• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.8896-8900
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• 2015

Recently, various career paths draw young workers from twenty to forty to the metro city in Korea. The korea's agriculture sector has decrease in population and productivity which result a threat for it to become an aging society. Also, our country has a difficulty in a tough competition with other countries through agricultural market-opening such as WTO and FTA. In this paper, we introduce a technology using open-source project including Raspberry that easily accessible and applicable to an agricultural industry. In other words, as we build a device monitoring the production environment, everyone can use agricultural sector through an IoT technology, solve the problem with a labor shortage through production process automation, check the condition of the agricultural environment in real time, enhance the quality of the agricultural product by corresponding a certain condition, and improve the competitiveness through a competitive price comparing to the worldwide farm product. Also, we find a way to use data to the other business through data collection and analysis in a process of using the IoT.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.16-23
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• 2016

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of artificial light sources on growth and yield of hydroponically grown Peucedanum japonicum in plant factory. Treatments were composed with; florescent lamp(FL) as control, and LED lights; R:B(2:1, RB), R:B:W(2:1:3, RBW), and R:B:G:W(2:1:0.5:3, RBGW). Plant height of RBGW and FL treatments were superior to RB and RBW. Leaf weight of RBW and RB were superior to FL and RBGW. There were no significant difference of leaf length and thickness among the treatments. Lightness of leaves was same tendency with plant height. Total phenolic compound content was the high in order of RB as $105.77mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ GE, RBW as $92.52mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ GE, FL as $89.08mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ GE, and RBGW $82.00mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ GE. Total flavonoids were not detected in all treatments. Vitamin C content was the highest in RB and the lowest in FL. Total dietary fiber were the highest in FL and the lowest in RBGW. There was no significant difference cystein and methionine contents among the treatments. Concludely, yield, total phenolic compounds, and vitamin C content was high in RBW and RB. We reached conclusion that RBW is best artificial light source considering yield, functionality and eye fatigability when work. We recommend to further study LED pulse and duty rates for increasing functionality.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.281-286
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• 2015

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of cultural systems on growth, vitamin C, amino acid content, and yield of Peucedanum japonicum grown in artificial light plant factory. Treatments were given with Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), Medium (Perlite), and Aeroponics. Plant height was the highest in NFT system as 10.2cm, and was the shortest in Perlite as 8.9cm. Fresh leaf weight was the high in order of Perlite, NFT, and Aeroponics. Total phenolic compounds was different from cultural systems in order of Aeroponics as $117.84mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}\;GE$, NFT as $98.57mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}\;GE$ and Perlite as $74.62mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}\;GE$. Total flavonoid content of Aeroponics is $0.12mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ but that of NFT and Perlite treatments is not detected. Vitamin C content in Aeroponics as $108.23mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ was significant different from Perlite as $88.05mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ as and NFT $80.83mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$. Total dietary fiber content was higher Aeroponics than Perlite and NFT. Cystein content was the highest in Aeroponics as $46.76mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$ and methione content was the lowest in Perlite as $75.64mg{\cdot}100g^{-1}$. Mineral content of leaves was high in order of K, Ca, P and Mg in all treatments.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.892-902
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• 2015

Agri-food ICT(Information and Communications Technologies) convergence has been raised as an important issue for agricultural industry competence. In this situation, this study is to enhance agricultural competitiveness and seek to development plan for agricultural corporation by diagnosing informatization level. For this purpose, this study conducted survey on informatization level of 3,019 agricultural corporations and calculated level score. And result is compared with SMEs(Small and Medium Enterprise) informatization survey, including manufacturing and service industries, conducted by Korea Technology & Information Promotion Agency for SMEs in recent agricultural corporations' growing with automation of agricultural production and improving service to customer satisfaction. Evaluation system is established to calculate informatization level score and AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) method was used by the experts to investigate weighting of assessment area, assessment indicators, assessment items. As a result, agricultural corporation informatization level score was 40.16 points which is lower than the benefitted organization of agri-food IT convergence modeling(43.44 points). By assessment area, the informatization level of promotional environment area was low and investment and training items were analyzed low especially so need to improve urgently. In the analysis result by organization type, agricultural company corporation's informatization level was higher than the agricultural association corporation and 'Processing and distribution' was higher than others by business type. Informatization level of agricultural corporation is 80 percent of 2013 SMEs' level(50.18 points) and 59.4 percent of a large corporation(67.64 points). In particular, big difference is occurred in investment feasibility analysis, informatization investment and education which will be need to improve.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1373-1378
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• 2018

In order to solve the problems such as reduction of agriculture population, aging and declining of grain self sufficiency rate, agriculture ICT convergence technology utilizing IoT technology is actively being developed. Agricultural ICT technology only concentrates on facility houses, and there is no automated control system in the field of cultivation. In this paper, we propose an irrigation control system that automatically controls the solenoid valves and water pumps in a large area with Lora wireless communication. The proposed system does not require a separate power source by using a small solar panel, and it is very convenient to install and operate supporting wireless auto setup by plug-and-play method. Therefore, it is expected that it will contribute to the reduction of labor force, quality of agricultural products, and productivity improvement.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.323-327
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• 2006

During the past decades in South Korea, there have been several projects to reduce water demand and save water for paddy irrigation system by automation. This is called as intensive water management system by telemetering of paddy ponding depth and canal water level and telecontrol of water supply facilities. This study suggests a method of constructing topology-based irrigation network system using GIS tools. For the network modeling, a typical agricultural watershed included reservoirs, irrigation and drainage canals, pumping stations was selected. ArcHydro tools composed of edge, junction, waterbody and watershed were used to construct hydro-network. ArcHydro Model was then designed and the network was successfully built using the HydroID. Visualization using ArcHydro tools could display table property of each object. ArcHydro Model was linked to Agricultural Water Demamd and Supply Estimation System (AWDS) which developed by Korea Rural Community and Agriculture Corporation (KRC) to extract information of the study area. And menu of supply facilities information, demand analysis and supply analysis constructed for information acquisition and visualization of acquired informations.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.196-203
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• 2008

Hybrid robust image processing algorithm to extract visual features of melon during the cultivation was developed based on a wireless tele-operative interface. Features of a melon such as size and shape including position were crucial to successful task automation and future development of cultivation data base. An algorithm was developed based on the concept of hybrid decision-making which shares a task between the computer and the operator utilizing man-computer interactive interface. A hybrid decision-making system was composed of three modules such as wireless image transmission, task specification and identification, and man-computer interface modules. Computing burden and the instability of the image processing results caused by the variation of illumination and the complexity of the environment caused by the irregular stem and shapes of leaves and shades were overcome using the proposed algorithm. With utilizing operator's teaching via LCD touch screen of the display monitor, the complexity and instability of the melon identification process has been avoided. Hough transform was modified for the image obtained from the locally specified window to extract the geometric shape and position of the melon. It took less than 200 milliseconds processing time.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.59 no.2
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• pp.57-67
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• 2017

This study examines methods for creating terrain models of reservoirs and techniques for verifying the accuracy. Such methods and techniques use unmanned aerial vehicles which are capable of capturing high-resolution images repetitively, are highly economic, and capable of surveying wide areas. In addition, this study suggests methods of acquiring data for reservoir safety management, the methods which also employ the unmanned aerial vehicles. Therefore, this study helps solving problems that can arise when National Disaster Management System rebuilds a reservoir management database, such as a shortage of local government manpower. This study also contributes to providing element technology necessary for advancing the database.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.49-54
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• 1995

Three types of floating-type automatic inlet were developed for the purpose of reduc- ing farmer's working hours required for water management and saving irrigation water. The point of automation is to use a float within the inlet which is floated and sinked by the ponding depth of paddy field, Thus opens and closes the control gate of irrigation. Suitability of each inlet may depend on production cost, applicability to paddy field condi- tions, and feasibility to farmers, etc. The first model was composed of three parts : chamber for irrigation control gate, chamber for float controlled by ponding depth, and connection bar between the two parts. It was designed to open and close the control gate gradually as the ponding depth drops and rises to a certain level. The second model was designed to improve the weak point of the first model which is the imperfect-closing of gate when it approaches to the end of ir- rigation. A switch-spring was equipped above the connection bar for perfect opening and closing of gate when the ponding depth reaches to a certain level. The third model was designed by combining the two chambers, that is, cut in halves the inlet volume of the above two models. Magnets were equipped above the float for perfect opening and closing gate. The functional experiment for three developed inlets was successfully carried out and the rating curves were derived.

• The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

The foremost problem in the agricultural industry in Ukraine is the issue of improving its energy resources efficiency. The existence of this problem is related to the substantial technological inferiority of the industry to those present in the developed countries, especially in terms of creation of no-waste production technologies of agricultural products. The direct effect on the solving of this issue has the necessity to ensure minimal energy costs during treatment of plant objects. This article presents the research results on the effect of electromagnetic energy on activation of plants development. It was found that each such object has its own individual energy resource and that forceful increase of the latter has specific maximum values and gives rise to the plant development process. At the same time, the implementation of the research results is hindered by some factors, among the most major of which are the following: lack of reliable and complete data on the bioenergy resources of plants, its "natural" chart; unavailability of research on the energy sources interaction processes and its effect on the physiological potential of biological objects, at least at the level of low series, absence of the appropriate electrotechnical equipment, including electromagnetic energy sources.