TWI827011B - Ocean scavenger device - Google Patents

Abstract

A marine scavenger device includes a maritime unmanned vehicle, which captures images of the environment where it is located; and a processing mechanism, which is located in the maritime unmanned vehicle and can receive images captured by the maritime unmanned vehicle. image and identify the marine debris in the image, and collect real-time location information of the current location of the marine unmanned vehicle for the marine debris, and send a notification message containing the real-time location information to a remote control center. In this way, the present invention installs an image capture module (such as a camera) on an unmanned vehicle at sea and supplements it with image recognition, so that the vehicle can identify marine garbage in its environment, notify the location of the garbage, and notify relevant units to go to large-scale The effective marine garbage detection function can be used to deal with garbage gathering areas, which can automatically avoid the original ecology, avoid environmental damage, and reduce the burden of marine pollution on the environment.

Description

Ocean scavenger device

The invention relates to a marine scavenger device, and in particular to a device for capturing images. The module is installed on an unmanned vehicle at sea and is supplemented by image recognition, so that the vehicle can identify marine garbage in its environment and then report large garbage gathering places. In particular, it can automatically avoid the original ecology and avoid environmental damage, and can Those who reduce the burden of marine pollution on the environment.

The issue of marine waste has attracted considerable attention in recent years. Research from the Biodiversity Research Center of Academia Sinica Researchers used big data computing to analyze sea debris in the world's seven oceans over the past 25 years, and found that wind resistance and ocean currents will affect the distribution of garbage, gradually shifting from the subtropics to the tropics and polar regions. Among them, the accumulation of marine debris in the Pacific is the most serious, and 50% of garbage continues to drift at sea. As for Taiwan, the large amount of discarded fishing gear, Styrofoam (oyster farming floats), buoys and fishing nets in recent years is a big problem.

At present, the mainstream method of solving marine garbage is marine garbage ships, which use towed The trawl net can salvage floating objects on the water surface at one time. Although it is convenient for collecting surface garbage, it also causes environmental damage, because the trawl net will catch organisms entering the water surface at the same time, or take away algae on the water surface together with the garbage, which can easily cause damage to native species. influence.

In this regard, Boyan Slat, founder of the Dutch non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup Slat developed an ocean cleaning tool nicknamed Jenny. Through Jenny's robotic arm and fishing net, the giant arm is used to collect garbage and pour it into a funnel-shaped fishing net. This funnel-shaped fishing net is like a large trawl net, enclosing a large area of the sea at one time, and is also equipped with an underwater camera to drag out garbage from the sea. At the same time, it can also avoid accidentally catching innocent marine life. After actual testing at sea, Jenny can salvage plastics with a minimum diameter of 1 cm. Glue trash. This technology can recycle garbage floating in the middle of the sea. It operates at sea for 120 hours and can clean up 8.2 tons of plastic in the sea. However, compared with the amount of garbage flowing into major oceans, the amount of marine garbage cleaned up by this technology is pitiful. And because Jenny Fuel vessels must be used for pulling, which makes the salvage process not only expensive, but also produces a large amount of carbon emissions. It is expensive and the carbon emissions are not enough.

Faced with such a huge migration of floating garbage, it has seriously affected the life of the global ocean. Diversity has also invaded fishery operating areas. If it only increases without decreasing, the entire marine ecosystem and human economic activities will be severely impacted. The design technology claimed by the currently used marine garbage ships or ocean cleaning machines can no longer meet the technological requirements. and market demand. For this reason, in view of various problems in conventional techniques, in order to solve them simultaneously, it is necessary to develop a set of inventions that can protect the original ecology of the ocean and also achieve reporting and processing of floating objects through effective identification technology.

The main purpose of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned problems encountered in the conventional art and to provide Provides an image capture module assembled on an unmanned vehicle at sea, supplemented by image recognition, so that the vehicle can identify marine garbage in the environment, notify the location of the garbage, and notify relevant units to go to large garbage gathering areas for disposal. It is effectively used The marine garbage detection function can automatically avoid the original ecological environment, avoid environmental damage, and reduce the burden of marine pollution on the environment.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention is a marine scavenger device, which includes: a sea scavenger The unmanned vehicle on the sea includes an image capture module that captures images of the environment; and a processing mechanism that is located in the unmanned vehicle at sea and is electrically connected to the image capture module. The acquisition module can receive the image of the environment captured by the image acquisition module. The processing mechanism includes a control module, a marine debris identification module, a positioning module, and a message notification module. The The control module is electrically connected to the marine debris identification module, the positioning module and the message notification module. The marine debris identification module receives the image in the environment and identifies the marine debris in the image. The positioning module targets the The marine debris collects real-time location information of the current location of the marine unmanned vehicle, and the message notification module sends a notification message containing the real-time location information to a remote control center.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the image capturing module is a camera.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the image is a photo, a video, or a combination thereof.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the marine debris identification module is a module for identifying marine debris. Neural network model.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the positioning module is a Global Positioning System (Global Positioning System). Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), or Real Time Kinematic (RTK), the message notification module is Ethernet, 4G, 5G, or wireless satellite At least one communication device for communication.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the real-time location information is GPS information, GLONASS information, or RTK information.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the message notification module uses the message type of LINE The notification message is sent to the remote control center using the message format of Facebook Messenger, IG message format, text message (SMS) or email (e-mail).

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the maritime unmanned vehicle further includes a button. The button is electrically connected to the processing mechanism and is used to press to start/stop the detection action of the maritime unmanned vehicle.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the maritime unmanned vehicle further includes a light emitting module Set, the light-emitting module is electrically connected to the processing mechanism, and is used to receive a light-emitting instruction from the processing mechanism, and when the maritime unmanned vehicle is in any state of starting, detecting marine debris, or detecting real-time location information , producing constant light or flashing light.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the maritime unmanned vehicle further includes a display module set, the display module is electrically connected to the processing mechanism, and is used to receive a playback instruction from the processing mechanism, and When the unmanned vehicle at sea is activated, detecting marine debris, or detecting real-time location information , the corresponding status is displayed simultaneously.

Please refer to "Figure 1 and Figure 2", which are the structures of embodiments of the present invention respectively. Schematic diagram, and block diagram of the present invention. As shown in the figure: the present invention is a marine scavenger device, which consists of a maritime unmanned vehicle 1 and a processing mechanism 2.

The above-mentioned maritime unmanned vehicle 1 includes an image capture module 11, a button Button 12, a light-emitting module 13 and a display module 14. Among them, the image capturing module 11, the button 12, the light emitting module 13 and the display module 14 are electrically connected to the processing mechanism 2.

The processing mechanism 2 is located in the maritime unmanned vehicle 1. The processing agency 2 includes equipment There is a control module 21, a marine debris identification module 22, a positioning module 23, and a message notification module 24. Among them, the control module 21 is electrically connected to the marine garbage identification module 22, the positioning module 23 and the message notification module 24. In this way, a brand new ocean scavenger device is constructed through the structure disclosed above.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the shadow provided by the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 The image capture module 11 is a camera, the light-emitting module 13 is a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) lamps of different light colors, and the display module 14 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the marine garbage disposed in the treatment mechanism 2 The garbage identification module 22 is a neural network model for identifying marine garbage. The positioning module 23 can provide global positioning Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), or Real Time Kinematic (RTK), and the message notification module 24 can be an Ethernet, At least one communication equipment of 4G, 5G, or wireless satellite communication.

When the present invention is in use, the user only needs to press and set it on the maritime unmanned vehicle The button 12 on the outer surface of 1 can directly activate or deactivate the detection action of the maritime unmanned vehicle 1. After activation, the image capture module 11 of the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 can capture images of the environment. The images can be photos, videos, or a combination thereof. The processing mechanism 2 is then used to receive the image capture module 11 to capture the image in the environment, and the marine debris identification module 22 receives the image in the environment and identifies the marine debris in the image, and the positioning module 23 can collect real-time location information of the current location of the marine unmanned vehicle 1 for the marine garbage. The real-time location information can be GPS information, GLONASS information, or RTK information, and the message notification module 24 sends a message containing A notification message of the real-time location information is sent to a remote control center 3; for example, the message notification module 24 The notification message can be sent to the remote control center 3 using the message format of LINE, the message format of Facebook Messenger, the message format of IG, text message (SMS) or email (e-mail). In this way, the image capture module 11 (such as a camera) is installed on the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 to supplement the image recognition, so that the vehicle can identify marine garbage in the environment, notify the location of the garbage, and notify relevant units to go to large-scale The effective marine garbage detection function can be used to deal with garbage gathering areas, which can automatically avoid the original ecology, avoid environmental damage, and reduce the burden of marine pollution on the environment.

This invention collects various image samples of six major categories of marine garbage: Photograph the condition and object characteristics of plastic bottles, glass bottles, waste paper (including disposable paper tableware, take-out drink cups, etc.), plastic (including disposable plastic tableware, plastic straws, plastic containers, etc.), plastic bags, and others (Fishing floats, fishing nets and fishing gear, etc.) and many other images of marine debris. Build a neural network model, use intelligent model training to identify six categories of marine debris images, and integrate the neural network model into the processing mechanism 20% Marine garbage identification module 22.

During the above operation, the light-emitting module 13 of the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 will receive the One of the lighting instructions of the management organization 2 generates constant light or flashing light when the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 is started, detects marine debris, or detects real-time location information. For example, the light-emitting model Group 13 can include operating lights, search lights and positioning lights. When the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 is started by pressing button 12, the lighting module 13 will illuminate with operating lights (such as red light). When searching, When marine debris is found, the search light will shine and flash (such as green light flashing). When locating, the positioning light will shine and flash (such as yellow light flashing). Moreover, the display module 14 of the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 will receive a playback command from the processing mechanism 2, and the maritime unmanned vehicle 1 will perform any of the above states of starting, detecting marine debris, or detecting real-time location information. , the corresponding status is displayed simultaneously.

To sum up, the present invention is a marine scavenger device that can effectively improve the conventional Due to these shortcomings, the image capture module is assembled on an unmanned vehicle at sea and supplemented by image recognition, so that the vehicle can identify marine garbage in the environment, notify the location of the garbage, and notify relevant units to go to large garbage gathering areas for disposal. The effective marine garbage detection function can automatically avoid the original ecology, avoid environmental damage, and reduce the burden of marine pollution on the environment, thereby making the invention more advanced, more practical, and more in line with the needs of users. The requirements for invention patent application have indeed been met and the patent application must be filed in accordance with the law.

However, the above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and should not be limited thereto. The scope of implementation of the present invention; therefore, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made based on the patent scope of the present invention and the content of the invention specification should still be within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

Maritime unmanned vehicle 1 Image capture module 11 Button 12 Light-emitting module 13 Display module 14 Processing agency 2 Control module 21 Marine garbage identification module 22 Positioning module 23 Message notification module 24 Remote control center 3

Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a block diagram of the present invention.

Maritime unmanned vehicle 1 Image capture module 11 Button 12 Light-emitting module 13 Display module 14 Processing agency 2 Control module 21 Marine garbage identification module 22 Positioning module 23 Message notification module 24 Remote control center 3

Claims (10)

A marine scavenger device includes: An unmanned maritime vehicle, which includes an image capture module that captures images of the environment; and A processing mechanism, which is installed in the maritime unmanned vehicle and is electrically connected to the image capture module, and can receive images of the environment captured by the image capture module. The processing mechanism includes a control module, A marine debris identification module, a positioning module, and a message notification module. The control module is electrically connected to the marine debris identification module, the positioning module, and the message notification module. The marine debris identification module Receive images in the environment and identify marine debris in the image. The positioning module collects real-time location information about the current location of the maritime unmanned vehicle for the marine debris, and the message notifies the module to send a message containing the real-time location information. A notification message to a remote control center. According to the ocean scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application, the image capturing module is a camera. According to the marine scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application scope, the image is a photo, a video or a combination thereof. According to the ocean scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application, the ocean garbage identification module is a neural network model for identifying ocean garbage. The ocean scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application, wherein the positioning module is a Global Positioning System (GPS), a Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), or real-time dynamic positioning Technology (Real Time Kinematic, RTK), the message notification module is at least one communication device of Ethernet, 4G, 5G, or wireless satellite communication. According to the marine scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application scope, the real-time The location information is GPS information, GLONASS information, or RTK information. According to the ocean scavenger device described in Item 1 of the patent application, the message notification module uses the message format of LINE, the message format of Facebook Messenger, the message format of IG, text message (SMS) or Email (e-mail) sends the notification message to the remote control center. According to the marine scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application, the maritime unmanned vehicle further includes a button, which is electrically connected to the processing mechanism and used to press to start/stop the maritime unmanned vehicle. detection action. According to the marine scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application scope, the maritime unmanned vehicle further includes a light-emitting module electrically connected to the processing mechanism for receiving a light emitting from the processing mechanism. command, and when the maritime unmanned vehicle is in any state of starting up, detecting marine debris, or detecting real-time location information, it will produce constant light or flashing light. According to the marine scavenger device described in item 1 of the patent application, the maritime unmanned vehicle further includes a display module, the display module is electrically connected to the processing mechanism, and is used to receive a broadcast from the processing mechanism command, and when the maritime unmanned vehicle is in any of the states of starting up, detecting marine debris, or detecting real-time location information, the corresponding state is displayed simultaneously.

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