Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
  • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
  • B65D85/52—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for living plants; for growing bulbs
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
  • B65D2203/10—Transponders

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for identifying the origin of seeds, the seeds of which are preferably packaged in containers and seeded on at least one acreage.
• the invention has for its object to provide a method of the type described above, which makes it possible to clearly track the seed back to the acreage.
• the object is achieved according to the invention in that the seed or the container at least one transmitting unit is attached, through which a seed and / or the container and / or the origin of identifying origin signal can be emitted and applied together with the seed on the acreage is, and that the origin signal is receivable by at least one corresponding receiver device.
• a measure has the advantage that an element identifying the seed is located on the cultivated area on which the seed itself has been seeded. No further action is required from the farmer, the producer or the bottler.
• the origin of the seed of a particular planting is to be examined, for example on the basis of a complaint, it is only necessary to search the relevant field or field on which the offending seed has been or is intended to be sown.
• the signal of origin is received, it can be quickly ascertained where the seed originates and, for example, whether the complaint was justified. If no origin signal or other origin signal is received, the seed in question has apparently not been cultivated in this field.
• the transmitting unit may comprise a transponder. It is expedient if the transponder is a passive transponder, which is excited by the receiver device to send out its origin signal. This has the advantage that the transmitting unit itself does not require a power supply. Thus, the transmitting unit can be made of non-toxic materials that disintegrate after a certain time or are ecologically harmless. Contamination of the soil is not to be feared. Due to the transponder technology, it is readily possible to store signals with corresponding content and read out after excitation by a corresponding receiver.
• the receiver device comprises a plurality of receivers, which can be mounted on an agricultural machine, in particular on a boom for discharging fertilizer or treatment agent of a tractor. This has the advantage that the support means for the receiver are already present on every farm. In the case of a search, they only have to be equipped with the receivers and the field must be traversed.
• the distances between the receivers, on the one hand, and the bottom of the surface to be cultivated, on the other hand, are expediently chosen such that when the crop surface is passed over, they are scanned across the entire area. Then a larger field can be searched quickly.
• the transmitter unit is designed to be watertight and / or impact-resistant or is protected in a watertight and / or shockproof enclosure. This avoids destruction of the transmitting unit during spreading or when driving on the field by agricultural machinery or by weathering.
• the transmitting unit or the envelope is adapted to the shape and / or size of a single seed of the seed. It can also be provided that the transmitting unit or the envelope is adapted to the weight of a single seed of the seed. Finally, it is also expedient if the transmitting unit or the envelope is adapted to the color of a single seed of the seed.
• the transmitting unit or the transmitting units can be supplied to the seed before filling in the container. It can be provided that a transmission unit is supplied to the seed, for example, the grain silo a certain number of seeds or a certain weight. During filling, at least one transmitting unit thus reaches the container and thus the relevant field with great certainty.
• the transmitting unit or the transmitting units may also be expedient, however, for the transmitting unit or the transmitting units to be introduced into the respective container during or after the filling of the containers. This ensures that at least one transmitter unit is present in a container.
• the containers are checked on leaving the filling plant for the presence of at least one transmitting unit by a corresponding receiver device.
• the function of the transmitting unit (s) can be checked. It is then also possible to assign the signal inherent to the transmitting unit as origin signal to this container. It will then no longer be necessary to program the transmitter unit and then have to ensure that this transmitter unit is filled exactly in the appropriate container.
• the signal of the transmitting unit can be assigned to the bar code of the pack and stored. It is also possible in the course of filling the label to produce only after receipt of the signal, so that an additional reading of the label for the required Assignment can be omitted.
• the file generating the label then already contains the associated transponder signal.
• the system for identifying the origin of seed therefore comprises a transmitting unit, through which a seed signal identifying the seed and / or the container and / or the origin can be emitted and which together with the seed is applied to the acreage, and a corresponding receiver device with which the origin signal is receivable.
• the receiver device does not need to be present on every farm. It is sufficient if the seed producer or a testing center holds such recipient facilities in order to be able to bring them to the farm in question and use them if necessary.
• the receiver device has a plurality of receivers, which can be mounted on an agricultural machine, in particular on a boom for discharging fertilizer or treatment agents of a tractor.
• the already existing devices of the farmer can then be used for verification.
• the spacings of the recipients with each other on the one hand and to the bottom of the cultivation area on the other hand are chosen so that when driving over the acreage with the agricultural machine, the acreage is scanned area-wide.
• the receivers can communicate wirelessly or wirelessly with a receiver center.
• the transmitting unit and the receiver device preferably form one Transponder system, in which the transmitting unit is designed as a passivatable by the transponder transponder. This technique is mature, and it is possible to detect the passive transponder by appropriate receiver at a greater distance.
• a sender unit is attached to a particular seed which can send out a source signal with a signal content identifying the origin and, for example, the date of production or delivery of the seed.
• the seed is filled in containers, whereby the transmitting unit can be added to the contents of the container only during this process.
• the container with the seed and the transmitting unit passes through several distributors to a farm. There it is sown on one of the fields.
• the farm usually also processes seed from other producers, but after sowing, it is not always understandable which seed has actually been sown, for example, on a cereal crop in which field.
• the farmer wants to claim the loss against the seed producer. To do this, he should contact the seed producer who has delivered or has delivered the seed of the field in question. He checks the relevant field with the receiver device to find the sender unit that identifies his seed.
• the producer Upon receipt of the origin signal, the producer can determine which seed has actually been sown in the field. Alternatively, it can be provided that an independent testing center carries out this search. This will be particularly useful when such a system is used by several seed producers or bottling companies. The inspection body will then be able to determine which seed has been seeded on this field.

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  • 2004-07-07 EP EP04015926A patent/EP1614336A1/fr not_active Withdrawn

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