TWI508656B - Aquatic animal measuring device - Google Patents

Description

Aquatic biological detection device

The invention relates to a water biological detecting device, in particular to a water biological detecting device for counting water biological size through image processing technology.

Natural catches are rich and diversified into the world's major economic resources. However, in recent years, due to global overfishing, trawling vessels, and improper fishing methods such as electric fish, poisonous fish, and spur nets, the catch has been reduced and fish species have gradually declined. Depletion, relatively highlights the importance of aquaculture. Aquaculture has always been one of Taiwan's important economic industries. The rapid development of aquaculture in the past 20 years has brought abundant income to China. In addition to shrimps, aquaculture organisms also contain a variety of aquaculture fish species such as groupers, carp, milkfish and sea otters.

At present, aquaculture companies usually purchase large quantities of fry in large batches and breed them in a high-density stocking manner. However, the growth rate of a large number of fry in the breeding process is uneven, and it is prone to uneven size. In order to avoid the occurrence of big fish eating small fish, or the big fish and small fish competing for feed, resulting in a slower growth rate of the slow-growing fry, usually the action of the pool is carried out when the fry growth comes to an end, the fry will be They are placed in different culture ponds according to their size. In addition to improving the survival rate of small-sized fry, the pooling method also facilitates the implementation of feed and water quality control, as well as the prevention of disease prevention measures such as drug administration, which greatly increases the efficiency of aquaculture.

The traditional method of dividing the pool adopts the visual judgment of the timing of the pooling, and observes the volume difference of the fry through human beings for a long time, and according to the experience of the aquarists. The line decides when to split the pool. However, the manpower observation of the size of the fry volume requires persistence to identify the fish from the breeding pond, and it is impossible to implement it at any time, and it is difficult for the naked eye to accurately determine the size of the fish, so that it is quite difficult to accurately calculate the volume difference of the fry. It is difficult for aquaculture operators to correctly estimate the timing of the pool. If the timing of the pool is too early, the difference in the size of the fish body is not obvious enough, which will make the movement of the pool difficult to carry out; if the movement of the pool is delayed, the death of the weak fry is more difficult for the aquaculture industry to bear.

In summary, the conventional pooling method still has room for improvement in the technique of counting the difference in the size of the fry, and it is urgent to provide a further improved water biological detection device to enhance the development of the aquaculture industry in Taiwan.

The object of the present invention is to improve the above disadvantages, and to provide a water biological detecting device capable of identifying and counting the volume of aquatic organisms in a water body through image processing technology, and having the effect of improving the calculation accuracy of the water biological volume difference.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water biological detecting device that counts the degree of water biological volume difference by means of image recognition, and can reliably perform all-weather continuous monitoring to achieve an accurate determination of the timing of the pooling.

The water biological detecting device of the present invention comprises: a photographing device comprising a casing and a camera, the casing is made of waterproof material, and the camera is disposed in the casing; a buoy is coupled to the casing; The body has a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end is fixed to the bottom of a pocket, the pocket is for accommodating a water body; a linking member is disposed on the rod body and can be along the rod The axial free sliding of the body, the linking member has a first joint portion and a second joint portion, the first joint portion is connected to the float tube, so that the photographing device can float on the water body; a base connecting the first a second joint portion, the base has a reflective surface facing the housing, and a sampling space is formed between the housing and the base; and a control unit is coupled to the camera for receiving images captured by the camera, For image recognition processing.

The water biological detecting device of the present invention further includes a displacement sensor coupled to the camera.

The aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention, wherein the displacement sensor is an infrared sensor.

In the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention, the photographing device further comprises a partition plate fixed to the side of the housing relative to the base.

The water biological detecting device of the present invention, wherein the partition plate is made of a waterproof heat insulating material.

The water biological detecting device of the present invention, wherein the partition plate is composed of a solar panel, and the partition plate is coupled to the camera for receiving sunlight to generate electric energy for supplying power to the photographing device.

The water biological detecting device of the present invention further includes an upper trigger switch and a lower trigger switch respectively fixed to the rod body and coupled to the control unit, and the upper trigger switch is closer to the rod body than the lower trigger switch top.

In the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention, the reflecting surface of the base is white.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are described in detail below. Referring to FIG. 1 , it is a system architecture diagram of the first embodiment of the aquatic biological detection device of the present invention. A photographing device 1, a supporting device 2 and a control unit 3 are included.

The photographing apparatus 1 includes a casing 11 and a camera 12. The housing 11 has a bottom surface 111, an outer peripheral surface 112 and a top surface 113. The bottom surface 111, the outer peripheral surface 112 and the top surface 113 together form an accommodating space for accommodating the camera 12. The bottom surface 111 is made of a transparent waterproof material such as acrylic or glass, and the outer peripheral surface 112 and the top surface 113 are made of a conventional waterproof material. The camera 12 is disposed in the accommodating space and includes a lens 121 having a viewing angle toward the bottom surface 111. In addition, the photographic device 1 preferably further includes a partition 13 disposed above the top surface 113, the partition 13 can be a conventional waterproof and heat insulating material for providing rain and sunshade functions to protect the camera 12; The partition 13 can also be composed of a solar panel and coupled to the camera 12 for converting sunlight into electrical energy and transmitting it to the camera 12 for use, thereby saving energy consumption of the aquatic biodetection device.

The supporting device 2 comprises a rod body 21, a linking member 22, a buoy 23 and a base 24. The two ends of the rod body 21 are respectively a bottom end and a top end. The bottom end is fixed to the bottom of a pocket, and the pocket is for accommodating a water body, and the top end of the rod body 21 is beyond the water body. water surface. The linkage member 22 is coupled to the rod body 21, and the linkage member 22 is movable up and down along the axial direction of the rod body 21. In the embodiment, the linkage member 22 includes a first joint portion 221 and a second portion. The first connecting portion 221 and the second connecting portion 222 are connected to the connecting rod 223, and the first connecting portion 221 and the second connecting portion 222 are connected to each other, and the first The joint portion 221 and the second joint portion 222 are each a ring body having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the rod body 21, so that when the first joint portion 221 and the second joint portion are sleeved on the rod body 21, The axial direction of the rod body 21 is free to slide, so that the linking member 22 can move up and down along the axial direction of the rod body 21. In addition, the first joint portion 221 is further connected to the pontoon 23, and the second joint portion is further connected to the base 24.

The pontoon 23 is disposed on the outer peripheral surface 112 of the casing 11 and is coupled to the first joint portion 221 so that the photographing device 1 can float on the water body, and the pontoon 23 and the outer peripheral surface 112 are vertically opposed to each other. When the photographing device 1 is floated on the body of water, the height of the lens 121 of the camera 12 is maintained at a level below the surface of the body of water. In the present embodiment, the pontoon 23 is disposed on the outer circumferential surface 112 of the casing 11, so that the photographic apparatus 1 has a better balance when floating in the water body, but the invention is not limited thereto. The base 24 is coupled to the second joint portion 222 and preferably disposed perpendicular to the rod body 21 such that the base portion 24 has a reflective surface 241 facing the bottom surface 111 of the casing 11 . In addition, the reflective surface 241 of the base 24 is preferably white or a color that is highly contrasted with the biological color of the water cultured in the body of water.

The control unit 3 is a conventional arithmetic processing unit with image recognition function, and can be composed of a computer, a microprocessor or an embedded system. The control unit 3 is coupled to the camera 12 to receive an image captured by the camera 12 for image analysis processing and data statistics. In addition, the control unit 3 includes a warning unit 31, which can be a conventional warning device such as a warning light, a buzzer or a wireless signaling device, and the control unit 3 can use the warning unit 31 to issue a warning to the user. A warning message.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2, wherein FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the actual use of the first embodiment of the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention. The water biopsy The measuring device is applied to a farmed fish gill having a cuvette for accommodating a water body W of aquaculture organism. In the present embodiment, the aquatic organism is exemplified by fish. When the water biological detecting device is installed in the water body W, the floating device 23 allows the photographing device 1 to float on the water body W while maintaining the height of the lens 121 of the camera 12 below the water surface of the water body W. In addition, since the pontoon 23 is disposed on the outer circumferential surface 112 of the casing 11 and is coupled to the first joint portion 221 of the linkage member 22, and the base portion 24 is coupled to the second joint portion 222, when the pontoon 23 is used When the water level of the water body is displaced up and down, the linkage 22 is caused to slide along the rod 21, so that both the photographing device 1 and the base 24 move simultaneously with the float 23. Accordingly, the distance between the bottom surface 111 of the casing 11 and the base 24 will remain fixed, and a sampling space S will be formed between the bottom surface 111 and the base 24, and the camera 12 can capture the sampling space through the lens 121. To get an image. Wherein, when no fish exists in the sampling space, the captured image frame only includes the base 24, which is an invalid image; when a fish F swims into the sampling space S, the camera 12 captures a waiting The image is measured, and the image to be tested includes the fish body image of the fish F. When the control unit 3 receives the video image captured by the camera 12, if only one color of the base 24 is included in an image screen, it is determined that the received image is an invalid image, and is listed as invalid data, and is not further processed.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of the image to be tested taken by the camera 12 , and the image to be tested includes the fish body image of the fish F and the base 24 . The control unit 3 receives the image to be tested and performs image analysis processing to calculate the volume difference degree of the fish cultured in the water body W. However, since the image to be tested is a 2D plane image, the fish F is judged. The method of volume is based on parameters such as the length of the fish body or the size of the fish body. In the embodiment, the length of the fish body is selected, and the control unit 3 uses the conventional image recognition method to select the fish body image of the fish F from the image to be tested, and calculate the maximum length of the fish body image. As the length of the fish body of the fish F.

The camera 12 continuously captures a plurality of images to be tested, and the control unit 3 can generate sample data of the length of the fish body of the fish cultured in the water body W, and count the length of the fish body of the fish cultured in the water body W. The degree of difference. A limit value is set according to the type of the aquatic organism to be cultured. When the difference in the length of the fish body counted by the control unit 3 reaches the limit value, the time point of the pool is determined to be immediately transmitted through the warning unit 31. A warning signal to inform the user to perform the pooling action.

However, since the sampling space S formed between the bottom surface 111 of the casing 11 and the base 24 occupies only a small extent of the water body W, it may take a long time to start the camera 12 to take a picture to obtain sufficient image to be tested. In order to improve the detection efficiency of the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention, the user can set the target of the feeding machine to be adjacent to the sampling space S, or manually feed the feed into the sampling space S to increase the fish entering the The probability of sampling space S.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a system architecture diagram of the first embodiment of the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that, in the embodiment, the photographing device 1 further includes a displacement sensor 14, and the support device further includes an upper trigger switch 25 and a lower trigger switch 26. The displacement sensor 14 is preferably an infrared sensor coupled to the camera 12 for detecting the formation between the bottom surface 111 of the housing 11 and the base 24. The movement of fish in the sampling space S. The camera 12 is normally in a dormant or off state, but once the displacement sensor 14 senses that a fish has swam, a signal is sent to wake up the camera 12 to begin the shooting action. Thereby, the camera 12 does not need to be in the state of being constantly turned on and continuously shooting, and the captured image image has a high probability of containing the fish body picture, which can improve the detection efficiency and the energy saving effect.

The upper trigger switch 25 and the lower trigger switch 26 are respectively fixed to the rod body 21 and coupled to the control unit 3, and the upper trigger switch 25 is located above the linkage member 22, and the lower trigger switch 26 is located below the linkage member 22. . When the water level of the water body in which the water biological detecting device is located continues to rise, causing the pontoon 23 to move the linking member 22 to rise and touch the upper triggering switch 25, the upper triggering switch 25 transmits a signal to the control unit 3, the control The unit 3 will issue a water level warning message through the warning unit 31 to warn the user; when the water level of the water body detecting device is continuously lowered, the pontoon 23 drives the linkage member 22 to lower and trigger the lower trigger switch. At 260 hours, the lower trigger switch 26 will transmit a signal to the control unit 3. The control unit 3 will send a water level low warning message through the warning unit 31 to warn the user. Therefore, the water biological detecting device of the present invention can have a water level warning function in addition to the pooling notification function.

With the above structure, the aquatic biological detecting device of the present invention recognizes and counts the volume of the aquatic organism in a water body through the image processing technology, and has the effect of improving the calculation accuracy of the water biological volume difference. Furthermore, the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention counts the difference degree of the water biological volume by means of image recognition, and notifies the user to perform the splitting pool when the degree of the difference reaches a limit value, and can reliably perform the all-weather continuous monitoring to achieve accurate determination of the pool. Timing efficacy.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above-described first embodiment, it is not intended to limit the invention, and it is to be understood that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and changes to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The technical scope of the invention is protected, and therefore the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

〔this invention〕

1‧‧‧Photographing device

11‧‧‧Shell

111‧‧‧ bottom

112‧‧‧ outer perimeter

113‧‧‧ top surface

12‧‧‧ camera

121‧‧‧ lens

13‧‧‧Baffle

14‧‧‧ Displacement Sensor

2‧‧‧Support device

21‧‧‧ rod body

22‧‧‧ linkages

221‧‧‧ first joint

222‧‧‧Second junction

223‧‧‧ Connecting rod

23‧‧‧Float

24‧‧‧Base

241‧‧‧ Reflective surface

241a‧‧‧ scale

25‧‧‧Up trigger switch

26‧‧‧Lower trigger switch

3‧‧‧Control unit

31‧‧‧Warning unit

W‧‧‧ water body

S‧‧‧Sampling space

F‧‧‧ fish

Figure 1 is a system architecture diagram of a first embodiment of the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention

Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the use of the first embodiment of the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention

Figure 3 is a schematic view showing the image taken by the camera of the first embodiment of the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention

Figure 4: System architecture diagram of the second embodiment of the aquatic organism detecting device of the present invention

1‧‧‧Photographing device

11‧‧‧Shell

111‧‧‧ bottom

112‧‧‧ outer perimeter

113‧‧‧ top surface

12‧‧‧ camera

121‧‧‧ lens

13‧‧‧Baffle

2‧‧‧Support device

21‧‧‧ rod body

22‧‧‧ linkages

221‧‧‧ first joint

222‧‧‧Second junction

223‧‧‧ Connecting rod

23‧‧‧Float

24‧‧‧Base

241‧‧‧ Reflective surface

3‧‧‧Control unit

31‧‧‧Warning unit

W‧‧‧ water body

S‧‧‧Sampling space

F‧‧‧ fish

Claims (8)

A water biological detecting device comprises: a photographing device comprising a casing and a camera, the casing is made of waterproof material, and the camera is disposed in the casing; a buoy is coupled to the casing; a rod body a bottom end and a bottom end, the bottom end is fixed to a bottom of a pocket, the pocket is for accommodating a water body; a linking member is disposed on the rod body and can be along the axial direction of the rod body Freely sliding, the linking member has a first joint portion and a second joint portion, the first joint portion connecting the float tube to enable the photographing device to float on the water body ; and a base connecting the second joint portion The base has a reflective surface facing the housing, and a sampling space is formed between the housing and the base; and a control unit is coupled to the camera for receiving images captured by the camera for image recognition deal with. The water biological detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the photographing device further comprises a displacement sensor coupled to the camera. The water biological detecting device according to claim 2, wherein the displacement sensor is an infrared sensor. The water biological detecting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the photographing device further comprises a partition plate fixed to a side of the housing relative to the base. The water biological detecting device according to claim 4, wherein The partition is made of a waterproof and heat insulating material. The water biological detecting device according to claim 4, wherein the partition plate is composed of a solar panel, and the partition plate is coupled to the camera for receiving sunlight to generate electric energy for supplying power to the photographing device. The water biometric detection device of claim 1 or 2, further comprising an upper trigger switch and a lower trigger switch respectively fixed to the rod body and coupled to the control unit, and the upper trigger switch The lower trigger switch is closer to the top end of the rod. The water biological detecting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reflecting surface of the base is white.