TWM627656U - Automatic sprinkler irrigation system - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation discloses an automatic sprinkler irrigation system, which is a sprinkler irrigation system that uses an automatic remote control method to improve the efficiency of water conservancy irrigation in crop planting areas. This creation includes a master station controller and at least one slave station controller; thus, this creation mainly focuses on Through the hardware design of the master station controller and a plurality of slave station controllers operating together, it effectively provides users with the mobile communication module they have to remotely control each of the crops located in the crop area to be irrigated through the master station controller. The slave station controller is used to carry out water conservancy irrigation operations in various crop areas, and can simultaneously detect various environmental parameters, which indeed achieves the main advantages of energy saving, time saving, remote control and automation.

Description

Automatic Sprinkler Irrigation System

This creation is about an automatic sprinkler irrigation system, especially a sprinkler irrigation system that uses an automatic remote control method to improve the efficiency of water conservancy irrigation in crop planting areas.

According to statistics from the Water Resources Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan's water resources planning shows that agricultural water accounts for about 71.3% of Taiwan's total water consumption, of which irrigation water accounts for about 91.2% of agricultural water use, of which irrigation water for paddy fields accounts for about 71.3% of the total. It is estimated that the irrigation water for paddy fields accounts for about 50% of the total water consumption in Taiwan. Nowadays, due to environmental pollution problems, urbanization effects, indiscriminate cultivation and deforestation, and changes in rainfall patterns, With less and less water resources available in China, how to respond to natural climate change is a global issue that must be faced together.

In order to ensure that the crops on the farmland can be irrigated by irrigation water to prolong their life, the current farmland will be divided into several areas, and each area will be set up with corresponding irrigation systems, and the purpose of water supply will be achieved by artificial means; Negligence often causes duplication or omission of water supply, which causes problems in the growth of crops in the district and seriously affects the harvest of crops; therefore, how to effectively solve the problems of duplication or omission of water supply in districts through innovative hardware design, It can monitor the irrigation efficiency of crop planting areas through the cloud, which is a problem that developers and related researchers of crop irrigation and other related industries need to continuously strive to overcome and solve.

The reason is that the creator, with the help of his rich professional knowledge and years of practical experience, has improved and created an automatic sprinkler irrigation system, the purpose of which is to provide an automatic remote control method to improve the crop planting area. The sprinkler irrigation system for water conservancy irrigation operation efficiency is mainly based on the hardware design of the master station controller and a plurality of slave station controllers operating together, effectively providing users with the mobile communication module they own. Remote control of each slave controller located in the crop area to be irrigated to carry out water conservancy irrigation operations in each crop area, and can simultaneously detect various environmental parameters, which can truly monitor the irrigation efficiency of crop planting areas through the cloud, as well as energy saving, Key advantages such as time saving and automation.

According to the purpose of this creation, an automatic sprinkler irrigation system is proposed, which is arranged near a water storage tank. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system includes at least one master station controller and at least one slave station controller; the master station controller includes a first controller. a module, a first antenna electrically connected to the first control module and transmitting a signal, a first pipeline connected to the water storage tank, and a first pipeline respectively assembled on the first pipeline and electrically connected to the first control module The motor module and the first valve of the set; the slave station controller includes a second control module, a second antenna electrically connected to the second control module and receiving the signal of the first antenna, and a second antenna connected to the first control module. The second pipeline of the pipeline, a set of second valves arranged on the second pipeline and electrically connected to the second control module, and at least one spray head arranged on the second pipeline and communicated with it.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the slave station controller is correspondingly disposed near the crop planting area to be irrigated.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first antenna is electrically connected to a mobile communication module including a display screen through a wireless communication protocol.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless communication protocol is a Bluetooth wireless communication module, a Wi-Fi wireless communication module, a WiMAX wireless communication module, a Zigbee wireless communication module, an NB-Iot narrowband Internet of Things network, a One of the four-generation mobile communication technology or the fifth-generation mobile communication technology or a combination of the two or more.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication module is one of devices such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a desktop computer.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first antenna can be further electrically connected to the second antenna through a wireless communication protocol.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first control module may be further provided with a display interface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the master station controller may further include at least one first sensor electrically connected to the first control module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first sensor is one or both of a temperature sensor, a flow sensor, a rain sensor, a light sensor, or a soil moisture sensor. a combination of the above.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the slave controller may further include at least one second sensor electrically connected to the second control module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second sensor is a soil temperature/humidity sensor.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the master station controller may further include at least one power module electrically connected to the first control module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the power module is one of a solar module or a mains module or a combination of the two.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the water storage tank can be further provided with a third sensor.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the third sensor is a liquid level sensor electrically connected to the mobile communication module to sense the water level of the irrigation water in the water storage tank.

Therefore, the automatic sprinkler irrigation system of this creation is mainly based on the hardware design of the master station controller and a plurality of slave station controllers that work together, effectively providing users with the mobile communication module they own. The remote control of each slave controller located in the crop area to be irrigated can perform water conservancy irrigation operations in each crop area, and can simultaneously detect various environmental parameters, which can truly monitor the irrigation efficiency of crop planting areas through the cloud and save energy. , time saving and automation.

In order to help the examiners to understand the technical features, content and advantages of this creation and the effects that can be achieved, this creation is hereby combined with the accompanying drawings, and is described in detail as follows in the form of embodiment. The subject matter is only for illustration and auxiliary instructions, and may not necessarily be the real proportion and precise configuration after the implementation of this creation. Therefore, the proportion and configuration relationship of the attached drawings should not be interpreted or limited to the scope of rights of this creation in actual implementation. Together first to describe.

First, please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of the overall system setup of a preferred embodiment of the automatic sprinkler irrigation system of the present invention, wherein the automatic sprinkler irrigation system (1) of the present invention is set near a water storage tank (2), and The automatic sprinkler irrigation system (1) is composed of at least one master station controller (11), at least one slave station controller (12) and a mobile communication module (13); in addition, the slave station controller ( 12) is correspondingly arranged in the vicinity of the crop planting area (4) to be irrigated (as shown in Figure 4); furthermore, the water storage tank (2) is provided with a third sensor (21), wherein the The three sensors (21) are liquid level sensors electrically connected to a mobile communication module (13) owned by a user, and are used to sense the water level in the water storage tank (2). When the liquid level sensor of the sensor (21) senses that the water level in the water storage tank (2) is lower than a threshold value, the third sensor (21) transmits a warning signal to the mobile communication module A group (13) is used to remind the user of relevant warnings; therefore, the automatic sprinkler irrigation system (1) of the present creation is mainly based on the synchronization of the master station controller (11) and a plurality of slave station controllers (12). The operating hardware design effectively provides the user with the mobile communication module (13) possessed by the master station controller (11) to remotely control each slave station controller (12) located in the crop area to be irrigated, so as to It can carry out water conservancy irrigation operations in various crop areas, and can simultaneously detect various environmental parameters, which can indeed achieve the main advantages of monitoring the irrigation efficiency of crop planting areas through the cloud, as well as energy saving, time saving and automation. Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the water storage tank (2) is any water storage tank such as a water reservoir or a water well.

Please also refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the master station controller of a preferred embodiment of the automatic sprinkler irrigation system, wherein the master station controller (11) is composed of at least a first control module (111). ), a first antenna (112), a first pipeline (113), a motor module (114), a first valve (115), a plurality of first sensors (116) and a power module A group (117) is assembled, wherein the first antenna (112) is electrically connected to the first control module (111) for transmitting the signal from the first control module (111) to the outside, Or used to receive signals from the outside and transmit to the first control module (111), the first pipeline (113) is connected to the water storage tank (2) for receiving irrigation from the water storage tank (2) water, and the motor module (114) and the first valve (115) in the form of an electronic valve are respectively assembled on the first pipeline (113) and electrically connected to the first control module A group (111), wherein the first control module (111) controls the opening and closing of the motor module (114) and the first valve (115), when the first control module (111) instructs the motor module (111) When the group (114) and the first valve (115) are opened, the motor module (114) extracts the irrigation water in the water storage tank (2) and transmits it to the slave station via the first pipeline (113) The second line (123) of the controller (12).

In addition, the first sensor (116) is electrically connected to the first control module (111), wherein the first sensor (116) is a temperature sensor (1161), a flow sensor ( 1162), a rain sensor (1163), a light sensor (1164) or a soil moisture sensor (1165), etc., one of the sensors or a combination of the two or more; a preferred embodiment of this creation is Among them, the first sensor (116) may be a temperature sensor (1161) used to sense ambient temperature, or the first sensor (116) may be used to sense the first pipeline ( 113) the flow sensor (1162) of the irrigation water flow, or the first sensor (116) may be a rain sensor (1163) for sensing the rainfall of the environment, or the first sensor (116) may be a light sensor (1164) for sensing the brightness of sunlight in the environment, or the first sensor (116) may be a soil moisture sensor (1164) inserted into the soil to sense soil moisture 1165), when the environmental parameter sensed by the above-mentioned first sensor (116) is different from the preset threshold value, the first control module (111) starts a necessary procedure, for example: when the soil moisture When the soil moisture or temperature sensed by the sensor (1165) is less than a threshold value, the first control module (111) starts a soil watering action; in addition, the first sensor (116) can also The collected environmental information is transmitted to the mobile communication module (13) through the first control module (111) to provide the user for analysis and use.

Furthermore, the power module (117) is electrically connected to the first control module (111) to provide the first control module (111), even the motor module (114), the first valve (115) The power required for the operation of the overall automatic sprinkler irrigation system (1), wherein the power module (117) is one of a solar module or a mains module or a combination of the two; In a preferred embodiment, the power module (117) is a solar module, and the solar module can convert solar energy into electrical energy to provide the first control module (111), the motor module (114) ), the first valve (115), and even the power required for the operation of the entire automated sprinkler system (1).

Please also refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the slave station controller of a preferred embodiment of the automatic sprinkler irrigation system of the present creation, wherein the slave station controller (12) disposed near the crop planting area to be irrigated is at least A second control module (121), a second antenna (122), a second pipeline (123), a second valve (124), at least one nozzle (125) and a second sensor (126) is assembled, wherein the second antenna (122) is electrically connected to the second control module (121) and receives the signal from the first antenna (112), and the second pipeline ( 123) is connected to the first pipeline (113) for receiving irrigation water from the first pipeline (113), and a second valve (124) represented by an electronic valve is assembled in the second pipeline The second control module (121) is electrically connected to the pipeline (123), and a plurality of nozzles (125) are also arranged on the second pipeline (123), wherein the second control module (121) controls The opening and closing of the second valve (124), when the second control module (121) instructs the second valve (124) to open, the second pipeline of the irrigation water system from the first pipeline (113) (123) to also irrigate crops near the slave station controller (12) through the sprinklers (125); in addition, the second sensor (126) is electrically connected to the second control module (121) ), wherein the second sensor (126) is a soil moisture sensor for detecting soil moisture, and when the soil moisture or temperature is lower than a critical value, the second sensor (126) transmits a The demand signal is sent to the second control module (121), and the second control module (121) sends the demand signal to the first antenna (112) from the second antenna (122), and the first antenna (112) sends the demand signal to the first antenna (112). The antenna (112) transmits the demand signal to the first control module (111), so that the motor module (114) and the first valve (115) are activated by the first control module (111), so as to be controlled by the first control module (111) The motor module (114) draws the irrigation water in the water storage tank (2) for watering.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 1, the mobile communication module (13) includes a display screen (131), and is electrically connected to the first antenna (112) through a wireless communication protocol (3), wherein The wireless communication protocol (3) is a Bluetooth wireless communication module, a Wi-Fi wireless communication module, a WiMAX wireless communication module, a Zigbee wireless communication module, an NB-Iot narrowband Internet of Things circuit, and a fourth-generation mobile communication technology. One of the wireless communication protocols, or the fifth generation mobile communication technology, or a combination of two or more, and the mobile communication module (13) is one of a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a desktop computer. A device; in addition, the first antenna (112) is also electrically connected to the second antenna (122) through the wireless communication protocol (3).

That is to say, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication module (13) having a display screen (131) and presented in the form of a smart phone adopts the fourth-generation mobile communication technology or the fifth-generation mobile communication technology. The wireless communication protocol (3) of the mobile communication technology is electrically connected to the first antenna (112), and the first antenna (112) is also connected to the wireless communication protocol of the fourth generation mobile communication technology or the fifth generation mobile communication technology ( 3) The second antenna (122) is electrically connected, and the user who owns the mobile communication module (13) of the smart phone can control the host in the application (Application, APP for short) in the smart phone; The station controller (11), that is, the smart phone transmits a driving signal to the first antenna (112) of the main station controller (11), and the first antenna (112) then transmits the driving signal To the first control module (111), the first control module (111) drives and opens the motor module (114) and the first valve (115), and then the first antenna (112) ) transmits the drive signal to the second antenna (122), and the second antenna (122) transmits the drive signal to the second control module (121) to drive and open the second valve (124) ), the motor module (114) starts to draw the irrigation water in the water storage tank (2), and the irrigation water reaches the crops to be irrigated through the first pipeline (113) and the second pipeline (123) Planting area to irrigate the crop growing area.

Please refer to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 together, which are the overall system setting plan of the second preferred embodiment of the automatic sprinkler irrigation system, and the overall system setting schematic diagram, wherein the user can irrigate the crop planting area to be irrigated. (4) Divide into a plurality of sub-areas (41), as shown in Fig. 5, divide the crop planting area (4) into 16 sub-areas (41), which are A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, There are 16 sub-areas (41) including B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3 and D4, wherein each of the sub-areas (41) is provided with a corresponding slave controller (12), and The slave controllers (12) are electrically connected to a master controller (11), and the user can control the master controller (11) by using an application (APP) built in a smartphone he owns ), that is, the smart phone transmits a driving signal to the first antenna (112) of the main station controller (11), and the first antenna (112) then transmits the driving signal to the first control A module (111), the first control module (111) drives and opens the motor module (114) and the first valve (115), and the first antenna (112) transmits the driving signal to the second antenna (122), the second antenna (122) then transmits the driving signal to the second control module (121) to drive and open the second valve (124), then the motor The module (114) starts to extract the irrigation water in the water storage tank (2), and the irrigation water reaches the crop planting area (4) to be irrigated through the first pipeline (113) and the second pipeline (123) The corresponding sub-area (41) is used to irrigate the crop planting area (4) by partition; in addition, the display interface (1111) set by the first control module (111) or the display screen of the mobile communication module (13) (131) The crop planting area (4) in Fig. 5 can be displayed on the top, and the user can select any sub-area (41) of the crop planting area (4) for irrigation, for example: when the sub-area (41) of A1 When the soil temperature/humidity sensor of the second sensor (126) of ) senses that the soil humidity or temperature of the sub-area (41) is too low, it will be displayed on the display interface (1111) or the display screen (131) ) displays a warning signal, the user can select and start the irrigation operation of the sub-area (41) of A1 on the display interface (1111) or the display screen (131), then start the master station controller (11) and the The slave controller (12) of the sub-area (41) of A1 is to irrigate the crop planting area of the sub-area (41) of A1 alone. Further, the slave station controller (12) is provided with a plurality of second pipelines (123), and a plurality of spray heads (125) are arranged on the second pipeline (123), wherein the second pipeline ( 123) is connected to the first pipeline (113) for receiving irrigation water from the first pipeline (113), and when the second control module (121) instructs the second valve (124) to open , in the second pipeline (123) of the irrigation water system from the first pipeline (113), to also irrigate crops near the slave station controller (12) through the sprinklers (125), thereby passing through the irrigation The water reaches the crop planting area to be irrigated through the first pipeline (113) and the second pipeline (123), so as to irrigate the crop planting area.

As can be seen from the above implementation description, compared with the prior art and products, this creation has the following advantages:

1. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system of this creation is mainly based on the hardware design of the master station controller and a plurality of slave station controllers that work together, effectively providing users with the mobile communication module they own. Remote control of each slave controller located in the crop area to be irrigated to carry out water conservancy irrigation operations in each crop area, and can simultaneously detect various environmental parameters, which can truly monitor the irrigation efficiency of crop planting areas through the cloud, as well as energy saving, Key advantages such as time saving and automation.

To sum up, the automatic sprinkler irrigation system of this creation can indeed achieve the expected use effect through the above disclosed embodiments, and this creation has not been disclosed before the application, since it fully complies with the provisions and requirements of the Patent Law . It is indeed a virtue to file an application for a new type of patent in accordance with the law.

However, the illustrations and descriptions disclosed above are only the preferred embodiments of this creation, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of this creation; those who are familiar with the art may, based on the characteristics of this creation, make other Equivalent changes or modifications should be regarded as not departing from the design scope of this creation.

(1): Automatic sprinkler irrigation system

(11): Master Controller

(111): the first control module

(1111): Display interface

(112): First Antenna

(113): first pipeline

(114):Motor Module

(115): First valve

(116): first sensor

(1161): Temperature Sensor

(1162): Flow Sensor

(1163): Rain Sensor

(1164): Light Sensor

(1165): Soil Moisture Sensor

(117): Power Module

(12): Slave Controller

(121): the second control module

(122): Second Antenna

(123): Second pipeline

(124): Second valve

(125): Sprinkler

(126): Second Sensor

(13): Mobile communication module

(131): Display screen

(2): Water storage tank

(21): Third sensor

(3): Wireless communication protocol

(4): Crop Planting Area

(41): sub area

Figure 1: Schematic diagram of the overall system setup of a preferred embodiment of the automated sprinkler irrigation system of the present invention Figure 2: Schematic diagram of the master station controller set up in a preferred embodiment of the automated sprinkler irrigation system of the present invention Figure 3: Schematic diagram of the slave controller setting of a preferred embodiment of the automatic sprinkler irrigation system of the present creation Figure 4: The overall system setting plan of the second preferred embodiment of the automatic sprinkler irrigation system of this creation Figure 5: Schematic diagram of the overall system setup of the second preferred embodiment of the automated sprinkler irrigation system of the present invention

(1): Automatic sprinkler irrigation system

(11): Master Controller

(12): Slave Controller

(13): Mobile communication module

(131): Display screen

(2): Water storage tank

(3): Wireless communication protocol

Claims (15)

An automatic sprinkler irrigation system is arranged near a water storage tank (2). The automatic sprinkler irrigation system (1) includes at least: a master station controller (11), including a first control module (111), a a first antenna (112) electrically connected to the first control module (111) and transmitting a signal, a first pipeline (113) connected to the water storage tank (2), and a first pipe (113) respectively assembled in the first A pipeline (113) is electrically connected to the motor module (114) of the first control module (111) and the first valve (115); and at least one slave controller (12) includes a first Two control modules (121), a second antenna (122) electrically connected to the second control module (121) and receiving the signal of the first antenna (112), a second antenna (122) connected to the first pipeline ( 113) a second pipeline (123), a set of second valves (124) arranged on the second pipeline (123) and electrically connected to the second control module (121), and at least one valve (124) arranged on the second pipeline (123) and electrically connected to the second control module (121). A spray head (125) on and communicating with the second pipeline (123). The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 1, wherein the slave station controller (12) is correspondingly disposed near at least one crop planting area (4) to be irrigated. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first antenna (112) is electrically connected to a mobile communication module (13) including a display screen (131) through a wireless communication protocol (3) . The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 3, wherein the wireless communication protocol (3) is a Bluetooth wireless communication module, a Wi-Fi wireless communication module, a WiMAX wireless communication module, an NB-Iot narrowband Internet of Things network, One or a combination of Zigbee wireless communication module, fourth-generation mobile communication technology or fifth-generation mobile communication technology. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 3, wherein the mobile communication module (13) is one of a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or a desktop computer. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system of claim 3, wherein the first antenna (112) is further electrically connected to the second antenna (122) through the wireless communication protocol (3). The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 1, wherein the first control module (111) is further provided with a display interface (1111). The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 1, wherein the main station controller (11) further comprises at least one first sensor (116) electrically connected to the first control module (111). The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 8, wherein the first sensor (116) is a temperature sensor (1161), a flow sensor (1162), a rain sensor (1163), a light sensor one of the sensor (1164) or the soil moisture sensor (1165) or a combination of both. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 1, wherein the slave controller (12) further comprises at least one second sensor (126) electrically connected to the second control module (121). The automated sprinkler irrigation system of claim 10, wherein the second sensor (126) is a soil temperature/humidity sensor. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 1, wherein the main station controller (11) further comprises at least one power module (117) electrically connected to the first control module (111). The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 12, wherein the power module (117) is one of a solar module or a mains module or a combination of both. The automatic sprinkler irrigation system according to claim 1, wherein the water storage tank (2) is further provided with a third sensor (21). The automatic sprinkler irrigation system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first antenna (112) is electrically connected to a mobile communication module including a display screen (131) through a wireless communication protocol (3) (13); and the third sensor (21) is a liquid level sensor electrically connected to the mobile communication module (13) to sense the water level of the irrigation water in the water storage tank (2).

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