JP2006018531A - Farm working machine selection support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a farm working machine selection support system capable of specifically and visually presenting a farm working machine desired by a farmer and easily recognizing the reservation state of the required farm working machine. <P>SOLUTION: A server 10 is connected to farmer's terminals 20, 30, 40 and constituted as the farm working machine selection support system provided with a receiving means for receiving farm working machine selection requests, a database in which information concerned with the farm working machines is previously stored, a selection means for selecting each farm working machine by retrieving the database on the basis of each selection request received by the receiving means, and a presentation means for presenting the selection result of the selection means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology of a farm work machine selection support system for supporting selection of a farm work machine for harvesting rice / wheat, soybean harvest, or feed rice.

Conventionally, for example, there is a large agricultural working machine (hereinafter simply referred to as “agricultural working machine”) as shown in Patent Document 1 below.
It is desirable that such a farm work machine is suitable for various processes of agricultural production.
However, for example, it is unrealistic that a farmer who operates agriculture owns all agricultural machines suitable for various processes in terms of cost.
Thus, there is a conventional mechanism in which an organization such as an agricultural cooperative purchases and lends agricultural machines necessary for producing crops produced in the area.
JP 2003-169535 A

However, when renting agricultural machines with such a mechanism, there are limits to human management when there are a large number of farmers to use and the number of agricultural machines to be handled.
In recent years, since many types of agricultural machines are manufactured, it is difficult for farmers who use agricultural machines to select agricultural machines suitable for their own agricultural work.
For example, as shown in FIG. 2 in a simplified manner, in agricultural machines such as the roll baler 70, the general combiner 80, and the soybean combine 90, the roller baler main body 72, the general combine main body 82, the soybean combine main body 92, The specifications are different for each agricultural machine because it is an intrinsic functional part of each agricultural machine.
However, the specifications of parts different from the original functional parts of each agricultural machine, such as header parts 71, 81, 91 and crawler parts 73, 83, 93 such as a take-up reel, are made common.
Of course, the operation units 74, 84, 94, etc. may be shared.
This is because even if the machines are of different types, there are many cases where there is no problem even if the specifications of the header section and crawler section are made common, and by making them common, the productivity and versatility of the farm equipment can be improved. It is also possible to improve.
That is, it is possible to assemble a desired agricultural machine by componentizing each part of the agricultural machine and combining the component parts.
However, in such a case, it is anticipated and burdened in the future that a farmer will have to consider matching of the above parts in order to assemble a farming machine suitable for the farming work he / she performs. There is also a concern that this will increase.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is as described above. Next, means for solving the problem will be described.

That is, in claim 1, an agricultural machine selection support system for supporting selection of an agricultural machine that performs rice / wheat cutting, soybean cutting, or feed rice cutting,
Receiving means for receiving a selection request for each work implement;
A database in which information about each work machine is stored in advance;
Based on the selection request received by the receiving means, selecting means for selecting a farm machine by searching the database;
Presenting means for presenting a result of selection by the selecting means;
It is comprised as an agricultural machine selection support system characterized by comprising.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the database is configured as a farm work machine selection support system in which information related to work machine rental reservations is stored.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the database is configured as an agricultural work machine selection support system in which information related to the rental unit price of the work machine is stored in the database.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the agricultural machine selection support system includes a calculation unit that calculates an estimated amount based on the information related to the rental unit price and the information related to the rental period.

  As effects of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the configuration of claim 1, it is possible to automatically present the selection result by the selection means (agricultural machines that meet the selection conditions on the farmer side) to the farmer side. It is possible to present it automatically.
Therefore, the farmer can easily know the specific configuration of the desired farming machine.

  According to the configuration of the second aspect, it is possible to easily search for a farm machine related to the selection condition input by the farmer side and easily find a reservation state of the desired farm machine, and to easily plan a harvesting work.

  According to the configuration of the third aspect, the farmer side can set a budget reference when borrowing (renting) the presented agricultural work machine.

  According to the configuration of claim 4, the farmer side can confirm the cost generated when the presented agricultural machine is rented for a desired period as an estimated amount.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention. The following best mode for carrying out the present invention is an example embodying the present invention, and is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a farm machine selection support system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a component farm farm machine, FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a database, and FIG. 4 is a farm machine selection support according to the present invention. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of processes performed by the system, FIG. 5 is a presentation example when the server presents a selection result to the terminal, FIG. 6 is a presentation example when the server presents the selection result to the terminal, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a presentation example diagram when the server presents an estimated amount to the terminal.

<Schematic configuration of farm equipment selection support system>
First, the schematic configuration of the agricultural machine selection support system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The farm work machine selection support system of the present invention includes terminals 20, 30 and 40 which are information processing devices such as desktop personal computers, notebook personal computers or mobile phones used by farmers who use farm work machines. And a server 10 connected to each of these terminals via a wired or wireless Internet or a communication network N such as a telephone.
Accordingly, the server 10 has a function of receiving information input to the terminals 20, 30, 40, and the like, and conversely, a function of transmitting information to the terminals 20, 30, 40 side.
That is, the server 10 and the terminals 20, 30, and 40 are configured to enable bidirectional communication.
In addition, the user of the server 10 is assumed to be a rental company operating a rental business such as an agricultural cooperative that owns various agricultural machines for renting to a farmer, and the contents of communication with the terminals 20, 30, and 40 used by the farmer are assumed. Accordingly, the farm machine is selected using the server 10.
In addition, a large-scale farmer or an agricultural production corporation may have this system.
In this case, the communication content is a selection request from the farmer side to select a farm work machine, and the server 10 has a function of a receiving unit that receives the selection request (receiving unit).
The server 10 also has a function of a selection unit that selects a farm work machine based on the selection request and a database described later (selection unit).

In addition, on the server 10 side, for example, a database that is an example of information related to agricultural machines as conceptually illustrated in FIG. 3 is stored in advance (database).
Specifically, the column 110 includes, for example, the types of agricultural machines owned by the rental companies, that is, a roll baler 70 that harvests feed rice, a general combine 80 that harvests rice, wheat, and the like, a soybean combine 90 that harvests soybeans, and the like. “Agricultural working machines”, “parts of agricultural working machines” such as header parts 71, 81, 91 and crawler parts 73, 83, 93 are listed.
Of course, in addition to the above, for example, “parts of the agricultural machine” that are componentized such as the roll baler main body 72, the general-purpose combine main body 82, the soybean combine main body 92, and the operation units 74, 84, and 94 may be listed. .
In the column 120, for example, phrases (so-called keywords) related to various agricultural machines listed in the column 110 are stored in association with each other.
In the column 130, for example, the unit price per day in the case where the “agricultural machine” or “each part of the agricultural machine” is rented is listed.
In the column 140, for example, information on rental reservations of the “agricultural machines” and the “parts of the agricultural machines” is listed.
Specifically, the date and time when the rental is reserved may be described.
That is, for example, the fact that soybean combine is reserved from September 10 to 12 in 2004 may be expressed as “2004/9/10 to 12” as shown in column 140 of FIG. .
In addition, this description may be automatically written when the farmer using the terminals 20, 30, 40, etc. reserves to borrow a farm machine.

Each of the server 10 and the terminals 20, 30, 40 stores software (operation program) related to the operation of the agricultural machine selection support system of the present invention, and each operates according to the software.
Of course, in view of the recent development of the Internet, the server 10 may have a Web server function, and may be configured to be accessed by browsing the server 10 from the terminal 20, 30, 40 side.
Furthermore, the server 10 is a farm work selected by the selection means provided by the server 10 itself according to the conditions entered by the farmers (operators in the case of large-scale farmers) using the terminals 20, 30, 40, etc. It also has a function of presentation means for presenting a machine (presentation means).
Hereinafter, a series of processes for the farm work machine selection support system of the present invention to select and present the optimum farm work machine to the farm will be described with reference to FIG.
Moreover, the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 shows an example of a series of processes performed by the agricultural machine selection support system, and particularly shows an example of a series of processes performed by the server 10 that controls the entire system. .
In other words, in other words, the terminals 20, 30 and 40 are merely parts for performing input / output processing with respect to the system, and the server 10 can be regarded as performing the central function of the present invention.

<An example of a series of processing performed by the agricultural machine selection support system, S10>
First, the server 10 determines whether there is a request for selecting a farm machine from any of the terminals 20, 30, and 40 (S10).
That is, the process of step S10 is performed by determining whether or not the server 10 has received a condition input by a farmer to the terminal.
As a specific example, for example, a case where a farmer inputs the keyword “forage rice harvesting” to the terminal 20, that is, a condition (selection condition) for selecting a farm working machine, and transmits it to the server 10 is considered.
In this case, a farmer who uses the terminal 20 inputs a keyword “forage rice harvesting” as a selection request, and uses this keyword as a selection condition.
Hereinafter, a series of processes between the farmer using the terminal 20 and the farmer's rental machine side that owns the server 10 will be described on the premise of the above specific example.
Of course, the same processing is performed between the other terminals 30 and 40 and the server 10.

<S20>
In this case, the server 10 searches the database stored in the server 10 based on the input keyword “rearing forage rice” (S20).
This search is performed on the keywords listed in the column 120 shown in FIG.
Therefore, in the case of the above specific example, the server 10 recognizes that the keyword “feed rice” is listed in the column 120 among the selection conditions (keywords) input by the farmers. The type (column 110) of the agricultural machine related to the recognized keyword “feed rice” is recognized.
In this specific example, the server 10 determines “roll baler” as the type of agricultural machine related to “feed rice”.
That is, by the search processing as described above, the server 10 selects a farm work machine (in the above specific example, the roll baler 70) suitable for the farmer who uses the terminal 20 to perform the farm work.
By performing such processing, it is possible to easily search for and extract farm machines related to the selection condition input by the farmer.

<S30>
Subsequently, the server 10 transmits the selection result to the terminal 20 (S30).
In this case, the terminal 20 may present the display as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 to the farmer using the terminal 20 by receiving the selection result from the server 10.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, the selection result by the server 10 is displayed on the screen of the terminal 20 that, for example, the roll baler 70 is selected.
In this way, by performing a presentation process for displaying the selection result (agricultural working machine that meets the selection conditions on the farmer's side) on the screen of the terminal 20, the farming machine desired by the farmer who uses the terminal 20 is specifically and visually confirmed. Can be automatically presented.
Therefore, the farmer can easily know the specific configuration of the desired farming machine.
Further, for example, icon-like buttons such as a re-search button 210 and an OK button 220 that can be clicked with a mouse pointer or the like may be displayed on the screen.
The re-search button 210 is a button for shifting to a mode that enables the input of selection conditions (keywords) by the farmer.
By returning to the mode for inputting the selection condition again in this way, the farmer side can input again a keyword different from the above to the terminal 20 and transmit it to the server 10 and select the farm work machine again. It becomes possible.
The OK button 220 is for the server 10 to confirm via the terminal 20 that the display content shown in FIG. 5 has been accepted by the user (farmer) on the terminal 20 side.
Therefore, when the OK button 220 is pressed, the server 10 displays a new screen to be displayed next or executes a new process to be processed next.
Here, the server 10 may display a screen as shown in FIG. 6 on the screen of the terminal 20 when the OK button 220 is clicked.

When the OK button 220 is pressed, the server 10 determines, based on the rental unit price in the database, “the rental fee per day for the presented agricultural machine (roll baler) is x yen” as shown in FIG. And the like are transmitted to the terminal 20 side and displayed on the screen of the terminal 20.
At this time, the server 10 may display the presented reservation status of the agricultural machine based on the contents of the database shown in FIG. 3 (reservation status in the column 140).
The contents displayed here (“the rental fee for the presented farmer (roll baler) per day is x yen”) are displayed on the terminal 20 in the presentation process in step S30 (in the example of FIG. 5). This is the rental unit price per day when the roll baler 70) is rented.
In addition, for example, the rental unit price may be set in the database (see FIG. 3) so as to be high at the peak time and lower as it deviates from the peak time.
By performing such display on the screen of the terminal 20, the farmer can set a budget for renting the presented agricultural work machine, and establish a harvest plan at the harvesting time. It becomes easy.
Also in the case shown in FIG. 6A, the re-search button 310 and the OK button 320 may be displayed as in the case shown in FIG.
In this case, for example, when the farmer is dissatisfied with the rental unit price, the selection condition may be input again by clicking the search button 310 again.
On the other hand, when the OK button 320 is pressed, the server 10 recognizes that the farm machine is lent to a farmer who uses the terminal 20.

Next, when the OK button 320 is pressed, the server 10 displays on the terminal 20 a screen that prompts input of information regarding the period for renting the agricultural machine.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6B, the terminal 20 displays “Please enter the date and period for renting the roll baler with rental unit price x yen”.
Therefore, for example, when a farmer wants to borrow the agricultural machine (roll baler 70) presented above for three days from February 1, 2004 to February 3, 2004, “2004/02/01 / ˜2004”. / 02/03 / ”or simply“ 2004/2/1 to 3 ”may be input to the input field 430 shown in the middle of FIG. 6B.
In this case, for example, when the re-search button 410 is clicked, the selection condition may be input again.
On the other hand, when the OK button 420 is clicked, the server 10 receives the content input in the input field 430, and the process proceeds to the estimate presenting process in step S40.
In this case, the case where the process proceeds to step S40 will be described below.

<S40>
Next, the server 10 obtains the agricultural machine (roll baler 70) based on the rental unit price of the agricultural machine (roll baler 70) shown in FIG. 5 and the information regarding the rental period input in the input field 430. An estimated amount for rental to the farmhouse is calculated, and the calculated estimated amount is transmitted to the terminal 20 and presented (S40).
The estimated amount calculated in the process of step S40 will be calculated by calculating (Rental unit price of roll baler 70 x Yen) x (Rental period of roll baler 70 (3 days)). It is.
That is, (rental unit price) × (rental period) is the estimated amount.
Here, it is assumed that the estimated amount calculated by the above calculation is, for example, “α yen”.
That is, the server 10 also has a function of a calculation unit that calculates an estimated amount based on the rental unit price and information on the period for renting the agricultural machine (calculation unit).
In this case, the server 10 transmits to the terminal 20 that the estimated amount has been calculated to be α yen, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, “The rental amount (estimated amount) of the roll baler is α yen”. May be displayed.
By performing such display, a farmer who uses the terminal 20 confirms the cost generated when the farmer (roll baler) presented by the server 10 is rented for a desired period as an estimated amount. Is possible.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, an order button 530 and a cancel button 540 may be displayed.
By displaying in this way, the server 10 may accept that the farm machine is rented by clicking on the order button 530 when the farmer is satisfied with the estimated price and places an order.
On the other hand, when the cancel button 540 is clicked, the server 10 may end the series of processes described above.
By comprising in this way, it becomes possible to select the optimal agricultural machine easily and efficiently, and to execute the order for borrowing the selected agricultural machine.

<Combination of component parts>
In the above description, the processing example has been described in which the server 10 directly searches for a farm machine such as the roll baler 70 that has already been assembled and presents it to the farmer.
By the way, in recent years, especially in large agricultural machines, as shown in FIG. 2, the structure of the agricultural machines is greatly increased, such as header parts 71, 81, 91, crawler parts 73, 83, 93, operating parts 74, 84, 94, etc. There is an attempt to make it a component so that the specifications of the respective parts are shared.
By being componentized in this way, the roller baler main body 72, the general combine main body 82, the soybean combine main body 92, which is the core part of the “agricultural work machine” such as the roll baler 70, the general combine 80, the soybean combine 90, It is possible to freely attach each part for which the above specifications are shared.
Therefore, as already described with reference to FIG. 3, by storing the “keyword” and “rental unit price / day” of each component in the database stored in the server 10, the selection request from the terminal side can be made. Accordingly, it is possible to present to the farmer a farm work machine that combines the above-described units.

Specifically, the following processing may be performed.
For example, it is assumed that the selection condition (keyword) from the farmer side is “scraping soybeans with a crawler combine”.
In this case, similarly to the process of step S20 described above, the server 10 searches the column 120 in the database (see FIG. 3) stored in advance, so that “crawler”, “soybean”, “scratch” among the above keywords. "Take (Scraping)" is a hit (exist).
That is, the server 10 extracts the crawler part from the keyword “crawler”, the header part from the keyword “scraping (scraping)”, and the soybean combine body part from the keyword “soybean”.
Then, the server 10 may determine the soybean combine 90 as shown in FIG. 2 by combining the extracted units.

However, as described above, even if each part of the agricultural machine that is componentized from each keyword is extracted, the specifications of the header part and the crawler part are shared, and as a result, as already described above This is the same as selecting soybean combine 90 directly.
Therefore, when the keyword “scraps soybeans with a crawler combine” is selected as the selection condition, the server 10 may determine the soybean combine 90 directly from the keyword “soybean”.
In other words, when each part of the agricultural machine is componentized, and each of the componentized parts can be searched by a keyword, the agricultural machine is extracted by a method of extracting and combining each part componentized by the keyword. Alternatively, it may be determined, or the agricultural machine may be directly determined as described above.
These methods can be easily changed in view of the configuration of the farm work selection support system and the contents of the program.

The schematic block diagram of the agricultural machine selection assistance system of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the component agricultural machine. Database conceptual diagram. The flowchart which shows an example of a series of processes which the agricultural machine selection assistance system of this invention performs. The presentation example figure when a server presents a selection result to a terminal. The presentation example figure when a server presents a selection result to a terminal. The presentation example figure when a server presents an estimated amount to a terminal.

Explanation of symbols

10 server 20, 30, 40 terminal 70 roll baler 80 general combine 90 soybean combine 71, 81, 91 header part 73, 83, 93 crawler part 74, 84, 94 operation part

Claims (4)

A farming machine selection support system for supporting selection of farming machines for harvesting rice and wheat, soybeans, or feed rice.
Receiving means for receiving a selection request for each work implement;
A database in which information about each work machine is stored in advance;
Based on the selection request received by the receiving means, selecting means for selecting a farm machine by searching the database;
Presenting means for presenting a result of selection by the selecting means;
A farm work machine selection support system comprising:   The farm work machine selection support system according to claim 1, wherein information related to a work machine rental reservation is stored in the database.   The farm work machine selection support system according to claim 1, wherein information related to a rental unit price of the work machine is stored in the database.   The agricultural machine selection support system according to claim 3, further comprising a calculation unit that calculates an estimated amount based on information on the rental unit price and information on a rental period.

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