JPH11134398A - Rental farm management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a farm user to manage a farm without visiting the farm actually by providing a means by which the farm user inputs indications of farming work, a means that a farmer inputs the result of the facing work, a means which outputs the result to a farm user personal computer, etc. SOLUTION: The farm user when asking the farmer for farming work performs its input by using a personal computer for the farm user. The central processing unit of this personal computer receives commands of a control program, sends a request message of the inputted work contents (e.g. seeding, weeding, etc.), to a server by a 'means for indicating processes to the server by using a communication line', and receives a result. When the answer message shows success, the central processor of the personal computer for the farm user receives commands of the control program and displays an animation of farming work. When the farmer receives and outputs demanded work indications, the farmer uses a personal computer for the farmer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for supporting farm management of a rental farm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present rental farms, it is difficult for users to return to the farms, and only nearby people can use them. Therefore, the scale cannot be expanded. There is no effective way to extend. Also, the user is very inconvenient.

[0003]

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problem that a farm user can manage a farm he or she rents without actually going to the farm. An object of the present invention is to provide a system for supporting farm management of a farm and a system that can be easily used by users.

[0004]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by a computer system. As shown in FIG. 2, the computer system is a means for a farm user to input farm work instructions for requesting farm work to a farmer, a means for outputting the instructions to a farmer's personal computer, and the farmer inputs the results of farm work. Means and means for outputting the results to the farm user's personal computer, means for managing the server of electronic messages including farm work instructions, farm work results, etc., and server for recording information necessary for farm management such as farm work instructions, farm work results Recording means, means for instructing the server to perform processing using a communication line, work instructions, server access means for a file for recording information necessary for farm management such as farm work results, server response message creation means, (1) means for creating a response message for inputting and outputting agricultural work instructions;
(2) Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting the results of farm work, (3) Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting the current status of the farm, (4) For concluding a farm lease contract (5) Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting weather information of an area where a farm is located, (6) Means for creating a response message for outputting sales, (7) Means for creating a response message for inputting and outputting the cultivation method;

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a system for supporting farm management of a farm for rent according to the present invention. Multiple farm PCs and peripherals that are clients
It consists of multiple farm user computers and peripheral devices, multiple farm administrator computers and peripheral devices, server computers and peripheral devices, recording media such as hard desks, and communication lines. (2) Farmers,
(3) A farm administrator, and the server is managed by the system provider. In this system, farm users use the farm user's personal computer to (1) farm lease contract (2)
Setting and changing passwords (3) Instructions for farm work (4) Confirmation of current status of farms (5) Display of list of crops that can be newly planted (6) Display of cultivation manual, (7) Display of cultivation costs,
(8) Display of agricultural chemicals, fertilizer, material handbook, (9) Display of local weather information (8) E-mail transmission and reception is possible, and farmers can use personal computers for farmers. Digital camera image input (3) Work input by customer in charge (5) E-mail transmission / reception is possible, and the farm manager can use a personal computer for farm manager to (1) register farmers and farms (2) customer management ( 3) Total sales (4) Input of weather information (5) Creation of cultivation manual (6) E-mail transmission / reception is possible.

Means for instructing a server to perform processing using a communication line: The communication shown in FIG. 3 is used for communication between a client for a farm user, a personal computer for a farm, and a personal computer for a farm manager, which are clients. There are a request message and a response message in the message, which have the same format, and are divided into a header and a data portion. The header has a fixed length, but the data part differs depending on the processing ID. The request message is created by the client, and the response message is created by the server. The processing ID is for instructing what processing is to be performed by the server. For example, data indicating a work request, an incomplete work search request, and the like is set by the client. The central processing unit of the client personal computer receives the instruction of the control program on the memory, secures the memory, and creates a request message (FIG. 7). After setting a value to each member such as the version number of the header section, if there is any content inputted from a keyboard or the like, it writes it to the data section.
Next, the central processing unit transmits the contents of the memory from the communication control device to the server computer using the Internet protocol (IP). If the message has been processed by the message management means of the server, the response message has reached the communication control device, so the message header portion is received first by IP. Check the sequence number of the request message sent earlier,
If the result of the message header part indicates success and the data part length is valid, a memory is secured by referring to the data part length and the data part of the message is read there. If the data portion length is 0 and invalid, the server does not set data, so no reading is performed.

File access means: The central processing unit of the personal computer of the server reads and writes a file on the recording medium in response to a command from the control program on the memory (FIG. 8). The file includes a data file, which is a set of records, and an index file organized by a B-tree index method. The central processing unit receives a command from the control program, and performs search, read, and write for each record while referring to and updating the index file.

Message management means: The central processing unit of the personal computer of the server receives the command of the control program on the memory, constantly monitors the communication control device, and repeats the following processing (FIG. 6). When the message arrives, the header of the message in FIG. 3 is read out to the memory by IP. If the version number is unique to this system, the memory is secured and the data is read by referring to the data section length. If there is no inconsistency in the messages, then the "file access means" confirms whether the set of issuer ID and password is valid. If invalid, an error is set in the response message secured in the memory. If the message is valid, a response message is created by "response message creation means". Next, the central processing unit transmits a response message from the communication control device to the client computer according to the Internet protocol (IP).

Means for a farm user to input farm work instructions for requesting farm work to a farmer, and means for outputting the instructions to a farmer's personal computer: FIG. 4 shows the flow of farm work instructions. When a farm user requests farm work from a farmer, the input is made using a farm user computer. The central processing unit of the personal computer receives the instruction of the control program, and transmits the requested work contents (for example, sowing, weeding, etc.) to the server by "means for instructing the server to perform processing using a communication line". Send and receive results. At this time, a request message that means a work request is used. If the response message indicates success, the central processing unit of the farm user's personal computer displays an animation of performing the farming operation under the instruction of the control program.
When the farmers receive and output the requested work instructions, they use a farmer's personal computer. The central processing unit of the farmer's personal computer receives the instruction of the control program, transmits a request message to the server by "means for instructing the server to perform processing using a communication line", and receives the result. The request message at this time means an uncompleted work search request. If the response message indicates success, the central processing unit of the farmer's personal computer receives the instruction of the control program and outputs the content in the data portion of the response message to an output device such as a display device or a printer. Through these procedures, the contents of the farm work input by the farm user are output to the farmer's personal computer.

Means by which the farmer inputs the result of the agricultural work and means for outputting the result to the farm user PC: FIG. 5 shows the flow of the result of the agricultural work. When farmers input the results of farm work, they use a farmer's personal computer. The central processing unit of this personal computer receives the instruction of the control program, transmits the work result input from the keyboard etc. to the server by "means for instructing the server to process using a communication line" and receives the result. I do. At this time, a request message that indicates a work completion report is used. When farm users receive the results of farm work, they will use the farm user's PC. The central processing unit of the farm user's personal computer receives the instruction of the control program, transmits a request message to the server by "means for instructing the server to perform processing using a communication line", and receives the result. The request message at this time means a request for confirming the progress of farm work. If the response message says success,
The central processing unit of the farmer's personal computer receives the instruction of the control program and outputs the contents in the data part of the response message to an output device such as a display device or a printer. Through these procedures, the results of the farm work input by the farmer are output to the farm user PC.

Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting agricultural work instructions: The central processing unit of the server receives the instruction of the control program, and when the request message is received by the "message management means", the processing ID is If the request means a work request for agricultural work, the contents of the data portion of the message are registered by "file access means" and the result is set in the response message secured on the memory. If the processing ID of the received request message indicates an incomplete work search request, the recording medium is searched by the "file access means", and the result is set in the response message secured on the memory.

Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting the result of the agricultural work: The central processing unit of the server receives a command from the control program, and when the request message is received by the "message management means", the processing ID is If it means a work completion report, the contents of the data part of the message are registered by "file access means" and the result is set in the response message secured on the memory. If the processing ID of the received request message indicates a farm work progress confirmation request,
The recording medium is searched by the "file access means", and the result is set in the response message secured in the memory.

Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting the current status of the farm: When the farmer inputs image data in order to inform the user of the current status of the farm, he / she uses a personal computer for the farmer to “use a communication line. By sending a request message by means for instructing the server to perform processing. The farmer takes the current situation of the farm with a digital camera, or captures the photograph from an image input device such as a scanner into the recording device of a personal computer for the farmer, and performs the HTTP procedure (RFC2068).
Is transmitted separately to the server, but the data part of the request message contains this file name. When the central processing unit of the server receives the instruction of the control program and receives the request message by the "message management means", if the processing ID means the registration of the image data, the central processing unit of the server executes the data access by the "file access means". Is recorded on the recording medium, and the result is set in the response message secured on the memory. Also,
The farm user outputs the current situation of the farm by using a personal computer for the farm user to send a request message by "means for instructing the server to process using a communication line". The apparatus receives a command from the control program, and when the processing ID indicates a request for image data when the message is received by the “message management unit”, the recording medium is searched by the “file access unit” and the search is performed. Get the file name and set it in the response message secured in memory. The telegram is returned to the farm user's PC in the telegram management means. Based on the returned file name, the central processing unit of the farm user's personal computer receives the file content from the server according to the HTTP procedure and outputs it to a display device or the like.

Means for creating a response message to conclude a farm lease contract: The farm user first enters the farm lease contract using the farm user's personal computer into a means for instructing the server to process using the communication line. Is transmitted by transmitting a request message according to the control program, the central processing unit of the server receives a command of the control program, and when the process ID indicates a contract request when the message is received by the "message management means". The following processing is performed. It is determined whether or not the contents of the data portion of the message are not incomplete as a contract, and whether or not the unused farm desired by the farm user has been registered by searching the recording medium by "file access means". If the result is good, the contents of the contract are recorded on a recording medium by "file access means". Set the result in the response message secured in memory. In addition, registration of available farms is performed by the farm manager using a farm manager personal computer to send a request message by "means for instructing the server to perform processing using a communication line". If the processing ID indicates a new plantation registration request when the message is received by the "message management means" upon receipt of a command from the control program, the contents of the data portion such as the location are recorded on the recording medium by the "file access means". To record. Set the result in the response message secured in memory.

Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting weather information of an area where the farm is located: The input of the weather information is performed by the farm administrator using the farm administrator's personal computer to “process the server using the communication line. The request is sent by the "instructing means", but the central processing unit of the server receives the instruction of the control program, and when the message is received by the "telegram managing means", the processing ID indicates a request for registration of weather information. If it means, the weather information of the data part is recorded on the recording medium by the "file access means", and the result is set in the response message secured on the memory. In addition, when outputting the weather information of the area where the farm is located, the farm user transmits the request message by "means for instructing the server to perform processing using a communication line" using the personal computer for the farm user. However, when the central processing unit of the server receives the instruction of the control program and receives the message by the "message management means", if the processing ID indicates a request for weather information, the "file access means" The recording medium is searched to retrieve the corresponding weather information, and the retrieved weather information is set in the response message secured on the memory. The telegram is returned to the farm user's personal computer by the "telegram management means" and output to a display device or the like.

Means for creating a response message for outputting sales: The farm administrator uses a personal computer for the farm administrator to output the sales status by "means for instructing the server to perform processing using a communication line". This is performed by transmitting the request message, but if the central processing unit of the server receives the command of the control program and receives the message by the "message management means", the processing ID indicates a sales totaling request. Then, the storage medium is searched by the "file access means", the cost is calculated from the corresponding work content, the result is aggregated, and the result is set in the response message secured in the memory. The message is returned to the farm administrator's personal computer in the "message management means" and output to a display device or the like. It is assumed that the method of calculating the cost is predetermined.

Means for creating a response message for inputting and outputting the cultivation method: When the farm administrator inputs the crop cultivation method, he or she uses the personal computer for the farm administrator to "instruct the server to process using the communication line. The request message is transmitted by “means for performing”. The farm administrator creates a file describing the cultivation method and transmits it separately to the server according to the HTTP procedure. The data portion of the request message contains this file name. The central processing unit of the server receives the command of the control program and, when the request message is received by the “message management means”, if the processing ID means a cultivation manual registration request, the data processing unit transmits the data section by the “file access means”. Is recorded on the recording medium, and the result is set in the response message secured on the memory. Also, when outputting the crop cultivation method, the farm user sends a request message using the farm user's personal computer by "means for instructing the server to process using a communication line". The central processing unit receives the instruction of the control program, and when the processing ID indicates a cultivation manual introduction request when the message is received by the “message management means”, the recording medium is searched by the “file access means”. The corresponding file name is taken out and set in the response message secured in the memory. The telegram is returned to the farm user's PC in the telegram management means. The central processing unit of the personal computer for the farm user receives the file content from the server according to the HTTP procedure based on the returned file name, and makes the display device or the like.

[0018]

[Embodiment] There are various types of messages as shown in FIG. 9. In addition, there are a user confirmation request, a password change (registration) request, a contract confirmation request, a crop menu registration request, a crop menu version request, a crop menu request, a cultivation manual. Registration request, cultivation manual version request, manager list version request, manager list request, handbook registration request, handbook version request, handbook item request, user information search request, user information registration request, new contract search request, worker There are a sales tabulation request, an accounts receivable search request, a crop history tabulation request, an expense tabulation request, and the like.

A farm user first makes a contract to rent a small farm from a farm using a personal computer. At this time, the farm user's computer issues a contract telegram (1). At this time, the farm user receives a message (request for the administrator list).
Thus, a list of farm managers can be obtained, and contracts with desired agricultural organizations such as agricultural cooperatives and agricultural corporations are possible. Once the contract is concluded, the user can indirectly perform agricultural work. The farm work is an animation, but the work instruction is actually sent to a server on the Internet as a telegram (3). For example, for work such as weeding and sowing, a telegram (3) indicating that is sent.

If it is desired to know the status of the farm, the latest image and work status of the farm previously input by the farmer can be inquired to the server by electronic messages (5, 7).
You can check the growth status of the crop. In addition, since the growth of crops and weather conditions are closely related, if it is desired to know local weather information, the weather information input in advance by the farm administrator can be inquired to the server by telegram (9) and viewed. As a result, if the situation where it does not rain continues, a work instruction such as watering can be issued. When the user wants to see detailed information on the farm, he or she can inquire the server by inputting information such as the location of the farm, the name of the worker, and the name of the farmhouse, which have been input in advance by the farm manager, by electronic mail (contract confirmation request). If it is not known what kind of crops may be grown, the farmer can inquire the catalog information of the cultivated crops inputted in advance by the farm manager to the server by electronic message (crop menu request). In addition, when it is desired to know the cultivation method of the crop, the cultivation method of the crop, which has been input in advance by the farm administrator, can be inquired to the server by electronic mail (11) and viewed. When it is desired to know the characteristics of pesticides, fertilizers, and materials necessary for cultivation of crops, the characteristics inputted by the farm administrator in advance can be inquired to the server by electronic message (handbook item introduction request). If you want to know the cost of growing a crop, you can inquire the cost to the server by telegram (expense summary request). This cost and rent will be paid by the user to the plantation manager.

On the other hand, the farmers probably receive the work contents of the day from the personal computer at the scheduled time every day. It can be realized by the farmer's personal computer inquiring the server by telegram (8). When there is an instruction, the actual farm work is performed as instructed. The farm work place is the farm where the contract is made in advance. The work result is sent to the server by the electronic message (4) and can be viewed by the user. In addition, a photograph of the current situation of the farm is created by a farmer as data of a digital camera, and is also transmitted by the electronic message (6) and can be viewed by the user by the electronic message (7). Also, when the farmer is instructed to harvest by telegram (3), he harvests the crop and delivers it to the user.

The farm manager can create a cultivation manual and a cultivated crop catalog, store them in a server by electronic message (cultivation manual registration request), and provide them to the user. The farm manager can store the local weather information in a server by telegram (10) and provide it to the user. The farm manager can document the characteristics of pesticides, fertilizers, and materials, store them in a server by electronic mail (handbook registration request), and provide them to the user. In addition, the farm administrator can inquire and see the sales and accounts receivable from the server by electronic mail (12). In addition, when the farm administrator runs short of farms, he can actually secure the farms and register them on the server by telegram (2) as rental farms.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the farm manager can manage the rental farm efficiently, and the farmer can maintain the farmland. on the other hand,
Users do not have to go to the site every time they work, they can do their favorite cultivation such as pesticide-free cultivation and seasonal vegetable cultivation, so they can enjoy as if they are cultivating crops in a vegetable garden. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the means.

FIG. 3 Structure of a message

Fig. 4 Flow of instructions for agricultural work

Fig. 5 Result flow of farm work

FIG. 6 is a processing flow of a message management unit.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a client computer.

FIG. 8 is a computer block diagram for a server.

FIG. 9 Telegram

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A system for supporting farm management of a farm for rent, wherein a farm user inputs farm work instructions for requesting farm work to a farmer, and means for outputting the instructions to a farm personal computer. Means for farmers to input the results of farming,
And means to output the results to the farm user's PC, farm work instructions, server management means for telegrams including farm work results, and server records that record farm work instructions, farm work results, and other information necessary for farm management. Means, a system for supporting farm management of a rental farm characterized by including these. 2. A means for a farm user to input farm work instructions for requesting farm work to a farmer, a means for outputting the instructions to a personal computer for a farmer, a means for the farmer to input the results of farm work, and the results. Means to output to the farm user PC are means to instruct the server to process using a communication line,
The system for supporting the farm management of the farm for rent according to claim 1, wherein the system comprises: 3. The farm management system according to claim 1, wherein the server's management means for telegrams includes access means for a file for recording information necessary for farm management such as work instructions and results of farm work. A system to support. 4. The message management means of the server includes: (1) means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting a farm work instruction;
(2) Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting the results of farm work, (3) Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting the current status of the farm, (4) For concluding a farm lease contract (5) Means for creating a response message for inputting / outputting weather information of an area where a farm is located, (6) Means for creating a response message for outputting sales, (7) 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a response message creating means for creating a response message for inputting and outputting a cultivation method.