JP2014029584A - Vegetable seedling supply system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vegetable seedling supply system which enables marketing so that vegetables can be sold at freshness exhibited immediately after harvesting it, and consumers can confirm a place of production or a harvester of the vegetables by himself/herself.SOLUTION: A small-sized growth facility 10 which is installed in the vicinity of a user facility P and cultivates a vegetable from a seedling is provided. A seedling production facility 20 for cultivating, from a seed thereof, a seedling to be supplied to the small-sized growth facility 10 is provided. A cultivation management database 30 which records vegetable cultivation information 31 and seedling cultivation information 32 for managing cultivation information is provided. Seedling supplementation means 40 for supplementing seedlings in the seedling production facility 20 into a small-sized growth facility 10 is provided. A seed supplementation means 50 for supplementing a seed into the seedling production facility 20 is provided. It is configured so that when the user needs, vegetables of a necessary amount can be directly harvested from the small-sized growth facility 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vegetable seedling supply system configured such that vegetables are cultivated in the vicinity of a store or the like and can be harvested immediately before the store or the like sells the vegetable.

  Conventionally, for example, an aging store and a cold storage are known as facilities for storing fresh products while adjusting freshness. The aging box is for ripening fruits such as bananas and kiwi. On the other hand, the cool box is for maintaining quality such as freshness and ripeness of fresh products by keeping the ambient temperature at a certain low temperature for a certain period of time. These aging stores and cold storages are installed inside and outside the wholesale market, and are operated to be listed on the wholesale area of the wholesale market according to the order of the wholesale market consignee wholesaler or at the time of aging.

  In the aging store, in order to control the aging time, it is possible to control dynamically using calculation techniques such as rule base, fuzzy, and neuro. However, since these controls are linked to the transaction, the preceding transaction cannot be used for the maturity of the fresh product or the quantity that can be shipped.

  Therefore, a method for trading fresh produce as described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed. This trading method is for trading fresh products by controlling the number of days of storage and maturity in an aging store or a storehouse. That is, in Patent Document 1, the buyer side system requests the exchange system side for a necessary quantity of goods based on the product information transmitted from the exchange system side. On the exchange system side, the necessary amount of the received product is registered, the amount of the product required by the buyer side system is estimated based on the received information, and transmitted to the storage system side.

  On the other hand, on the storage system side, the mode is switched from the storage mode for storing fresh products to the maturation mode for ripening fresh products, and the products are controlled so that the products input from the exchange system side have the optimal maturity at the time of shipment. It adopts the means to do.

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  However, in the method for dealing with fresh products described in Patent Document 1, only foods that can be controlled in an aging store or a storehouse can be handled, and fresh and safe vegetables cannot be provided to consumers. In other words, fresh foods such as vegetables are in the state of the highest freshness at the time of harvesting, so when stored in a storage, etc., the freshness of vegetables can be delayed to some extent, The decline is certainly progressing.

  Therefore, in order to sell the vegetables with the most freshness in the conventional method of selling vegetables, selling freshly picked vegetables at a store close to the producing area is the most reasonable selling method. Yes. However, even for sales of local production for local consumption near the production area, it takes at least about half a day from harvesting to sales, and the freshness of harvested vegetables does not change with time from immediately after harvesting.

  In addition, when selling vegetables, there is an attempt to increase the consumer's sense of security by selling with the data of harvested regions and farmers. However, such data can be confirmed only after searching on a personal computer or the like. Therefore, the security that consumers can obtain from the data at the time of purchase is limited to the image-like security that this kind of data exists, and the security that the consumer sees after confirming the cultivation and harvesting conditions. is not.

  Therefore, the present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it becomes possible to sell vegetables with freshness immediately after harvesting, and the consumer confirms the vegetable producing area and the harvester himself. The purpose is to provide a vegetable seedling supply system that enables sales.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the first means of the present invention is a small growing facility 10 that is installed beside a user facility P constituted by a vegetable store or a vegetable using facility and grows vegetables from seedlings, and From seedling production facility 20 for cultivating seedlings to be supplied to small growth facility 10 from seeds, vegetable cultivation information 31 for managing cultivation information from seedlings to vegetables in small growth facility 10 and seeding of seedlings in seedling production facility 20 A cultivation management database 30 that records seedling cultivation information 32 for managing cultivation information up to raising seedlings, and the vegetable cultivation information 31 of the cultivation management database 30 corresponds to the shortage of vegetables in the small growing facility 10 for seedling production facilities. The seedling supplementing means 40 for supplementing the seedlings in the seedling production facility 20 with the seedling supplementing means 40 for supplementing the seedlings in the seedling production facility 20 according to the seedling cultivation information 32 by the seedling cultivation information 32. 50 And maintaining the cultivation state in the small growth facility 10 and the cultivation state in the seedling production facility 20 based on the information in the cultivation management database 30 and the seedling supplementing means 40 and the seed supplementing means 50, The facility P is configured so that a necessary amount of vegetables can be directly harvested from the small growing facility 10 when necessary.

  2nd means WHEREIN: The said cultivation management database 30 records the order information 33 of the harvest desired vegetable received from the user of the said user facility P, this order information 33, the said vegetable cultivation information 31, and the said seedling cultivation information 32, the seed replenishing means 50 replenishes the seedling production facility 20 after selecting the seedling type, the replenishment amount, and the replenishment time to replenish the small growing facility 10.

  3rd means WHEREIN: The said vegetable cultivation information 31 records the information regarding the light quantity, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide density | concentration, and liquid fertilizer amount in the said small growing equipment 10, Based on this vegetable growing information 31, the said small growing equipment 10 is equipped with a small growing facility management means 60 for managing the cultivation environment in the inside.

  4th means WHEREIN: The said seedling cultivation information 32 records the information regarding the light quantity in the said seedling production equipment 20, temperature, humidity, a carbon dioxide density | concentration, and a liquid fertilizer amount, Based on this seedling cultivation information 32, the said seedling production equipment A seedling production facility management means 70 for managing the cultivation environment within the plant 20 is provided.

  5th means WHEREIN: The said small growing equipment 10 and the said seedling production equipment 20 are equipped in the assembly house Q which consists of a unit house or a prefab house, and the air conditioning equipment 1, the lighting equipment 2, and the nutrient solution equipment in this assembly house Q 3. A cultivation shelf facility 4 is provided.

  The sixth means is that an observation window Q1 is provided in the assembly house Q for the small growing facility 10 so that the vegetable cultivation state inside the small growing facility 10 can be confirmed from the outside.

  As in claim 1 of the present invention, the cultivation state in the small growing facility 10 and the cultivation state in the seedling production facility 20 are maintained and managed based on the information in the cultivation management database 30 and the seedling supplementing means 40 and the seed supplementing means 50. By constructing the vegetable facility so that the necessary amount of vegetables can be directly harvested from the small growing facility 10 when the user of the user facility P is necessary, the vegetables are sold or used with freshness immediately after harvesting. Became possible.

  After selecting the kind of seedling to be replenished from the seedling production facility 20 to the small growing facility 10, the replenishment amount and the replenishment time based on the order information 33, the vegetable cultivation information 31 and the seedling cultivation information 32, as in claim 2. Since the seed replenishing means 50 is used for replenishment, the small growing facility 10 can always maintain a state where fresh vegetables are cultivated. And since the good quality seedling which grew to some extent can be carried in to the small growing facility 10, the period from carrying in to harvesting becomes short. As a result, maintenance at the time of cultivation becomes easy, and vegetables of uniform quality can be provided.

  As described in claim 3, based on the vegetable cultivation information 31 in which information on the light quantity, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and liquid fertilizer amount in the small growing facility 10 is recorded, the small growing that manages the cultivation environment in the small growing facility 10 is managed. By providing the facility management means 60, the environment in the small growing facility 10 can be adjusted to an environment suitable for vegetable cultivation.

  The seedling which manages the cultivation environment in the seedling production facility 20 based on the seedling cultivation information 32 which recorded the information regarding the light quantity, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and liquid fertilizer amount in the seedling production facility 20 like Claim 4. Since the production facility management means 70 is provided, the environment in the seedling production facility 20 can be adjusted to an environment suitable for seedling cultivation.

  As in claim 5, the small growth facility 10 and the seedling production facility 20 are installed in an assembly house Q composed of a unit house or a prefab house, and the assembly house Q has an air conditioning facility 1, a lighting facility 2, a nutrient solution facility 3, By providing the cultivation shelf facility 4, it is possible to widen the selection range of the installation locations of the small growth facility 10 and the seedling production facility 20. And since the assembly house Q, such as a unit house, is easy to assemble and dismantle, it can be used very rationally and easily compared to the conventional methods of selling vegetables grown on farmland.

  As described in claim 6, the observation window Q1 is provided in the assembly house Q for the small growing facility 10 so that the state of vegetable cultivation inside the small growing facility 10 can be confirmed from the outside. You can check the vegetable production area and the harvester yourself.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of this invention supply system. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of this invention supply system. It is the schematic which shows the usage example of this invention supply system. It is the schematic which shows the other use condition of this invention supply system. (A), (B) is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the small growth facility of the present invention. It is a schematic sectional side view which shows the inside of the small growing facility of this invention. It is a general | schematic front sectional view which shows the inside of the small growth installation of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the seedling production equipment of this invention. It is a schematic front sectional view showing the inside of the seedling production facility of the present invention.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to sell vegetables with freshness immediately after harvesting, or to use vegetables for cooking, etc., and consumers can confirm the vegetable producing area and the harvester themselves. Achieved the initial goal.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the system of the present invention will be described. The basic configuration of the system of the present invention includes a small growth facility 10, a seedling production facility 20, and a cultivation management database 30.

  The small growing facility 10 is a small facility for cultivating vegetables from seedlings, and is installed beside a user facility P constituted by a vegetable store or a vegetable using facility (see FIG. 1). On the other hand, the seedling production facility 20 is a facility for cultivating seedlings to be supplied to the small growth facility 10 from seeds, and is installed in an area where seedlings can be supplied to a plurality of small growth facilities 10.

  User facilities P are user facilities P such as stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets, various food stores such as sandwiches and hamburgers, or Western and Japanese restaurants such as steakhouses (see FIG. 3). . A user facility P may be a hospital, a nursery school, a kindergarten, a school, an elderly facility, a company cafeteria, or the like. The small growth equipment 10 is installed beside these user facilities P, and is installed at a position where the vegetables grown by the small growth equipment 10 can be harvested and used at the user facilities P.

  These small growing equipment 10 and seedling production equipment 20 are equipped in an assembly house Q composed of a unit house or a prefab house. And in this assembly house Q, the air-conditioning equipment 1, the lighting equipment 2, the nutrient solution equipment 3, and the cultivation shelf equipment 4 are provided.

  In particular, an observation window Q1 is provided in the assembly house Q for the small growth facility 10 (see FIGS. 5A and 5B). This is configured so that the vegetable cultivation state inside the small growing facility 10 can be confirmed from the outside, and is configured so that the cultivation state and the harvested state can be confirmed with the eyes of the consumer. Since the system of the present invention is particularly suitable for cultivation of leafy vegetables, it is possible to expect an advertising effect by making the cultivation state of the leafy vegetables visible from the observation window Q1.

  In the illustrated small growth facility 10, an air conditioner 1 and a cultivation shelf facility 4 including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit of an air conditioner are installed in an assembly house Q (see FIG. 6). The cultivation shelf facility 4 includes a lighting facility 2 and a nutrient solution facility 3. In this nutrient solution equipment 3, a water tank 7 containing a nutrient solution is provided in the cultivation shelf facility 4, and the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank is circulated by a pump (see FIG. 7). In addition, a distribution board 5 and a carbon dioxide adjustment valve 6 are also provided.

The seedling production facility 20 is a facility that uses the assembly house Q (see FIG. 8). In the example shown,
An air conditioner 1, a cultivation shelf facility 4, and a distribution board 5 including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit of an air conditioner are installed (see FIG. 9). The cultivation shelf facility 4 includes a lighting facility 2 and a nutrient solution facility 3. This nutrient solution equipment 3 is provided with a water tank 7 containing a nutrient solution in the cultivation shelf facility 4 and circulates the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank with a pump.

  With such a seedling production facility 20, the seedling production facility 20 is set so that seedlings can be provided to 10 to 50 seedling production facilities 20. And the circumference | surroundings centering on this seedling production facility 20 are made into the seedling provision area, and 10-50 small-sized growth facilities 10 are installed in this area. At this time, by allowing the seedling providing areas of the adjacent seedling production facilities 20 to overlap, it is possible to flexibly cope with different types of seedlings from each seedling production facility 20 and emergency replenishment. (See FIG. 4). Moreover, since the small growth facility 10 has higher seedling cultivation efficiency than the seedling production facility 20 that is cultivated from seeds, the number of strains per unit area is about 10 times different. Furthermore, since the size of the seedling production facility 20 does not have to be so large, management and manpower are not as much as expected, and handling is easy.

  The cultivation management database 30 records information such as vegetable cultivation information 31 and seedling cultivation information 32 (see FIG. 2). The vegetable cultivation information 31 is information for managing cultivation information from seedlings to vegetables in the small growth facility, and the seedling cultivation information 32 is information for managing cultivation information from seeding to seedling cultivation in the seedling production facility 20. It is. This cultivation management database 30 is stored in the user's personal computer or server. And information by fixed point observation using a camera and each information, such as various sensors, are updated by cable, wireless, the Internet, etc., so that information required for cultivation management can be provided.

  The vegetable cultivation information 31 is information relating to the amount of light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and liquid fertilizer in the small growth facility 10 (see FIG. 2). Further, the date of planting or harvesting date when the seedlings are transferred to the small growth facility 10 is also recorded. Based on this vegetable cultivation information 31, there is provided a small growing facility management means 60 for managing the cultivation environment in the small growing facility 10.

  The seedling cultivation information 32 is information relating to the light quantity, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and liquid fertilizer amount in the seedling production facility 20 (see FIG. 2). In addition, the sowing date of seeding and the date of taking out the grown seedling from the seedling production facility 20 are also recorded. A seedling production facility management means 70 for managing the cultivation environment in the seedling production facility 20 based on the seedling cultivation information 32 is provided.

  Furthermore, the cultivation management database 30 further records order information 33 of vegetables desired to be harvested received from users of the user facility P (see FIG. 2). And based on this order information 33, vegetable cultivation information 31, and seedling cultivation information 32, it is constituted so that the kind of seedling replenished from the seedling production facility 20 to the small growth facility 10, the supplement amount, and the replenishment time can be selected. Yes. Furthermore, based on the information supplemented to the small growing facility 10, seedlings are supplemented from the seedling production facility 20 to the small growing facility 10 by the seed supplementing means 50 described later.

  The seedling supplementing means 40 and the seed supplementing means 50 are means that are executed based on various information in the cultivation management database 30 (see FIG. 2).

  The seedling supplementing means 40 is means for supplementing seedlings in the seedling production facility 20 into the small growing facility 10 when the vegetables in the small growing facility 10 are insufficient by the vegetable cultivation information 31 in the cultivation management database 30. The seedling transplantation is performed manually by the worker based on the vegetable cultivation information 31. At this time, the worker can check the small growth facility management means 60 as maintenance of the small growth facility 10.

  The seed replenishing means 50 is a means for replenishing seeds in the seedling production facility 20 when seedlings in the seedling production facility 20 are insufficient according to the seedling cultivation information 32. The seed replenishment is performed manually by the worker based on the seedling cultivation information 32. At this time, the worker can check the seedling production facility management means 70 as maintenance of the seedling production facility 20.

  In the present invention, the cultivation state in the small growth facility 10 and the cultivation state in the seedling production facility 20 are maintained and managed based on the information in the cultivation management database 30 and the seedling supplementing means 40 and the seed supplementing means 50. Thus, a necessary amount of vegetables can be directly harvested from the small growing facility 10 when the user of the user facility P needs it. As a result, the user can replenish seedlings to the small growing facility 10 by regular service or order.

  In addition, each structure of this invention is not limited to the example of illustration, In the range which does not change the summary of this invention, it can change freely.

P User facilities Q Assembly house Q1 Observation window 1 Air conditioning equipment 2 Lighting equipment 3 Nutrient equipment 4 Cultivation shelf equipment 5 Distribution board 6 Carbon dioxide adjustment valve 7 Water tank 10 Small growth equipment 20 Seedling production equipment 30 Cultivation management database 31 Vegetable cultivation Information 32 Seedling cultivation information 33 Order information 40 Seedling supplement means 50 Seed supplement means 60 Small growth facility management means 70 Seedling production facility management means

Claims (6)

A small growth facility that is set up next to a user facility consisting of a vegetable store or a vegetable utilization facility, and that grows vegetables from seedlings,
Seedling production equipment for cultivating seedlings to be supplied to the small growing equipment from seeds;
A cultivation management database that records vegetable cultivation information for managing cultivation information from seedlings to vegetables in a small growing facility and seedling cultivation information for managing cultivation information from seeding to seedling cultivation in a seedling production facility, and
Seedling replenishing means for replenishing seedlings in the seedling production facility in response to the shortage of vegetables in the small growing facility by vegetable cultivation information in the cultivation management database;
A seed replenishment means for replenishing seeds in the seedling production facility in response to a shortage of seedlings in the seedling production facility according to the seedling cultivation information;
When the user of the user facility is required by maintaining the cultivation state in the small growth facility and the cultivation state in the seedling production facility based on the information in the cultivation management database and the seedling supplementing means and seed supplementing means A vegetable seedling supply system configured to harvest the required amount of vegetables directly from a small growing facility.   The cultivation management database records order information of harvest desired vegetables received from a user of the user facility, and based on the order information, the vegetable cultivation information, and the seedling cultivation information, from the seedling production facility The vegetable seedling supply system according to claim 1, wherein the seedling supplementing means is configured to replenish the seedlings after selecting the seedling type, the supplementary amount and the supplementary time to supplement the small growing facility.   The vegetable cultivation information records information on the amount of light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, liquid fertilizer in the small growing facility, and manages the growing environment in the small growing facility based on the vegetable growing information. The vegetable seedling supply system of Claim 1 or 2 provided with the equipment management means.   The seedling cultivation information records information on the light quantity, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, liquid fertilizer amount in the seedling production facility, and manages seedling production that manages the cultivation environment in the seedling production facility based on the seedling cultivation information The vegetable seedling supply system of Claim 1 or 2 provided with the equipment management means.   The said small growing equipment and the said seedling production equipment are equipped in the assembly house which consists of a unit house or a prefabricated house, The air conditioning equipment, the lighting equipment, the nutrient solution equipment, and the cultivation shelf equipment were provided in this assembly house. Vegetable seedling supply system.   The vegetable seedling supply system according to claim 1, wherein an observation window is provided in the assembly house for the small growing facility so that the vegetable cultivation state inside the small growing facility can be confirmed from the outside.

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