IMAGE PROCESSING BASED SMART SERICULTURE SYSTEM USING IOT

Abstract

Rearing of silkworm is highly dependent on environmental variations. To have a healthy cocoon production, 
it is necessary to have a proper temperature and humidity controlled house for silkworm rearing. 
Temperature, humidity and fresh air should be managed to get a wonderful silk product. An ideal temperature 
of 23°C to 28°C and humidity in between 65% to 85% is to be maintained. IoT based silkworm rearing house 
consists of sensors and actuators, which are interfaced with a low power controllers. The Sericulture unit can 
be equipped with a wireless sensor node to sense the real time Temperature and Humidity [1], also necessary 
actuators to control these environmental parameters. The color change in the body of the worms indicates the 
different stages  and the light yellowish indicates that they have reached to the cocoon stage and the 
morphological changes in silkworm structure can be used to detect abnormal worms[2].The proposed 
framework introduces an Internet of Things (IoT) empowered Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) 
system. The received image is first segregated into two classes as diseased or healthy by analyzing the 
histogram of the background removed image based on thresholding. Again the diseased class will be sub 
classified into 2 diseases as either Flacherie or Pebrine by applying suitable mask for extracting worm and 
obtaining the histogram of the worm and analyzing it. The result will be sent to the farmer via E-mail. The 
proposed system could be a probable solution for productivity in silkworms.