JP6048018B2 - Moisture penetration state measuring device, moisture penetration state measuring method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a moisture penetration state measuring device, a moisture penetration state measuring method, and a program for measuring the penetration state of moisture into soil.

  As a method of measuring the amount of moisture in the soil, it has a plurality of electrodes that can be inserted into the soil for plant growth, and by measuring the electrical resistance value between these electrodes, the moisture content is measured, and the moisture content There is a moisture content monitoring device that sounds an alarm when the amount falls below a set limit level (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 2608679

  However, with the technique described in Patent Document 1 or the like, even if the amount of water in the soil can be measured, the time for penetration of moisture into the soil cannot be measured. The moisture penetration time into the soil varies depending on the soil conditions such as soil hardness and water retention rate, and in order to know whether or not the current soil is optimal for the plant being grown, It is preferable that a permeation state such as a permeation time can be measured.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and provides a moisture penetration state measurement device, a moisture penetration state measurement method, and a program capable of measuring the penetration state of moisture into soil. Objective.

To achieve the above object, one aspect of the present invention, a moisture content sensor for detecting that the water is supplied to the container soil with drainage holes, and drainage sensor for detecting that it has been discharged from the drainage hole, the further comprising a penetrating state acquisition unit that acquires the penetration state of water moisture content sensor and the soil from the measurement results of the drainage sensor, and a transmission unit for transmitting the penetration state of the osmotic state acquiring unit has acquired the outside Is a moisture permeation state measuring device .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to measure the state of water penetration into the soil.

It is a figure showing the usage example of the water osmosis | permeation state measuring apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a schematic block diagram showing the example of hardware constitutions of the moisture penetration state measuring device concerning Embodiment 1. It is a block diagram showing the functional structure of the control part of the water | moisture-content penetration state measuring apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a classification penetration time table. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of moisture penetration state measurement processing executed by a control unit of the moisture penetration state measurement device according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the functional structure of the control part of the water | moisture-content penetration state measuring apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of an osmosis | permeation time log | history table.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a usage example of the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 according to the first embodiment. In the usage example shown in FIG. 1, the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 includes a main body 100 and a drainage sensor 120 connected to the main body 100 through a wiring 200 so as to be communicable. The main body 100 measures the water penetration time into the soil 21 based on the output values of the moisture sensor 110 (see FIG. 2) having the electrode 111 inserted into the soil 21 and the drainage sensor 120, The measurement result is transmitted to the communication terminal device 3. The detailed configuration and operation of the moisture penetration state measuring device 1 will be described later.

  The pot 2 is a container for storing the soil 21 in which the plant 22 is grown. Specifically, the bowl 2 has a side wall and a bottom surface, and is configured in a shape where the upper part is opened. The bowl 2 has a plurality of drain holes 23 on the bottom surface thereof. Moisture poured from above the soil 21 passes through the soil 21 and is discharged from the drain hole 23 to the outside.

  In addition, a tray 24 is provided below the bowl 2. The tray 24 can store moisture discharged from the drain hole 23 of the bowl 2 within a range not exceeding the height of the side wall.

  The communication terminal device 3 is a terminal device that can communicate with the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 and is composed of a terminal device such as a mobile phone, for example. The communication terminal device 3 includes a display unit 31 and displays the measurement result received from the moisture penetration state measuring device 1. The communication terminal device 3 includes an input unit (not shown) such as a touch panel, a button, and a key, receives input from the user, and transmits the received information to the moisture penetration state measuring device 1.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration example of the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the moisture permeation state measuring apparatus 1 includes a moisture amount sensor 110, a drainage sensor 120, a control unit 130, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 140, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 150, and a communication. Unit 160, operation unit 170, and timing unit 180. Further, the moisture sensor 110, the control unit 130, the ROM 140, the RAM 150, the communication unit 160, the operation unit 170, and the time measuring unit 180 constitute the main body unit 100.

  The moisture amount sensor 110 is a sensor that outputs an output value corresponding to the amount of moisture contained in the soil 21. As the moisture sensor 110, for example, a general moisture sensor using an ADR method (Amplitude Domain Reflectometry Method) can be used. The moisture sensor 110 has an electrode 111 (see FIG. 1) that is inserted into the soil 21. Then, the moisture sensor 110 detects a voltage value corresponding to the moisture content in the soil 21 as an output value, and inputs it to the control unit 130.

  The drainage sensor 120 is a sensor that outputs an output value corresponding to the amount of moisture discharged from the drainage hole 23. The drainage sensor 120 is composed of, for example, a general water leakage sensor. Specifically, the drainage sensor 120 includes an electrode (not shown), detects a voltage value corresponding to the amount of water in the tray 24 as an output value, and outputs the detected voltage value to the control unit 130. The drainage sensor 120 is not limited to the water leakage sensor, and any sensor can be applied as long as it can detect the amount of water in the tray 24.

  The control unit 130 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and performs overall control of the moisture permeation state measuring apparatus 1.

  The ROM 140 is a non-volatile memory that stores programs and data for the control unit 130 to control the entire moisture permeation state measuring apparatus 1. For example, the ROM 140 stores a program for the control unit 130 to execute a moisture penetration state measurement process, which will be described later, and a type penetration time table 141 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later.

  The RAM 150 is composed of a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory. The control unit 130 loads a program stored in the ROM 140 into the RAM 150 and uses it as a work area.

  The communication unit 160 includes, for example, a wireless communication unit or the like, and connects to a predetermined network as necessary to communicate with the communication terminal device 3.

  The operation unit 170 includes an input device such as a button for operating the moisture penetration state measuring device 1. For example, the operation unit 170 receives an input operation for starting the measurement of the moisture state from the user, and inputs the input operation to the control unit 130.

  The timekeeping unit 180 measures the current time, and includes, for example, a timer.

  Next, a functional configuration of the control unit 130 of the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 130 of the moisture permeation state measurement device 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 130 functions as a watering time acquisition unit 131, a drainage time acquisition unit 132, an infiltration time acquisition unit 133, a soil state determination unit 134, and a notification control unit 135.

  The watering time acquisition unit 131 acquires the time (hereinafter referred to as “watering time”) at which watering to the soil 21 is started based on the output value output from the moisture amount sensor 110. Specifically, the watering time acquisition unit 131 acquires the voltage value detected by the moisture amount sensor 110 every predetermined time. Then, when the detected voltage value exceeds a predetermined value, the watering time acquisition unit 131 determines that the amount of water in the soil 21 has become larger than the predetermined amount, that is, watering has started. Then, the watering time acquisition unit 131 acquires, as the watering time, the time when the voltage value detected by the moisture amount sensor 110 exceeds a predetermined value from the time measuring unit 180.

  Based on the output value output from the drainage sensor 120, the drainage time acquisition unit 132 acquires the time (hereinafter, referred to as “drainage time”) when the water due to watering is discharged from the drainage hole 23. Specifically, the drainage time acquisition unit 132 acquires the voltage value detected by the drainage sensor 120 every predetermined time. Then, when the detected voltage value exceeds a predetermined value, the drain time acquisition unit 132 determines that moisture has accumulated in the tray 24, that is, that moisture due to watering has been discharged from the drain hole 23. And the drainage time acquisition part 132 acquires the time when the voltage value which the drainage sensor 120 detected exceeded predetermined value from the time measuring part 180 as drainage time.

  The infiltration time acquisition unit 133 acquires the infiltration time for moisture to penetrate into the soil 21 based on the watering time acquired by the watering time acquisition unit 131 and the drainage time acquired by the drainage time acquisition unit 132. To do. Specifically, the permeation time acquisition unit 133 acquires the time difference between the watering time and the drainage time as the permeation time.

  The soil state determination unit 134 specifies the type penetration time corresponding to the type of plant represented by the operation input from the user received by the operation unit 170 from the type penetration time table 141, and acquires the specified type penetration time and the penetration time. The state of the soil 21 is determined based on the infiltration time acquired by the unit 133.

  Here, the type penetration time table 141 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the type penetration time table. The type infiltration time table 141 illustrated in FIG. 4 stores, for each type of plant, a type infiltration time that is the optimum infiltration time of moisture into the soil in which the type of plant is grown. For example, when the type of plant is “Monstera”, “Tth-m” is stored in association with “Monstera” as the type infiltration time, which is the optimal infiltration time of moisture into the soil where “Monstera” is grown. ing. The type permeation time may be a specific value or may be expressed in a range having a predetermined width. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the type penetration time has a predetermined range, and among the optimum penetration times, the longest time is the longest type penetration time and the shortest time is the shortest type penetration time.

  Specifically, the soil state determination unit 134 specifies the type infiltration time corresponding to the type of plant represented by the operation input from the user received by the operation unit 170 from the type infiltration time table 141. Then, the identified type permeation time is compared with the permeation time acquired by the permeation time acquisition unit 133, and it is determined whether or not the permeation time acquired by the permeation time acquisition unit 133 is longer than the type permeation time. . Then, the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the state of the soil 21 is hard when the acquired infiltration time is longer than the type infiltration time. Moreover, the soil state determination part 134 determines that the soil 21 is in a soft state or has a cavity in the soil 21 when the acquired infiltration time is shorter than the type infiltration time.

  The notification control unit 135 transmits soil state information representing the state of the soil 21 determined by the soil state determination unit 134 to the communication terminal device 3 (see FIG. 1) by the communication unit 160. Furthermore, the notification control unit 135 transmits the soil state information including information indicating advice that prompts the user to take an appropriate response to the soil in the state, together with the state of the soil 21 determined by the soil state determination unit 134. 3 may be transmitted. For example, when the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the soil 21 is in a soft state, the notification control unit 135 communicates soil state information including that the soil 21 is in a soft state and prompts the soil to be replaced. It transmits to the terminal device 3. It is assumed that the soil state and advice for prompting the user to take an appropriate response to the soil in that state are stored in advance in the ROM 140 in association with each other. Then, the transmitted soil state information is displayed on the display unit 31.

Next, operation | movement of the water | moisture-content penetration state measuring apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to drawings. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the moisture penetration state measurement process executed by the control unit 130 of the moisture penetration state measurement device 1 according to the present embodiment.
The moisture permeation state measurement process is stored in advance as a program in the ROM 140 described above, and the actual process is performed by the controller 130 reading and executing the program.

  For example, the control unit 130 of the moisture permeation state measurement device 1 starts the water permeation state measurement process illustrated in FIG. 5 when the user operates the operation unit 170. In this process, it is assumed that the types of plants to be grown on the soil 21 are input by the user via the operation unit 170 and stored in the ROM 140 in advance.

  First, the watering time acquisition unit 131 acquires a voltage value from the moisture amount sensor 110 every predetermined time (step S11).

  Next, the watering time acquisition unit 131 determines whether watering has been started based on the voltage value acquired from the moisture amount sensor 110 (step S12). Specifically, the watering time acquisition unit 131 determines that watering has started when the voltage value acquired from the moisture amount sensor 110 exceeds a predetermined value. When it is determined that watering has not been started (step S12; No), the watering time acquisition unit 131 waits until it is determined that watering has started.

  When it is determined that watering has started (step S12; Yes), the watering time acquisition unit 131 measures the time when the voltage value detected by the moisture sensor 110 exceeds a predetermined value as the watering time. Obtained from 180 (step S13).

  Next, the drain time acquisition unit 132 acquires a voltage value from the drain sensor 120 every predetermined time (step S14).

  Then, the drainage time acquisition unit 132 determines, based on the voltage value acquired from the drainage sensor 120, whether or not water due to watering determined to have started in step S12 has been discharged from the drainage hole 23 (step S15). ). Specifically, the drain time acquisition unit 132 determines that moisture has been discharged from the drain hole 23 when the voltage value acquired from the drain sensor 120 exceeds a predetermined value. When it is determined that water has not been discharged (step S15; No), the drain time acquisition unit 132 is in a waiting state until it is determined that water has been discharged.

  When it is determined that the moisture has been discharged (step S15; Yes), the drain time acquisition unit 132 acquires, as the drain time, the time when the voltage value detected by the drain sensor 120 exceeds a predetermined value from the time count unit 180. (Step S16).

  Next, the permeation time acquisition unit 133 acquires the time difference between the watering time acquired in step S13 and the drainage time acquired in step S16 as the permeation time (step S17).

  And the soil condition determination part 134 specifies the longest kind penetration time and the shortest kind penetration time corresponding to the kind of plant which the operation input from the user received by the operation part 170 represents from the kind penetration time table 141 (step S18). ).

  And the soil condition determination part 134 discriminate | determines whether the osmosis | permeation time acquired in step S17 is longer than the longest kind osmosis | permeation time specified in step S18 (step S19). If the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the acquired infiltration time is longer than the longest type infiltration time (step S19; Yes), the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the state of the soil 21 is hard and advances the process to step S21.

  When the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the acquired infiltration time is not longer than the longest type infiltration time (step S19; No), the infiltration time acquired in step S17 is the shortest type infiltration specified in step S18. It is determined whether or not the time is shorter (step S20). When the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the acquired infiltration time is shorter than the shortest type infiltration time (step S20; Yes), the soil 21 is in a soft state or has a cavity in the soil 21. And the process proceeds to step S21. In addition, when the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the acquired infiltration time is not shorter than the shortest type infiltration time (step S20; No), the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the state of the soil 21 is appropriate, and performs the process in step S11. Proceed to

  Next, the notification control unit 135 generates soil state information including information indicating the state of the soil 21 determined by the soil state determination unit 134 and advice that prompts the user to take an appropriate response to the soil in that state ( Step S21).

  For example, in step S19, when the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the acquired infiltration time is longer than the longest type infiltration time, the notification control unit 135 indicates that “the soil is too hard. The soil condition information indicating the message “please” is generated. Further, for example, in step S20, when the soil state determination unit 134 determines that the acquired infiltration time is shorter than the shortest type infiltration time, the notification control unit 135 determines that “the soil is too soft or the cavity is in the pot. The soil condition information indicating the message “Please replace the soil” is generated.

  And the alerting | reporting control part 135 transmits the soil state information produced | generated in step S21 to the communication terminal device 3 via the communication part 160 (step S22). Then, the process returns to step S11.

  The control unit 130 repeatedly executes the processes in steps S11 to S22 described above. For example, when the control unit 130 receives an input indicating the end of the moisture penetration state measurement process from the user via the operation unit 170, the control unit 130 ends the moisture penetration state measurement process.

  According to the moisture penetration state measuring apparatus 1 configured as described above, the time from the start of watering to the detection of drainage from the drainage hole 23 is measured as the moisture penetration time into the soil 21. be able to. Therefore, the user can determine from the acquired infiltration time whether the soil 21 is in a state suitable for the growing environment of the plant 22 that the user is growing.

  Further, according to the moisture penetration state measuring device 1 described above, the soil state determination unit 134 determines whether the state of the soil 21 is appropriate for growing the plant 22, and the notification control unit 135 determines that the state is the communication terminal device 3. Therefore, the user can easily recognize the state of the soil 21. In addition, the notification control unit 135 transmits to the communication terminal device 3 and displays the soil state information including advice that prompts the user to appropriately respond to the soil in the state together with the determined state of the soil 21. The user can easily grasp an appropriate response to the soil 21.

(Embodiment 2)
The moisture penetration state measuring apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment stores the measured penetration time as a history, and generates soil state information based on a comparison between the current penetration time and the previous penetration time. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 130 of the moisture penetration state measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 130 functions as a watering time acquisition unit 131, a drainage time acquisition unit 132, an infiltration time acquisition unit 133a, a soil condition determination unit 134a, and a notification control unit 135. In addition, about the functional structure similar to Embodiment 1, the same code | symbol is used and the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The infiltration time acquisition unit 133a acquires the infiltration time for moisture to penetrate into the soil 21 in the same manner as the infiltration time acquisition unit 133 of the first embodiment, and the acquired infiltration time for each watering of the soil 21 Store in the history table 142.

  Here, the penetration time history table 142 will be described. The infiltration time history table 142 stores the infiltration time acquired by the infiltration time acquisition unit 133a in association with each watering of the soil 21. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the penetration time history table 142. The infiltration time history table 142 shown in FIG. 7 stores the watering start date and time indicating the date and time when watering to the soil 21 is started, and the infiltration time acquired in the watering started at that date and time. For example, when the watering time acquisition unit 131 acquires “2012/9/1 8:10” as the watering start date and time, and the watering time acquisition unit 133a acquires “T1” as the watering time in the watering, The time acquisition unit 133a stores the watering start date / time “2012/9/18: 10” and the infiltration time “T1” in the infiltration time history table 142 in association with each other.

  The soil condition determination unit 134a specifies the infiltration time corresponding to the latest watering and the infiltration time corresponding to the past watering from the infiltration time history table 142, and specifies the specified infiltration time corresponding to the latest watering. And the state of soil is determined based on the variation | change_quantity between the infiltration time corresponding to past watering.

  Hereinafter, the determination method of the state of soil is demonstrated concretely. For example, when the soil condition determination unit 134a specifies “2012/9/3 8:00” as the latest watering start date and time from the infiltration time history table 142, the infiltration time corresponding to the latest watering is “T3”. Is specified. Moreover, the soil condition determination part 134a uses the watering start date and time "2012/9/2 9: 2012/9/2 9: 2012" as the infiltration time corresponding to the past watering from the infiltration time history table 142. The penetration time “T2” corresponding to “00” is specified.

And when the soil state determination unit 134a determines that the change amount ΔT = T3-T2 <−ΔTth1 (ΔTth is a positive predetermined value) of the specified infiltration time, that is, the latest acquired infiltration time is: When it is determined that the predetermined time is shorter than the previous infiltration time, it is determined that the state of the soil 21 is not an appropriate state for growing the plant 22. In this case, the notification control unit 135 generates, for example, soil condition information indicating a message “The water penetration time has been extremely fast since the previous time. Check the soil.”

Further, when the soil state determination unit 134a determines that the change amount ΔT> ΔTth2 (ΔTth2 is a positive predetermined value) of the specified infiltration time, that is, the latest acquired infiltration time is the previously acquired infiltration time. If it is determined that the predetermined time has been exceeded, it is determined that the state of the soil 21 is not an appropriate state for growing the plant 22. In this case, the notification control unit 135 generates, for example, soil state information indicating a message “The water penetration time has been extremely slow since the previous time. Check the soil.”

  As another example of the soil state determination method, for example, it is assumed that the soil state determination unit 134a specifies “T3” as the infiltration time corresponding to the latest watering from the infiltration time history table 142. Then, the soil condition determination unit 134a uses the watering start date / time “2012/9/2 9: 2012/9/2 9: The infiltration time “T2” corresponding to “00” and the infiltration time “T1” corresponding to the watering start date “2012/9/1 8:10” are specified.

And when the soil state determination part 134a determines with the osmosis | permeation time becoming gradually early from the variation | change_quantity (DELTA) T1 = T3-T2 and (DELTA) T2 = T2-T1 of the specified osmosis | permeation time, the state where the soil 21 was biased It is determined that the condition has been reduced. In this case, for example, the notification control unit 135 generates soil state information indicating a message that “the soil is biased or decreased. It is recommended to replace the soil early.”

Furthermore, the soil state determination unit 134a determines that the soil 21 has become harder when it is determined from the identified change amounts ΔT1 and ΔT2 of the infiltration time that the infiltration time is gradually delayed. In this case, the notification control unit 135 generates, for example, soil state information indicating a message “The soil is getting harder. We recommend that you replace the soil early.”

  According to the moisture penetration state measuring apparatus 1 configured as described above, it is possible to determine whether the soil 21 is in a state suitable for the growing environment of the plant 22 based on the acquired history of the penetration time. Similarly to the first embodiment, the notification control unit 135 transmits the state of the determined soil 21 and the soil state information including advice for prompting an appropriate response to the soil in the state to the communication terminal device 3, Since it displays, the user can grasp | ascertain the suitable response | compatibility to the soil 21 easily.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited by said embodiment.

  For example, in the moisture penetration state measuring device 1 according to the above-described embodiment, part or all of the functions of the control unit 130 may be realized by the communication terminal device 3. For example, the control unit of the communication terminal device 3 may function as a watering time acquisition unit, a drainage time acquisition unit, an infiltration time acquisition unit, a soil state determination unit, and a notification control unit. In this case, the information representing the output values output by the moisture sensor 110 and the drainage sensor 120 is transmitted to the communication terminal device 3 by the communication unit 160, so that the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained. .

  In addition, for example, the drainage sensor 120 is provided in the tray 24 and detects moisture discharged from the drainage hole 23 by detecting moisture accumulated in the tray 24, but the position where the drainage sensor 120 is provided is Not limited to. For example, when the tray 24 is not provided below the bowl 2, the drainage sensor 120 may be provided at the edge of the drainage hole 23, and if the water discharged from the drainage hole 23 can be detected, the drainage sensor The position where 120 is provided is arbitrary.

  In the first embodiment, the type penetration time table 141 stores the type penetration time for each type of plant, but may further store the size and depth of the pot 2 in association with each other. This is because the type permeation time varies depending on the size and depth of the bowl 2. In this case, the user presets the size and depth of the pot 2 through the operation unit 170 together with the type of plant 22 to be grown. Then, the soil state determination unit 134 determines the state of the soil 21 from the type infiltration time table 141 using the type infiltration time corresponding to the type of the plant 22 and the size and depth of the pot 2. Therefore, the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 can more accurately determine whether the soil 21 is in a state suitable for the plant 22 that is actually grown.

  Moreover, in said Embodiment 1, although the osmosis | permeation time was measured, when a bowl is decided beforehand, you may measure an osmosis | permeation rate based on the moisture content sensor 110 and the drainage sensor 120, and also the above-mentioned The permeation rate may be measured based on the size and depth of the bowl. Moreover, in said Embodiment 1, when measuring an osmosis | permeation rate instead of an osmosis | permeation time, you may provide the type osmosis | permeation rate table which memorize | stores the type | mold penetration rate for every kind of plant instead of the type | mold penetration time table 141. . Thereby, based on the measured penetration rate, the state of soil can be determined and notified.

  Moreover, although the example which measures the osmosis | permeation time and the osmosis | permeation rate of the water | moisture content in the soil 21 was demonstrated as an example of the moisture permeation | transmission state of the soil 21, the infiltration state which the water | moisture-content penetration state measuring apparatus 1 measures is restricted to these. Absent.

  Moreover, the moisture permeation state measuring device 1 according to the present invention can be realized by using a normal computer system without using a dedicated device. For example, a program for executing the above operation is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, MO, etc.) and distributed to a computer connected to a network, and the program is distributed to the computer system. You may comprise the water penetration state measuring apparatus 1 which performs the above-mentioned process by installing.

  Further, the method for providing the program to the computer is arbitrary. For example, the program may be uploaded to a bulletin board (BBS) on a communication line and distributed to a computer via the communication line. The program may be transmitted by a modulated wave obtained by modulating a carrier wave with a signal representing the program, and a device that receives the modulated wave may demodulate the modulated wave to restore the program. Then, the computer activates this program and executes it in the same manner as other applications under the control of the OS. Thereby, a computer functions as the moisture penetration state measuring device 1 which performs the above-mentioned processing.

  A part or all of the above-described embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.

(Appendix 1)
A moisture sensor for detecting that water has been supplied to a container having a drain hole;
A drainage sensor for detecting discharge from the drainage hole;
Based on the fact that water supply is detected by the moisture amount sensor, a watering time acquisition unit that acquires the time when watering to the soil is started,
Based on the fact that drainage is detected by the drainage sensor, a drainage time acquisition unit that acquires the time when the water due to watering is discharged from the drainage hole;
Based on the time acquired by the watering time acquisition unit and the time acquired by the drainage time acquisition unit, an infiltration state acquisition unit that acquires an infiltration time for moisture to penetrate into the soil as an infiltration state,
A moisture permeation state measuring apparatus.

(Appendix 2)
The permeation time acquisition unit acquires, as a permeation state, a permeation rate at which moisture permeates into the soil based on the time acquired by the watering start time acquisition unit and the time acquired by the drainage time acquisition unit. To
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein

(Appendix 3)
Further comprising a soil state determination unit for determining the state of the soil based on the infiltration state acquired by the infiltration state acquisition unit,
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to appendix 1 or 2, characterized in that.

(Appendix 4)
For each type of plant, a type infiltration state storage unit that stores a type infiltration state that is the optimal infiltration state time of moisture into the soil that grows that type of plant,
An operation unit that receives an operation input representing a type of plant grown in the soil from a user; and
The soil state determination unit identifies a type infiltration state corresponding to the type of plant selected by the operation unit from the type infiltration state storage unit, and is acquired by the specified type infiltration state and the infiltration state acquisition unit. Determining the state of the soil based on the infiltration state;
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to Supplementary Note 3, wherein

(Appendix 5)
A notification control unit that controls the notification unit to notify the soil state information including information indicating the state of the soil determined by the soil state determination unit;
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to appendix 3 or 4, characterized in that:

(Appendix 6)
An infiltration state history storage unit that stores the infiltration state acquired by the infiltration state acquisition unit in association with each watering of the soil;
From the permeation state history storage unit, the permeation state corresponding to the latest watering and the permeation state corresponding to the past watering are identified, the identified permeation state corresponding to the latest watering, and the past Based on the amount of change between the infiltration state corresponding to the watering of the soil, a soil state determination unit that determines the state of the soil,
A notification control unit that controls the notification unit to notify the soil state information including information indicating the state of the soil determined by the soil state determination unit;
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to appendix 1 or 2, characterized in that.

(Appendix 7)
The notification control unit notifies the notification unit of soil state information including information indicating the state of the soil determined by the soil state determination unit and prompting the user to take an appropriate response to the soil in the state. Do control,
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to appendix 5 or 6, characterized in that.

(Appendix 8)
A watering time acquisition step for acquiring a time when watering to the soil is started based on the fact that water supply is detected by the moisture amount sensor,
Based on the fact that drainage is detected by the drainage sensor, a drainage time acquisition step of acquiring the time when the water due to the watering is discharged from the drainage hole;
Based on the time acquired in the watering time acquisition step and the time acquired in the drainage time acquisition step, an infiltration state acquisition step for acquiring an infiltration time for moisture to penetrate into the soil as an infiltration state,
A method for measuring moisture penetration state.

(Appendix 9)
A watering time acquisition means for acquiring a time when watering to the soil is started based on the fact that water supply is detected by the moisture sensor.
Based on the fact that drainage is detected by the drainage sensor, drainage time acquisition means for acquiring the time when the watering due to the watering is discharged from the drainage hole,
Based on the time acquired by the watering time acquisition means and the time acquired by the drainage time acquisition means, an infiltration state acquisition means for acquiring an infiltration time for moisture to penetrate into the soil as an infiltration state,
A program characterized by functioning as

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Moisture osmosis | permeation state measuring apparatus, 100 ... Main-body part, 110 ... Water content sensor, 111 ... Electrode, 120 ... Drain sensor, 130 ... Control part, 131 ... Watering time acquisition part, 132 ... Drain time acquisition part, 133 133a ... Infiltration time acquisition unit, 134, 134a ... Soil state determination unit, 135 ... Notification control unit, 140 ... ROM, 141 ... Type infiltration time table, 142 ... Infiltration time history table, 150 ... RAM, 160 ... Communication unit, 170 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Operation part, 180 ... Timing part, 200 ... Wiring, 2 ... Pot, 21 ... Soil, 22 ... Plant, 23 ... Drainage hole, 24 ... Receptacle, 3 ... Communication terminal device, 31 ... Display part

Claims (13)

A moisture sensor for detecting that water has been supplied to a soil container having a drain hole;
A drainage sensor for detecting discharge from the drainage hole;
An infiltration state acquisition unit for acquiring an infiltration state of moisture in the soil from the measurement results of the moisture amount sensor and the drainage sensor ;
A transmission unit for transmitting the penetration state acquired by the penetration state acquisition unit to the outside;
A moisture permeation state measuring apparatus. Based on the fact that water supply is detected by the moisture amount sensor, a watering time acquisition unit that acquires a time at which watering to the soil is started,
Based on the fact that drainage is detected by the drainage sensor, further comprising a drainage time acquisition unit for acquiring the time when the watering due to the watering is discharged from the drainage hole,
The permeation state acquisition unit acquires, as a permeation state, a permeation time during which water permeates into the soil based on the time acquired by the watering time acquisition unit and the time acquired by the drainage time acquisition unit. To
The moisture permeation state measuring apparatus according to claim 1. The penetration time acquiring unit, and the water and Ri at time acquiring unit time obtained by, on the basis of the time obtained by the drainage time acquiring unit, the penetration rate of water into the soil from penetrating the penetration state get,
The moisture permeation state measuring apparatus according to claim 2. Further comprising a soil state determination unit for determining the state of the soil based on the infiltration state acquired by the infiltration state acquisition unit,
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . For each type of plant, a type infiltration state storage unit that stores a type infiltration state that is the optimal infiltration state time of moisture into the soil that grows that type of plant,
An operation unit that receives an operation input representing a type of plant grown in the soil from a user; and
The soil state determination unit identifies a type infiltration state corresponding to the type of plant selected by the operation unit from the type infiltration state storage unit, and is acquired by the specified type infiltration state and the infiltration state acquisition unit. Determining the state of the soil based on the infiltration state;
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to claim 4 . A notification control unit that controls the notification unit to notify the soil state information including information indicating the state of the soil determined by the soil state determination unit;
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to claim 4 or 5 . A moisture sensor for detecting that water has been supplied to a soil container having a drain hole;
A drainage sensor for detecting discharge from the drainage hole;
An infiltration state acquisition unit for acquiring an infiltration state of moisture in the soil from the measurement results of the moisture amount sensor and the drainage sensor;
An infiltration state history storage unit that stores the infiltration state acquired by the infiltration state acquisition unit in association with each water supply to the soil;
From the infiltration state history storage unit, the infiltration state corresponding to the latest water supply and the infiltration state corresponding to the past water supply are specified, and the specified infiltration state corresponding to the latest water supply and the past water supply Based on the amount of change between the corresponding infiltration states, a soil state determination unit that determines the state of the soil,
Moisture permeation measuring apparatus you comprising: a. A notification control unit that controls the notification unit to notify the soil state information including information indicating the state of the soil determined by the soil state determination unit;
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to claim 7. The notification control unit notifies the notification unit of soil state information including information indicating the state of the soil determined by the soil state determination unit and prompting the user to take an appropriate response to the soil in the state. Do control,
The moisture permeation state measuring device according to claim 8 . A computer of a moisture penetration state measuring device equipped with a moisture sensor, a drainage sensor, and a soil container,
An infiltration state obtaining step for obtaining an infiltration state of moisture in the soil from the measurement results of the moisture amount sensor and the drainage sensor ;
A transmission step of transmitting the penetration state acquired in the penetration state acquisition step to the outside;
A method for measuring a moisture penetration state , characterized in that : A computer of a communication terminal device including a communication unit that communicates with a moisture penetration state measuring device including a moisture sensor, a drainage sensor, and a soil container,
Obtaining the measurement results of the moisture sensor and the drainage sensor from the moisture penetration state measuring device by the communication unit;
Based on the acquired measurement result, an infiltration state acquisition step for acquiring an infiltration state of moisture in the soil,
A method for measuring a moisture penetration state, characterized in that: A computer of a moisture penetration state measuring device equipped with a moisture sensor, a drainage sensor and a soil container ,
Infiltration state acquisition means for acquiring the infiltration state of moisture in the soil from the measurement results of the moisture amount sensor and the drainage sensor ;
Transmitting means for transmitting the infiltration state acquired by the infiltration state acquisition means to the outside;
A program characterized by functioning as A computer of a communication terminal device that acquires information from a moisture penetration state measuring device equipped with a moisture amount sensor, a drainage sensor, and a soil container by communication,
Means for acquiring the measurement results of the moisture sensor and the drainage sensor from the moisture penetration state measuring device by communication;
Based on the acquired measurement result, the infiltration state acquisition means for acquiring the infiltration state of moisture in the soil,
A program characterized by functioning as

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