TWI590756B - Eco box and air purifying system to improve ambient air quality - Google Patents

Description

Eco-box and air purification system that improves ambient air quality

The invention relates to an ecological box, in particular to a plant ecological box capable of improving the quality of ambient air.

Environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious, but the public usually only pay attention to the outdoor air quality, but ignores the indoor air quality. In many cases, the indoor air pollution level is more serious than the outdoor air. For example, the formaldehyde emitted by the paint and the printer are emitted. The benzene, nicotine of cigarettes, etc., will accumulate indoors and cannot be purified.

Commercially available air conditioners can filter bacteria, PM2.5 dust or deodorize, but most of them usually cannot filter volatile organic compounds, and the filtered pollutants will accumulate in the filter cotton. Another substance that pollutes the environment.

Plants are a natural material for filtering air. During the day, photosynthesis is used to absorb carbon dioxide and excrete oxygen. At night, when breathing, oxygen is inhaled and carbon dioxide is emitted. Some special biochemical enzymes secreted by some plants can even use volatile organic compounds. The gas is converted to carbon dioxide and then converted to oxygen by photosynthesis. For example, ivy can decompose benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene, while white crane can decompose ammonia, acetone and formaldehyde. Gold diamond can decompose nicotine, sulfur dioxide and nitric oxide, so how to effectively use plants to improve indoor air quality, It should be the future development trend of the indoor air quiet field.

In addition, because each plant has its own suitable growth environment, it must continue to provide a stable and suitable growth environment in order to maintain the plant in a better state of growth. If the user is in a business trip or careless, it may cause The plant dies and needs to be replanted. Although there are many plant incubators on the market that are specially used for cultivating plants, the functions of these plant incubators are for ornamental purposes or for planting edible vegetables, such as Taiwanese patents M497919, M501730, and M493252, etc., which do not improve. The air quality effect of the space.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an eco-box that improves the quality of indoor ambient air.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an ecological box which can effectively manage a culture environment and make plants easy to grow.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide an air cleaning system that can improve the quality of indoor ambient air and that can be remotely controlled.

Therefore, the present invention can improve the environmental air quality of the ecological box, can accommodate the culture substrate to plant the plant, the ecological box comprises an culture box, a culture environment control mechanism, an air quality monitoring unit, and a ventilation control mechanism. The inside of the incubator defines a culture space that is isolated from the outside and can accommodate the culture medium. The culture environment control mechanism is installed in the culture box, and includes an illumination unit that can be activated to illuminate the cultivation space, and an environmental control unit that is connected to the illumination unit, and the environment control unit has a built-in A planting environment option, each planting environment option is set with a specific lighting condition, and the environment control unit can correspondingly control the operation of the lighting unit according to the specific lighting condition of the selected one of the planting environment options. The air quality monitoring unit comprises a plurality of air sensors respectively capable of sensing a specific harmful substance content in the air outside the incubator and correspondingly outputting an air sensing material. The ventilation control mechanism is installed in the culture box and is connected to the air quality monitoring unit, and includes a ventilation unit that can be activated to force the culture space to exchange air with the outside, and a built-in hazardous substance. The air quality determining unit of the harmful threshold, the air quality determining unit may activate the ventilation unit when the at least one air sensing data exceeds the corresponding harmful threshold.

Thus, the present invention can improve the ambient air quality of the air purification system, including the aforementioned eco-box, and a remote device capable of wirelessly communicating with the eco-box for data transmission, the remote device including a trigger that can be triggered by an abnormal air alarm An alarm module that sends an alert message and a remote control module that is operable to wirelessly transmit a forced air signal to the eco-box. The environmental control unit of the eco-box can be triggered by the forced ventilation signal to forcibly activate the illumination unit for illumination, and the air quality determination unit can be triggered by the forced ventilation signal to activate the ventilation unit.

The utility model has the advantages that: through the ecological box, when the external air quality is judged to be poor, the illumination in the culture space is forcibly activated, and the clean air in the culture space is discharged, and the outside air is injected into the design of the culture space. It is an innovative and environmentally friendly ambient air improvement system that can effectively use plants to improve the air quality of the surrounding environment.

Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, an embodiment of the present invention can improve the ambient air quality of an air purification system, which is suitable for installation in an indoor space, such as a living room, a kitchen or an office, and can accommodate a culture medium 900 for carrying out Plant 901 is cultivated. The air purification system includes an eco-box 2 for planting plant 901 and a remote device 1 for communicating with the eco-box 2.

The ecological box 2 includes an incubator 3, a display unit 81 respectively mounted to the incubator 3, a communication unit 82, a data collecting unit 83, a power monitoring unit 84, and an environmental parameter sensing unit 4. A culture environment control mechanism 5 and a ventilation control mechanism 7, and an air quality monitoring unit 6 connected to the ventilation control mechanism 7 and disposed outside the culture cabinet 3. The display unit 81 is a touch-sensitive display that can be touch-operated. The communication unit 82 can be connected to the remote device 1 for data transmission through wired communication technology and/or wireless communication technology. The wireless communication technology can be It is a Bluetooth, ZigBee, wifi and mobile communication technology. The remote device 1 can be connected via the Internet and/or a mobile communication network, but not limited to the above types.

The culture chamber 3 defines a culture space 30 which is isolated from the outside, and the culture space 30 is adapted to accommodate the culture medium 900 for planting the plant 901. In the implementation, the photocatalyst (not shown) may be coated on the surface of the culture box 3 to facilitate the sterilization of the surface of the culture chamber 3 by the photocatalyst, but the implementation is not limited thereto.

The environmental parameter sensing unit 4 includes a plurality of substrate humidity sensors 41, a temperature and humidity sensor 42, a light sensor 43, a carbon dioxide sensor 44, and an oxygen sensor 45. The matrix humidity sensors 41 are used to be embedded in the culture substrate 900, respectively, for sensing the humidity of the culture substrate 900, and correspondingly outputting a substrate moisture data. The temperature and humidity sensor 42 is configured to sense the atmospheric temperature and humidity in the culture space 30, and correspondingly output a temperature and humidity data. The light sensor 43 is configured to sense the brightness of the light in the culture space 30, and correspondingly outputs a light data. The carbon dioxide sensor 44 senses the carbon dioxide concentration of the culture space 30 and outputs a carbon dioxide data correspondingly. The oxygen sensor 45 senses the oxygen concentration of the culture space 30 and outputs an oxygen data correspondingly.

The culture environment control mechanism 5 includes a plurality of illumination units 51 that can illuminate the culture space 30, a temperature control unit 52 that can adjust the temperature of the culture space 30, and a plurality of sprayable water vapors that can be sprayed on the culture space 30. The water mist unit 53, an irrigation unit 54, which can irrigate the culture substrate 900, an environmental control unit 55, and a plant database 56.

The environment control unit 55 is connected to the illumination unit 51, the temperature control unit 52, the water mist unit 53 and the irrigation unit 54, and has a plurality of built-in indicators that can be displayed on the display unit 81 for operation selection. Planting environment options. The planting environment options are preset for plants 901 of various growth environment conditions, such as long-day plants, semi-sun plants, tropical plants and rainforest plants, and each planting environment option is pre-set with the specificity of the culture space 30. The temperature and humidity conditions and the specific light conditions, as well as the specific substrate humidity conditions of the culture substrate 900, facilitate the user to directly select suitable growth environment conditions for the plant 901 for various growth environment requirements.

The environment control unit 55 is further connected to the environment parameter sensing unit 4, and can receive and analyze the matrix moisture data, the temperature and humidity data and the illumination data, and can select one of the planting environment options according to the planting The specific temperature and humidity conditions, the specific lighting conditions and the specific substrate humidity conditions, which are set by the environment option, correspondingly control the operation of the illumination unit 51, the temperature control unit 52, the water mist unit 53 and the irrigation unit 54, for example, controlling the The illumination time of the illumination unit 51 is controlled, the temperature control unit 52 is controlled to adjust the temperature of the culture space 30, the water mist unit 53 is controlled to perform water mist spraying to adjust the humidity of the culture space 30, and the irrigation unit 54 is controlled to be released. The appropriate amount of water is used to adjust the humidity of the culture substrate 900 such that the substrate moisture data, the temperature and humidity data, and the illumination data respectively tend to the specific substrate humidity condition, the specific temperature and humidity condition, and the specific illumination condition.

The environment control unit 55 may still be unable to make the temperature and humidity data, the substrate moisture data, and the illumination data after controlling the temperature control unit 52, the water mist unit 53, the irrigation unit 54, and the illumination unit 51 to operate for a specific time. When a specific temperature and humidity condition, a specific substrate humidity condition, and a specific lighting condition, such as a malfunction, are selected in accordance with the selected planting environment option, a culture environment runaway alarm is displayed on the display unit 81, and is transmitted via the communication unit 82. A culture environment out of control alert to the remote device 1, for example, via a nearby wifi device to connect to the Internet to alert the culture environment to the remote device 1.

The plant database 56 has a plurality of plant materials suitable for planting with the planting environment options, and the environment control unit 55 will plant a ring in one of the plants. When the environment option is selected, all plant materials suitable for the planting environment option are compared from the plant database 56, and the plant materials are displayed on the display unit 81 for the user to view, so that the user can understand the planting Which plants are 901.

The air quality monitoring unit 6 includes a plurality of air sensors 61 disposed outside the incubator 3, for example, disposed in a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom, etc., and the air sensors 61 can be used to sense the incubator. 3 harmful substances in the air, or sensing air quality, such as sensing PM (particulate matter) in the air 2.5, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde, toluene, trichloroethylene, ethanol, acetone and nicotine, etc. An air sensing data can be output separately.

The ventilation control mechanism 7 includes a ventilation unit 71 connected to the culture chamber 30 in communication with the culture space 30, and a signal is connected to the air quality monitoring unit 6, the ventilation unit 71, and the environmental parameter sense. The air quality judging unit 72 of the measuring unit 5.

The ventilation unit 71 is a ventilation device that can control the amount of air entering the air entering the cultivation space 30 and control the amount of air discharged from the outside of the culture space 30. When not activated, the culture space 30 can be Naturally ventilating with the outside world, and being activated, the culture space 30 is forced to ventilate with the outside, and the culture space 30 can be completely closed by the control. In the implementation, the ventilation unit 71 can be provided with an air filter object, such as a carbon mesh or a HEPA filter, etc., and the air entering the culture space 30 can be initially filtered, but the implementation is not limited thereto.

The air quality determining unit 72 has a plurality of harmful thresholds respectively representing specific harmful substances in the air, and a reference threshold of oxygen in the culture space 30, and can receive and analyze the air quality monitoring unit 6 to transmit the The air sensing data, and the carbon dioxide data and the oxygen data output by the environmental parameter sensing unit 4, when the carbon dioxide concentration in the culture space 30 exceeds a corresponding harmful threshold, drives the ventilation unit 71 to close the The chamber 3 is incubated to prevent the release of high-concentration carbon dioxide in the culture space 30 to affect the health of the surrounding person. When the oxygen concentration in the culture space 30 is higher than the reference threshold, the ventilation unit 71 is activated. The ventilating operation of the culture space 30 and the outside is performed.

In addition, the air quality determining unit 72 also emits an air abnormality immediately after the one or more air sensing materials exceed the corresponding harmful threshold, for example, when the PM2.5 content exceeds 50 μg/m ³ . The alarm is activated, and when the carbon dioxide concentration of the culture space 30 does not exceed the harmful threshold, the ventilation unit 71 is activated, and the ventilation unit 71 forcibly extracts the gas in the culture space 30 while drawing in the outside air. In the culture space 30, on the one hand, the clean air in the culture space 30 is used to improve the external air quality, and on the other hand, the external polluted air is sent into the culture space 30, and the plant 901 is planted and decomposed and purified. At the same time, the air quality determining unit 72 also sends a forced illumination signal to the environment control unit 55, and the environment control unit 55 is triggered by the forced illumination signal to forcibly activate the illumination unit 51 for illumination, so that the plant 901 starts. Perform photosynthesis to assist in the decomposition of harmful gases. In addition, the air quality determining unit 72 also sends an air abnormality alert to the remote device 1 via the communication unit 82.

The data collecting unit 83 is connected to the air quality monitoring unit 6 and the environmental parameter sensing unit 4, and can receive and collect the air sensing materials, the matrix moisture data, the temperature and humidity data, and the illumination data. To generate an environmental data, for example, collecting data every 1 hour or 3 hours to generate an environmental data, and then transmitting the environmental data to the remote device 1 via the communication unit 82 for the remote device 1 to perform large data analysis.

The power monitoring unit 84 is electrically connected to the environmental parameter sensing unit 4, the culture environment control mechanism 5, the air quality monitoring unit 6, the ventilation control mechanism 7, the display unit 81, the communication unit 82, and the data. The concentrating unit 83 can detect the power consumption of the organizations and the units, and generate a power consumption data, for example, detecting the power consumption once a day, and displaying the power consumption data on the display unit 81. The user is informed of the power consumption of the eco-box 2, and the power-discharging unit 84 also transmits the power consumption data to the remote device 1 for storage via the communication unit 82.

The remote device 1 is an electronic device that can be used by a user, and can be a mobile phone, a computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a wearable electronic device, or a cloud server, etc., and can receive the information sent by the ecological box 2 Environmental out of control alert, the air anomaly, the environmental data and the power consumption data. The remote device 1 includes a policeman The report module 11 and a remote control module 12. The alarm module 11 is triggered by the environmental runaway alarm and the air abnormality alarm, and sends an alarm message, which may be an alert sound, an alert light, and/or a warning image.

The remote control module 12 is operable to send a forced air exchange signal to the eco-box 2 to the communication unit 82 of the eco-box 2, and the forced ventilation signal can drive the environmental control unit 55 to forcibly activate the illumination unit 51. The illumination simultaneously drives the air quality determination unit 72 to activate the ventilation unit 71 for ventilation. The design is convenient for the user to control the eco-box 2 to start the illumination of the culture space 30 through remote remote control, so that the planted plants can perform photosynthesis and perform ventilation.

When the air purification system of the present invention is used, the user can operate and select one of the planting environment options, and the plant material suitable for planting can be displayed through the display unit 81, and the culture medium 900 is added to the culture space 30 and the plant 901 is planted. And the air sensors 61 are disposed in the surrounding environment in which the incubator 3 is disposed, such as a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom, or an office.

When the eco-box 2 is in use, the environment control unit 55 correspondingly controls the operation of the illumination unit 51, the temperature control unit 52, the water mist unit 53 and the irrigation unit 54 according to the selected planting environment option, so that the culture is performed. The environmental conditions within the space 30 tend to favor the particular temperature and humidity conditions of the planting environment option, the particular lighting conditions, and the particular substrate humidity conditions to allow the plant 901 to grow stably within the culture space 30, thereby automatically controlling the design of the growing environment. Can prevent users from causing plants due to business trips or temporary negligence death. In use, the environment control unit 55 can display a suitable plant material design on the display unit 81 according to the selected plant environment option, so that the user can select the best plant to be planted.

When the air quality determining unit 72 determines that the carbon dioxide concentration output by the environmental parameter sensing unit 4 is too high, the ventilation unit 71 is driven to close the incubator 3 to prevent the excessively high concentration of carbon dioxide from being released into the surrounding space. When it is determined that the oxygen concentration outputted by the environmental parameter sensing unit 4 reaches the reference threshold value or more, the ventilation unit 71 is controlled to perform a ventilation operation to increase the oxygen concentration of the environment around the culture chamber 3.

In addition, the air quality determining unit 72 further activates the ventilation unit 71 to perform forced ventilation when the one or more air sensing materials output by the air quality monitoring unit 6 exceeds the corresponding harmful threshold, and forcibly starts. The illumination function of the illumination unit 51 discharges the clean air in the culture space 30 to improve the air quality, and at the same time, the outside air is sucked into the culture space 30, and the plant 901 is used to assist in decomposing and purifying the harmful substances, and the help is helpful. In order to improve the quality of the ambient air, the user holding the remote device 1 will be notified immediately, so that the user who is out of the door can simultaneously grasp the air quality of the environment around the eco-box 2, and is convenient for the user to go home. Start the eco-box 2 to improve the air quality.

In summary, the eco-box 2 can automatically control the design of the environmental conditions in the culture space 30 according to the selected planting environment option, and the ventilation control mechanism 7 can forcibly start the environment when the outside air quality is judged to be poor. By cultivating the illumination in the space 30, and discharging the clean air in the culture space 30, and injecting outside air into the culture space 30, the plant 901 can be effectively utilized to improve the air quality of the environment around the ecological box 2, and further The remote device 1 can be alerted through the ecological box 2, and the eco-box 2 can be remotely controlled by the remote device 1 to perform ventilation design, so that the user who is out of the door can remotely start the ventilation operation in advance, which is a kind of A fairly innovative and environmentally friendly ambient air improvement system, therefore, it is indeed possible to achieve the object of the present invention.

However, the above description is only an embodiment of the eco-box 2 which can improve the ambient air quality of the present invention. When the scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereto, the simple scope of the patent application scope and the patent specification content of the present invention is Equivalent variations and modifications are still within the scope of the invention.

1‧‧‧Remote device

11‧‧‧Alarm module

12‧‧‧Remote control module

2‧‧‧Ecobox

3‧‧‧ culture cabinet

30‧‧‧Cultivation space

4‧‧‧Environmental parameter sensing unit

41‧‧‧Material Humidity Sensor

42‧‧‧ Temperature and Humidity Sensor

43‧‧‧Light sensor

44‧‧‧ Carbon dioxide sensor

45‧‧‧Oxygen sensor

5‧‧‧Cultivating environmental control agencies

51‧‧‧Light unit

52‧‧‧temperature control unit

53‧‧‧Water mist unit

54‧‧‧Irrigation unit

55‧‧‧Environmental Control Unit

56‧‧‧Plant database

6‧‧‧Air quality monitoring unit

61‧‧‧Air Sensor

7‧‧‧Ventilation control mechanism

71‧‧‧Ventilator unit

72‧‧‧Air quality judgment unit

81‧‧‧Display unit

82‧‧‧Communication unit

83‧‧‧Data aggregation unit

84‧‧‧Power Monitoring Unit

900‧‧‧Mechanical

901‧‧‧ plants

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention, wherein: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an air cleaning system of the present invention that can improve ambient air quality; A side view of an embodiment; and Figure 3 is a functional block diagram of the embodiment.

1‧‧‧Remote device

11‧‧‧Alarm module

12‧‧‧Remote control module

2‧‧‧Ecobox

4‧‧‧Environmental parameter sensing unit

41‧‧‧Material Humidity Sensor

42‧‧‧ Temperature and Humidity Sensor

43‧‧‧Light sensor

53‧‧‧Water mist unit

54‧‧‧Irrigation unit

55‧‧‧Environmental Control Unit

56‧‧‧Plant database

6‧‧‧Air quality monitoring unit

61‧‧‧Air Sensor

7‧‧‧Ventilation control mechanism

71‧‧‧Ventilator unit

44‧‧‧ Carbon dioxide sensor

45‧‧‧Oxygen sensor

5‧‧‧Cultivating environmental control agencies

51‧‧‧Light unit

52‧‧‧temperature control unit

72‧‧‧Air quality judgment unit

81‧‧‧Display unit

82‧‧‧Communication unit

83‧‧‧Data aggregation unit

84‧‧‧Power Monitoring Unit

Claims (9)

An ecological box capable of improving the quality of the ambient air, which can accommodate the culture medium to plant the plant, comprising: an culture box, defining a culture space which is isolated from the outside and can accommodate the culture medium; and a culture environment control mechanism, Installed in the incubator, including an illumination unit that can be activated to illuminate the cultivation space, and an environmental control unit that is connected to the illumination unit, the environmental control unit has a plurality of planting environment options, each A planting environment option is set with a specific lighting condition, and the environment control unit can control the operation of the lighting unit according to the specific lighting condition of the selected one of the planting environment options; an environmental parameter sensing unit is installed in the culture box, The utility model comprises an oxygen sensor capable of sensing an oxygen concentration of the culture space and outputting an oxygen data; an air quality monitoring unit comprising a plurality of specific harmful substances in the air outside the incubator respectively, corresponding to An air sensor that outputs an air sensing data; and a ventilation control The signal is connected to the air quality monitoring unit, and includes a ventilation unit installed in the culture box and capable of being activated to forcibly exchange air between the culture space and the outside, and a harmful threshold with a plurality of harmful substances built therein The air quality determining unit of the reference threshold of oxygen, the air quality determining unit receives the analysis of the oxygen data, and activates the ventilation unit when the at least one air sensing data exceeds the corresponding harmful threshold, and the oxygen data is When the representative concentration value is greater than the reference threshold, The ventilation unit is activated, and the air quality determining unit is connected to the environmental control unit, and when the ventilation unit is activated, a forced illumination signal for triggering the environmental control unit to forcibly start the illumination unit for illumination is sent. The eco-box for improving ambient air quality according to claim 1, wherein the environmental parameter sensing unit comprises a substrate humidity sensor capable of sensing the humidity of the culture medium and outputting a substrate moisture data, the culture environment control mechanism further comprising An irrigation unit that can be activated to supply water to the culture substrate, each planting environment option is also set with a specific substrate humidity condition, and the environmental control unit can control the operation of the irrigation unit according to the selected planting environment option to make the environment The substrate moisture data transmitted by the parameter sensing unit conforms to a specific substrate humidity condition. The eco-box for improving ambient air quality according to claim 2, wherein the environmental parameter sensing unit further comprises a temperature and humidity sensor capable of sensing temperature and humidity of the culture space and outputting a temperature and humidity data. The culture environment control mechanism further includes a temperature control unit that can be activated to adjust the temperature of the culture space, and a water mist unit that can be activated to spray the atomized water to the culture space, and each planting environment option is also set. The environment control unit can control the operation of the temperature control unit and the water mist unit according to the selected plant environment option, so that the temperature and humidity data transmitted by the environment parameter sensing unit meets the specific temperature. Humidity conditions. The eco-box for improving ambient air quality according to claim 3, wherein the environmental parameter sensing unit further comprises a photo sensor capable of sensing the brightness of the culture space and outputting an illumination data, the environment control unit Can After controlling the temperature control unit, the water mist unit, the irrigation unit and the illumination unit for a certain period of time, the temperature and humidity data, the substrate moisture data and the illumination data are still unable to meet the specificity of the selected plant environment option. A culture environment out of control alarm is issued when temperature and humidity conditions, specific substrate humidity conditions, and specific lighting conditions. The eco-box for improving ambient air quality according to claim 4, further comprising a communication unit, wherein the environmental control unit can synchronize the wired communication technology and/or wireless communication via the communication unit when the culture environment is out of control alarm The technology sends a culture out of control alert. The eco-box for improving the ambient air quality according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit, wherein the air quality judging unit can synchronize the cable via the communication unit when the at least one air sensing data exceeds the corresponding harmful threshold Communication technology and/or wireless communication technology sends an air anomaly. The eco-box for improving ambient air quality according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit, the culture environment control mechanism further comprising a plant database having a plurality of plant materials respectively corresponding to the planting environment options, The environmental control unit may compare all the plant materials corresponding to the planting environment option from the plant database when one of the planting environment options is selected, and display the plant materials in the display unit. The eco-box for improving ambient air quality according to claim 3, wherein the environmental parameter sensing unit further comprises a carbon dioxide sensor capable of sensing a carbon dioxide concentration of the culture space and outputting a carbon dioxide data. The unit will receive and analyze the carbon dioxide data, and drive the carbon dioxide data to represent a concentration value greater than a corresponding harmful threshold. The ventilation unit closes the incubator. An air cleaning system capable of improving ambient air quality, comprising the eco-box described in claim 6, and a remote device capable of wirelessly communicating with the eco-box for data transmission, the remote device comprising: an alarm module An alarm message may be triggered by the air abnormality alarm; and a remote control module operable to wirelessly transmit a forced air exchange signal to the eco case; the environmental control unit may be triggered by the forced air exchange signal The illumination unit is activated for illumination, and the air quality determination unit is triggered by the forced ventilation signal to activate the ventilation unit.