KR20160061501A - Multipurpose circumstance control type smart cultivating device and crop transaction system - Google Patents

Abstract

A multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus and a commodity crop transaction system are disclosed. The multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a cultivation frame having a multi-layer structure in which at least one cultivation cell capable of cultivating crops is partitioned in a sealed state; And a control unit for individually controlling the internal environment of the plurality of cultivation cells according to the current internal environment information of the cultivation cell, wherein the cultivation cell is further provided with an internal temperature, humidity, air pressure, fine dust concentration, A sensing unit for acquiring at least one of environmental information of oxygen concentration and transmitting the environmental information to the control unit; A camera for capturing an internal image of the cultivation cell and transmitting the internal image to the control unit; A ventilation part for controlling the exhaust of the inside air and the inflow of outside air according to the individual control of the control part to change the fine dust concentration, the carbon dioxide concentration, the oxygen concentration or the air pressure; A hot water nozzle, and a cold air nozzle, which are connected to the water supply unit, the heater, and the cooler, respectively, so that the water, the hot air, and the cold air supply amount are adjusted to change the temperature and humidity according to the individual control of the control unit.

Description

[0002] Multipurpose circumstance control type smart cultivating device and crop transaction system [

The present invention relates to a multipurpose environment-controlled smart cultivation apparatus and a commodity crop transaction system.

The demand for cultivation of environmentally friendly crops is increasing as the interest in food is increasing under the environment where the chemical fertilizer is used in order to pollute the soil and promote the growth due to industrial development.

In the case of agriculture-related IT technology, a system for controlling and monitoring temperature and / or humidity has been developed. However, the construction cost of the system is expensive and applied only to a large-scale complex-type temperature and humidity control or monitoring system.

In the case of home-grown crops, most of them are LED-type products that simply provide cultivation or are unable to control themselves.

In Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0112453 (domestic vegetable growing apparatus), white light LED suitable for inducing red color expression of red vegetable can be eliminated as an artificial light, so that the value of vegetables grown at home can be easily There has also been disclosed a household vegetable growing apparatus designed to improve the quality of the vegetable.

However, in the case of LED-mounted products, artificial light that appears to be the same brightness as a human eye may have a very large effect on the crop depending on the wavelength, It is often difficult to cultivate.

The effects of the crops on the wavelength are as follows.

The above-described background technology is technical information that the inventor holds for the derivation of the present invention or acquired in the process of deriving the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public prior to the filing of the present invention.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2013-0112453

The present invention monitors the indoor environment of a closed cultivation cell in various aspects and provides cultivation information of each crop to data, thereby controlling warm air, cold air and water separately for each cultivation cell and adjusting the internal air pressure to the crop environment The present invention provides a multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus capable of providing a cultivation environment at a level similar to that of a local environment.

The present invention is intended to provide a commodity crop transaction system that can provide real-time growth information through a network in the case of a popular commodity crop, as opposed to merely cultivating commodity crops at home in a self-sufficient manner.

Other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multi-layered cultivation frame in which at least one cultivation cell capable of growing commodity crops is partitioned in a sealed state in one layer; And a control unit for individually controlling the internal environment of the plurality of cultivation cells according to the current internal environment information of the cultivation cell, wherein the cultivation cell is further provided with an internal temperature, humidity, air pressure, fine dust concentration, A sensing unit for acquiring at least one of environmental information of oxygen concentration and transmitting the environmental information to the control unit; A camera for capturing an internal image of the cultivation cell and transmitting the internal image to the control unit; A ventilation part for controlling the exhaust of the inside air and the inflow of outside air according to the individual control of the control part to change the fine dust concentration, the carbon dioxide concentration, the oxygen concentration or the air pressure; A hot water nozzle, and a cold air nozzle, which are connected to the water supply unit, the heater, and the cooler, respectively, and change the temperature, humidity, and the water supply amount according to the individual control of the control unit. A multipurpose environment controlled smart cultivation apparatus is provided.

Wherein the control unit estimates a growth stage of the crop product by comparing the result of analyzing the internal image with an image of each stage of growth of the product crop stored in the database to determine whether the internal environment of the product cell is suitable for the estimated growth step The water nozzle, the hot air nozzle, and the cold air nozzle to control the operation of at least one of the ventilation unit, the water nozzle, the hot air nozzle, and the cold air nozzle.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity crop transaction system for connecting a consumer and a producer for a commodity crop transaction, wherein a plurality of cultivation cells capable of cultivating a commodity crop are partitioned in a closed state, A device; Updating the product crop cultivation-related data including the internal environment information and the internal image acquired by the smart cultivation apparatus to the product crop online shopping mall and updating the cultivation cells in which the crop product corresponding to the product crop information input through the consumer terminal is grown And a mediation server for providing a list of cultivation cells containing identification information to the consumer terminal and requesting immediate purchase or reservation purchase of the crops cultivated in the cultivation cell selected from the cultivation cell list from the consumer terminal,

Wherein the smart cultivation apparatus comprises: a cultivation frame having a multi-layer structure in which at least one cultivation cell capable of growing the commodity crops is partitioned in a sealed state; And a control unit for individually controlling the internal environment of the plurality of cultivation cells according to the current internal environment information of the cultivation cell, wherein the cultivation cell is further provided with an internal temperature, humidity, air pressure, fine dust concentration, A sensing unit for acquiring at least one of environmental information of oxygen concentration and transmitting the environmental information to the control unit; A camera for capturing an internal image of the cultivation cell and transmitting the internal image to the control unit; A ventilation part for controlling the discharge of the inside air and the inflow of the outside air according to the individual control of the control part; Wherein a water nozzle, a hot air nozzle, and a cold air nozzle for adjusting water supply, hot air, and cold air supply amount are provided according to individual control of the control unit.

The mediating server distributes each of the plurality of cultivating cells to consumers, and when the commodity crop corresponding to the commodity crop information to be cultivated in the pre-cultivated cultivating cell inputted through the consumer terminal corresponding to the pre- And cultivating the crops in the pre-cultivated cultivation cell may be performed through automatic environment control or direct environment control through the consumer terminal.

In the case of the direct environment control method, the mediating server scales or grades at least one of the adequacy of the control command related to the cultivation of the crop, the growth rate of the crop of the crop in the cultivation cell, the size of the cultivated crop, So that a plurality of consumers can be ranked.

Other aspects, features, and advantages will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the indoor environment of the closed cultivation cell is monitored in various aspects, and the cultivation information of each crop is provided as data, thereby individually controlling warm air, cold air and water for each cultivation cell, It is possible to provide the cultivation environment that is the most similar level to the local environment by adjusting it to the crop environment.

In addition, unlike conventional crops that were simply grown in the self-sufficiency form at home, popular crops have the effect of providing real-time growth information through the network and selling them.

1 is a three-dimensional perspective view of a multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the multipurpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus shown in Fig. 1,
3 is a block diagram of a commodity crop transaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Also, the terms " part, "" module," and the like, which are described in the specification, mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

It is to be understood that the components of the embodiments described with reference to the drawings are not limited to the embodiments and may be embodied in other embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is to be understood that although the description is omitted, multiple embodiments may be implemented again in one integrated embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional perspective view of a multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus shown in FIG.

1 and 2 illustrate a multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus 1, a control unit 10, a cultivation frame 30, cultivation cells C1 to C5 (collectively referred to as 'C'), a water nozzle 78a, A ventilation portion 50, a sensing portion 40, a camera 60, a water supply portion 72, a heater 74, a cooler 76, a main line 80, a hot air nozzle 78b, a cold air nozzle 78c, , And sublines 82a through 82e.

The multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention monitors the inside environment of a closed cultivation cell from the outside, and monitors the inside environment of the closed cultivation cell based on the cultivation information about crops to be cultivated for each cultivation cell, Environment control is possible, and customer-to-customer (C2C) transactions are possible by updating information on commodity crops in real time to the intermediary server.

The multi-purpose environmentally controlled smart cultivation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has a multi-layered cultivation frame 30 as a basic framework.

Each layer of the cultivation frame 30 may be composed of one cultivation cell C1 or a plurality of cultivation cells C2 to C4 may be partitioned. Each of the cultivating cells C is a closed space and does not affect the internal environment of the other cultivating cells C adjacent to the upper, lower, right, and left sides.

Commodity crops such as ornamental plants, edible crops and the like may be cultivated in each cultivation cell C, and different commodity crops may be grown for each cultivation cell C.

The sensing unit 40 is provided for each cultivation cell C so that at least one environmental information such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, fine dust concentration, carbon dioxide concentration, and oxygen concentration can be obtained.

In addition, a camera 60 is provided for each cultivation cell C, and the internal image can be obtained periodically or in real time. The obtained internal image is transmitted to the control unit 10 to be described later together with the identification information of the corresponding cultivation cell C or including the identification information.

Further, the ventilation part 50 may be provided for each cultivation cell C. Here, the ventilation part 50 may be a blowing fan.

The ventilation unit 50 can be driven under the control of the control unit 10 to discharge the inside air and introduce outside air to lower the fine dust concentration and to adjust the carbon dioxide concentration and the oxygen concentration to a level suitable for cultivation.

When the ventilation part 50 suppresses the discharge of the internal air under the control of the control part 10 and additionally introduces the external air, the internal air pressure can be increased. On the other hand, when the internal air is discharged and the inflow of external air is suppressed The internal air pressure can be lowered, and the internal air pressure can be also used for adjusting the internal pressure. The adjustment of internal pressure will maximize the cultivation efficiency of highland crops and tropical low-pressure crops.

A water nozzle 78a, a hot air nozzle 78b and a cold air nozzle 78c are provided for each cultivation cell C so that opening and closing are controlled under the control of the control unit 10 so that an appropriate amount of water, The humidity and the temperature of the cultivation cell C can be adjusted to a level suitable for cultivated crops.

The number of nozzles to be installed may be varied depending on the type of crops cultivated in the cultivation cell C. [ For example, the first cultivation cell C1 can be used as a cultivation cell dedicated to highland crops. In this case, the number of the cooling air nozzles 78c is basically larger than the number of the hot air nozzles 78b, The amount of light can be fixed on the basis of In addition, the internal air pressure can be set to a low pressure to provide a constant high mountain zone effect.

The water supply unit 72, the heater 74 and the cooler 76 supply water, hot air, and cold air, respectively, into the cultivation mold 30 through the main line 80.

The main lines 80 are connected to the sub lines 82a to 82e branched to the respective cell C and are connected to the ends of the sub lines 82a to 82e by a water nozzle 78a, a hot air nozzle 78b, And a nozzle 78c is connected.

A valve (not shown) is provided between the main line 80 and the sub lines 82a to 82e so that when the connection with any one of the sub lines 82a to 82e is established, 82e) so that water, hot air, and cold air can be smoothly supplied to each cultivation cell (C) sequentially by sequentially changing the sublines (82a to 82e) to which the connection is established can do.

The control unit 10 receives the environment information acquired by the sensing unit 40 and the internal image acquired by the camera 60 through the wired / wireless network and stores the environment information for each cultivation cell.

Also, the control unit 10 compares the received environment information with the cultivation information stored in advance in the database, and generates and outputs a control signal for appropriately composing the internal environment.

Here, the database may store cultivation information for each crop and a crop image for each growth stage. Cultivation information includes standard data on the temperature, humidity, and illumination required for each growth stage in cultivating the crop.

The crops cultivated in the cultivation cell C are basically identified based on information manually input by the grower, and if necessary, the control unit 10 analyzes the internal image acquired from the camera 60 You can also identify varieties of commodity crops. In this case, if there is an error in the name of the commodity crop which is manually inputted by the grower, the name of the commodity crop can be corrected by the internal image analysis.

In addition, the controller 10 analyzes the internal image acquired by the camera 60 and compares the internal image acquired by the camera 60 with the crop stage image of each crop stored in the database to estimate the growth stage of the crop grown in the corresponding cultivation cell C .

The standard data on cultivation environment conditions suitable for the estimated growth stage is extracted from the cultivation information for each crop and compared with the current internal environment information received from the sensing unit 40, do.

For example, if the humidity is high, the supply of water for a certain period of time may be stopped, and if the humidity is low, the supply of water may be increased. If the temperature is high, it is possible to increase the supply of cold air or reduce the supply of warm air, and if the temperature is low, increase the supply of warm air and decrease the supply of cold air.

The control of the inside environment of the cultivation cell based on the situation recognition in the control unit 10 can be performed individually for each cultivation cell C so that it is possible to cultivate different cultivars for each cultivation cell C. [

Although the control unit 10 automatically controls the internal environment of the cultivating cell C in accordance with the control command input from the control unit 10, And control may be performed.

In addition, the control unit 10 transmits the acquired internal environment information, internal image, and control result to the mediation server of the commodity crop transaction system, updates the commodity crop cultivation related data based on the identification information given to the corresponding cultivator, And sales can be made to consumers through the shopping mall. This will be described in detail with reference to related drawings.

3 is a block diagram of a commodity crop transaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The commodity crop transaction system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a smart cultivation apparatus 1 and a mediation server 110.

The mediation server 110 operates a commodity crop online shopping mall capable of directly connecting consumers and producers for commodity crop transactions.

The mediation server 110 receives data related to crop cultivation from the smart cultivation apparatus 1, updates the database with the database, and shares the corresponding data in the commodity crop online shopping mall.

The crop cultivation-related data includes at least one of the type of crop cultivated in each cultivation cell (C), the cultivation cell internal environment information, the internal image, and the internal environment control result.

The consumer can check the updated crop product cultivation related data in the product crop online shopping mall through the consumer terminal 120 and enter the crop product information to be purchased to select and purchase the crop product suitably cultivated.

In this case, a cultivation cell list including identification information of cultivation cells in which the crop product corresponding to the commodity crop information inputted through the consumer terminal 120 is cultivated is provided, and the cultivation cell list is provided through the consumer terminal 120, It is possible to request the purchase of the cultivated cell that is being cultivated under the desired cultivation environment and to request the purchase of the crop in accordance with the growing stage.

The smart cultivation apparatus 1 includes a plurality of cultivation cells C managed by a producer and each cultivation cell C can be individually controlled. The cultivation cell C can be distributed to the consumer.

That is, when at least one cultivation cell C is sold to the consumer, if the commodity crop to be cultivated in the cultivation cell C is determined by the consumer, the control unit 10 of the smart cultivation apparatus 1 The cultivation can be performed in a state in which the optimum cultivation environment is provided by the automatic environment control.

Alternatively, the automatic environment control may not be performed even after the product crop to be cultivated in the cultivation cell C is determined by the consumer, but the internal environment control may be performed according to the control command input by the consumer through the consumer terminal 120 .

In this case, the user can manually adjust the internal environment such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, and illumination for the crops selected by him or her, so that the user can feel the feeling of the online weekend farm and experience the experience of consuming the crops You can try it.

At this time, the controller 10 may recommend suitable environmental conditions to the consumer according to the internal environment analysis result, so that the consumer can acquire the cultivation technique required for optimal growth of the crop of the commodity selected by the consumer. Here, the quiz related to the cultivated crop can be provided through the consumer terminal 120 prior to the recommendation of the appropriate environmental condition, thereby inducing knowledge of the crop selected by the consumer.

In the case of direct environmental control by a consumer, the appropriateness of control commands related to the cultivation of crops, the rate of growth of crops in the cultivation cells, the size of cultivated crops, freshness and the like are scored or graded, You can rank the consumer. In this case, it is possible to induce competition among consumers and to feel a sense of accomplishment by providing an award such as seed support and fertilizer purchase support to the upper ranker.

The commodity crop transaction system 100 may include a farmer terminal 130 owned by a farmer who sells seeds of different kinds and sells fertilizers and nutrients.

The mediating server 110 grasps the cultivation status of each cultivation cell C and provides the farmer terminal 130 with information on fertilizer and nutrients required in the current growing stage so that the fertilizer And nutrients can be provided so that the problem of excess inventory generation can be solved.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1: Multipurpose environment-controlled smart cultivation device
10: control section 30: cultivation frame
C1 to C5: Growth cell 40:
50: ventilation part 60: camera
72: water supply part 74: heater
76: cooler 80: main line
82a to 82e: Subline 78a: Water nozzle
78b: hot air nozzle 78c: cold air nozzle

Claims (5)

A multi-layered cultivation frame in which at least one cultivation cell capable of cultivating crops in one layer is partitioned in a sealed state; And
And a controller for individually controlling an internal environment of the plurality of cultivation cells according to current internal environment information of the cultivation cell,
In the cultivation cell,
A sensing unit for acquiring environmental information of at least one of internal temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, fine dust concentration, carbon dioxide concentration, and oxygen concentration of the cultivation cell and transmitting the environmental information to the control unit;
A camera for capturing an internal image of the cultivation cell and transmitting the internal image to the control unit;
A ventilation part for controlling the exhaust of the inside air and the inflow of outside air according to the individual control of the control part to change the fine dust concentration, the carbon dioxide concentration, the oxygen concentration or the air pressure;
A hot water nozzle, and a cold air nozzle, which are connected to the water supply unit, the heater, and the cooler, respectively, and change the temperature, humidity, and the water supply amount according to the individual control of the control unit. Multipurpose environment controlled smart cultivation device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the controller estimates a growth stage of the crop by comparing the result of analyzing the internal image with an image of each growth stage of the crop stored in the database,
Controlling the operation of at least one of the ventilation unit, the water nozzle, the hot air nozzle, and the cold air nozzle so that the internal environment of the cultivation cell becomes a cultivation environment suitable for the estimated growth step Device.
CLAIMS 1. A commodity crop transaction system for connecting a consumer and a producer for commodity crop trade,
A smart cultivation apparatus comprising: a plurality of cultivation cells capable of cultivating crops;
Updating the product crop cultivation-related data including the internal environment information and the internal image acquired by the smart cultivation apparatus to the product crop online shopping mall and updating the cultivation cells in which the crop product corresponding to the product crop information input through the consumer terminal is grown And a mediation server for providing a list of cultivation cells containing identification information to the consumer terminal and requesting immediate purchase or reservation purchase of the crops cultivated in the cultivation cell selected from the cultivation cell list from the consumer terminal,
The smart cultivation apparatus comprises:
A multi-layer cultivation frame in which at least one cultivation cell capable of cultivating the commodity crop is partitioned in a sealed state in one layer; And
And a controller for individually controlling an internal environment of the plurality of cultivation cells according to current internal environment information of the cultivation cell,
In the cultivation cell,
A sensing unit for acquiring environmental information of at least one of internal temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, fine dust concentration, carbon dioxide concentration, and oxygen concentration of the cultivation cell and transmitting the environmental information to the control unit;
A camera for capturing an internal image of the cultivation cell and transmitting the internal image to the control unit;
A ventilation part for controlling the discharge of the inside air and the inflow of the outside air according to the individual control of the control part;
Wherein a water nozzle, a hot air nozzle, and a cold air nozzle for adjusting water supply, hot air flow, cold air supply flow rate are provided according to individual control of the control unit.
The method of claim 3,
The mediation server distributes each of the plurality of cultivation cells to a consumer,
The product crop corresponding to the crop product information to be cultivated in the pre-cultivated cultivation cell input through the consumer terminal corresponding to the pre-sale consumer is cultivated in the cultivated cultivation cell,
Wherein the cultivation of the crops in the pre-cultivated cultivation cell is performed by automatic environment control or direct environment control through the consumer terminal.
5. The method of claim 4,
In the case of direct environmental control,
Wherein the mediating server scales or grades one or more of the suitability of a control command related to the cultivation of the crop, the growth rate of the crop of the crop in the cultivation cell, the size of the cultivated crop, and freshness, Wherein the commodity crop trading system comprises:

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