JP2019114016A - Support system - Google Patents

Abstract

To streamline an application for the capture of harmful animals.SOLUTION: A support system comprises a terminal and a management server. The terminal includes an acquisition unit for acquiring feature information indicating biological characteristics of a captured animal. The terminal includes a transmission unit for transmitting, to the management server, the feature information acquired by the acquisition unit and user identification information identifying a user who is using the terminal. The management server comprises a reception unit for receiving the feature information and the user identification information sent by the terminal. The management server includes an authentication unit for authenticating the user when the user identification information received by the reception unit has been already registered. The management server includes a storage unit for storing the feature information and the user identification information received by the reception unit in a memory unit in association with each other when the user is authenticated by the authentication unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a support system.

  In the case of capturing a boar or deer or other harmful animal that causes damage to agricultural crops, it is necessary to apply to the local government etc. for capturing the bounty. Conventionally, as a method for applying to a local government etc. for having captured a harmful animal, there is known a method of presenting a part of the body of the captured harmful animal. There is also known a technology for transmitting an image of a harmful animal captured by a whale.

JP 2001-148957 A JP 2003-346148 A

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  However, the conventional method has a problem that it may be difficult to efficiently apply for the capture of harmful animals. For example, in the case of submitting a part of the body of the captured animal, it is necessary to cut out the part from the captured animal. In addition, the municipality has the trouble of properly storing and disposing of a part of the submitted animal body.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a support system for streamlining a petition for capture of harmful animals.

  The support system of this embodiment comprises a terminal and a management server. The terminal includes an acquisition unit that acquires feature information indicating biological characteristics of the captured animal. The terminal includes a transmitting unit that transmits, to the management server, the feature information acquired by the acquiring unit and user identification information identifying a user who is using the terminal. The management server comprises a receiver for receiving the feature information and the user identification information sent by the terminal. The management server includes an authentication unit that authenticates the user when the user identification information received by the reception unit is already registered. The management server includes a storage unit that stores the feature information and the user identification information received by the receiving unit in the storage unit in association with each other when the user is authenticated by the authenticating unit.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a support system for efficiently applying for the capture of harmful animals.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a support system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a management server according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of user information according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of reward information according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the processing procedure of the support system according to the embodiment.

  The support system according to the embodiment described below includes the terminal 10 and the management server 20. The terminal 10 includes an acquisition unit 151 that acquires feature information indicating biological characteristics of a captured animal. The terminal 10 includes a transmitting unit 152 that transmits the feature information acquired by the acquiring unit 151 and user identification information identifying a user who is using the terminal 10 to the management server 20. The management server 20 includes a receiving unit 231 that receives the feature information and the user identification information transmitted by the terminal 10. The management server 20 includes an authentication unit 232 that authenticates the user when the user identification information received by the reception unit 231 is already registered. The management server 20 includes a storage unit 233 that stores the feature information and the user identification information received by the receiving unit 231 in the storage unit in association with each other when the user is authenticated by the authentication unit 232.

  In addition, the management server 20 according to the embodiment described below includes a determination unit 234 that determines whether or not feature information whose similarity to the feature information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is stored in the storage unit.

  Moreover, the acquisition part 151 which concerns on embodiment described below acquires the image which image | photographed a part of animal body as characteristic information. The determination unit 234 determines whether or not an image whose similarity to the image is equal to or more than a predetermined value is stored in the storage unit by image recognition.

  Moreover, the acquisition part 151 which concerns on embodiment described below acquires the image which image | photographed the nose print of the animal as feature information.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 151 according to the embodiment described below further acquires acquisition related information which is information for specifying the date and time of acquisition of the feature information and the place. The transmission unit 152 transmits the acquisition related information together with the feature information. The storage unit 233 stores the acquisition related information in the storage unit together with the feature information. The determination unit 234 determines whether or not the storage unit stores the feature information and the acquisition related information whose degree of similarity with the feature information and the acquisition related information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

  In addition, the determination unit 234 according to the embodiment described below further determines the type of animal from the feature information. The storage unit 233 stores the number of times determined by the determination unit 234 for each type of animal in the storage unit for each user who has transmitted the feature information.

  In addition, the transmission unit 152 according to the embodiment described below transmits the feature information and the user identification information after a predetermined time has elapsed after the obtaining unit 151 obtains the feature information.

  In addition, the transmission unit 152 according to the embodiment described below transmits, together with the feature information and the user identification information, joint user identification information that is user identification information for identifying a predetermined user. When the user is authenticated by the authentication unit 232, the storage unit 233 stores the feature information, the user identification information, and the joint user identification information received by the reception unit 231 in the storage unit in association with each other.

  Hereinafter, the support system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions are omitted. The assistance system which concerns on embodiment is demonstrated using FIGS. 1-7.

[Configuration example of support system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a support system according to the embodiment. The support system 1 is a system for supporting application of a reward to a local government by a user who has captured a harmful animal, and management of information on a reward in the local government. As shown in FIG. 1, the support system 1 includes a terminal 10 and a management server 20.

  Each device of the support system 1 is communicably connected via the network 2. The terminal 10 is a terminal owned by a user. In the following description, a user who holds the terminal 10 and performs hunting may be called a hunter. Further, the support system 1 identifies the hunter possessed by the ID or the like by the authentication function or the like of the terminal 10. In addition, a hunter may be a user who catches a pest using a whale.

  For example, the terminal 10 is a portable terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet, and a digital camera. The management server 20 is a server that manages the entire support system 1. For example, the management server 20 provides an application to each device and manages information used by the application.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a terminal according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 10 includes a communication unit 11, a display unit 12, a storage unit 13, an imaging unit 14, and a control unit 15.

  The communication unit 11 is a network device for performing wireless communication processing and wired communication processing. For example, the communication unit 11 transmits and receives various types of information to and from the management server 20 via the network 2. The display unit 12 is a display device that displays a screen. For example, the display unit 12 is a touch panel display.

  The storage unit 13 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a random access memory (RAM) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 13 according to the embodiment stores data used in each process executed by the terminal 10.

  The control unit 15 has a program defining various processing procedures and the like, and an internal memory for storing required data, and executes various processing by these. The control unit 15 includes an acquisition unit 151 and a transmission unit 152.

  The imaging unit 14 captures an image. The imaging unit 14 is, for example, a camera. The image captured by the imaging unit 14 may be a still image or a moving image.

  The acquisition unit 151 acquires feature information indicating biological characteristics of the captured animal. For example, the acquisition unit 151 acquires an image of a part of the animal's body taken by the imaging unit 14 as the feature information. In particular, the acquisition unit 151 acquires, as the feature information, an image obtained by capturing a nasal pattern of an animal. In addition, the acquisition unit 151 may acquire an image obtained by photographing the shape of the corner of an animal or the pattern of a fur. In addition, the acquisition unit 151 may acquire information indicating DNA of an animal as the feature information.

   In addition, the acquisition unit 151 acquires acquisition related information which is information for specifying the date and time and place where the characteristic information is acquired. For example, the acquisition unit 151 can acquire the date and time indicated by the clock built in the terminal 10 when the imaging unit 14 captures an image as information specifying the date and time. Also, for example, the acquisition unit 151 can acquire the current position of the terminal 10 acquired using GPS (Global Positioning System) as information for specifying a place.

  The transmission unit 152 transmits, to the management server 20, the feature information acquired by the acquisition unit 151 and user identification information for identifying the user who is using the terminal 10. For example, the user identification information is an ID of a user who is using the terminal 10. When the feature information is an image, the transmission unit 152 may transmit the image itself, or may transmit a feature amount or the like extracted from the image.

  In addition, the transmission unit 152 transmits, together with the feature information and the user identification information, joint user identification information that is user identification information for identifying a predetermined user. For example, a given user is a member of a team that cooperates in hunting.

  Also, for example, when hunting in the mountains, the terminal 10 may not be able to communicate by wireless. In such a case, the transmission unit 152 can transmit the feature information and the user identification information after the acquisition unit 151 acquires the feature information and a predetermined time has elapsed. At this time, when the transmitting unit 152 can not transmit the feature information and the user identification information, the transmitting unit 152 may re-transmit each information after a predetermined time has elapsed. In addition, the transmission unit 152 may transmit each piece of information as soon as it is detected that the terminal 10 has moved to a communicable area.

  The user can operate the display unit 12 to acquire and transmit feature information. Here, an example will be described in which the terminal 10 is a smartphone and the noseprint of an animal is acquired as feature information. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 12 displays an image of a nasal pattern of an animal photographed by the photographing unit 14, a user ID, a photographing date and time, and a photographing location. At this time, the transmission button and the cancel button are displayed on the display unit 12 together with the message "Are you sure you want to transmit with the above content?"

  Here, when the transmission button is pressed by the user, the transmission unit 152 transmits the feature information and the acquisition related information to the management server 20. When the user presses the cancel button, the transmission unit 152 does not transmit the feature information and the acquisition related information.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a management server according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the management server 20 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.

  The communication unit 21 is a network device for performing wireless communication processing and wired communication processing. For example, the communication unit 21 transmits and receives various types of information to and from the terminal 10 via the network 2.

  The storage unit 22 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 22 according to the embodiment stores data used in each process executed by the management server 20. The storage unit 22 stores user information 221 and reward information 222.

  The user information 221 is information on a registered user. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of user information according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the user information 221 includes items of user ID, number of captured animals of each animal and number of permitted animals.

  For example, the first line in FIG. 5 indicates that the user whose user ID is “U001” is permitted to capture up to 10 wild boars and has captured 5 wild boars. Similarly, the first line in FIG. 5 indicates that the user whose user ID is “U001” is permitted to capture up to 8 deer and has captured 2 deer.

  The reward information 222 is, for example, information used when a local government or the like pays a reward to each user. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of reward information according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the reward information 222 includes the user ID, the photographed image, the photographing date, the photographing location, and the presence or absence of duplication. The presence or absence of duplication will be described later.

  The user ID is an example of user identification information. The photographed image is an example of the feature information. The shooting date and time and the shooting location are examples of acquisition related information.

  For example, the first line in FIG. 6 indicates that the user ID “U001” has the image of the noseprint of the captured animal on the date and time “2017/12/13 14:32:35” and “34 ° 26 It shows that it acquired using the terminal 10 in the location which the coordinate of "27.0" N 167 degree 39'10.1 "E shows. The first line in FIG. 6 indicates that there is no duplication of reward information. That is, the first line of FIG. 6 indicates that data overlapping the data of the line is not stored before the data of the line is stored.

  Further, for example, the second line in FIG. 6 indicates that the user ID “U001” has the image of the nose print of the captured animal on the date and time “2017/12/14 11:10:05”. It shows that it acquired using the terminal 10 in the place which the coordinate of degree 26'20.2 "N 167 degree 39'07.6" E shows. The second line in FIG. 6 indicates that user IDs “U002”, “U003” and “U004” are added as joint user identification information. The second line in FIG. 6 indicates that there is no duplication of reward information. That is, the second line of FIG. 6 indicates that data overlapping the data of the line is not stored before the data of the line is stored.

  Also, for example, the fourth line in FIG. 6 indicates that the user with the user ID “U005” has the image of the nose print of the captured animal on the date and time “2017/12/12 12:55:15” It shows that it acquired using the terminal 10 in the place which the coordinate of degree 03'39.4 "N 164 degree 04'43.3" E shows. The fourth line in FIG. 6 indicates that there is a duplication of reward information. That is, the fourth line in FIG. 6 indicates that data overlapping the data of the line is stored before the data of the line is stored.

  The control unit 23 has a program defining various processing procedures and the like, and an internal memory for storing required data, and executes various processing by these. The control unit 23 includes a reception unit 231, an authentication unit 232, a storage unit 233, and a determination unit 234.

  The reception unit 231 receives the feature information and the user identification information transmitted by the terminal 10 from the management server 20. In addition, when the user identification information received by the reception unit 231 is already registered, the authentication unit 232 authenticates the user. Furthermore, the receiving unit 231 can receive the acquisition related information transmitted by the terminal 10. The registration of the user identification information may mean that the user ID is included in the user information 221.

  When the user is authenticated by the authentication unit 232, the storage unit 233 associates the feature information and the user identification information received by the reception unit 231 and stores them in the storage unit 22. In addition, when the acquisition related information is received by the receiving unit 231, the storage unit 233 stores the acquisition related information in the storage unit 22 together with the feature information.

  The determination unit 234 determines whether or not feature information whose similarity to the feature information is equal to or more than a predetermined value is stored in the storage unit 22. For example, when the feature information is an image, the determination unit 234 determines whether or not an image whose similarity to the image is a predetermined value or more is stored in the storage unit 22 by image recognition. When the similar captured image is stored in the storage unit 22, the determination unit 234 updates the presence / absence of duplication of the reward information 222 of the captured image to "present".

  Note that the determination process by the determination unit 234 may be performed at the timing of registration of the reward information 222, may be performed every fixed period, or may be performed according to the operation of a manager or the like. .

  Here, similar to human fingerprints, the nasal print has a pattern capable of identifying an individual animal (see, for example, Patent Document 1 or 2). Therefore, the determination unit 234 can extract a nasal pattern from a plurality of images, and perform determination based on the degree of similarity of the extracted pattern. For example, from a plurality of images obtained by photographing the same individual's nasal pattern a plurality of times while changing the angle and brightness, patterns of nasal patterns having high similarity to each other are easily extracted. This makes it possible to find duplicate applications for rewards due to fraud or misoperation.

  Furthermore, the determination unit 234 can determine whether or not the storage unit 22 stores feature information and acquisition related information whose degree of similarity with the feature information and the acquisition related information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. For example, even if the degree of similarity of the nasal pattern extracted from the two images is high to some extent, it may be difficult to think that they are from the same individual if the shooting locations are too far apart. On the other hand, even if the degree of similarity of the nasal pattern patterns extracted from the two images is low to some extent, it may be considered that they are from the same individual if the shooting locations of the two match.

  Further, the determination unit 234 further determines the type of animal from the feature information. In this case, the determination unit 234 generates a determination model by performing machine learning by using an image of a noseprint known as an animal type such as wild boar or deer as teacher data, and the type is unknown using the determination model. The type of animal can be determined from the image of the nose print.

  In addition, the storage unit 233 stores the number of times determined by the determination unit 234 for each animal type in the storage unit 22 for each user who has transmitted the feature information. For example, the number of captured animals in FIG. 5 may be the number determined by the determination unit 234. In this case, for example, the storage unit 233 sets the item of the boar every time the type of the animal corresponding to the feature information transmitted by the user whose user ID is "U001" is determined as "boar" by the determination unit 234. Increase the value of the molecule.

  In addition, the management server 20 may count the number of captured animals for each area from the number of captured animals for each type of animal, the shooting location of an image, and the like, and disclose the number to a client or the like for capturing or exterminating harmful animals.

[Procedure]
Next, the flow of processing of the support system 1 will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the processing procedure of the support system according to the embodiment.

  First, as shown in FIG. 7, the terminal 10 captures an image of a captured animal (step S101). Then, the terminal 10 transmits the photographed image together with the user ID to the management server 20 (step S102).

  When the user ID transmitted by the terminal 10 is already registered, the management server 20 performs authentication (step S103). Then, the management server 20 registers reward information including the image and the user ID transmitted by the terminal 10 (step S104). At this time, the reward information may include information on the date and time when the image was taken and the place.

  At a predetermined timing, the management server 20 determines the presence or absence of duplication of reward information (step S105). If there is duplication of the bounty information, update is performed to include information indicating that there is duplication in the bounty information (step S106).

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. This embodiment can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment is included in the invention described in a claim, and its equivalent range as well as being included in the range and the gist of the invention. In addition, this embodiment can be combined appropriately as long as the processing contents do not contradict each other.

Reference Signs List 1 support system 2 network 10 terminal 11, 21 communication unit 12 display unit 13, 22 storage unit 14 imaging unit 15, 23 control unit 20 management server 151 acquisition unit 152 transmission unit 221 user information 222 reward information 231 reception unit 232 authentication unit 233 storage unit 234 determination unit

Claims (8)

Terminal and
Management server and
A support system comprising
The terminal is
An acquisition unit for acquiring characteristic information indicating biological characteristics of the captured animal;
A transmitter configured to transmit the feature information acquired by the acquisition unit and user identification information identifying a user who is using the terminal to the management server;
Equipped with
The management server is
A receiver for receiving the feature information and the user identification information transmitted by the terminal;
An authentication unit that authenticates the user when the user identification information received by the reception unit is already registered;
A storage unit that stores the feature information received by the receiving unit and the user identification information in a storage unit in association with each other when the user is authenticated by the authentication unit;
The support system characterized by having. A determination unit that determines whether or not feature information whose similarity to the feature information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is stored in the storage unit;
The support system according to claim 1, further comprising: The acquisition unit acquires, as the feature information, an image obtained by photographing a part of the animal's body,
3. The support system according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit determines, by image recognition, whether or not an image whose similarity to the image is a predetermined value or more is stored in the storage unit. .   The support system according to claim 3, wherein the acquisition unit acquires an image obtained by capturing a nasal pattern of the animal as the feature information. The acquisition unit further acquires acquisition related information which is information for specifying a date and time and a place where the characteristic information is acquired,
The transmission unit transmits the acquisition related information together with the feature information,
The storage unit stores the acquisition related information in the storage unit together with the feature information.
The determination unit determines whether or not the storage unit stores feature information and acquisition related information whose similarity to the feature information and the acquisition related information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The support system according to any one of Items 2 to 4. The determination unit further determines the type of the animal from the feature information;
The storage unit stores the number of times determined by the determination unit for each type of animal in the storage unit for each user who has transmitted the feature information. Support system described in Section.   The transmitter according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the transmitter transmits the feature information and the user identification information after a predetermined time has elapsed after the acquisition unit acquires the feature information. Description support system. The transmission unit transmits, together with the feature information and the user identification information, joint user identification information that is user identification information for identifying a predetermined user.
The storage unit associates the characteristic information received by the reception unit, the user identification information, and the joint user identification information and stores the same in the storage unit when the user is authenticated by the authentication unit. The support system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that:

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