JP2020174545A - Housing body and crop management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a housing body capable of acquiring accurately and quickly information on crops; and to provide a management system using the housing body.SOLUTION: A housing body has a housing part capable of housing harvested crops, a measurement unit for measuring the state of crops or an ambient environment of crops at least during transportation, and a radio communication unit 48 for wirelessly transmitting information on the state of crops or the ambient environment of crops measured by the measurement unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to containments, particularly containments for containing harvested crops. The present invention further relates to a crop management system using this containment.

In agriculture and agricultural product processing industries, the management of agricultural products is extremely important, for example, in order to maintain a stable supply and a constant quality.

An example of a conventional method for managing agricultural products is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. In Patent Document 1, in a crop harvester that harvests a crop (agricultural crop), the crop harvester itself measures information on the state of the harvested crop such as weight and water content, and the information obtained by the measurement is used as the harvested crop. A crop harvester is disclosed that notifies the crop processing apparatus that performs the processing before executing the processing.

Further, another example of the conventional method for managing agricultural products is disclosed in Patent Document 2 below. Patent Document 2 discloses a system in which harvested agricultural products are put into a storage member of a transport vehicle and transported to a processing facility for agricultural products by the transport vehicle. In this system, it is possible to grasp the relationship between the information on the harvested crops and the storage members.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-313638 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-097478

However, in the case of the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that, in reality, only a special crop harvesting device provided with a crop state measuring means can be used. This technique cannot be applied to ordinary crop harvesting equipment that does not have measuring means and cannot be additionally installed.

Further, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is necessary to bother to set identification information for identifying the accommodating member. Further, when the accommodating members accommodating agricultural products are centrally transported to the processing facility, the identification information of the accommodating members cannot be smoothly associated with the crop information of the agricultural products accommodating in the accommodating members, and the processing efficiency is lowered. Has the problem of doing.

In view of such problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a containment body capable of accurately and quickly obtaining information on crops contained in the containment body.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a container used for transporting crops between bases by a transport device, and a storage section capable of storing harvested crops, and at least the state of the crops during the transport. Provided is an accommodating unit having a measuring unit for measuring the surrounding environment of a crop and a wireless communication unit for wirelessly transmitting information on the state of the crop or the surrounding environment of the crop measured by the measuring unit.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a container used for transporting crops between bases by a transport device, and is a storage unit capable of storing harvested crops, at least the state of the crops during the transport. Alternatively, it is transmitted wirelessly from a measuring unit that measures the surrounding environment of the crop, and a housing having a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits information on the state of the crop or the surrounding environment of the crop measured by the measuring unit. It has a receiving facility for receiving information, and provides a crop management system that manages a crop or a process related to the processing of the crop based on the received information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately and quickly obtain information on a crop contained in a containment body and easily manage the crop or a process related to the processing of the crop.

It is a figure which shows roughly the processing process of a crop. It is a figure which shows the containment body which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the structural example of the measuring part included in the housing shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows schematic the system which concerns on embodiment of this invention constructed by using a communication network. It is a figure which shows schematic the system which concerns on embodiment of this invention constructed by using the non-contact type communication equipment. It is a figure which shows roughly the component which concerns on the crop processing facility and the Example of this invention provided in the facility. It is a figure which shows roughly the transport situation of the crop by a plurality of containment bodies. It is a figure which shows the example of crop-related information schematicly.

Next, examples of the housing according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, an example of a container 10 according to the present invention, for example, a container 10 is a container for storing a crop harvested from a field 12 or a processed crop obtained by processing at least a part of the harvested crop. The containment body 10 is used for transporting the contained crops between bases such as a field 12, a first crop processing facility 16, a second crop processing facility 20, and the like. The containment body 10 can accommodate any crop that can be cultivated in the field 12 if it is designed in a shape and size suitable for accommodating the harvested crop. For example, the containment body 10 can contain grains cultivated in the rice field, particularly the fruit portion or paddy harvested from rice, and rice obtained by processing the paddy (particularly brown rice).

The housing 10 containing the crops harvested in the field 12 is transported to the first crop processing facility 16 by using an arbitrary transportation device 14 such as a truck. The first crop processing facility 16 processes the brought-in crops to a predetermined stage. When the facility 16 is a rice processing facility, the facility 16 is a dry preparation facility for drying paddy, shaving, sorting the shaving rice, and the like.

The crops processed at the first crop processing facility 16 are housed in the containment body 10, and the container body 10 containing the processed crops at the facility 16 is used for the second crop treatment using an arbitrary transportation device 18 such as a truck. Transported to facility 20. In the second crop processing facility 20, the crops processed up to a predetermined stage in the first crop processing facility 16 are further processed so as to be more edible. When the facility 20 is a rice processing facility, the facility 20 is a rice milling factory that mills the brown rice obtained by the processing at the facility 16 into white rice.

As shown schematically in FIG. 2, the container 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is in a state of crops housed in the container 22 in addition to the container body 22 which is a container body for storing crops. Alternatively, it is configured to include a measuring unit 24 that measures at least one of the surrounding environment of the crop.

An example of the configuration of the measuring unit 24 included in the housing 10 is schematically shown in FIG. The measuring unit 24 has a control unit 26 that comprehensively controls each component of the measuring unit 24. The control unit 26 may be, for example, an electronic circuit that executes control processing at least partially for each component of the measurement unit 24. Further, the control unit 26 includes a control unit such as a processor that performs the above-mentioned control processing, a program that defines the control processing process, and a storage unit such as a memory that temporarily stores the measurement data described later, and is preferably small in size. It may be a computer.

By controlling each component in this way, the control unit 26 can measure the state of the crops contained in the container 10 and perform wireless communication and the like. Examples of the components controlled by the control unit 26 are described below.

The measuring unit 24 has various measuring meters such as a sensor connected to the control unit 26 via a communication line. For example, even if the measuring unit 24 has a moisture meter 30 that measures the water content of the contained crop, and a taste meter, that is, a component meter 34 that measures the content of components that affect the taste such as protein and amylose. Good. The configuration of the component total 34 can be arbitrarily designed according to the component to be measured. The component measured by the component meter 34 is preferably a component that can be measured in a short time. When the harvested crop is rice, the protein content of rice can be measured in about 1 minute even if it is measured by a known component total 34. Therefore, even if the transport time of the housing 10 by the transporting devices 14 and 18 is short, the housing 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention can sufficiently obtain information on the crop components.

The measuring unit 24 may further have a yield meter 38 that measures the weight ratio of the edible portion to the raw material, that is, the yield. By using the yield total 38, for example, in the case of rice, the weight ratio of the brown rice portion to the paddy rice can be measured. The measuring unit 24 may also have a measuring meter for measuring or analyzing the grade of the crop such as the mixing rate of immature products.

When measuring the yield of crops, especially rice, it is necessary to rub a part of the paddy as a sample in the container 10. Therefore, it is preferable that the measuring unit 24 has a sample processing apparatus 40 that executes at least one of a step of extracting paddy as a sample, a step of treating the extracted paddy, and a step of preserving the treated sample. The sample processing apparatus 40 can extract at least a part of the crop as a sample when processing the state of the crop, and execute a predetermined processing step necessary for measurement on the extracted crop sample. When the sample processing device 40 is provided, the yield total 38 may be provided as a component of the sample processing device 40. Providing the sample processing device 40 is particularly advantageous when a predetermined process is required for measuring crop information and it is required to acquire crop information which is difficult to measure at the harvesting stage.

In addition to the above-mentioned measuring meters, the measuring unit 24 may have various measuring meters for obtaining information on the crop and the surrounding environment of the crop. For example, the measuring unit 24 measures a weigh scale for measuring the weight of the crop contained in the housing 10, a grade meter for measuring the appearance quality, a thermometer for measuring the ambient temperature of the contained crop, and an ambient humidity. A hygrometer or the like may be provided. Further, the measuring unit 24 may be provided with an RTC (Real Time Clock) for measuring the time at the time when each value is measured by each measuring meter, a GPS for measuring the position, or the like. Further, the measuring unit 24 may be provided with a device necessary or suitable for executing the measuring step according to the information to be measured, such as the sample processing device 40 used at the time of yield measurement described above.

With such a configuration, each of the measuring meters provided in the measuring unit 24 can acquire desired information about the crop and its surrounding environment while being controlled by the control unit 26. Since the measuring unit 24 including the measuring meter is attached to the housing 10, the measurement by the measuring meter is possible at an arbitrary timing. Therefore, even while the container 10 containing the crop is placed on the transportation equipment 14 and 18 and transported to the crop processing facilities 16 and 20, the measurement processing for the crop and its surrounding environment should be performed. Is possible. The measurement by the measuring meter may be performed a plurality of times over time during the transportation of the crop.

The material forming the accommodating portion 22 may be any material. However, in view of mounting the measuring unit 24 having various measuring meters including the sample processing device 40 on the accommodating unit 22 as needed, a material having a certain degree of rigidity is used as the material forming the accommodating unit 22. , It is preferable to form the accommodating portion 22 as a container.

The measuring unit 24 has a storage unit 44 connected to the control unit 26 via a communication line. The storage unit 44 may have a known configuration. The storage unit 44 may store a control program that causes the control unit 26 to execute control of the measuring instrument. In addition, the storage unit 44 may temporarily or semi-permanently store the information acquired or updated by the measuring instrument. Further, the storage unit 44 may be capable of storing information such as the type of crop housed in the storage unit 22, the producer who harvested the crop, and the field 12 where the crop was harvested.

Therefore, when the state of the crop is measured by the measuring unit 24 while the container 10 containing the crop is being transported to the crop processing facility 16 by the transport device 14, the obtained measurement information is stored in the storage unit 44. Further, when the treated crop is again contained in the container 10 and transported to another facility 20 after the crop is subjected to the predetermined treatment at the crop processing facility 16, the storage unit 44 of the container 10 is used. In addition, various data such as the contents of the treatment applied to the crops at the facility 16 and the storage environment may be stored.

The measuring unit 24 has a wireless communication unit 48 connected to the control unit 26 via a communication line. Under the control of the control unit 26, the wireless communication unit 48 executes a process of wirelessly transmitting the information measured by the measuring meters 30, 34, and 38 to a remote location. Therefore, the storage unit 44 may store a communication program that causes the control unit 26 to execute wireless communication.

The wireless communication unit 48 may have a configuration in which the wireless communication unit 48 itself emits electromagnetic waves. In this case, the wireless communication unit 48 performs a process of putting the information obtained by the measurement on the electromagnetic wave prior to the transmission of the electromagnetic wave. The measurement information used for such processing may be transmitted directly from the measuring instrument or from the storage unit 44 to the wireless communication unit under the control of the control unit 26.

The wireless communication unit 48 preferably adopts a configuration capable of transmitting an electromagnetic wave carrying information to a remote location. In this case, it is preferable that the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 are provided with a receiving facility 50 for remotely receiving the radio transmission information obtained by the measurement in the housing 10. According to such a configuration, even while the container 10 containing the harvested crop is being transported to the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 by the transportation devices 14 and 18, that is, the transportation devices 14 and 18 are the crop processing facilities 16. Without waiting for arrival at 20, processing facilities 16 and 20 can obtain information related to the harvested crop to be processed. As a result, processing facilities 16 and 20 can be prepared for processing the harvested crops.

As shown in FIG. 4, for example, the receiving equipment 50 provided in the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 may be connected to a communication network 52 such as the Internet to acquire the information measured by the measuring unit 24 of the housing 10. .. In this case, a wireless communication repeater 54 such as a gateway or access point connected to the communication network 52 is used. The repeater 54 receives the electromagnetic wave 55 transmitted from the wireless communication unit 48 of the accommodation body 10 according to the present embodiment, and the received information is transferred to the reception facility 50 in the facility via the communication network 52. As a result, information is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 48 to the receiving equipment 50.

Alternatively, the receiving equipment provided in the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 may be capable of receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted from the wireless communication unit 48 of the accommodating body 10 directly or via a wireless relay station.

The wireless communication method exemplified so far corresponds to so-called long-distance wireless communication. Examples of long-distance wireless communication include PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), 1st to 5th generation mobile communication systems (1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G) or LTE (Long Term Evolution). Any telecommunications system can be used to transmit information from the wireless communication unit 48 to the receiving facility 50.

The wireless communication unit 48 may be configured as a radio frequency identification mark, that is, an RFID tag (IC tag) that wirelessly transmits an electromagnetic wave carrying information related to crops. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, the receiving equipment 50 provided in the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 functions as an RFID tag reader that reads the information carried on the electromagnetic wave 55 transmitted from the RFID tag. When the accommodating body 10 according to the present embodiment is carried into the facility, the carrying-in route is set so that the wireless communication unit 48 passes in the vicinity of the receiving body 10 which works as a reader in particular. With this setting, the receiving equipment 50 can acquire information related to the harvested crops contained in the containing body 10 without contacting the containing body 10.

Such a wireless communication method corresponds to so-called short-range wireless communication. Examples of short-range wireless communication include Wi-Fi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), NFC (Near field communication) or IrDA (Infrared Data Association). Any short-range wireless system can be used to transmit information from the wireless communication unit 48 to the receiving facility 50.

The receiving equipment 50 is preferably connected to an information processing unit 56 that processes the acquired information. The information processing unit 56 is, for example, a control unit such as a processor that comprehensively controls the entire information processing unit 56, a program that defines a control process of the information processing unit 56, and crop-related information received from the measurement unit 24 of the housing 10. It is a computer having a storage unit such as a volatile and non-volatile memory for storing information, and an input / output device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a display used for exchanging information between an administrator and an information processing unit 56.

The information processing unit 56 receives information related to the crops contained in the container 10 from the receiving facility 50, and makes various decisions based on this information. The decisions made by the information processing unit 56 include all decisions related to the processing steps made to the crop contained in the containment 10. That is, if a system including an information processing unit 56 linked with a receiving facility 50 or the like is constructed, it is possible to manage all processes directly or indirectly related to crop processing, and also to manage the crop itself. it can.

In the following, some specific examples of judgments executed by the information processing unit 56 are given. In the explanation of the judgment example, the floor plans of the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 and the components for processing or managing the crops provided in the facility will be described with reference to FIG.

At least the information processing unit 56 is provided in the control room of the crop processing facility, and the information processing unit 56 is connected to the receiving equipment 50 by wire or wirelessly. In addition, the crop processing facility shall have processing rooms A, B, and C for processing crops. The term "crop treatment" as used herein includes all treatments applied to the crop contained in the container 10, such as drying, sorting, measurement and temporary storage. In the processing chambers A to C, only one of the above-mentioned processes may be performed, or a plurality of processes may be performed in one processing room as a series of processes.

Further, each of the processing chambers A, B, and C is provided with an environment adjuster 58 for adjusting the indoor environment, for example, temperature and humidity. The environment regulator 58 is connected to the information processing unit 56 by wire or wirelessly. The signal regarding the determination result made by the information processing unit 56 is transmitted to the environment adjuster 58, and the environment adjuster 58 adjusts the indoor environment as necessary. The environment adjuster 58 may also be connected to various processing devices set in the processing room, and may adjust the operation settings of the processing device according to the received signal.

An exemplary crop management system using the containment 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is as follows. For example, in crop treatment facilities 16 and 20, even when the same treatment is performed on crops in a plurality of treatment rooms (A, B, C), the indoor environment such as room temperature and humidity is different for each treatment room. It can be set. In this case, the transport destination of the container 10 can be assigned to any one processing chamber according to the state of the crop housed by the container 10, for example, the water content and the content of various components such as proteins.

More specifically, while the container 10 containing the harvested crop is being transported to the processing facility by the transportation device, the container 10 wirelessly transmits crop-related information via the wireless communication unit 48 to the processing facility. The receiving facility 50 of the above remotely receives the crop-related information transmitted wirelessly. Based on the received information, the information processing unit 56 determines to which processing chamber it is optimal to transport the container 10 containing the harvested crops. As a result, when the container 10 containing the harvested crop is transported to the processing facility, the processing room to which the container 10 is transported can be quickly determined, and the container 10 arrives at the facility prior to arrival. Can perform the necessary preparatory work. As a result, the transported crops will be optimally processed more quickly.

Another exemplary crop management system using the containment 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is as follows. When the container 10 containing the harvested crops is transported to the processing facility, if the processing room to which the container 10 is transported is already determined (for example, the processing room A), the transport device is used to accommodate the harvested crops. While the body 10 is being transported to the processing facility, the containment body 10 wirelessly transmits crop-related information via the wireless communication unit 48, and the receiving facility 50 of the processing facility remotely receives the wirelessly transmitted crop-related information. To do. The information processing unit 56 calculates the optimum indoor environment of the processing room A based on the received information. Further, the information processing unit 56 generates an adjustment signal requesting that the indoor environment of the processing room A be adjusted according to the calculation result, and transmits the generated adjustment signal to the environment adjuster 58 of the processing room A. The environment adjuster 58 in the processing chamber A adjusts the environment in the processing chamber A according to the received adjustment signal until the crop is transported.

As a result, when the container 10 containing the harvested crops is transported to the processing room A of the processing facility, the indoor environment of the processing room A becomes optimal for the crops housed in the container 10 and the crops. The freshness and flavor can be kept better.

In addition, many of the housings 10 used for transporting crops such as grains do not have an upper lid. Therefore, the condition of the crops being transported changes from moment to moment due to changes in the weather and the influence of the surrounding environment such as ambient temperature and humidity. For example, if it rains during transportation, the humidity is high, or the humidity is low, the water content of the crop measured at the time of harvest and the crop measured when it is brought into the crop processing facility. It may be a different value from the water content. In addition, when transporting crops under the scorching sun, the composition of the crops being transported may change due to the influence of temperature. Even in such a case, the container 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention measures the state of the crop a plurality of times over time at an arbitrary timing during transportation, and is a crop processing facility based on the change over time. It is possible to estimate the state of the crop when it is brought into the area. Then, by adjusting the environment of the treatment room until the crop is transported based on the estimated value, it is possible to more appropriately maintain the freshness and flavor of the crop.

Yet another exemplary crop management system using the containment 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is as follows. Prior to the transportation of the container 10 containing the harvested crops and arrival at the processing facility by the system as described above, the crop information in the container 10 transmitted wirelessly by the wireless communication unit 48 and received by the receiving facility 50 of the facility is used. Based on this, the processing chamber into which the housing 10 is carried is determined. As a result, it is assumed that the processing room determined as the destination has an appropriate indoor environment realized by the environment adjuster 58. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the processing chamber A shown in FIG. 6 is determined as the transport destination of the accommodation body, and the predetermined chamber adjustment is performed.

The processing facility is provided with one or more display units 60, which display information about the destination of the housing 10. The display method may be any known method, for example, an arrow indicating the direction of the transportation destination may be displayed, or the transportation destination in the processing chamber may be specifically displayed. The display unit 60 is connected to the information processing unit 56, and the information processing unit 56 also determines the specific display content of the display unit 60 according to the determination content related to the processing process.

It is preferable to provide a passage sensor 62 for detecting the passage of the housing 10 at an arbitrary place such as an entrance to the facility. The passage sensor 62 is connected to the information processing unit 56, and the detection of passage is notified to the information processing unit 56. When the passage sensor 62 is installed, when the transport device on which the target housing 10 is placed passes through the passage sensor 62, a predetermined display is displayed on the display unit 60 under the control of the information processing unit 56. The carrier who operates the transport device on which the container 10 is mounted can check the destination display displayed on the display unit 60 and transport the container 10 to an appropriate place.

In addition, passage sensors 62 corresponding to each display unit 60 are provided at various locations inside and outside the facility, and each time the target housing body 10 passes through a predetermined sensor 62, the display unit 60 corresponding to the sensor 62 is designated. It may be displayed. With this configuration, the carrier who operates the transport device on which the accommodation body 10 is mounted is guided to the destination by the plurality of display units 60.

Not limited to the above-mentioned system example, by providing the wireless communication unit 48 in the housing 10 and the receiving equipment 50 in the crop processing facilities 16 and 20, the housing 10 in which the crops are housed is the facilities 16 and 20. It is possible to construct a system in which the accommodation body 10 and the facilities 16 and 20 cooperate to optimally prepare the crop acceptance system without waiting for the crops to be transported to. In particular, when the Internet is used to realize communication between the housing 10 and facilities 16 and 20, the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) is used to harvest the crops regardless of their current location. Information on crops can be managed immediately and continuously on the network.

Yet another exemplary crop management system using the containment 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is as follows. In this embodiment, a specific determination example executed by the information processing unit 56 based on the information received from the plurality of housings 10 will be given. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 are shared for processing crops transported from a plurality of fields 12. In such a case, the wireless communication unit 48 provided in the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 heads toward the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 before the container 10 containing the harvested crop is transported and arrives at the processing facility. Receive multiple crop-related information from the containment 10 carried by the plurality of transport devices 14 and 18.

FIG. 8 shows an example of crop-related information received by the wireless communication unit 48. In the example of FIG. 8, the crop-related information includes the identification number of the containment 10 containing the crop, the current position of the containment 10, the identification number of the field where the crop contained in the containment 10 was harvested, and the type of crop. , Crop volume, water content, etc. The information processing unit 56 that has received such crop-related information is known based on the current position included in each crop-related information and the positions of the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 in which the information processing unit 56 is provided. Estimate the arrival times of the transportation devices 14 and 18 that transport the containment 10 using a route search service, etc., and process the crops contained in which containment 10 in what order and in which processing room. You may schedule the information processing. In addition, the time required for processing in the processing room is estimated based on the amount of crops contained in each container 10, and each of them is based on the estimated processing time and the estimated arrival time at the processing facility. The waiting time for processing the crops contained in the container 10 may be adjusted, or the crops whose processing is completed at an early time may be preferentially sent to the processing room for scheduling. Further, for example, crops of the same type harvested in the same field may be scheduled to be processed in the same processing room.

As a result, when a plurality of containment bodies 10 are transported to the treatment facility, it is possible to efficiently use each treatment chamber to process the crops contained in the containment body 10, and the entire treatment facility can be processed. It is expected to improve the throughput.

In addition, using the housing 10 with the wireless communication unit 48 and the crop processing facilities 16 and 20 with the receiving equipment 50, information on the crop is collected and managed from harvesting to processing, distribution, and sales. Traceability can also be achieved.

As described above, by using the present invention, even the crop-related information during transportation can be easily obtained. Therefore, the freshness and flavor of the crop can be further improved by the smooth cooperation between the container and the crop processing facility. It is also possible to maintain it for a long period of time. Furthermore, even crops whose flavor deteriorates quickly and crops that are sensitive to changes in the environment can be treated optimally at the optimal time.

Although some examples of the present invention have been described so far, the specific method for carrying out the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned examples. As long as the present invention can be implemented, the design, operation procedure, and the like can be appropriately changed. For example, auxiliary elements such as devices and circuits used to assist the functioning of the components used in the present invention can be added or omitted as appropriate.

10 Containment
22 Containment
24 Measuring unit
30, 34, 38 measuring instrument
40 Sample processing equipment
48 Wireless communication unit
50 receiving equipment
52 Communication network

Claims (7)

In the containment used for transporting crops between bases by transport equipment
A containment area that can store harvested crops
At least a measuring unit that measures the condition of the crop or the surrounding environment of the crop during the transportation.
A housing including a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits information on the state of the crop or the surrounding environment of the crop as measured by the measuring unit. The container according to claim 1, wherein the measuring unit includes a moisture meter for measuring the water content of the crop. The container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the measuring unit includes a component meter for measuring the protein content of the crop. In the container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the measuring unit includes a sample processing device that executes a predetermined treatment on at least a part of the crop when measuring the state of the crop. Containment body. A container used for transporting crops between bases by a transport device, which can store the harvested crops, at least a measuring section for measuring the condition of the crop or the surrounding environment of the crop during the transport, and A housing having a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits information on the state of the crop or the surrounding environment of the crop measured by the measuring unit.
It has a receiving facility that receives information transmitted wirelessly from the wireless communication unit.
A crop management system characterized in that the crop or a process related to the processing of the crop is managed based on the information received by the receiving equipment. In the crop management system according to claim 5.
The receiving equipment is connected to a communication network and
A crop management system characterized in that the crop and the processes related to the processing of the crop are managed via the communication network. In the crop management system according to claim 5.
The wireless communication unit is a radio frequency identifier that transmits an electromagnetic wave containing the information.
The receiving equipment is a crop management system characterized by being a reader that reads information contained in the electromagnetic waves.