A monitoring system for crop cultivation by using movable badge containers

• Main Authors: YOON YOUNG BAE, KIM DAE SEOB
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 30.12.2022
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FERTILISING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PLANTING; SOWING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAPPING; WATERING

The present invention relates to a monitoring system, wherein crop medium containers where crops are cultivated are installed in a multi-stepped structure to be moved on a rail and image information obtained by photographing the crops growing in the crop medium containers is used to monitor a state of crops' growth, thereby increasing space utilization of a crop cultivation chamber of a smart farm and allowing even an amateur farmer having little experience of agriculture to identify formation of a cultivation environment for crops, supply of nutrient solutions needed for cultivating crops, the time for harvesting crops, and occurrence of pest at an appropriate time. The monitoring system of the present invention comprises a crop cultivation chamber (100), a cultivation environment formation unit (200), a crop cultivation medium container (300), a medium container moving unit (400), a nutrient solution supply unit (500), a photographing unit (600), and a control/monitoring unit (700). 본 발명은 작물이 생육하는 작물 배지통을 다단 구조로 설치하고 다단 구조의 작물 배지통을 레일 방식으로 이동시키며, 작물 배지통에서 생육하는 작물을 촬영한 영상정보를 이용해 작물 생육 상태를 모니터링할 수 있어, 스마트팜의 작물 생육실 공간 활용도를 높이고, 농사 경험이 없는 농업 비전문가도 작물 재배에 필요한 생육 환경 조성과 작물 생육에 필요한 양액 공급과 작물 수확 시기나 병충해 발생을 적시에 판단할 수 있는 효과를 제공하는 발명으로, 작물 생육실(100), 생육 환경 조성부(200), 작물 생육 배지통(300), 배지통 이동부(400), 양액 공급부(500), 촬영부(600), 제어/모니터링부(700)를 포함하여 구성되는 것을 특징으로 한다.