Corn auxiliary estimation device and corn estimation system

Abstract

The utility model discloses a corn auxiliary estimation device and a corn estimation system, which are used in the technical field of corn yield estimation, and the corn auxiliary estimation device comprises a base, a connecting part, a clamping comparison part, a first supporting part and a second supporting part, the first supporting component and the second supporting component are oppositely arranged and fixedly connected with the base. The clamping comparison part is connected with the base through a connecting part; the clamping comparison part is matched with the first supporting part to clamp a corn to be detected; wherein measuring scales and a reference object disc are engraved on the clamping comparison part. The whole device is simple in structure and convenient for workers and farmers to operate; and meanwhile, the device adopts a telescopic structure to achieve the purpose of portable design, and is convenient to carry. The device is matched with a method for estimating the corn yield based on machine vision, the corn yield is accurately estimated, and the working efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of crop yield estimation, in particular to a corn auxiliary estimation device and a corn estimation system. Background Art

[0002] Accurate estimation of corn yield is of great significance to agricultural production and food supply. The significance of corn estimation: 1. Agricultural planning and decision-making: Accurate estimation of corn yield can provide key information for agricultural planning and decision-making. Governments and agricultural institutions can formulate reasonable planting plans, procurement policies and food reserves based on the estimation results to meet market demand and food security. 2. Forecasting market supply and demand: Accurate understanding of corn yield can help predict market supply and demand. Based on the estimation results, relevant parties such as farmers, growers and brokers can make more informed decisions, such as sales time and price determination, thereby optimizing the market circulation and benefits of agricultural products. 3. Food security assessment: Accurate estimation of corn yield helps to assess food security. The government can evaluate the domestic food supply situation by monitoring and analyzing the estimation data, and take timely measures to ensure a stable food supply and prevent food shortages and price fluctuations. 4. Agricultural scientific research and technological improvement: Accurate estimation of corn yield can provide data support for agricultural scientific research and technological improvement. Scientists and agricultural experts can conduct research on agronomic experiments, variety improvement and cultivation management based on the estimation results to improve corn yield and quality.

[0003] In the prior art, there are only three types of technical solutions for corn yield. One is to estimate the corn yield through the corn growth environment data; one is to conduct yield statistics on corn that has been harvested but the corn yield has not been counted; and another is based on the corn yield calculation formula, by obtaining the number of ears and the average number of grains per corn plant; however, the last type of method usually requires manual acquisition of the average number of grains per corn plant, which is inefficient.

[0004] Based on this, those skilled in the art urgently need to propose a simple and highly accurate device for manually obtaining the average number of grains per corn plant to improve efficiency. Utility Model Content

[0005] Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to overcome the defect of manually obtaining the number of corn kernels in a single ear of corn in the prior art, thereby providing a corn auxiliary estimation device.

[0006] A corn auxiliary estimation device comprises: a base, a connecting component, a clamping and comparing component, a first supporting component and a second supporting component;

[0007] The first supporting component and the second supporting component are arranged opposite to each other and are both fixedly connected to the base;

[0008] The clamping and comparing component is connected to the base via a connecting component;

[0009] The clamping and comparing component and the first supporting component cooperate to clamp the corn to be tested;

[0010] Wherein, the clamping and comparing component is engraved with a measuring scale and a reference disk.

[0011] Preferably, the device further comprises: an elastic connecting member;

[0012] One end of the elastic connection component is fixedly connected to the clamping and comparing component, and the other end is fixedly connected to the second supporting component.

[0013] Preferably, the connecting component comprises: a first connecting component and a second connecting component;

[0014] The first connecting component and the second connecting component are arranged opposite to each other and are both fixedly connected to the base;

[0015] One end of the clamping and comparing component is slidably connected to the first connecting component, and the other end is slidably connected to the second connecting component.

[0016] Preferably, the first supporting component and the clamping and comparing component are both provided with arc structures;

[0017] Moreover, the arc structure of the first supporting component is matched with the arc structure of the clamping and comparing component, and is used to clamp the corn to be tested.

[0018] Preferably, the base, the clamping and comparing component, the first supporting component and the second supporting component are all retractable structures.

[0019] The system for estimating corn yield based on machine vision comprises: the corn auxiliary estimation device;

[0020] The system also includes: an image acquisition module, a data processing module and a data input module;

[0021] The image acquisition module is in communication connection with the data processing module, and is used for transmitting the acquired cross-sectional image of the corn to be measured and the height image of the corn to be measured to the data processing module for processing;

[0022] The data input module is communicatively connected with the data processing module and is used to provide a data input channel.

[0023] Preferably, the data processing module adopts machine vision technology.

[0024] The technical solution of the utility model has the following advantages:

[0025] The overall device has a simple structure, which is convenient for workers and farmers to operate. At the same time, the device adopts a retractable structure to achieve the design purpose of portability, which is convenient to carry. This device is compatible with the method of estimating corn yield based on machine vision, accurately estimates corn yield, and improves work efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific implementation methods of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the specific implementation methods or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some implementation methods of the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0027] Figure 1 This is a front view of the corn auxiliary estimation device of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the device clamping the corn to be measured when obtaining the height of the corn to be measured in the utility model;

[0029] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the device clamping the corn to be tested when obtaining the cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested according to the utility model;

[0030] Figure 4 This is a system principle block diagram for estimating corn yield based on machine vision in the utility model;

[0031] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the device structure of Example 2 of the utility model.

[0032] Description of reference numerals:

[0033] 1-base, 2-first supporting component, 3-clamping and comparing component, 4-reference disk, 5-first connecting component, 6-second supporting component, 7-elastic connecting component, 8-second connecting component. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The technical solution of the utility model will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0035] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicating the orientation or positional relationship, are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0036] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0037] In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0038] The current corn yield calculation formula is:

[0039] Calculate total yield per plant: Determine the number of ears per plant and the average number of kernels per ear, then multiply by the average kernel weight or thousand-kernel weight to get the total yield per plant.

[0040] Estimate total yield: Multiply the total yield of each corn plant by the number of corn plants in the field (determined by the planting density and field area) to get the corn yield of the entire field.

[0041] Example 1

[0042] like Figure 1 As shown, the corn auxiliary estimation device includes: a base 1, a connecting component, a clamping and comparing component 3, a first supporting component 2 and a second supporting component 6;

[0043] The first supporting member 2 and the second supporting member 6 are arranged opposite to each other and are both fixedly connected to the base 1;

[0044] The clamping and comparing component 3 is connected to the base 1 through a connecting component;

[0045] The clamping comparison component 3 cooperates with the first supporting component to clamp the corn to be tested;

[0046] The clamping comparison component 3 is engraved with a measuring scale and a reference disk 4 .

[0047] Specifically:

[0048] In this embodiment, the device further comprises: an elastic connecting member 7;

[0049] One end of the elastic connection component 7 is fixedly connected to the clamping and comparing component 3, and the other end is fixedly connected to the second supporting component.

[0050] In this embodiment, the connecting components include: a first connecting component 5 and a second connecting component 8;

[0051] The first connecting member 5 and the second connecting member 8 are arranged opposite to each other and are both fixedly connected to the base 1;

[0052] One end of the clamping and comparing component 3 is slidably connected to the first connecting component 5 , and the other end is slidably connected to the second connecting component 8 .

[0053] In this embodiment, the first supporting component 2 and the clamping and comparing component 3 are both provided with arc structures;

[0054] Moreover, the arc structure of the first supporting component 2 is matched with the arc structure of the clamping and comparing component 3, and is used to clamp the corn to be tested.

[0055] Example 2

[0056] Based on Example 1, this example discloses the following contents:

[0057] like Figure 5 In this embodiment, the base 1, the clamping and comparing component 3, the first supporting component 2 and the second supporting component 6 are all retractable structures, which is convenient for people to carry.

[0058] In addition, an anti-counterfeiting QR code is provided on the reference disk 4;

[0059] In practical application, the method of estimating corn yield based on machine vision is used to estimate corn yield specifically:

[0060] The corn to be tested is placed on the base 1 of the device of Example 1, and the height of the corn to be tested is parallel to the measuring scale on the clamping comparison component 3;

[0061] like Figure 2 The clamping and comparing component 3 and the first supporting component 2 cooperate to clamp the corn to be tested and collect the height image of the corn to be tested;

[0062] like Figure 3 Obtaining the cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested: dividing the corn to be tested, and placing a portion of the corn to be tested having the cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested on the base 1; the arc structure of the first supporting component 2 and the arc structure of the clamping and comparing component 3 cooperate to fix the portion of the corn to be tested, and acquiring the cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested;

[0063] The cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested and the height image of the corn to be tested are input into the AI ​​corn yield estimation model that has been trained in advance. The model uses machine vision technology to obtain the number of kernels per ear from the cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested and the height image of the corn to be tested. The model uses the formula: the estimated yield of one acre of corn = the number of plants per acre × the empty stalk rate × the number of kernels per ear × the thousand-grain weight, and then estimates the yield of corn per acre. It should be noted that the number of plants per acre, the empty stalk rate, and the thousand-grain weight are obtained by conventional means. Among them, the model converts the cross-sectional dimensions of part of the corn to be tested through the reference disk 4 of known size, and the model obtains the number of corn kernels in the current cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested; the model obtains the corn height through the corn height image to be tested, combined with the number of corn kernels in the current cross-sectional area, and the model converts the number of columns of the corn to be tested, and obtains the total number of kernels of the ear of corn by calculation.

[0064] It should be noted that in actual application, the model is integrated into the mobile phone APP software, and the mobile phone's built-in camera is used to capture the cross-sectional image and height image of the corn to be tested, and then transmitted to the mobile phone APP software integrated with the model. In combination with other data such as the number of plants per mu, empty stalk rate, and thousand-grain weight, the software outputs the corn yield estimation results.

[0065] Example 3

[0066] like Figure 4 A system for estimating corn yield based on machine vision comprises: the corn auxiliary estimation device of embodiment 1;

[0067] The system also includes: an image acquisition module, a data processing module and a data input module;

[0068] The image acquisition module is connected in communication with the data processing module, and is used to transmit the collected corn cross-section image and corn height image to be measured to the data processing module for processing; the data input module is connected in communication with the data processing module, and is used to provide a data input channel.

[0069] In actual application, the image acquisition module uses a camera; the data processing module uses machine vision technology to process the cross-sectional image of the corn to be tested and the height image of the corn to be tested transmitted by the image acquisition module, and outputs the number of kernels in the corn to be tested.

[0070] The data input module transmits other data required for corn estimation to the data processing module; other data include but are not limited to: number of plants per mu, empty stalk rate, and thousand-grain weight. The data processing module estimates the yield of corn per mu according to the formula: estimated yield of corn per mu = number of plants per mu × empty stalk rate × number of ears × thousand-grain weight; if the corn yield of a region needs to be estimated in actual application, the yield of corn per mu is multiplied by the number of mu in the region.

[0071] Obviously, the above embodiments are merely examples for the purpose of clear explanation, and are not intended to limit the implementation methods. For those skilled in the art, other different forms of changes or modifications can be made based on the above description. It is not necessary and impossible to list all the implementation methods here. The obvious changes or modifications derived therefrom are still within the scope of protection of the invention of the utility model.

Claims

1. A corn auxiliary estimation device, characterized in that: include: A base (1), a connecting component, a clamping and comparing component (3), a first supporting component (2), and a second supporting component (6); The first supporting component (2) and the second supporting component (6) are arranged opposite to each other and are both fixedly connected to the base (1); The clamping and comparing component (3) is connected to the base (1) via a connecting component; The clamping and comparing component (3) cooperates with the first supporting component to clamp the corn to be tested; Wherein, the clamping comparison component (3) is engraved with a measurement scale and a reference disk (4).

2. The corn auxiliary estimation device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The device further comprises: an elastic connecting component (7); One end of the elastic connection component (7) is fixedly connected to the clamping and comparing component (3), and the other end is fixedly connected to the second supporting component.

3. The corn auxiliary estimation device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connecting component comprises: a first connecting component (5) and a second connecting component (8); The first connecting component (5) and the second connecting component (8) are arranged opposite to each other and are both fixedly connected to the base (1); One end of the clamping and comparing component (3) is slidably connected to the first connecting component (5), and the other end is slidably connected to the second connecting component (8).

4. The corn auxiliary estimation device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first supporting component (2) and the clamping and comparing component (3) are both provided with arc structures; Furthermore, the circular arc structure of the first supporting component (2) is matched with the circular arc structure of the clamping and comparing component (3) and is used to clamp the corn to be tested.

5. The corn auxiliary estimation device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The base (1), the clamping and comparing component (3), the first supporting component (2) and the second supporting component (6) are all retractable structures.

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