• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.169-175
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• 2011

The adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) based automatic control system framework was proposed for integrated environment management of ubiquitous plant factory which can collect information of crop cultivation environment and monitor it in real-time by using various environment sensors. Installed wireless sensor nodes, based on the sensor network, collect the growing condition's information such as temperature, humidity, $CO_2$, and the control system is to monitor the control devices by using ANFIS. The proposed automatic control system provides that users can control all equipments installed on the plant factory directly or remotely and the equipments can be controlled automatically when the measured values such as temperature, humidity, $CO_2$, and illuminance deviated from the decent criteria. In addition, the better quality of the agricultural products can be gained through the proposed automatic control system for plant factory.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.5-5
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• 2020

일반적으로 식물의 공급방법은 채집과 재배로 나눌 수 있으며, 자원식물은 상용화를 위해는 안정적 공급이 선행되어야 하므로 재배를 선호하고 있다. 재배방식은 다시 노지재배, 시설재배, Indoor Farm(식물공장)으로 나눌 수 있으며, 우리나라는 시설재배 중 비닐하우스 활용이 활발한 나라로 평가된다. 노지재배에 비해서는 시설재배가 온/습도 관리에 대해 장점을 가지고 있으며, Indoor Farm(식물공장)은 광량, 광질 및 일조시간까지 전체 생육조건의 조절이 가능하지만 초기투자비용 및 운영비용 등으로 인해 경제성이 낮아 아직까지는 상용되고 있지 않다. 자원식물의 경우 부가가치가 높아지는 후방사업으로 발달할 수 있으나, 화장품, 기능식품 또는 의약품으로 개발하기 위해서는 일정한 품질을 확보하여야 한다. 자원식물 재배 시 특정 성분의 함량을 일정하게 유지하기 위해서는 온/습도, 광량, 광질 등 생육환경을 관리할 수 있는 시설재배가 노지재배에 비해 적합하다. 하지만, 일부 자원식물의 경우에는 위도, 일조량 등으로 인해 국내에서는 시설재배로도 적절한 생육조건을 제공할 수 없어서 상업화하지 못한 경우가 많았다. 이에, (주)넥스트온은 Indoor Farm(식물공장) 전문기업으로서, 기존 자원식물 중 국내에서 시설재배로는 적절한 품질 확보가 불가했던 자원식물 및 특수 생육환경에서만 자생하는 희귀 자원식물의 양산화에 노력하고 있다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.983-999
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• 2011

This research focused on the strategy consulting of the 'Vertical Farm' for the blue ocean of Gyeonggi agricultural industry. The study was performed based on both theoretical study and related qualitative study approaches. particularly, 'scenario planning' as a foresight method was used for the strategy formulation of the Vertical Farm. The major determinants for the success of the formation of the Vertical Farm can be summarized as follows; the enhancement of research capability and the Relational Capability of the research institutions. In terms of the needs of times, this study regarding the strategy for the formation of the Vertical Farm is anticipated to be a good reference for the R&D organizations and technology cluster participants in coming years.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.10a
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• pp.7-7
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• 2019

우리나라에서의 대마는 마약류로 분류되어 기호용과 의료용 모두 법적인 제재를 받아왔으나 최근에 의료용 대마가 법적으로 허용이 되어 환자들에게 처방 받을 수 있게 되었다. 하지만 우리나라 사람들에게 대마는 환각성분을 가진 마약류로 깊이 인식되어 왔으며 의료용 대마에 대한 연구는 거의 전무한 실정이다. 노지재배에서 발생할 수 있는 범죄의 위험성, 자연교배에 의한 품질저하를 피할 수 있으며 재배조건(양액, 광조건, 광주기, 대기환경조성) 등을 제어할 수 있는 밀폐형 LED 식물공장은 의료용 대마 생산에 제일 적합한 모델이 될 수 있다. 식물체의 광합성은 가시광선 중 특정 파장 450nm 청색광과 660nm 적생광을 주로 이용하며 'LED (Light Emitting Diode) 발광다이오드'는 식물체의 광합성에 적합한 파장으로 광원을 조사할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이러한 LED를 이용한 광합성은 식물체의 2차 대사물질 Anthocyanins, phenolic compounds 등의 향상과 생육에도 긍정적인 영향을 미치며 식물 뿐만 아니라 광합성을 하는 미세조류(micro algae)에서도 이용이 가능하며 해마토 코쿠스(Hematococcus)의 세포증식과 항산화물질 아스타잔틴(astaxathin)생산에 유용하게 쓰이고 있다. 최근 미국과 다른 나라에서도 기호용, 의료용 대마사업에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있으며 캐나다와 미국에서는 밀폐형 유리온실과 식물공장을 이용한 의료용 대마를 생산, 추출, 가공까지 하여 산업적인 영역을 넓히고 있는 실정이다. 특히, 실내재배에서는 광원이 필수적인 요소이며 식물생육에 선택적인 파장을 조사할 수 있는 LED와 재배조건을 정밀하게 제어할 수 있는 밀폐형 식물공장을 이용한 의료용 대마 생산에 대한 연구가 절실히 필요한 시점이다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.377-389
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• 2021

This paper presents a framework design of a digital twin system for a vertical smart farm. In this paper, a framework of digital twin systems establishes three factors: 1) Client 2) IoT gateway, and 3) Server. Especially, IoT gateway was developed using the Eclipse Ditto, which has been commonly used as the standard open hardware platform for digital twin. In particular, each factor is communicating with the client, IoT gateway, and server by defining the message sequence such as initialization and data transmission. In this paper, we describe the digital twin technology trend and major platform. The proposed design has been tested in a testbed of the lab-scale vertical smart-farm. The sensor data is received from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2020. In this paper, a prototype digital twin system that collects environment and control data through a raspberry pi in a plant factory and visualizes it in a virtual environment was developed.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.91-97
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• 2018

The plant factory represents one of the future agricultural systems into which ubiquitous information technology (U-IT) is incorporated, including sensor networking, and helps minimize the influence of external experimental factors that constrain the use of existing greenhouse cultivation techniques. A plant factory's automated cultivation system does not merely provide convenience for crop cultivation, but also expandability as a platform that helps build a knowledge database based on its acquired information and develop education and other application services using the database. For the expansion of plant factory services, this study designed a plant factory interworking service (PFIS) which allows plant factories to share crop growth-related information efficiently among them and performed a test on the service and its implementation.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.49-54
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a system that can provide a environment for plant cultivation in connection with LED plant factories and enable users to participate in plant cultivation remotely to engage in personal hobbies. The proposed system can monitor the growth conditions of plants through various sensors and remotely adjust the cultivation environment required for plant growth through the Arduino system, so that users can feel the satisfaction of plant cultivation and harvesting as a hobby. On the other hand, we suggest a mutual benefit structure for plant factory and users by securing a certain amount of income source to factory, by paying the idle space to the individual online. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed system by making the prototype of the remote plant cultivation consignment system using the Arduino and Android application(App.), and contributes to popularize the LED plant factories and expand the business area in future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.351-355
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• 2011

In this paper, monitoring system and platform of plant growth are suggested which are required by safe crop management about disaster and radiation pollution. In addition, by monitoring plant growth, the growth of plants that can measure the size of the efficient system was developed. The expected effect of this study, first, through natural disasters and radioactive contamination monitors produce fast and accurate response function can result in improved quality and productivity. Second, the size of the plant required to maintain the measurement data can save time and expense savings. Finally, plant managers can improve work efficiency.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.845-848
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• 2013

Due to intense climate changes and extreme weather conditions a noticeable decrease has been observed in the growth of certain plants. The indoor plant factories would have certain benefits including increase in crop yield, reduction in distribution cost, and maintains the healthy freshness level of the agricultural product. Recently, an artificial light source with optimum wavelength is spot lighted to fulfill the need of light for the indoor plant factories. The energy efficient light emitting diodes (LED) provide the essential light energy for the proper growth of indoor cultivated plants. This work focuses to utilize ubiquitous sensors network(USN) in providing suitable environment for the proper growth of agricultural product inside the indoor plant factory. The proposed system makes use of sensors and actuators, communicating each other through WPAN, ZigBee network. The proposed system obscured the traditional indoor plant factories with easy installation and wireless connectivity of the sensors and actuators along with eliminating the web of wires reducing the initial installation and maintenance cost.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.135-139
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• 2003

식물생산공장은 작물의 생육에 적합하도록 환경을 최적화시킬 수 있기 때문에 최단기간에 작물을 생산할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 또한 지상부나 지하부 환경을 적절히 조절하거나 인위적인 품질제어기술을 이용하여 기존의 상품보다 품질이 월등히 높은 작물을 생산할 수 있는 여건과 설비가 조성될 수 있다. 이러한 식물공장 생산방식은 부가가치가 높은 화훼류나 분화류에 많이 적용되고 있지만, 생산기간이 길고 난방 등의 에너지가 상대적으로 많이 소요된다. (중략)