard weight.

The processor 13 calculates the estimated weight by the age of the measured object and the expected weight until the expected shipment date when the average weight of the measured object by age is expected to reach the target weight, and displays it as a second curve on the first graph. can do. The processor 13 may display, as a second curve, the average weight for each age of the individual measured from the time when the weight measurement is started to the current time. In addition, the processor 13 may determine the expected shipment date by using the measured average weight for each age of the individual, calculate the average weight for each age of the individual until the expected shipment date, and display it together on the second curve have.

That is, the processor 13 may display the average weight for each age of the individual as a first curve on the first graph, calculate the expected weight until the expected shipment date, and display it as the second curve on the first graph. In this case, the processor may display the average weight for each age of at least one individual as a selectable mark on the second curve. When the mark on the second curve is selected, the processor 13 may control to display the distribution data for the selected average weight for each age as a second graph.

In addition, the processor 13 may display on the first graph the expected shipment date when the average weight for each age of the individual is expected to reach the target weight according to the input breed information of the individual. The processor 13 displays the average weight by age of the individual corresponding to the variety selected through the first input box as a first curve, calculates the expected weight until the expected shipment date, and displays it as a second curve on the first graph can do. The average weight by age of the individual for each breed is stored in the database 14 and may be periodically updated.

The processor 13 may measure the average weight of the individual by age by using the image data received from the camera. In this case, the average weight for each age of the individual displayed on the second curve may mean the average weight for each age of the individual measured using image data of all cameras in the kennel.

For example, after extracting the object from the image data, the processor 13 may measure the weight of the object using the shape of the object.

Alternatively, after extracting the object from the image data, the processor 13 may measure the weight of the object by using the number of pixels constituting the object.

Alternatively, the processor 13 may measure the weight of the object from the image data after learning the correlation between the image data and the weight of the object through the machine learning model. The processor 13 may predict a change in the weight of the individual by using the weight and the number of years of age of the individual. The processor 13 may predict a change in weight of an object by using the second curve from the measurement time to the present.

For example, the processor 13 may fit the weight and age information by age of the individual measured up to the current time point to the second curve, and then reduce the difference between the fitted curve and the average weight of the individual according to the breed Through the process of optimization in the direction of That is, the processor 13 may predict a change in the weight of the object through an optimization process with the first curve after substituting the weight for each age of the object measured up to the current point in the second curve.

Also, the processor 13 may calculate the expected shipment date of the object by using the result of predicting the change in weight of the object. Depending on the purpose of consumption, the age and weight of the poultry may be different. Accordingly, the processor 13 may calculate the expected shipment date of the object by comparing the preset target weight of the object with the expected weight of the object.

Since the weight curve for each breed and the actual weight curve for each individual are displayed together on the same graph, the user can intuitively check whether there is any abnormality in the growth of the individual. In addition, the expected weight of the object and the expected shipment date are displayed, so that the user can predict the shipment time of the object and prepare in advance.

Also, the processor 13 may display the average weight for each age of at least one individual as selectable marks on the second curve. The processor 13 may display various symbols such as dots, triangles, and squares on the second curve to control the display so that the average weight for each age can be selected by the user.

In addition, when a mark is selected, the processor 13 may control to display distribution data for the selected average weight for each age as a second graph. When the mark on the second curve is selected by the user, the processor 13 may display the weight at the selected age as distribution data. The second graph may mean a distribution of the weight of the individual in the kennel measured at the selected age point.

The processor 13 generates the first distribution data for the average weight for each age calculated from the image data of the plurality of cameras and the second distribution data for the average weight for each age calculated from the image data of any one of the plurality of cameras. It can be controlled to be displayed on the graph. A plurality of cameras are installed in the kennel. The processor 13 may receive image data from a plurality of cameras and measure the weight and average weight of an object by using each image data. The processor 13 may display the first distribution data of the image data received from all the cameras arranged in the breeding ground and the second distribution data of the image data of a specific camera to overlap on the second graph.

In addition, the processor 13 may control to display a second input box for selecting a target camera for displaying the second distribution data on the display screen 11 . The user can independently check the weight distribution data of the individual by selecting cameras installed at different locations in the kennel.

Also, the processor 13 may control the average weight for each age calculated from each of the plurality of cameras to be displayed on the display screen 11 . The processor 13 may classify the average weight for each age calculated from each camera and display the number on the screen. The user can check the average weight for each age calculated according to the camera numerically.

In addition, the processor 13 may control to display at least one of the information received from the first input box, the expected shipment date, and the current average weight of the object on the display screen 11 .

The communication unit 12 may perform data communication with at least one of the camera, the other breeding environment monitoring device 10, and the manager terminal. For example, the communication unit 12 is a wireless LAN (Wireless LAN: WLAN), Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless Broadband: Wibro), WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access: Wimax), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink) Packet Access), IEEE 802.16, Long Term Evolution (LTE), and data communication may be performed using a telecommunication technology such as Wireless Mobile Broadband Service (WMBS).

Alternatively, the communication unit 12 may include Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), Zigbee, and Near Field Communication (NFC). In addition, as the wired communication technology, data communication may be performed using a short-distance communication technology such as USB communication, Ethernet, serial communication, or an optical/coaxial cable.

For example, the communication unit 12 may perform data communication with the camera and other breeding environment monitoring apparatus 10 using a short-distance communication technology, and may perform data communication with the manager terminal using a long-distance communication technology, but The present invention is not limited thereto, and various communication technologies may be used in consideration of various matters of the breeding grounds.

The communication unit 12 may receive image data captured by the camera or transmit various data calculated by the processor 13 to the manager terminal. In addition, when the processor 13 detects the occurrence of an abnormal situation, the communication unit 12 may transmit information about this to the manager terminal as an alarm.

The database 14 is a flash memory type (Flash Memory Type), a hard disk type (Hard Disk Type), a multimedia card micro type (Multimedia Card Micro Type), a card type memory (eg, SD or XD memory, etc.) , magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk, random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), programmable memory (PROM) Read-Only Memory) may include at least one storage medium. In addition, the breeding environment monitoring apparatus 10 may operate a web storage that performs a storage function of the database 14 on the Internet, or may operate in connection with the web storage.

The database 14 may store object weight data calculated by the processor 13 , weight data for each camera, shipment expected date information, and the like.

In addition, the database 14 may store weight data for each breed of an individual as reference data. The weight data for each breed of an individual may be periodically updated.

The database 14 may store image data received from the camera, and may store image data for a predetermined period in the past.

In addition, the database 14 may store data and programs necessary for the breeding environment monitoring apparatus 10 to operate, and the processor 13 may store an algorithm necessary for extracting weight data and parameters applied thereto. .

Also, the database 14 may store various user interfaces (UIs) or graphic user interfaces (GUIs).

The camera 200 may take an image of the inside of the kennel. At least one camera 200 may be disposed inside the kennel. The camera 200 may be disposed on the upper part of the breeding ground to take a top view image, and may be disposed on the side to take a side view.

The camera 200 may include a camera 200 for photographing a subject using a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) module or a charge coupled device (CCD) module. At this time, the input image frame is provided to the CMOS module or CCD module in the camera 200 through the lens, and the CMOS module or CCD module converts the optical signal of the subject passing through the lens into an electrical signal (image data) and outputs it .

The camera 200 may generate image data by capturing an image including a plurality of objects. In an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of individuals may refer to poultry raised in a breeding ground. The camera 200 may generate a plurality of image data using a plurality of images taken sequentially. For example, the camera 200 may generate first image data by photographing a first image including a plurality of objects, and may generate second image data by photographing a second image including a plurality of objects. can Each of the first image and the second image may be images continuously photographed in time, and one image data may mean a single frame. The camera 200 may generate the first image data and the second image data by using the first image and the second image sequentially photographed.

The camera 200 may include a fisheye lens or a wide-angle lens having a wide viewing angle. Accordingly, it is also possible for one camera 200 to photograph the entire space inside the kennel.

Also, the camera 200 may be a depth camera 200 . The camera 200 may be driven by any one of various depth recognition methods, and depth information may be included in an image captured by the camera 200 . The camera 200 may be, for example, a Kinect sensor. The Kinect sensor is a structured light projection type depth camera 200, which projects a defined pattern image using a projector or a laser and acquires a pattern-projected image through the camera 200 to obtain three-dimensional information of the scene. can Such a Kinect sensor includes an infrared emitter that irradiates a pattern using an infrared laser, and an infrared camera 200 that takes an infrared image, and an RGB camera 200 that functions like a general webcam includes an infrared emitter and an infrared camera ( 200) are placed between them. In addition, the Kinect sensor may further include a pan/tilt unit for adjusting the angle of the microphone arrangement and the camera 200 .

The basic principle of the Kinect sensor is that when a laser pattern irradiated from an infrared emitter is projected onto an object and reflected, the distance to the surface of the object is obtained using the position and size of the pattern at the reflection point. According to this principle, the camera 200 may generate image data including depth information for each object by irradiating a laser pattern into a space within the breeding house and sensing the laser pattern reflected from the object.

In an embodiment, the RGB image may be image data composed of N X M pixels. In an embodiment, the camera 200 may capture an image of the inside of the kennel including the object from the upper part of the kennel.

2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining the operation of a processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the processor may display a pop-up first input box on the display screen. The first input box may be configured to input the date, target weight (weight), and breed information. The putting date and target weight may be directly input, and the breed information may be configured to select one of the breed information stored in the database.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the processor may control so that the insertion date, the expected shipment date, the target weight, the current average weight, the average weight by region, the breed, the first graph, and the second graph are displayed on the same screen on the display screen. .

The starting date, target weight, and breed information may be information received through the first input box.

The current average weight may mean the average weight of the individual for each age at the current time point calculated from the image data by the processor.

The expected shipment date may mean the expected shipment time of the individual calculated from the average weight and target weight for each age of the individual.

The regional average weight may mean an average weight for each age of an individual calculated for each camera. That is, the above-described current average weight may be a value calculated by averaging the average weights for each region again.

A first graph may be displayed in the lower left corner. The horizontal axis of the first graph indicates the date, and the vertical axis indicates the weight in grams. Today on the horizontal axis may mean the current time point at which the graph is displayed, and shipment may mean the expected shipment date.

In the first graph, the dotted line is the first curve, and the average weight of the individual by age may be displayed. In the first graph, the solid line is a second curve, and the measured average weight of the individual by age and the estimated weight up to the expected date of shipment may be displayed. The dot display on the second curve may mean a selectable mark. Distribution data of a time point corresponding to the selected mark may be displayed on the second graph.

A second graph may be displayed in the lower right corner. A solid line in the second graph may mean a distribution of average weights for each age calculated from image data of a plurality of cameras as first distribution data. A dotted line in the second graph may mean a distribution of average weights for each age calculated from any one image data as second distribution data.

A second input box for selecting a target camera for displaying the second distribution data may be displayed at the upper right of the second graph.

4 is an operation flowchart of a breeding environment monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the processor may display a first input box for receiving the target weight of the object through the display screen. The average weight by age of at least two or more individuals may be selected by a user input (S401).

Next, the processor may display a first graph indicating the average weight of at least two or more individuals by age on the display screen. In this case, the processor may display the current average weight of the object and the expected date when the average weight of the object is expected to reach the target weight on the first graph ( S402 ).

Next, in response to the user input, the processor may display a second graph indicating distribution data of the average weight for each age of the selected object on the display screen. At this time, the processor may display a second input box for selecting a target camera for displaying the second distribution data on the display screen (S403 to 404).

5 is an operation flowchart of a breeding environment monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the processor may display a first input box for receiving target weight and breed information of an object through the display screen. The average weight for each age of at least two or more individuals may be selected by a user input (S501).

Next, the processor may display a first graph indicating the average weight of at least two or more individuals by age on the display screen. In this case, the processor may display the expected shipment date on which the average weight for each age of the individual is expected to reach the target weight according to the current average weight of the individual and the breed information of the individual on the first graph ( S502 ).

Next, in response to the user input, the processor may display a second graph indicating distribution data of the average weight for each age of the selected object on the display screen. At this time, the processor may display a second input box for selecting a target camera for displaying the second distribution data on the display screen ( S503 to 504 ). The term 'to part' used in this embodiment denotes software or hardware components such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or ASICs, and '~part' performs certain roles. However, '-part' is not limited to software or hardware. The '~ unit' may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium or may be configured to refresh one or more processors. Thus, as an example, '~' denotes components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. The functions provided in the components and '~ units' may be combined into a smaller number of components and '~ units' or further separated into additional components and '~ units'. In addition, components and '~ units' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in a device or secure multimedia card.

Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

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Claims (10)

display screen; and
A processor for displaying on the display screen a first graph indicating the average weight by age of at least two or more individuals,
The processor is set to display the current average weight of the object and the expected shipment date when the average weight of the object is expected to reach the target weight,
The average weight by age of at least two individuals can be selected by user input,
The processor is a breeding environment monitoring apparatus for controlling to display a second graph indicating distribution data for the average weight of the selected individual by age in response to the user input.
According to claim 1,
The processor displays the average weight for each age of the individual as a first curve on the first graph, calculates the expected weight until the expected shipment date, and displays it as a second curve on the first graph. Device.
According to claim 1,
The processor transmits first distribution data of the average weight for each age calculated from the image data of the plurality of cameras and second distribution data of the average weight for each age calculated from the image data of at least one of the plurality of cameras to the second A breeding environment monitoring device that controls to be displayed on a graph.
4. The method of claim 3,
The processor is a breeding environment monitoring device for controlling to display a second input box for selecting a target camera for displaying the second distribution data.
4. The method of claim 3,
The processor is a breeding environment monitoring device for controlling the average weight for each age calculated from each of the plurality of cameras to be displayed on the display screen.
According to claim 1,
The first input box is a breeding environment monitoring device including an input window for the processor to input the date of the individual.
The method of claim 1,
The shopping environment monitoring device for displaying a first input box for receiving the target weight of the object through the display screen.
3. The method of claim 2,
The first input box is a breeding environment monitoring device including an input window for receiving the breed information of the individual.
9. The method of claim 8,
The processor is a breeding environment monitoring device for displaying, on the first graph, a shipment expected date that the average weight of each individual is expected to reach a target weight according to the received breed information of the individual.
3. The method of claim 2,
The processor is a breeding environment monitoring device for controlling at least one of the information received from the first input box, the expected shipment date, and the current average weight of the individual to be displayed on the display screen.

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