Patent Application
20200333232
The present invention belongs to the field of intelligent machinery, and in particular, relates to a system and method for online detection of a droplet deposition amount of a spraying operation of a plant protection machine, i.e. combining wireless sensor network technology with droplet deposition amount sensors for real-time detection of droplet deposition amount data.
With the research and development of intelligent precision agriculture technology, precision pesticide application technology has been widely used in the prevention of crop diseases and insect pests. In spraying operation in environments such as field, forest and orchard, the deposition characteristics of a pesticide liquor on the plant surface directly affect the control effect of diseases and insect pests. The measurement of droplet deposition effect is generally completed by traditional detection methods such as water-sensitive paper and vessel sampling, so as to evaluate the spray effect.
At present, the methods for measuring the droplet deposition amount include coloring method, elution method, water-sensitive paper method, collecting method, image processing method and the like. In recent years, some researchers have combined the detection method using the water-sensitive paper with the image processing technology, including the following main process steps: attaching the water-sensitive paper to the front and back of the leaves of the plants, and then collecting the water-sensitive paper after the spraying operation, and analyzing and calculating the droplets deposited on the water-sensitive paper using the image processing method. However, this method has many problems, such as high measurement cost, slow layout speed and great disturbance to droplet motion. Moreover, Fox et al. (2003) investigated and compared two detection methods, image processing detection method and visual detection method, based on water-sensitive paper, and the comparison results showed that when the droplet coverage was more than 40%, the measurement results were undesirable.
The patent document with Publication Number CN106442235A discloses a device and method for detecting pesticide droplet deposition and evaporation. The detection device includes a coplanar interdigital capacitor, a high-frequency oscillator, a signal instantaneous period detection module and a data processing module. The detection method using the device for detecting the pesticide droplet deposition and evaporation includes tracking the coplanar interdigital capacitor and outputting a high-frequency oscillation signal with a variable frequency by using the high-frequency oscillator, collecting the high-frequency oscillation signal by the signal instantaneous period detection module and sending it to the data processing module for processing. Compared with the above patent, the present invention designs and adopts a novel spatial interdigital capacitive sensor with high adaptability, fast response and high accuracy, which can obtain more accurate data of the droplet deposition amount. Moreover, the method for detecting the reference voltage, ambient temperature, and droplet deposition amount provided by the present invention can eliminate the effects caused by different droplet sizes, different dosage forms of pesticide liquor, and ambient temperatures.
The patent document with Publication Number CN104596567A discloses a method and system for measuring uniformity of ground deposition of pesticide liquor. By combining sensor node devices with ad-hoc wireless sensor networks, the measuring system realizes automatic real-time collection of a droplet deposition amount of the pesticide liquor in a sprayed area, and achieves the evaluation of the uniformity of the deposition of the pesticide liquor in the sprayed area by statistical analysis of the droplet deposition amount with a computer. However, this patent does not provide a detailed structural design of the sensor for sensing the droplet deposition. The present invention designs a spatial interdigital capacitive sensor with high adaptability, fast response and high accuracy, which can obtain more accurate data of the droplet deposition amount, and provides a detailed method for detecting the reference voltage, ambient temperature, and droplet deposition amount.
Although the operation modes of small spray plant protection machines are being developed day by day, the above several methods for measuring the droplet deposition amount have disadvantages, such as cumbersome operation, heavy workload, and no real-time detection. At the same time, they would also be affected by various external environmental factors, resulting in a large error in the measurement results.
In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a system and method for online detection of a droplet deposition amount of a spraying operation of a plant protection machine, namely, combination of droplet deposition amount sensors with wireless sensor network technology to complete data collection. A novel spatial interdigital capacitive sensor with high adaptability, fast response and high accuracy is designed and applied to realize the online detection of the droplet deposition amount with high accuracy, which is not affected by external factors.
For the above purposes, the present invention provides the following technical solutions.
The present invention relates to a system for online detection of a droplet deposition amount of a spraying operation of a plant protection machine, comprising a temperature sensor, a spatial interdigital capacitive sensor, a data collector, an operational amplifier module, a positioning module, a data processing module, a power amplifier module, a communication module, a control terminal, and a power supply module. The temperature sensor and the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor are configured to detect ambient temperature and the droplet deposition amount during the spraying operation. The data collector is configured to obtain a voltage signal output by the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor, and provide an excitation voltage for the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor. The operational amplifier module is configured to amplify voltage data collected by the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor. The positioning module is configured to detect position information of the system for the online detection of the droplet deposition amount. The data processing module is configured to process the voltage signal output by the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor, so as to obtain data of the droplet deposition amount. The power amplifier module is configured to amplify the transmitted data. The communication module is configured to send and receive the data. The control terminal is configured to send instructions to the data processing module. The power supply module is configured to provide power for the data processing module. The temperature sensor, positioning module and power supply module are directly connected to the data processing module. The spatial interdigital capacitive sensor is connected to the data processing module via the data collector and the operational amplifier module. The communication module is connected to the data processing module via the power amplifier module.
The spatial interdigital capacitive sensor can output the voltage signal directly proportional to the deposition amount of droplets deposited on the sensor, according to a change in a medium between interdigital capacitors, that is, a change in electrical conductivity. Before and after the spraying operation, the medium between the capacitors in the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor is air and gas-liquid mixture, respectively, which leads to an increase in the electrical conductivity between the capacitors and a consequent increase in the output voltage value, thereby the voltage data directly proportional to the droplet deposition amount is output.
The spatial interdigital capacitive sensor comprises a high-potential bus, low-potential side buses, interdigital electrodes, a substrate and a passivation layer. The high-potential bus, low-potential side buses and interdigital electrodes are composed of copper wires with different sizes. The high-potential bus is located on a center line of the sensor, the two low-potential side buses are separately located on both sides of the sensor parallel to the center line, and the interdigital electrodes are distributed between the high-potential bus and the low-potential side buses, and individually connected to the high-potential bus and the low-potential side buses. The substrate is located at bottom of the interdigital electrodes and configured to support the interdigital electrodes. The substrate is made of an insulating material, such as nylon material or polypropylene material, both of which have advantages, such as light weight, wear resistance and good corrosion resistance. The passivation layer uniformly covers surfaces of the interdigital electrodes and is made of silica material which can effectively protect the interdigital electrodes from being corroded and destroyed by pesticides, so as to extend service life of the sensor.
The spatial interdigital capacitive sensor is rectangular in shape, and the sensor has a length L between 60 and 80 mm, and a width W between 40 and 60 mm, wherein the L:W is between 1.1 and 1.5. The high-potential bus has a height HZ greater than a height HL of the low-potential side bus 11, wherein the HZ is between 0.3 and 0.8 mm, the HL is between 0.2 and 0.8 mm, and the HZ:HL is between 1.1 and 1.3. The substrate of the sensor has a bottom surface completely filled with the interdigital electrodes, and the interdigital electrodes have side lines parallel to each other, and center lines perpendicular to the high-potential bus and the low-potential side buses to increase capacitance density of the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor. The adjacent interdigital electrodes are separated by a spacing Lt=(0.5-0.6) D50, wherein the D50 is volume median diameter of the spray droplets, and when D50>0.8 mm, Lt is (0.5-0.6)×(D50=0.8 mm). Compared with other interdigital capacitive sensors, the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor with this size range has advantages, such as high accuracy, fast response and high adaptability.
The temperature sensor, the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor, the data collector, the operational amplifier module, the positioning module, the data processing module, the power amplifier module, the communication module and the power supply module constitute a wireless sensor network node, and the sensor network node is divided into two parts, a sensor module and a system control module. The sensor module includes the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor and the temperature sensor, and the system control module includes the data collector, the operational amplifier module, the positioning module, the data processing module, the power amplifier module, the communication module and the power supply module. The system control module is hermetically packaged to be isolated from external to form a system package box. In a field, the sensor node is installed by fixing the sensor network node in the field with a telescopic bracket. The telescopic bracket has an adjustable range between 0.3 and 1.2 m. The system package box is provided with a support plate at top, and the support plate has dense round holes for preventing water accumulation. The system package box is fixed on top of the telescopic bracket. The spatial interdigital capacitive sensor and the temperature sensor are placed on top of the support plate to make a surface of the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor parallel to the ground, and ensure that it is not covered by leaves of other plants. Because the support plate is provided with the dense round holes for preventing water accumulation, deposition of a pesticide liquor on the detection platform can be effectively avoided, thereby ensuring accuracy and absoluteness of measurement results of the droplet deposition amount.
With the data processing module, the droplet deposition amount, reference voltage and ambient temperature are measured by a method for detecting the droplet deposition amount, a method for detecting the reference voltage and a method for detecting the ambient temperature, and the data of the droplet deposition amount is analyzed and processed to eliminate effects of dosage form of a pesticide liquor, droplet size, and the ambient temperature, thereby improving detection accuracy of the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor to obtain more accurate data of the droplet deposition amount, which can provide a reliable and accurate basis for adjusting and controlling the spraying operation of the plant protection machine.
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The technical solutions and device structure of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below, with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.
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Moreover, the temperature sensor 1, spatial interdigital capacitive sensor 2, data collector 3, operational amplifier module 4, positioning module 5, data processing module 6, power amplifier module 7, communication module 8 and power supply module 10 constitute a wireless sensor network node. The sensor node is mainly configured to detect information data of the field and the node including air temperature, position information of the node, and information of the droplet deposition amount, and send the data to the control terminal 9 in a multi-hop transmission mode.
A data gathering node is mainly configured to receive data information transmitted by each of the sensor nodes, “pack” the data information, and send the packed data to the control terminal 9.
The control terminal 9 is configured to analyze and process the data from each of the nodes, feed back the processed data to the user to make the user know the quality of the spraying operation, and also provide reference for the next step of the operation.
The detection method and detection steps using the system for online detection of a droplet deposition amount of a spraying operation of a plant protection machine according to the present invention are as follows. During the spraying operation, a “Work 1” instruction is sent to the data processing module 6 from the control terminal 9, and voltage data output by the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor 2 is acquired by the data processing module 6 via the data collector 3 for a sampling period T, wherein the T is between 10 and 20 ms.
An array D1 is generated from the voltage data acquired within a sampling time T0 (0.4-1 s), and the coefficient of variation of the array D1 is calculated for comparison. If CVD1≤0.15, then the calculation of the difference between the array D1 and reference voltage value is performed by the data processing module 6 to obtain an array M1={M11; M12; M1N}, which is sent to the control terminal 9 through the communication module 8, as the value of the droplet deposition amount of this spraying operation. If CVD1>0.15, then a new set of data is acquired by the data processing module. If the CVs of three consecutive sets of data are all less than 0.15, then CVD1, CVD2 and CVD3 are compared. An array Dmin corresponding to CVmin is taken as the final voltage data, and then the difference between the array Dmin and the reference voltage value is calculated to obtain an array Mmin. After that, the array Mmin is sent to the control terminal 9 through the communication module 8, as the value of the droplet deposition amount of this spraying operation.
A method for detecting the droplet deposition amount specifically includes the following steps.
During the spraying operation, a “Work 1” instruction is sent to the data processing module from the control terminal. Voltage data output by the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor is acquired by the data processing module via the data collector for a sampling period T, wherein the T is between 10 and 20 ms.
An array D1={D11; D12; D13; . . . ; D1N} is generated from the voltage data acquired within a sampling time T0 (0.4-1 s), and the coefficient of variation CVD1 of the array D1 is calculated, wherein
If the CVD1≤0.15, then the calculation of the difference between the array D1 and reference voltage value is performed by the data processing module to obtain an array M1={M11; M12; . . . ; M1N}, which is sent to the control terminal 9 through the communication module, as the value of the droplet deposition amount of this spraying operation.
If the CVD1>0.15, then a new set of voltage data is acquired according to the sampling period T and the sampling time T0 to generate a new array, D2={D21; D22; D23; . . . ; D2N}, and the coefficient of variation CVD2 of the array D2 is calculated, wherein
If the CVD2≤0.15, then the calculation of the difference between the array D2 and the reference voltage value is performed by the data processing module to obtain an array M2={M21; M22; . . . ; M2N}, which is sent to the control terminal through the communication module, as the value of the droplet deposition amount of this spraying operation.
If the CVD2>0.15, then a new set of voltage data is acquired according to the sampling period T and the sampling time T0 to generate a new array, D3={D31; D32; D33; . . . ; D3N}, and the coefficient of variation CVD3 of the array D3 is calculated, wherein
If the CVD3≤0.15, then the calculation of the difference between the array D3 and the reference voltage value is performed by the data processing module to obtain an array M3={M31; M32; . . . ; M3N}, which is sent to the control terminal through the communication module, as the value of the droplet deposition amount of this spraying operation.
If the CVD3>0.15, then the sampling is stopped in the data processing module and the values of the CVD1, CVD2 and CVD3 are compared. An array Dmin corresponding to CVmin is taken as the final voltage data, and then the difference between the array Dmin and the reference voltage value is calculated to obtain an array Mmin. After that, the array Mmin is sent to the control terminal through the communication module, as the value of the droplet deposition amount of this spraying operation.
A method for detecting the reference voltage value includes the following steps.
Before the spraying operation, when a “Work 2” instruction is sent to the data processing module from the control terminal, voltage data is acquired by the data processing module via the data collector for a sampling period T.
An array S={S1; S2; . . . ; Sn} is generated from the voltage data acquired within a sampling time T1 (0.8-2 s), and then, the average value
and the average value
A method for detecting the ambient temperature includes the following steps.
When a “Work 2” instruction is sent to the data processing module from the control terminal, ambient temperature data output by the temperature sensor 1 is simultaneously collected by the data processing module for a sampling period T.
An array Te0={Te01; Te02; . . . ; Te0n} is generated from the temperature data acquired within a sampling time T1, and then, the average value
and the average value
When a “Work 1” instruction is sent to the data processing module from the control terminal, the ambient temperature data output by the temperature sensor is simultaneously collected by the data processing module for the sampling period T.
An array Te1={Te11; Te11; . . . ; Te1n} is generated from the temperature data acquired within the sampling time T1, and then, the average value
and the average value
The present invention mainly uses a spatial interdigital capacitive sensor 2 (as shown in
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The system for online detection of the droplet deposition amount has the following working principle. When the spraying operation is performed by the plant protection machine, fine droplets are deposited on the surface of the spatial interdigital capacitive sensor 2, resulting in a change in the electrical conductivity and dielectric constant due to the change of the medium (air-pesticide liquor) between two capacitor plates, so that the voltage value in response to it is output. After the filter and amplification process of the operational amplifier circuit and data collector 3, the voltage value is transmitted to the data processing module 6, so as to obtain the accurate droplet deposition amount. Finally, the signal is transmitted by the communication module 8, and the control terminal will receive values of droplet deposition amounts with different numbers (i.e. corresponding to different regions).
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201810038570.8 | Jan 2018 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2018/103394 | 8/31/2018 | WO | 00 |
