KR20210060423A - A Server Platform for Managing a Smart Farm - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a server platform for smart farm management, and to a server platform for smart farm management that enables remote management of a smart farm. The server platform for smart farm management includes: a smart farm management server 10 that manages a smart farm module 30 in which information on a smart farm is stored and a farm demand module 20 in which information on a consumer related to the smart farm is stored; A smart farm connection module 10a that searches and connects the relationship between the smart farm stored in the smart farm module 30 and the consumer stored in the farm demand module 20; And a farm content generation module 10b for generating farm content according to the matching made according to the connection of the smart farm connection module 10a.

Description

Server Platform for Managing a Smart Farm {A Server Platform for Managing a Smart Farm}

The present invention relates to a server platform for smart farm management, and to a server platform for smart farm management that enables remote management of a smart farm.

A smart farm that detects the growth state of a crop cultivation facility using an information communication technology such as the Internet of Things and forms a growing condition of a crop by an automatic control device accordingly is known in this field. The smart farm allows such a process to be carried out automatically or remotely as necessary, as the growth process, shipment or production is automatically controlled. The smart farm, which features such information and communication technology, automatic control, or remote management, can be applied to automatic production of agricultural crops, but can be applied in various forms. For example, smart farms can be applied to growing experiences of agricultural crops, horticultural crops, or similar types of animals and plants.

Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0080889 discloses a greenhouse control system and a greenhouse environment monitoring method in the system. Patent Registration No. 10-1681891 measures the soil, air, and water quality environment inside the green house and comprehensively manages it in the server, and it can automatically control or remotely control the environment such as temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide inside the green house. A smart system for farm operation is disclosed.

The prior art discloses a smart farm technology, but does not disclose a technology to which the smart farm technology can be applied. Also, it does not disclose a platform in which multiple smart farms can be managed at the same time.

The present invention has the following objects to solve the problems of the prior art.

Prior Art 1: Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0080889 (KT Co., Ltd., published on July 08, 2016) Cloud greenhouse control system and method using multiple greenhouse environment information Prior Art 2: Patent Registration No. 10-1681891 (Park Ki-seon et al., Dec. 5, 2016 announcement) Farm operation smart system

An object of the present invention is to provide a server platform for smart farm management that allows multiple people to access and check the status of the assigned smart farm, and automatically check the growth status of the smart farm according to a predetermined schedule.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a server platform for smart farm management includes: a smart farm management server that manages a smart farm module in which information on a smart farm is stored and a farm demand module in which information on a consumer related to the smart farm is stored; A smart farm connection module that searches and connects the relationship between the smart farm stored in the smart farm module and the consumer stored in the farm demand module; And a farm content creation module that generates farm content accordingly when matching is made according to the connection of the smart farm connection module.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, a smart farm management server includes a matching analysis unit for matching; A matching condition setting unit that sets a matching condition according to information transmitted from the matching analysis unit; And a matching search unit that searches for a smart farm according to a matching condition from the smart farm module.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, a smart farm management server includes: a management journal unit for storing detection information for each smart farm according to a predetermined method; And a report generation unit for extracting the contents stored in the management journal unit.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the smart farm management server sets an automatic management item that determines an automatic management item from the management information classification unit and the management information classification unit that classifies management information from the content generated by the farm content generation module. Includes units.

The server platform according to the present invention allows multiple users to automatically manage each smart farm remotely. The server platform according to the present invention is applied to the management of a smart farm and can be applied to a rural life experience or similar animal and plant growth experience. In addition, the server platform according to the present invention has a function of linking a suitable smart farm to each by a matching module. In addition, information can be shared according to the management of various smart farms.

1 shows an embodiment of a server platform structure for smart farm management according to the present invention.
2 shows an embodiment of a server platform according to the present invention.
3 shows an embodiment of a process in which smart farm management is performed in the server platform according to the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a process of generating content for a smart farm in the server platform in the server platform according to the present invention.

In the following, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, but the embodiments are for a clear understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. In the following description, components having the same reference numerals in different drawings have similar functions, so if they are not necessary for the understanding of the invention, they will not be described repeatedly, and well-known components will be briefly described or omitted, but the present invention It should not be understood as being excluded from the embodiment of.

1 shows an embodiment of a server platform structure for smart farm management according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the server platform for smart farm management is a smart farm management that manages a smart farm module 30 in which information on a smart farm is stored and a farm demand module 20 in which information on a consumer related to the smart farm is stored. Server 10; A smart farm connection module 10a that searches and connects the relationship between the smart farm stored in the smart farm module 30 and the consumer stored in the farm demand module 20; And a farm content generation module 10b for generating farm content according to the matching made according to the connection of the smart farm connection module 10a.

Smart farm refers to a farm in which at least some processes of cultivation of crops, mushrooms, horticultural plants or similar plants are automatically managed, and includes a manageable animal breeding space. The smart form has a structure in which the growth or rearing process is detected by, for example, an IOT detection unit (Internet of Thing Sensor), and according to the detection result, temperature control, humidity control, water supply or similar measures can be automatically performed. I can. The smart form managed by the server platform according to the present invention may include growth or rearing of various types of plants or animals in which at least a part of the cultivation, growth or rearing process is detected by an electronic method.

The smart form management server 10 may have a function of managing a smart farm or providing a remote management space to a consumer who wants to manage the smart farm, and automatically performing a management action on the smart farm as needed. The smart farm management server 10 may have a structure accessible through the Internet or other suitable electronic communication connection means. The consumer can access the smart farm management server 10 or the farm demand module 20 by electronic means, and the smart farm management server 10 or the smart farm module 30 connects to various smart farms through electronic means, respectively. You can detect or manage the status of your smart farm.

The farm demand module 20 may be a part of the smart farm management server 10 or an independent server connected to enable data communication with the smart farm management server 10. The farm demand module 20 may have a function of managing a smart farm or managing various consumers who want to manage it. In addition, the farm demand module 20 may have a function of searching for a consumer who wants to manage a smart farm and transmitting information related to the smart farm. In this way, the farm demand module 20 has a function of contacting the consumer of the smart farm and managing the consumer. The farm demand module 20 may have a function of registering a consumer and setting access rights to the consumer and the content.

The smart farm module 30 may have a function of being electronically connected to a smart farm located in various regions, searching for a smart farm, and collecting information on the smart farm. For example, the smart farm module 30 may detect and store information on a smart farm provided by a supplier who wants to sell the smart farm. The smart farm module 30 may have a function of accessing an external server (IS) to search information on various smart farms, and contacting suppliers of related smart farms as needed. The smart farm module 30 may also collect and store various information about plants or animals grown or reared in a smart farm managed by the smart farm management server 10. A management setting farm unit 30a may be disposed in the smart farm module 30, and the management setting farm unit 30a may have a function of setting and storing a management area of a smart farm to be managed. The management setting farm unit 30a may store location information, scale information, ownership information, ownership change information, or similar information of each smart farm. Management setting The management area of the registered smart farm may be determined based on information stored in the farm unit 30a.

Smart farm connection module (10a) can be installed in the smart farm management server 10, registered in the smart farm and farm demand module 20 registered in the smart farm module 30 by the smart farm connection module (10a) Consumers can be connected to each other. The smart farm connection module 10a may have a function of storing connection information about the registered consumer and the smart farm. In addition, the smart farm connection module 10a may have a function of providing a smart farm to a consumer of the smart farm. Specifically, it may have a function of analyzing the characteristics of consumers of the smart farm and matching the smart farm registered in the smart farm module 30 or the smart farm searched by the smart farm module 30 based on this. In this way, a smart farm suitable for the demand of the consumer is provided to the consumer, and accordingly, when the consumer receives the sale of the smart farm, the consumer and the smart farm are registered and managed by the smart farm management server 10. When the consumer and the smart farm are registered in this way, the farm content for the corresponding consumer may be generated by the farm-generated content module 10b.

When a consumer and a smart farm are registered, the farm content generation module 10b may generate consumer content for the corresponding consumer. The consumer content can have a function that connects the consumer and the smart farm. The consumer can check the status of the smart farm through the consumer content, post various items related to the smart form, and also perform necessary management for the smart farm. The consumer content can have various structures that can connect the consumer and the smart farm.

The server platform according to the present invention may have a function of relaying between a consumer and a smart farm, and the consumer is a person who specializes in managing a smart farm, a person who wants to experience growing or rearing animals and plants, or a person who is operating a smart farm. It can include people with the same diverse needs. The server platform connects multiple people to the smart farm, relays it, and collects and analyzes related information to enable consumers to acquire various real-world information about the smart farm.

A server platform having such a function is described in detail below.

2 shows an embodiment of a server platform according to the present invention.

2, the smart farm management server 10 includes a matching analysis unit 16 for matching; A matching condition setting unit 17 that sets a matching condition according to the information transmitted from the matching analysis unit 16; And a matching search unit 32 that searches for a smart farm according to a matching condition from the smart farm module 30.

Smart farms located in various regions may be searched by the farm search unit 12, and the smart farm may be provided by a person who wants to supply the smart farm. Alternatively, the smart farm may be searched by the farm search unit 12 on an information sharing site such as the Internet, for example. The farm search unit 12 includes an information search unit 181 that searches information on plants or animals capable of managing the geographic location, size, and growth of the smart farm, and a status search unit ( 182). The status search unit 182 may check whether the information searched by the information search unit 181 is true based on, for example, a real picture or similar real status information. To this end, the status search unit 182 may analyze information detected by a supplier or an information providing means and, for example, a real picture to confirm the fact. When information on the smart farm is determined in this way, the smart farm may be specified by the smart farm specific unit 31. Information on the smart farm specified in this way may become basic data for matching.

When the smart farm is searched by the farm search unit 12, the smart farm may be classified by the farm classification unit 13. For example, the smart farm may be classified according to regional location, soil conditions, climatic conditions, growable crops, management types, or similar information and stored in the farm database unit 14. Thereafter, the smart farm for which the consumer has not been determined from the smart farm stored in the farm database unit 14 may be stored in the matching index database 15. The smart farm stored in the matching index database 15 may be supplied to consumers in an appropriate manner according to the matching index. A control module 11 for controlling the entire operation of the smart farm management server may be disposed, and a consumer for the smart farm stored in the matching index database 15 may be searched by the demand search unit 21. The demand search unit 21 can search for a consumer through the Internet or through other suitable means.

In the customer database 22, a consumer to which a smart farm is linked and a consumer who does not have a smart farm may be registered. Information on a smart farm consumer who wants to provide a smart farm may be transmitted to the matching analysis unit 16. The matching analysis unit 16 may analyze information on a smart farm consumer and transmit it to the matching condition setting unit 17. The smart farm consumer searched for by the demand search unit 21 may be transmitted to the matching condition setting unit 17 via the control module 11. The matching condition setting unit 17 may determine a plurality of parameters for connection with the smart farm. In addition, a plurality of parameters of the same type may be set for the smart farm stored in the matching index database 15. And it may be transmitted to the matching search unit 32. In addition, a smart farm in which parameters are set may be transmitted to the matching search unit 32. The matching search unit 32 may be transmitted to the matching analysis unit 16 when the smart farm and the consumer match at a predetermined level. The matching analysis unit 16 may determine whether to provide a matched smart farm to the consumer and transmit it to the control module. And the control module 11 can provide the smart farm to the consumer. Thereafter, when the smart farm is selected by the consumer, farm content for the consumer may be generated as described above.

The server platform according to the present invention may have various structures for matching and is not limited to the presented embodiment.

3 shows an embodiment of a process in which smart farm management is performed in the server platform according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a farm selection unit 311 for setting a unique number for management of a smart farm may be disposed, and a smart farm to which a management unique number is assigned may be transmitted to the farm management unit 36. The farm management unit 36 may manage each smart farm by a management unique number, and store the smart farm in the management database 221 based on this. The detection method for each smart farm may be selected by the detection selection unit 37. The smart farm can be managed remotely, and the detection selection unit 37 is an IOT detection unit (D1) that detects the operating state of an IOT device, an environment detection unit (D2) that detects the environment of the smart farm, and grows in the smart farm. Operation of a growth detection unit (D3) that detects the growth status of a plant or animal being raised, a condition detection unit (D4) that detects the growth or growth condition of a smart farm, and a device that provides the growth or growth conditions necessary for the smart farm. It may include an operation detection unit (DK) for detecting the condition. The detection selection unit 37 may select a detection method according to the type of detection unit, operating device, or similar device installed in each smart farm. In addition, information obtained by the detection units D1 to DK may be transmitted to the farm management unit 36 via the detection selection unit 37. In addition, the detection selection unit 37 may transmit detection information to the management journal unit 33.

Detection or management of each smart farm may be performed periodically, and a management period of each smart farm may be determined by the management period table unit 222. Management information periodically managed by the management period table unit 222 may be stored in the management journal unit 33. In addition, the main items stored in the management journal unit 33 may be transmitted to and stored in the management database 221. Among the contents stored in the management diary unit 33, items that need to be known to the consumer may be extracted by the change situation unit 34. In addition, the extracted content may be transmitted to the report generation unit 35 to produce a report in a predetermined format. Then, the generated report may be transmitted to the farm selection unit 311 and posted on the consumer content, and may be transmitted to an electronic device such as a user's smart phone, if necessary.

Management of the smart farm by the server platform may be performed in various ways and is not limited to the presented embodiment.

4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a process of generating content for a smart farm in the server platform in the server platform according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the smart farm management server 10 automatically manages items from the management information classification unit 42 and the management information classification unit 42 for classifying management information from the content generated by the farm content generation module 10b. And an automatic management item setting unit 421 that determines

The farm management unit 36 may transmit the unique number generated for the consumer or the smart farm to the content generation unit 41, and the content generation unit 41 is based on the unique number, the consumer content unique to the consumer or the smart farm. Can be created. In addition, as described above, a unique number may be transmitted to the management period table unit 222 to generate a management period.

The characteristics of each smart farm may be transmitted to the content generation unit 41 by the farm characteristic analysis unit 411, and the consumer characteristics of the smart farm consumer may be analyzed by the customer characteristic analysis unit 412. . In addition, the analyzed smart farm characteristics and customer characteristics may be transmitted to the content generation unit 41. The content generation unit 41 may generate farm content unique to a consumer based on the transmitted characteristic information. Information on the generated farm content may be transmitted to the management information classification unit 42, and the management information classification unit 42 may classify each smart farm based on consumer characteristics, farm characteristics, and generated content characteristics. have. In addition, the classification information may be transmitted to the automatic management item setting unit 421. The automatic management item setting unit 421 may set an item to be automatically managed for each smart farm and transmit it to the management information classification unit 42. The management information classification unit 42 includes a notification means unit 431 for transmitting management information on a smart farm to a consumer, and a publishing means unit 432 for determining a method of posting management information for each smart farm to farm contents. Can be created. Thereafter, the management information for each smart farm may be transmitted to the consumer by the notification means unit 431 and the posting means unit 432 as the consumer's electronic device or farm content.

Management of each smart farm may be performed in various ways and is not limited to the presented embodiments.

The server platform according to the present invention allows multiple users to automatically manage each smart farm remotely. The server platform according to the present invention is applied to the management of a smart farm and can be applied to a rural life experience or similar animal and plant growth experience. In addition, the server platform according to the present invention has a function of linking a suitable smart farm to each by a matching module. In addition, information can be shared according to the management of various smart farms.

The present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the presented embodiments, but those of ordinary skill in this field will be able to make various modifications and modifications without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention with reference to the presented embodiments. . The present invention is not limited by such modifications and modifications, but is limited by the claims appended below.

10: Smart Farm Management Server 10a: Smart Farm Connectivity Module
10b: farm content creation module 11: control module
12: farm search unit 13: farm classification unit
14: farm database unit 15: matching index database
16: matching analysis unit 17: matching condition setting unit
20: Farm Demand Module 21: Demand Exploration Unit
22: customer database 30: smart farm module
30a: Management Settings Farm Unit 31: Smart Farm Specific Unit
32: matching search unit 33: management journal unit
34: change situation unit 35: report generation unit
36: farm management unit 37: detection selection unit
41: content generation unit 42: management information classification unit
181: information retrieval unit 182: state retrieval unit
221: management database 222: management cycle table unit
311: farm selection unit 411: farm characteristic analysis unit
412: customer characteristic analysis unit 421: automatic management item setting unit
431: notification means unit 432: posting means unit
D1: IOT detection unit D2: Environment detection unit
D3: growth detection unit D4: condition detection unit
DK: Operation detection unit IS: External server

Claims (1)

A smart farm management server that manages the smart farm module 30 that stores information about the smart farm provided by the supplier who wants to sell the smart farm and the farm demand module 20 that stores information about the consumer who wants to experience smart farm management. (10);
A smart farm connection module 10a that searches and connects the relationship between the smart farm stored in the smart farm module 30 and the consumer stored in the farm demand module 20;
When matching is made according to the connection of the smart farm connection module 10a, a farm content generation module 10b that generates farm content accordingly;
A farm search unit 12 for searching smart farms located in various regions;
A farm database unit 14 for classifying and storing the searched smart farm based on information including regional location, soil conditions, climatic conditions, growable crops or management types;
A matching index database 15 for storing a smart farm for which a consumer has not been determined from the farm stored in the farm database unit 14;
A content generation unit 41 that analyzes characteristics of each smart farm based on the unique number generated for the consumer or the spat farm to generate farm content unique to the consumer;
An information retrieval unit 181 for searching information on a plant capable of managing the geographic location, size and growth of the smart farm from an information sharing site including the Internet; And
A server platform for smart farm management comprising a status search unit 182 that checks whether the information searched by the information search unit 181 is true based on plant status information including a real picture.

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