KR20220126937A - Guidance Device for Plant Cultivation - Google Patents

Abstract

One aspect of the present invention relates to a plant cultivation guidance device and, more specifically, to a guidance device for motivating a person who lives alone to cultivate a plant by himself. According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is the plant cultivation guidance device which motivates an elderly person living alone to perform necessary actions to cultivate a plant by himself when cultivating a plant in a pot.

Description

Plant cultivation guidance device {Guidance Device for Plant Cultivation}

One aspect of the present invention relates to an apparatus for inducing plant cultivation, and more particularly, to an apparatus for motivating a person living alone to grow a plant by themselves.

The content described in this section merely provides background information on the embodiments of the present invention and does not constitute the prior art.

In general, pots having various shapes and designs are used to grow plants such as flowers or trees independently from the ground in various indoor or outdoor environments including homes or offices.

These pots are usually purchased with plants in them or purchased separately and planted with desired plants. Plants planted in pots receive nutrients through photosynthesis, so in order for plants to grow properly, light and moisture are required. Supply is important.

In modern society, people who grow plants using flowerpots live busy lives, and often miss the time to water the pots they have, or the planted plants die due to supplying too much water. In particular, if the resident is an elderly person living alone, it is easy to cause problems such as missing the time to water potted plants due to weakened attention.

Therefore, even when the elderly living alone grow plants in pots, it is necessary to water them at the appropriate time and induce them to receive sunlight.

The above-mentioned background art is technical information that the inventor possessed for the derivation of the embodiments of the present invention or acquired in the process of derivation, and it cannot be said that it is necessarily known technology disclosed to the general public before the application of the embodiments of the present invention. none.

Accordingly, one aspect according to the present invention is proposed to solve the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to motivate oneself to do the actions necessary to grow a plant when growing a plant in a pot for an elderly person living alone It is possible to provide a device for inducing plant cultivation.

The technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. will be.

In order to achieve the object raised above, one aspect of the present invention is a plant cultivation inducing device for inducing an elderly living alone to grow a plant by themselves,

A smart pot device having an object recognition sensor that can detect the elderly living alone, a temperature and humidity sensor that can check the ambient temperature and humidity of plants, a display that can output an image, and a speaker that can output a sound; and

It is connected to the smart pot device by wireless communication, receives a plurality of image information and a plurality of audio information, and generates a plurality of characters suggesting various situations based on each of the collected plurality of image information, and the generated Matching the voice information corresponding to each of a plurality of characters, the manager terminal for transmitting to the smart pot device; can provide a plant cultivation induction device comprising a.

According to an embodiment, the smart pot device selects and displays at least one of a plurality of characters matched with the voice information from the manager terminal in order to induce the elderly living alone to take care of the plants by themselves, and at the same time, the voice information It may be characterized by outputting

According to an embodiment, the environmental information around the plant is collected through the temperature and humidity sensor, and at least one of a plurality of characters matched with the voice information is selected in consideration of both the environmental information and the growth conditions of the plant. can do.

According to an embodiment, including an external management server connected to the smart pot device and the manager terminal through wireless communication, in order for the management server to manage the elderly living alone, the elderly living alone through the object recognition sensor When caring for the plant, it may be characterized by recognizing the elderly living alone, confirming that the elderly living alone living indoors, and transmitting this information to an external management server.

According to an embodiment, the lower end of the smart pot device may include a pot holder including a heating means for heating and evaporating the water when the elderly living alone water the plant.

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for inducing plant cultivation that motivates an elderly person living alone to grow a plant in a pot, so that he or she can perform an action necessary for cultivating a plant by himself.

In addition, the effects of the present invention have various effects such as having excellent versatility according to the embodiments, and such effects can be clearly identified in the description of the embodiments to be described later.

The following drawings attached to the present specification illustrate an embodiment of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is should not be construed as being limited only to
1 shows an apparatus for inducing plant cultivation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a smart pot device that is one configuration of the plant cultivation induction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method for achieving them will become apparent with reference to the detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments presented below, but may be implemented in a variety of different forms, and includes all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. . The embodiments presented below are provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to completely inform those of ordinary skill in the art to the scope of the present invention. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that this does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof. Terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof are omitted. do.

1 shows an apparatus for inducing plant cultivation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows a smart pot device that is one configuration of the plant cultivation induction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The plant cultivation induction device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is to induce the elderly living alone to grow plants by themselves. The plant cultivation induction device 10 according to this embodiment may output an object recognition sensor 150 capable of detecting the elderly living alone, a temperature and humidity sensor 140 capable of checking the ambient temperature and humidity of the plant, and an image. A smart pot device 100 having a display unit 120 and a speaker 130 capable of outputting a voice; and

It is connected to the smart pot device 100 and wireless communication through the network 400, receives a plurality of image information and a plurality of audio information, and a plurality of suggesting various situations based on each of the plurality of collected image information. Creates a character of, matches the voice information corresponding to each of the generated plurality of characters, the manager terminal 200 for transmitting to the smart pot device 100; may be configured to include.

Here, the manager terminal 200 may include not only the elderly living alone or their guardians, but also the guardians of institutions such as social workers, such as social welfare centers. In addition, the manager terminal 200 may include all computers capable of performing communication, such as a smart phone 201 , a smart pad 202 , and a notebook 203 .

According to an embodiment, the smart pot device 100 may have the display unit 120 and the speaker 130 installed on the side of the pot 110 in which the plant is planted, and the display unit 120 of the pot 110 is installed. The object recognition sensor 150 may be installed adjacent to the part. In addition, a temperature and humidity sensor 140 capable of measuring the temperature and humidity of the surrounding environment of the plant may be installed inside the flowerpot 110 .

According to an embodiment, a thermal imaging camera module may be installed separately from the temperature and humidity sensor 140 on the side of the flowerpot 110 . According to an embodiment, the thermal imaging camera module may be installed adjacent to the display unit 120 .

The thermal imaging camera module may measure the body temperature of the elderly living alone located adjacent to the display unit 120 . By measuring the body temperature of the elderly living alone, it is possible to check the health of the elderly living alone, and the collected body temperature information of the elderly living alone may be transmitted to the terminal 200 of the guardian or the manager.

The thermal imaging camera module can measure the degree of deep breathing of the elderly living alone. When an elderly person living alone takes a deep breath, there is a brief change in body temperature.

Here, the object recognition sensor 150 may include an IR sensor according to an embodiment. In addition, the object recognition sensor 150 may be equipped with an IR-UWB module. The IR-UWB module can investigate IR-UWB (impulse radio ultra-wideband) radar, and it is possible to accurately estimate the distance to the elderly living alone using a broadband impulse signal to determine whether the elderly living alone are nearby. It is possible to sense that the elderly living alone is in front of or adjacent to the smart pot device 100 through the IR-UWB (impulse radio ultra-wideband) radar.

On the other hand, the object recognition sensor 150 has a function of predicting a fall of the elderly living alone, and can sense whether a correct posture is taken. For this purpose, artificial intelligence can be used. For example, the artificial intelligence can learn by collecting various postures of the elderly living alone through the object recognition sensor 150, and the posture information of the elderly living alone is transmitted to and stored in the management server, and the postures of the elderly living alone are different from the postures that the elderly living alone normally takes. When the posture is indicated, such abnormal posture information can be transmitted to the terminal of the elderly living alone and informed. The abnormal posture information may also be transmitted to the terminal of the guardian or the manager, and the guardian or the manager can check the posture change of the elderly living alone and take action through the abnormal posture information of the elderly living alone.

If the elderly living alone adopts a posture different from the usual posture, it can be presumed that there is an abnormality in the health of the elderly living alone.

It is also possible to predict the fall of the elderly living alone through the object recognition sensor 150 . A gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor may be mounted together with the object recognition sensor 150 , and whether an elderly person living alone has fallen may be sensed through the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor. When it is confirmed whether the elderly living alone has fallen, the fall information can be transmitted to a guardian or manager, and the guardian or manager can check whether the elderly living alone has an accident through a visit or phone call.

A communication module may be installed in the smart pot device 100 and may be connected by wireless communication through the manager terminal 200 and the network 400 through the communication module. Here, the wireless communication includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, etc. according to embodiments, and may mean short-distance or long-distance wireless communication.

According to an embodiment, the smart pot device 100 selects and displays at least one of a plurality of characters matched with voice information from the manager terminal 200 in order to induce the elderly living alone to take care of the plants themselves, and at the same time, the voice information information can be printed.

An operation method of the plant cultivation induction device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. After downloading and installing the plant cultivation induction app on the manager terminal 200 used by the elderly living alone or their children, the guardians, such as the elderly living alone or their children, place the already-owned photo files on the plant cultivation induction app installed on the manager terminal 200. can register. Then, the plant cultivation induction app creates a plurality of characters based on the photo file. The plurality of characters may mean, for example, a face of a character including a smiling face, a crying figure, an angry figure, and the like.

Here, the photo file may mainly include photos of family members that can feel close, such as spouses, children, and grandchildren of the elderly living alone, but is not necessarily limited thereto. You may also include a photo of the person present. Furthermore, it does not necessarily have to be a person, and includes photos of companion animals or other beings that the elderly living alone can feel intimacy with.

The plant cultivation induction app can receive a photo file and create a character corresponding to the photo file through character creation software. At this time, the character creates a plurality of characters including a smiling figure, a crying figure, an angry figure, and the like.

This character does not exist in the past, but may mean a customized character created by making use of simple characteristics based on the input photo file. For example, if the photo file includes a picture of a grandchild wearing glasses, the character may also generate the appearance of the grandchild wearing glasses in response to the photo file. This configuration has the advantage of allowing the elderly living alone to see the characters and feel more intimacy, so that they can smoothly induce plant cultivation.

On the other hand, the guardian such as the elderly living alone or their children can record or receive and store the real voice of Jian or family, such as grandchildren, which is the basis of the character on the manager terminal 200 used by the elderly living alone, and save the stored voice file. When input into the plant cultivation induction app, the plant cultivation induction app matches the voice to each of a plurality of pre-generated and stored characters.

Depending on the embodiment, the corresponding character may be automatically created by the elderly living alone clicking on the photo file of the family member, such as an acquaintance or grandchild of the elderly living alone, on the smartphone. It can be implemented to match the character.

Here, it is preferable that the voice information is, for example, information corresponding to the appearance of a plurality of characters. For example, voice information "Thank you for giving me water" may be matched to a character with a smiling face, and voice information such as "I'm thirsty, please give me some water" may be matched to a character with a crying face. The voice information corresponding to the set appearance of each of the plurality of characters is matched.

A method of using the plant cultivation induction device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described continuously. For example, it is assumed and explained that the photo information is a photo of a grandchild with whom an elderly person living alone feels close. When the elderly living alone enters a picture of their grandchildren in their manager terminal 200 and registers them in the plant cultivation induction app, the plant cultivation induction app creates characters such as, for example, a smiling face, a crying face, an angry face, and a sad face.

And I record the voice of my grandson, thank you for watering the voice of my grandson, who is an elderly living alone, I am thirsty, give me some water, I am full because I have given too much water, and please give me some sunlight. It is stored in the manager terminal 200 as voice information, When this voice information is registered on the plant cultivation induction app, the induction app matches a plurality of characters and a plurality of voice information in order, respectively.

When an elderly person living alone is living in his house and the plants run out of water, the display unit 120 of the smart pot device 100 displays a crying character of the grandchild, and at the same time, the grandson is thirsty and asks for some water. A voice is output through the speaker 130 . Then, the elderly living alone will come to the smart pot device 100 to water the plants while hearing the grandchildren's voice and feeling closeness at the same time as seeing the appearance of the grandchildren. Because the elderly living alone uses a character with which they feel close, the elderly living alone can feel happy while watering themselves. After the water is given, the grandchild's smiling character is displayed on the display unit 120 and the grandson's voice saying, "Thank you for watering" can be output through the speaker 130, and the elderly living alone feel intimacy again.

In this way, the elderly living alone water the plants or place the pot 110 in a sunny place. Plant care can be performed with pleasure, such as allowing photosynthesis to be performed.

According to an embodiment, after the elderly living alone water the plants, a song such as a trot that the elderly living alone likes may be output. Of course, this song may be pre-stored in the memory of the smart pot device 100 and prepared.

According to an embodiment, the smart pot device 100 collects environmental information around the plant through the temperature and humidity sensor 140 described above, and considers the environmental information and/or plant growth conditions among a plurality of characters whose voice information is matched. It is possible to select at least one and display it, and simultaneously output the voice information.

Here, the environmental information may mean temperature information and humidity information around the pot 110 in which the plant is planted. By collecting temperature information and humidity information, it is possible to obtain environmental information around the plants in the current pot 110 . Based on the environment information, it is possible to display character and voice information having a shape corresponding to the corresponding environment information among a plurality of characters.

The amount of water that must be provided and the amount of sunlight that must be received differs depending on the type of plant. That is, the growing conditions are different. For example, in the case of a cactus, the watering cycle will be long. These growth conditions may be previously input and stored in the memory of the smart pot device 100 . Here, the smart pot device 100 may compare environmental information and growth conditions to select and display a character who wants to obtain water when plants need water.

On the other hand, according to an embodiment, the lower end of the smart pot device 100 may include a pot holder including a heating means for heating and evaporating water when the elderly living alone water the plant. When the elderly living alone water the plants too much, the surplus water is discharged under the flowerpot 110 and may be discharged to the flowerpot holder supported under the flowerpot 110 . In this case, a heating means is installed in the flowerpot holder, and the smart pot device 100 can be kept clean by heating and evaporating the surplus water.

According to an embodiment, a weight sensor may be installed in the flowerpot holder. The weight sensor may include, for example, a load cell sensor. The load cell sensor may be located between the flowerpot 110 and the flowerpot holder.

When an elderly person living alone waters a plant, if too much water is given, the weight of the pot 110 rises above the reference value, which can be sensed by the load cell sensor. When the weight of the pot 110 rises above the reference value, the heating means that senses this through the load cell sensor can immediately start high-temperature heating operation, and can quickly evaporate the water discharged to the bottom of the pot. Even when an elderly person living alone gives adequate water, a small amount of water is discharged from the bottom of the pot. In this case, even if the weight of the pot does not rise above the reference value, the load cell sensor may sense the weight of the pot and transmit it to the heating means, and the heating means may start a low-temperature heating operation to evaporate a small amount of water discharged.

That is, the heating means may sense the weight of the flowerpot to detect whether a large amount of water or a small amount of water is discharged, and control the heating temperature to evaporate water by heating.

According to an embodiment, a variable resistance sensor may be used instead of the load cell sensor. According to an embodiment, the structure of the variable resistance sensor may include a pressurized conductive terminal installed on the bottom of the flowerpot and a piezoelectric conductive terminal patterned on the upper surface of the flowerpot holder. According to this configuration, when the weight of the pot is increased, the pressurized conductive terminal installed on the bottom of the pot can press down the piezoelectric terminal installed on the upper surface of the pot holder.

The lower surface of the pressurized conductive terminal installed on the bottom of the flowerpot is formed of an elastic material and may be formed in a round shape. Therefore, when the pressing force is weak, the contact area with the piezoelectric conductive terminal is reduced, and when the pressing force is strong, the round shape is elastically expanded and the contact area with the piezoelectric conductive terminal is increased.

The piezoelectric conductive terminal patterned on the upper surface of the flowerpot holder may include a flat first terminal and a flat second terminal, the first terminal having a plurality of first branches, and the second terminal also having a plurality of second branches. can be provided. The plurality of first branches and the plurality of second branches may be disposed to cross each other. That is, one first branch and one second branch may be alternately arranged. As a result of this structure, when a heavy pot presses the flowerpot holder while providing a lot of water from the upper part of the flowerpot holder, the pressurized conductive terminal presses the piezoelectrically conductive terminal.

When the potted plant is heavy, the pressurized area of the first branch bundle and the second branch bundle increases as the pressurized area increases, and when the potted plant is light, the pressurized area of the first branch bundle and the second branch bundle decreases and the resistance can be varied. can By varying the resistance in this way, the weight of the pot can be measured, and the heating means can control the heating temperature by sensing the weight of the pot by the above-described method.

According to an embodiment, the smart pot device 100 and the manager terminal 200 may include an external management server 300 connected by wireless communication. Here, the management server 300 refers to a configuration outside the residence different from the residence where the elderly living alone reside. For example, the elderly living alone, such as a social welfare institution, may mean a server of an institution that needs to be cared for.

According to the embodiment, in order to manage the elderly living alone, the management server 300 recognizes the elderly living alone when the elderly living alone cares for plants through the object recognition sensor 150, so that the elderly living alone are living indoors. can be checked, and this information can be transmitted to the external management server 300 .

This embodiment has the effect of monitoring the life pattern of the elderly living alone. For example, the management server 300 such as a social welfare institution needs to manage a number of elderly living alone located in the relevant jurisdiction. In this case, conventionally, it was managed by visiting and checking whether the elderly living alone were staying in the residence. However, according to this embodiment, through the object recognition sensor 150 installed in the smart pot device 100, when the elderly living alone is standing in front of the smart pot device to water the plants, it is sensed that the elderly living alone are staying in the residence. It can be checked in real time.

In the specification of the present invention (especially in the claims), the use of the term "above" and similar referential terms may be used in both the singular and the plural. In addition, when a range is described in the present invention, each individual value constituting the range is described in the detailed description of the invention as including the invention to which individual values belonging to the range are applied (unless there is a description to the contrary). same as

The steps constituting the method according to the present invention may be performed in an appropriate order, unless the order is explicitly stated or there is no description to the contrary. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order in which the steps are described. The use of all examples or exemplary terms (eg, etc.) in the present invention is merely for the purpose of describing the present invention in detail, and the scope of the present invention is limited by the examples or exemplary terms unless defined by the claims. it's not going to be In addition, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications, combinations, and changes may be made in accordance with design conditions and factors within the scope of the appended claims or their equivalents.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and the scope of the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the scope of the present invention. will be said to belong to

10: plant cultivation induction device
100: smart pot device
110: flowerpot
120: display unit
130: speaker
140: temperature and humidity sensor
150: object recognition sensor
200: manager terminal
300: management server
400: network

Claims (5)

In the plant cultivation induction device for guiding the elderly living alone to grow plants on their own,
A smart pot device having an object recognition sensor that can detect the elderly living alone, a temperature and humidity sensor that can check the ambient temperature and humidity of plants, a display that can output an image, and a speaker that can output a sound; and
It is connected to the smart pot device by wireless communication, receives a plurality of image information and a plurality of audio information, and generates a plurality of characters suggesting various situations based on each of the collected plurality of image information, and the generated a manager terminal that matches the voice information corresponding to each of a plurality of characters and transmits it to the smart pot device;
Plant cultivation induction device comprising a. According to claim 1,
The smart pot device selects and displays at least one of a plurality of characters matched with the voice information from the manager terminal in order to induce the elderly living alone to take care of the plants by themselves, and outputting the voice information at the same time Plant cultivation induction device, characterized in that. 3. The method of claim 2,
Plant cultivation induction, characterized in that by collecting environmental information around the plant through the temperature and humidity sensor, and selecting at least one of a plurality of characters matched with the voice information in consideration of both the environmental information and the growth conditions of the plant Device.
According to claim 1,
Including an external management server connected to the smart pot device and the manager terminal by wireless communication, in order for the management server to manage the elderly living alone, the elderly living alone through the object recognition sensor the plant When caring for, it recognizes the elderly living alone, confirms that the elderly living alone lives indoors, and transmits this information to an external management server. According to claim 1,
Plant cultivation induction device, characterized in that the lower end of the smart pot device comprises a pot holder comprising a heating means for evaporating by heating the water when the elderly living alone gives water to the plant.

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