Floating type micro environment sensor

By designing a floating miniature environmental sensor, the problem of weak marine environmental monitoring has been solved, enabling real-time monitoring of ocean current direction and velocity, seawater temperature and ultraviolet radiation intensity, improving the safety and efficiency of maritime activities, and playing a role in military defense and maritime rescue.

CN223783668UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-09HAINAN UNIV
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Application Number
CN202520474378.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-18
Publication Date
2026-01-09
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-18

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Technical Problem

In the current technology field, marine environmental monitoring and information collection technologies are relatively scarce and weak, making it difficult to monitor marine environmental parameters near the coastline in real time, which affects the safety and efficiency of maritime activities.

Method used

Design a floating miniature environmental sensor, including a buoy shell, a communication module, a sensor module group, a main control module, and a power supply module. It can monitor ocean current direction and velocity, seawater temperature, ultraviolet radiation intensity, and noise. The data is uploaded to a cloud platform via a base station to provide real-time data display and warning information.

Benefits of technology

It enables real-time monitoring of ocean currents and marine environmental parameters near the coastline, improving the safety and efficiency of maritime activities and possessing significant importance for military defense and maritime rescue.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a floating type micro environment sensor, and belongs to the technical field of marine environment monitoring. The floating type micro environment sensor comprises a buoy shell, and a communication module antenna is arranged at the outer top end of the buoy shell; a temperature sensing module probe and a passive sonar module probe are arranged at the outer bottom end of the buoy shell; an element cabin is arranged in the buoy shell, and a sensor module group, a communication module, a main control module and a power supply module are arranged in the element cabin; wherein the sensor module group, the communication module and the main control module are electrically connected with the power supply module; the sensor module group and the communication module are electrically connected with the main control module; the sensor module group transmits the collected information to a shoreside base station through the communication module antenna, and uploads the information to a cloud platform through the base station. The floating type micro environment sensor provided by the utility model can monitor and know the flow direction and the flow velocity of ocean current near a local coastline, and timely discover dangerous undercurrent and vortex turbulence.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of marine environment monitoring, in particular to a floating micro environment sensor. BACKGROUND

[0002] Nowadays, the signal monitoring and collection technology on land is very developed, but on the vast ocean, the environment monitoring and signal collection technology is relatively scarce and weak. Just like on land, there are both fixed sentries of police and mobile police and patrol forces. On the sea surface, we need both fixed monitoring stations and large marine environment monitoring ships and information collection devices with random mobility, which is the concept of floating detection equipment.

[0003] The environment monitoring sensor technology and information collection network technology on land are applied to marine environment monitoring, and a marine micro sensor is designed and made to be scattered at the estuary and near the coastline to monitor the temperature, sea current condition, ultraviolet intensity and sudden noise and other marine environment parameters near the coastline in real time, serving the fishermen near the coastline, marine rescue, military defense and water sports activities. CONTENT OF THE INVENTION

[0004] Therefore, the present application provides a floating micro environment sensor which floats on the sea surface, flows with the waves, can monitor and understand the flow direction and flow rate of the sea current near the local coastline, and timely discover dangerous undercurrents and vortex turbulence to remind people near the coastline to stay away from these dangerous sea areas, which plays an important role in improving the safety of the sea area of the tourist spot and can effectively overcome the defects of the prior art.

[0005] The present application provides a floating micro environment sensor, which comprises a buoy shell, a communication module antenna is arranged at the outer top end of the buoy shell, a temperature sensing module probe and a passive sonar module probe are arranged at the outer bottom end of the buoy shell, an element cabin is arranged in the buoy shell, a sensor module group, a communication module, a main control module and a power supply module are arranged in the element cabin;

[0006] The sensor module group, the communication module and the main control module are electrically connected with the power supply module, the sensor module group and the communication module are electrically connected with the main control module, and the sensor module group transmits the collected information to the base station on the shore and uploads to the cloud platform through the base station.

[0007] Preferably, the overall structure of the buoy shell is spherical, which comprises an upper half floating ball and a lower half floating ball, and the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball are connected in a detachable manner.

[0008] Preferably, the communication module antenna is arranged on the upper end surface of the upper half floating ball, and positioning module antennas and ultraviolet intensity module monitors are arranged on both sides of the communication module antenna.

[0009] Preferably, the temperature sensing module probe and the passive sonar module probe are arranged on the lower end surface of the lower half floating ball, and the temperature sensing module probe and the passive sonar module probe are in direct contact with water, so as to accurately detect the temperature of seawater and the noise or signal emitted by the target object itself.

[0010] Preferably, a buoyancy ring is arranged at the connection between the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball and on the outer wall of the buoy shell.

[0011] Preferably, a sealing rubber ring is arranged on the contact surface of the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball.

[0012] Preferably, the sensor module group comprises a temperature sensing module, a position information module, an ultraviolet intensity module and a passive sonar module.

[0013] Preferably, screw holes are arranged along the edges of the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball, and the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball are connected by bolts through the screw holes.

[0014] Preferably, the buoy shell is made of polymethyl methacrylate material.

[0015] Preferably, the outer surface of the buoy shell is coated with a polytetrafluoroethylene coating.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following beneficial effects:

[0017] 1. The floating micro environmental sensor can float on the sea surface, collect the temperature of seawater and the ultraviolet radiation intensity of the sea surface, and continuously transmit these data to a base station on the shore, upload to a cloud platform through the base station, and timely display on a densely populated coastal beach to remind people swimming and playing in the sea whether it is suitable to play near the sea; the floating micro environmental sensor floats on the sea surface, flows with the waves, can monitor and understand the flow direction and flow rate of the local coastal sea current, timely discover dangerous undercurrent and vortex turbulence, and remind people near the coast to stay away from these dangerous sea areas, which plays an important role in improving the safety of the sea area of the tourist spot; the passive sonar module carried therein can monitor the noise of nearby engines and the noise of large objects suddenly falling into the sea, which also has important military significance of sea area warning and people's livelihood significance of sea rescue;

[0018] 2, The floating micro environmental sensor of the application, the temperature sensing module and the ultraviolet intensity module can be used for monitoring the temperature of seawater and the ultraviolet radiation intensity of the sea surface, which are important parameters for measuring marine thermal pollution and directly affecting whether the sea movement can be held; the movement law can be judged through the position information module, so as to achieve the purpose of monitoring and understanding the flow direction and flow rate of the local coastline nearby, discovering dangerous undercurrent in time and quickly tracing the source of offshore pollution; the passive sonar module can monitor the sudden noise near the sea area, play the purpose of military defense and sea rescue; the shell is made of light and high-strength material, can float on the water surface, is not easy to damage, is water permeable, salt-tolerant and signal interference-resistant. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the application or prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the description of the application or prior art. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of the application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creative labor.

[0020] Figure 1 It is a main structure schematic diagram of the floating micro environmental sensor of the application.

[0021] Figure 2 It is an explosion schematic diagram of the floating micro environmental sensor of the application.

[0022] Figure 3 It is a hardware structure block diagram of the floating micro environmental sensor of the application.

[0023] Explanation of reference signs:

[0024] 1, communication module antenna; 2, positioning module antenna; 3, ultraviolet intensity module monitor; 4, buoy shell; 5, buoyancy ring; 6, temperature sensing module probe; 7, passive sonar module probe; 8, threaded hole; 9, sealing rubber ring; 10, element cabin; 11, cloud platform; 12, base station; 13, temperature sensing module; 14, position information module; 15, ultraviolet intensity module; 16, passive sonar module; 17, communication module; 18, main control module; 19, power supply module. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the application more clear, the technical scheme in the application will be described clearly and completely in the following combined with the drawings in the application. Obviously, the described embodiments are some embodiments of the application, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the protection scope of the application.

[0026] First, those skilled in the art should understand that these embodiments are only used to explain the technical principles of the present application, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application. Those skilled in the art can adjust them as needed to adapt to specific application occasions.

[0027] Secondly, it should be noted that in the description of the present application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the direction or positional relationship of the terms based on the direction or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or component must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application.

[0028] As shown in Figures 1-3 The present application provides a floating micro environmental sensor, which is mainly used for near-sea water cities, and includes a buoy shell 4, a communication module antenna 1 arranged at the outer top end of the buoy shell 4, a temperature sensing module probe 6 and a passive sonar module probe 7 arranged at the outer bottom end of the buoy shell 4, an element cabin 10 arranged in the buoy shell 4, a sensor module group, a communication module 17, a main control module 18 and a power supply module 19 arranged in the element cabin 10.

[0029] Among them, the sensor module group, the communication module 17 and the main control module 18 are electrically connected with the power supply module 19; and the sensor module group and the communication module 17 are electrically connected with the main control module 18; the sensor module group transmits the collected information to the base station 12 on the shore, and uploads to the cloud platform 11 through the base station 12.

[0030] The floating micro environmental sensor of the present application can float on the sea surface, which can collect the temperature of seawater and the ultraviolet radiation intensity of the sea surface, and can continuously transmit these data to the base station on the shore, and upload to the cloud platform through the base station, and timely display on the densely populated coastal beach, reminding people swimming in the sea whether it is suitable to play near here; the floating micro environmental sensor floats on the sea surface, follows the current, can monitor and understand the flow direction and flow rate of the local coastal line, timely discovers dangerous undercurrent and vortex turbulence, so as to remind people near the coast to stay away from these dangerous sea areas, which plays an important role in improving the safety of the sea area of the tourist spot; the carried passive sonar module can monitor the noise of the nearby engine and the noise of the large object suddenly falling into the sea, which also has important military significance of sea area warning and people's livelihood significance of sea rescue.

[0031] In one specific embodiment, the master module 18 is mainly used for receiving and processing data, protocol analysis, data caching, etc.; the communication module 17 is mainly used for receiving and transmitting information; and the power supply module 19 mainly provides power supply for the entire circuit system.

[0032] Specifically, the base station 12 transmits and receives information of the floating micro environmental sensor, controls the switch of the floating micro environmental sensor, and finally uploads the collected information to the cloud platform to form a monitoring network.

[0033] Further, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 , the overall structure of the buoy shell 4 is spherical, which includes an upper half floating ball and a lower half floating ball, and the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball are connected in a detachable manner.

[0034] In one specific embodiment, the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball are provided with threaded holes 8 along the edges thereof, and the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball are connected by bolts through the threaded holes 8.

[0035] Further, as shown in Figure 2 , the communication module antenna 1 is arranged on the upper end surface of the upper half floating ball, and the positioning module antenna 2 and the ultraviolet intensity module monitor 3 are arranged on both sides of the communication module antenna 1. The communication module antenna 1 will transmit the hydrological information collected in the ocean to the data center.

[0036] Further, as shown in Figure 2 , the temperature sensing module probe 6 and the passive sonar module probe 7 are arranged on the lower end surface of the lower half floating ball, and the temperature sensing module probe 6 and the passive sonar module probe 7 are in direct contact with water, so as to accurately detect the temperature of seawater and the noise or signal emitted by the target object, and improve the accuracy of the monitoring result.

[0037] In one specific embodiment, the element cabin 10 is arranged in the lower half floating ball, which can reduce the gravity center of the floating micro environmental sensor, and is beneficial to maintaining the stability of the floating micro environmental sensor in the ocean.

[0038] Further, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 , the connection between the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball and located on the outer wall of the buoy shell 4 is provided with a buoyancy ring 5.

[0039] The buoyancy ring 5 not only plays a floating role, but also can alleviate the damage caused by the collision between the floating micro environmental sensor and the reef or other hard objects in complex sea conditions.

[0040] Further, the contact surface of the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball is provided with a sealing rubber ring 9.

[0041] Further, the sensor module group includes a temperature sensing module 13, a position information module 14, an ultraviolet intensity module 15, and a passive sonar module 16.

[0042] In a specific embodiment, the temperature sensing module 13 is mainly used for real-time monitoring of sea surface temperature; the position information module 14 is mainly used for real-time acquisition of the position of the floating micro environmental sensor, and for calculating the flow direction and flow rate of the sea current; the ultraviolet intensity module 15 is mainly used for monitoring the sea surface ultraviolet intensity; and the passive sonar module 16 is mainly used for detecting the noise or signal emitted by the target itself.

[0043] The monitoring of the sea current condition is performed by the position information module 14 through the calculation of the position movement and movement rate of the floating micro environmental sensor. The position information module 14 includes a Beidou positioning and data transmission unit and a GPS positioning and data transmission unit.

[0044] The floating micro environmental sensor of the present application can be used to monitor the temperature of seawater and the ultraviolet radiation intensity of the sea surface through the temperature sensing module and the ultraviolet intensity module, which are important parameters for measuring marine thermal pollution and directly affecting whether the sea movement can be held. The movement law can be determined through the position information module, so as to monitor and understand the flow direction and flow rate of the sea current near the local coastline, to timely discover dangerous undercurrents, and to quickly trace the source of the offshore pollution. The passive sonar module can monitor the sudden noise near the sea area, and can achieve the purpose of military defense and sea rescue. The shell is made of light and high-strength material, can float on the water surface, is not easy to damage, is water permeable, is resistant to salt and alkali, and is resistant to signal interference.

[0045] Further, the buoy shell 4 is made of a light and high-strength material.

[0046] In a specific embodiment, the buoy shell 4 is made of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) material.

[0047] Further, the outer surface of the buoy shell 4 is coated with a super-hydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene coating, and the surface coating is also resistant to salt and alkali corrosion and signal interference.

[0048] It should be noted that all the power consumption modules in the present embodiment meet the characteristics of small size and low power consumption.

[0049] Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, but not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: it can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacement for part or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A floating micro-environmental sensor, characterized in that, The buoy shell (4) is provided with a communication module antenna (1) at the outer top end, a temperature sensing module probe (6) and a passive sonar module probe (7) at the outer bottom end; an element cabin (10) is arranged in the buoy shell (4), and a sensor module group, a communication module (17), a main control module (18) and a power supply module (19) are arranged in the element cabin (10); The sensor module group, the communication module (17) and the main control module (18) are electrically connected with the power supply module (19); the sensor module group and the communication module (17) are electrically connected with the main control module (18); the sensor module group transmits the collected information to a base station (12) on the shore and uploads the information to a cloud platform (11) through the base station (12).

2. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 1, wherein, The whole structure of the buoy shell (4) is spherical, which includes an upper half floating ball and a lower half floating ball, and the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball are connected in a detachable manner.

3. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 2, wherein, The communication module antenna (1) is arranged on the upper end face of the upper half floating ball, and positioning module antennas (2) and ultraviolet intensity module monitors (3) are arranged on both sides of the communication module antenna (1).

4. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 2, wherein, The temperature sensing module probe (6) and the passive sonar module probe (7) are arranged on the lower end face of the lower half floating ball, and the temperature sensing module probe (6) and the passive sonar module probe (7) are in direct contact with water, so that the temperature of seawater and the noise or signal emitted by the target object can be accurately detected.

5. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 2, wherein, A buoyancy ring (5) is arranged at the connecting position of the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball and on the outer wall of the buoy shell (4).

6. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 2, wherein, A sealing rubber ring (9) is arranged on the contact surface of the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball.

7. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 1, wherein, The sensor module group includes a temperature sensing module (13), a position information module (14), an ultraviolet intensity module (15) and a passive sonar module (16).

8. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 2, wherein, Threaded holes (8) are arranged along the edges of the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball, and the upper half floating ball and the lower half floating ball are connected by bolts through the threaded holes (8).

9. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 1, wherein, The buoy shell (4) is made of polymethyl methacrylate material.

10. The floating microenvironment sensor of claim 9, wherein, The outer surface of the buoy shell (4) is coated with a polytetrafluoroethylene coating.