KR20240094923A - Smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings - Google Patents

Abstract

A smart farm system for planting seedlings of ginseng is launched. The smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings includes a vertical conveyor that moves the seedbed, a horizontal conveyor that moves the feeder, a first camera that photographs the feeder, a second camera that photographs the seedbed, a robot that plants ginseng seedlings, and water that waters the ginseng seedlings. It includes controllers that control pumps, vertical conveyors, horizontal conveyors, robots, and water pumps.

Description

Smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings}

The present invention relates to a smart farm system for planting seedlings.

1) The steadily decreasing farm population and rural population are declining, as well as worsening aging.

-> “Manpower shortage,” which is considered the number one threat to agricultural management; rapid increase in labor costs for day laborers and foreign workers; risk of “farmer’s disease,” a term that encompasses mental and physical illnesses among farmers; and frequent abnormal weather due to global warming, resulting in poor harvests. Stable production is difficult due to

2) Utilizing the core technologies of the 4th industrial revolution such as big data, AI, IoT, agricultural robots, drones, and advanced ICT, the smartization policy for overall agriculture, including open field, facility gardening, and livestock farming, is in full swing -> Agricultural robots are smart agriculture , key technologies and core solutions to realize precision agriculture

3. Necessity and differentiation

Labor costs can be saved by reducing the number of people involved in simple labor. Existing smart farms require simple management personnel such as growers and crop growers.

-> A variety of tasks can be performed with a minimum number of people using conveyor belts and robot arms, and increased yield per area can be expected through dense cultivation using a vertical conveyor system.

4. Status and comparison of similar products

1) Iron Ox: Agricultural robot arm responsible for delicate tasks such as transplanting seedlings

It recognizes crops three-dimensionally with four lidar sensors and two cameras, and operates when self-developed artificial intelligence software assigns a task to the robot. It aims to solve the problem of agricultural labor shortage and freshness in the U.S. fresh food industry. Tasks such as sowing seeds or packaging crops still require human touch.

The present invention is intended to provide a smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings that replaces tasks such as planting and harvesting by learning images of seeds and crops, and distinguishes between the ginseng seed body and the head and selects the head portion for planting.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings is disclosed.

The smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a vertical conveyor for moving the seedbed, a horizontal conveyor for moving the feeder, a first camera for photographing the feeder, a second camera for photographing the seedbed, and a robot for planting seedlings. , It includes a water pump that waters the seedlings and a controller that controls the vertical conveyor, horizontal conveyor, robot, and water pump.

The smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings according to an embodiment of the present invention replaces tasks such as planting and harvesting by learning images of seeds and crops, and can plant seedlings by distinguishing between the body and head of the seedling and selecting the head portion.

Figure 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 2 to 6 are diagrams for explaining a smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings according to an embodiment of the present invention of Figure 1.

As used herein, singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as “consists of” or “comprises” should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various components or steps described in the specification, and some of the components or steps may include It may not be included, or it should be interpreted as including additional components or steps. In addition, terms such as "... unit" and "module" used in the specification refer to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software, or as a combination of hardware and software. .

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

Figure 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 2 to 6 are diagrams showing a smart farm for planting ginseng seedlings according to an embodiment of the present invention in Figure 1. This is a drawing to explain the system.

5. Proposal

1) Development goals

In line with the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, development and service implementation of scientific agriculture and ICT convergence unmanned automated farm system that combines artificial intelligence and robot arms

2) Development details

An artificial intelligence agricultural robot arm that takes over tasks such as planting and harvesting by learning images of seeds and crops. It distinguishes between the body and head of ginseng seedlings and selects the head portion for planting.

6. How to do it

1) Data securing plan

Collect public data API for crop information, utilize Imagenet dataset

2) Robot motion algorithm implementation plan

The robot arm learns with YOLOv5 based on collected image data so that it can catch ginseng seedlings on its own, performs actions by receiving coordinates, and controls actions through socket communication to wait until the next coordinates arrive. Individual objects among multiple object detected ginseng seedlings Implementation of a top-bottom identification algorithm, implementation of an algorithm that derives the optimal coordinates for the robot arm's gripper to pick up the nearest single object.

7. Expected effects and utilization plans

Since farming is possible with a minimum number of people, it is possible to solve the problems of aging agricultural population and shortage of agricultural population. Although human working hours are reduced, a relatively large amount can be harvested, which not only improves productivity but also allows farmers to secure leisure time, unlike in the past when they had to focus on farming all year round.

-> It is expected that it will be possible to create new added value by linking the 6th industry (agriculture and food, manufacturing processing and distribution, and sales services) by implementing the overall agricultural process such as planting and harvesting and even the areas of work such as processing and packaging.

8. External environment analysis

1) Society/Culture

Due to the continuous aging and population decline of the agricultural population, measures are needed to address the shortage of agricultural manpower and the disappearance of rural areas.

2) Technology/Information

With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, agriculture has also been affected by changes, and “smart agriculture” has emerged as a key means of improving the competitiveness of existing agriculture. We aim to introduce future growth industrialization through innovation through science and technology-based agriculture.

3) Ecological

Due to climate change caused by global warming, major crop cultivation areas are moving north and winter crop damage is increasing rapidly.

4) Economical

The biggest factors contributing to the increase in prices of rural marine products are the increase in production costs considering labor costs, eco-friendly trends, and poor harvests due to climate change.

The price of eating out has also risen sharply, adding to the burden of some food items whose supply has been limited due to the war in Ukraine, encouraging inflation.

5) political

The government's smart farm expansion project aims to support the growth of agricultural and rural areas through the 6th commercialization by combining ICT technology with agricultural technology (Korea Rural Economic Institute)

We are currently carrying out various pilot projects for farmers and rural areas, including the ICT-based Happy Rural Development Project.

6) Consumer

Due to the decline and aging of the agricultural population, the government encourages support for young farmers and households returning to farming.

Due to food issues caused by the climate crisis, supporting farms and cultivating farmers is important.

Encouraging return to farming through smart farming that lowers the entry barrier to farming and makes it easily accessible

-> Compared to other companies, it is easier to manage and reduces the burden on initial capital for existing farmers who have maintained farming in the past, prospective farmers who are interested in farming, and local governments considering new farmer support projects. Providing a new smart agricultural service that provides stable yields

9. Necessity

1) Necessity

In order to solve problems such as manpower shortage and rapidly increasing labor costs due to the decline in the agricultural population, we are planning to introduce an agricultural robot arm that enables efficient crop production with a minimum number of people.

2) Differentiation

Unlike existing smart farms that require simple labor such as farm management, research, and planting harvesting, a vertical conveyor system, a smart farm that automatically creates an environment according to set data, and a robot arm that performs other tasks are combined. Provides unmanned automated smart farm services

3) Expected effects

Unlike past agricultural methods, difficult and cumbersome work is significantly reduced, and compared to commercial smart farms, installation costs and labor costs for additional manpower can be dramatically saved, so it is expected that a large number of new farmers will be trained through this service.

4) Utilization plan

It provides users with easy farm and crop management services by creating an appropriate environment suitable for the plants they want to grow and handling the process from planting seeds to growing and harvesting using conveyor belts and robot arms.

10. Analysis and Strategy

1) Market analysis_Domestic market size and status

Jeongwon SFA Co., Ltd.: A company that develops imaging infrastructure, fruit and vegetable growth, raw product characteristic measurement and diagnosis technology, and is carrying out a smart farm multi-departmental package R&D project. We are also researching and developing robots for smart farms, such as pest control robots and surveillance robots, as well as process robots using electrically driven platforms.

Olleh Farm Co., Ltd.: A company that developed a first-generation strawberry cultivation system that can produce strawberries all year round without being affected by the season even in a small space in the city using a container method. It has now evolved into the third generation.

We are focusing on advancing strawberry harvesting robots, and are particularly focused on developing collaborative robots. Currently, two 3D cameras provide coordinates to measure the distance to strawberries and move them. Precise harvesting is still difficult due to technological limitations.

Meanwhile, the components of the above-described embodiment can be easily understood from a process perspective. In other words, each component can be understood as a separate process. Additionally, the processes of the above-described embodiments can be easily understood from the perspective of the components of the device.

Additionally, the technical contents described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., singly or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -Includes optical media (magneto-optical media) and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc. Examples of program instructions include machine language code, such as that produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc. A hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

The above-described embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications, changes, and additions will be possible. should be regarded as falling within the scope of the patent claims below.

Claims (1)

In the smart farm system for planting ginseng seedlings,
Vertical conveyors that move seedbeds;
horizontal conveyor that moves the feeder;
A first camera that photographs the feeder;
A second camera for photographing the seedbed;
A robot that plants seedlings;
Water pump for watering ginseng seedlings; and
A smart farm system for planting seedlings that includes a controller that controls vertical conveyors, horizontal conveyors, robots, and water pumps.

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