Abstract: The present invention is automated irrigation system. More particularly, the invention employs AI to control the optimal date to sow seeds for the crop, accurately allocate resources for its growth, identify crop disease in time and detect and destroy weeds. Further IoT can also help farmers predict the year ahead by using historic production data, long-term weather forecasts, genetically modified seed information, commodity pricing predictions to suggest the number of seeds needs to be sown. Additional to, the covering over top make sure to have a protective layer while raining and will store the rainwater in tank for future use. These technologies enhance farmer"s knowledge regarding their land and making farming sustainable.
The present disclosure generally relates to the automated irrigation system, and more particularly relates to a IOT based small irrigation monitoring system employing with AI screening to properly monitor soil health, environment, and adjusts the irrigation as well as the plant clear according to the observation in agricultural fields.
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART AND PROBLEM IN PRIOR ART:
Farming practices by our Indian farmers are done by really mundane ways and farming becomes just a thing of prediction which makes it more erratic. When prediction fails, crops and whole of agriculture get knocked out hence creating havoc in the lives of farmers and agro-industry which results in farmers suffering more losses, leveraging themselves in chains of debt and, hence committing suicide.
Turn on any news channels and you will find plenty of news regarding the depletion of farmers and the state of farming practices in India. This state of today is just the result of unconventional practice practiced by farmers and their old aged farming techniques and little or no knowledge of tech in farming. Authorities, agriculture bureaucrats and farmers tend to ignore the fact that farming must get revolutionized and involvement of tech must be used for efficient and productive farming. Today when India is witnessing such incidents, we must realize that this is the hour of greatest need.
Currently in today's farming, the different problems of agriculture are listed below. The systems are uncertain, unreliable and erratic rainfall leads to wastage of water due to lack of modern equipment's. The inefficient methods occurred due to the absence of technological interface leads to large manpower and high cost. The absence of proper crop monitoring process doesn't lead to enhancement in crop output efficiency.
Various architectural and technological improvements have been suggested in the past and have been widely adopted over the years to improve the productivity of the agricultural field. Traditionally, Indian farmers have adopted manual observation based technique which has resulted in either excessive use of pesticides or under use of watering or many issues which results in less efficient and less productive crops.
The Internet of Things (IOT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and'the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. It is a cloud of interconnected physical devices that aids to communicate with each other physical devices over the internet. Specifically, the physical devices such as micro controller's and sensors communicate directly with each UtKeT using an IOT gateway.
Conventionally, a system is designed to monitor and control the irrigation.using-a solar system and IOT technology. The various sensors such as moisture and soil
sensors are used to measure various agricultural parameter levels such as soil, vapor, moisture, and soil nutrients in real time manner. The control center aids to compare the measured values with standard or predefined values if the sensors measured values is lower than the standard values, and then the control center provides notification alarm to farmers to adjust the amount of fertilizers and irrigation levels. But the conventional systems don't have the ability to display the sensed data on user's computer remotely in real time. Therefore, there is a need for a IOT based small irrigation monitoring system employing with AI screening to properly monitor soil health, environment, and adjusts the irrigation as well as the plant clear according to the observation in agricultural fields. Such a system must have the ability to automatically connect the physical sensing devices and irrigation controlling mechanism to the cloud. PRIOR ARTS
[001] IN- 201941038253 discloses sensor based Smart Segregation Garbage monitoring system uses a Sensor Technology to segregate the waste at source level into their four basic streams such as plastic, metallic, wet and dray waste. There are many sensors which could be used to sense the materials such as IR sensor, Inductive sensor, Moisture Sensor, Ultrasonic sensor (05) , inductive Sensor, capacitive Sensor, Proximity Sensor etc. Sensors are interfaced by using an Arduino UNO based on ATmega 328.
[002] CN105573277A discloses an Internet of Things intelligent irrigation system based on cloud computing. The system comprises an intelligent irrigation cloud service platform, an intelligent irrigation cloud data center, an Internet of
Things terminal management controller, and an irrigation device, the irrigation device and a sensor are both connected with the Internet of Things terminal management controller, the Internet of Things terminal management controller is connected with the intelligent irrigation cloud data center via a wireless network, a user logs in the intelligent irrigation cloud service platform for obtaining service via the network, the intelligent irrigation cloud service platform is deployed in the intelligent irrigation cloud data center, and the intelligent irrigation cloud service platform provides service for the user. According to the system, the conception is novel, advanced cloud computing, the Internet of Things, big data, mobile application, and the artificial intelligence technology are employed, the system is simple, easy, and convenient, the timeliness is good, the networking is convenient, the reliability is high, the transmission rate is fast, and the advanced Internet of Things intelligent irrigation system based on cloud computing is provided for the application and promotion of the technologies of cloud computing and Internet of Things in the water conservancy industry, an Internet of Things intelligent irrigation system based on cloud computing. The system comprises an intelligent irrigation cloud service platform, an intelligent irrigation cloud data center, an Internet of Things terminal management controller, and an irrigation device, the irrigation device and a sensor are both connected with the Internet of Things terminal management controller, the Internet of Things terminal management controller is connected with the intelligent irrigation cloud data center via a wireless network, a user logs in the intelligent irrigation cloud service platform for obtaining service via the network,
the intelligent irrigation cloud service platform is deployed in the intelligent irrigation cloud data center, and the intelligent irrigation cloud service platform provides service for the user; According to the system, the conception is novel, advanced cloud computing, the Internet of Things, big data, mobile application, and the artificial intelligence technology are employed, the system is simple, easy, and convenient, the timeliness is good, the networking is convenient, the reliability is high, the transmission rate is fast, and the advanced Internet of Things intelligent irrigation system based on cloud computing is provided for the application and promotion of the technologies of cloud computing and Internet of Things in the water conservancy industry.
[003] CN106097131A discloses agricultural based on big data precisely implantation methods. Described content includes: the big data that agricultural precision farming system uses include the big data of soil, the big data of crop growth rule, the big data of liquid manure, four modules of the big data of market for farm products. First, according to the conventional market sales volume and the crops classification of price big data selection suitable planting of agricultural product. Then, according to the sowing time of crop growth stage big data placement crops, the soil'of suitable planting crops is selected according to the big data of crops of the soil moisture and humidity data, applicable soil-grown. Finally, the illumination that needs according to each growth stage of crops, water and application date obtains that crops need waters and application date, supply big data according to liquid manure and arrange liquid manure watering time and irrigation amount to crops. This method can utilize the big data Proper
Match soil of agricultural and crops, efficiently utilize liquid manure, it is adaptable to precision agriculture.
[004] CN107085389A discloses an intelligent agricultural system that the present invention is provided, including data acquisition unit, central processing unit, Cloud Server, Governmental monitoring unit and expert's guide unit, data acquisition unit is connected with central processing unit by CAN, central processing unit passes through network service with Cloud Server, Governmental monitoring unit and expert's guide unit are communicated by network with Cloud Server, and information is shared between Governmental monitoring unit and expert's guide unit. Environmental condition in data acquisition unit collection agricultural product growth course, enables government effectively to supervise the plantation of agricultural product, and agricultural cultivation guidance also can be directly given by expert's platform. And information is shared between Governmental monitoring unit and expert's guide unit, can realize and be supervised mutually between government and expert, the policy that agricultural experts' supervision government formulates, government supervision agricultural experts give peasant household's guidance.
[005] The article titled as "IoT based Smart Agriculture" discloses Agriculture plays vital role in the development of agricultural country. In India about 70% of population depends upon farming and one third of the nation's capital comes from farming. Issues concerning agriculture have been always hindering the development of the country. The only solution to this problem is smart agriculture by modernizing the current traditional methods of agriculture. Hence
the project aims at making agriculture smart using automation and IoT technologies. The highlighting features of this project includes smart GPS based remote controlled robot to perform tasks like weeding, spraying, moisture sensing, bird and animal scaring, keeping vigilance, etc. Secondly it includes smart irrigation with smart control and intelligent decision making based on accurate real time field data. Thirdly, smart warehouse management which includes temperature maintenance, humidity maintenance and theft detection in the warehouse. Controlling of all these operations will be through any remote smart device or computer connected to Internet and the operations will be performed by interfacing sensors, Wi-Fi or ZigBee modules, camera and actuators with micro-controller and raspberry pi.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c77d/1965f44f2aa55eef422025184le9551edlb2. pdf
[006] The article titled as "IoT based Smart Agriculture" discloses agriculture plays vital role in the development of agricultural country like India. Issues concerning agriculture have been always hindering the development of the country. The only solution to this problem is smart agriculture by modernizing the current traditional methods of agriculture. Hence the proposed method aims at making agriculture smart using automation and IoT technologies. Internet of Things (IoT) enables various applications crop growth monitoring and selection, irrigation decision support, etc. A Raspberry Pi based automatic irrigation IOT system is proposed to modernization and improves productivity of the crop, main aim of this work to crop development at low quantity water consumption, In
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order to focus on water available to the plants at the required time, for that purpose most of the farmers waste lot time in the fields. An efficient management of water should be developed and the system circuit complexity to be reduced. The proposed system developed on the information sent from the sensors and estimate the quantity of water needed. A two sensors are used to get the data to the base station the humidity and the temperature of the soil, the humidity, the temperature, and the duration of sunshine per day. The proposed systems based on these values and calculate the water quantity for irrigation is required. The major advantage the system is implementing of Precision Agriculture (PA) with cloud computing, that will optimize the usage of water fertilizers while maximizing the yield of the crops and also will help in analyzing the weather conditions of the field.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8399118
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION:
[007] It is therefore the object of the invention to overcome the aforementioned and other drawbacks in prior device/system/apparatus.
[008] The principal objective of the present invention is automated irrigation system. More particularly, the objective of the present invention is to provide a 10 T based small irrigation monitoring system employing with AI screening.
[009] Another object of the present invention is to provide properly monitor soil health, environment, and adjusts the irrigation.
[0010] Another object of the present invention is to connects irrigation control mechanism and physical sensing devices automatically.
[0011] Yet another objective of the invention is to provide a system that measures different agriculture parameters data such as moisture of the soil, humidity, temperature, water level, and weather conditions in a real-time.
[0012] Yet another objective of the invention is to wherein the monitoring data further includes at least one characteristic of: a soil type, a soil measurement, a seed type, a sowing time, an amount of irrigation, a scheduling of irrigation, a type of fertilizer, a scheduling of fertilizer application, a type of pesticide, and a scheduling of pesticide application.
[0013] Another objective of the invention is to provide a system in which the farmer remotely controls the water pump and other irrigation parameters automatically if the sensed data is lower or higher than the predetermined value.'
[0014] Yet another object of the present invention is a covering over the roof while raining, when there will be enough moisture in the soil and no need of rainwater over.
[0015] Yet another objective of the present invention to collect the rain water in a tank for future use.
[0016] Another object of the present invention is to provide a low cost.
[0017] Another object of the present invention is to provide a circuit that eliminate complete action of manpower.
[0018] Another object of the present invention is to provide the crop safety enhancement using various sensor in soil and locate through physical device like Mobile or tablet or any smart device or any processor.
[0019] Another object of the invention is to wherein the processor or smart device is configured to autonomously control the actuator to detect an anomaly within the agricultural sample from the received image data and to acquire additional data about the detected anomaly.
[0020] Another objective of the invention is to wherein the sensors includes a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, multispectral sensors, hyper spectral sensors, acoustic sensors, laser sensors, spatial location sensors, temporal sensors, ambient light sensors, accelerometers, proximity sensors, or gyroscopic sensors.
[0021] These and other objects and, advantages of the present subject matter will be apparent to a person skilled in the art after consideration of the following detailed description taken into consideration with accompanying drawings in which preferred embodiments of the present subject matter are illustrated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
[0022] A big Challenge in while farming is to make sure that crops will be safe and cultivated timely and now-a-days farmers are using robots, ground-based wireless sensors, and drones to monitor growing conditions. Next, they invest in cloud services and edge computing to process the data. It has been predicted that by 2050, the typical farm is likely to create an average of 4.1 million data points
every day. Hence, technology like Artificial Intelligence and Internet of thing(Further referred as IoT) interprets the data collected by farmers can assist them by giving inputs regarding better yielding of crops is an advancement to the farming sector where a combination of both these technologies is used in the project. Additional features and advantages are realized through the technicalities of the present disclosure. Other embodiments and aspects of the disclosure are described in detail herein and are considered to be a part of the claimed disclosure.
[0023] The present invention is automated irrigation system. More particularly, the invention employs AI to control the optimal date to sow seeds for the crop, accurately allocate resources for its growth, identify crop disease in time and detect and destroy weeds. Further IoT can also help farmers predict the year ahead by using historic production data, long-term weather forecasts, genetically modified seed information, commodity pricing predictions to suggest the number of seeds needs to be sown. Additional to, the covering over top make sure to have a protective layer while raining and will store the rainwater in tank for future use. These technologies enhance farmer's knowledge regarding their land and making farming sustainable.
[0024] The invention is suitable for but not limited to small area farming like strawberry farming, tomato farming, dual crop farming, herb gardening, .nurseries, school garden, kindergartens, kitchen garden, Microgreens Farming (like beets, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, kohlrabi, mustards, and radish farming
etc), Tree Nursery, vegetable landscaping, Cannabis Farming, roof top farming, rooftop tea garden, organic farming, flower farming, green houses etc.
[0025] The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0026] It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of the present subject matter and are therefore not to be considered for limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments. The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the figures to reference like features and components. Some embodiments of system or methods or structure in accordance with embodiments of the present subject matter are now described, by way of example, and with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
[0027] Fig. 1 illustrates the layout of the automated smart irrigation system using AI and IoT in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0028] Fig. 2 illustrates the sensor used in soil with embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0029] Fig. 3 illustrates a structure of physical equipment used for monitoring and the data related to.
[0030] Fig. 4 illustrates the roof covering while raining in accordance to the subject matter.
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[0035] The figures depict embodiments of the present subject matter for the purposes of illustration only. A person skilled in the art will easily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS:
[0036] While the embodiments of the disclosure are subject to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof have been shown by way of example in the figures and will be described below. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternative falling within the scope of the disclosure.
[0037] The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof used in the disclosure, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a device, system, assembly that comprises a list of components does not include only those components but may include other components not expressly listed or inherent to such system, or assembly, or device. In other words, one or more elements in a system or device proceeded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or device.
[0038] The disclosed embodiments include a smart automated irrigation system.
[0039] The present subject matter relates to Fig. 1 illustrates schematic diagram of a system 100 for harvest yield prediction utilized to describe the various disclosed embodiments. The system 100 includes a three-sided wall 101, a sensor module 102, a camera 103, an output module 104, a processing circuitry 105, and a transmitting module 106, a roof covering 107, pulleys (108a, 108b, 108c). In an embodiment, the camera module 103 is configured to click the photograph of the crop and for predicting harvest yield for plants on a target area based on application features. The target area may be a farm area such as, but not limited to, an outdoor area in which plants are grown (e.g., an open field), an indoor area in which crops are grown (e.g., protected crops or greenhouses), an incubator, or any other location in which plants are grown. Such crops may include, but are not limited to, fruits, trees, leaves, roots, crops, flowers, inflorescence, and so on. The sensor module 102 may be configured to acquire the monitoring data used to derive the application features and to transmit the monitoring data to the
processor and to the output device like mobile, tablet and processor 104. The monitoring data includes, but the target area including at least one crop. The sensors may include but not limited to a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, multispectral sensors, hyper spectral sensors, acoustic sensors, laser sensors, spatial location sensors, temporal sensors, ambient light sensors, accelerometers, proximity sensors, or gyroscopic sensors.
[0040] Alternatively or collectively, the monitoring data may include characteristics of the crops or the target area related to plant growth such as, but not limited to, soil type, soil measurements (e.g., salinity, pH, etc.), seed type, sowing time, amount and scheduling of irrigation, type and scheduling of fertilizer, type and scheduling of pesticides and/or insecticides, and so on.
[0041] It should be noted that the description and figures merely illustrate the principles of the present subject matter. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that conception and specific embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present subject matter. It should also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that by devising various arrangements that, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the present subject matter and are included within its spirit and scope. Furthermore, all examples recited herein are principally intended expressly to be for pedagogical purposes to aid the reader in understanding the principles of the present subject matter and the concepts contributed by the inventor(s) to furthering the art, and are to be construed as being without limitation to such specifically recited examples and
conditions. The novel features which are believed to be characteristic of the present subject matter, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures.
[0042] The sensor module 102 may include a processing circuitry for processing the data acquired by the sensor module 102 and a communication unit for enabling communication with the camera module 103 over a telecommunication network. The camera module 103 and the sensor module 102 may be configured to communicate using a wireless communication data link such as a 3G or a WIFI connection.
[0043] Further the land will be covered with three-sided wall as shown in Fig. 1. The wall may be overcome through pulleys where a roof covering has been placed. The roof covering will cover the roof top while raining and will transfer the water to the reservoir for future use. In this way, the rain water will not harm the crop.
ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION OVER PRIOR ART:
[0044] The invention is suitable for but not limited to small area farming like strawberry farming, tomato farming, dual crop farming, herb gardening, .nurseries, school garden, kindergartens, kitchen garden, Microgreens Farming (like beets, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, kohlrabi, mustards, and radish farming
etc), Tree Nursery, vegetable landscaping, Cannabis Farming, roof top farming, rooftop tea garden, organic farming, flower farming, green houses etc.
[0045] Main advantages of the invention
1. A simple system capable of being installed at any location for small as well as big area.
2. A system which help in automated irrigation system.
3. The system uses eco-friendly and saves money and time..
[0046] The present invention contemplates all of these combinations. Unless stated otherwise, dimensions and geometries of the various structures depicted herein are not intended to be restrictive of the invention, and other dimensions or geometries are possible. In addition, while a feature of the present invention may have been described in the context of only one of the illustrated embodiments, such feature may be combined with one or more other features of other embodiments, for any given application. It will also be appreciated from the above that the fabrication of the unique structures herein and the operation thereof also constitute methods in accordance with the present invention. The present invention also encompasses intermediate and end products resulting from the practice of the methods herein. The use of "comprising" or "including" also contemplates embodiments that "consist essentially of or "consist of the recited feature.
[0047] Although embodiments for the present subject matter have been described in language specific to structural features, it is to be understood that the present subject matter is not necessarily limited to the specific features described. Rather^ the specific features and methods are disclosed as embodiments for the present subject matter. Numerous modifications and adaptations of the system/component of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and thus it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such modifications and adaptations which fall within the scope of the present subject matter.
We claim:
1.A smart automated irrigation system using AI and IoT comprising:
a sensor module, a camera, an output module, a processor circuitry, a transmitting
module, a roof covering, pulleys or three-sided wall,
receiving monitoring data related to at least one crop, wherein the monitoring
data includes at least one photo clicked by the camera showing the at least one
crop; analyzing, via processor,
monitoring data further includes at least one set of environmental sensor inputs,
wherein the extraction is further based on the at least one set of environmental
sensor inputs,
a roof covering, to cover the top of the field while raining and to save the crop
from extra water,
system connects IOT platforms, IOT platforms pushed information to web-based
management system and mobile terminal management software.
2. The claim 2 with reference to claim 1, where the extracted features
include at least one of: crop stage, crop size, and disease distribution.
3o The claim 3, with reference to claim 1, where the monitoring data further
includes at least one characteristic, wherein the extraction is further based on the at least one characteristic, wherein each characteristic is any of: a soil type, a soil measurement, a seed type, a sowing time, an amount of irrigation, a scheduling of irrigation, a type of fertilizer, a scheduling of fertilizer application, a type of pesticide, and a scheduling of pesticide application.
4. The claim 4 with reference to claim 1, where the Internet of Things Intelligent irrigation system based on cloud computing according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described user can by installing APP software on intelligent mobile terminal, carry out daily management and scientific application of irrigation, and the networking control with water-fertilizer integral irrigation equipment can be realized.
5. The claim 5 with reference to claim 1, where the rain water will be harvest for future use.
6. The smart farming system can be applied for but not limited to only, strawberry farming, tomato farming, dual crop fanning, herb gardening, .nurseries, school garden, kindergartens, kitchen garden, Microgreens Farming (like beets, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, kohlrabi, mustards, and radish farming etc), Tree Nursery, vegetable landscaping, Cannabis Farming, rooftop farming, rooftop tea garden, organic farming, flower farming, green houses etc.
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