FIELD DETECTING DEVICE

• US 20130173162A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chung-Yuan Christian University
• Original Assignee: Chung-Yuan Christian University
• Inventors: Chung, Wen-Yaw, Jeng, Erik S.
• Application Number:
  US13/722,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173162A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/2
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 79/005 Precision agriculture
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 21/00 Methods of fertilising , sowing or planting
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/00 Botany in general
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00

Abstract

A field detecting device includes at least one detecting module, a server module and a power module. Each of the detecting module, the server module and the power module has a casing. A first fixing structure and a first connecting pin are provided on the upper surfaces, and a second fixing structure and a connecting second pin are provided on the lower surface. The power module is capable of powering the detecting module and the server module. The server module is capable of driving the at least one detecting module according to the environment detecting program, so as to receive the environment detecting signals. Therefore, the assembling order of the detecting modules, the server module and the power module can be changed.

Claims

1. A field detecting device, comprising:

at least one detecting module for receiving environment detecting signals, the at least one detecting module has a first casing in the shape of column, an upper surface of the first casing being provided with a first fixing structure and first connecting pins, and a lower surface of the first casing being provided with a second fixing structure and second connecting pins, and the at least one detecting module being electrically connected between the first connecting pins and the second connecting pins;

a server module for storing an environment detecting program, the server module being provided in a second casing in the shape of column, an upper surface of the second casing being provided with a first fixing structure and first connecting pins, and a lower surface of the second casing being provided with a second fixing structure and second connecting pins, and the server module being electrically connected between the first connecting pins and the second connecting pins; and

a power module provided in a third casing in the shape of column, an upper surface of the third casing being provided with a first fixing structure and first connecting pins, and a lower surface of the third casing being provided with a second fixing structure and second connecting pins, and the power module being electrically connected between the first connecting pins and the second connecting pins;

wherein the first fixing structure of one of the at least one detecting modules, the server module and the power module is assembled with the second fixing structure of another module of the at least one detecting modules, the server module and the power module, the server module drives the at least one detecting module according to the environment detecting program, so as to receive the environment detecting signals,

wherein the power module is assembled with the at least one detecting module or with the server module, for powering the at least one detecting module and the server module.

2. The field detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the environment detecting signals include:

video signals, acoustic signals, olfactory signals, taste signals, pressure signals, temperature signals, humidity signals, water quality detecting signals or solid detecting signals.

3. The field detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising a signal transmitting module provided in a fourth casing in the shape of column, an upper surface of the fourth casing being provided with a first fixing structure and first connecting pins, and a lower surface of the fourth casing being provided with a second fixing structure and second connecting pins, and the signal transmitting module being electrically connected between the first connecting pins and the second connecting pins, and the signal transmitting module being adapted to send the environment detecting signals.

4. The field detecting device according to claim 3, wherein the transmission type of the signal transmitting module is one of Ethernet, IEEE 802.11 wireless network, 3G mobile communication, WiMax, Ultra-wide band and Universal Serial Bus (USB).

5. The field detecting device according to claim 3, wherein the first casing, the second casing, the third casing and the fourth casing are polyhedral columns.

6. The field detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the first fixing structures and the second fixing structures are crew fixing structures, spiral fixing structures, joint structures or magnetic fixing structures.

7. The field detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the power module is a solar cell, a hydrogen-oxygen cell, a lithium cell, a zinc-manganese cell, a carbon-zinc cell or an external power.

8. The field detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the first fixing structure of the second casing is assembled with the second fixing structure of the first casing or with the second fixing structure of the third casing, and the first connecting pins of the second casing is connected with the second connecting pins of the first casing or with the second connecting pin of the third casing.

9. The field detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the first fixing structure of the third casing is assembled with the second fixing structure of the first casing or with the second fixing structure of the second casing, and the first connecting pin of the third casing is connected with the second connecting pins of the first casing or with the second connecting pin of the second casing.