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Mr. Dumitru-Cristian Tranca

PhD. Eng.

Assistant Professor - UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI

Web of Science ResearcherID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dumitru_Cristian_Tranca

Curriculum Vitae (09/09/2019)

Expertise & keywords

Natural sense of vision through acoustics and haptics Call name:
Horizon 2020 Grant agreement no. 643636 -

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: Háskóli Islands – University of Iceland

Project partners:

Affiliation:

Project website: http://soundofvision.net/

Abstract:

Sound of Vision designed, implemented and validated an original non-invasive hardware and software system to assist visually impaired people by creating and conveying an auditory representation of the surrounding environment.

This representation is created, updated and delivered to a blind person continuously and in real time.

This system helps visually impaired people in any kind of environment (indoor/outdoor), without the need for predefined tags/sensors located in the surroundings.

Information system based on cloud services, accessible through mobile devices, for quality improvement of products and business development in farms Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA 2013 - call
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-0870 2014 - 2017

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); CBM ELECTRONICS S.R.L. (RO); FUTURE IT EXPERT S.R.L. (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://cluefarm.hpc.pub.ro

Abstract:

E-services allowed transition from the punctual processes approach, in agriculture, in which each process was treated isolated, to the integrated approach, that allows the unified management of all processes. In this context, the agricultural greenhouse can be treated as a complex system, in which soil moisture, a decisive factor in plant growth is correlated with technical factors (other measured measures, type of crop, soil type, season, geographical location), with economic efficiency and the ergonomics of the farmer’s workplace or the influences of other adjacent systems and phenomena (climatic, hydrological, access to expertise, legal regulations, etc.). The overall objective of the proposal is to create an intelligent, integrated, cloud services-based system, using advanced computer technology, automation and communications to increase product quality and business development in the area of farming. The specific objective is to create an integrated control system for controlling the process in greenhouse crop production, using the services available on mobile devices. The services also offer simple and cheap integration of the existing infrastructure in various types of companies involved in agriculture. The added value generated by the system results from the creation of a virtual space that can be shared by several categories of companies:

- Agricultural farms, greenhouses particularly

- Companies providing information and training services to farmers

- Companies supplying equipment and agricultural materials, for modern technology-based advertising for agricultural products, seeds, tools, etc..

- Associations of farmers, interested in a virtual environment for collaboration between farms / companies

- Other entities interested in working with listed categories (eg local/central government services)

The project increases the quality of agricultural products grown in greenhouses by combining several advanced cloud services used on the entire value creation chain.

The primary chain services provide real-time measurement of specific parameters (humidity, temperature, soil composition) and direct drive of watering equipment, depending on the specific culture of each lot.

The secondary chain services (support) provides:

- Setting up lots within the greenhouse to allow differential treatment depending on the culture;

- Information / training of farmers on the most appropriate methods / tools / techniques for cultivation of various crops:

- Commercial advertising, for suppliers of specific equipment and materials (seeds, fertilizers, tools specifically destined to be used in greenhouses);

- Liaison with local/central government, for rapid and efficient information of measures / regulations or situations of interest to farmers.

- Interoperability with platforms that monitor environmental conditions (meteorology, hydrology, pollution) to retrieve warning/alert messages.

All services are available on mobile platforms.

The project will end with an experimental model of the integrated system, which includes the cloud platform hosting the services, the system of sensors (the method of measuring the soil moisture is intended to be patented) and the driving system of the watering equipment.

The platform allows the connection of any type of automation device already installed in the greenhouse, by appropriate web service connector. If the farmer does not have such facilities, he will have to purchase only sensors that will be positioned in the appropriate places and actuators for watering and for accesing the services he will subscribe to the web service, which in turn will provide information in the desired format and will drive the watering equipment.

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