JP2011203874A - Field crop management method and field crop management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a field crop management method and a field crop management device for presenting the position of a field crop under cultivation for whose purchase has a reservation made to a purchase candidate.SOLUTION: A field crop management device 1 is provided with: a reservation information DB12C for storing reservation information relating to the purchase reservation of a field crop under cultivation; and a field crop information DB12B for storing position information relating to the position in a plantation of the field crop, and configured to generate field crop position information showing the position in the plantation of the field crop for whose purchase has a reservation already made among field crops under cultivation based on the reservation information and the position information, and to display the generated field crop position information on a display 6, and to present the field crop position information to a purchase candidate who has made a reservation for the purchase.

Description

  The present invention relates to a crop management method for managing various crops in order to sell various crops, and in particular, implements a crop management method for managing a growing crop that has been reserved for purchase by a prospective purchaser, and the method. The present invention relates to a crop management apparatus for

  In recent years, with the rapid spread of the Internet, various crop sales systems using the Internet have been proposed. For example, Patent Literature 1 includes a product posting server that can post product information, product history information, and production environment information, and a client terminal. The client terminal accesses the product posting server, and the product posting server posts it. A sales system that can select and order products based on product information, product history information, and production environment information is disclosed. According to this sales system, the purchaser can refer to the product history information and the production environment information in addition to the product information, so that the purchaser can place an order for the product while obtaining a sense of realism at the production site.

  Patent Document 2 provides the purchaser with product image data that is a product sample indicating the shipment state of the crop and production plan data that represents the date from the sowing date to the shipment date of the crop via the Internet. A sales system for receiving an order from a purchaser is disclosed. According to this sales system, it is possible to make a production plan corresponding to various purchase conditions such as the quantity desired by the purchaser and the desired date, so that it is possible to realize order production of agricultural products.

JP 2003-256679 A JP 2005-78238 A

  According to the conventional sales system as described above, it is possible to make a reservation for the purchase of agricultural products using the Internet. However, in these sales systems, the purchaser only confirms an image or the like as a product sample, and cannot make a reservation for purchase after confirming the crop to be actually purchased. For this reason, there is a problem in that the crop delivered to the purchaser at a later date and the crop that the purchaser imagined at the time of reservation may be greatly different.

  In order to eliminate such inconvenience, a sales system that presents images of the harvested crops that are actually delivered to the purchaser in the form of images, etc. can be considered, but in this case the period from harvesting to delivery to the purchaser However, it is difficult to provide fresh produce.

  In consideration of the above, it is desirable to be able to make a reservation for purchase of an agricultural product that is actually purchased and that is not yet harvested. If you can make a reservation for purchase of such a crop, when the purchaser goes to the farm and harvests the crop, which crop is related to the reservation, that is, which crop Buyers must be able to recognize if they should be harvested.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a main object thereof is a crop management method and method for easily identifying a crop for which a purchase reservation has been made among many crops in a farm. It is providing the crop management apparatus for implementing.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a crop management method according to one aspect of the present invention is a crop management method for managing a crop that is growing in a farm using a computer, wherein the computer includes the crop that is growing. A storage unit that stores reservation information related to the purchase reservation and position information related to the position of the crop in the plantation, and the computer is based on the reservation information and the position information stored in the storage unit, A step of generating crop position information indicating a position in the plantation of a crop that has already been reserved for purchase among the growing crops, and the crop position information generated by the computer is installed in or around the plantation. Display the information on the position of the crop for the prospective purchaser who made the purchase reservation. And a Shimesuru steps.

  In the above aspect, when the crop is no longer present before the prospective buyer harvests the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made, the computer selects a crop to replace the crop from the growing crop. In the step of generating the crop position information, the computer may generate crop position information indicating a position of the crop selected from the crops in the plantation.

  Further, in the above aspect, the computer receives image data including the farm products with the purchase reservation obtained by the imaging unit from a portable terminal provided with the imaging unit, and the image received by the computer. A step of determining whether or not the data for which the purchase reservation has been made is included in the data; and the computer includes determination result information indicating a determination result by the determination means together with the crop position information. And a step of transmitting to.

  Further, in the above aspect, the computer gives the image data information indicating a position in the plantation of the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made, and the image data to which the information indicating the position of the crop is given. You may further have the step which transmits to a portable terminal.

  In the step of presenting the crop position information of the aspect, the crop position information generated by the computer may be printed by a printing device installed in or around the plantation.

  The crop management apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is a crop management apparatus that manages a crop that is growing in a farm. Reservation information related to a purchase reservation for the growing crop and position information about the position of the crop in the farm. Based on the reservation information and the position information stored in the storage unit, the crop position information indicating the position in the plantation of the already purchased crop among the growing crops A crop position information generating means for generating, and a crop position information presenting means for presenting the crop position information generated by the crop position information generating means to a prospective purchaser who made the purchase reservation.

  In the above aspect, in the case where the crop no longer exists before the prospective purchaser harvests the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made, alternative crop selection means for selecting a crop to replace the crop from the growing crop The crop position information generating means may be configured to generate crop position information indicating a position in the plantation of the crop selected by the alternative crop selecting means.

  Further, in the above aspect, the image data receiving means for receiving image data including the farm products with the purchase reservation obtained by the imaging means from the portable terminal having the imaging means, and received by the image data receiving means. Determination means for determining whether or not the image of the purchase reservation is included in the image data, the crop position information presenting means, together with the crop position information, the determination result by the determination means It may be configured to transmit determination result information indicating the above to the portable terminal.

  Further, in the above aspect, the crop position information presenting means provides the image data with information indicating the position of the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made in the image data, and the information indicating the position of the crop is added. The image data may be transmitted to the portable terminal.

  In the above aspect, the crop position information presenting means includes a display device provided in the vicinity of the plantation, and displays the crop position information generated by the crop position information generating means on the display device. It may be configured.

  Further, in the above aspect, the crop position information presenting means includes a printing device provided in the vicinity of the plantation, and a printed matter indicating the crop position information generated by the crop position information generating means is stored in the printing device. May be configured to generate.

  According to the crop management method and the crop management apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to easily specify a growing crop for which a purchase reservation has been made among many crops in a farm.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a crop management apparatus according to a first embodiment. The perspective view which shows the installation aspect of the camera which images a crop. The figure which shows an example of the layout of member information DB provided in the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the layout of crop information DB provided in the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the layout of reservation information DB provided in the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the layout of image information DB provided in the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the crop information update process which the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1 performs. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the position specific information provision process which the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1 performs. The figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the printed matter and display which are printed with the printer of the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the printed matter and display which are printed with the printer of the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the printed matter and display which are printed with the printer of the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the layout of crop information DB provided in the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 2. FIG. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the harvest information update process which the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 2 performs. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the alternative crop presentation process which the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 2 performs. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the alternative crop setting process which the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 2 performs. The figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the printed matter printed on the printer of the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 2, and a display. The figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the printed matter printed on the printer of the crop management apparatus of Embodiment 2, and a display. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a connection mode between a crop management apparatus and a mobile phone according to a third embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a crop management apparatus according to a third embodiment. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the position specific information provision process which a management server and a mobile telephone perform. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below exemplify methods and apparatuses for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the following. . The technical idea of the present invention can be variously modified within the technical scope described in the claims.

(Embodiment 1)
[Configuration of crop management device]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a crop management apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the crop management apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU 10, a main storage device 11, an auxiliary storage device 12, an input / output interface (I / F) 13, and an image output interface ( I / F) 14. The CPU 10, the main storage device 11, the auxiliary storage device 12, the input / output I / F 13 and the image output I / F 14 are connected by a bus.

  The CPU 10 executes a computer program stored in the auxiliary storage device 12. Thereby, the crop management apparatus 1 can execute various processes described later while controlling operations of various devices.

  The main storage device 11 is configured by SRAM, DRAM, or the like, and is used for reading a computer program stored in the auxiliary storage device 12. The main storage device 11 is also used as a work area for the CPU 10 when the CPU 10 executes a computer program.

  The auxiliary storage device 12 is configured by a nonvolatile storage device such as a flash memory or a hard disk, and stores various computer programs to be executed by the CPU 10, data used for executing the computer programs, and the like. The auxiliary storage device 12 is provided with a member information database (DB) 12A, a crop information database (DB) 12B, a reservation information database (DB) 12C, and an image information database (DB) 12D. Details of these databases will be described later.

  The input / output I / F 13 is an interface device for connecting the CPU 10 and various external devices. Connected to the input / output I / F 13 are a plurality of cameras 3, 3,... Each composed of an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor). The crop management apparatus 1 receives image data from the cameras 3, 3,... Via the input / output I / F 13.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing how the cameras 3, 3,... Are installed. In FIG. 2, the code | symbol F has shown the plantation. In the farm F, a plurality of ridges H, H,... Are formed in parallel, and a plurality of cucumber seedlings 10A, 10A,... ,..., And a plurality of seedlings 10 C, 10 C,. As described above, in the present embodiment, a plurality of seedlings are planted in the cocoon H formed in the soil, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is planted in, for example, a cultivation bed for hydroponics. May be. In this embodiment, seedlings of a plurality of types of fruit vegetables are planted in the farm F, but one type may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, two cameras 3 and 3 fixed at an appropriate height by the support 3 </ b> A are arranged side by side along the longitudinal direction of the ridge H, and two cameras fixed in the same manner are also provided. Cameras 3 and 3 are juxtaposed along the parallel direction of 畝 H, H,. These cameras 3, 3,... Are attached to the support 3 </ b> A so that the installation angle can be adjusted, and the imaging range can be adjusted appropriately by adjusting the installation angle.

  In this embodiment, four cameras 3, 3,... Are provided, but the number is not limited to this number. Also, the positions where the cameras 3, 3,... Are installed are not limited to those shown in FIG.

  In addition to the cameras 3, 3,..., The input / output I / F 13 is connected to an input unit 4 constituted by a keyboard or a touch panel, and a printer 5 for printing various information. The input unit 4 is installed in or around the farm F and is operated by a purchaser who has visited the farm F. Similarly, the printer 5 is also provided in or around the farm F, and the printed matter created by the printer 5 is acquired by the prospective purchaser who went to the farm F.

  The image output I / F 14 is an interface device for communicating with the display 6 constituted by an LCD or the like, and outputs a video signal corresponding to image data given from the CPU 10 to the display 6. The display 6 displays an image according to the input video signal. The display 6 is installed in or around the farm F. When a prospective purchaser visits the farm F in order to harvest a crop that is growing in the farm F and for which purchase reservation has been made, the prospective purchaser confirms the display 6 on the display 6.

Next, the member information DB 12A, the crop information DB 12B, the reservation information DB 12C, and the image information DB 12D will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the layout of the member information DB 12A provided in the crop management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the member information DB 12A stores a member ID field 101 for storing a member ID for identifying each member, a name field 102 for storing the name of each member, and an e-mail address of each member. And an address field 104 in which the address of each member is stored.

  The information stored in the member information DB 12A described above is generated based on the contents received from each user at the time of pre-registration for using the crop management apparatus of the present embodiment. The user who has completed this pre-registration becomes a member who can harvest the crop using the crop management apparatus 1 of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the layout of the crop information DB 12B provided in the crop management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the crop information DB 12B stores a crop ID field 111 that stores a crop ID for identifying each crop, a crop name field 112 that stores the name of each crop, and a seeding date of each crop. Sowing date field 113, size field 114 in which information indicating the size (size) of each crop is stored, saturation field 115 in which information on the surface color of each crop is stored, information indicating the growth state of each crop Is stored, a scheduled harvest date field 117 in which the planned harvest date of each crop is stored, a reserved field 118 in which information indicating whether each crop is reserved is stored, and each crop in the plantation It has a position field 119 in which position information indicating the position is stored.

  In the present embodiment, the size field 114 stores information of any one of “L (large)”, “M (medium)”, and “S (small)” according to the size of the crop. The saturation field 115 stores either “dark” or “light” information according to the saturation of a specific color (for example, red when the crop is tomato, green when cucumber is used). The The status field 116 stores information on “good”, “normal”, and “bad” in accordance with the growth state of the crop.

  Furthermore, in the position field 119, an alphabet character for identifying each cocoon, a number for identifying the position of the seedling in each cocoon, and the position of the fruit (a crop) that is the seedling are identified. Position information composed of a combination with numbers is stored. In the example shown in FIG. 4, position information such as “B1-3” is stored in the position field 119. “B1-3” in this example is “B” indicating a specific cocoon, “1” indicating one of a plurality of seedlings planted along the longitudinal direction of the cocoon, and the seedling. It consists of a pair with “3” indicating one of the plurality of fruits. Here, “1” represents the first seedling counted from a specific reference position (for example, one end of the cocoon), and “3” counted from the lower side (root side) to the upper side (tip side) of the seedling. It may be possible to represent the fruit that is third. The position information stored in the position field 119 may be manually input based on the contents confirmed by human eyes or the like, and edge extraction is performed on the image data acquired by the cameras 3, 3,. The crop management apparatus 1 may automatically generate the image by performing predetermined image processing such as the above.

  Information stored in the crop information DB 12B described above is appropriately updated based on image data acquired by the cameras 3, 3,. Details of the processing will be described later.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a layout of the reservation information DB 12C provided in the crop management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the reservation information DB 12C includes a reservation ID field 121 that stores a reservation ID for identifying each reservation made by a member, a reservation date and time field 122 that stores the date and time when each reservation was made, It has a member ID field 123 in which the member ID of the member who made the reservation is stored, and a crop ID field 124 in which a crop ID for identifying each reserved crop is stored. The reservation information stored in the reservation information DB 12C is updated each time a member makes a reservation.

  The image information DB 12D stores image data including crops obtained by the cameras 3, 3,. The cameras 3, 3,... Repeatedly perform imaging processing at preset time intervals (for example, every 3 hours). Then, a plurality of image data obtained as a result are stored in the image information DB 12D together with information such as imaging date and time. Specifically, it is stored as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the layout of the image information DB 12D provided in the crop management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the image information DB 12D includes an image ID field 131 for storing an image ID for identifying each image data, an imaging date / time field 132 for storing the imaging date / time of each image data, and the auxiliary storage device 12. The image data field 133 stores information indicating the storage position of the image data, and the crop ID field 134 stores the crop ID of the crop included in the image data. In the example shown in FIG. 6, only one crop ID is stored in the crop ID field 134, but when a plurality of crops are included in the imaging range, a plurality of crop IDs are stored. become. The association between the image data and the crop ID may be performed manually while the operator confirms the content of the image data, or may be determined in advance based on the imaging range of each camera 3 or the like. Moreover, the crop management apparatus 1 may perform automatically by performing predetermined image processing.

[Operation of crop management system]
Next, the operation of the crop management apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to a flowchart and the like. The main processing executed by the crop management apparatus of this embodiment includes (1) crop information update processing for updating crop information, and (2) growing crops for which purchase reservations have been made. There is a position specifying information providing process for providing information that can specify the position of the user to the prospective purchaser. Details of each of these processes will be described below.

(1) Crop Information Update Process FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the crop information update process executed by the crop management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. Note that the following crop information update processing is repeatedly executed at a predetermined timing, for example, every time the imaging processing by the cameras 3, 3,.

  The crop management apparatus 1 first determines the crop ID of the crop that is the target of the crop information update process according to a predetermined rule (for example, in ascending order of number) (S101). Next, the crop management apparatus 1 accesses the image information DB 12D and reads image information including the crop ID of the crop to be processed (S102). Thereby, for example, 10 pieces of image data obtained by the latest 10 imaging processes are acquired. It should be noted that “10” here is an example, and other numbers may be used. However, as will be described later, two or more pieces of image data are required to perform image data comparison processing.

  Next, the crop management apparatus 1 specifies the size of the crop by performing predetermined image processing such as edge extraction on the newest image data (S103). For example, when the crop is a tomato, the diameter of the tomato is calculated and ranked in three stages of “L”, “M”, and “S” according to the numerical value.

  Further, the crop management apparatus 1 obtains color information regarding the color of the surface of the crop by performing predetermined image processing on the newest image data, and analyzes the color information (S104). For example, when the crop is a tomato, it is determined whether the color of the surface of the crop to be processed is “deep” or “light” depending on whether the saturation of red is higher than a predetermined value.

  Furthermore, the crop management apparatus 1 executes a process of comparing the acquired ten image data (S105). As a result, it is possible to measure temporal changes such as the size of the crop (fruit) to be processed and the size of the seedlings that bear the fruit, and the degree of growth of the crop can be calculated based on the temporal change. it can.

  Next, the crop management apparatus 1 determines the growth state of the crop 3 based on the information on the size of the crop identified in step S103, the analysis result in step S104, the degree of growth of the crop obtained as a result of step S105, and the like. By ranking the stages, the growth state of the crop is determined (S106). This determination process may be performed based on the score given as follows. High scores are given in the order of “L”, “M”, and “S”, and a high score is given when the surface color is judged as “dark” compared to a case where it is judged as “light”. To do. In addition, statistical data indicating the average value of the degree of growth of agricultural products is stored, and as a result of comparison with the statistical data, a high score is given when the degree of growth is above the average, and a low score is given when the degree of growth is below the average. Like that. Then, the growth state is determined by ranking “good”, “normal”, and “bad” in descending order of the total score of these scores.

  Next, the crop management apparatus 1 estimates the harvest date of the crop to be processed based on the growth state determined in step S106 (S107). Specifically, for each type of crop, data on the best time to harvest (for example, three months after the sowing date) is stored, and when the growth state is “good”, it is 2 The harvest date is reached earlier in the week, when the growth state is “normal”, the harvest date is reached according to the appropriate harvest date data, and when the growth status is “bad”, the harvest date is reached two weeks later than the appropriate harvest date data. By judging, the harvest date of the crop to be processed is estimated.

  Further, the crop management apparatus 1 checks whether or not the position information already stored in the position field 119 of the crop information related to the crop to be processed is correct (S108). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the position of the processing target crop represented by the newest image data is the position represented by the position information. Here, when it is determined that the position is different (for example, since the root side has a new fruit, it is necessary to change the position information from “B1-3” to “B1-4”. When the position information needs to be changed from “B1-3” to “B1-2” because the fruits of the fruit are harvested), the crop management apparatus 1 generates the correct position information.

  Next, the crop management apparatus 1 updates the crop information DB 12B by storing the information obtained in the above steps in each field of the crop information DB 12B (S109). Specifically, any of “L”, “M”, and “S” information obtained in step S103 is stored in the size field 114, and any of “deep” and “light” obtained in step S104 is stored. Such information is stored in the saturation field 115, and any of “good”, “normal”, and “bad” information obtained in step S106 is stored in the status field 116, and the harvest date estimated in step S107. Is stored in the expected harvest date field 117, and if it is determined in step S108 that the position information is incorrect, the correct crop information DB 12B is updated by storing the correct position information in the position field 119.

Next, the crop management apparatus 1 determines whether or not the crop information update process has been executed for all the crops in the farm F (S110). Here, when it is determined that there are crops that are not yet processed (NO in S110), the crop management apparatus 1 returns to step S101, and executes subsequent steps S102 to S109. On the other hand, when it is determined that the crop information update process has been performed for all the crops (YES in S110), the crop management apparatus 1 ends the process.
Based on the contents of the crop information DB 12B updated in this way, the following (2) position specifying information provision processing is executed.

(2) Position Specific Information Providing Process FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the position specific information providing process executed by the crop management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. The following location specifying information provision processing is executed when a purchaser who has made a reservation for purchase of a crop goes to the farm F himself and performs the harvesting operation of the crop.

  A member who is a prospective purchaser inputs a member ID using the input unit 4 provided in or around the farm F. When the crop management apparatus 1 receives an input of a member ID from a member (S111), after confirming that a member with the member ID exists by accessing the member information DB 12A, reservation information using the member ID as a search key. The reservation information relating to the member is read from the DB 12C (S112). Next, the crop management apparatus 1 reads the crop information related to the reserved crop (hereinafter referred to as “reserved crop”) from the crop information DB 12B using the crop ID in the read reservation information as a search key (S113). Further, the crop management apparatus 1 reads image information related to the reserved crop from the image information DB 12D using the crop ID as a search key (S114).

  Next, the crop management apparatus 1 generates output information which is information printed by the printer 5 and displayed on the display 6 based on the image information and crop information read as described above (S115). ). Specifically, information on the crop name, sowing date, growth state, size, scheduled harvest date and reservation ID included in the crop information read in step S113, and the image information read in step S114. The output information including the image data is generated. The crop management apparatus 1 displays the output information generated in this way on the display 6 (S116), and further prints it on the printer 5 (S117).

  9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating examples of printed matter printed on the printer 5 and the screen displayed on the display 6 of the crop management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. Here, FIG. 9 shows an example of a printed matter and a screen for specifying the position of the seedling, and FIG. 10 shows an example of a printed matter and a screen for specifying the position of the reserved crop that is the seedling. Yes. In addition, the example shown in FIG.9 and FIG.10 may be represented on one printed matter and one screen, and may be represented on a separate printed matter and a separate screen. Moreover, although the case where these printed matter and screen are the same is illustrated in this Embodiment, each may differ.

  In the example shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of seedlings planted in a plurality of ridges in the farm F are displayed as images, and a rectangular frame F0 surrounding the seedlings that are reserved farm products is displayed. Yes. The position of the frame F0 is determined based on the position information in the crop information. By confirming such a display, the prospective purchaser can easily know which seedling should be harvested.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, an image including one seedling, an enlarged image of a reserved crop (actual) that is a seedling in the image, and various types of information regarding the reserved crop are associated with each other. It is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 10, information on the crop name, sowing date, growth state, size, scheduled harvest date, and reservation ID are displayed as various types of information related to the reserved crop. By confirming such a display, the prospective purchaser can know where the reserved crop is located, what kind of growth the reserved crop is, and the like.

  The prospective purchaser confirms the display screen of the display 6 and then carries the printed matter printed by the printer 5 to the harvesting site in the farm F. Thereby, the prospective purchaser can easily grasp which crops are reserved crops, that is, which crops should be harvested, so that the reserved crops can be reliably harvested.

  In addition, it is preferable that the image display which can pinpoint the height of the position where the reservation crop as shown in FIG.9 and FIG.10 exists is a member's eyes. In that case, for example, information such as age is included in the member information so that the age of the member can be specified. When the prospective purchaser is a child, an image when the seedling is seen from a relatively low position is displayed. Further, this image display may be made stereoscopically visible.

  Further, in FIG. 10, an image showing the reserved farm products from one direction is illustrated, but an image showing the other crops may be displayed together (or displayed separately). In this case, in order to make it possible for the prospective purchaser to recognize from which direction the image is viewed, not only the content of the image, but also from which direction the image is projected It is preferred that a display that can be made is made. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of such display. In FIG. 11, eight arrows representing that the inside of the farm is imaged from eight directions are displayed by the cameras 3, 3,... It is shown that the image from the direction (the direction of the hatched arrow in the figure) is the image shown in FIG. A circle in a specific cage indicates the position of the reserved crop. By referring to the display as shown in FIG. 11 on the printed material and / or the screen together with the display shown in FIG. 10, the prospective purchaser can more easily grasp the position of the reserved crop. Note that the prospective purchaser may be able to confirm an image as shown in FIG. 10 obtained from a desired direction by designating one of the above eight directions. In this case, the crop management apparatus 1 accepts input of information indicating one direction from the prospective purchaser, and uses the image data acquired by the camera 3 capturing from that direction, as shown in FIG. Should be generated.

(Embodiment 2)
As in the present invention, when the purchase reservation target is a growing crop, it is considered that it naturally falls off the seedling due to the influence of wind and rain in the growing process. In addition, a member other than the prospective purchaser may accidentally harvest the reserved crop of the prospective purchaser. The crop management apparatus according to the second embodiment is configured to identify a crop that can be used as a substitute for a reserved crop in these cases, and to inform the prospective purchaser of the location of the crop.

[Configuration of crop management device]
The configuration of the crop management apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except for the contents of the crop information DB 12B. Therefore, below, only the detail of this crop information DB12B is demonstrated, and description about another structure is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the layout of the crop information DB 12B provided in the crop management apparatus according to the second embodiment. Since the crop ID field, the crop name field, the sowing date field, the size field, the saturation field, the status field, the expected harvest date field, the reservation field, and the position field are the same as those in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are used. A description thereof will be omitted.

  In addition to the above fields, the crop information DB 12B of the present embodiment has a harvest field 120 in which harvest information indicating whether or not each crop has already been harvested is stored. In the example shown in FIG. 12, “Done” is stored in the harvest field 120 when harvested, and “Not yet” is stored when not harvested. Here, “finished” is stored not only when it is artificially harvested by the harvesting operation but also when it naturally falls off the seedling for some reason.

[Operation of crop management system]
Next, the operation of the crop management apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to a flowchart and the like.
The crop management apparatus according to the present embodiment executes the crop information update process similar to that of the first embodiment and the following harvest information update process. Furthermore, the crop management apparatus according to the present embodiment executes an alternative crop presentation process for presenting a substitute crop (hereinafter referred to as “substitute crop”) when the reserved crop has been harvested. Hereinafter, the details of the above (1) harvest information update process and (2) alternative crop presentation process will be described.

(1) Harvest Information Update Processing FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of harvest information update processing executed by the crop management apparatus according to the second embodiment. The following harvest information update processing is repeatedly executed at a predetermined timing, for example, every time the above-described crop update processing is executed.

  The crop management apparatus first determines the crop ID of the crop that is the target of the harvest information update process according to a predetermined rule (for example, in ascending order of the number) (S201). Next, the crop management apparatus accesses the image information DB 12D and reads image information including the crop ID of the crop to be processed (S202). Thereby, the newest image data is acquired.

  Next, the crop management apparatus performs predetermined image processing such as edge extraction on the acquired image data to determine whether or not the crop to be processed exists in the image data, that is, whether or not the crop has been harvested. Is determined (S203). If it is determined that the crop has been harvested (YES in S203), the crop management apparatus updates the crop information DB 12B by storing “done” indicating that fact in the harvest field 120 of the crop information to be processed. (S204). On the other hand, if it is determined that it has not been harvested (NO in S203), the crop management apparatus proceeds to step S205 without executing step S204.

  Next, the crop management apparatus determines whether or not the harvest information update processing has been executed for all the crops in the farm F (S205). Here, when it is determined that there are crops that are not yet processed (NO in S205), the crop management apparatus returns to step S201, and executes subsequent steps S202 to S204. On the other hand, when it is determined that the harvest information update process has been performed for all the crops (YES in S205), the crop management apparatus ends the process.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, it is determined whether or not the crop is harvested based on one piece of image data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the latest image data is compared with the previous image data which is the previous image data, and the crop included in the previous image data is not included in the latest image data, the crop is You may make it determine with having been harvested.

  Further, it may be instructed whether or not the crop has been harvested by manually confirming whether or not the crop has been harvested and manually inputting the confirmation result.

  Based on the contents of the crop information DB 12B updated by the above harvest information update process and the crop information update process described in the first embodiment, the following (2) alternative crop presentation process is executed.

(2) Alternative crop presentation processing FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of alternative crop presentation processing executed by the crop management apparatus according to the second embodiment. The following alternative crop presentation processing is executed when a purchaser who has made a reservation for purchasing a crop goes to the farm F to perform harvesting work for the crop.

  A member who is a prospective purchaser inputs a member ID using the input unit 4 provided in or around the farm F. When the crop management apparatus receives an input of a member ID from a member (S211), after accessing the member information DB 12A and confirming that a member with the member ID exists, the agricultural product management apparatus uses the member ID as a search key to make a reservation information DB 12C. The reservation information related to the member is read out from (S212). Next, the crop management apparatus reads the crop information of the reserved crop from the crop information DB 12B using the crop ID in the read reservation information as a search key (S213).

  Next, the crop management apparatus confirms the harvest information in the crop information read in step S213, and determines whether or not the reserved crop has been harvested (S214). If it is determined that the crop has not been harvested (NO in S214), the crop management apparatus executes step S216 described later. On the other hand, when it determines with having been harvested (it is YES at S214), a crop management apparatus performs the alternative crop setting process for setting an alternative crop (S215).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of alternative crop setting processing executed by the crop management apparatus according to the second embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 15, the crop management apparatus assigns crop IDs of crops that are candidates set as alternative crops (hereinafter referred to as “substitution candidates”) by this alternative crop setting process to predetermined rules (for example, in ascending order of numbers). ) Is determined according to (). Next, the crop management apparatus refers to the information stored in the reservation field 118 of the crop information DB 12B, and determines whether the alternative candidate crop is not reserved (S222). If it is determined that the reservation has not been made (YES in S222), the crop management apparatus refers to the information stored in the status field 116 of the crop information DB 12B, and the growth status of the alternative candidate crop is “bad”. It is determined whether or not there is (S223). If it is determined that the growth state is not “bad” (that is, “good” or “normal”) (YES in S223), the crop management apparatus is stored in the sowing date field 113 of the crop information DB 12B. With reference to the information, it is determined whether or not the difference between the sowing date of the crop to be inspected and the sowing date of the alternative candidate crop is within 10 days (S224).

  If it is determined in step S224 that the sowing date difference is within 10 days (YES in S224), the crop management apparatus refers to the information stored in the scheduled harvest date field 117 of the crop information DB 12B, It is determined whether or not the difference between the scheduled harvest date and the planned harvest date for the alternative candidate crop is within 10 days (S225). If it is determined that the difference in scheduled harvest dates is within 10 days (YES in S225), the crop management apparatus determines the alternative candidate crop as the alternative crop (S226), and returns the process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S222 that the alternative candidate crop has been reserved (NO in S222), if it is determined in step S223 that the growth status of the alternative candidate crop is poor (NO in S223), step S224 is performed. If it is determined that the difference in sowing date is greater than 10 days (NO in S224), or if it is determined in step S225 that the difference in expected harvest date is greater than 10 days (NO in S225), the crop management device is an alternative. It is determined that the candidate crop cannot be set as a substitute crop for the reserved crop, and whether or not the alternative crop setting process has been executed for all the crops in the farm F (that is, all the crops are the replacement candidates). Whether or not). Here, when it is determined that there is a crop that is not yet a substitute candidate (NO in S227), the crop management apparatus returns to step S221 and executes subsequent steps S222 to S226. On the other hand, if it is determined that all the crops have become alternative candidates (YES in S227), the crop management apparatus displays alternative crop setting failure information indicating that the alternative crop has not been set on the display 6 (S228). ).

  Returning to FIG. 14, the crop management apparatus accesses the image information DB 12 </ b> D, and reads image information including the crop ID of the crop that has become the alternative crop by the alternative crop setting process (S <b> 216). Next, the crop management apparatus 1 generates output information that is information printed on the printer 5 and displayed on the display 6 based on the image information read as described above and the crop information of the alternative crop. (S217). Specifically, information on the crop name, sowing date, growth state, size, scheduled harvest date included in the crop information of the alternative crop, and the image data included in the image information read out in step S216 Generate output information including. The crop management apparatus displays the output information generated in this way on the display 6 (S218), and further prints it on the printer 5 (S219).

  FIGS. 16 and 17 are diagrams illustrating examples of printed matter printed by the printer 5 of the crop management apparatus according to the second embodiment and a screen displayed on the display 6. Here, FIG. 16 shows an example of a printed matter and a screen for specifying the position of the seedling, and FIG. 17 shows an example of a printed matter and a screen for specifying the position of the alternative crop that is the seedling. Yes. Note that the examples shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 may be displayed on one printed material and one screen, or may be displayed on different printed materials and different screens. Moreover, although the case where these printed materials and screens are the same is illustrated here, the contents may be different from each other.

  In the example shown in FIG. 16, a plurality of seedlings planted in a plurality of bushes in the farm F are displayed as images, and a rectangular frame F1 surrounding the seedlings that are reserved farm products and alternative crops are displayed. A rectangular frame F2 surrounding the formed seedling is shown. Here, a cross mark is attached to the frame F1, and the word “Please harvest this fruit” is displayed with an arrow above the frame F2. The positions of the frames F1 and F2 are determined based on the position information in the crop information. By confirming such a display, the prospective purchaser can easily know that the reserved crop cannot be harvested and which seedling should be harvested instead.

  In the example shown in FIG. 17, an image including one seedling, an enlarged image of an alternative crop (actual) that is a seedling in the image, and various types of information related to the alternative crop are associated with each other. It is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 17, information regarding the crop name, the sowing date, the growth state, the size, and the scheduled harvest date is displayed as various types of information regarding the alternative crop. By confirming such a display, the prospective purchaser can know the position of the alternative crop, the growing state of the alternative crop, and the like.

  The prospective purchaser confirms the display screen of the display 6 and then carries the printed matter printed by the printer 5 to the harvesting site in the farm F. This makes it easier for prospective buyers to know which crops are alternative crops, that is, which crops should be harvested, so that even if reserved crops have already been harvested, It will be possible to harvest alternative crops.

(Embodiment 3)
The crop management apparatus according to the third embodiment is configured so that a member who is a prospective purchaser can inform the member of the position of the reserved crop using the image data captured by the mobile phone. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the crop management apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.

[Configuration of crop management device]
FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a connection mode between the crop management apparatus and the mobile phone according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 18, the crop management apparatus 30 according to the present embodiment includes a management server 31 that is communicably connected via a mobile phone 32, 32,. As in the case of the above, a plurality of cameras 3, 3,... Installed in the plantation are provided. These management servers 31 and cameras 3, 3,... Are communicably connected via a dedicated line, and image data acquired by the cameras 3, 3,. Sent. In addition, the portable telephones 32, 32,... Include an imaging unit configured with an imaging element such as a CCD or a CMOS, and a display unit such as a liquid crystal display.

  FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the crop management apparatus 30 according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 19, the crop management apparatus 30 of this embodiment includes a CPU 40, a main storage device 41, an auxiliary storage device 42, a communication interface (I / F) 43, and an input / output I / O connected to the CPU 40. And a management server 31 having F44. The CPU 40, main storage device 41, auxiliary storage device 42, communication I / F 43, and input / output I / F 44 are connected by a bus. The communication I / F 43 is an interface device for connecting to the Internet 100. The crop management apparatus 30 transmits / receives various data to / from the portable telephones 32, 32,... Via the communication I / F 43. The other CPU 40, main storage device 41, auxiliary storage device 42, and input / output I / F 44 are the same as in the case of the crop management apparatus 1 of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted. Since the member information DB 42A, the crop information DB 42B, the reservation information DB 42C, and the image information DB 42D provided in the auxiliary storage device 42 are the same as those in the crop management device 1 of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

[Operation of crop management system]
Next, the operation of the crop management apparatus 30 configured as described above will be described with reference to a flowchart and the like.
The crop management apparatus 30 according to the present embodiment updates the crop information DB 42B by executing the same crop information update process as that of the first embodiment. Thus, in the situation in which the contents of the crop information DB 42B are kept up-to-date, in the present embodiment, the position specifying information providing process described below is executed by the management server 31 and the mobile phone 32.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a procedure of position specifying information provision processing executed by the management server 31 and the mobile phone 32. Similar to the case of the first embodiment, the following location specifying information provision processing is executed when a purchaser who has made a reservation for purchasing a crop goes to the farm F and performs harvesting of the crop.

  A member who is a prospective purchaser finds what is presumed to be a reserved crop from among the crops in the farm F, and operates the portable telephone 32 to take an image of the crop. In response to the operation by the member, the mobile phone 32 captures image data including a crop that is estimated to be a reserved crop in the imaging unit (S311). Next, after receiving the input of the member ID from the member, the mobile phone 32 transmits an e-mail including the member ID and the image data acquired in step S311 to the management server 31 (S312).

  When the management server 31 receives an e-mail transmitted from the mobile phone 32 (S411), the management server 31 accesses the member information DB 42A and confirms that a member with the member ID included in the e-mail exists, and then the member The reservation information related to the member is read from the reservation information DB 12C using the ID as a search key (S412). Next, the management server 31 reads the crop information related to the reserved crop from the crop information DB 42B using the crop ID in the read reservation information as a search key (S413). Further, the management server 31 reads out image information related to the reserved crop from the image information DB 42D using the crop ID as a search key (S414). Thereby, the newest image data is acquired.

  Next, the management server 31 compares the image data acquired in step S414 with the image data captured by the mobile phone 32 included in the e-mail (hereinafter referred to as “mobile image data”), and the mobile It is determined whether or not reserved crops are included in the image data (S415). Specifically, the outline of the reserved crop and the seedling that is the reserved crop are extracted from the image data acquired in step S414, and the crop and the seedling that match the outline are included in the portable image data. Step S415 is executed by determining whether or not there is. In order to increase the determination accuracy in step S415, the mobile phone 32 may pick up images of crops from a plurality of different angles, and transmit a plurality of mobile image data obtained as a result to the management server 31. preferable.

  If it is determined in step S415 that the reserved crop is included in the portable image data (YES in S415), the management server 31 returns a reply image based on the portable image data and the position information in the crop information read in step S413. Data is generated (S416). On the other hand, when it is determined that the reserved crop is not included in the mobile image data (NO in S415), the management server 31 displays the mobile phone 32 based on the image information read in step S414 and the position information. The image data for reply displayed in the section is generated (S417).

  The management server 31 transmits an e-mail including the reply image data generated as described above to the mobile phone 32 (S418). When receiving the electronic mail transmitted from the management server 31 (S313), the mobile phone 32 displays the reply image data included in the received electronic mail on the display unit (S314).

21 and 22 are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone 32. FIG. Here, FIG. 21 shows an example of a screen that displays the reply image data generated in step S416 described above, and FIG. 22 shows an example of a screen that displays the reply image data generated in step S417 described above. Is shown.
In the example shown in FIG. 21, a plurality of seedlings that are planted in a specific basket in the farm F are displayed as images, and a rectangular frame F <b> 3 that surrounds the reserved farm products is shown. This reply image data is data generated when the management server 31 adds the frame F3 to the portable image data. Here, the position to which the frame F3 is applied is determined based on the position information. By confirming such a display, the prospective purchaser can easily know which seedling should be harvested.

  In the example shown in FIG. 22, a plurality of seedlings planted in a specific basket in the farm F are displayed as images, and a rectangular frame F4 surrounding the reserved farm products is shown. Further, a word “This is the third seedling from the front” is displayed above the frame F4 together with an arrow. This reply image data is data generated by the management server 31 adding the frame F4 and the above-mentioned wording and arrow to the image data stored in the image information DB 42D. Here, the position to which the frame F4 is applied and the number of the seedling from the front are determined based on the position information. By confirming such a display, the prospective purchaser can know that the crop estimated to be a reserved crop is not a reserved crop and the position of the reserved crop.

(Other embodiments)
In each of the above embodiments, image data is used as information for specifying the position of a crop to be presented to a prospective purchaser, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a map in the farm may be prepared, and information for specifying the position of the crop may be added to the map to present the position of the crop to be purchased to the prospective purchaser. Moreover, the aspect which notifies the position of crops with an audio | voice etc. may be sufficient.

  The crop management apparatus according to each of the embodiments described above can be used when crops are cultivated in both outdoor and indoor environments. It can also be used in so-called plant factories, in which case there are advantages such as easy installation and maintenance of the camera.

  Each embodiment mentioned above can be combined suitably. Therefore, for example, by combining the first embodiment and the third embodiment, it is possible to realize a crop management apparatus that transmits output information as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 to a member's mobile phone. Is possible. Further, by combining the second embodiment and the third embodiment, it is possible to realize a crop management apparatus that transmits output information as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 to a member's mobile phone. is there.

  The crop management method and crop management apparatus of the present invention are useful as a crop management method and crop management apparatus that manage various crops such as vegetables and fruits that are growing and before harvesting.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Farm crop management apparatus 3 Camera 3A Support | pillar 4 Input part 5 Printer 6 Display 10A, 10B, 10C Seedling 11 Main storage device 12 Auxiliary storage device 12A Member information database 12B Farm crop information database 12C Reservation information database 12D Image information database 30 Farm crop management device 31 Management server 32 Mobile phone 41 Main storage device 42 Auxiliary storage device 42A Member information database 42B Agricultural product information database 42C Reservation information database 42D Image information database 100 Internet

Claims (11)

In a crop management method for managing crops growing in a farm using a computer,
The computer includes a storage unit that stores reservation information regarding purchase reservation of the growing crop and position information regarding the position of the crop in the plantation,
The computer generates, based on reservation information and position information stored in the storage unit, crop position information indicating a position in the plantation of a crop that has already been reserved for purchase among the growing crops. When,
Presenting the crop position information to the prospective purchaser who has made the purchase reservation by displaying the crop position information generated by the computer on a display device installed in or around the plantation; A crop management method comprising the steps of: In the case where the existing crop disappears before the prospective purchaser harvests the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made, the computer further includes a step of selecting a crop to replace the crop from the growing crop. And
The crop management method according to claim 1, wherein in the step of generating the crop position information, the computer generates crop position information indicating a position in the plantation of a crop selected from the crops. The computer receiving image data including the farm products with the purchase reservation obtained by the imaging unit from a portable terminal including the imaging unit;
The computer determining whether or not the image data received includes the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made; and
The crop management method according to claim 1, further comprising a step in which the computer transmits determination result information indicating a determination result by the determination unit to the portable terminal together with the crop position information.   The computer gives the image data information indicating the position of the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made in the plantation, and transmits the image data to which the information indicating the position of the crop is added to the portable terminal. The crop management method according to claim 3, further comprising a step.   The crop management according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein in the step of presenting the crop position information, the crop position information generated by the computer is printed by a printing device installed in or around the plantation. Method. In the crop management device that manages the crops growing in the farm,
A storage unit that stores reservation information regarding purchase reservation of the growing crop and position information regarding the position of the crop in the plantation,
Based on reservation information and position information stored in the storage unit, crop position information generating means for generating crop position information indicating the position in the plantation of the already purchased purchase among the growing crops When,
A crop management apparatus, comprising: crop position information presenting means for presenting crop position information generated by the crop position information generating means to a prospective purchaser who has made the purchase reservation. An alternative crop selection means for selecting, in the growing crop, a crop that replaces the crop, if the crop no longer exists before the prospective buyer harvests the crop for which the purchase reservation has been made,
The crop management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the crop position information generation unit is configured to generate crop position information indicating a position in the plantation of the crop selected by the alternative crop selection unit. Image data receiving means for receiving image data including the farm products for which the purchase reservation is made and obtained by the imaging means from a portable terminal comprising the imaging means;
Determination means for determining whether or not the image data received by the image data receiving means includes the farm products for which the purchase reservation has been made, and
The said crop position information presentation means is comprised so that the determination result information which shows the determination result by the said determination means may be transmitted to the said portable terminal together with the said crop position information. A crop management device.   The crop position information presenting means provides the image data with information indicating a position of the farm for which the purchase reservation has been made in the plantation, and the image data with the information indicating the position of the crop is added to the portable type. The crop management apparatus according to claim 8, configured to transmit to a terminal.   The crop position information presentation means includes a display device provided near the plantation, and is configured to display the crop position information generated by the crop position information generation means on the display device. The crop management apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9.   The crop position information presenting means includes a printing device provided in the vicinity of the plantation, and is configured to generate a printed matter indicating the crop position information generated by the crop position information generating means by the printing device. The crop management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the crop management apparatus is provided.

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