Device for determining position of garlic in seed bucket

Abstract

The present invention relates to a garlic position determination device for predicting the garlic position, which aims to quickly receive information regarding poor planting when planting garlic and to predict the possibility of poor planting from the position of the garlic contained in the planting bucket when planting garlic. The device comprises a planting loading unit (100) for loading garlic to be planted, a planting bucket (200) for carrying and transporting garlic to be planted from the planting loading unit, a camera (300) for photographing the position of the garlic contained in the planting bucket (200), and a garlic position recognition unit (not shown) that recognizes the garlic position photographed by the camera (300) and recognizes the garlic planting position by deep learning.

Description

Technology Field

[0001] The present invention aims to quickly receive information regarding poor planting when planting garlic, and relates to a device for determining the posture of garlic contained in a seeding bucket for predicting the possibility of poor planting from the posture of the garlic contained in the seeding bucket during planting. Background Technology

[0003] As prior art regarding conventional garlic planters, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0060708 (published on June 15, 2009) discloses a garlic planter that is mounted on an agricultural machine capable of self-driving and equipped with a power transmission device, such as a tiller, and is used to plant garlic while driving by regularly supplying garlic seeds for direct planting. The planter is characterized by comprising: a hopper for holding and supplying garlic seeds; a plurality of seeding means provided at regular intervals by a furrow blocking part, each including a bucket that regularly distributes the garlic supplied from the hopper and is adjustable to the size of the garlic seeds; a plurality of planting tubes for supplying the garlic seeds supplied from each seeding means to the ground; a soil covering wing for covering the garlic seeds planted on the ground with soil; and a soil covering roller for compacting the covered soil.

[0004] In addition, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0052257 (published May 19, 2010) discloses a technology for a garlic planter characterized by including a vinyl installation unit for laying vinyl on a cultivated field, a seeding unit for picking individual garlic from a plurality of stored garlics, and a planting unit for planting the picked garlic while tearing the vinyl.

[0005] In addition, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0114496 (published on October 17, 2012) discloses a garlic planter comprising: a planting means installed in a main body towed by a driving means and operated by receiving power from the driving means, wherein the planting speed is controlled according to the speed of the driving means to plant individual garlic cloves on the ridge while penetrating the vinyl covering the ridge; a seed dispensing means installed in the main body to receive power from the planting means and operate in synchronization with the planting means, wherein the planter picks individual garlic cloves from a plurality of garlic cloves stored in a seed container and delivers them to the planting means; and a planting depth control means installed in the main body and the driving means, wherein the height of the ridge is detected as the driving means moves, and the height of the planting means is adjusted according to the height of the ridge so that the planting means can maintain a constant planting depth.

[0006] In addition, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0121028 (published on October 25, 2019) discloses a technology regarding a garlic planter equipped with a garlic seeding device that is driven using the power of a riding rice transplanter without the planter's own power, and has a seeding holder for seeding garlic installed in a detachable manner to facilitate maintenance. Prior art literature

[0008] Patent Document 1: Published Patent Application No. 10-2009-0060708 (Published June 15, 2009) Patent Document 2: Published Patent Application No. 10-2010-0052257 (Published May 19, 2010) Patent Document 3: Published Patent Application No. 10-2012-0114496 (Published October 17, 2012) Patent Document 4: Published Patent Application No. 10-2019-0121028 (Published October 25, 2019) The problem to be solved

[0009] Conventional garlic planters simply sow garlic, making it practically impossible to replant incorrectly sown garlic, which caused difficulties in harvesting and cultivation.

[0010] The present invention aims to increase the efficiency of garlic planting by providing real-time information on unplanted or poorly planted conditions during the garlic planting stage. means of solving the problem

[0012] The present invention aims to solve the above problems and [1] relates to a garlic position determination device containing garlic in a seeding bucket, comprising a seeding loading unit (100) for loading garlic to be seeded, a plurality of seeding buckets (200) for carrying garlic to be seeded from the seeding loading unit for seeding, a camera (300) for photographing the position of garlic in a seeding bucket (200) containing garlic immediately before seeding among the plurality of seeding buckets (200), and a garlic position recognition unit (not shown) that recognizes the position of garlic photographed by the camera (300) and recognizes the garlic seeding position by deep learning.

[0013] In addition, the present invention [2] relates to a device for determining the position of garlic contained in a seed bucket, wherein, in [1] the camera (300) simultaneously photographs a plurality of seed buckets (200) that contain and transport garlic.

[0014] In addition, the present invention [3] relates to a garlic position determination device in a seeding bucket, wherein, in the above [1] or [2], the garlic position recognition unit (not shown) displays a notification message to a notification unit (not shown) when garlic is not contained in the seeding bucket (200) or when a plurality of garlic is contained therein.

[0015] In addition, the present invention [4] relates to a garlic posture determination device in which, in [3] above, the garlic posture recognition unit (not shown) displays a notification message to a notification unit (not shown) even when it is determined that the garlic contained in the seeding bucket (200) is sown in a 'lying-down shape'.

[0016] In addition, the present invention [5] relates to a device for determining the position of garlic contained in a seed bucket, wherein, in [1] above, the seed bucket (200) is installed in a plurality of rows of seed buckets (220) installed in the front and rear on a seed bucket drive shaft (210) that spans the left and right sides of a seed loading section (100).

[0017] In addition, the present invention [6] relates to a device for determining the position of garlic contained in a seeding bucket, wherein the seeding bucket (200) containing garlic immediately before seeding [5] is a seeding bucket (200) containing garlic immediately before dropping garlic into the seeding hole (230) among a plurality of seeding buckets (200) installed in a seeding bucket row (220). Effects of the invention

[0019] The present invention is configured as described above, and by providing real-time information on poor planting, such as unplanted seeds, during the garlic planting stage, the efficiency of garlic planting can be increased. Brief explanation of the drawing

[0021] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an embodiment of a seeder in which the present invention is installed. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the seed distribution bucket of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment showing the rotational driving direction of the seed distribution bucket of the present invention. Figure 4 is a photograph of an example of the state of garlic at the time of garlic planting according to the present invention. Figure 5 is a photograph showing the abnormal planting (lying shape) of garlic according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a photograph showing the normal planting (inverted shape) of garlic according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a photograph showing the normal planting (normal shape) of garlic according to the present invention. Specific details for implementing the invention

[0022] The present invention relates to a garlic posture determination device containing a garlic in a seeding bucket, comprising: a seeding loading unit (100) for loading garlic to be seeded; a seeding bucket (200) for carrying and transporting garlic to be seeded from the seeding loading unit; a camera (300) for photographing the posture of the garlic contained in the seeding bucket (200); and a garlic posture recognition unit (not shown) for recognizing the posture of the garlic photographed by the camera (300) and recognizing the garlic planting posture by deep learning. Below, each of the above components will be described in detail while looking at the drawings.

[0024] The seed loading unit (100) of the present invention is installed in a garlic planter (1) and loads garlic to seed garlic. As shown in FIG. 1, when a large amount of garlic is loaded in the seed loading unit (100), the garlic is placed in the seed bucket (200) by rotating the seed bucket (200).

[0026] The seeding bucket (200) of the present invention is used to carry and transport garlic for planting garlic.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of seed bucket rows (220) are installed to rotate on a seed bucket drive shaft (210), and a plurality of seed buckets (200) are installed in the seed bucket rows (220).

[0028] The garlic contained in the above-mentioned seeding bucket (200) is sown by the seeding bucket (200) shown in FIG. 2 rotating as shown in FIG. 3, thereby naturally dropping the garlic into the field through the seeding hole (230).

[0029] At this time, the sowing state can be carried out in various states as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7.

[0030] Figure 4 shows garlic being sown, and the stem may be in an unfolded or folded state, but this does not cause any problems during the growth process after sowing.

[0031] However, as shown in Fig. 5, when garlic is sown in a state where the corner curve or wide curve comes into contact with the ground, that is, when a 'lying shape' (abnormal sowing) occurs, there is a problem that normal growth is difficult after sowing.

[0032] As shown in Figures 6 and 7, when garlic is sown in an 'inverted shape' (normal sowing) or a 'normal shape' (normal sowing), normal growth occurs after sowing.

[0033] The present invention can increase the growth efficiency of garlic by determining, based on the shape of the garlic contained in the seeding bucket (200), that the garlic is being sown in an undesirable state, and by determining that the garlic posture is undesirable in the garlic posture recognition unit (not shown) and displaying a notification message in the notification unit (not shown), so that after the garlic is sown, the operator checks the contents displayed in the notification message and re-sowns.

[0034] The above undesirable shape can be divided into cases where garlic is not contained in the seeding bucket (200), cases where multiple garlics are contained in the seeding bucket (200), or cases where the garlic sown from the seeding bucket (200) is sown in a 'lying shape' as shown in FIG. 5.

[0036] The camera (300) of the present invention is installed on the front of the seeding bucket (200) as shown in FIG. 1 and photographs the position of the garlic contained in the seeding bucket (200). The camera (300) may simultaneously photograph multiple seeding buckets (200) containing garlic just before the garlic falls into the seeding hole (230) among the multiple seeding buckets (200) that carry and transport garlic. However, although not shown in the drawings, multiple cameras (300) may be installed to correspond to each of the rows (220) of the multiple seeding buckets.

[0038] The garlic posture recognition unit (not shown) of the present invention recognizes the posture of the garlic captured by the camera (300) and recognizes the garlic planting posture through deep learning.

[0039] The garlic posture recognition unit (not shown) of the present invention may be installed integrally with the camera (300), and a control unit (not shown) may be installed separately from the camera (300), and the control unit may control the garlic posture recognition unit (not shown) and the notification unit (not shown) described below together.

[0040] In the above garlic position recognition unit (not shown), if garlic is not contained in the seeding bucket (200), it is recognized as a state of empty soil where garlic is not contained; if multiple garlic bulbs are contained, it is recognized as a state where multiple garlic bulbs are contained; and if it is determined that the garlic will be sown in a 'lying shape', all of these are determined as poor planting positions.

[0041] At this time, the garlic pose recognition unit can accurately recognize the garlic pose using deep learning technology, and for example, the deep learning technology can be achieved by using a YOLO (You Only Look Once) model version.

[0043] The method of use of the present invention, as described above, is explained as follows.

[0044] First, a large amount of garlic for planting is loaded into the seed loading section (100) of the garlic planter (1).

[0045] Then, by driving the seeder, the seed bucket drive shaft (210) is rotated. When the seed bucket drive shaft (210) rotates, a plurality of seed bucket rows (220) that rotate in conjunction with the seed bucket drive shaft (210) rotate inside the seed loading section (100).

[0046] At this time, as shown in FIG. 1, the multiple seed buckets (200) installed in the row (220) of multiple seed buckets rotate from deep below the seed loading section (100) upward, so garlic is naturally placed in the seed buckets (200).

[0047] Among the seeding buckets (200) containing the garlic mentioned above, the final seeding bucket (200) that supplies garlic to the seeding hole (230) for planting is photographed by a camera (300).

[0048] The image of the seed bucket (200) containing garlic, captured by the camera (300), is used to recognize and determine whether the garlic is being sown in a good condition or in a poor condition by the garlic position recognition unit (not shown).

[0049] At this time, the good condition refers to normal sowing (normal shape) as well as normal sowing (inverted shape), as shown in Figures 6 and 7.

[0050] In addition, defective conditions include abnormal sowing (lying shape sowing) as shown in FIG. 5, as well as cases where garlic is not contained in the seeding bucket (200) or where multiple garlic is contained.

[0051] If the above garlic posture recognition unit (not shown) determines that the planting is abnormal, a notification message is displayed on the notification unit (not shown), so that after the garlic planting is performed, the operator can check the contents displayed in the notification message and plant again.

[0052] The indication on the above notification section can be made by indicating the location of the seeding bucket (200), and can be indicated by the location of the seeding bucket column (220) and the number of the seeding bucket (200) installed in the seeding bucket column (220).

[0053] For example, if a notification (not shown) indicates that the garlic contained in the 3rd seeding bucket (200) of the 5th seeding bucket row (220) has been sown in an abnormal state, the operator can sown the abnormally sown garlic normally by checking only that point, and can also sown it again by recognizing that it has been sown abnormally even in the case of a missing plant.

[0055] The above description is an illustrative explanation of the present invention, and the embodiments disclosed in the specification are intended to explain, not limit, the technical concept of the present invention; therefore, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and variations within the scope of the technical concept of the present invention without departing from it. Although garlic is described as an exemplary crop in the specification of the present invention, application to crops similar to garlic is also included within the technical concept of the present invention.

[0057] Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention is interpreted by the matters described in the claims, and technical matters within the equivalent scope should also be interpreted as being included in the scope of rights of the present invention. Explanation of the symbols

[0059] 1 : Seeder 100 : Distribution loading section 200 : Baejong Bucket 210: Distribution bucket drive shaft 220 : Distribution bucket column 230 : Bae Jong Hall 300 : Camera

Claims

Claim 1 A garlic position determination device containing garlic in a seeding bucket, comprising: a seeding loading unit (100) for loading garlic to be seeded; a plurality of seeding buckets (200) for carrying and transporting garlic to be seeded from the seeding loading unit; a camera (300) for photographing the position of garlic in a seeding bucket (200) containing garlic immediately before seeding among the plurality of seeding buckets (200); and a garlic position recognition unit that recognizes the position of garlic photographed by the camera (300) and recognizes the garlic planting position by deep learning. The garlic position recognition unit is characterized by displaying a notification message in a notification unit when garlic is not contained in the seeding bucket (200) or when multiple garlic is contained, and also displaying a notification message in a notification unit when it is determined that the garlic contained in the seeding bucket (200) is planted in a 'lying position'. Claim 2 A device for determining the posture of garlic contained in a seed bucket, wherein, in claim 1, the camera (300) simultaneously photographs a plurality of seed buckets (200) that carry and transport garlic. Claim 3 delete Claim 4 delete Claim 5 A device for determining the position of garlic contained in a seed bucket, wherein, in the first paragraph, the seed bucket (200) is installed in multiple numbers in a row of seed buckets (220) installed in the front and rear on a seed bucket drive shaft (210) that spans the left and right sides of the seed loading section (100). Claim 6 A device for determining the position of garlic contained in a seeding bucket, wherein, in claim 5, the seeding bucket (200) containing garlic immediately before seeding is characterized as being a seeding bucket (200) containing garlic immediately before dropping garlic into the seeding hole (230) among a plurality of seeding buckets (200) installed in a seeding bucket row (220).

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