TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of agricultural. In particular, the present disclosure provides a system to be installed within an agricultural vehicle such as tractor trolley, that facilitates in controlling moisture content of agricultural product such as paddy stored in the tractor trolley automatically.

BACKGROUND
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed disclosure, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] Due to moisture in paddy, huge amount of yield losses in rice have been increased, therefore, the quantity of rice with respect to moisture has been decreased. Even, thereare so many portable meters are available that can measure the moisture content in paddy after harvesting the paddy. Inaccurate moisture levels in rice production can lead to extradrying costs and harvesting loss, spoilage of grain in storage, extra drying costs and lossof quality, lower head rice when milled, and weight loss in grain is it is sold too dry.
[0004] Conventional dryers seek to reduce a moisture content of agriculture product before storage, such as for shelled corn, from about 25% moisture content at harvest to about 15% moisture content before storing theagriculture product in a silo. Proper moisture content is important for storage because too much moisture leads to rot or spoilage, while too little moisture leads to poor taste or processing issues. Often dryers are controlled by periodic grab samples to check a dryer exit moisture content and then manually adjusting the unload rate from the dryer. This manual method leads to inconsistent results with some agriculture product that is too wet and other grain that is too dry.
[0005] It is particularly difficult to dry agriculture product with a uniform moisture content when the wet agriculture product moisture content varies, such as from irrigated and non-irrigated sections of the same field. Even if the average moisture content of the dried agriculture product is at a desired level, undesirable pockets of agriculture product with a different moisture content can collect within the storage silo. Problem pockets can adversely affect the dried grain quality and/or monetary value.
[0006] Inaccurate moisture content measure leads to: Extra drying cost and harvesting loss if paddy is harvested wetter than necessary
• Spoilage if the grain is too wet in storage
• Extra drying cost and loss of quality if paddy is dried too far
• Lower head rice when milled at wrong MC, and
• Weight loss (loss in profit), if grain is sold too dry.
[0007] Therefore, there is need in the art to develop a system for automatically controlling the moisture of a large amount of agricultural product, thus save time, and human intervention.

OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0008] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfies are as listed herein below.
[0009] An object of the present disclosure relates to a system to reduce moisture level in an agricultural vehicle.
[0010] Another object of the present disclosure relates to a system that operates automatically.
[0011] Another object of the present invention relates to a system to control moisture of a large amount of agricultural product at once, thus save time of reducing moisture content.
[0012] Another object of the present disclosure relates to a system that can provide heat at a controlled temperature.

SUMMARY
[0013] Various aspects of the present invention relates to the field of agricultural. In particular, the present invention provides a system to be installed within an agricultural vehicle such as tractor trolley, that facilitates in controlling moisture content of agricultural product such as paddy stored in the tractor trolley automatically.
[0014] An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a system 100 to reduce moisture in an agricultural product, the system may include a plurality of sensors positioned in an agricultural vehicle to detect moisture in the agricultural product stored in the agricultural vehicle, and correspondingly generate a signal, where each of the plurality of the sensors can be spaced apart in the agricultural vehicle.
[0015] In an aspect, a peltier unit may be positioned in the agricultural vehicle to generate heat.
[0016] In an aspect, a control unit may be operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and the pettier unit, the control unit may include one or more processors associated with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors and configured to extract value of moisture from the received signal, compare the extracted value of the moisture with a set of pre-defined moisture values stored in the memory, generate an actuation signal, upon detection of the value of the moisture beyond a pre-defined range, and upon receiving the actuation signal, the peltier unit 108 may be actuated to generate heat, that facilitates in reducing moisture in the agricultural product.
[0017] In an aspect, the agricultural vehicle is a vehicle having a hollow space to receive and store the agricultural product.
[0018] In an aspect, the agricultural product is a paddy crop and the paddy crop comprises rice, wheat, maize, and pearl millet.
[0019] In an aspect, each of the plurality of sensors are moisture sensor and IR-3000 moist tech sensor, or combination thereof.
[0020] In an aspect, each of the plurality of sensors spaced apart in the agricultural vehicle, and configured to detect moisture level of the agricultural product stored in a pre-defined area in the agricultural vehicle.
[0021] In an aspect, the control unit may be configured to analyze the received signal transmitted by the each of the plurality of sensors to determine an average value of moisture, and correspondingly commands the peltier unit to generate heat.
[0022] In an aspect, a power source can be operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, the peltier unit, and the control unit.
[0023] In an aspect, the power source may be selected from the one or more solar panels, rechargeable battery, NiCadbattery, lithium (Li) ion cell, solar battery, and electrochemical cells.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
[0024] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
[0025] The diagrams described herein are for illustration only, which thus are not limitations of the present disclosure, and wherein:
[0026] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of the proposed system, to elaborate upon its working in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0027] FIG. 2 illustrates exemplary representation of the proposed system installed in the agricultural vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0028] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0029] While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described in the accompanying drawings, the embodiments are offered only in as much detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure and are not intended to limit the numerous equivalents, changes, variations, substitutions and modifications falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0030] Embodiments explained herein relates to the field of agricultural. In particular, the present invention provides a system to be installed within an agricultural vehicle such as tractor trolley, that facilitates in controlling moisture content of agricultural product such as paddy stored in the tractor trolley automatically.
[0031] Moisture content of agricultural products can affect taste, texture, cooking, processing, spoilage, mold growth, fungus growth and/or any other characteristic or quality related to a value of agricultural product. Typically, grains have a harvested moisture that unless reduced results in a degraded material or product when stored, such as in a grain elevator.
[0032] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of the proposed system, to elaborate upon its working in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0033] As shown schematically in FIG. 1 and according to certain embodiments of this invention, a system 100 adapted to be coupled with an agricultural vehicle (interchangeably referred as vehicle, hereinafter) to control moisture in an agricultural product stored in the agricultural vehicle is disclosed. The agricultural vehicle can be tractor trolley, where the trolley can be configured to receive and accommodate the agricultural products. The agricultural products can be produced by farming methods and can be plant or other vegetative matter. Fruits, vegetables, other produce and natural fibers are examples of agricultural crops planted, cultivated, grown and/or raised. Organic and/or synthetic chemicals, pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers may be used in the growing process. Some grains and legumes are important monetary crops and provide staple food for the diet or consumption of humans as foodstuffs and/or animals as fodder. Moreover, legumes can be beans, peas, lentils, alfalfa, peanuts, soybeans and any other suitable relatively high protein fruit. Grains or cereals can be the seeds of grasses and can comprise corn, rapeseed, canola, wheat, rice, barley, sorghum, millet, oats, rye, buckwheat, associated hybrids and/or any other suitable relatively high carbohydrate seed.
[0034] In an embodiment, the system 100 for reducing moisture in agricultural product can include a plurality of sensors 106 (collectively referred as sensors 106, and individually referred as sensor 106), a peltier unit 108, and a control unit 110.
[0035] In an embodiment, the sensors 106 can include but not limited to moisture sensor and IR-3000 moist tech sensor, or combination thereof. Any sensor measuring moisture of products can be used herein. Also, number of sensors 106 cannot be definite, it can be based on the size of the trolley of the agricultural vehicle. Each of the sensors 106 can be positioned spaced apart in the agricultural vehicle that facilitates in collecting moisture information from all the sides of the vehicle.
[0036] Each of the sensor 106 can be configured to detect moisture information of the agricultural product stored in a predefined area of the agricultural vehicle The sensors 106 can be configured to detect moisture in the agricultural product, and correspondingly generate a signal.
[0037] In an embodiment, the pettier unit 108 can be positioned in the agricultural vehicle. The peltier unit 108 can be configured to produce heat required in the agricultural vehicle. The peltier unit 108 can be used as effective thermal management solution, when there is a need to precisely control the temperature of the agricultural crop stored in the vehicle. Based on the need, the required current and associated drive voltage can be determined. Moreover, the peltier unit 108 can be deactivated, and upon receiving commands from the control unit 110 it can be activated to produce required heat. Further, when there is a need of more than one peltier unit 108, other peltier units 108 can be installed easily.
[0038] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can be operatively coupled to the sensors 106 and the peltier unit 108. Upon receiving the moisture content in the agricultural product stored in the vehicle, the peltier unit 108 can be instructed to produce heat. The control unit 110 can include one or more processor(s). The one or more processor(s) can be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s) can be configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory of the control unit 110. The memory can store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines, which can be fetched and executed to create or share the data units over a network service. The memory can include any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory, and the like.
[0039] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can also include interface(s). The interface(s) may include a variety of interfaces, for example, interfaces for data input and output devices, referred to as I/O devices, storage devices, and the like.
[0040] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can be configured to receive the signal generated by each of the sensor 106, and extract the valueof moisture found in the associated predefined area from each ofthe sensor 106. The extracted value of moisture of each of the sensor 106 can be compared by the control unit 110, the comparison can be made with a set of pre-defined moisture values, and determine an average moisture value. Upon detection of the value beyond the predefined range, the control unit 110 can generate an actuation signal that can pertain information of required temperature heat to be produced.
[0041] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can be configured to transmit the generated actuation signal to the peltier unit 108, and upon receiving the actuation signal, the peltier unit 108 can produce heat at a temperature instructed by the control unit 110 that facilitates in reducing the moisture content in the agricultural product stored in the vehicle.
[0042] In an embodiment, a power source 112 can be configured with the system 100 to supply electricity to various components. The power source can be configured to provide power supply to the plurality of sensors 106, the peltier unit 108, and the control unit 110. The power source 112is selected from the one or more solar cell, rechargeable battery, NiCadbattery, lithium (Li) ion cell, solar battery, and electrochemical cells. For example, the solar cells can be configured to generate electricity, which can be supplied to the system 100.
[0043] FIG. 2 illustrates exemplary representation of the proposed system installed in the agricultural vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0044] As illustrate in FIG.2, a part of the agricultural vehicle i.e. trolley is disclosed. The trolley is open from top side, and configured to store a large amount of agricultrural product for example, rice paddy. IR-300 Moist Tech Sensors 106-1, 106-2, 106-3, and 106-4 can be installed on the trolley, in such a way that moisture information from all sides of the trolley can be collected. A control unit (i.e. raspberry pi) 110 can be positioned on the trolley, and the control unit 110 can be operatively coupled with a peltier unit 108. The moisture information detected from each of the IR-300 Moist Tech Sensors 106-1, 106-2, 106-3, and 106-4 can be transmitted to the control unit 110, and the control unit 110 can analyse the received information to determine an average value of moisture of the agricultural product stored in the trolley. The control unit 110 can activate the peltier unit 108 to generate heat at a required temperature to reduce moisture of the rice paddy stored in the trolley.
[0045] The peltier unit 108 can be activated for a pre-defined time, and after the pre-defined time, the peltier unit 108 can be deactivated, and can be activated again by the control unit 110, when the moisture level is high in the rice paddy. Also, the proposed system can be coupled to existing trolleys.
[0046] As used herein, and unless the context dictates otherwise, the term "coupled to" is intended to include both direct coupling (in which two elements that are coupled to each other contact each other) and indirect coupling (in which at least one additional element is located between the two elements). Therefore, the terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are used synonymously. Within the context of this document terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are also used euphemistically to mean “communicatively coupled with” over a network, where two or more devices are able to exchange data with each other over the network, possibly via one or more intermediary device.
[0047] The terms, descriptions and figures used herein are set forth by way of illustration only. Many variations are possible within the spirit and scope of the subject matter, which is intended to be defined by the following claims and their equivalents in which all terms are meant in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated.
[0048] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.

ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION
[0049] The present disclosure provides a system to reduce moisture level in an agricultural vehicle.
[0050] The present disclosure provides a system that operates automatically.
[0051] The present disclosure provides a system to control moisture of a large amount of agricultural product at once, thus save time of reducing moisture content.
[0052] The present disclosure provides a system that can provide heat at a controlled temperature.

We Claims:

1. A system 100 to reduce moisture in an agricultural product, the system comprising:
a plurality of sensors 106 positioned in an agricultural vehicle to detect moisture in the agricultural product stored in the agricultural vehicle, and correspondingly generate a signal, wherein each of the plurality of the sensors 106 spaced apart in the agricultural vehicle;
a peltier unit 108 positioned in the agricultural vehicle to generate heat;
a control unit 110 operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors 106 and the pettier unit 108, the control unit comprise one or more processors associated with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors and configured to:
extract value of moisturefrom the received signal;
compare the extracted value of the moisture with a set ofpre-defined moisture values stored in the memory;
generate an actuation signal, upon detection of the value of the moisture beyond a pre-defined range, wherein upon receiving the actuation signal, the peltier unit 108 is actuated to generate heat, that facilitates in reducing moisture in the agricultural product.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the agricultural vehicle is a vehicle having a hollow space to receive and store the agricultural product.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the agricultural product is a paddy crop and the paddy crop comprises rice, wheat, maize, and pearl millet.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of sensors 106 aremoisture sensor and IR-3000 moist tech sensor, or combination thereof.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of sensors spaced apart in the agricultural vehicle, and configured to detect moisture level of the agricultural product stored in a pre-defined area in the agricultural vehicle.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit 110 is configured to:
analyze the received signal transmitted by the each of the plurality of sensors 106 to determine an average value of moisture, and correspondingly commands the peltier unit 108 to generate heat.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1, comprises a power source 112 that can be operatively coupled tothe plurality of sensors 106, the peltier unit 108, and the control unit 110.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power source 112 is selected from the one or more solar panels, rechargeable battery, NiCad battery, lithium (Li) ion cell, solar battery, and electrochemical cells.