JP2007048107A - Farm field management system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a farm field management system automatically producing contents of farmwork daily performed by a producer, and capable of storing them as easy-to-total and easy-to-retrieve electronic data. <P>SOLUTION: The work contents, a work period, and a weather condition for a work start are previously registered in a work contents database 6 in each farm field. When the producer goes to one of the farm fields, the corresponding farm field is specified by position information received from a portable terminal portably carried by the producer. When a date when the producer goes corresponds to the inside of the work period in the specified farm field and when present weather information acquired from a weather site satisfies the weather condition previously registered in the work contents database, the work is recorded on the assumption that the work previously registered in the work contents database is executed in the specified farm field. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a field management system and a program that can manage the contents of farm work performed by a producer on a farm field, store it as electronic data that can be easily tabulated and searched, and automatically create a farm work diary.

Many agricultural producers record their daily work as an agricultural diary. Conventionally, farm work diaries have been described on paper but are now recorded as electronic data. If the daily farm diary is electronic data, the possibility of loss is reduced, and the stored data can be easily retrieved and tabulated, so that it can be easily used for farm work from the next term. It can be used as useful information not only for agricultural producers who keep agricultural diaries, but also for agricultural producers with nearby fields.
To create electronic data, it is common to input data using software that runs on a computer using a keyboard or mouse. However, many agricultural producers are unfamiliar with computer operation and can operate it. Even then, it is very troublesome to enter the daily work on the computer after returning home after farming.

As a technique for utilizing the agricultural work diary as electronic data, for example, those described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 below are known.
The thing of the following patent document 1 attaches the data collection apparatus which collects the sensor information of an agricultural machine, and is made so that the work condition of agricultural equipment, such as a tractor and a combine, is automatically accumulated. .
Moreover, the thing of the following patent document 2 uses the information network technique, and the variable showing the content of the various work which is a factor which influences the yield and the kind of the product which the producer input by the computer himself, The present invention relates to a production management information system for agriculture and fisheries that is simply quantified and displayed in time series, and also evaluates the current work status and predicts yield.
JP-A-6-309540 JP 2001-256289 A

However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 does not require the producer who has performed the work to write data such as the distance traveled per day, the working distance per day, the work area, and the fuel consumption, without having to write a daily work diary. It can be stored, but is limited to information on agricultural machinery such as tractors and combines.
Moreover, although the technique of patent document 2 can perform production management from the collected data, the input of data must be performed by the producer himself, and for the agricultural producer who is unfamiliar with computer operation. There is a problem that it is extremely troublesome.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an agricultural field management system and program capable of automatically creating an agricultural work diary showing the contents of agricultural work performed by a producer.

In order to achieve the above object, the field management system according to the present invention includes a field database storing information on the shape of the field, the position on the map, and the type of cultivated crop, and the work content, work period, work for each field. A work content database storing weather conditions to be started, a first means for referring to the field database, and identifying a farm field where the producer has sown based on position information received from a portable terminal carried by the producer, and its identification The date on the field corresponds to the work period in the specific field stored in the work content database, and the current weather information acquired from the weather site satisfies the weather conditions registered in the work content database in advance. If it is satisfied, the work of the work content registered in advance in the work content database in the specific field The date was performed, characterized in that it comprises a second means for recording the agricultural diary database with work.
Further, the present invention is further characterized by further comprising third means for searching the corresponding field database using the work content as a search condition and highlighting the corresponding field on the terminal device.

The field management program according to the present invention includes a field database storing information on the shape of the field, the position on the map, and the type of the cultivated crop, and the work content, the work period, and the weather that starts the work for each field. A computer equipped with a work content database storing conditions,
A first means for identifying a farm field visited by a producer based on position information received from a portable terminal carried by the producer with reference to the farm field database, and a date visited in the specific farm field are stored in the work content database. If the current weather information that falls within the work period in the specific field and that is acquired from the weather site satisfies the weather conditions registered in the work content database in advance, It is made to function as a 2nd means to record the date which carried out the work of the work contents registered beforehand in the work content database in the specific field together with the work contents into the farm work diary database.

According to the present invention, for each field, the work content, the work period, and the weather conditions for starting the work are registered in advance in the work content database, and if the producer goes to any field, the producer The corresponding field is identified by the position information received from the portable terminal that is carried, the date that the producer refers is within the work period in the identified field, and the current weather information acquired from the weather site is the work content database. If the meteorological condition registered in advance is satisfied, it is recorded as the work registered in advance in the work content database in the specified farm field. There is no need to create a farm diary.
Furthermore, since it is stored as electronic data, it is easy to search and tabulate the accumulated data, and it is easy to use it for farm work from the next term.
Further, since the contents of the farm work can be used as a search condition and the corresponding farm field can be highlighted on the map displayed on the display device, it is easy to grasp the current work situation.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a field management system according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the farm field management system in the present embodiment takes in data from the weather information site 9 or the GPS-equipped mobile terminal 10 via the Internet 8 and manages the farm field, the central processing unit 1, A terminal device 2 having a graphic screen; a map database 3 storing map data as background data; a field database 4 storing field data having information such as field position information and cultivated crop type; A farmer database 5 storing a farmer number for identifying a producer and personal information of the producer; a work content database 6 storing types of cultivated crops and work content during cultivation of the crops; From the agricultural work diary database 7 storing the contents of the agricultural work determined from the position information of the field, the type of cultivated crop and the weather information You have me.

The central processing unit 1 includes a data input processing unit 11, a data display processing unit 12, an agricultural work diary creation processing unit 13, and a database access processing unit 14. Each of these processing units is configured by a program stored in the internal memory of the central processing unit 1.
The data input process 11 is a process of accepting weather data provided from the weather information site 9 via the Internet 8, farmer position data provided from the GPS mobile terminal 10 via the Internet 8, and data input from the terminal device 2. Is what you do.
The data display process 12 performs a process of drawing an agricultural field on map data as background data, searching for an appropriate agricultural field using the contents of farm work as a search condition, and displaying the corresponding agricultural field in a highlighted color on the terminal device 2. It is.
The database access process 15 refers to and updates data in the map database 3, the farm field database 4, the farmer database 5, the work content database 6, and the farm work diary database 7 as necessary.

The data stored in each database will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the data structure of the field data stored in the field database 4.
The farm field data includes a figure ID 21 and shape information 22 for identifying a figure representing the farm field, a farm field number 23 and a cultivation year 24 for identifying the farm field, a cultivated crop type 25, a producer number 26 for identifying the producer, and a farm field. Is composed of information such as display color 27 for color-coded display.
The shape information includes information on the type of shape, the number of vertices, and the X and Y coordinate values of each vertex.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data structure of the farmer data stored in the farmer database 5.
Farmer data is composed of data of a producer number 31 for identifying a producer, a producer's name 32, an address 33, a telephone number 34, and a mail address 35.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the data structure of work content data stored in the work content database 6.
The work content data includes a work content ID 41 for specifying the work content, a cultivated crop type 42, a work content 43 representing the work for producing the crop for each cultivated crop type for each work item, and a period of time during which the work is performed. The data includes a work start date 44 representing a start date, a work end date 45 representing an end date, a temperature 46 of weather information affecting the work content, precipitation 47, sunshine duration 48, and solar radiation 49.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the data structure of the agricultural work diary data stored in the agricultural work diary database 7.
The farm work diary data includes a farm work diary ID 501 for identifying the contents of the farm work diary, a field number 502 for identifying the field number where the work was performed, a farmer number 503 for identifying the farmer who performed the work, and a date 504 when the work was performed. Cultivated crop type 505 representing the type of crop cultivated in the field, farm work content 506 determined from the type and date of work of the cultivated crop, weather information, etc., temperature 507 and precipitation 508 as content representing the current day's weather information , Sunshine duration 509, amount of solar radiation 510, and remarks 511 describing other special notes. In the remarks 511, for example, when “fertilization” is performed on the contents of farm work, the type of fertilizer can be described, and memorandums related to the work such as the work status of the day and weather information can be registered.

Next, graphic data such as map data and field data will be described.
FIG. 6 shows the layer structure of map data and field data stored in the map database 3 and the field database 4.
As shown in FIG. 6, the map database 3 has a layer structure with a plurality of layers, a road figure is stored in the road layer 61, and a river figure is stored in the river layer 62. When all layers are stacked, the same picture as the map 63 is obtained.
Similarly, in the field database 4, the 2004 field figure is the 2004 field layer 64, the 2003 field figure is the 2003 field layer 65, the 2002 field figure is the 2002 field layer 66, and so on. And can be displayed in a superimposed manner. It is desirable that the field pattern is displayed in a different color for each normal cultivated crop so that the type of the cultivated crop is known by the color, and is filled with an emphasized color under some condition. When displaying graphic data under the contents of farm work, for example, “a field that has not yet been harvested”, the corresponding field can be easily recognized by filling it with an emphasis color different from the color of the cultivated crop. can do.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of work content data stored in the work content database 6.
The work content data defines the work content for each type of cultivated crop, and preliminarily registers weather information represented by the time, temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and sunshine duration for the work. For example, the work content ID1 (71) indicates a condition for performing the work content “seeding” in a field where the cultivated crop is potato. “Sowing” means that the work period is a date between April 1 and May 10, when the temperature is 7 ° C. or more and the precipitation is less than 5 mm.
Note that the minimum required time required for the work may be registered.

Next, a processing procedure related to the creation process of the agricultural work diary data will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When carrying out the farm work, the producer carries the mobile terminal 10 and goes to the farm field. When the farmer arrives at the farm field, the farm work is started with the telephone number and the position information being transmitted as needed.
In the farm diary creation processing unit 13, first, in step 81, a telephone number and position information are acquired from transmission data of the portable terminal 10 via the Internet 8.
For example, if the mobile terminal 10 is set to periodically send information including the current position by e-mail, the producer can transmit the current position only by working with the mobile terminal 10 being carried. it can.
The farm diary creation processing unit 13 searches the farmer data from the farmer database 5 in step 82 using the acquired telephone number as a key, and acquires the corresponding producer number 31.

As shown in FIG. 2, the farm field data includes a producer number 26 that owns the farm field and farm field shape information 22.
If the position information acquired in step 81 is included in the shape of the field among the fields of the producer number acquired in step 82, the farmer is present in the field. Therefore, the farm diary creation processing unit 13 determines in step 83 whether the information transmitted by the mobile terminal 10 is in any field.
When the corresponding field does not exist, it is not considered that the work was performed in the field.
If the corresponding field is found, the type 25 of the cultivated crop of the corresponding field is acquired from the field database 4 in step 84.
In step 85, weather information such as temperature, precipitation, sunshine duration, and amount of solar radiation is acquired from the weather site 9 via the Internet 8.
In step 86, the work content data stored in the work content database 6 is referred to, and today's date exists between the work start date and the work end date in the work content of the cultivated crop type 25 acquired in step 84. It is determined whether there is any weather information that satisfies the working conditions. If the corresponding work contents exist, farm diary data is created in step 87 and recorded as electronic data together with the work contents in the farm diary database 7.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of agricultural work diary data.
Agricultural work diary data indicates when and what work was performed on a certain farm field, and is unique data depending on the farm field number, date, and farm work contents.
The farm work diary ID1 (91) and the farm work diary ID2 (92) indicate that the potato was planted on April 30, 2004, and the weather information for that day is also stored.
In addition, as a remark item, it can be noted that the temperature was low on the day.
Agricultural diary data is automatically created without the producer creating the data himself, but the actual work performed is not always the same as the automatically generated work content, and it differs according to various situations. It is also possible to carry out the above work.
The contents of the created agricultural work diary can be displayed on the terminal device 2 of FIG. 1, and the contents can be confirmed or corrected.

FIG. 10 is a display example of a farm field.
The farm field can be displayed with the shape of the farm field superimposed on the map 63 shown in FIG. Normally, the field data is filled with a color set for each crop. For example, as shown by 101 in FIG. 10, rice is pink, wheat is green, potato is brown, and the like, but a field satisfying a certain search condition can be displayed in a highlighted color.
When a machine used for harvesting is shared by a plurality of producers, it is necessary to know where the unharvested field is, use the machine from a nearby field, and use it efficiently. Use the created agricultural diary data to specify the search condition of “a field that has not been harvested yet in the field where wheat is cultivated”, and if the corresponding condition is filled in with a highlighted color, it is easy to harvest It is possible to recognize a field that is not finished.
A display example in which a field corresponding to the search condition is filled with a highlight color is indicated by 102 in FIG. In 102, the field of wheat that has been painted in green in 101 and is not yet harvested is painted in highlighted color. By filling and displaying in an emphasized color, the target field becomes clear and future harvesting operations can be performed efficiently.

In short, according to the present invention, the work content, the work period, and the weather conditions for starting the work are registered in advance in the work content database 6 for each field, and if the producer goes to any field, the producer The corresponding field is identified by the position information received from the portable terminal 10 carried by the person, the date that the producer sowed corresponds to the work period in the identified field, and the current weather information acquired from the weather site is the work When the meteorological conditions registered in advance in the content database 6 are satisfied, it is recorded that the work registered in advance in the work content database 6 has been performed in the specified field.
Thus, if the producer registers necessary information in the work content database 6 in advance, he can complete the digitized farm work diary just by carrying the portable terminal 10 and going to the farm field. You are free from troublesome tasks such as recording your work.

In addition, since there are cases where it is necessary to observe only the growth status of the cultivated crop or the state of the soil without working in the field, the minimum work time is registered in the work content database, and the minimum work time is exceeded. The work registered in advance may be performed only when it exists in the corresponding field.
Further, the farm work diary creation processing unit shown in FIG. 8 can be provided to a computer user as a program.

It is a figure showing one embodiment of a field management system concerning the present invention. It is a figure showing the data structure of field data. It is a figure showing the data structure of farmhouse data. It is a figure showing the data structure of work content data. It is a figure showing the data structure of agricultural work diary data. It is the figure which showed the layer structure of the map database and the field database. It is a figure which shows the example of work content data. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of an agricultural work diary preparation process. It is a figure which shows the example of agricultural work diary data. It is a figure which shows the example which highlighted and displayed agricultural field data.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Central processing unit, 2 ... Terminal device, 3 ... Map database, 4 ... Farm field database, 5 ... Farmer database, 6 ... Work content database, 7 ... Farm work diary database, 8 ... Internet, 9 ... Weather information site, 10 ... Mobile terminal with GPS, 11 ... data input processing unit, 12 ... data display processing unit, 13 ... farm diary creation processing unit, 14 ... database access processing.

Claims (3)

  A field database storing information on the shape of the field, the position on the map, and the type of cultivated crop, a work content database storing work conditions, a work period, weather conditions for starting work, and the field database for each field. The specific field in which the first means for identifying the farm field where the producer sowed according to the positional information received from the portable terminal carried by the producer and the date when the farmer visited the specific farm field is stored in the work content database It is determined whether or not the current weather information acquired from the weather site satisfies the weather conditions registered in advance in the work content database, and if the meteorological conditions are satisfied, Recorded in the agricultural diary database together with the work contents the date when the work contents previously registered in the work content database were performed Field management system characterized in that it comprises a second means that.   The field according to claim 1, further comprising third means for searching the field database corresponding to the work content as a search condition and highlighting the field on a map displayed on a display device. Management system. A computer having a field database storing information on the shape of the field, the position on the map, and the type of cultivated crop, and a work content database storing work conditions, work periods, and weather conditions for starting work for each field. ,
A first means for identifying a farm field visited by a producer based on position information received from a portable terminal carried by the producer with reference to the farm field database, and a date visited in the specific farm field are stored in the work content database. It is determined whether the current weather information that falls within the work period in the specific field and that is acquired from the weather site satisfies the weather conditions registered in advance in the work content database. An agricultural field management program that functions as a second means for recording, in the agricultural work diary database together with work contents, the date when the work contents previously registered in the work content database are performed in the specific farm field.

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