JP2002108971A - Plant cultivation support system and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plant cultivation support system with which the cultivation of a plant can be enjoyed even without the cultivation environment of the plant or time for performing cultivating processing and further capable of cultivating a garden plant hard to cultivate even without previous special knowledge. SOLUTION: In the plant cultivation support system for supporting the cultivation of the plant to be executed in a cultivation block lent to a user through a network, this system is provided with a contract means for performing the lending of the cultivation block to execute the plant cultivation and a contract with a cultivation support through the network, an investigated result managing means for managing the result of investigating the cultivation condition of the plant in the cultivation block under the contract of the cultivation support for each of cultivation blocks, and an investigated result transmitting means for transmitting the investigated result in the cultivation block under the contract through the network corresponding to a request from a user side under the contract of the cultivation support.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plant cultivation assisting system and a recording medium for assisting plant cultivation in a cultivation section lent to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are many plant enthusiasts who enjoy cultivating plants and watching the growth process of the plants and enjoy the flowering of the plants.

[0003] Even such plant lovers say that they cannot give up an environment for plant cultivation due to a residential environment such as a narrow veranda at home or poor sunshine, and give up plant cultivation. At present, there are not a few cases.

[0004] On the other hand, some enthusiasts are enthusiastic about renting a plant cultivation place away from home and cultivating them.

[0005]

However, cultivation of plants is quite troublesome, for example, it is necessary to carry out daily irrigation without fail, and also to apply fertilizer and pest control at an appropriate time. Therefore, except for those who live near the cultivation field and those who have a lot of relatively free time, ordinary enthusiasts go to the cultivation field away from home every day to perform irrigation. Is quite difficult.

[0006] Therefore, many people cannot enjoy pleasure such as cultivation or observing the state of plant growth.

The cultivation of special plants for horticulture includes the ideal time and amount of watering according to the growth level and the season, the required amount of fertilizer, the prevention of diseases to be performed, and the like. Failure to do so may cause the plants to die without success.

Therefore, beginners of horticulture and those who do not have time to acquire horticultural knowledge give up on the fact that it is difficult to cultivate special horticultural plants even if they are interested in horticulture, or have no knowledge. The demands are not being met, for example, cultivation without plants will cause the plants to die.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has a plant cultivation assistance system that allows the user to enjoy plant cultivation without the need for cultivation environment and time for cultivation treatment. It is an object of the present invention to provide a plant cultivation assistance system that can cultivate difficult horticultural plants without special knowledge.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a plant cultivation assistance system for assisting plant cultivation performed in a cultivation section lent to a user. Contract means (for example, steps S3 to S13) for making a contract between the lending of plots and the cultivation assistance,
Manages the results of the cultivation of plants in cultivation plots for which cultivation assistance has been contracted (either the results of a survey automatically performed by the device or the results of a survey performed artificially) for each cultivation plot Survey result management means (for example, FIG. 8
(B) a survey image providing database (for example, step S20 or step S26), and a survey result providing unit that provides the survey result in the cultivation section for which the contract has been made in response to a request from the user who has made the contract for cultivation assistance. ).

The contract means and the survey result providing means may be configured to provide (transmit) the contract and the survey result via a network, for example, by mail, telephone, facsimile.
The contract and the survey result may be provided in a form other than the method via the network using transmission or the like.

According to the above-described means, the user can rent a cultivation section for cultivating his / her own plant and cultivate his / her own plant there. Furthermore, the cultivation status of the plants there is surveyed and managed, and the survey results are provided to the user side.For example, even on days when the cultivation site cannot be reached, the user can rely on the information to determine the cultivation status. You can grasp and enjoy plant cultivation with peace of mind.

Preferably, the result of the survey on the cultivation state of the plant includes a photographed image of the cultivation section of the plant. The cultivation situation is clear at a glance from the captured images.

Cultivation status surveying means for investigating the degree of plant growth in a cultivation section contracted for cultivation assistance, and comparing the degree of growth of the plant with the standard degree of growth of the same plant species ( For example, steps S35 and S
38, S39). Furthermore, based on the result of the survey on the growth degree, an advice information providing unit (step S26) for providing (for example, transmitting via a network) cultivation advice information indicating the content of processing on an appropriate plant according to the growth degree is provided. And good.

Thus, the user can confirm whether or not the plants are growing smoothly, and can take appropriate measures according to the growing situation based on the cultivation advice information.

More preferably, abnormality detecting means (for example, step S) for detecting that the plant is not growing normally.
36, S39), and an abnormality information providing means (for example, transmitting via a network) to provide the abnormality information to the user side without waiting for the user's request when the abnormality detection means detects the abnormality (for example, Step S40) may be provided.

[0017] By such means, when an abnormality occurs, the information is immediately transmitted to the user, and the user can take prompt measures for the abnormality.

Growth information indicating the degree of growth or the number of days of growth of the plants in the cultivation section for which cultivation assistance has been contracted;
Based on seasonal information indicating a season at that time, second cultivation advice information indicating a growth state of a plant and a processing content for a plant that matches the season is obtained from a plurality of pieces of advice information stored in advance. Advice information obtaining means (steps S22, S24) and second advice information providing means (for example, transmitting via the network) which provides the user with the obtained second cultivation advice information via the network (step S26). It is good to have.

With this second advice information, even when cultivating a difficult plant such as a special plant for horticulture, more detailed advice can be given.

Another cultivation assistance system of the present invention is a plant cultivation assistance system for assisting plant cultivation by a user in a cultivation section lent to a user. Contract means (for example, steps S3 to S13) for making a contract with the cultivation assistance via a network, and visit determination means (FIG. 8 (FIG. 8) g) the entrance / exit gate database and step S41), and a cultivation process (for example, irrigation or removal of weeds) that assists the growth of plants in the cultivation section of the user in the absence of the visit. And a cultivation agency arrangement means for arrangement (for example, step S43).

The contracting means may be configured to make a contract via a network, or to make a contract by a method other than the method using a network, for example, by mail, telephone, facsimile transmission, or the like. May be configured.

According to the above-described means, when the user cannot go to the farm where the cultivation section is located, the necessary cultivation processing is automatically performed by, for example, a robot traveling in the garden. Plants can be steadily grown without going to the farm only when it is necessary, and without otherwise visiting the farm. Therefore, even if it is impossible to go to the farm due to unexpected business, it is possible to leave the cultivation processing on behalf of the system without any contact.

Specifically, identification means (entrance / exit gate device 30) for identifying a visit of a user is provided at the entrance of the farm where the cultivation section is provided, and the visit determination means comprises:
It is preferable to determine whether the user has visited within one day based on the identification result of the identification means.

Preferably, a cultivation apparatus (for example, an in-park patrol robot 40) for performing cultivation processing for assisting the growth of plants by circulating through each cultivation section by electric control is provided, and the cultivation agent arrangement means is provided with the cultivation apparatus. It is good to arrange so that the cultivation processing can be performed on behalf of.

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a plant cultivation assistance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The plant cultivation assistance system of this embodiment divides the cultivation area in the vegetable garden center 20 into a plurality of sections,
Each section is lent to the applicant, and is used for providing a plant cultivation assistance service for assisting plant cultivation performed in this section. A vegetable garden server 10 operated by a service provider or a vegetable garden via a network NET. A user terminal 50 such as a personal computer held by a user who can connect to the server 102 at home or the like, and the vegetable garden center 20
Entrance / exit gate device 30 provided at the entrance of the garden as identification means for identifying visits of the user, and a park patrol robot 40 that patrols the defined area 21 of the vegetable garden center 20
Etc.

In the vegetable garden center 20, there is a section area 2 as a cultivation area consisting of a plurality of cultivation sections lent to applicants.
1 and the entrance / exit gate device 30 and a patrol robot 40 in the park.

The vegetable garden server 10 is a server computer which is always connected to a network NET such as the Internet. Users who want to use the service and users who receive the service use the user terminal 50 such as a personal computer. It is possible to freely connect to the vegetable garden server 10 via the network NET. The vegetable garden server 10, the entrance / exit gate device 30 of the vegetable garden center 20, and the in-garden robot 40 are connected via a wired or wireless communication line so that data can be transmitted and received between them.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the vegetable garden server 10.

The vegetable garden server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 for controlling the entire apparatus and a CPU 1
A RAM (Random Access Memory) 12 for providing a memory space for developing programs and data, and a CP 1
A storage device 13 for storing programs and data to be executed by the U11 and a database used for the plant cultivation assistance service, and an input unit 15 including an external input device such as a pointing device such as a mouse or a keyboard. A display unit 16 comprising a display device capable of external display output such as a display; a print unit 17 capable of external print output such as a printer; a transmission control unit 18 for performing protocol control of data communication via the Internet. Be composed.

The storage device 13 includes a magnetic or optical recording medium or a recording medium 14 such as a semiconductor memory readable by a CPU. The recording medium 14 includes a portable medium such as a CD-ROM and a fixed medium such as a hard disk. Further, the program, data, and the like stored in the recording medium 14 may be partially or wholly received from another server or client from the transmission control unit 18 via a transmission medium such as a network line. The recording medium 14 may be a recording medium of another server constructed on a network. Further, the program may be transmitted to another server or client via a transmission medium such as a network line and installed in these devices.

The user terminal 50 is a personal computer or the like configured to transmit and receive data via the network NET, and its components are the same as those of the vegetable garden server in FIG. 2; . The storage device of the user terminal 50 stores software, such as so-called browser software, for expanding and browsing a data file published on a server computer on the network NET in a predetermined format. It is possible to receive and view the data file published by the user terminal 50 of the user, and to transmit data of predetermined items from the user terminal 50 to the vegetable garden server 10 side. Also stored are so-called mailer software for receiving e-mail transmitted via the network NET and displaying the contents on a screen.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the in-park patrol robot.

The in-park patrol robot 40 is connected to the vegetable garden center 20.
Is a robot device that patrols all over the division area 21 to photograph plants cultivated in each cultivation division, performs irrigation and weed removal, and injects fertilizers and pest control chemicals. .

The in-park patrol robot 40 includes a storage device such as a flash memory in which a control program and control data are stored, and a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire apparatus according to the control program and control data.
sing unit 41, an irrigation device 42 for spraying a set amount of water from a predetermined watering port, a moving device 45 for moving the entire device so that the whole device can turn around in the divided area 21, and each cultivation section of the divided area 21. Sensor 46 for identifying each cultivation section by detecting the identification label provided in
(Charge Coupled Device) and the like. The camera is provided with a photographing camera 47 for photographing a growing state of a plant, and a communication unit 49 for controlling a protocol of data communication.

The entrance / exit gate device 30 is a device having a reading device for reading recorded information from an ID tag passed to a user, a time measuring means, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the vegetable garden server 10, and the like. Installed at the entrance gate. A user who has visited the vegetable garden center 20 informs the entrance / exit by inserting a membership card with its own ID tag into the entrance / exit gate device 30 at the time of entry and exit. The entrance / exit gate device 30 receives the ID from the ID tag after the member card is inserted.
When the information is read, the ID information and the time information at that time are transmitted to the vegetable garden server 10.

Next, the operation of the plant cultivation assistance system configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to flowcharts executed by the vegetable garden server 10 and the in-park patrol robot 40.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show flowcharts of the access processing executed by the vegetable garden server 10, and FIG.
FIG. 8 shows an image diagram of a display page transmitted to the user side in this flowchart, and FIG. 8 shows a chart of a plurality of databases constructed in the storage device of the vegetable garden server.
4 and 5 are described in instruction codes readable by the CPU 11 and stored in the recording medium 14. This program can also be transmitted to the vegetable garden server 10 via a transmission medium such as a network line in the form of a program code.

The access processing shown in FIG.
The processing is started when the user terminal 50 accesses the vegetable garden server 10 via T. When there is an access from the user terminal 50, first, in step S1, FIG.
A process of transmitting the top page data of (a) to the user terminal 50 is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2.

The data of each page sent to the user terminal 50 includes display data for displaying characters and images on the display device of the user terminal 50 in a predetermined format, and links to these display data to shift to another page. And the command data for transmitting data such as characters input by the user to the vegetable garden server 10. Then, when the user selects a display character or display image using the input unit 15 and performs an instruction operation, the user can selectively shift to another page linked to the display character or display image, or input a character in the input field. By inputting and executing the transmission command, the character data can be transmitted to the vegetable garden server 10.

On the top page of FIG. 7A, a training application page for contracting plant cultivation in the cultivation section and its assistance,
Depending on the user, the transition to either a training member page that provides information on cultivation assistance or provision of photographic images to users who have a contract for plant cultivation in the cultivation section or a consultation page where consultation on plant cultivation can be made You can choose.

When the data of the top page is transmitted and the process proceeds to step S2, it is checked in this step whether or not data for requesting the next page selected by the user on the top page has been received. The process of S2 is repeated, and if there is a request, a branch process according to the selection is performed. That is, if the training application page is selected, the process proceeds to step S3, if the training member page is selected, the process proceeds to step S15 in FIG. 5, and if the consultation corner page is selected, the process proceeds to step S27 in FIG.

As a result, when the cultivation application page is selected and the process proceeds to step S3, the data of the page in which the list of the plants suitable for the season is described for each season in the step is selected from the database. Extract the page data of the plant list suitable for the season of the next step S
In step 4, the page data of the plant menu shown in FIG. 7B is transmitted. On the plant menu page, the names and numbers of the plants to be bred in the season (for example, September) are displayed in a list, and the user selects and inputs the plants (cultural numbers) contracted for cultivation. An input field 61 is displayed.

Next, the flow shifts to step S5, and waits for the reception of the number data of the desired plant from the user terminal 50 in this step. When the number data is received, the flow shifts to step S6. Thereafter, cultivation sections that are not contracted are sequentially extracted with reference to a contract database described later constructed in the storage device 13 of the vegetable garden server 10 (step S6), and these extracted cultivation sections are set as vacant sections that can be contracted. For example, a section selection page shown in FIG. 7C that can be identified by hatching is created (step S7), and then the created section selection page is transmitted to the user (step S8).

This section selection page is a page for the user to select and enter a section of the cultivation area to be lent to the user, and displays a plan view of the cultivation area divided by the section.
The rented sections and the rentable sections are distinguished from each other by hatching and displayed. Further, an identification number is given to each section, and the user inputs the identification number of the desired section in the input section of the desired section number and transmits the section.

Then, in the next step S9, the data of the desired section input on the above-mentioned section page is received from the user terminal 50, and the flow advances to the next step S10.

In step S10, the user transmits a user registration page for inputting personal information (for example, name, mail address, credit card number, address, etc.), and the user registration page is input in the next step S11. Upon receiving the data of the registered content as the user information, the process proceeds to the next step S12. In Step S12, Step S
The member ID information for identifying the member is generated from the user information (for example, name) and random numbers received in 11.

Next, in step S13, the selection number, section selection information and user information of the plant received in steps S5, S9 and S11, and step S12
A process for registering the member information of the plant cultivation auxiliary service in the member contract database based on the member ID information generated in the step (a).

The member contract database is a database in which the data records shown in FIG. 9A are registered, and is constructed in the storage device 13 of the vegetable garden server 10. The contents of each field of the registered data record include “member ID” for member identification, user information such as name, address, and mail address, “plant” indicating the type of plant to be cultivated, and “cultivation section to be lent” And the like. The data record registered in the member contract database allows the user and its member ID, the type of plant to be cultivated, and the cultivation section to be confirmed.

That is, the processing of the above-mentioned steps S3 to S13 functions as a contract means for lending a cultivation section to a user and contracting for cultivation assistance.

After the registration in the member contract database is completed, in the next step S14, the sending of the member card to which the member ID tag in which the ID information created earlier is recorded so as to be readable by the reading device is added. This shipping arrangement
For example, a delivery request and the details of the delivery process (such as a member ID and a delivery destination) are sent to a management computer that manages the delivery process.
Is transmitted. When the information of the dispatch arrangement is received by the management computer, the worker sees it and performs the actual dispatch processing. In addition, without using the management computer, display output on the display unit 16 of the vegetable garden server 10 or other,
It is also possible to issue a shipping instruction to the worker by printing out or sending a fax.

When the delivery arrangement is completed, the process returns to step S1 to repeat the process of transmitting the top page.

Next, the case where the nurturing member page is selected in the branching process of step S2 in FIG. 4 and the process proceeds to step S15 in FIG. 5 will be described.

When the process proceeds to step S15, the data of the member ID page requesting the input of the member ID is transmitted in the step, and the member ID information input and transmitted by the user is received in the next step S16.

When the member ID information is received, in the next step S17, all the data of the section number is extracted from all the records including the ID information from the member contract database. Further, in the next step S18, image data corresponding to the section number extracted in step S17 is read from the section image database for a predetermined period.

The section image database is a database that functions as a survey result management means for managing the survey results of the cultivation status of the plants in each cultivation section, and one record is recorded every time the garden patrol robot 40 photographs the plants in the cultivation section. Is created and registered in the storage device 13 of the vegetable garden server 10.
The contents of each field of the data record are “section number” indicating the cultivation section, “plant” indicating the plant type, “photographing date and time”, “growth start date” when seeds and seedlings were planted in the cultivation section, and plant growth. The "growth level" indicating the degree and the "image data" taken. Among these, the data of “growth start date” is, for example, the member contract database (FIG. 8)
The data is registered in (a)), and the data is referred to for each photographing and added to the data record of the section image database.
The data of the “growing level” is obtained by the vegetable garden server 10 based on the image data for each shooting in the regular processing described later.

Next, in step S19, data of the image page shown in FIG. 7D is created based on the above image data, and in step S20, the data of this image page is stored in the user terminal 5.
Send to 0.

The image page of FIG. 7D is a page in which digital images of plants taken in the past several days in the cultivation section rented by the user are displayed along with the date. At the bottom of the image page, a display of an advice button 62 for requesting advice that is cultivation advice information of plant cultivation in this cultivation section is provided. The user operates the advice button by using a pointing device or the like to transmit an advice request signal to the vegetable garden server 10. When the user has contracted for cultivation assistance in a plurality of cultivation sections, the above image page is created for each cultivation section, and the pages are displayed with a slight shift and overlapping, and each page is displayed. By performing an instruction operation on a displayed portion using a pointing device or the like, the corresponding page is displayed at the top.

Then, in the next step S21, it is determined whether or not the signal of the advice request from the user has been received. If there is no signal, the process returns to the top page of step S1, and if there is, the process proceeds to the next step S22.

As a result, when there is an advice request and the process proceeds to step S22, cultivation advice that meets these conditions is obtained from the advice database in this step based on the plant, growth level, and current season of this cultivation section. . Next, in step S23, the number of days of growth of this cultivation section is calculated (the number of days from the growth start date data in the section image database to the current day is calculated). In the following step S24, the plants, the number of days of growth, Based on the season, cultivation advice meeting these conditions is obtained from the advice database. These processes in steps S22 and S24 function as advice information acquisition means.

Here, as shown in FIG. 8C, the advice database is a database in which advice contents on cultivation corresponding to various plant species, various growth levels, and various seasons are stored in advance. It is built in the storage device 13 of the vegetable garden server 10. The fields in that record can be "plant", "growth level", "season",
For example, "advice content". On the other hand, in the advice database, as shown in FIG. 8D, the field of “growing level” is changed to “growing days”.

After the contents of the cultivation advice are obtained, the data of the advice page is created by adding the advice contents obtained in step S25 and the latest image data read out in step S18. In addition to the image data, information on the growth level corresponding to the image data from the section image database, comparison data between the growth days and the standard growth level, and the like are also added. Then, the page data is transmitted to the user terminal 50 in the next step S26.

As shown in FIG. 7 (e), the advice page includes the title of the “advice page”, the latest photographed image 71, the cultivation advice content 72 according to the growth level, the number of days of growth, and the season. Is the page marked with.

That is, the transmission of the information on the growth level and the comparison data with the standard growth level in step S26 and the transmission of the image data in step S20 function as a survey result providing means. The transmission of the cultivation advice in step S26 functions as an advice information providing unit and a second advice information providing unit.

Thereafter, the flow returns to step S1 to repeat the processing from the transmission of the top page.

Next, a case will be described in which the user selects the consultation corner in the determination processing of step S2 and shifts to step S27.

In step S27, first, the user transmits, using the user terminal 50, data of a consultation application page having a text input frame in which the contents of the consultation can be written, and then transmits the data from the user in step S28. Receive the consultation content that is received.

Step S29 following reception of the consultation contents
Then, data obtained by adding the name of the consultant and an e-mail address to the contents of the consultation are transmitted as an e-mail to the consultation staff of the vegetable garden center 20, and the process returns to the transmission processing of the top page in step S1.

In other words, by the access processing shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the user can make a lending of the cultivation section and make a contract for the cultivation assistance via the network.
Through the network, images of plants cultivated in this cultivation section and appropriate advice on cultivation can be obtained, and consultation on cultivation can be performed.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the periodic processing executed by the vegetable garden server. A program for realizing each function shown in this flowchart is described by an instruction code readable by the CPU 11 and is stored in the storage medium 1 of the storage device 13.
4 is stored. This program can also be transmitted to the vegetable garden server 10 via a transmission medium such as a network line in the form of a program code.

This scheduled processing is a batch processing executed in the vegetable garden server 10 at a preset time (for example, 7:00 pm, etc.) every day, for example, and even during the execution of the access processing by the multitask processing or the like. This is done in parallel. When the set time arrives, the regular processing is started. First, in step S31, a drive command signal is transmitted to the in-park patrol robot 40, and the process proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, all section numbers representing cultivation sections registered in the contract database are extracted with reference to all the data records in the contract database shown in FIG. 8A, and in step S33, the plurality of section numbers are extracted. A movement command signal to the section is transmitted to the in-park patrol robot 40 for one section number data among the section number data.

Thereafter, the robot 40 in the park moves to the corresponding section, takes a picture, waits until the image data is sent, and receives the image data in step S34.

When the image data is received, step S35
In, the growth level of the plant and the standard number of days to reach the growth level are determined based on the image data and the information on the type of the plant. The processing in step S35 functions as a cultivation status investigation means for investigating the degree of plant growth.

Specifically, the growth level is determined using the growth level database shown in FIG. The growth level database is a database in which a large number of image data of plants corresponding to various plant types and various growth levels are registered in advance, and is built in the storage device 13 of the vegetable garden server 10. The contents of each field of the data record indicate "plant" indicating a plant species, "image data" of this plant, "growth level" corresponding to this image data, and a standard number of growing days to reach this growth level. "Standard growth days" and the like.

To determine the growth level, first, data records of the same plant species are extracted from the growth level database, and the image data in these data records and step S
The image data received in step 34 is compared one by one using a known artificial intelligence module or the like, and the image data most similar to the plant image is searched for. Then, when the corresponding image data is searched, a data record including the image data is extracted, and information on the growth level in the extracted data record is obtained as a growth level determination result. At this time, information on the standard number of days of growth is obtained in the same manner.

When the image data is received and the growth level is determined, section number data, plant species data, photographing date and time data, and growth start date data are added to the image data and the information on the growth level to form one A data record is created, and the data record is registered in the section image database described above.

Next, in step S36, a process of detecting an abnormality is performed on the plant in the target cultivation section to determine whether an abnormality has occurred. The processing in step S36 functions as abnormality detection means.

More specifically, detection is performed using the anomaly detection database shown in FIG. 8F and the image data received in step S34. The catastrophe detection database is a database in which a large number of images of various catastrophes (for example, disease or dying) occurring in various plant species are registered in advance.
It is built in the storage device 13 of the vegetable garden server 10. The contents of each field of the data record include "plant" indicating a plant species, "unusual image sample" indicating a sample of an abnormal image, "unusual content" indicating the content of the abnormal, and the like.

In the abnormality detection, first, data records of the same plant species are extracted from the anomaly detection database, and the anomalous image sample data in these data records and the image data received in step S34 are extracted from a known artificial intelligence module or the like. Are compared one by one, and it is determined whether or not there are similar abnormal image samples among them. Then, when the corresponding abnormal image sample is detected, a data record including the abnormal image sample data is extracted, and the data of the abnormal content in the extracted data record is obtained as a detection result.

When the abnormality detection is completed, it is determined in step S37 whether or not there is an abnormality. If there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S38 if not. In step S38, the number of days of plant growth in the corresponding cultivation section is calculated from the growth start date and the current day information in the section image database, and step S39.
Move to In step S39, it is determined whether the calculated number of days of growth is significantly greater than the standard number of days of growth acquired in step S35, for example, whether the calculated number of days of growth is at least twice the standard number of days of growth, and doubled. If so, the process proceeds to step S40 as abnormal, and if less than twice, the process proceeds to the next step S41.

As a result of the branch processing in steps S37 and S39, if the process proceeds to step S40 due to an abnormality, a mail notifying the abnormality of the growing state is created in the step, and the mail is transmitted to the mail address of the user. Next step S4
Move to 1. The contents of the e-mail transmitted here include information on the contents of the abnormalities acquired from the incident detection database, or include information indicating a delay in growth when the number of growing days is abnormal and the number of growing days is abnormal. The processing in step S40 functions as abnormality information providing means.

In the next step S41, referring to the entrance / exit gate database (FIG. 8 (g)) constructed in the storage device 13, it is checked whether or not the contractor of the target cultivation section has entered today. Then, in subsequent step S42, it is determined whether or not there is entrance. The determination processing in step S42 functions as a visit determination unit. As a result, if there is no entrance, a signal of an irrigation command is transmitted to the in-park patrol robot 40 in step S43 functioning as a cultivation agency arrangement means, and step S4 is performed.
The process proceeds to step S4, but if there is entrance, step S44 is performed.
Move to

The entrance / exit gate database registers one data record each time a user exits the vegetable garden center 20 and member ID information and date and time information are transmitted from the entrance / exit gate device 30 to the vegetable garden server 10. This database can be used to recognize information on which users who have contracted which cultivation plots entered and when they left. The contents of each field of the data record are, as shown in FIG.
D information "," entrance date and time "," exit date and time "," section number "of the cultivation section contracted by the member, and the like. The process of registering a data record in the entrance / exit gate database is performed in parallel with the above-described regular process and access process by a multitask process or the like.

In step S44, it is determined whether or not the processing from step S33 has been completed for all of the partition number data extracted in step S32. If not, the process proceeds to step S33 to transfer the next partition number data. The process from step S33 is repeated as a target. If the process is completed, an end command signal is transmitted to the in-park patrol robot 40 in step S45, and the routine process ends.

In other words, the periodic processing shown in FIG. 6 enables photographing, plant growth level survey and comparison with standard growth levels, and detection of abnormal plant occurrence for each cultivation section for which cultivation assistance is contracted. In addition to this, an alternative arrangement for irrigation is being made in the absence of a contractor's visit.

FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of the robot actual operation process executed by the park patrol robot. The program that implements each function shown in this flowchart is CP
U41 is described in a readable instruction code, and the CPU 41
Is stored in a recording medium. This program can also be transmitted in the form of a program code to the in-park patrol robot 40 via a transmission medium such as a network line.

This robot actual operation process is a process started upon receiving a drive command transmitted from the vegetable garden server 10 in step S31 of FIG. When the robot actual operation process is started, first, in step S51, a movement command signal to the section transmitted from the vegetable garden server 10 is received in step S33 of FIG. 6, and the moving device 45 is driven in step S52. Move to the corresponding cultivation section.

Next, a photograph of the plant in the cultivation section is photographed using the photographing camera 47 (step S53), and the photographed image data is transmitted to the vegetable garden server 10 (step S54).

Thereafter, the planting server 10 waits for the transmission of the watering instruction or waits for a certain period of time. When the watering instruction is transmitted, the watering device 42 is driven in step S56 to perform the necessary watering for this cultivation section. The process proceeds to S57, but if not transmitted, the process directly proceeds to step S57.

In step S57, the process returns to step S51 and repeats the processing from step S51 unless an end command is received from the vegetable garden server 10 or if it has not waited for a predetermined time.
Is driven to move to the storage room, and the robot actual operation process is terminated.

That is, photographing is carried out for investigating the cultivation status of the plants in the cultivation section for which cultivation assistance has been contracted by the robot actual operation processing, and when the user cannot come to the vegetable garden center 20, It is designed to act for you.

As described above, according to the plant cultivation assistance system of this embodiment, a user can rent a cultivation section for cultivating his / her own plant via the network NET and cultivate his / her own plant there. . Furthermore, the cultivation situation of the plant there (for example, the situation of the day based on a photographic image) is investigated, and the survey result is sent to the user side via the network NET. In addition, the user can grasp the cultivation status by relying on the information and enjoy the cultivation of the plant with ease.

In addition, the growth level of the plant and the delay from the standard growth level are investigated, and based on the survey result, appropriate cultivation advice is sent according to the degree of plant growth. It is possible to confirm whether or not the plants are growing smoothly, and furthermore, the cultivation advice allows the user to deepen the knowledge on the plant cultivation and to take appropriate measures according to the growing situation. Also, since the cultivation advice is advice according to the season, even when cultivating a difficult plant such as a special plant for horticulture, more detailed advice can be provided.

[0096] Further, since the abnormality is detected and the abnormality is notified to the user by e-mail when there is an abnormality,
The user can take prompt measures for the abnormality.

When the user cannot go to the vegetable garden center 20, necessary cultivation processing such as irrigation is automatically performed. Therefore, the user goes to the vegetable garden center 20 only when he / she wants to go. The plant can be grown smoothly without visiting the vegetable garden Santa 20. Also,
Even if it is impossible to go to the vegetable garden center 20 due to unexpected business, the system can be entrusted to the system for cultivation processing without any contact or the like.

[0098] The present invention is not limited to the cultivation assistance system of this embodiment. For example, surveillance of the cultivation status of plants in each cultivation section, detection of abnormalities, and substitution of cultivation processing such as irrigation are not performed by vegetable garden servers or robots in the garden, but are performed by workers, and the survey results and abnormality detection are performed. The result may be input to the vegetable garden server by a key operation, or the notification of the proxy processing may be input to the vegetable garden server by a key operation or the like. The entrance / exit gate device 30 is configured to identify a person who has passed the gate by reading the ID information from the ID tag using electromagnetic waves or the like when the user carrying the ID tag passes through the gate. Can also be.

Also, the section image database in which the section image data and the breeding level data are registered as the survey result management means has been exemplified, but other advice contents transmitted to the user of the cultivation section and unusual contents in the cultivation section It is good also as composition which makes a database and manages.

[0100]

As described above, according to the plant cultivation assistance system of the present invention, a user can rent a cultivation section for cultivating his / her own plant and cultivate his / her own plant there. In addition, the cultivation status of the plants there is surveyed and managed, and the survey results are provided to users who are far from the cultivation plots. There is an effect that the cultivation situation can be grasped by relying on the information and the plant cultivation can be enjoyed with ease.

In addition, a survey of the growth level of the plant and a comparison survey with the standard growth level are performed. Based on the result of the survey, appropriate cultivation advice according to the degree of plant growth is sent. Can check whether or not the plants are growing smoothly, and furthermore, by the cultivation advice, the user can deepen the knowledge about the plant cultivation and can take appropriate measures according to the growing situation. In addition, by sending the cultivation advice according to the season, there is an effect that even when cultivating a difficult plant such as a special plant for horticulture, more detailed advice can be provided.

Further, the abnormality is detected, and when there is an abnormality, the information of the abnormality is transmitted to the user side without waiting for the user's request, so that the user can quickly know the abnormality and take a prompt action for the abnormality. There is an effect that it can be performed.

When the user cannot go to the cultivation section, necessary cultivation processing such as irrigation is automatically performed on behalf of the cultivation section. Therefore, if the user goes to the cultivation section only when she wants to go, the plant is in good condition. Can be developed. In addition, even if it is impossible to go to the cultivation section due to unexpected business, there is an effect that the system can be entrusted to the system for cultivation processing without any contact or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a plant cultivation assistance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a vegetable garden server in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the in-park patrol robot of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a part of a flowchart showing a procedure of an access process executed by the vegetable garden server in response to a user's access.

FIG. 5 is the remaining part of the flowchart showing the procedure of the access process executed by the vegetable garden server in response to the user access.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scheduled process executed by the vegetable garden server.

FIG. 7 is an image diagram showing a plurality of display pages transmitted and displayed to the user when the user accesses the vegetable garden server.

FIG. 8 is a data chart showing a plurality of databases constructed in storage means of the vegetable garden server.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a robot actual operation process executed by the park patrol robot.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 vegetable garden server 11 CPU 13 storage device 14 recording medium 18 transmission control unit 20 vegetable garden center 21 partitioned area 30 entrance / exit gate device 40 garden patrol robot 41 CPU 42 watering device 45 moving device 46 partition sensor 47 photographing camera 49 communication unit 50 user terminal NET network

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A plant cultivation assistance system for assisting plant cultivation performed in a cultivation section lent to a user, comprising: a contract means for contracting a loan between a cultivation section for plant cultivation and cultivation assistance. A survey result management means for managing the results of the survey on the cultivation status of the plants in the cultivation sections for which the cultivation assistance contract has been made, for each cultivation section; and And a survey result providing means for providing the survey result in the cultivation section. 2. The plant cultivation according to claim 1, wherein the contracting means makes a contract via a network, and the survey result providing means is configured to transmit the survey result via the network. Auxiliary system. 3. The plant cultivation assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the survey result of the cultivation state of the plant includes a photographed image of the cultivation section of the plant. 4. A cultivation status investigating means for investigating a growth degree of a plant in a cultivation section to which a cultivation assistance contract has been made, and conducting a comparative investigation with a standard growth degree of the same plant species. The plant cultivation assistance system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 5. An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: advice information providing means for providing cultivation advice information indicating an appropriate processing content for a plant according to the growth degree based on the result of the growth degree investigation. Plant cultivation assistance system. 6. An abnormality detecting means for detecting that a plant is not growing normally, and when abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means, the abnormality information is sent to the user without waiting for a request from the user. The plant cultivation assistance system according to claim 1, further comprising an abnormality information providing unit that provides. 7. A plurality of pieces of advice information stored in advance based on growth information indicating the degree of growth or the number of days of growth of plants in a cultivation section for which a cultivation assistance contract has been made, and seasonal information indicating a season at that time. Advice information acquisition means for acquiring second cultivation advice information indicating the growth condition of the plant from the inside and the content of processing on the plant that matches the season; and providing the acquired second cultivation advice information to the user side. The plant cultivation assistance system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a second advice information providing unit. 8. A plant cultivation assistance system for assisting a user in plant cultivation performed in a cultivation section lent to a user, wherein: a contract means for contracting a loan between a cultivation section for plant cultivation and cultivation assistance; A visit discriminating means for discriminating the presence or absence of a visit to the cultivation section of the user who has made a contract for cultivation assistance, and a cultivation process for assisting the growth of plants in the cultivation section of the user when the visit is absent. A plant cultivation assistance system, comprising: 9. The plant cultivation assistance system according to claim 8, wherein said contracting means is configured to make a contract via a network. 10. An identification means provided at an entrance of a farm having the cultivation section for identifying a visit of a user, wherein the visit identification means determines a user within one day based on an identification result of the identification means. The plant cultivation assistance system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein it is determined whether or not the visit has been made. 11. A cultivation apparatus for performing cultivation processing for assisting plant growth by circulating through each cultivation section by electric control, wherein the cultivation agent arrangement means performs cultivation processing by the cultivation apparatus. The plant cultivation assistance system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the system is arranged as follows. 12. A recording medium storing a program comprising an instruction code which can be read by a computer, wherein the cultivation section lends a plant cultivation section and the cultivation section assists plant cultivation performed in the cultivation section. Contract through the network, a survey management routine to manage the results of plant cultivation surveys in the cultivation plots for which the cultivation subscription was made, and a cultivation subscription contract A recording medium characterized by storing a program including a survey result transmission routine for transmitting, via a network, the survey result in the cultivation section for which the contract has been made in response to a request from a user. 13. A recording medium storing a program comprising an instruction code readable by a computer, wherein the cultivation section lends a plant cultivation section and the cultivation assistance section assists the plant cultivation performed in the cultivation section. A contract routine for making a contract for cultivation assistance via a network; a visit determination routine for determining whether or not a visitor of the cultivation assistance contract has made a visit to the cultivation section; and a cultivation of the user when the visit has not been made. A recording medium characterized by storing a program comprising: a cultivation agency arrangement routine for arranging a cultivation process for assisting the growth of plants in a section.