Small field crop phenotype acquisition device

By integrating multiple sensors into a small field crop phenotyping device, the problems of low accuracy and low efficiency in traditional measurements have been solved, enabling efficient and accurate acquisition of field crop phenotyping information and supporting precision agriculture.

CN223678545UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-16SHANXI AGRI UNIV COTTON RES INST
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Application Number
CN202520188285.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-07
Publication Date
2025-12-16
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-07

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Technical Problem

Traditional methods of acquiring crop phenotypic information have low measurement accuracy and efficiency, making it difficult to meet the needs of modern precision agriculture.

Method used

Design a small field crop phenotypic acquisition device that integrates multiple sensors, including a photosynthetically active radiation sensor, a high-definition camera, and a laser rangefinder. The device moves in the field via a remote-controlled tracked or wheel-driven chassis to achieve efficient and accurate acquisition of phenotypic information.

Benefits of technology

It improves the efficiency and accuracy of obtaining crop phenotypic information in the field, reduces the cost and difficulty of manual measurement, and enables multi-dimensional acquisition of crop growth status and environmental parameters, supporting crop growth status assessment and precision agriculture.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a phenotype acquisition device for small field crops, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural information. The device comprises an equipment part and a walking part, the equipment part mainly comprises a storage rack body, a power supply battery, data receiving and storing equipment, a computer, a first photosynthetically active radiation sensor, a first high-definition camera, a radio frequency transceiver, a temperature and humidity sensor, a spherical remote high-definition camera, a second photosynthetically active radiation sensor, a second high-definition camera and an agricultural multispectral camera; and a laser range finder and a binocular depth camera. The device provided by the utility model is small in size, can be flexibly operated in a complex field environment, improves the measurement accuracy and the acquisition efficiency and accuracy of phenotype information of field crops, and reduces the cost and difficulty of manual measurement. According to the utility model, various sensors and measuring systems are integrated, so that the growth conditions and environmental parameters of crops can be comprehensively obtained, and powerful data support is provided for precision agriculture.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the field of agricultural information technology, especially relates to crop phenomics technology, and specifically relates to a small field crop phenotype acquisition device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Crop phenotype information is an important content in the fields of agronomy, life science and breeding. Crop phenotype refers to the information about crop genetic characteristics and environmental adaptation ability obtained by observing and studying the morphological, growth, development, physiological and ecological characteristics of crops. These information usually takes the form of various phenotypic characteristics, such as plant height, leaf area, root morphology, ear type traits, and color, structure, size, etc. By obtaining and analyzing these information, we can better understand the genetic characteristics and environmental adaptation ability of crops, and provide scientific basis and technical support for crop breeding, field management and agricultural product quality detection.

[0003] Traditional crop phenotype information acquisition mainly relies on handheld devices and manual measurement. This traditional acquisition method has the problems of low measurement accuracy, low work efficiency, incomplete data, etc., and is difficult to meet the requirements of modern precision agriculture. With the development of agricultural information technology, higher requirements are put forward for the acquisition of field crop phenotype information.

[0004] Therefore, it is particularly important to develop a device that can efficiently and accurately acquire field crop phenotype information. SUMMARY

[0005] The utility model aims at solving the problems in the prior art and provides a small field crop phenotype acquisition device. The device is a high-throughput field crop phenotype acquisition device based on multi-sensor fusion, aiming to improve the acquisition efficiency and accuracy of field crop phenotype information.

[0006] The utility model is implemented through the following technical solutions:

[0007] A small field crop phenotype acquisition device, comprising a device part and a walking part, the walking part being installed at the bottom of the device part.

[0008] The device part includes a shelf body, which is divided into three shelf layers from bottom to top. A power supply battery is placed on the first shelf layer, the second shelf layer is a standby layer, and a data receiving and storage device and a computer are placed on the third shelf layer. A first photosynthetically active radiation sensor and a first high-definition camera are installed at the right front end position of the first shelf layer of the shelf body, a radio frequency transmitter-receiver is installed at the right rear end position of the first shelf layer of the shelf body, a temperature and humidity sensor is installed at the right rear end position of the second shelf layer of the shelf body, a spherical remote high-definition camera is installed at the middle front end position of the third shelf layer of the shelf body, and a second photosynthetically active radiation sensor and a second high-definition camera are installed at the right front end position of the third shelf layer of the shelf body.

[0009] The left and right sides of the front end of the shelf body are respectively fixed with upwardly extending telescopic rods, a cross beam is installed between the top ends of the two telescopic rods, an agricultural multispectral camera is installed at the middle position of the cross beam, and a laser range finder and a binocular depth camera are installed at the left position of the cross beam. The power supply battery supplies power to the walking part, the data receiving and storage device, the computer, the first photosynthetically active radiation sensor, the first high-definition camera, the radio frequency transmitter-receiver, the temperature and humidity sensor, the spherical remote high-definition camera, the second photosynthetically active radiation sensor, the second high-definition camera, the agricultural multispectral camera, the laser range finder and the binocular depth camera. The first photosynthetically active radiation sensor, the first high-definition camera, the radio frequency transmitter-receiver, the temperature and humidity sensor, the spherical remote high-definition camera, the second photosynthetically active radiation sensor, the second high-definition camera, the agricultural multispectral camera, the laser range finder and the binocular depth camera are all connected with the data receiving and storage device, and the data receiving and storage device is connected with the computer.

[0010] Further, the walking part adopts a remote control type tracked drive chassis or a remote control type wheel drive chassis.

[0011] Further, a photoelectric rotary encoder is installed at the front end position of the walking part, the power supply battery supplies power to the photoelectric rotary encoder, and the photoelectric rotary encoder is connected with the data receiving and storage device.

[0012] Further, the laser range finder is provided with two.

[0013] Further, the temperature and humidity sensor is provided with two.

[0014] Further, the shelf body includes four main columns of front left, front right, rear left and rear right, and three main partitions are fixed between the four main columns from bottom to top. The first main partition forms the first shelf layer, the second main partition forms the second shelf layer, and the third main partition forms the third shelf layer.

[0015] Further, a handrail is provided between the adjacent main columns above each main partition.

[0016] Further, the upper side of the third layer main partition plate is provided with a secondary partition plate, the front end of the secondary partition plate is fixedly connected with the front left main stand and the front right main stand respectively, the rear end of the secondary partition plate is fixedly connected with the secondary stand respectively, the bottom end of the secondary stand is fixedly connected with the third layer main partition plate, and the upper side of the secondary partition plate is provided with a handrail between adjacent main stands, between adjacent secondary stands and between adjacent main stands and secondary stands.

[0017] Further, the bottom end of the two telescopic rods is fixedly connected with the top end of the front left main stand and the top end of the front right main stand respectively.

[0018] Further, the first photosynthetically active radiation sensor, the first high-definition camera, the second photosynthetically active radiation sensor and the second high-definition camera are installed on the front right main stand, and the radio frequency transmitter-receiver and the temperature and humidity sensor are installed on the rear right main stand.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the device has the following beneficial effects:

[0020] 1) The device is small in size, can be flexibly operated in a complex field environment and can be used for field measurement between crop rows (such as high-stalk crops such as corn), and the measurement accuracy is improved.

[0021] 2) The device improves the acquisition efficiency and accuracy of field crop phenotype information, and reduces the cost and difficulty of manual measurement.

[0022] 3) The device integrates multiple sensors and measurement systems, can acquire the growth conditions and environmental parameters of crops from multiple directions, realizes three-dimensional reconstruction and multi-spectral analysis of the morphological characteristics of crops, and provides strong data support for the evaluation and precision agriculture of crop growth conditions.

[0023] In summary, the device is designed to be rigorous and scientific, compact and reasonable in structure, and simple and efficient to operate, and can be applied to different terrains and crop growth environments, and has a wide application prospect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0024] The disclosure of the present application will be more apparent with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that these drawings are only for illustrative purposes, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

[0025] Figure 1 It is a front view of the device of the present application.

[0026] Figure 2 It is a right view of the device of the present application.

[0027] In the diagram: 1-Walking unit, 2-Shelf body, 3-Power supply battery, 4-Data receiving and storage device, 5-Computer, 6-First photosynthetically active radiation sensor, 7-First high-definition camera, 8-RF transmitter and receiver, 9-Temperature and humidity sensor, 10-Spherical long-range high-definition camera, 11-Second photosynthetically active radiation sensor, 12-Second high-definition camera, 13-Telescopic pole, 14-Crossbeam, 15-Agricultural multispectral camera, 16-Laser rangefinder, 17-Binocular depth camera, 18-Photoelectric rotary encoder, 19-Main column, 20-Main partition, 21-Guardrail, 22-Secondary partition, 23-Secondary column. Detailed Implementation

[0028] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of this utility model.

[0029] In the description of this utility model, it should be noted that the terms "front," "rear," "left," "right," "up," and "down," etc., indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the appendix. Figure 1 The orientations or positional relationships shown are for the convenience of describing this utility model and simplifying the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model.

[0030] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, this embodiment provides a small field crop phenotypic acquisition device, including an equipment section and a walking section 1, with the walking section 1 installed at the bottom of the equipment section.

[0031] The equipment part includes a shelf body 2, which is divided into three shelf layers from bottom to top. The first shelf layer is provided with a power supply battery 3. The second shelf layer is a standby layer. The third shelf layer is provided with a data receiving and storing device 4 and a computer 5. Specifically, the shelf body 2 includes four main columns 19, i.e. front left, front right, back left and back right. Three main partitions 20 are fixed between the four main columns 19 from bottom to top. The first main partition 20 forms the first shelf layer, and the power supply battery 3 is placed on the first shelf layer. The second main partition 20 forms the second shelf layer, which is a standby layer and is used for placing other required instruments. The third main partition 20 forms the third shelf layer, and the data receiving and storing device 4 and the computer 5 are placed on the third shelf layer. In order to place the data receiving and storing device 4 and the computer 5 more reasonably and conveniently, a secondary partition 22 is further arranged above the third main partition 20. The front ends of the secondary partition 22 are fixedly connected with the front left main column 19 and the front right main column 19. The back ends of the secondary partition 22 are fixedly connected with the secondary columns 23. The bottom ends of the secondary columns 23 are fixedly connected with the third main partition 20. The data receiving and storing device 4 is placed on the third main partition 20, and the computer 5 is placed on the secondary partition 22. In order to make the equipment and instruments placed on each layer more stable and reliable, a handrail 21 is arranged between the adjacent main columns 19 above each main partition 20. The handrails 21 are arranged between the adjacent main columns 19, the adjacent secondary columns 23 and the adjacent main columns 19 and secondary columns 23 above the secondary partition 22.

[0032] The first right front main column 19 of the first shelf layer of the shelf body 2 is provided with a first photosynthetically active radiation sensor 6 and a first high-definition camera 7. The right back main column 19 of the second shelf layer of the shelf body 2 is provided with two temperature and humidity sensors 9. The front end of the third shelf layer of the shelf body 2 is provided with a spherical remote high-definition camera 10. The right front main column 19 of the third shelf layer of the shelf body 2 is provided with a second photosynthetically active radiation sensor 11 and a second high-definition camera 12.

[0033] The left and right front ends of the shelf body 2 are respectively fixed with upwardly extending telescopic rods 13. The bottom ends of the two telescopic rods 13 are respectively fixedly connected with the top ends of the front left main column 19 and the front right main column 19. A cross beam 14 is arranged between the top ends of the two telescopic rods 13. The cross beam 14 can be designed to be detachable, and a spring damping structure can be arranged at the connection between the cross beam 14 and the telescopic rods 13 to improve the shockproof effect of the cross beam 14. An agricultural multi-spectrum camera 15 is arranged at the middle position of the cross beam 14. Two laser range finders 16 and a binocular depth camera 17 are arranged at the left position of the cross beam 14.

[0034] The walking part 1 adopts a modular design of a remote control type tracked drive chassis or a remote control type wheel drive chassis, and an optical rotary encoder 18 used in cooperation with a transmission wheel in the walking part 1 is installed at a front end position of the walking part 1.

[0035] The power supply battery 3 supplies power for the walking part 1, the data receiving and storing device 4, the computer 5, the first photosynthetically active radiation sensor 6, the first high-definition camera 7, the radio frequency transmitter-receiver 8, the temperature and humidity sensor 9, the spherical remote high-definition camera 10, the second photosynthetically active radiation sensor 11, the second high-definition camera 12, the agricultural multi-spectral camera 15, the laser range finder 16, the binocular depth camera 17 and the optical rotary encoder 18, and the first photosynthetically active radiation sensor 6, the first high-definition camera 7, the radio frequency transmitter-receiver 8, the temperature and humidity sensor 9, the spherical remote high-definition camera 10, the second photosynthetically active radiation sensor 11, the second high-definition camera 12, the agricultural multi-spectral camera 15, the laser range finder 16, the binocular depth camera 17 and the optical rotary encoder 18 are all connected with the data receiving and storing device 4, and the data receiving and storing device 4 is connected with the computer 5.

[0036] The following is a detailed introduction to each instrument in the small field crop phenotype acquisition device described in the embodiment:

[0037] 1) Optical rotary encoder 18 (1024 line pulse): measure the moving distance with the rotation of the transmission wheel in the walking part 1, and record a data every 0.1 m.

[0038] 2) First photosynthetically active radiation sensor 6 and second photosynthetically active radiation sensor 11 (SM9565, 485 output): accept radiation photons, measure different receiving amounts at different heights, and are used for calculating light transmittance.

[0039] 3) First high-definition camera 7 and second high-definition camera 12 (model MCD-200POE, high-definition 8 million night vision infrared POE network square camera): record the growth state of crops at different growth stages, occurrence of diseases and pests, etc., and are used for analyzing the growth conditions; for example, the plant height of corn is different at the seedling stage and the tasseling stage, and the growth conditions are recorded.

[0040] 4) Spherical remote high-definition camera 10 (Tigerstone C8 outdoor holder 360 wireless network intelligent AI high-definition camera): record the overall growth conditions of field crops.

[0041] 5) Agricultural multi-spectral camera 15 (Sishan RGB ground version 4-band agricultural multi-spectral camera-MS400): crop growth evaluation, use multi-spectral imaging to analyze crop growth conditions and occurrence of diseases and pests.

[0042] 6) Laser range finder 16 (BOJKE BLF-M20NM-485, 50-meter long-range laser displacement sensor): measures plant height, effective range 1.5-2.5m, two laser range finders measure simultaneously to reduce error and improve accuracy.

[0043] 7) Binocular depth camera 17 (Intel RealSense D435i depth camera): mainly used to measure plant stem diameter and leaf angle.

[0044] 8) Computer 5: records, processes and analyzes various data.

[0045] 9) Data receiving and storage device 4: receives and stores collected phenotype data, and then transmits to computer 5 for recording, processing and analysis.

[0046] 10) Power supply battery 3: 1.8KW large capacity power supply battery, supplies power to various instruments.

[0047] 11) Radio frequency transmitter-receiver 8 (WYUAN ultra-high frequency rfid reader): used for automatic identification of field plots.

[0048] 12) Temperature and humidity sensor 9 (SI-111-SS standard field of view infrared temperature sensor): one temperature and humidity sensor 9 measures leaf temperature and humidity, and the other temperature and humidity sensor 9 measures environmental temperature and humidity, which is used to analyze plant growth.

[0049] 13) Telescopic rod 13: telescopic range 1.1m-3.5m, mainly used to fix and support the use of instruments.

[0050] Although the embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the utility model, the scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A compact field crop phenotyping device, characterized by: Including equipment part and walking part (1), walking part (1) is installed on the bottom of equipment part; The equipment part includes a shelf body (2), which is divided into three layers of storage layers from bottom to top, a power supply battery (3) is placed on the first layer of storage layer, the second layer of storage layer is a standby layer, and a data receiving and storage device (4) and a computer (5) are placed on the third layer of storage layer;A first photosynthetic active radiation sensor (6) and a first high-definition camera (7) are installed at the right front end position of the first layer of storage layer of the shelf body (2), a radio frequency transmitter-receiver (8) is installed at the right rear end position of the first layer of storage layer of the shelf body (2), a temperature and humidity sensor (9) is installed at the right rear end position of the second layer of storage layer of the shelf body (2), a spherical remote high-definition camera (10) is installed at the front end of the third layer of storage layer of the shelf body (2), and a second photosynthetic active radiation sensor (11) and a second high-definition camera (12) are installed at the right front end position of the third layer of storage layer of the shelf body (2); The left and right sides of the front end of the shelf body (2) are respectively fixed with upwardly extending telescopic rods (13), a cross beam (14) is installed between the top ends of the two telescopic rods (13), an agricultural multispectral camera (15) is installed at the middle position of the cross beam (14), and a laser range finder (16) and a binocular depth camera (17) are installed at the left side position of the cross beam (14);The power supply battery (3) is used for power supply of the walking part (1), the data receiving and storage device (4), the computer (5), the first photosynthetic active radiation sensor (6), the first high-definition camera (7), the radio frequency transmitter-receiver (8), the temperature and humidity sensor (9), the spherical remote high-definition camera (10), the second photosynthetic active radiation sensor (11), the second high-definition camera (12), the agricultural multispectral camera (15), the laser range finder (16) and the binocular depth camera (17), the first photosynthetic active radiation sensor (6), the first high-definition camera (7), the radio frequency transmitter-receiver (8), the temperature and humidity sensor (9), the spherical remote high-definition camera (10), the second photosynthetic active radiation sensor (11), the second high-definition camera (12), the agricultural multispectral camera (15), the laser range finder (16) and the binocular depth camera (17) are connected with the data receiving and storage device (4), and the data receiving and storage device (4) is connected with the computer (5).

2. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 1, wherein: The walking part (1) adopts a remote control type track drive chassis or a remote control type wheel drive chassis.

3. The compact field crop phenotyping device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: An optical rotary encoder (18) is installed at the front end position of the walking part (1), the power supply battery (3) is used for power supply of the optical rotary encoder (18), and the optical rotary encoder (18) is connected with the data receiving and storage device (4).

4. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 3, wherein: The laser range finder (16) is provided with two.

5. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 3, wherein: The temperature and humidity sensor (9) is provided with two.

6. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 3, wherein: The shelf body (2) comprises four main columns (19) of front left, front right, back left and back right, and three layers of main partitions (20) are fixed between the four main columns (19) from bottom to top, the first layer of main partitions (20) forms a first layer of storage layer, the second layer of main partitions (20) forms a second layer of storage layer, and the third layer of main partitions (20) forms a third layer of storage layer.

7. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 6, wherein: A handrail (21) is arranged between the adjacent main columns (19) above each layer of main partitions (20).

8. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 7, wherein: A sub-partition (22) is arranged above the third layer of main partitions (20), the front end of the sub-partition (22) is fixedly connected with the front left main column (19) and the front right main column (19) on the left and right sides respectively, the rear end of the sub-partition (22) is fixedly connected with the sub-column (23) on the left and right sides respectively, the bottom end of the sub-column (23) is fixedly connected with the third layer of main partitions (20), and the handrail (21) is arranged between the adjacent main columns (19), between the adjacent sub-columns (23) and between the adjacent main columns (19) and sub-columns (23) above the sub-partition (22); the data receiving and storing device (4) is placed on the third layer of main partitions (20), and the computer (5) is placed on the sub-partition (22).

9. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 6, wherein: The bottom ends of the two telescopic rods (13) are fixedly connected with the top ends of the front left main column (19) and the front right main column (19) respectively.

10. The compact field crop phenotyping device of claim 9, wherein: The first photosynthetically active radiation sensor (6), the first high-definition camera (7), the second photosynthetically active radiation sensor (11) and the second high-definition camera (12) are installed on the front right main column (19); and the radio frequency transmitter-receiver (8) and the temperature and humidity sensor (9) are installed on the back right main column (19).