KR20230030961A - Smart haccp system for cloud-based efficient food safety production - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart HACCP system for cloud-based efficient food safety production, wherein the system comprises: food production equipment placed at food production sites; a manager terminal collecting various data that can be collected from the food production equipment; and a food production management server managing sensors and the various data collected at the food production sites. The food production management server is configured to collect CCP data related to the food production equipment or receive process data related to the food production equipment, determine reference data and food optimization algorithm related to the food production based on the CCP data and the process data, monitor abnormal data among the CCP data and the process data based on the determined reference data, and depending on the monitoring results, transmit a management notification according to the occurrence of abnormal data to the manager terminal or predict an error situation for each line of the food production equipment by using a HACCP management model based on the determined food optimization algorithm. Accordingly, various data that must be recorded in an HACCP system can be safely stored and analyzed.

Description

Smart HACCP system for cloud-based efficient food safety production {SMART HACCP SYSTEM FOR CLOUD-BASED EFFICIENT FOOD SAFETY PRODUCTION}

The present invention relates to a smart HACCP system for cloud-based efficient food safety production.

The HACCP (Food Safety Management Certification System) system is an English abbreviation for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point. It means a planned management system to ensure the safety, soundness and quality of food by intensively managing the risk factors of each process to prevent food from being mixed or contaminated.

These HACCP systems are subject to mandatory application for a total of eight items, including snacks/candies, bread/rice cakes, chocolates, fish sausages, ready-to-eat foods, noodles/fried noodles, and special purpose foods. Food subject to HACCP obligation cannot be sold if the certification is revoked, and legal sanctions will follow if sold after the certification is revoked.

There are thousands of companies that are subject to the HACCP system, and all companies operate and manage according to the key food control points, prepare documents at any time, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, and permanently, and are audited on a yearly basis. You must be evaluated and maintain your certification.

However, most food manufacturers perform cumbersome tasks of storing various data that must be recorded in the HACCP system in a document folder or re-entering manually recorded data into a PC.

In other words, the current HACCP system not only makes the overall work cumbersome, but also has problems such as data omission due to worker's mistake, erroneous input to the PC, and the risk of data loss due to paper document storage. .

The background description of the invention has been prepared to facilitate understanding of the present invention. It should not be construed as an admission that matters described in the background art of the invention exist as prior art.

Therefore, a new method is required to safely store and analyze various data to be recorded in the HACCP system by transmitting the large amount of data handled by the HACCP system with ultra-low delay through a 5G connection and storing the data in the cloud.

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

In order to solve the above problems, a smart HACCP system for cloud-based efficient food safety production is provided. The system includes a food production facility disposed at a food production site, a manager terminal and sensor for collecting various data collectable from the food production facility, and a food production management server for managing various data collected at the food production site, , The food production management server collects CCP data related to the food production facility or receives process data related to the food production facility, and based on the CCP data and the process data, reference data related to corresponding food production and Determines a food optimization algorithm, monitors abnormal data among the CCP data and process data based on the determined reference data, and sends a management notification according to the occurrence of abnormal data to a manager terminal according to the monitoring result, or determines the food optimization algorithm It is configured to predict the error situation for each line of the food production equipment through the HACCP management model based on.

Other embodiment specifics are included in the detailed description and drawings.

Through the smart HACCP system of the present invention, food companies subject to the mandatory application of the HACCP system can collect and control key management items digitally rather than manually.

In addition, the present invention stores data collected from major management items in the cloud and stores it in conjunction with external data (data related to weather, soil, climate, etc. Based on this, optimal recipes can be maintained and developed.

In addition, the present invention can solve the hassle of a food business manager having to manually write a document, data omission due to manager's mistake, data double entry, incorrect input, document storage problems, etc. through the smart HACPCP system. In particular, by solving these problems, the post-examination of the HACCP system can proceed without a hitch, and the reliability of the HACCP system can be increased.

In addition, the present invention can improve the overall productivity by simplifying the main production site work, and increase the reliability of data by automatically processing major management items. In addition, with the introduction of a proven smart HACCP system, corporate recognition can be expected to improve.

In addition, the present invention can quickly identify and respond to risk factors/hazard factors that may occur in the production process by automatically processing data.

In addition, since the main management items of the smart HACCP system can be regarded as the same as the recipe of food produced by the company, the present invention simulates problems such as supply and demand of raw materials and quality that may occur due to the nature of food in advance, You can optimize the production of food every year.

In addition, the present invention enables cloud-based centralized control and Machine-Learning Transfer for the manufacturing industry, secures a wireless network-based ICT technology sharing basis for small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, and provides standard manufacturing-based manufacturing process modeling and Field H/W and S/W supporting system integration interface can be provided.

In addition, the present invention minimizes downtime through real-time recognition when a sudden stop of production facilities occurs, thereby improving the operation rate and deriving predictive maintenance information for production facility failures, thereby reducing maintenance costs after failures.

In addition, the present invention provides small and medium-sized production sites based on various field data, so that time can be reduced compared to existing construction time, and manufacturing productivity and quality can be improved.

In addition, the present invention can solve the alienation of ICT technology through the transfer of cloud-oriented artificial intelligence technology to small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, and build a platform that allows free search and utilization of data generated from manufacturing facilities such as process, sensor, facility, energy, and quality. and foster related industrial skills based on operation.

Effects according to the present invention are not limited by the contents exemplified above, and more various effects are included in the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a basic HACCP system applied to the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a smart HACCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a food production management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a HACCP data management method using a smart HACCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 11 are schematic diagrams for explaining the concept of a smart HACCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods of achieving them, will become clear with reference to the detailed description of the following embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below and will be implemented in various forms different from each other, only these embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to completely inform the person who has the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals may be used for like elements.

In this document, expressions such as "has," "may have," "includes," or "may include" indicate the existence of a corresponding feature (eg, numerical value, function, operation, or component such as a part). , which does not preclude the existence of additional features.

In this document, expressions such as “A or B,” “at least one of A and/and B,” or “one or more of A or/and B” may include all possible combinations of the items listed together. . For example, “A or B,” “at least one of A and B,” or “at least one of A or B” (1) includes at least one A, (2) includes at least one B, Or (3) may refer to all cases including at least one A and at least one B.

Expressions such as “first,” “second,” “first,” or “second,” used in this document may modify various elements, regardless of order and/or importance, and refer to one element as It is used only to distinguish it from other components and does not limit the corresponding components. For example, a first user device and a second user device may represent different user devices regardless of order or importance. For example, without departing from the scope of rights described in this document, a first element may be named a second element, and similarly, the second element may also be renamed to the first element.

A component (e.g., a first component) is "(operatively or communicatively) coupled with/to" another component (e.g., a second component); When referred to as "connected to", it should be understood that the certain component may be directly connected to the other component or connected through another component (eg, a third component). On the other hand, when an element (eg, a first element) is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another element (eg, a second element), the element and the above It may be understood that other components (eg, a third component) do not exist between the other components.

As used in this document, the expression "configured to" means "suitable for," "having the capacity to," depending on the circumstances. ," "designed to," "adapted to," "made to," or "capable of." The term "configured (or set) to" may not necessarily mean only "specifically designed to" hardware. Instead, in some contexts, the phrase "device configured to" may mean that the device is "capable of" in conjunction with other devices or components. For example, the phrase "a processor configured (or configured) to perform A, B, and C" may include a dedicated processor (e.g., embedded processor) to perform those operations, or by executing one or more software programs stored in a memory device. , may mean a general-purpose processor (eg, CPU or application processor) capable of performing corresponding operations.

Terms used in this document are only used to describe a specific embodiment, and may not be intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. Singular expressions may include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art described in this document. Among the terms used in this document, terms defined in a general dictionary may be interpreted as having the same or similar meaning as the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in this document, an ideal or excessively formal meaning. not be interpreted as In some cases, even terms defined in this document cannot be interpreted to exclude the embodiments of this document.

Each feature of the various embodiments of the present invention can be partially or entirely combined or combined with each other, and as those skilled in the art can fully understand, various interlocking and driving operations are possible, and each embodiment can be implemented independently of each other. It may be possible to implement together in an association relationship.

For clarity of interpretation of this specification, terms used in this specification will be defined below.

1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a basic HACCP system applied to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the HACCP system is a system in which a manager must check and record a hazard analysis (HA) and a critical control point (CCP) every day. Critical control points are at temperature, humidity, and process processes, which are key indicators of production, which usually mean product optimization and quality.

In other words, the food company's own recipe can be a key management index, and by managing it, the food company can utilize the data, such as developing new products through various applications.

From an institutional point of view, the subject of compulsory application of the HACCP system is expanding in the livestock and food sectors, and accordingly, consumers can recognize the importance of the HACCP system and choose safe food through the HACCP mark.

In this way, as the system of the HACCP system is expanded and reorganized and social awareness is raised, the smart HACCP system for cloud-based efficient food safety production according to an embodiment of the present invention is based on IoT and CPS (Cyber-Physical System) By automating the monitoring of critical control points and digitizing various reports, it can help more food companies operate the HACCP system more easily and conveniently.

2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a smart HACCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the smart HACCP system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a production facility 100, a manager terminal 210, a sensor 220, and a food production management server 300.

The production facility 100 is a variety of production facilities disposed at a food production site, and may include various production/process facilities depending on the type of food. For example, the production facility 100 may include heating facilities, disinfection facilities, washing facilities, metal detection facilities, pH measurement facilities, water activity measurement facilities, X-ray facilities, temperature measurement facilities, and the like.

The manager terminal 210 is a terminal possessed by a manager who manages a food production site, and includes various types of electronic devices capable of acquiring data collected from the production facility 100 and transmitting the data to the food production management server 300. can include For example, the manager terminal 210 may be a tablet PC, and after acquiring the barcode attached to the food produced or the production facility 100 through the manager terminal 210, it is transferred to the food production management server 300. can be sent

In addition, the manager terminal 210 is a food production management server 300, for example, by documenting types of data that cannot be automatically monitored in the production facility 100, such as a workplace personal checklist, personal hygiene checklist, and product shipment management ledger. can be sent

That is, the smart HACCP system 10 can build a paperless system different from the existing HACCP system by utilizing the manager terminal 210.

The sensor 220 may automatically collect data from various process steps in a production site. The data collected by the sensor 220 may be data on important control points, that is, CCP data, and may be installed in the production facility 100 . The sensor 220 may be a sensing device capable of Internet of Things (IoT) or industrial communication, and may collect CCP data according to a preset period (eg, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 4 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours). there is. For example, the sensor 220 may collect and transmit CCP data such as temperature data, humidity data, pH data, and oxygen saturation data to the food production management server 300 .

In this way, the smart HACCP system 10 collects CCP data through the sensor 220 attached to the production facility 100, thereby establishing an automatic management system that does not require a manager to monitor the production facility one by one.

The food production management server 300 may monitor a production site by operating an MES (integrated production management system). The food production management server 300 may perform strict food quality control by monitoring data collected through the sensor 220 in real time.

In addition, the food production management server 300 can store all data collected in a cloud server (not shown) or its own database, through which the entire HACCP process can be integrated and managed, and the reference data of the company (food company) can be configured. and data required for review can be established.

In addition, the food production management server 300 may prepare learning data for algorithm development that can collect production, quality optimization, etc. in conjunction with external data.

So far, the smart HACCP system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, the food production management server 300 for storing and managing various data collected at the production site will be described in more detail.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a food production management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the food production management server 300 may include a communication interface 310, a memory 320, an I/O interface 330, and a processor 340, each of which includes one or more communication buses. Alternatively, they may communicate with each other through signal lines.

The communication interface 310 is connected to the production facility 100, the manager terminal 210, and the sensor 220 through a wired/wireless communication network to exchange data. For example, the communication interface 310 may receive CCP data from the sensor 220 and may transmit a management alarm according to abnormal CCP data collection to the manager terminal 210 .

On the other hand, the communication interface 310 enabling transmission and reception of such data includes a communication pod 311 and a wireless circuit 312, where the wired communication port 311 is one or more wired interfaces, for example, Ethernet, This may include Universal Serial Bus (USB), FireWire, and the like. Also, the wireless circuit 312 may transmit/receive data with an external device through an RF signal or an optical signal. In addition, wireless communication may use at least one of a plurality of communication standards, protocols and technologies, such as GSM, EDGE, CDMA, TDMA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, VoIP, Wi-MAX, or any other suitable communication protocol.

The memory 320 may store various data used in the food production management server 300 . For example, the memory 320 includes the type of production facility 100, an identification number, CCP data, CCP data classified by group, reference data for screening abnormal data, an analysis model, a food optimization algorithm, a HACCP management model, It can store external data, etc.

In various embodiments, the memory 320 may include a volatile or non-volatile recording medium capable of storing various data, commands, and information. For example, the memory 320 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (eg SD or XD memory, etc.), RAM, SRAM, ROM, EEPROM, PROM, network storage storage , Cloud, and a blockchain database may include at least one type of storage medium.

In various embodiments, the memory 320 may store a configuration of at least one of the operating system 321 , the communication module 322 , the user interface module 323 , and one or more applications 324 .

Operating system 321 (e.g. embedded operating systems such as LINUX, UNIX, MAC OS, WINDOWS, VxWorks, etc.) is a variety of software for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g. memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) components and drivers, and may support communication between various hardware, firmware, and software components.

The communication module 323 may support communication with other devices through the communication interface 310 . The communication module 320 may include various software components for processing data received by the wired communication port 311 or the wireless circuit 312 of the communication interface 310 .

The user interface module 323 may receive a user's request or input from a keyboard, touch screen, microphone, etc. through the I/O interface 330 and provide a user interface on a display.

Applications 324 may include programs or modules configured to be executed by one or more processors 330 . Here, an application for monitoring various data collected from food production facilities may be implemented on a server farm.

The I/O interface 330 may connect at least one of an input/output device (not shown) of the food production management server 300, for example, a display, a keyboard, a touch screen, and a microphone, to the user interface module 323. The I/O interface 330 may receive user input (eg, voice input, keyboard input, touch input, etc.) together with the user interface module 323 and process a command according to the received input.

The processor 340 is connected to the communication interface 310, the memory 320, and the I/O interface 330 to control the overall operation of the food production management server 300, and applications stored in the memory 320 or Various commands for monitoring CCP data can be executed through the program.

The processor 340 may correspond to an arithmetic device such as a central processing unit (CPU) or an application processor (AP). In addition, the processor 340 may be implemented in the form of an integrated chip (IC) such as a System on Chip (SoC) in which various computing devices are integrated. Alternatively, the processor 340 may include a module for calculating an artificial neural network model, such as a Neural Processing Unit (NPU).

In various embodiments, the processor 340 may manage CCP data and process data collected from the food production facility 100, which will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart of a HACCP data management method using a smart HACCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the processor 340 may collect CCP data related to the food production facility 100 or receive process data related to the food production facility 100 (S110). The processor 340 may determine reference data and a food optimization algorithm related to food production based on the CCP data and process data (S120). The processor 340 may monitor abnormal data among CCP data and process data based on the determined reference data (S130). The processor 340 transmits a management notification according to the occurrence of abnormal data to the manager terminal 210 according to the monitoring result, or predicts the error situation for each line of the food production facility through the HACCP management model based on the determined food optimization algorithm. It can (S140).

So far, the food production management server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described, and hereinafter, the concept of a smart HACCP system will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 11.

5 to 11 are schematic diagrams for explaining the concept of a smart HACCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , in order to build a smart HACCP system 10 , a user to manage a food production site may be registered and set, and a CCP process for each food production site may be created. Here, the CCP processor may sequentially designate, for example, a sterilization process, a temperature measurement process, and the like. In addition, if a document or H/W corresponding to each CCP processor is set, and management tasks and other tasks are set, management tasks through the food production management server 300 may be performed.

In addition, the food production management server 300 may define food process standard information and requirements in the smart HACCP system 10. Specifically, the food production management server 300 may define process, quality, and production indicators for food safety production (kimchi, fermented soybeans, etc.) and food company production management based on requirements, and key management indicators for safe production. It can be defined, and it can be defined for data I/F of main facilities subject to management (eg, data collection items, methodology, necessary sensors, data cycle, storage, etc.).

In addition to this, the food production management server 300 may define reference information for production monitoring of a food production site, that is, a food factory. Specifically, the food production management server 300 can define cloud-based production standard information for managing production quantity, can define a production system for flexible packaging of food companies, and cloud for production, process, and quality linkage management. Not only can the platform architecture be designed, but also the data linkage method for the packaging flexible process can be defined.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the food production management server 300 may obtain external data (eg, temperature, humidity, weather) through API interworking and tag them according to a process. The food production management server 300 may combine tag data, CCP data collected from the production facility 100, and process data to determine the HACCP management model based on the food optimization algorithm. Through this, the food production management server 300 may prevent an unexpected situation with respect to equipment for each line and preserve the production equipment 100 .

In addition, the food production management server 300 may determine reference data for key management items and manage abnormal data based on the determined reference data. In this case, the reference data may be periodically updated.

In addition, the food production management server 300 can implement an optimized recipe for food by designing an architecture for data learning and on-site judgment in consideration of cloud and 5G MEC, and advancing a flexible packaging optimization algorithm based on real-time data at the manufacturing site. there is.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the food production management server 300 may manage the quality of the smart HACCP system 10 through big data processing technology and data sampling. Specifically, the food production management server 300 may develop and demonstrate a quality management system based on predictive information through AI analysis and big data time series data prediction data extraction. In addition, the food production management server 300 can provide an expert support system and solution for quality control by predicting the trend of tag data using a high-performance machine learning engine based on high-speed data processing using 5G.

In addition, the food production management server 300 can automatically record, manage, check, and store critical control point (CCP) monitoring data in real time to prevent forgery and alteration of data.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the food production management server 300 may determine a flexible packaging optimization algorithm and determine unit functions. In various embodiments, the food production management server 300 may provide 5G MEC-based manufacturing data collection and monitoring unit technology. Specifically, the food production management server 300 is HACCP and MEC-based data interworking technology of the production management system, real-time, variable, multi-dimensional, structured / unstructured, pre-processing technology according to the characteristics of large-capacity data, heterogeneous data storage such as text, image, It can provide processing technology and cloud container library configuration and distribution methods, and can design a system for data learning. In various embodiments, the food production management server 300 may provide a smart HACCP-established food process and production information infrastructure. Specifically, the food production management server 300 may provide a standard information system for each production item of a food factory and a HACCP document system that can be easily configured by a user for on-site distribution and spread. In various embodiments, the food production management server 300 may provide a design structure for packaging flexibility process improvement and 5G MEC interworking. Specifically, the food production management server 300 may provide a data collection method in conjunction with vision and robot data.

Referring to FIGS. 9 to 11 , the food production management server 300 may provide 5G MEC loaded HACCP/production management and on-site demonstration and verification services for flexible packaging. In various embodiments, the food production management server 300 may provide a empirical company verification service through a cloud-based HACCP and production management system. More specifically, the food production management server 300 tests the empirical company +@ BM implementation service can be provided by performing verification work, verifying cloud performance, and additionally reflecting requirements for similar business expansion. In various embodiments, the food production management server 300 may provide optimization algorithm development and 5G MEC installation and verification services for flexible packaging. Specifically, the food production management server 300 collects data in conjunction with data such as vision and robots, performs data-based algorithm optimization verification service, and performs performance verification tests for demonstration companies by loading and interlocking with 5G MEC in the cloud. We can provide that service for you. In various embodiments, the food production management server 300 may generate a recipe optimized for a food production site, for example, a recipe capable of minimizing loss of raw materials.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, and may be variously modified and implemented without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. there is. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed according to the claims below, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: Smart HACCP system
100: production equipment
210: manager terminal
220: sensor
300: food production management server
310: communication interface
311 wired communication port 312 wireless circuit
320: memory
321: operating system 322: communication module
323: user interface module 324: application
330: I/O interface 340: processor

Claims (1)

Food production equipment deployed at food production sites;
a manager terminal and sensor for collecting various data collectable from the food production facility; and
a food production management server that manages various data collected from the food production site; including,
The food production management server,
Collect CCP data related to the food production facility, or receive process data related to the food production facility, determine reference data and a food optimization algorithm related to the food production based on the CCP data and the process data, and determine the Based on the reference data, abnormal data among the CCP data and the process data is monitored, and according to the monitoring result, a management notification according to the occurrence of abnormal data is sent to the manager terminal, or a HACCP management model based on the determined food optimization algorithm is created. A smart HACCP system for cloud-based efficient food safety production that predicts error conditions for each line of the food production equipment through

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