JP2008148565A - Field management system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a field management system capable of automatically making the contents of farm work which is daily performed by a farm producer and storing the content as electronic data whose counting and search are easy. <P>SOLUTION: This field management system is such that work contents, a work period, and a weather condition allowing work start of each field are previously registered in work content database, and when a farm producer travels to either field, an appropriate field is specified by an instruction from a portable terminal with GPS function which the farm producer carries. Furthermore, when a date on which the farm producer travels corresponds to within a work period of the specified field, and present weather information obtained from a weather site satisfies the weather condition previously registered in the work content database, it is recorded that work previously registered in the work content database is performed in the specified field. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,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 an agricultural work diary as electronic data, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 below is known.
The one described in Patent Document 1 below calculates a work trajectory of an operator from position and time information acquired from a GPS receiver, and calculates work items estimated from a plurality of work candidates that can be performed by the worker in the computer. It is characterized in that it is configured to automatically record in a farm work diary created in

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  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 must identify the corresponding field from the position information of the GPS receiver. Since the GPS receiver may generate an error depending on the performance of the device and measurement conditions, there is a possibility that the corresponding field cannot be correctly specified. In addition, the contents of the created agricultural work diary cannot be confirmed at the place where the work is performed.

  An object of the present invention is to enable a producer to easily identify a target field by displaying a map near the current location on a mobile terminal with a GPS function, and to automatically create a farm work diary without any errors, and to perform farm work performed. To provide a field management system and program that can search the corresponding field using the contents of the search as a search condition, display the position of the field, and easily confirm what has been performed on which field. It is in.

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 that stores the starting weather conditions;
The producer's current position information is received from the portable terminal with GPS function carried by the producer, the field map data in the vicinity of the producer's current position is transmitted to the portable terminal with GPS function, and the field near the producer's current position is transmitted. First means for displaying a map on a portable terminal with GPS function, and an identification number of the field selected by the producer on the field map displayed on the portable terminal with GPS function are received, and the field database is stored based on the identification number. A second means for identifying a farm field to be referred to by the producer and a date on the specific farm field falls within the work period in the particular farm field stored in the work content database, and a weather site It is determined whether the current weather information acquired from the above meets the weather conditions registered in advance in the work content database, and if so, the specific field Characterized in that it comprises a third means for recording the date of implementing the operations of the work that has been registered in advance in Oite the work content database to farm diary database with work.
Further, the field database is searched using the contents of the performed work as a search condition, and the work contents recorded in the position of the corresponding field and the farm work diary database are transmitted to the portable terminal with GPS function of the producer's mobile phone for display. The apparatus further comprises means.

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,
The producer's current position information is received from the portable terminal with GPS function carried by the producer, the field map data in the vicinity of the producer's current position is transmitted to the portable terminal with GPS function, and the field near the producer's current position is transmitted. First means for displaying a map on a portable terminal with GPS function, and an identification number of the field selected by the producer on the field map displayed on the portable terminal with GPS function are received, and the field database is stored based on the identification number. A second means for identifying a farm field to be referred to by the producer and a date on the specific farm field falls within the work period in the particular farm field stored in the work content database, and a weather site It is determined whether the current weather information acquired from the above meets the weather conditions registered in advance in the work content database, and if so, the specific field Characterized in that the functioning of the date of implementing the work of work that has been registered in advance in Oite the work content database as a third means for recording the agricultural diary database with work.

According to the present invention, the work content, work period, and weather conditions for starting work are registered in advance in the work content database for each farm field, and the producer works on the farm field map displayed on the mobile terminal with GPS function. If the identification number of the field to be worked is received from the portable terminal with GPS function carried by the producer, the corresponding field is identified by the position information, and the producer enters the field. If the current date falls within the work period of the specified field and the current weather information acquired from the weather site satisfies the weather conditions registered in the work content database in advance, the work is performed on the specified field. In order to record the work registered in the content database as being performed in advance, it is necessary for the producer to create a farm diary manually after farm work as before. Kunar.
In addition, the farmer can easily identify the target field by displaying the field map near the current location on the mobile terminal with GPS function, and the farm work diary can be automatically created without error. It is possible to search the corresponding field by using the search condition, display the position of the field, and easily confirm what has been performed on which field.
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.

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 this embodiment includes a central processing unit 1 that takes in data from a weather information site 9 or a mobile terminal 10 with a GPS function via the Internet 8 and manages farm fields, and a character. And 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 types of cultivated crops, and the like A farmer database 5 that stores a farmer number for identifying a producer and personal information of the producer, a work content database 6 that stores the type of cultivated crop and the work content during cultivation of the crop, and the work date and time Agricultural work diary database 7 storing the contents of agricultural work determined from the position information of the field, the type of cultivated crop and the weather information Going on.

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 portable terminal 10 with GPS function via the Internet 8, and data input from the terminal device 2. Is to 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 pattern is the 2004 field layer 66, the 2003 field pattern is the 2003 field layer 65, the 2002 field pattern is the 2002 field layer 64, 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.
The same applies to the work contents ID2 (72) to IDn (73).

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.

In step 83, the central processing unit 1 makes an inquiry to the portable terminal 10 as to whether or not to receive the field map. Although there are various display methods for the field map, FIG. 9 shows two main display examples.
Reference numeral 91 in FIG. 9 indicates the surroundings using the current position transmitted from the mobile terminal 10. Further, in 92 of FIG. 9, only the farm field owned by a specific producer is displayed in a solid color.

If reception of the field map is requested in the inquiry in step 83, a map of the field map is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 in step 84.
A producer carrying the mobile terminal 10 performs an operation of selecting a work target field from the displayed field map. Then, a field ID that identifies the selected field is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the central processing unit 1.

In step 85, the central processing unit 1 can acquire a field ID that identifies the field on which the producer is working, and can identify the field that is the work target.
When the field is specified, in step 86, the type of cultivated crop in the field is acquired.

In step 87, weather information such as temperature, precipitation, sunshine duration and solar radiation is acquired from the weather site 9 via the Internet.
In step 88, the work content database 6 is referred to, and the work content of the cultivated crop type, where today's date exists between the work start date and the work end date, and the acquired weather information satisfies the work conditions. Determine if there is any.
If the corresponding work contents exist, the farm work diary data is created.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a setting example of the agricultural work diary data.
The farm work diary data indicates when and what work has been performed on a certain field, and is unique data depending on the field number, date, and contents of farm work.
The farm work diary ID1 (101) and the farm work diary ID2 (102) indicate that potatoes were planted on April 30, 2006, 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 mobile phone 10 with GPS or the terminal device 2 shown in FIG. 1, and the contents can be confirmed or corrected.

FIG. 11 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 111 in FIG. 11, wheat is displayed in green, potato is brown, and beets are light blue, 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 an emphasis color, it is easy to harvest It is possible to recognize a field that is not finished.
A display example in which the field corresponding to the search condition is filled with a highlight color is 112 in FIG. In 112, the field of wheat that has been painted in green in 111 and is not yet harvested is painted in highlighted color. By filling and displaying in the highlighted color, the target field is clarified, 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 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 content If the meteorological conditions registered in advance in the 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, by displaying a map near the current location on the mobile terminal 10 with GPS function, the producer can easily identify the target farm field, and can automatically create a farm diary without error, and the contents of the farm work performed It is possible to search the corresponding field by using the search condition, display the position of the field, and easily confirm what has been performed on which field.
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.

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 the agricultural field map displayed on a portable terminal with a GPS function. 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 function, 11... Data input processing unit, 12... Data display processing unit, 13.

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 the work content, work period, and weather conditions for starting the work for each field;
The producer's current position information is received from the portable terminal with GPS function carried by the producer, the field map data in the vicinity of the producer's current position is transmitted to the portable terminal with GPS function, and the field near the producer's current position is transmitted. A first means for displaying a map on a mobile terminal with a GPS function;
A second field for receiving the identification number of the field selected by the producer on the field map displayed on the portable terminal with GPS function, referring to the field database by the identification number, and identifying the field that the producer is working on. Means of
The date when the producer went to the specific 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 is registered in the work content database in advance. If the meteorological condition is satisfied, and if the meteorological condition is satisfied, the date of performing the work content registered in the work content database in advance in the specific farm is recorded in the agricultural diary database together with the work content. And a third field management system.   A fourth means for searching the field database using the performed work content as a search condition, and transmitting and displaying the position of the corresponding field and the work content recorded in the farm work diary database to the portable terminal with GPS function of the producer's mobile phone. The field management system according to claim 1, further comprising: 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. ,
The producer's current position information is received from the portable terminal with GPS function carried by the producer, the field map data in the vicinity of the producer's current position is transmitted to the portable terminal with GPS function, and the field near the producer's current position is transmitted. A first means for displaying a map on a mobile terminal with a GPS function;
A second field for receiving the identification number of the field selected by the producer on the field map displayed on the portable terminal with GPS function, referring to the field database by the identification number, and identifying the field that the producer is working on. Means of
The date when the producer went to the specific 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 is registered in the work content database in advance. If the meteorological condition is satisfied, and if the meteorological condition is satisfied, the date of performing the work content registered in the work content database in advance in the specific farm is recorded in the agricultural diary database together with the work content. An agricultural field management program which functions as a third means.

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