NL2030033B1 - Intelligent observing system for shrimp culture - Google Patents

Abstract

An intelligent observing system for shrimp culture is provided. The system comprises a fishing component, a detection component, a feeding component, and a control component; the fishing component comprises a lifting frame, and a lifting mechanism and an auxiliary supporting mechanism are connected to the lifting frame; the feeding component is installed at the lower side of a movable plate; the control component comprises a control box, and a control chip and control buttons are provided; and the detection component comprises a camera installed below the feeding component. An observing platform provided by the present disclosure is more stable during lifting and is easy to detect cultured shrimps; accurate feeding can be achieved by the feeding component, and a good survival environment can be provided for the shrimps.

Description

P872/NLpd

INTELLIGENT OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR SHRIMP CULTURE

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of shrimp detec- tion, and in particular to an intelligent observing system for shrimp culture.

BACKGROUND ART

Red body diseases of penaeus vannamei are common shrimp dis- eases caused by Taura Syndrome Virus or other bacteria. In the

Chinese patent with publication number of CN111650196, a sick shrimp red body disease detection device based on a machine vision technolegy is provided. The device comprises an observing platform capable of moving up and down, and a driving mechanism for driving the observing platform to move up and down; however, during the use of the device, the observing platform is driven to move up and down in a pulley zip-fastener mode, the observing platform is prone to shaking during lifting, thus shrimps on the observing platform are prone to falling off to affect the observing effect, and the observing platform shakes violently and is not easy to be used by people in windy weather.

SUMMARY

For above disadvantages, an intelligent observing system for shrimp culture is provided. The system comprises a fishing compo- nent, a detection component, a feeding component, and a control component, wherein the fishing component comprises a lifting frame, a lifting mechanism and an auxiliary supporting mechanism are connected to the lifting frame; the lifting frame comprises a base, a counterweight is placed on the base; two supporting rods are fixed to the upper end of the base, guide rods are connected to the two supporting rods, and two ends of one guide rod are re- spectively connected to two ends of the other guide rod through a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod; the lifting mechanism comprises a movable plate connected to the two guide rods; four lifting rods are arranged on the movable plate, and a lifting driving piece at the inner side of the movable plate is connected to the lift rods; an observing platform is connected to the lower ends of the lifting rods, the auxiliary supporting mech- anism comprises an auxiliary supporting rod arranged on the second connecting rod in a penetrating manner, the auxiliary supporting rod is connected to the auxiliary driving piece, and the auxiliary driving piece can drive the auxiliary supporting rod to move up and down; the feeding component is installed at the lower side of the movable plate; the control component comprises a control box fixed to the base, a control chip and control buttons are arranged in the control box; and the detection component comprises a camera installed below the feeding component, and the camera is electri- cally connected to the control chip.

An installing cavity is formed in the movable plate, the lifting driving piece comprises a sun gear rotationally connected to the middle of the installing cavity, a lifting motor is in- stalled at the upper end of the movable plate, a motor shaft of the lifting motor is connected to the sun gear, four lifting gears are engaged with the circumferential direction of the sun gear, the lifting gears are all rotationally connected to the movable plate, the lifting rods are connected to the lifting gears in a threaded manner, and the lifting motor is electrically connected to the control chip.

A placement groove is formed in the upper end of each guide rod, the auxiliary driving piece comprises an auxiliary motor fixed into the placement groove, an auxiliary gear engaged with an adjusting gear is fixed to a motor shaft of the auxiliary motor, the auxiliary supporting rod penetrates through the guide rod to be connected to an adjusting gear in a threaded manner, and the auxiliary motor is electrically connected to the control chip.

Guide grooves are formed in the lower ends of the guide rods, guide screws are rotationally connected into the guide grooves, guide motors are fixed to the left sides of the guide rods, and the guide motors are connected to the guide screws in a threaded manner; guide blocks are arranged at the upper end of the movable plate, and the guide blocks are arranged in the guide grooves in a sliding manner and are connected to the guide screws in a threaded manner, and the guide motors are electrically connected to the control chip.

A rotating shaft is rotationally connected to the supporting rods, the guide rods are connected to the rotating shaft, the pe- ripheral sidewall of the rotating shaft is provided with a first locating groove and a second locating groove, and locating bolts are connected to the upper ends of the supporting rods in a threaded manner.

The circumferential direction of the first connecting rod is provided with a first neck and a second neck, the first neck cor- responds to the first locating groove, and the second neck corre- sponds to the second locating groove; a lower neck is formed in the base right below the first connecting rod, a fastening rod is arranged between the first connecting rod and the base, an adjust- ing sleeve is connected to the lower end of the fastening rod in a threaded manner, the upper end of the fastening rod is in clear- ance fit with the first neck and the second neck, and the adjust- ing sleeve is in clearance fit with the lower neck.

The feeding component comprises a storage barrel fixed to the middle of the lower end of the movable plate; a feeding pipe is connected to one side of the upper end of a material outlet bar- rel, a stock barrel and a delivery pump are installed on the base, the feeding pipe is connected to the delivery pump, the delivery pump is connected to the stock barrel through a delivery pipe, a partition plate is arranged in the storage barrel; a discharge mo- tor is fixed to the middle of the upper end of the partition plate, the lower end of the discharge motor penetrates through the partition plate and is provided with a discharge plate; a deposi- tory sleeve is fixed to the lower end of the discharge plate, the upper end of the depository sleeve is communicated with the upper end of the discharge plate, a guide plate is fixed above the dis- charge motor, a discharge port is formed in one side, away from the discharge motor, of the lower end of the guide plate, a mate- rial outlet is formed in the bottom of the outlet barrel, an in- cluded angle between the material outlet and the discharge port in the circumferential direction is 180 degrees, and the discharge port and the material outlet are both greater than the depository sleeve.

When the feed is fed to the observing platform, the number of rotation of the discharge motor can be determined according to the feed to be fed, the discharge motor rotates 180 degrees each time with an interval of 15 seconds, thus the feed can enter into the discharge port when a material out sleeve is rotated to the dis- charge port, and the feed can be discharged through the material outlet to fall onto the observing platform when the material out- let sleeve is rotated to correspond to the material outlet.

A material distribution pipe is fixed to the middle part of the lower end of the storage barrel, a tapered material distribu- tion block is arranged at the lower end in the material distribu- tion pipe, a plurality material outlet pipes are uniformly formed in the circumferential side wall of the material distribution pipe, a material guide sleeve is connected to the lower end of the material outlet, a material guide pipe is connected to the lower end of the material guide sleeve, the lower end of the material guide pipe is inserted into the material distribution pipe to cor- respond to the center of the material distribution block, and the camera is installed at the lower end of the material distribution pipe.

The system further comprises an oxygen generation component, an installing sleeve is arranged at the lower side of the observ- ing platform, the oxygen generation component comprises a water- wheel aerator in a culture pond and an aerator pipe penetrating into the installing sleeve; the aerator pipe is fixed to the in- stalling sleeve through a bolt, a plurality of air outlets for aeration of the aerator pipe is formed in the lower side of the installing sleeve; an air supply device is installed in the base, and the aerator pipe is connected to the air supply device through a hose; the detection component further comprises an underwater oxygen detection sensor installed at the lower end of the auxilia- ry supporting rod; and the air supply device, the waterwheel aera- tor and the underwater oxygen detection sensor are all electrical- ly connected to the control chip.

The beneficial effects are that the observing platform is connected to four lifting rods, the four lifting rods ascend and descend synchronously under the driving of the lifting motor, thus the observing platform is not prone to inclination during lifting; positions of the guide rods can be adjusted, and when the lifting 5 frame needs to be transported and stored, the guide rods can be rotated to be above the base, thus reducing the length of the whole lifting frame and facilitating the transportation and stor- age of the lifting frame; in accordance with the solution, move- ment speeds of the shrimps can be obtained by analyzing a plurali- ty of pictures frame by frame, thus understanding whether the shrimps are in a hungry state or not, and the amount of feeding can be adjusted in time to avoid feed waste and achieve accurate feeding; the oxygen in the water can be detected through the un- derwater oxygen detection sensor, the waterwheel aerator and the aerator pipe are used for oxygen aeration when the oxygen is in- sufficient, the sufficient oxygen is guaranteed, and a good sur- vival environment is provided for the shrimps.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structure diagram of an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a structure diagram highlighting a fishing compo- nent in the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is structure diagram highlighting another perspective of a fishing component in the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional diagram highlighting a fishing component in the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged diagram at A in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional diagram highlighting a connection relation of a guide rod and a movable plate in the em- bodiment;

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional diagram highlighting an internal structure of a movable plate in the embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The embodiment discloses an intelligent observing system for shrimp culture, comprising a fishing component 1, a feeding compo- nent 2, a control component 3, a detection component 4, and an ox-

ygen generation component 5.

The fishing component 1 comprises a lifting frame 11, a lift- ing mechanism 12 and an auxiliary supporting mechanism 13 are con- nected to the lifting frame 11, the lifting frame 11 comprises a base 111, and a counterweight 1111 is place on the base 111; two supporting rods 112 are fixed to the upper end of the base 111, the base 111 is connected to the right sides of the supporting rods 112 through reinforcing rods; a rotating shaft 113 is con- nected onto the two supporting rods 112, guide rods 114 are fixed to the rotating shaft; two ends of one guide rod 114 are connected to two ends of the other guide rod 114 through a first connecting rod 115 and a second connecting rod 116; the circumferential side- wall of the rotating shaft 113 is provided with a first locating groove 1131 and a second locating groove 1132; locating bolts 1121 are connected to the upper ends of the supporting rods 112 in a threaded manner, when the first locating groove 1121 is matched with the locating bolts 1121, the guide rods 114 are perpendicular to the supporting rods 112, and the second connecting rod 116 is located at the left side of the base 111, and when the first lo- cating groove 1131 is matched with the locating bolts 1121, the guide rods 114 are propped against the right side of the upper end of the base 111.

The circumferential direction of the first connecting rod 115 is provided with a first neck 1151 and a second neck 1152, the first neck 1151 corresponds to the first locating groove 1131, and the second neck 1152 corresponds to the second locating groove 1132. A lower neck 1112 is formed in the base 111 right below the first connecting rod 115, a fastening rod 117 is arranged between the first connecting rod 115 and the base 111, an adjusting sleeve 118 is connected to the lower end of the fastening rod 117 in a threaded manner, the upper end of the fastening rod 117 may be in clearance fit with the first neck 1151 and the second neck 1152, the adjusting sleeve 118 may be in clearance fit with the lower neck 1112, and the first connecting rod 115 can be supported by the fastening rod 117 and the adjusting sleeve 118.

Guide grooves are formed in the lower ends of the guide rods 114, guide screws 1141 are rotationally connected into the guide grooves, guide motors 1142 are fixed to the left sides of the guide rods 114, and the guide motors 1142 are connected to the guide screws 1141. An auxiliary supporting mechanism 13 comprises an adjusting gear 131 rotationally connected to the lower side of the second connecting rod 116, an auxiliary supporting rod 132 is connected to the middle of the adjusting gear 131, the upper end of the auxiliary supporting rod 132 penetrates through the second connecting rod 116, and a supporting plate 133 is fixed to the lower end of the auxiliary supporting rod 132. An auxiliary motor 134 is arranged at the lower end of the second connecting rod 116, an auxiliary gear 135 engaged with the adjusting gear 131 is fixed to a motor shaft of the auxiliary motor 134, the auxiliary gear 135 can be driven by the auxiliary motor 134 to rotate to drive the auxiliary supporting rod 132 to move up and down; during oper- ation, the base 111 is placed beside a pond, the auxiliary sup- porting rod 132 extends into the bottom of the pond to make the left sides and the right sides of the guide rods 114 be supported.

The lifting mechanism 12 comprises a movable plate 121, two guide blocks 122 are arranged on the movable plate 121, and the guide blocks 122 are arranged in the guide grooves in a sliding manner and connected to the guide screws 1141 in a threaded man- ner. An installing cavity is formed in the inner side of the mova- ble plate 121, a sun gear 123 is rotationally connected to the middle of the installing cavity, a lifting motor 124 is installed at the upper end of the movable plate 121, a motor shaft of the lifting motor 124 is connected to the sun gear 123, four lifting gears 125 are engaged with the circumferential direction of the sun gear 123, the lifting gears 125 are all rotationally connected to the movable plate 121, lifting rods 126 are connected to the middle of the lifting gears 125 in a threaded manner, the upper ends and the lower ends of the lifting rods 126 all penetrate through the movable plate 121, and an observing platform 127 is connected to the lower ends of the lifting rods 126. The sun gear 123 can be driven by the lifting motor 124 to rotate, and then the lifting gears 125 are driven by transmission gears to rotate, thus achieving lifting of the lifting rods 126 and the observing plat- form 127.

The feeding component 2 comprises a storage barrel 21 fixed to the middle of the lower end of the movable plate 121, a feeding pipe 22 is connected to the storage barrel 21, a stock barrel 23 and a delivery pump 24 are arranged on the base 111, the feeding pipe 22 is connected to the delivery pump 24, the delivery pump 24 is connected to the stock barrel 23 through a delivery pipe, and the delivery pump 24 can feed materials in the stock barrel 23 in- to the storage barrel 21.

The storage barrel 21 is provided with a partition plate 211, a discharge motor 212 is arranged at the upper end of the parti- tion plate 211, the lower end of the discharge motor 212 pene- trates through the partition plate 211 and is provided with a dis- charge plate 213, a depository sleeve 214 is fixed to the lower end of the discharge plate 213, and the upper end of the deposito- ry sleeve 214 is communicated with the upper end of the discharge plate 213. A guide plate 215 is fixed above the discharge motor 212, a discharge port 216 is formed in one side, away from the discharge motor 212, of the lower end of the guide plate 215. A material outlet 217 is formed in the bottom of a material outlet barrel, and the discharge port 216 and the material outlet 217 are all greater than the depository sleeve 214. A material distribu- tion pipe 25 is fixed to the middle of the lower end of the stor- age barrel 21, a tapered material distribution block 251 is ar- ranged at the lower end in the material distribution pipe 25, a plurality of water outlet pipes 26 are uniformly formed in the circumferential sidewall of the material distribution pipe 25, a material guide sleeve 27 is connected to the lower end of the ma- terial outlet 217, a material guide pipe 28 is connected to the lower end of the material guide sleeve 27, and the lower end of the material guide pipe 28 is inserted into the material distribu- tion pipe 25 and corresponds to the center of the material distri- bution block 251.

The control component 3 comprises a control box 31 fixed to the base 111, a control chip 32 and button components 33 are ar- ranged in the control box 31; the guide motors 1142, the auxiliary motor 134, the lifting motor 124, the delivery pump 24 and the discharge motor 212 are all electrically connected to the control chip 32. The detection component 4 comprises a camera 41 fixed to the lower end of the material distribution pipe 25, and the camera 41 is electrically connected to the control chip 32. During the operation, the auxiliary supporting rod 132 is firstly lowered through the auxiliary motor 134, thus the auxiliary supporting rod 132 extends into the bottom of the pond; then the movable plate 121 is moved through the guide motors 1142 to make the observing platform correspond to the pond surface, and the number of rota- tion of the discharge motor 212 is then set according to the amount of feed to be fed and the size of the material outlet sleeve; when the material outlet sleeve is rotated to the dis- charge port 216, the feed can enter into the discharge port 216, after stopping for a fixed time to ensure that the material outlet sleeve is filled with the feed, the material outlet sleeve is ro- tated to correspond to the material outlet 217, and the feed can fall onto the observing platform 127 through the guide pipe, the material distribution pipe 25 and the water outlet pipe 26, then the observing platform 127 is placed to the bottom of the pond through the lifting motor 124, at the moment, the shrimps are at- tracted by the feed to be gathered on the observing platform 127, thus achieving the feeding of the shrimps; the observing platform 127 is lifted upwards after a fixed time, the shrimps can be fished out after the observing platform 127 is exposed out of the water surface, the shrimps are shot by the camera 41, then pic- tures are recognized through the control chip 32, whether red shrimps exist or not can be checked, and sick shrimps can also be recognized manually.

The detection component 4 further comprises an underwater ox- ygen detection sensor 42 installed on the auxiliary supporting rod 132, the underwater oxygen detection sensor 42 is electrically connected to the control chip 32, an installing sleeve 51 is fixed to the lower side of the observing platform 127, the oxygen gener- ation component 5 comprises an aerator pipe 52 penetrating into the installing sleeve 51, and the aerator pipe 52 is fixed to the installing sleeve 51 through a bolt, thus facilitating disassem- bling. A plurality of air outlets for aeration of the aerator pipe 52 are formed in the lower side of the installing sleeve 51, an air-supply device 53 is installed in the base 111, and the aerator pipe 52 is connected to the air supply device 53 through a hose; when the underwater oxygen detection sensor 42 detects that the oxygen in water is insufficient, the control chip 32 sends infor- mation to an upper computer, and the air supply device 53 is started to aerate the observing platform 127 through the aerator pipe 52 to increase an oxygen supply amount near the observing platform 127, thus the shrimps are not prone to oxygen deficit when being gathered on the observing platform 127 for foraging, and meanwhile, a waterwheel aerator 54 is started to improve the oxygen content of the whole culture pond.

Claims (4)

CONCLUSIONS An intelligent shrimp farming observation system, comprising a fish component, a detection component, a feeding component and a control component, the fish component comprising a lifting frame, and wherein a lifting mechanism and an auxiliary support mechanism are connected to the lifting frame; the lifting frame comprising a base, a counterweight placed on the base, two support rods attached to the upper end of the base, guide rods connected to the two support rods, and two ends of one guide rod connected to two ends of the other guide rod by a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod respectively. The intelligent shrimp farming observation system according to claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a movable plate connected to the two guide rods; wherein four lift rods are mounted on the movable plate, a lift driver on the inside of the movable plate is connected to the lift rods, and an observation platform is connected to the lower ends of the lift rods; wherein the additional support mechanism comprises an additional support rod penetratingly disposed on the second connecting rod, the additional support rod being connected to an additional drive piece and the additional drive piece being adapted to move the additional support rod up and down. The intelligent shrimp farming observation system according to claim 2, wherein the feed component is installed at the bottom of the movable plate; wherein the control component comprises a control box attached to the base, and a control chip and control buttons are disposed in the control box; and the detection component includes a camera installed below the power supply component, and the camera is electrically connected to the control chip. The intelligent shrimp farming observation system according to claim 2, wherein an installation cavity is formed in the movable plate, the lifting driving piece includes a sun wheel rotatably connected to the center of the installation cavity, a lifting motor is installed at the upper end of the movable plate, a motor shaft of the lifting motor is connected to the sun gear, four lifting gears are coupled in the circumferential direction of the sun gear, the lifting gears are all rotatably connected to the movable plate, the lifting rods are toothedly connected to the lifting gears, and the lifting motor is electrically connected to the control chip.