Operational Monitoring System OMS with WSN (Wireless Sensor Network), RFID, GPS and CCTV in Agriculture

Rajesh Kadchha

Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot – 360005

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojcst/901.08

ABSTRACT:

This manuscript proposes an agricultural environment monitoring server system for monitoring information concerning an outdoors agricultural production environment utilizing Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology. The proposed agricultural server collects environmental, agricultural land, seeds and soil information on the outdoors through WSN-based environmental and soil sensors, collects snaps information through CCTVs, area information      through RFID and collects location information using GPS modules.  This collected information is converted into data and saved in to a database through the agricultural server consisting of a sensor manager, which manages information gathered from the WSN sensors, an image information manager, which manages image information collected from CCTVs, RFID and a GPS manager, which processes location information of the agricultural server system, and provides it to producers. In addition, a solar cell-based power supply is implemented for the server system so that it could be used in agricultural environments with insufficient power infrastructure. This agricultural server could even monitor the environmental information on the outdoors, and it could be look forward that the use of such a system could participate to increasing crop yields and improving quality in the agricultural field by supporting the decision making of crop producers through analysis of the collected information.

KEYWORDS: This manuscript proposes an agricultural environment monitoring server system for monitoring information concerning an outdoors agricultural production environment utilizing Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology. The proposed agricultural server collects environmental, agricultural land, seeds and soil information on the outdoors through WSN-based environmental and soil sensors, collects snaps information through CCTVs, area information through RFID and collects location information using GPS modules. This collected information is converted into data and saved in to a database through the agricultural server consisting of a sensor manager, which manages information gathered from the WSN sensors, an image information manager, which manages image information collected from CCTVs, RFID and a GPS manager, which processes location information of the agricultural server system, and provides it to producers. In addition, a solar cell-based power supply is implemented for the server system so that it could be used in agricultural environments with insufficient power infrastructure. This agricultural server could even monitor the environmental information on the outdoors, and it could be look forward that the use of such a system could participate to increasing crop yields and improving quality in the agricultural field by supporting the decision making of crop producers through analysis of the collected information

Copy the following to cite this article: Kadchha R. Operational Monitoring System OMS with WSN (Wireless Sensor Network), RFID, GPS and CCTV in Agriculture. Orient.J. Comp. Sci. and Technol;9(1)

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Introduction

Recently, an innovations in information communication technology have been increasing the convergence between different industries. The fact of convergence and act and integration of IT with agricultural technology is expected to be an area that could increase the added value and productivity of agriculture by applying the ubiquitous technology to the agricultural sector which is a primary industry.

To increase production in agricultural and promote efficient management in next generation agriculture world, it is important to monitor the land environment, crop conditions, and agricultural operations instead of simply relying on farmers’ experiences and senses. However, it is problematic to realize that such monitoring automatically of farming and precisely, because agricultural areas are widely spaced and have few infrastructures, monitoring targets vary according to crop selection and other perspective , and many operations are performed flexibly by manual labor. One approach to monitoring in open fields under croaking conditions is to use a radio frequency, infra-red or any other sensor network of many sensor nodes comprised of small sensor units with radio data transfer links.

In current digital technology world sensor network for agricultural use called an agricultural Server that enables effective crop and environment monitoring by equipped sensors and autonomous management. Monitoring with An Agricultural Servers facilitates growth diagnosis and risk by cooperating with some agricultural applications such as crop growing simulations, manual evaluations, maturity evaluations, and pest predictions. However, it is insufficient for collect manual and automated and gathering detailed information about farming operations, because these operations are execute flexibly in every processes depending on crop and environment conditions.

An agricultural environment monitoring system provides environmental monitoring services and facility controlling services for control on data gathering, and thus maintains the crop growing environment in a minimum status. This system also increase in improvements the convenience and productivity of users. However, existing monitoring systems are mostly used and utilized in closed agricultural environments such as pig farms, greenhouses, etc., as it is difficult to apply agricultural monitoring server in outdoors locations such as paddies, crop monitoring and maintaining, agricultural areas, etc. because of a lack of IT infrastructure. In general, when analyser want to analyse the monitored information and data in existing monitoring systems, the analyser must manually check the status through installed sensors and devices or terminals installed in the agriculture facilities.

Concept

Our farm is a versatile concept of the performance monitoring system, is to provide an expansive area
Detailed recognizes that the practical behavior of users, and user-friendly monitoring system
under different situations. Useful to develop a monitoring system, we must consider
the following requirements:

• The system should not obstruct the activities of farmers in farming operations.
• Thesystemwithoutcomplicatedproceduresshould be easyto usefornon-experts.
• The system should be available without having to change the facilities or equipment.
• The system should monitor the performance of agriculture in detail under different conditions.
• The system should be able to easily cooperate with various applications.

To meet these requirements, we propose a recognition method for cultivation operation

using an RFID reader that is comfortable to wear-embedded wearable devices,
they monitor, and you’re supposed to have unimpeded access to the cultivation conditions
sufficient sensitivity to the RFID tag. Items can identify or track, the typical RFID systems,
some areas are used for individual recognition without the logistics, security
Control and traceability system. For example, the livestock industry, RFID tag is attached to
Embedded or animal body, such as disease control, some applications, such as fattening
Management, milking management, and tracking behavior is applied to checking
Detected in combination with other measurement data using RFID tags and the information. Our system, however, we use an RFID system adopted in recognition of farming
this pattern detectedby analyzingthe performance ofRFIDtags. Theprocedureis the following
Steps:

1. RFID tag farming operations such as farming is equipped with all the related items
   Materials, tools, machinery, facilities,plants, and fields.
2. A farmer farming operations with RFID readers or wear able devices
   on them.
3. RFIDtagis detected during a sequence of activities that the farmer.
4. The system is expected to farming operations by analyzing the pattern of data.

Traditional applications, RFID tag is attached to objects which are themselves
important mile stones can be seen. Our system,however, a farmer puts on an RFID tag
but in order for a RFID reader to apply this system to easily perform various operations. Also, the
System, but not the only one detected tags are used to derive a range of detected tags
unlike traditional programs, information required.

Environmental Monitoring

WSNs have become an important tool in environmental monitoring. This relatively low-cost devices that can adequately represent present in the environment variable nodes allow for the installation of a dense population. For example, at the onset of frost damage they warn farmers and provide a better micro climate, such as awareness, knowledge of assessment for risk, can provide information.

WSN short-range transmissions, analyse, monitor agro climate in the Amazon. They nodes near the sink, while more distant nodes to maintain the level of their throughput, which suffered a loss of performance.Another example of climate monitoring can detect wireless rain sensors, water level and weather conditions are predicted by means of a flood. These sensors provide information to the central database system.

A GIS (Geographic Information System) with a moisture content obtained through the integration of WSN presents distribution maps. Wireless nodes were located in predetermined locations with humidity sensor; Geographic coordinates of the points of all the data was evaluated using the GIS, and was then obtained with GPS.

Figure 1: Farm Monitoring System using sensor devices, RFID and CCTV.   Click here to View figure

 

Han et al. At low water crossings in real-time remote monitoring of sediment erosion developed a wireless data transmission system using wireless ZigBee motes, flourished. Using the GPRS gateway sensor signals transmitted on an Internet server.Hamrita and wireless measurement of soil temperature Hoffacker developed a laboratory prototype. The system was based on commercial 13.56 MHz RFID tag. The size of a high correlation with those obtained using a thermocouple (more than 99%) showed.

Figure 2: Operation principle of RFID system Click here to View figure

 

Greenhouses

Automation and efficiency of monitoring and control of greenhouse environment is crucial. To control and monitor environmental factors, sensors and actuators are required.

Greenhouse WSN was informed in 2003 that the first application of the monitoring and control system was developed by Bluetooth. Since then, most of them in many applications of IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee, making use, have been developed. As such, Gonda and Cugnasca ZigBee control and monitoring system using distributed a proposed greenhouse. Yoo et al. Melons and cabbages grown and was being monitored, where the greenhouse environment control system, a WSN deployment of IEEE 802.15.4 compliant described results. Lea-Cox et al. Water substrate in real time, temperature, electrical conductivity, the daily photosynthetic radiation and leaf wetness that integrates a variety of sensors that can measure the greenhouse in a WSN, developed. Benefits, together with the reduction of disease problems associated with over-watering, an improved plant growth, were more efficient water and fertilizer applications.

Liu et al. With a two-part framework for greenhouse prototype report a WSN. In the first part, many sensor nodes, temperature, light, and were used to measure soil moisture. Another part of the database running on a GSM module and remote PC based management software is included.

Zhou et al. Inside the greenhouse, greenhouses and a star network topology and mesh topology for the connection between the operating system using, ZigBee-based monitoring system to be ready. Yang et al. Greenhouse environmental sensing spectral imaging and multi-functional remote sensing system that integrates RFID technology with the report. The multi-spectral imaging system was used for remote sensing of canopy of cabbage seedlings. Greenhouse temperature, relative humidity, and lighting conditions were measured at harvest.

Product Tracking using RFID

Concept of Agricultural Products’ Safety

Primary production refers to agriculture, including agricultural production plant, animal, bacteria, etc. Safety is an important component of agricultural production must be no agricultural production, i.e. the quality of food hygiene, real or potential negative effects on human healthy. Safe agricultural production if the damage to agricultural production, which refers to the elements that should be included customers and acute or chronic diseases that threaten the health of their offspring.

Function of RFID

Identification (RFID) is commonly known as radio frequency electronic tag, it a target for non-recognition technology to share information contact Duplex based on the electromagnetic coupling, such as communication signals in space induction, radio waves and microwaves and so on. Traditional ticket, label and RFID tags are more compared with tracing cards benefits. It can collect and analyse data from the source or destination, but also, long-distance, fast speed, high data security and can be an excellent ability.

The principle of operation of the RFID system is shown fig. 2: Magnetic effective space RFID system is the basic premise. Data enters an electronic tag magnetic space emits radio signals at the antenna of the reader, while version. This is enabled by the power from the electronic tags faradic current, internal antenna then sends messages stored in the chip decoding. The receiving antenna gives signals to the reader. Reader decode the signals, the decoded signals are conveyed to the information.

Through process management platform and application system software controlled.

Conclusion

Easily and automatically to keep an eye on the operations of agriculture, we proposed a farming operation Wearable sensor devices, including RFID readers and tags with the monitoring system. By Various objects such as farm equipment and agricultural setting performing RFID tags working with portable devices, including RFID readers, the agricultural monitoring server system can recognize and detected by analysing the performance of RFID tags and sensor data information. The offer without interrupting their activities or can easily control system performance for farmers. You need to change their facilities or equipment. Furthermore, this system can facilitate. These provide useful information for farmers or effective response to support requests. Valid operations. To evaluate the possibility that the system is performed several. Experiment with the original system. Through these experiments, we can prove that this is effectiveness of our proposed monitoring system.

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