WO2015186355A1

WO2015186355A1 - Method for providing facility maintenance and management service, method and computer system for implementing process required for facility maintenance and management, method for providing airport facility maintenance and management service, and method and computer system for implementing process required for airport facility maintenance and management

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Publication number: WO2015186355A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/002799
Authority: WO
Inventors: 美智男小田部
Original assignee: 興和ビルメンテナンス株式会社
Priority date: 2014-06-06
Filing date: 2015-06-02
Publication date: 2015-12-10

Abstract

The present invention enables maintenance and management of a facility such as a golf course to be performed by a worker with little knowledge or experience or by an unmanned work vehicle. A process required for maintenance and management of a facility such as a golf course is executed by a computer system (Cs). A vehicle (V) capable of moving over at least one region having plant growth is equipped with a sensor for sensing data regarding plant growth. The computer system (Cs) is configured to: acquire the data regarding plant growth that have been sensed by the sensor at least at one point in at least one region where plants grow while the vehicle moves over at least the one region having plant growth; generate, on the basis of the acquired data regarding plant growth, information that can be utilized for maintenance and management of the facility; and output the information.

Description

Method for providing facility maintenance service, method and computer system for executing processing necessary for facility maintenance management, method for providing airport facility maintenance management service, and processing necessary for airport facility maintenance management Method and computer system

The present invention relates to a method for providing a facility maintenance service, a method for executing processing necessary for facility maintenance, and a computer system, and more particularly to information that can be used for facility maintenance (for example, necessary for facility maintenance). The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a facility with work information indicating a proper work.

The present invention relates to a method for providing maintenance and management services for airport facilities, a method for executing processing necessary for maintenance and management of airport facilities, and a computer system. It relates to airport facility maintenance services for the purpose of improving safety.

As of 2013, there are 2258 courses in the “golf course”, one of the leisure industries. However, the golf course population has declined due to the economic situation, and the golf course's profitability has not been stopped by sluggish sales of golf courses, such as lowering of play fees (reduction of usage fees) due to strengthening competition to attract customers and decreasing sales at cafeterias. The tough situation continues. In order to improve profitability, each golf course has introduced its own cost-saving measures (outsourcing of restaurant departments, energy saving of utility water, review of facility maintenance costs, etc.), but the effect is limited It is.

On the other hand, since the method of maintaining and managing the course of the golf course follows the conventional method, labor saving and efficiency improvement of work has not progressed. For this reason, the maintenance costs for courses that are said to be sanctuaries at golf courses (lawn mowing, fertilizer / disinfectant spraying, renewal work, etc.) have hardly been reduced, which is a major management issue.

The maintenance of the current course is constantly regarded as a work that requires human resources, and most of the expenses are labor costs, purchase costs for lawn mowers, and maintenance costs for purchased equipment.

Actually, a worker who is working with a lawn mower etc. must interrupt the work when the player hits a tee shot so as not to interfere with play. The time interval until the next party arrives is generally a few minutes, and since the work can only be done during that time and the work is interrupted one by one, the work efficiency is remarkably inferior. It is estimated that the average work capacity is only about 4 hours, half of that.

Moreover, although the work is divided into a variety of methods such as lawn mowing, fertilizer / disinfection / measuring / irrigation spraying, thatch removal, weeding, cleaning, etc., the working hours are during the day. (During the day) Moreover, since the turf condition differs depending on the course location such as green, rough, fairway, tee, etc., it is necessary to adjust the work content at each location. Further, in a golf course, the grass growing region is not flat but has a rough shape, so that the grass is not easy to care for. Currently, the maintenance of golf course turf is performed by a large number of workers, but it is not easy to secure workers with experience and knowledge. Thus, although the maintenance management work of the course of the golf course is not easy, the working time of the day is limited, so that the sufficient maintenance management work is not actually performed.

In particular, at each golf course, it is difficult to maintain the membership system after the bubble burst, so the current situation is to maintain management by attracting many non-members. For this reason, self-play has become the mainstream, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain and manage the course due to a decrease in the unit price of customers, extension of operating hours, normalization of business 24/7. As a result, the conventional method has a problem that it is very difficult to reduce the maintenance cost of the course.

In addition, it is also known to use machines to perform maintenance management work for golf courses. For example, an automatic lawn mower that cuts grass while automatically moving in a golf course or the like is known (Patent Document 1). However, since it is human beings after all to operate such a machine, the problem described above remains unsolved only by introducing such a machine.

By the way, as mentioned above, the problem of costly maintenance of facilities is not limited to golf courses, but can also occur in other facilities including areas where plants grow. This is a major problem at airports that include a vast area where plants grow.

Conventionally, airport facilities such as runways, landing zones, and aprons have been maintained throughout the year so that aircraft can be operated safely and smoothly.

The maintenance cost of such airport facilities is a big burden at each airport. For example, in the case of Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport), the area covered by mowing is 3.2 million m2, the frequency of mowing is 3-4 times a year, and the unit price per m2 is 50 yen. The cost is estimated to be 640 million yen (= 50 yen / m2 × 3.2 million m2 × 4 times).

In fact, at Tokyo International Airport, 661.35 million yen was paid for maintenance work in fiscal 2011, and the total number of people involved in maintenance work reached approximately 11200 annually. . Of particular note is that the number of mowing workers is estimated to be 5390 per year, and labor costs alone are estimated at around 200 million yen.

This mowing work is specifically performed in an area where plants such as turf and grass grow, such as the landing zone, which plays an important role in aircraft operation.

The landing zone is a vast area that spreads around the runway to ensure safety when landing. In Article 2 of the Aviation Law, a landing zone is provided for use in "takeoff of an aircraft in a specific direction (including the following, including water)" or landing (including the same, including landing). It is defined as the rectangular part in the airfield. In the Aviation Law Enforcement Regulations, the standard value corresponding to the length and width of the runway is shown as the width of the landing zone.

This landing zone plays an important role in mitigating shocks to the aircraft by plants such as turf and grass and minimizing damage when the aircraft deviates from the runway. Further, since the landing zone appears as a green zone to the pilot in the sky, the pilot can easily identify the runway by the contrast between the landing zone, which is a green zone, and the asphalt runway. In addition, signs such as guide lights that guide the landing of the aircraft are also installed in the landing zone.

In the landing zone of this role, if plants such as turf and grass are too short, the cushioning when the airplane fails to land will be impaired, and conversely the plants such as turf and grass in the landing zone will grow too much Because it is difficult to see signs such as guide lights, and it is difficult to get ambulances and fire trucks into the landing zone in an emergency, so at Tokyo International Airport, plants such as grass and grass in the landing zone are It is obliged to cut to 5cm.

Currently, mowing work for cutting plants such as turf and grass in the landing zone is performed manually or by manipulating a tractor. The use of such a tractor for mowing work is disclosed in Patent Document 2, for example. When mowing during the day, the operator must evacuate the tractor every time the aircraft takes off and landing, and the work efficiency is poor. Therefore, the work is usually performed at night. Therefore, enormous labor costs are incurred for mowing the landing zone.

Furthermore, in addition to the labor costs for the mowing work of the landing zone, work vehicles for mowing such as tractors are kept at each airport, so the purchase cost and maintenance cost of the work vehicles are enormous. It has become.

In addition, at the airport, there is a bird strike problem that hinders the safe and smooth operation of aircraft. At present, when a group of three people patrol the airport and see a bird, a large sound generator is used. We are taking measures against bird damage by emitting a loud sound to drive away birds.

Furthermore, at airports, in addition to the problem of costly cutting of the landing zone and measures against bird damage, it is important for the safe operation of the aircraft that the wintering of plants such as grass and grass in the landing zone will lead to aircraft landing failure. There's a problem. Here, the wintering of plants such as turf and grass in the landing zone leads to the failure of the aircraft to land when the wintering of plants such as turf and grass in the landing zone occurs and the contrast between the runway and the landing zone decreases. This is because it becomes difficult for the pilot to identify the runway. In fact, at airports that have taxiways parallel to the runway, it is difficult to distinguish the runway from the taxiway due to the wintering of plants such as turf and grass in the landing zone. Accidents such as getting off have also occurred. Here, the taxiway is a passage for the aircraft to move from an apron or the like to take a predetermined position on the runway for takeoff or to move from the runway to an apron or the like after landing. Is a place where aircraft are parked for passengers getting on and off, loading and unloading cargo, refueling, and simple inspection and maintenance.

JP-A-8-163905 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-133631

As described above, the conventional golf course has a problem that it is very difficult to reduce the maintenance cost of the course.

In addition, as described above, in conventional airports, the maintenance efficiency of airport facilities is very poor, and enormous expenses are required for maintenance of airport facilities. Although it has been pointed out for a long time that the maintenance of such airport facilities is costly, no effective countermeasures have been found.

The present invention provides information that can be used for maintenance and management of facilities such as golf courses, so that even a worker with little knowledge or experience or an unmanned work vehicle can maintain and manage facilities based on the provided information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system that can perform necessary work and thereby reduce the maintenance cost of facilities.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system capable of improving the work efficiency of maintenance work of an airport facility and thereby reducing the cost required for the maintenance of the airport facility.

The method of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service of a facility including at least one area where a plant grows, and the method includes at least one vehicle movable on the at least one area. The at least one vehicle is equipped with at least one sensor that senses data related to the growth of the plant, and the at least one vehicle comprises the at least one vehicle. Based on data related to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one area while moving over the area, can be used for maintenance of the facility Generating the information and providing the information to the facility, whereby the above objective is achieved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the information may include work information indicating work necessary for maintenance and management of the facility.

In one embodiment of the invention, the information may be shown on a map of the facility.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the facility is a golf course, the plant is a turf, and the data related to the growth of the turf includes environmental data indicating an environment in which the turf grows and Including at least one of growth state data indicating a growth state, and the environmental data includes data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, data indicating soil moisture content, and data indicating soil pH value The growth state data may include data indicating the concentration of chlorophyll.

The method of the present invention is a method for executing processing necessary for maintenance of a facility including at least one region where a plant grows, and the method is executed in a computer system and moves on the at least one region. At least one possible vehicle is equipped with at least one sensor that senses data related to the growth of the plant, the method comprising: the computer system including the at least one vehicle in the at least one region; Obtaining data relating to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one region while moving over, and the computer system is obtained Generating information that can be used for maintenance of the facility based on data related to the growth of the plant; Computer system includes and outputting the information, the objects can be achieved.

The system of the present invention is a computer system that executes processing necessary for maintenance of a facility including at least one area where plants grow, and includes at least one vehicle that can move on the at least one area. At least one sensor for sensing data relating to the growth of the plant is mounted, and the computer system is configured to operate the at least one area while the at least one vehicle is moving over the at least one area. Acquiring the data related to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the plant, and maintaining the facility based on the acquired data related to the growth of the plant. It is configured to generate usable information and to output the information. The purpose is achieved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the facility is provided with at least one work vehicle movable on the at least one region, and the at least one work vehicle is provided with the information based on the information. It may further include that at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the facility is mounted.

In one embodiment of the invention, the information is available on at least one work vehicle movable on the at least one region, the at least one work vehicle having the facility based on the information. At least one working device that performs the work necessary for the maintenance and maintenance may be installed.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the information is available in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle performs at least work necessary for maintenance of the facility based on the information. One working device may be further mounted.

The method of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service for an airport facility, wherein the airport facility includes at least one landing zone, and a plant grows on the at least one landing zone, and the method Providing the airport facility with at least one vehicle movable on the at least one landing zone, wherein the at least one vehicle detects at least one data relating to the growth of the plant. Detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one landing zone. Generating information that can be used for maintenance of the airport facility based on the data related to the growth of the plant that has been provided, and providing the information to the airport facility. And a to the above objects can be achieved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the information may include work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility.

In one embodiment of the invention, the information may be shown on a map of the airport facility.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the data related to the growth of the plant includes at least one of environmental data indicating an environment in which the plant grows and growth state data indicating the growth state of the plant, The data includes at least one of data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, data indicating soil moisture content, and data indicating soil pH value, and the growth state data includes the concentration of chlorophyll. Data may be included.

In one embodiment of the present invention, at least one work vehicle movable on the at least one landing zone is provided to the airport facility, the at least one work vehicle being based on the information. It may further include that at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility is mounted.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the information is available in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle performs work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information. At least one working device may be further mounted.

The method of the present invention is a method for executing processing necessary for maintenance of an airport facility, wherein the airport facility includes at least one landing zone, and a plant grows on the at least one landing zone. The method is carried out by a computer system, wherein at least one vehicle movable on the at least one landing zone is equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data relating to the growth of the plant; The method wherein the computer system is sensed by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving over the at least one landing zone. Acquiring data relating to the growth of the plant and the computer system acquiring data relating to the obtained growth of the plant. Based on the data, generates information that may be utilized for maintenance of the airport facilities, the computer system includes and outputting the information, the objects can be achieved.

In one embodiment of the invention, the information is available on at least one work vehicle that is movable on the at least one landing zone, the at least one work vehicle based on the information At least one working device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility may be mounted.

The system of the present invention is a computer system that executes processing necessary for maintenance of an airport facility, and the airport facility includes at least one landing zone, and a plant grows on the at least one landing zone. The at least one vehicle that can move on the at least one landing zone is equipped with at least one sensor that detects data related to the growth of the plant, and the computer system includes the at least one sensor. Obtaining data related to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one landing zone while the vehicle is moving over the at least one landing zone; Based on the acquired data relating to the growth of the plant, information that can be used for maintenance of the airport facility is generated. When, is configured to perform and outputting the information, the objects can be achieved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the information is available in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle performs an operation necessary for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information. At least one working device may be further mounted.

The method of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service for an airport facility, wherein the airport facility includes at least one landing zone, and a plant grows on the at least one landing zone, and the method Providing the airport facility with at least one vehicle movable on the at least one landing zone, the at least one vehicle having a coloring means for coloring the plant, and controlling the coloring means And a control means configured to color the plants on the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one landing zone. By controlling the coloring means, the above object is achieved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the coloring means is configured to color the plant with a colorant, and the colorant takes up dust or dust that has risen in the air due to takeoff or landing of an aircraft. You may have adhesiveness.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the coloring means is configured to color the plant with a coloring agent, and the coloring agent may have quasi-incombustibility.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the coloring means is configured to color the plant with a coloring agent, and the coloring agent may have a property of promoting photosynthesis of the plant.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the at least one vehicle further includes a mowing means for mowing the plant, and the control means moves the at least one vehicle on the at least one landing zone. During this time, the mowing means may be controlled to mow the plants on the at least one landing zone.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after the mowing means harvests the plant before the plant withers in winter, the control means divides the coloring of the plant once or several times by the coloring means. The coloring means may be controlled as described above.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after the mowing means harvests the plant before the plant withers in winter, the control means causes the coloring means to perform coloring by adjusting the shade of the colorant. The coloring means may be controlled.

The method of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service for an airport facility, wherein the airport facility includes at least one travel path on which an aircraft travels, and the method moves on the at least one travel path. Providing at least one possible vehicle to the airport facility, wherein the at least one vehicle includes snow removal means for removing snow from the at least one travel path, and control means for controlling the snow removal means; And the control means is arranged so that snow removal on the at least one road is performed by the snow removal means while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one road. The above object is achieved by controlling the snow removal means.

The method of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service for an airport facility, wherein the airport facility includes at least one area where plants grow, and the method moves over the at least one area. Providing at least one possible vehicle to the airport facility, wherein the at least one vehicle takes in water from a puddle formed in the at least one area, and is taken in by the water intake means A water discharge means for discharging the discharged water, and a control means for controlling the water intake means and the water discharge means. The control means moves the at least one vehicle over the at least one region. During the operation, the water intake means such that the water in the water pool formed in the at least one region by the water intake means and the water discharge means is diffused to a place where water does not accumulate. Controlling means and dissipating water unit, said object is achieved.

According to the present invention, by providing information that can be used for maintenance management of facilities such as golf courses, the work standards can be clarified and shared, so that even a worker with little knowledge and experience or an unmanned work vehicle However, it is possible to perform the work necessary for the maintenance of the facility based on the provided information, and as a result, the necessary expenses for the maintenance of the facility can be reduced.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the work efficiency of the airport facility maintenance work, thereby reducing the cost required for airport facility maintenance.

FIG. 1A is a diagram for explaining a mode of providing a maintenance service in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and shows a positional relationship between a business office and a facility (golf course) in a service area. FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating a mode for providing a maintenance service in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and shows a state where a plurality of facilities (golf courses) in a service area are grouped. FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating the maintenance management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and shows the configuration of the maintenance management system. FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating the maintenance management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a configuration of a computer system included in the maintenance management system. FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating the maintenance management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates an example of a golf course that is a target of the maintenance management service. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a process of providing a maintenance service by the maintenance system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The process Pa˜ executed by the computer system Cs of the maintenance system 100 installed in the business office 1000 is shown in FIG. Pc is shown. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a maintenance management service providing method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the vehicle V used in the maintenance management system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation of detecting environmental data used in the maintenance management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention at the first hole H1 of the golf course G1. FIG. 7A is a diagram for explaining a method for providing a maintenance service according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and shows a positional relationship between a business office and a facility (golf course) in the service area. FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a maintenance service according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and shows a state where a plurality of facilities (golf courses) in a service area are grouped. FIG. 7C is a diagram for explaining a method for providing a maintenance service according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a maintenance management system at a business office. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the vehicle Va used in the maintenance management system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating operations performed in the first hole H1 of the golf course G1 by the maintenance system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10A is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and shows a positional relationship between a business office and a facility (golf course) in the service area. FIG. 10B is a diagram illustrating a mode for providing a maintenance service in Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and shows a state where a plurality of facilities (golf courses) in a service area are grouped. FIG. 10C is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a maintenance system provided in the office. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a vehicle Vb used in the maintenance management system 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the work performed in the first hole H1 of the golf course G1 by the maintenance system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13A is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a positional relationship between a business office and a facility (golf course) in the service area. FIG. 13B is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in Embodiment 4 of the present invention, and shows a state where a plurality of facilities (golf courses) in a service area are grouped. FIG. 13C is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in Embodiment 4 of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a maintenance system provided in the office. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a vehicle Vc used in the maintenance management system 400 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating the work performed in the first hole H1 of the golf course G1 by the maintenance system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16A is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a vehicle that can be used in the maintenance management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a vehicle configuration in which a tow vehicle is connected to a towed vehicle on which a work device is mounted. FIG. 16B is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a vehicle that can be used in the maintenance management system according to the third or fourth embodiment of the present invention, and a towed vehicle equipped with a sensor unit and a towed vehicle equipped with a work device; The vehicle structure which connected is shown. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a yard line drawn in the first hole H1 and serving as a guide for a flight distance. FIG. 18A is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that a business office that provides the maintenance service provides. FIG. 18B is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing the maintenance service in the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state in which a plurality of airports that the offices that provide the maintenance service provide are grouped. FIG. 19A is a diagram for explaining the maintenance management system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and shows the configuration of the maintenance management system. FIG. 19B is a diagram for explaining a maintenance management system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a computer system included in the maintenance management system. FIG. 19C is a diagram illustrating the maintenance management system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates an example of an airport that is a target of maintenance management service. FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining a process of providing a maintenance service by the maintenance system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The process APa to be executed by the computer system ACs of the maintenance system 500 installed in the business office 5000 is illustrated. APc is shown. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a maintenance management service providing method according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle AV used in the maintenance management system 500 according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. FIG. 23A is a plan view showing a state where the vehicle of the maintenance system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 23B is a perspective view showing a state where the vehicle of the maintenance system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 24A is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that a business office that provides the maintenance service provides. FIG. 24B is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing the maintenance service in the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state in which a plurality of airports that a business office that provides the maintenance service provides is grouped. FIG. 24C is a diagram illustrating the maintenance management system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates the configuration of the maintenance management system. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the vehicle AVA used in the maintenance management system 600 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 26A is a plan view showing a state where the work vehicle AVA of the maintenance system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 26B is a perspective view showing a state where the work vehicle AVA of the maintenance system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 27A is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the seventh embodiment of the present invention, and shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that a business office that provides the maintenance service provides. FIG. 27B is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing the maintenance service in the seventh embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state in which a plurality of airports that the offices that provide the maintenance service provide are grouped. FIG. 27C is a diagram illustrating the maintenance management system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, and shows the configuration of the maintenance management system. FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a configuration of a detection work vehicle AVb used in the maintenance management system 700 according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 29A is a plan view showing a state where the detection work vehicle AVb of the maintenance system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 29B is a perspective view showing a state where the detection work vehicle AVb of the maintenance system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 30A is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the eighth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that a business office that provides the maintenance service provides. FIG. 30B is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the eighth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state in which a plurality of airport facilities handled by establishments that provide the maintenance service are grouped. FIG. 30C is a diagram illustrating the maintenance management system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, and shows the configuration of the maintenance management system. FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a configuration of a detection work vehicle AVc used in the maintenance management system 800 according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention. FIG. 32A is a plan view showing a state where the detection work vehicle AVc of the maintenance system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 32B is a perspective view showing how the detection work vehicle AVc of the maintenance management system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 33A is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the ninth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that a business office that provides the maintenance service provides. FIG. 33B is a diagram for explaining a mode for providing a maintenance service in the ninth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state in which a plurality of airports owned by establishments that provide the maintenance service are grouped. FIG. 33C is a diagram for explaining the maintenance management system according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration of the maintenance management system. FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle AVf used in the maintenance management system 900 according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention. FIG. 35A is a plan view showing a state where the vehicle AVf of the maintenance system according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 35B is a perspective view illustrating a state where the vehicle AVf of the maintenance system according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention moves in the first landing zone of the airport A1. FIG. 36A is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a vehicle that can be used in the maintenance management system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a vehicle configuration in which a tow vehicle is connected to a towed vehicle on which a work device is mounted. FIG. 36B is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a vehicle that can be used in the maintenance management system according to the seventh and eighth embodiments of the present invention, and a towed vehicle equipped with a sensor unit and a towed vehicle equipped with a work device. The vehicle structure which connected is shown. FIG. 37 shows a configuration of a vehicle AVg that is a first modification of the vehicle AVf shown in FIG. FIG. 38 is a diagram for explaining a method for providing a maintenance management service according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a maintenance management system provided in a business office that provides the maintenance management service. FIG. 39 is a diagram showing airport runways and landing zones for which maintenance management services are provided by the maintenance management system shown in FIG. FIG. 40A is a diagram for explaining the maintenance system according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention, and shows a side-by-side snowplow AVh1 used in this maintenance system. FIG. 40B is a diagram for explaining the maintenance system according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a rotary snowplow AVh2 used in this maintenance system. FIG. 41A is a diagram schematically showing an appearance of the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 shown in FIG. 40A. FIG. 41B is a diagram for describing snow removal work by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 shown in FIG. 41A. FIG. 41C is a diagram showing a state where the snow removal work by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 shown in FIG. 41A is completed. FIG. 42A is a diagram schematically showing the appearance of the rotary snowplow AVh2 shown in FIG. 40B. FIG. 42B is a diagram for describing snow removal work by the rotary snowplow AVh2 shown in FIG. 42A. FIG. 42C is a diagram showing a state where the snow removal work by the rotary snowplow AVh2 shown in FIG. 42A is completed. FIG. 43 is a diagram for explaining a method for providing a maintenance management service according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a maintenance management system provided in a business office that provides the maintenance management service. FIG. 44 is a diagram for explaining an airport where a maintenance service is provided by the maintenance system shown in FIG. FIG. 45 is a diagram for explaining the maintenance management system shown in FIG. 43, and is a diagram showing a puddle removal vehicle AVk used in this maintenance management system. FIG. 46 is a diagram for explaining a puddle removing operation by the puddle removing vehicle AVk shown in FIG.

One aspect of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service for a facility including an area where a plant grows, and provides the facility with a vehicle that can move on the area where the plant grows. The present invention relates to a sensor that detects data related to the growth of a plant by a sensor mounted on the, generates information that can be used for maintenance of the facility based on this data, and provides the information to the facility.

Here, the facility may be any facility as long as it includes a region where the plant grows. However, in the description of the embodiment below, the facility is a golf course and the facility is an airport. I will give you.

One aspect of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service for an airport facility including a landing zone, which provides a vehicle that can move on the landing zone to the airport facility and is mounted on the vehicle while the vehicle is moving. The present invention relates to a coloring means and a control means for coloring a plant growing in a landing zone. Here, the coloring method is not limited.

One invention of the present application is a method for providing a maintenance management service for an airport facility including a travel path on which an aircraft travels, such as a runway and a taxiway, and provides a vehicle movable on the travel path to the airport facility. The present invention relates to a device that removes snow from a traveling path by snow removing means mounted on a vehicle while the vehicle is moving. Here, the configuration of the vehicle equipped with the snow removal means is not limited.

One aspect of the present invention is a method for providing a maintenance service for an airport facility including an area where a plant grows, and provides the airport facility with a vehicle that can move on the area where the plant grows. This is a method for providing a service for diffusing water in a pool where a plant grows by a water intake means and a water discharge means mounted on a vehicle to a place where water does not accumulate so as to promote evaporation. . Here, the structure of the water intake means is not limited, and any means may be used as long as it can take in the water in the water pool formed in the area where the plant grows. The structure of the water discharge means is not limited, and any structure may be used as long as the water in the collected water can be blown to a place where the water does not accumulate so as to promote evaporation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
First, taking a golf course as an example of a facility as an example, one mode for providing a golf course maintenance management service will be described.

(Form to provide golf course maintenance service)
FIG. 1A shows the positional relationship between a business establishment 1000 that provides a golf course maintenance management service and a plurality of golf courses G1 to G8 located in the service area Rs of the business establishment 1000.

The service area Rs of the business establishment 1000 is preferably within a radius of 10 km centered on the business establishment 1000, but is not limited thereto. The business establishment 1000 provides a golf course maintenance management service to each of the plurality of golf courses G1 to G8 located in the service area Rs of the business establishment 1000. Thereby, even if each golf course does not have the machine and know-how for maintaining the golf course, the golf course can be maintained and managed by the golf course maintenance service provided by the establishment 1000. Is possible.

FIG. 1B shows a state in which a plurality of golf courses G1 to G8 in the service area Rs of the business establishment 1000 are classified into two groups.

In the example shown in FIG. 1B, the golf courses G1 to G4 are classified into one group (unit U1), and the golf courses G5 to G8 are classified into another group (unit U2). The golf courses belonging to the same group are preferably golf courses close to each other, but are not limited thereto. In the example shown in FIG. 1B, only the layout of the hole H of the golf course G1 is shown. The layout of the holes in the golf courses G2 to G8 other than the golf course G1 is not shown.

The establishment 1000 provides a golf course maintenance management service with each of these groups (ie, units) as a unit. For example, the business establishment 1000 provides the golf course G1 with one or more vehicles owned by the business establishment 1000 (or the company to which the business establishment 1000 belongs). For example, one or more vehicles may be carried into the golf course G1 by driving and moving one or more vehicles by a staff member of the business establishment 1000. Alternatively, one or more vehicles may be carried into the golf course G1 by a member of the business establishment 1000 carrying one or more vehicles on a truck. One or more vehicles are vehicles (for example, lawn mowers) used for performing maintenance of the golf course G1.

The one or more vehicles are preferably shared by several golf courses (for example, golf courses G1 to G4 belonging to the unit U1), but are not limited thereto. For example, one or more vehicles may be shared by the golf courses G1 to G4 belonging to the unit U1, and another one or more vehicles may be shared by the golf courses G5 to G8 belonging to the unit U2. However, the form in which one or more vehicles for maintenance of facilities such as golf courses are shared by the facility is not limited to such form. For example, in golf courses G1 to G4 in which one or more vehicles belong to unit U1. After being used while being circulated, the same one or more vehicles may be circulated and used at the golf courses G5 to G8 belonging to the unit U2.

While one or more vehicles carried into the golf course G1 are being used for maintenance of the golf course G1, the one or more vehicles may receive various data (eg, , Collect data related to plant growth). Data collected by the one or more vehicles is stored in the maintenance management system 100 installed in the office 1000. The maintenance management system 100 generates information that can be used for maintenance of the golf course G1 by processing the stored data. This information is provided to the golf course G1 (for example, an administrator of the golf course G1).

One or more vehicles carried into the golf course G1 are moved to the golf course G2 on the next day, moved to the golf course G3 on the next day, and on the next day, the golf course is moved to the golf course G3. It is moved to the field G4. As described above, one or more vehicles provided from the business establishment 1000 can be shared in a circular manner between the golf courses G1 to G4 with the unit U1 as one unit. The work of moving one or more vehicles between golf courses is preferably handled by a member of the business establishment 1000, but is not limited thereto. Of course, the shift for patrol of one or more vehicles does not have to be performed every day, and may be performed every predetermined period. Also, at the same time when a set of one or more vehicles are carried into the golf course G1, another set of one or more vehicles are carried into the golf course G3, and these two sets of one or more vehicles are patroled. It is also possible to reduce the work interval by sharing them.

As described above, since one or more vehicles brought into each golf course are regularly provided from the business establishment 1000, each golf course does not need to own one or more vehicles. Therefore, it is not necessary for each golf course to bear the purchase cost or maintenance cost of one or more vehicles. Furthermore, each golf course is provided with information that can be used for maintenance and management of each golf course from the establishment 1000, so that it is not necessary for each golf course to have its own computer equipment. Thereby, each golf course can reduce the cost required for the maintenance of the golf course.

In the example shown in FIG. 1A, eight golf courses are included in the service area Rs handled by one establishment 1000, but the golf courses included in the service area Rs of one establishment 1000 are included. The number is not limited to eight. The service area Rs handled by one business establishment 1000 can include any number of golf courses. In the example shown in FIG. 1B, four golf courses are included in one unit, but the number of golf courses included in one unit is not limited to four. One unit can include any number of golf courses.

Furthermore, in the example shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, a plurality of golf courses in the service area Rs that one establishment is responsible for are grouped to provide a maintenance service, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the maintenance management service may be provided to each golf course without grouping a plurality of golf courses in the service area Rs that one establishment is responsible for.

(Maintenance management system 100)
FIG. 2A shows an example of the configuration of the maintenance management system 100 installed in the business establishment 1000 shown in FIG. 1B.

The maintenance management system 100 executes processing necessary to provide a maintenance management service. The maintenance management system 100 includes a computer system Cs and one or more vehicles V that can move on at least one region where grass in the golf course grows. One or more vehicles V are equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data related to grass growth.

FIG. 2B shows an example of the configuration of the computer system Cs included in the maintenance management system 100 shown in FIG. 2A.

The computer system Cs, like a knowledgeable and experienced worker, stores a database Db1 that stores reference data indicating determination criteria for determining work necessary for facility maintenance from data related to grass growth, And a data processing unit Dp that creates work information indicating work necessary for maintenance and management of the facility with reference to the reference data based on the data related to the detected grass growth.

FIG. 2C shows an example of a golf course that is the target of the maintenance service. In the example shown in FIG. 2C, the golf course G1 includes a club house C and a plurality of holes H1 to H9. The reference data is, for example, from at least one of six parameters of temperature, humidity, wind direction, soil moisture content, soil pH value, and chlorophyll concentration in a specific area of the golf course G1 (green in the hole H1). And information for determining the amount of watering in this specific area based on experience. The reference data is stored in the database Db1 in a table format, for example. However, the reference data is not limited to information for determining the water spray amount in the specific region from the six parameters of temperature, humidity, wind direction, soil moisture content, soil pH value, and chlorophyll concentration in the specific region. The reference data may be any data that can determine the work necessary for the maintenance and management of the golf course in the same manner as a knowledgeable and experienced worker from various parameters.

Note that the computer system Cs shown in FIG. 2B may have a database Db2 that stores map data indicating a map of the golf course G1 in addition to the database Db1. In this case, the work information generated by the data processing unit Dp can be information in a map format indicating work necessary for maintenance on the map of the golf course G1. For example, in this map format information, an area where watering is necessary is indicated by a specific color, and an area where the required amount of watering is large is indicated by a darker color than an area where the required amount of watering is small.

Further, the computer system Cs shown in FIG. 2B may have a database Db3 for storing data related to grass growth in addition to the databases Db1 and Db2. In this case, it is possible to accumulate data related to grass growth on individual courses of the golf course, and to standardize work for managing and maintaining the golf course.

FIG. 3 shows an example of processing executed by the computer system Cs shown in FIG. 2B.

Step Pa: The computer system Cs has at least one of the at least one area while the one or more vehicles V are moving on at least one area where the grass is growing (for example, a predetermined hole of the golf course G1). Data related to grass growth detected by at least one sensor mounted on one or more vehicles at one point is acquired. Data relating to the growth of turf includes at least one of environmental data indicating the environment in which the turf is growing and growth state data indicating the growth state of the turf. The environmental data includes, for example, data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, data indicating soil water content, and data indicating soil pH value. The growth state data includes, for example, data indicating the chlorophyll concentration. Here, the growth state data may further include data indicating the grass height of the turf. Data detected by sensors mounted on one or more vehicles is wirelessly transmitted from one or more vehicles and received by the computer system Cs via a wireless network so that the data is acquired by the computer system Cs. It may be. Alternatively, when data related to grass growth detected by a sensor mounted on one or more vehicles is stored in a medium memory in one or more vehicles, the medium memory is stored in a slot of the computer system Cs. You may make it acquire by computer system Cs by inserting. The aspect in which the computer system Cs obtains data related to grass growth detected by at least one sensor mounted on one or more vehicles may be any aspect.

Step Pb: The computer system Cs generates information that can be used for maintenance of the golf course G1 based on the data related to the growth of the turf acquired in Step Pa. Here, the information that can be used for maintenance of the golf course G1 may be data itself related to the growth of the turf. Or the information which can be utilized for the maintenance management of the golf course G1 may be work information indicating work necessary for the maintenance management of the golf course G1. A specific example of how the computer system Cs generates work information indicating work necessary for the maintenance and management of the golf course G1 based on data relating to grass growth will be described later with reference to FIG. To do.

Step Pc: The computer system Cs outputs the information generated in Step Pb (that is, information that can be used for maintenance of the golf course G1). Here, the format of the information output from the computer system Cs can be any format. For example, information output from the computer system Cs may be printed on a paper medium or recorded on a recording medium. In this case, information that can be used for maintenance of the golf course G1 can be provided to the golf course G1 (for example, an administrator of the golf course G1) in the form of a paper medium or a recording medium. Alternatively, the information output from the computer system Cs is transmitted to the golf course G1 manager terminal device from the computer system Cs via a wireless or wired network, in the format of the golf course G1 (for example, management of the golf course G1). May also be provided.

FIG. 4 shows the steps required for the method of providing the maintenance management service for the golf course described above in general to the method for providing the service for maintenance of the facility. Here, the facility includes at least one region where a plant (for example, turf) grows. A golf course is an example of a facility.

Step S1: Provide at least one vehicle equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data related to plant growth to the facility.

Step S2: Based on data related to plant growth detected by at least one sensor at at least one point in at least one area while at least one vehicle is moving over at least one area of the facility. Information that can be used for facility maintenance.

Step S3: The information generated in step S2 is provided to the facility.

(vehicle)
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the vehicle V in the maintenance management system 100.

The vehicle V includes a drive unit 20 for moving the vehicle, a drive control unit 30 for controlling the drive unit 20, a sensor unit 40 for detecting data related to grass growth, and data detected by the sensor unit 40. And a data processing unit 10 for processing. The environmental data included in the data related to turf growth is at least one of data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, data indicating soil moisture content, and data indicating soil pH value. . The growth state data included in the data relating to the growth of turf is data indicating the growth state of turf, for example, data indicating the chlorophyll concentration of turf. The data indicating the chlorophyll concentration of the turf can be obtained, for example, by measuring the concentration of chlorophyll (chlorophyll) contained in the turf using a chlorophyll sensor.

5, the sensor unit 40 includes a temperature sensor 41, a humidity sensor 42, a wind direction sensor 43, a soil moisture sensor 44, a soil pH sensor 45, and a chlorophyll sensor 46. However, the sensor unit 40 only needs to include at least one of these sensors 41 to 46.

Here, the data processing unit 10 stores the data detected by each sensor of the sensor unit 40 in the internal memory 11 in association with position data indicating at which point on the golf course the data is measured. It is configured. The method for acquiring the position data indicating the position of the measurement point is not particularly limited, and there are a method for calculating based on the distance and direction moved from the reference position, a method for calculating using a satellite positioning system, and the like. Data relating to the growth of turf stored in the memory 11 is provided to the maintenance management system 100 of the business office 1000 by wireless communication, wired communication, or via a portable recording medium.

The drive unit 20 includes a power source such as an engine and a motor, a steering mechanism, and one of wheels, caterpillars, legs, etc. that are in contact with the ground plane L. It is configured to allow reverse switching.

The drive control unit 30 controls the drive unit 20 so that the vehicle V moves along a predetermined course. For example, the drive control unit 30 controls the drive unit so that the vehicle travels along a guidance line installed in the golf course, or a course set on the map data of the golf course using a satellite positioning system. The drive unit is controlled so as to move. However, the configuration of the drive control unit 30 is not limited to these configurations.

Next, a process for creating information used for maintenance of the hole by the vehicle V in the first hole H1 of the golf course G1 will be described.

First, the configuration of the first hole H1 will be briefly described.

(1st hole H1 of golf course G1)
FIG. 6 shows an example of the configuration of the first hole H1 of the golf course G1.

1st hole H1 is divided into a plurality of areas: tee ground 2,

fairways

3, 4, rough 5, bunker 6, and green 7. The grass growing on the

fairways

3 and 4 needs to be managed in a shorter state than the grass growing on the rough 5. The turf growing on the green 7 is shorter than the turf growing on the

fairways

3 and 4 and needs to be managed in a more organized state. Furthermore, the rough 5 needs to be managed so that the grass is overgrown. Thus, the management state of turf is different for each area included in the first hole H1.

Next, the procedure for creating information used for the maintenance of the first hole H1 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the golf course G1 is located in the service area Rs of the business establishment 1000, and is grouped as a unit that provides one maintenance management service as a unit U1 together with neighboring golf courses G2 to G4. ing.

When the maintenance service is provided to the golf courses G1 to G4 of the unit U1, one or more vehicles V are introduced from the business establishment 1000 to the golf course G1. Here, three vehicles V are introduced into the first hole H1, one vehicle V is arranged at the detection start point Sp3 of the fairway 3, and two vehicles are arranged at the detection start point Sp5 of the rough 5. Shall.

The vehicle V arranged on the fairway 3 moves along a route P1, and at a plurality of positions along the route, the sensors 41 to 46 have temperature data, humidity data, wind direction data, soil moisture data, soil Detect pH data and chlorophyll concentration. The detected data is stored in the internal memory 11 in association with the position data indicating the detected position by the data processing unit 10. The two vehicles V starting from the detection start point Sp5 of the rough 5 move along the paths P2 and P3, respectively, and the respective sensors 41 to 46 are temperature data, humidity data, wind direction data, soil moisture data, and soil pH data. Detect chlorophyll concentration. The detected data is stored in the internal memory 11 by the data processing unit 10 in association with position data indicating the detected position. Here, the position data may be data indicating a position relative to the reference position of the golf course G1, or position data indicated by latitude and longitude information by a satellite positioning system. Furthermore, the position data which shows the position shown on the map of the golf course G1 based on the latitude and longitude information by a satellite positioning system may be sufficient.

In this way, when data relating to the growth of turf on the first hole Rough 5 and the fairway 3 is detected by the three vehicles V, similarly, the remaining areas of the tee ground 2, the fairway 4, the bunker 6, Data relating to turf growth is detected in the green 7, and the detected data is stored in the internal memory 11 in association with the position data in the data processing unit 10 of the vehicle V. In the other holes H2 to H9, data related to the growth of turf is similarly detected and stored in the memory 11 of the data processing unit 10.

Such detection processing of data related to the growth of turf on the golf course is performed in parallel at the four golf courses G1 to G4 in the unit U1, and after the completion of the processing, the four golf courses G1 in the unit U1. From ~ G4, the vehicle V is returned to the office 1000 almost simultaneously.

Data related to the growth of turf stored in the memory 11 of the data processing unit 10 of the plurality of vehicles V collected in the business place 1000 is the data processing unit Dp of the computer system Cs of the maintenance management system 100 shown in FIG. 2A. (FIG. 2B). The data transfer from the vehicle data processing unit 10 to the data processing unit Dp of the computer system Cs may be performed via a recording medium, or may be performed via a network such as a wired LAN or a wireless LAN. . Furthermore, the maintenance management system 100 provided in the office 1000 is configured to include a wireless communication unit, and the vehicle V is configured to include a wireless communication device, and the data processing unit 10 of the vehicle V is associated with position data. Data related to the growth of turf may be received by the maintenance management system 100 provided in the business office 1000 by a wireless communication device and output to the computer system Cs.

When data relating to the growth of turf is provided to the data processing unit Dp of the computer system Cs, the data processing unit Dp refers to the reference data of the database Db1 and based on the data relating to the growth of turf, the unit U1. Work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of each of the golf courses G1 to G4 is created. This work information is provided from the business establishment 1000 to each of the golf courses G1 to G4 of the unit U1.

This work information is, for example, work information indicating how much water should be sprinkled in which part of the rough 5 of the first hole of the golf course G1, and the golf course G1 is necessary for maintenance of the golf course G1. Work information is provided.

Furthermore, the work information is not limited to information that instructs watering. Depending on what data is detected as data representing the maintenance state of the facility in addition to the data related to grass growth on the vehicle V, the work information depends on the lawn mowing, air ration, dust distribution, fertilizer application, sweeper ( Instructing surface cleaning), dead leaf removal, bunker leveling, and the like. In addition, the work information instructs the work to collect dead leaves, or the work to color the fairway divot where the tee ground divot and tee shot are concentrated to the approximate color according to the season and turf color. You can also The collected dead leaves can be used as fertilizer for livestock such as cattle by silo silage. For coloring, a method can be used in which the growth state of turf is determined from data indicating the growth state of turf, and based on the determination result, a colored powder of scallop shells is sprayed.

Here, data indicating the growth state of turf can be obtained, for example, by measuring the concentration of chlorophyll (chlorophyll) contained in the turf using a chlorophyll sensor. This is because chlorophyll plays an important role in the photosynthetic reaction of plants and the like, and the growth status can be determined by its concentration.

Also, the work instruction to color the divot to an approximate color that matches the season and the color of the turf is basically based on the visual judgment of the worker.

However, the depot is a turf defect and can be determined from the detection result by the chlorophyll sensor. Seasonal information can be obtained from the clock function of the computer system Cs, and the color of the turf can be determined by an image sensor or the like. is there. Therefore, it is possible to create information for instructing an operation for coloring a divot to an approximate color that matches the season or turf color based on the output of the sensor. Good.

Thereafter, according to the schedule information at the business establishment 1000, when the business operator inputs a plurality of vehicles collected from the golf courses G1 to G4 of the unit U1 to the golf courses G5 to G8 of the unit U2, each golf course of the unit U1 As with the fields G1 to G4, the vehicle V detects data relating to grass growth at the golf courses G5 to G8 of the unit U2. Thereafter, the vehicle V is collected in the business establishment 1000. Data related to the growth of turf stored in the memory 11 of the data processing unit 10 of the vehicle V collected in the business office 1000 is provided to the computer system Cs of the maintenance management system 100 installed in the business office 1000. Then, the data processing unit Dp of the computer system Cs creates work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the golf courses G5 to G8 of the unit U2.

This work information is provided from the business establishment 1000 to each of the golf courses G5 to G8.

As described above, the first embodiment provides the golf courses G1 to G8 with the vehicle V equipped with a sensor that detects data related to grass growth in the facility (for example, environmental data and / or growth state data). Based on the data detected using the vehicle V, work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the golf courses G1 to G8 is created, and the created work information is provided to the golf courses G1 to G8. In the golf courses G1 to G8, work standards can be clarified and shared, and therefore, even a worker with little knowledge and experience or an unmanned work vehicle can perform work necessary for facility maintenance based on work information. It becomes possible. As a result, the necessary expenses for facility maintenance can be reduced.

In particular, based on the detected environmental data and / or growth state data, the computer system Cs determines work necessary for maintenance of the facility by referring to reference data indicating the determination criteria of an operator having experience and knowledge. Therefore, the shortage of workers with experience and knowledge can be solved.

In addition, it is possible to reduce daytime course management by performing work necessary for maintenance management at the golf course with an unmanned work vehicle at night from around 15:00 when customers are gone. Furthermore, since environmental data in the course can be accumulated, it is possible to standardize work necessary for maintenance and management of the golf course.

Furthermore, since the system for creating work information is provided from the establishment 1000 that provides facility maintenance and management services, it is not necessary to purchase equipment necessary for creating work information at the golf course. As a result, equipment maintenance and fuel costs are reduced, and personnel reduction can be achieved by unmanned operation.

In the first embodiment, a vehicle V equipped with a sensor for detecting data related to the growth of turf in the facility is provided to the golf courses G1 to G8 and obtained from the data detected using the vehicle V. The case has been described where the establishment 1000 provides services up to providing the golf courses G1 to G8 with work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the golf courses G1 to G8. The service which performs work required for the maintenance of the golf course shown by may be provided to the golf course.

In this case, since unmanned vehicles that work based on work information are also provided to the golf course from the establishment 1000, it is not necessary to purchase the latest general-purpose machine for maintenance work at the golf course. Furthermore, in the operation by the unmanned vehicle, the influence of the weather is reduced.

In the following, as a facility maintenance management service from the establishment as described above, not only a service that provides work information indicating the work necessary for the maintenance of the facility, but also the work necessary for the maintenance of the golf course based on this work information. An example in which the service for providing the service is also provided to the facility will be described as Embodiment 2.

(Embodiment 2)
A method for providing a maintenance service according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A to 7C. FIG. 7A shows the positional relationship between establishments and golf courses in the service area, FIG. 7B shows a state in which a plurality of golf courses in the service area are grouped, and FIG. 7C shows maintenance of the establishments. Shows the system. In FIG. 7B, only the layout of the holes H of the golf course G1 is shown, and the layout of the holes of the golf courses G2 to G8 other than the golf course G1 is omitted.

Also in the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the golf course maintenance management service includes a plurality of golf courses located in the service area Rs that one establishment 2000 is responsible for, as in the first embodiment. G1 to G8 are grouped into two units U1 and U2, and are performed for each group.

This Embodiment 2 is based not only on the service that provides the golf course with work information indicating work required for the maintenance of the golf course, but also on the maintenance management service provided from the establishment 2000 to the golf course. Thus, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a service for performing work necessary for maintenance management of the golf course is also included.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, the maintenance management system 200 provided in the business establishment 2000 has a plurality of vehicles V included in the maintenance management system 100 of the first embodiment, specifically, grass as shown in FIG. 7C. In addition to a vehicle (hereinafter also referred to as a detection vehicle) V equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data related to the growth of the car, at least one equipped with a work device for performing work necessary for maintenance management in the golf course One vehicle (hereinafter also referred to as a work vehicle) Va is included. Further, in addition to the function of the computer system Cs of the first embodiment, the computer system Csa of the maintenance management system 200 provides work information indicating work required for facility maintenance management created from the detected data to the work vehicle Va. It is a configuration that can be provided. Other configurations in the maintenance management system 200 of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment.

(Work vehicle Va)
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the work vehicle Va used in the maintenance management system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The work vehicle Va does not have the sensor unit 40 as in the detection vehicle V shown in FIG. 5, and in addition to the drive unit 20 and the drive control unit 30, a work device that performs operations such as watering, lawn mowing, and fertilizer application. 50, and a work control unit 10a in place of the data processing unit 10 of the detected vehicle V. Here, the work control unit 10a includes a memory 11a and is configured to control the work device 50 based on work information stored in the memory 11a. The work control unit 10a is configured to control the position of the work vehicle Va by controlling the drive control unit 30 in accordance with the work procedure.

Next, the maintenance management service provided by the maintenance management system 200 of the second embodiment will be specifically described by taking the golf course G1 as an example.

First, similarly to the first embodiment, when the detection vehicle V of the maintenance management system 200 is input from the business establishment 2000 to the golf course G1, the detection vehicle V detects data related to grass growth as in the first embodiment. Is done. The detected data (hereinafter also referred to as detection data) is brought back to the business establishment 2000 by the detected vehicle V and provided to the computer system Csa of the maintenance management system 200 of the business establishment 2000. The detection data may be transmitted to the maintenance management system 200 of the office 2000 in real time by wireless communication or the like.

When the computer system Csa of the maintenance management system 200 acquires the detection data, the computer system Csa stores the detection data in a database (not shown), and the work information indicating work necessary for the maintenance of the golf course from the detection data. And providing work information to the work vehicle Va to be put into the golf course G1. Thereafter, a maintenance service for performing the work is provided to the golf courses G1 to G4 of the unit U1. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of work vehicles Va are thrown into the golf course G1 from the business establishment 2000.

Here, three work vehicles Va are introduced into the first hole H1, and one work vehicle Va is disposed at a work start point (for example, the same as the detection start point) Sp3 of the fairway 3, and two works The vehicle Va is arranged at the work start point (for example, the same as the detection start point) Sp5 of the rough 5.

The work vehicle Va arranged on the fairway 3 moves along the prescribed route P1, and performs necessary work based on the work information at a plurality of positions along the route. The two work vehicles Va arranged on the rough 5 respectively move along the prescribed routes P2 and P3, and perform necessary work based on the work information at a plurality of positions along each route.

When the work required for the rough 5 and the fairway 3 in the first hole is executed by the three work vehicles Va in this way, the remaining areas of the tee ground 2, the fairway 4, the bunker 6, and the green 7 are similarly processed. Necessary work is performed. Further, necessary work is similarly performed for the other holes H2 to H9.

Such detection processing of data related to the growth of turf on the golf course and execution of management work are performed in parallel at the four golf courses G1 to G4 in the unit U1, and after completion, The work vehicles Va are returned to the office 2000 almost simultaneously from the two golf courses G1 to G4. In order to simultaneously collect the work vehicles Va provided to the golf courses in this way, for example, the number of work vehicles Va provided to the golf courses in one unit U1 is set to be wide in the lawn area of the golf course. Depending on the situation, it is necessary to set the time required for all operations at each golf course to be the same.

After that, the facility maintenance service will be provided to the golf courses G5 to G8 of the other unit U2 in accordance with the schedule management.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the detection vehicle V and the work vehicle Va equipped with sensors for detecting data related to the growth of grass in the facility are provided to the golf courses G1 to G8, and the detection vehicle V is used for detection. Based on the obtained data, work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of each golf course G1 to G8 is created, and work necessary for maintenance of each golf course is executed by the work vehicle Va based on the created work information. Therefore, in each of the golf courses G1 to G8, it is possible to perform work necessary for facility maintenance management based on work information with an unmanned work vehicle. As a result, the necessary expenses for facility maintenance can be reduced.

In the work vehicle Va shown in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16A, a tow vehicle V0 is connected to a towed vehicle A equipped with a work device 50 and a work control unit 10d for controlling the work device 50 by a coupler 80. It is good also as the structure which carried out. Here, the work control unit 10d includes a memory 11d, and is configured to control the work device 50 based on work information stored in the memory 11d. Further, the work control unit 10d is configured to control the position of the towed vehicle A by controlling the drive control unit 30 of the towed vehicle V0 in accordance with the work procedure.

In the second embodiment, the maintenance management system 200 includes at least one detection vehicle V equipped with a sensor and at least one work vehicle Va equipped with a work device. The maintenance management system 200 may include at least one detection work vehicle equipped with both a sensor and a work device, instead of the detection vehicle V and the work vehicle Va. Hereinafter, a method for providing a golf course maintenance service using such a detection work vehicle will be described as a third embodiment.

(Embodiment 3)
A method for providing a maintenance service according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10A to 10C.

FIG. 10A shows the positional relationship between establishments and golf courses in the service area, FIG. 10B shows a state in which a plurality of golf courses in the service area are grouped, and FIG. 10C shows maintenance management of establishments. Shows the system. In FIG. 10B, only the layout of the hole H of the golf course G1 is shown, and the layout of the holes of the golf courses G2 to G8 other than the golf course G1 is omitted.

Also in the third embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the golf course maintenance management service includes a plurality of services located within the service area Rs that one establishment 3000 is responsible for, as in the first and second embodiments. Golf courses G1 to G8 are grouped into two units U1 and U2, and are performed for each group.

In the third embodiment, the maintenance management system 300 provided in the business establishment 3000 is used to grow grass instead of the plurality of vehicles V included in the maintenance management system 100 of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10C. It includes a detection work vehicle Vb capable of detecting related data and capable of executing work for facility management based on work information obtained from the detected data. Here, similarly to the computer system Csa of the second embodiment, the computer system Csb of the maintenance management system 300 acquires data detected by each detection work vehicle Vb, and is necessary for maintenance of the golf course from the acquired data. Work information indicating work is created, and the work information is provided to each detected work vehicle Vb. The computer system Csb is configured to acquire and store data detected by the detection work vehicle Vb.

(Detection work vehicle Vb)
As shown in FIG. 11, the detection work vehicle Vb includes a sensor unit 40 having a plurality of sensors 41 to 46 in addition to the configuration of the work vehicle Va of the second embodiment, and further includes a work control unit 10a of the second embodiment. Different from the work control unit 10b. The work control unit 10b controls the drive control unit 30 in the same manner as the work control unit 10a of the second embodiment, stores work information provided from the computer system Csb in the memory 11b, and operates the work device based on the work information. 50 is configured to instruct work required for maintenance of the golf course. Data detected by the plurality of sensors 41 to 46 is also recorded in the memory 11b of the work control unit 10b. When the detection work vehicle Vb returns to the business establishment 3000, at least one of the environmental data and the growth state data stored in the memory 11b is provided to and accumulated in the computer system Csb of the maintenance management system 300. Yes.

Next, the maintenance management service provided by the maintenance management system 300 of the third embodiment will be specifically described by taking the golf course G1 as an example.

First, similarly to the second embodiment, when the detection work vehicle Vb of the maintenance management system 300 is input from the business establishment 3000 to the golf course G1, data related to the growth of turf is detected by the detection work vehicle Vb as in the first embodiment. Is detected. The detected data (hereinafter also referred to as detection data) is brought back to the business establishment 3000 by the detection work vehicle Vb and provided to the computer system Csb of the maintenance management system 300 of the business establishment 3000. The detection data may be transmitted to the maintenance management system 300 of the business office 3000 in real time by wireless communication or the like.

When the computer system Csb of the maintenance management system 300 acquires the detection data, the computer system Csb stores the detection data in a database (not shown), and, similarly to the computer system Csa of the second embodiment, calculates the golf course from the detection data. Work information indicating work required for maintenance of the vehicle is created, and the work information is provided to the detection work vehicle Vb to be put into the golf course G1. Thereafter, a maintenance service for performing the work is provided to the golf courses G1 to G4 of the unit U1. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of detection work vehicles Vb are introduced from the business establishment 3000 to the golf course G1.

Here, three detection work vehicles Vb are put into the first hole H1, and one detection work vehicle Vb is arranged at a work start point (for example, the same as the detection start point) Sp3 of the fairway 2. Two detection work vehicles Vb are arranged at the work start point Sp5 of the rough 5 (for example, the same as the detection start point) Sp5.

The detection work vehicle Vb arranged on the fairway 3 moves along the prescribed route P1, and performs necessary work based on the work information at a plurality of positions along this route. Each of the two detection work vehicles Vb arranged on the rough 5 moves along a prescribed route P2 along P3, and performs a required work based on the work information at a plurality of positions along each route.

When the necessary work on the rough 5 and the fairway 3 in the first hole is executed by the three detection work vehicles Vb in this manner, the remaining areas of the tee ground 2, the fairway 4, the bunker 6, and the green 7 are similarly obtained. But the necessary work is performed. Further, necessary work is similarly performed for the other holes H2 to H9.

Such detection processing of data relating to the growth of turf on the golf course and execution of the maintenance work are performed in parallel in the four golf courses G1 to G4 in the unit U1, and after the completion thereof, in the unit U1 The detection work vehicle Vb is returned to the office 3000 almost simultaneously from the four airports G1 to G4. In addition, in order to collect | recover the detection work vehicles Vb provided to each golf course simultaneously in this way, for example, the number of the detection work vehicles Vb provided to each golf course in one unit U1 is set to the lawn area of a golf course. It is necessary to set the time required for the work at each golf course to be the same according to the size of the golf course.

As described above, in the third embodiment, instead of the detection vehicle V and the work vehicle Va in the second embodiment, a sensor unit that detects data related to grass growth and a work device that performs work necessary for facility maintenance management. Since the on-board detection work vehicle Vb is used, the detection work vehicle Vb can be used for detection of data related to the growth of turf on the golf course and for maintenance work of the golf course. The use efficiency of the vehicle can be improved.

In the third embodiment, the maintenance management system 300 includes only the detection work vehicle Vb. However, in addition to the detection work vehicle Vb, the maintenance management system 300 includes the detection vehicle V and the work vehicle according to the second embodiment. It may contain Va. In this case, a vehicle to be provided to the golf course can be selected according to the service requested from the golf course. For example, when a service providing only work information indicating work necessary for maintenance and management of a golf course is required, the detection vehicle V or the detection work vehicle Vb is provided to the golf course. Alternatively, in the case where a service for providing work for maintaining and managing an actual golf course is required in addition to providing such work information, both the detection vehicle V and the work vehicle Va, or the detection work vehicle Vb are used as a golf course. provide. Furthermore, when the work for maintaining and managing the golf course is urgent, the detection work vehicle Vb is provided to the golf course.

Moreover, in the said Embodiment 3, the detection work vehicle Vb carrying both the sensor part 40 and the working device 50 is used for the vehicle which runs a golf course for the maintenance management of a golf course, and work by the detection work vehicle Vb is carried out. The example in which the work information necessary for the operation is created by the computer system of the maintenance management system based on the data acquired from the detected work vehicle Vb has been described. However, the work information is detected by the sensor unit of the detected work vehicle Vb. It may be created inside the detection work vehicle Vb based on the obtained data.

Hereinafter, an example in which such work information is created inside a detection work vehicle and used for work by the detection work vehicle will be described as a fourth embodiment.

(Embodiment 4)
A method for providing a maintenance service according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 13A to 13C.

FIG. 13A shows the positional relationship between establishments and golf courses in the service area, FIG. 13B shows a state in which a plurality of golf courses in the service area are grouped, and FIG. 13C shows maintenance management of establishments. Shows the system. In FIG. 13B, only the layout of the holes H of the golf course G1 is shown, and the layout of the holes of the golf courses G2 to G8 other than the golf course G1 is omitted.

Also in the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the golf course maintenance management service includes a plurality of services located in the service area Rs that one establishment 4000 has, as in the first to third embodiments. Golf courses G1 to G8 are grouped into two units U1 and U2, and are performed for each group.

In the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13C, the maintenance management system 400 provided in the business establishment 4000 is used for grass growth instead of the plurality of vehicles V included in the maintenance management system 100 of the first embodiment. It includes a detection work vehicle Vc capable of detecting related data, creating work information from the detected data, and performing work for facility management based on the work information. Here, the computer system Csc of the maintenance management system 400 is configured to acquire and store data detected by the detection work vehicle Vc.

(Detection work vehicle Vc)
As shown in FIG. 14, the detection work vehicle Vc includes a work control unit 10c that replaces the work control unit 10b of the detection work vehicle Vb of the third embodiment, and the work control unit 10c provides a sensor unit for the detection work vehicle Vc. Based on the detected data, work information indicating work required for golf course maintenance management is created. Reference data is stored in the memory 11c of the work control unit 10c, and the work control unit 10c creates work information indicating work required for golf course maintenance based on data from the sensor. Is performed with reference to the reference data stored in the memory 11c based on the data from the sensor, similarly to the data processing unit Dp of the computer system Cs of the first embodiment, and is necessary for the maintenance management of the golf course. The work information indicating the work determined to be present is stored in the memory 11c of the work control unit 10c.

In addition, data detected by the plurality of sensors 41 to 46 is also recorded in the memory 11c of the work control unit 10c. When the detected work vehicle Vc returns to the business establishment 4000, the data and work information detected by the sensors stored in the memory 11c are provided and accumulated in the computer system Csc of the maintenance management system 400. Yes. Therefore, the computer system Csc of the fourth embodiment does not need a function of generating work information indicating work necessary for golf course maintenance management by referring to reference data based on data from sensors. However, the computer system Csc is necessary for the maintenance management of the golf course with reference to the reference data based on the data acquired by the sensing work vehicle Vc and accumulated and detected by the sensor unit of the sensing work vehicle Vc. You may have the function to produce | generate the work information which shows work.

Note that the drive unit 20, the drive control unit 30, the sensor unit 40, and the work device 50 in the detection work vehicle Vc are the same as those in the detection work vehicle Vb of the third embodiment.

Next, the maintenance management service provided by the maintenance management system 400 of the fourth embodiment will be specifically described by taking the golf course G1 as an example.

As shown in FIG. 15, the detection work vehicle Vc of the maintenance management system 400 is thrown into the golf course G1 from the business establishment 4000. In the first hole H1 of the golf course G1, three detection work vehicles Vc are put in, one detection work vehicle Vc is arranged at the work start point Sp3 of the fairway 3, and the two detection work vehicles Vc are rough. Is placed at the work start point Sp5.

The detection work vehicle Vc arranged on the fairway 3 and the rough 5 moves along the prescribed routes P1, P2, and P3, and detects and detects data related to grass growth at a plurality of positions along the route. Work based on the collected data.

Specifically, while the detection work vehicle Vc is moving on the fairway 3, for example, the sensor unit 40 detects data related to grass growth at at least one point on the fairway 3, and the work control unit 10c Referring to the reference data based on the detected data, work information indicating work required for maintenance of the golf course is generated, and the work information is provided to the work device 50. The work device 50 performs work (watering, fertilizer spraying, etc.) necessary for golf course maintenance based on the provided work information. Similarly, in the rough 5, the detection work vehicle Vc performs data necessary for lawn growth, creation of work information, and maintenance work for the golf course.

In this way, on the fairway 3 and the rough 5 in the first hole H1, detection of data related to grass growth, creation of work information based on the detected data, and work indicated by the work information include three detection tasks When executed by the vehicle Vc, similarly, the remaining areas of the tee ground 2, the fairway 4, the bunker 6, and the green 7 are also based on the detection of data related to grass growth, creation of work information, and work information. Work is performed. In the other holes H2 to H9, data related to grass growth, creation of work information, and work based on the work information are executed in the same manner.

The work required for maintenance and management of such a golf course is performed in parallel by the plurality of detection work vehicles Vc at the four golf courses G1 to G4 in the unit U1, and after the completion, the four golf courses in the unit U1 All the detection work vehicles Vc are returned to the business office 3000 almost simultaneously from the fields G1 to G4.

As described above, the fourth embodiment provides the golf courses G1 to G8 with the detection work vehicle Vc equipped with the sensor unit 40 and the work device 50 for detecting data related to the grass growth in the facility. Vb detects data related to turf growth, creates work information based on the detected data, and performs maintenance management work based on the work information. Can be done without.

In the fourth embodiment, the maintenance management system 400 includes only the detection work vehicle Vc. However, in addition to the detection work vehicle Vc, the maintenance management system 400 includes the detection vehicle V and the work vehicle according to the second embodiment. Va may further include the detection work vehicle Vb of the third embodiment.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 16B, the detection work vehicle Vb shown in the third embodiment or the detection work vehicle Vc shown in the fourth embodiment is connected to the vehicle V on which the sensor unit 40 shown in the first embodiment is mounted. It is good also as a structure which connected the towed vehicle A carrying 50 and the work control part 10e which controls this with the coupler 80. FIG. Here, the work control unit 10e includes a memory 11e, and is configured to control the work device 50 based on work information stored in the memory 11e. The work control unit 10e is configured to control the position of the towed vehicle A by controlling the drive control unit 30 of the vehicle V in accordance with the work procedure.

Further, in the above embodiment, the operation for performing maintenance management of the grass growing in the golf course has been described. However, the maintenance of the golf course is not limited to the maintenance of the grass, for example, the leveling state of the bunker, FIG. As shown in Fig. 17, the clearness of the yard lines L1 to L3, the color of green, the accumulation of dead leaves, the occurrence of pests, etc., which are indicators of the remaining yards drawn on the golf course, are also subject to maintenance management at the golf course. It becomes. Therefore, by using a sensor capable of detecting these maintenance targets, for example, an image sensor, as a sensor mounted on the vehicle, it is possible to maintain and manage things other than grass on the golf course. In particular, damage to turf caused by pests can be effectively suppressed by predicting and dealing with the occurrence of large numbers of insects. In the future, pests will be realized by realizing sensors capable of detecting such signs of large-scale occurrence. It is possible to almost eliminate the damage of turf due to. Further, by installing a satellite positioning system on the work vehicle Va shown in FIG. 8, the detection work vehicle Vb shown in FIG. 11, or the detection work vehicle Vc shown in FIG. 14, a new yard line can be accurately set at a predetermined position on the golf course. It is possible to draw well.

In the above-described embodiment, a method and system for providing a golf course maintenance service have been described as an example of a method and system for providing a maintenance service for a facility including at least one region where plants grow. Therefore, it is clear that the present invention is not limited to a method and system for providing a golf course maintenance service, and the present invention includes any facility (including at least one region where plants such as turf other than the golf course grow). For example, it is also apparent that the present invention is applicable to a method and system for providing maintenance services for baseball fields, soccer fields, athletic fields, circuit fields, parks, airports, and the like. The turf may include, but is not limited to, wild turf, ginseng turf, hime ginseng turf and the like. Moreover, the plant growing in at least one area included in the facility is not limited to turf. The plant growing in at least one region included in the facility may be any plant other than grass.

In particular, the airport includes facilities such as landing zones, taxiways, and aprons that play an important role in the safe and smooth operation of aircraft around the runway. The landing zone is a vast area where plants such as grass and grass grow. The area extends around the runway. It is also apparent that the present invention is applicable to a method and system for providing airport facility landing zone maintenance services.

Hereinafter, as Embodiments 5 to 9 of the present invention, a method and a system for providing an airport facility maintenance management service including at least one region where plants such as grass and grass grow will be described. The airport includes facilities such as landing zones, taxiways, and aprons that play an important role in the safe and smooth operation of aircraft. The landing zone is a vast area where plants such as turf and grass grow, and around the runway. It has spread. The plant can be grass or grass, but is not limited thereto. The plant can be any plant.

(Embodiment 5)
FIGS. 18A to 18C are diagrams for explaining modes for providing an airport facility maintenance service in the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

(Forms that provide airport facility maintenance management services)
FIG. 18A shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that one office 5000 that provides airport facility maintenance management services is responsible for.

It is preferable that the plurality of airports handled by one office 5000 are all neighboring airports, but the present invention is not limited to this. Here, the office 5000 is in charge of, for example, three airports A1 to A3 in the Kansai region and two airports A4 to A5 in the Kanto region, for example. For each of these five airports A1 to A5, Provide facility maintenance service AS. As a result, each airport can maintain and manage the airport facilities with the airport maintenance service provided by the business office 5000 without having the machines and know-how to maintain the airport facilities. is there. The airports that one office 5000 serves are not limited to airports in the Kansai and Kanto areas, for example, but are located in domestic airports such as the Tohoku, Chugoku, and Kyushu areas, or in the vicinity of the country where the office 5000 is located. It may be a foreign airport located.

FIG. 18B shows a state where the five airports A1 to A5 that the office 5000 is responsible for are divided into two groups in order to improve the efficiency of maintenance work.

In the example shown in FIG. 18B, airports A1 to A3 are classified into one group (unit AU1), and airports A4 to A5 are classified into another group (unit AU2). Airports belonging to the same group are preferably close to each other, but are not limited thereto. In the example shown in FIG. 19B, the runways of the airports A1 to A5 are indicated by bold lines.

The establishment 5000 provides airport facility maintenance management services to the airports A1 to A5 in units of these groups (ie, units). For example, the business establishment 5000 provides one or more vehicles owned by the business establishment 5000 (or a company to which the business establishment 5000 belongs) to the airport A1. For example, one or more vehicles may be carried into the airport A1 by driving and moving one or more vehicles by an operator at the office 5000. Alternatively, one or more vehicles may be carried into the airport A1 by transporting one or more vehicles on a truck by an operator of the business establishment 5000. One or more vehicles are vehicles (for example, mowers) used to maintain and manage airport facilities, and maintain and manage airport facilities (for example, areas where plants such as turf and grass grow in landing zones). Sensors that collect various data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass that can be used in the field are installed. Here, the data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass is at least one of environmental data indicating the environment in which plants such as turf and grass grow and growth state data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass. Including one. One or more vehicles are preferably shared at several airports in each unit. For example, one or more vehicles may be shared by the airports A1 to A3 belonging to the unit AU1, and another one or more vehicles may be shared by the airports A4 to A5 belonging to the unit AU2. However, the form of sharing one or more vehicles for airport maintenance at the airport facility is not limited to such a form. For example, one or more vehicles travel around the airports A1 to A3 belonging to the unit AU1. After that, the same one or more vehicles may make a round at the airports A4 to A5 belonging to the unit AU2.

While one or more vehicles carried into the airport A1 are used for maintenance of the airport A1, the one or more vehicles receive various data that can be used for maintenance of the airport A1 (for example, lawn and Data related to the growth of plants such as grass). Data collected by the one or more vehicles is stored in a maintenance management system 500 installed in the office 5000. The maintenance management system 500 generates information that can be used for maintenance of the airport A1 by processing the stored data. This information is provided to the airport A1 (for example, the manager of the airport A1).

One or more vehicles carried into the airport A1 are moved to the airport A2 after one week, for example, and moved to the airport A3 after one week. In this way, one or more vehicles provided from the business establishment 5000 can be shared between the airports A1 to A3 included in the unit AU1 with the unit AU1 as one unit. The operation of moving one or more vehicles between airports is preferably handled by a worker at the office 5000, but is not limited to this. Of course, the shift for patrol of one or more vehicles need not be performed every week, and may be performed every predetermined period. At the same time that a set of one or more vehicles are brought into the airport A1, another set of one or more vehicles are brought into the airport A2, and these two sets of one or more vehicles are shared on a patrol basis. By doing so, it is also possible to reduce the work interval.

As described above, since one or more vehicles brought into each airport are regularly provided from the office 5000, each airport does not need to own one or more vehicles. Therefore, it is not necessary for each airport to pay for the purchase or maintenance of one or more vehicles. Furthermore, since information that can be used for maintenance of each airport is provided from each business office 5000 to each airport, it is not necessary for each airport to have its own computer facilities. As a result, each airport can reduce the cost required for airport maintenance.

In the example shown in FIG. 18A, one business establishment 5000 is in charge of five airports, but the number of airports in each business establishment 5000 is not limited to five. One office 5000 can serve any number of airports. In the example shown in FIG. 18B, three airports are included in one unit AU1, and two airports are included in one unit AU2, but airports included in one unit are included. Is not limited to three or two. A unit can include any number of airports.

Furthermore, in the example shown in FIGS. 18A and 18B, a plurality of airports managed by one office are grouped to provide a maintenance service, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a maintenance service may be provided to an airport for each airport without grouping a plurality of airports handled by one office.

(Maintenance system 500)
FIG. 19A shows an example of the configuration of the maintenance management system 500 installed in the business establishment 5000 shown in FIG. 18B.

The maintenance management system 500 executes processing necessary for providing a maintenance management service. Maintenance management system 500 includes a computer system ACs and one or more vehicles AV that are movable on at least one area (landing zone). Here, the one or more vehicles may be a mower as described above, but may be a vehicle that does not have a function as a mower. One or more vehicles AV are equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data relating to the growth of plants such as grass and grass. The data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass includes at least one of environmental data indicating the environment in which plants such as turf and grass grow, and growth state data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass. The environmental data includes at least one of data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, data indicating soil moisture content, and data indicating soil pH value. The growth state data includes data indicating the concentration of chlorophyll. Here, the vehicle AV includes at least a moisture sensor that detects the amount of water in the soil, which is environmental data of a region where plants such as turf and grass grow, and the concentration of chlorophyll as the growth state of plants such as turf and grass. It is preferable that a chlorophyll sensor for detecting the data to be shown is mounted.

FIG. 19B shows an example of the configuration of the computer system ACs included in the maintenance management system 500 shown in FIG. 19A.

The computer system ACs, as well as knowledgeable and experienced workers, provides reference data indicating criteria for judging work necessary for maintenance of airport facilities from data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass. A data processing unit that creates work information indicating work required for maintenance of the airport facility by referring to the reference data based on the stored database ADb1 and the detected data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass ADp. In the computer system ACs, the work information created by the data processing unit ADp is stored in a storage device (not shown).

FIG. 19C shows an example of an airport that is the target of the maintenance service. In the example shown in FIG. 19C, the airport A1 has, as airport facilities, a first runway 1, a first landing zone 1a provided to surround the first runway 1, a first apron 1b, and a first runway 1 The first taxiway 1c, the second runway 8, the second landing zone 8a, the second apron 8b, the second runway 8 and the second runway 8 provided to surround the first runway 8 and the first runway 8 A second guiding path 8c that connects the two aprons 8b is provided. The reference data is, for example, from the two parameters of soil moisture and chlorophyll concentration in the area where plants such as grass and grass as the first landing zone 1a and the second landing zone 8a of the airport A1 grow. This is data for determining the amount of water spray and fertilizer, disinfectant, herbicide and other sprays in this area based on experience. The reference data is stored in the database ADb1 in a table format, for example. However, the reference data is based on the two parameters of soil moisture and chlorophyll concentration in the area where plants such as turf and grass grow at the airport A1, and the amount of water spray and fertilizer in this area based on the knowledge and experience of workers. However, the present invention is not limited to data for determining the spray amount of a bactericide, a herbicide or the like. As long as the standard data can determine the work necessary for maintenance of the area where plants grow such as grass and grass in the airport from various parameters as well as knowledgeable and experienced workers. Good.

The computer system Cs shown in FIG. 19B may have a database ADb2 that stores map data indicating a map of the airport A1 in addition to the database ADb1. In this case, the work information generated by the data processing unit ADp can be information in a map format indicating work necessary for maintenance on the map of the airport A1. For example, in this map format information, an area where watering is necessary is indicated by a specific color, and an area where the required amount of watering is large is indicated by a darker color than an area where the required amount of watering is small. Furthermore, in this map format information, areas that require spraying, such as fertilizers, fungicides, and herbicides, are color-coded in specific colors, and areas that require a large amount of spray are areas that require a small amount of spray. Shown in a darker color.

In addition to the databases ADb1 and ADb2, the computer system ACs shown in FIG. 19B may include a database ADb3 that stores data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass. In this case, it is possible to accumulate data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass in the individual landing zones of the airport, and to standardize the work for managing and maintaining the landing zone of the airport.

FIG. 20 shows an example of processing executed by the computer system ACs shown in FIG. 19B.

Step APa: The computer system ACs includes at least one vehicle AV while the one or more vehicles AV are moving on at least one area where plants such as grass and grass are growing (for example, the landing zone of the airport A1). Data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass detected by at least one sensor mounted on one or more vehicles at at least one point in the area (for example, the environment where plants such as grass and grass are growing) And / or growth state data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass). Environmental data includes, for example, data indicating soil moisture in areas where plants such as turf and grass including the landing zone grow, data indicating temperature in this area, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, soil pH It includes at least one piece of data indicating a value. The data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass includes, for example, data indicating the chlorophyll concentration of plants such as turf and grass. However, the data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass may further include data indicating the height of plants such as turf and grass. Data relating to the growth of plants such as grass and grass detected by sensors mounted on one or more vehicles is transmitted wirelessly from one or more vehicles and received by the computer system ACs via a wireless network. Thus, it may be acquired by the computer system ACs. Alternatively, when data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass detected by sensors mounted on one or more vehicles is stored in the medium memory in one or more vehicles, the medium memory is stored in a computer. It may be obtained by the computer system ACs by inserting it into the slot of the system ACs. The aspect in which the computer system ACs acquires data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass detected by at least one sensor mounted on one or more vehicles may be any aspect.

Step APb: The computer system ACs generates information that can be used for maintenance of the landing zone of the airport A1, based on the data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass acquired in step APa. Here, the information that can be used for maintenance of the airport A1 may be data itself related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass. Alternatively, the information that can be used for maintenance of the landing zone of the airport A1 may be work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the landing zone of the airport A1. For specific examples of how the computer system ACs generates work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the landing zone of the airport A1, based on data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass, This will be described later with reference to FIGS. 23A and 23B.

Step APc: The computer system ACs outputs the information generated in step APb (that is, information that can be used for maintenance of the landing zone of the airport A1). Here, the format of information output from the computer system ACs may be any format. For example, information output from the computer system ACs may be printed on a paper medium or recorded on a recording medium. In this case, information that can be used for maintenance of the landing zone of the airport A1 can be provided to the airport A1 (for example, an administrator of the airport A1) in the form of a paper medium or a recording medium. Alternatively, the information output from the computer system ACs is transmitted to the airport A1 (for example, the manager of the airport A1) in a format transmitted from the computer system ACs to the terminal device of the manager of the airport A1 via a wireless or wired network. May be provided.

FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining the basic configuration of the method for providing the airport maintenance service described above.

Step AS1: Data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass (for example, environmental data indicating the environment in which plants such as grass and grass grow and / or growth state data indicating the growth state of plants such as grass and grass) The airport facility is provided with at least one vehicle equipped with at least one sensor for detecting the above.

Step AS2: lawn or grass detected by at least one sensor at at least one point in at least one area while at least one vehicle is moving on at least one area (landing zone) of the airport facility Based on the data related to the growth of plants, information that can be used for maintenance of airport facilities is generated.

Step AS3: The information generated in step AS2 is provided to the airport facility (for example, the manager of the airport facility).

(vehicle)
FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the vehicle AV in the maintenance management system 500. As shown in FIG.

The vehicle AV includes a drive unit 220 for moving the vehicle, a drive control unit 330 that controls the drive unit 220, a sensor unit 440 that detects data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass, and a sensor unit 440. And a data processing unit 510 for processing data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass detected by. Environmental data included in data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass (data indicating the environment in which plants such as grass and grass are growing) include, for example, data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, and wind direction. It is at least one of the data which show, the data which show soil moisture content, and the data which show soil pH value. The growth state data included in the data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass (data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass) is, for example, data indicating the chlorophyll concentration of plants such as turf and grass. .

Here, data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass can be obtained, for example, by measuring the concentration of chlorophyll (chlorophyll) contained in plants such as turf and grass using a chlorophyll sensor. This is because chlorophyll plays an important role in the photosynthetic reaction of plants such as turf and grass, and the growth state can be determined by its concentration.

In FIG. 22, the sensor unit 440 includes a temperature sensor 441, a humidity sensor 442, a wind direction sensor 443, a soil moisture sensor 444, a soil pH sensor 445, and a chlorophyll sensor 446. Any sensor including at least one of the sensors 441 to 446 may be used. In particular, if the amount of water in the area where plants grow such as grass and grass at the airport (for example, the landing zone) increases, many insect pests that feed on birds such as earthworms are generated, which increases the number of birds that fly. As a result, the probability of bird strikes increases, so it is important to identify and deal with places with high soil moisture in the landing zone. Therefore, the sensor unit 440 of the vehicle AV used at the airport preferably includes the soil moisture sensor 444. Further, from the viewpoint of grasping the growth state of plants such as turf and grass in the landing zone, the sensor unit 440 preferably includes a chlorophyll sensor 446.

Here, the data processing unit 510 stores the data detected by each sensor of the sensor unit 440 in the internal memory 511 in association with the position data indicating at which point in the airport landing zone the data is measured. Is configured to do. The method for acquiring the position data indicating the position of the measurement point is not particularly limited, and there are a method for calculating based on the distance and direction moved from the reference position, a method for calculating using a satellite positioning system, and the like. Data relating to the growth of plants such as turf and grass stored in the memory 511 is provided to the maintenance management system 500 of the business establishment 5000 by wireless communication, wired communication, or via a portable recording medium.

The drive unit 220 includes a power source such as an engine and a motor, a steering mechanism, and one of a wheel, a caterpillar, a leg and the like that are in contact with the ground contact surface AL. It is configured to allow reverse switching.

The drive control unit 330 controls the drive unit 220 so that the vehicle AV moves along a predetermined course. For example, the drive control unit 330 controls the drive unit so that the vehicle travels along a guidance line installed in the airport landing zone or uses a satellite positioning system on the map data of the airport landing zone. The drive unit is controlled so as to move on the landing zone according to the set course. However, the configuration of the drive control unit 330 is not limited to these configurations.

Next, a process for creating information used for maintenance of the landing zone 1a by the vehicle AV in the first landing zone 1a of the airport A1 will be described.

First, the configuration of the first runway 1 of the airport A1 and its surroundings will be briefly described.

(First runway 1 of airport A1)
23A and 23B are a plan view and a perspective view showing an example of the configuration of the first runway 1 of the airport A1 and its surroundings.

A first landing zone 1 a is provided on both sides and both ends of the first runway 1 so as to surround the first runway 1. Further, along the first runway 1, a guideway 1c that connects the first runway 1 and the first apron 1b (see FIG. 19C) is provided.

Next, the procedure for creating information used for the maintenance of plants such as grass and grass in the first landing zone 1a will be described.

As shown in FIG. 18B, this airport A1, together with neighboring airports A2 to A3, forms a unit AU1, which is a unit in which maintenance service is provided by the business establishment 5000.

When the maintenance service is provided to the airports A1 to A3 of the unit AU1, one or more vehicles AV are introduced from the business office 1000 to the airport A1. Here, two vehicles AV are thrown into the first landing zone 1a of the airport A1, and as shown in FIG. 23B, one vehicle AV is connected to one end of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a ( The vehicle AV is arranged at the detection start point Sp2 close to the other end of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a (the right side at the back of the paper). Shall be. Here, a case where the sensors 441 to 446 of each vehicle AV detect temperature data, humidity data, wind direction data, soil moisture content data, soil pH data, and chlorophyll concentration will be described.

The vehicle AV arranged at the detection start point Sp1 moves along the route AP1, and at a plurality of positions along the route AP1, the sensors 441 to 446 have temperature data, humidity data, wind direction data, and soil moisture content. Detect data, soil pH data, chlorophyll concentration. The detected data is stored in the internal memory 511 in association with the position data indicating the detected position by the data processing unit 510. The vehicle AV starting from the detection start point Sp2 moves along the route AP2, and at a plurality of positions along the route AP2, the sensors 441 to 446 have temperature data, humidity data, wind direction data, soil moisture content data, soil Detect pH data and chlorophyll concentration. The detected data is stored in the internal memory 511 in association with the position data indicating the detected position by the data processing unit 510. Here, the position data may be data indicating the position of the airport A1 with respect to the reference position, or position data indicated by latitude and longitude information by the satellite positioning system. Further, it may be position data indicating the position indicated on the map of the airport A1 based on the latitude and longitude information by the satellite positioning system.

When data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass in the first landing zone 1a is detected by the two vehicles AV in this way, the plant of turf and grass and the like is similarly detected in the second landing zone 2a. Data related to growth is detected and stored in the memory 511 of the data processing unit 510.

Such detection processing of data relating to the growth of plants such as grass and grass at the airport is performed in parallel at the three airports A1 to A3 in the unit AU1. The vehicle AV is returned to the office 5000 almost simultaneously from the two airports A1 to A3.

The data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass stored in the memory 511 of the data processing unit 510 of the plurality of vehicles AV collected in the business office 5000 is the computer system ACs of the maintenance management system 500 shown in FIG. 19A. To the data processing unit ADp (FIG. 19B). The data transfer from the vehicle data processing unit 510 to the data processing unit ADp of the computer system ACs may be performed via a recording medium, or may be performed via a network such as a wired LAN or a wireless LAN. . Further, the maintenance management system 500 provided in the business establishment 5000 includes a wireless communication unit, and the vehicle AV includes a wireless communication device. The vehicle AV data processing unit 510 associates the vehicle AV with the position data. Data relating to the growth of plants such as grass and grass may be received by the maintenance management system 500 provided in the business office 5000 by a wireless communication device and output to the computer system ACs.

When data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass is provided to the data processing unit ADp of the computer system ACs, the data processing unit ADp refers to the reference data in the database ADb1 and the growth of plants such as turf and grass. Based on the data related to, work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the landing zones of the airports A1 to A3 of the unit AU1 is created. This work information is provided from the office 5000 to each of the airports A1 to A3 of the unit AU1.

This work information indicates work required in a work area such as the first landing zone 1a. This work information may be information obtained from data indicating the state of the first landing zone 1a, for example. This work information is, for example, information reflected in subsequent work plans, airport facility measures, and the like. The data indicating the state of the first landing zone 1a is measured at an arbitrary measurement point of the first landing zone 1a. As such work information, work information necessary for maintenance of plants such as grass and grass in the first landing zone 1a and the second landing zone 8a of the airport A1 is provided to the airport A1. Also, the airport A2 and the airport A3 are provided with work information necessary for maintenance of plants such as turf and grass in the respective landing zones, similarly to the airport A1.

In addition to the data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass in the vehicle AV, the work information includes the flight of birds and the removal of dead leaves depending on what kind of data is detected as data representing the maintenance status of the airport facility. Can be indicated. Furthermore, the work information can also instruct the coloring work of plants such as grass and grass in the landing zone. In coloring (coloring), the growth state of plants such as turf and grass is determined from data indicating the growth state of plants such as turf and grass included in the data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass. Based on the results, a method of spraying a colored powder of scallop shells can be used. The colorant for coloring plants such as turf and grass is preferably green and has an adhesive property to take up dust or dust (for example, dust) that has risen in the air due to takeoff or landing of an aircraft. As a result, the boundary between the runway of the asphalt and the landing zone of the green zone becomes clear, and the rise of dust and the like is reduced, and as a result, the safety of the aircraft operation is expected to be improved. Further, the colorant may not have such adhesiveness. In addition to or instead of this stickiness, the colorant has at least one of quasi-incombustibility in consideration of an emergency fire and the like and a property that promotes photosynthesis of plants such as grass and grass. You may do it. For example, the colorant can have the property of promoting plant photosynthesis depending on the color of the colorant. By promoting such photosynthesis, the underground temperature of the area where plants such as turf and grass grow can be increased as compared with that before coloring. Further, taking advantage of the characteristic of the colorant that the underground temperature is warmer than before coloring, a snow melting effect may be obtained with a certain amount of snowfall.

In addition, it is also possible to give instructions for coloring work for winter withering plants such as turf and grass in the winter based on seasonal information.

Seasonal information can be obtained from the clock function of the computer system ACs. The color of plants such as turf and grass can be determined by an image sensor or the like. Therefore, it is possible to create information instructing an operation for coloring a plant such as lawn or grass that has withered in winter to an approximate color (green) based on the output of the sensor.

After that, according to the schedule information at the business establishment 5000, when the business operator inputs a plurality of vehicles collected from the airports A1 to A3 of the unit AU1 to the airports A4 to A5 of the unit AU2, the airports A1 to A1 of the unit AU1 As performed in A3, data data relating to the growth of plants such as grass and grass is detected by the vehicle AV at the airports A4 to A5 of the unit AU2. The schedule information at the office 5000 is a vehicle patrol work plan that takes into account the region, season, etc., and indicates how often the airport facility maintenance service is provided to which airport throughout the year. It is a plan. Thereafter, the vehicle AV is collected at the office 5000. The computer system of the maintenance management system 500 in which data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass stored in the memory 511 of the data processing unit 510 of the vehicle AV collected in the business establishment 5000 is installed in the business establishment 5000. When provided to ACs, the data processing unit ADp of the computer system ACs creates work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of each of the airports A4 to A5 of the unit AU2.

This work information is provided from the office 5000 to each of the airports A4 to A5.

As described above, the fifth embodiment provides the airports A1 to A5 with a vehicle AV equipped with a sensor that detects data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass (for example, environmental data and / or growth state data). Then, based on the data detected using the vehicle AV sensor, work information indicating work necessary for maintaining the landing zone of each airport A1 to A5 is created, and the created work information is provided to each airport A1 to A5. Therefore, in each airport A1 to A5, the work standards can be clarified and shared, so that the airport facility landing zone can be maintained based on the work information, even for workers with little knowledge and experience or unmanned work vehicles. Work necessary for management can be efficiently performed. As a result, the necessary expenses for maintenance of the airport facility can be reduced.

In particular, based on the detected environmental data and / or growth state data, the computer system ACs refers to reference data indicating the judgment criteria of an operator having experience and knowledge, and work necessary for maintenance of the airport landing zone Therefore, the shortage of workers with experience and knowledge can be resolved.

Airport facilities have many aircraft takeoffs and landings that can only be operated at night, facilities that have few aircraft takeoffs and landings and can be operated during the day while confirming the operation status, and problems such as noise from nearby work Since there are facilities in various situations, such as facilities that cannot be operated at night, work required for maintenance of airport facilities is carried out by unmanned work vehicles based on work plans that take into account the status of each airport. Can avoid bad work. Furthermore, since environmental data and / or growth state data can be accumulated at airport facilities, standardization of work necessary for maintenance of airport facilities such as landing zones, where plants such as turf and grass grow, is planned. You can also.

Furthermore, a system for creating work information indicating work required for airport facility maintenance management is provided by the business establishment 5000 that provides airport facility maintenance management services. No need to purchase. As a result, equipment maintenance and fuel costs are reduced, and personnel reduction can be achieved by unmanned operation.

In the fifth embodiment, a vehicle AV equipped with a sensor for detecting data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass in the airport facility is provided to the airports A1 to A5, and the data detected using the vehicle AV. We have explained the case where the establishment 5000 provides services up to providing the airport A1 to A5 with work information indicating the work necessary for maintenance of the landing zones of the airports A1 to A5. The office 5000 may also provide the airport with a service for performing work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility indicated by the work information.

In this case, unmanned vehicles that work on the basis of the work information are also provided from the business office 5000 to the airport, so that it is not necessary to purchase the latest general-purpose machine for maintaining the landing zone at the airport. Furthermore, in the operation by the unmanned vehicle, the influence of the weather is reduced.

Hereinafter, the airport facility maintenance service provided from the office to the airport as described above is based not only on the service providing the airport with work information indicating the work necessary for the airport facility maintenance, An example including a service for performing work necessary for maintenance of an airport facility will be described as a sixth embodiment.

(Embodiment 6)
With reference to FIGS. 24A to 24C, a method for providing a maintenance service according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 24A shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that are handled by establishments that provide maintenance services, and FIG. 24B shows a state in which a plurality of airports that are handled by establishments that provide maintenance services are grouped. Shows the maintenance management system of the office. In the example shown in FIG. 24B, the runways of the airports A1 to A5 are indicated by bold lines.

Also in the sixth embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 24A and 24B, the airport maintenance and management service includes a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that one office 6000 serves as two units AU1 and AU2 is grouped and performed for each group.

In the sixth embodiment, not only the service that provides the airport with work information indicating the work necessary for the maintenance of the airport, but also the maintenance service provided from the office 6000 to the airport. This embodiment differs from the fifth embodiment in that a service for performing work necessary for maintenance is also included.

Therefore, in the sixth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 24C, the maintenance management system 600 provided in the office 6000 includes a plurality of vehicles AV included in the maintenance management system 500 of the fifth embodiment, that is, grass, grass, and the like. In addition to a vehicle (hereinafter also referred to as a detection vehicle) AV equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data related to plant growth, at least a working device for performing work necessary for maintenance in the airport is installed. One vehicle (hereinafter also referred to as a work vehicle) AVa is included. Further, the computer system ACsa of the maintenance management system 600 includes work information indicating work necessary for maintenance management of the airport facility, created from data detected by the sensor of the detection vehicle in addition to the functions of the computer system ACs of the fifth embodiment. Can be provided to the work vehicle AVA. Other configurations of the maintenance management system 600 of the sixth embodiment are the same as those of the fifth embodiment.

(Work vehicle AVa)
FIG. A25 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the work vehicle AVA used in the maintenance management system 600 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

The work vehicle AVA does not have the sensor unit 440 like the detection vehicle AV illustrated in FIG. 22, and in addition to the drive unit 220 and the drive control unit 330, the work device 650 that performs operations such as watering, mowing, and fertilizer application. And a work control unit 610a replacing the data processing unit 510 of the detected vehicle AV. Here, the work control unit 610a includes a memory 611a, and is configured to control the work device 650 based on work information stored in the memory 611a. Further, the work control unit 610a is configured to control the position of the work vehicle AVa by controlling the drive control unit 330 in accordance with the work procedure.

Next, the maintenance service provided by the maintenance system 600 according to the sixth embodiment will be specifically described by taking the airport A1 as an example.

First, as in the fifth embodiment, when the detection vehicle AV of the maintenance management system 600 is input from the business office 6000 to the airport A1, the detection vehicle AV is related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass as in the fifth embodiment. Data is detected. Detected data (hereinafter also referred to as detection data) is taken back to the office 6000 by the detected vehicle AV and provided to the computer system ACsa of the maintenance management system 600 of the office 6000. The detection data may be transmitted to the maintenance management system 600 of the office 6000 in real time by wireless communication or the like.

When the computer system ACsa of the maintenance management system 600 acquires the detection data, the computer system ACsa stores the detection data in a database (not shown), and work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility from the detection data. Is created and work information is provided to the work vehicle AVA to be loaded into the airport A1. Thereafter, a maintenance service for performing the work is provided to the airports A1 to A3 of the unit AU1. For example, as shown in FIGS. 26A and 26B, a plurality of work vehicles AVa are introduced from the office 6000 to the airport A1.

Here, two work vehicles Ava are introduced into the first landing zone 1a, and one work vehicle AVA is connected to the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a as shown in FIGS. 26A and 26B. It is arranged at a work start point (for example, the same as the detection start point shown in FIG. 23B) Sp1 close to one end (the left side in front of the page), and another work vehicle AVa is the other of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a. It is arranged at the work start point (for example, the same as the detection start point shown in FIG. 23B) Sp2 close to the end (right side on the back of the page).

The work vehicle AVA arranged at the detection start point Sp1 moves along the route AP1, and performs necessary work based on the work information at a plurality of positions along the route. Similarly, the work vehicle AVa arranged at the detection start point Sp2 moves along the route AP2, and performs necessary work based on the work information at a plurality of positions along the route.

In this way, when the necessary work in the first landing zone 1a is performed by the two work vehicles AVA, the necessary work is also performed in the second landing zone 8a, which is the remaining area.

The detection processing of data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass and the management work for the airport are performed in parallel at the three airports A1 to A3 in the unit AU1, and after the completion, the unit AU1 The work vehicles Ava are returned to the office 6000 almost simultaneously from the three airports A1 to A3. In order to simultaneously collect the work vehicles AVA provided to the airports in this way, for example, the number of work vehicles AVa provided to the airports in one unit AU1 is set to turf or grass including the airport landing zone. Depending on the size of the area where the plant grows, etc., it is necessary to set the time required for all operations at each airport to be the same.

After that, according to the schedule management, the airport facility maintenance management service will be similarly provided to the airports A4 to A5 of the other units AU2.

As described above, in the sixth embodiment, the detection vehicle AV equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass in the airport facility is provided to the airports A1 to A5. Based on the data detected using the AV, work information indicating the work required for the maintenance of each airport A1 to A5 is created, and based on the created work information, the maintenance of each airport A1 to A5 is performed by the work vehicle AVA. Therefore, in each of the airports A11 to A5, the work necessary for the maintenance of the airport facility can be performed by an unmanned work vehicle in the same manner as an operator having knowledge and experience. As a result, the necessary expenses for maintenance of the airport facility can be reduced.

In the work vehicle AVA described in the sixth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 36A, the tow vehicle AV0 is connected to the towed vehicle DA on which the work device 650 and the work control unit 610d for controlling the work device 650 are mounted by a coupler 680. It is good also as the structure which carried out. Here, the work control unit 610d includes a memory 611d and is configured to control the work device 650 based on work information stored in the memory 611d. In addition, the work control unit 610d is configured to control the position of the towed vehicle DA by controlling the drive control unit 330 of the tow vehicle AV0 in accordance with the work procedure.

In the sixth embodiment, the maintenance management system 600 includes at least one detection vehicle AV equipped with a sensor and at least one work vehicle AVa equipped with a work device. Maintenance management system 600 may include at least one detection work vehicle equipped with both a sensor and a work device, instead of detection vehicle AV and work vehicle AVA. A method for providing an airport facility maintenance management service using such a detection work vehicle will be described below as a seventh embodiment.

(Embodiment 7)
With reference to FIGS. 27A to 27C, a method for providing a maintenance service according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 27A shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 managed by establishments providing maintenance services, and FIG. 27B shows a state where a plurality of airport facilities handled by establishments providing maintenance services are grouped. Reference numeral 27C denotes an office maintenance management system.

Also in the seventh embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 27A and 27B, the airport maintenance and management service includes a plurality of airports A1 to A5 handled by one office 7000 in two units as in the fifth and sixth embodiments. It is divided into groups AU1 and AU2 and performed collectively for each group.

In the seventh embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27C, the maintenance management system 700 provided in the business establishment 7000 is replaced with a plurality of vehicles AV included in the maintenance management system 500 of the fifth embodiment, and so on. This includes a detection work vehicle AVb that can detect data related to the growth of the plant and can perform work for airport facility management based on the detected data. Here, similarly to the computer system ACsa of the sixth embodiment, the computer system ACsb of the maintenance management system 700 acquires data detected by each detection work vehicle AVb, and is necessary for maintenance of the airport facility from the acquired data. Work information indicating work is created, and the work information is provided to each detected work vehicle AVb. The computer system ACsb is configured to acquire and store data detected by the detection work vehicle AVb.

(Detection work vehicle AVb)
As shown in FIG. 28, the detection work vehicle AVb includes a sensor unit 440 having a plurality of sensors 441 to 446 in addition to the configuration of the work vehicle AVA of the sixth embodiment, and further includes a work control unit 610a of the sixth embodiment. A work control unit 710b different from the above is provided. The work control unit 710b controls the drive control unit 330 in the same manner as the work control unit 610a of the sixth embodiment, stores work information provided from the computer system ACsb in the memory 711b, and works on the basis of the work information. 650 is configured to instruct work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility. Data detected by the plurality of sensors 441 to 446 is also recorded in the memory 711b of the work control unit 710b. When the detection work vehicle AVb returns to the business establishment 7000, at least one of the environmental data and the growth state data stored in the memory 711b is provided to and accumulated in the computer system ACsb of the maintenance management system 700. Yes.

Next, the maintenance service provided by the maintenance management system 700 of the seventh embodiment will be specifically described by taking the airport A1 as an example.

First, as in the sixth embodiment, when the detection work vehicle AVb of the maintenance management system 700 is introduced from the business establishment 7000 to the airport A1, the growth of plants such as grass and grass is caused by the detection work vehicle AVb as in the fifth embodiment. Data related to is detected. The detected data (hereinafter also referred to as detection data) is brought back to the business establishment 7000 by the detection work vehicle AVb and provided to the computer system ACsb of the maintenance management system 700 of the business establishment 7000. The detection data may be transmitted to the maintenance management system 700 of the office 7000 in real time by wireless communication or the like.

When the computer system ACsb of the maintenance management system 700 obtains the detection data, the computer system ACsb stores the detection data in a database (not shown) and, from the detection data, the airport facility, as in the computer system ACsa of the sixth embodiment. Work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the vehicle is created, and the work information is provided to the detected work vehicle AVb to be loaded into the airport A1. Thereafter, when the maintenance service for performing the work is provided to the airports A1 to A3 of the unit AU1, as shown in FIGS. 29A and 29B, a plurality of detection work vehicles AVb are input from the office 7000 to the airport A1. Is done.

Here, two detection work vehicles AVb are inserted into the first landing zone 1a, and one detection work vehicle AVb is connected to one end of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a as shown in FIG. 29B. Arranged at a work start point (for example, the same as the detection start point shown in FIG. 23B) Sp1 close to (on the left side in front of the page), another detection work vehicle AVb is the other of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a. It is arranged at the work start point (for example, the same as the detection start point shown in FIG. 23B) Sp2 close to the end (right side on the back of the page).

Detected work vehicle AVb arranged at work start point Sp1 moves along route AP1, and performs necessary work based on work information at a plurality of positions along this route. Similarly, the detected work vehicle AVb arranged at the work start point Sp2 moves along the route AP2, and performs necessary work based on the work information at a plurality of positions along the route.

Thus, when the necessary work in the first landing zone 1a is performed by the two detection work vehicles AVb, the necessary work is also performed in the second landing zone 8a which is the remaining area.

In addition, when there are a plurality of landing zones in the airport facility, data detection and work execution in a plurality of landing zones may be performed in parallel.

The detection processing of data relating to the growth of plants such as turf and grass and the maintenance work for such airports are performed in parallel at the three airports A1 to A3 in the unit AU1. The detection work vehicle AVb is returned to the office 7000 almost simultaneously from the three airports A1 to A3 in the AU1. In order to simultaneously collect the detection work vehicles AVb provided to the airports in this way, for example, the number of detection work vehicles AVb provided to the airports in one unit AU1 is set to the lawn including the airport landing zone. Depending on the size of the area where plants such as grass and grass grow, it is necessary to set the time required for work at each airport to be the same.

Thus, in the seventh embodiment, instead of the detection vehicle AV and the work vehicle AVA of the sixth embodiment, it is necessary for the maintenance and management of the sensor unit that detects data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass and the airport facility. Since the detection work vehicle AVb equipped with a work device for performing work is used, the detection work vehicle AVb is also used for detecting data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass in the landing zone and for maintaining the landing zone. It can also be used for work, and the use efficiency of the vehicle at the office can be increased.

In the seventh embodiment, the maintenance management system 700 includes only the detection work vehicle AVb. However, in addition to the detection work vehicle AVb, the maintenance management system 700 includes the detection vehicle AV and the work vehicle according to the sixth embodiment. AVa may be included. In this case, a vehicle to be provided to the airport facility can be selected according to a service requested from the airport. For example, when a service providing only work information indicating work required for airport maintenance is required, the detection vehicle AV or the detection work vehicle AVb is provided to the airport facility. Alternatively, when a service that provides such work information as well as work for maintenance of the actual airport facility is required, both the detected vehicle AV and the work vehicle AVA, or the detected work vehicle AVb are used as the airport facility. provide. Furthermore, when work for maintenance of the airport facility is urgent, the detection work vehicle AVb is provided to the airport facility.

Moreover, in the said Embodiment 7, the detection work vehicle AVb carrying both the sensor part 440 and the working device 650 is used for the vehicle which runs on a landing zone for the maintenance management of a landing zone. The example in which the work information necessary for the work is created based on the data acquired from the detected work vehicle AVb by the computer system of the maintenance management system has been described. However, the work information is stored in the sensor unit of the detected work vehicle AVb. You may produce in the inside of the detection work vehicle AVb based on the detected data.

Hereinafter, an example in which such work information is created inside a detection work vehicle and used for work by the detection work vehicle will be described as an eighth embodiment.

(Embodiment 8)
A method for providing a maintenance service according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 30A to A30C.

FIG. 30A shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that are handled by establishments that provide maintenance services, and FIG. 30B shows a state in which a plurality of airports that are handled by establishments that provide maintenance services are grouped. Shows the maintenance management system of the office.

Also in the eighth embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 30A and 30B, the maintenance management service to the airport is provided to a plurality of airports A1 to A5 that one office 8000 serves as in the fifth to seventh embodiments. The two units AU1 and AU2 are grouped and performed for each group.

In the eighth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 30C, the maintenance management system 800 provided in the business office 8000 is replaced with a plurality of vehicles AV included in the maintenance management system 500 of the fifth embodiment, and so on. This includes a detection work vehicle AVc that can detect data related to the growth of the plant and can perform work for airport facility management based on the detected data. Here, the computer system ACsc of the maintenance management system 800 is configured to acquire and store data detected by the detection work vehicle AVc.

(Detection work vehicle AVc)
As shown in FIG. 31, the detection work vehicle AVc includes a work control unit 810c that replaces the work control unit 710b of the detection work vehicle AVb of the seventh embodiment. Based on the detected data, work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the landing zone is created. Reference data is stored in the memory 811c of the work control unit 810c. The work control unit 810c performs processing for determining work required for airport maintenance based on data from the sensor according to the fifth embodiment. Similar to the data processing unit ADp of the computer system ACs of the above, work performed by referring to the reference data stored in the memory 811c based on the data from the sensor and determined to be necessary for airport maintenance Is stored in the memory 811b of the work control unit 810c.

In addition, data detected by the plurality of sensors 441 to 446 is also recorded in the memory 811c of the work control unit 810c. When the detected work vehicle AVc returns to the business office 8000, the data and work information detected by the sensors stored in the memory 811c are provided to and accumulated in the computer system ACsc of the maintenance management system 800. Yes. Therefore, the computer system ACsc of the eighth embodiment does not need a function of generating work information indicating work necessary for airport maintenance by referring to the reference data based on data from the sensor. However, the computer system ACsc refers to the reference data based on the data acquired and accumulated from the detection work vehicle AVc and detected by the sensor unit of the detection work vehicle AVc, and the work necessary for maintenance of the airport It may have a function of generating work information indicating.

Note that the drive unit 220, the drive control unit 330, the sensor unit 440, and the work device 650 in the detection work vehicle AVc are the same as those in the detection work vehicle AVb of the seventh embodiment.

Next, the maintenance service provided by the maintenance management system 800 of the eighth embodiment will be specifically described by taking the airport A1 as an example.

32A and 32B, the detection work vehicle AVc of the maintenance management system 800 is thrown into the airport A1 from the office 8000. Here, two detection work vehicles AVc are introduced into the first landing zone 1a of the airport A1, and one detection work vehicle AVc is connected to the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a as shown in FIG. 32B. The work start point is located at the work start point Sp1 close to one end (the front left side of the page), and the other detection work vehicle AVc is close to the other end (the right side of the back of the page) of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a. Arranged at Sp2.

The detection work vehicles AVc arranged at the respective work start points Sp1 and Sp2 move along the routes AP1 and AP2, and are related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass at a plurality of positions along these routes. Data detection and work based on work information obtained from the detected data are performed.

Specifically, while the detection work vehicle AVc is moving on the first landing zone 1a, the sensor unit 440 is related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass at at least one point of the first landing zone 1a. The data is detected, the work control unit 810c refers to the reference data based on the detected data, generates work information indicating work necessary for airport maintenance, and provides the work information to the work device 650. . The work device 650 performs work (watering, fertilizer application, etc.) necessary for airport maintenance based on the provided work information.

Thus, in the first landing zone 1a, detection of data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass, creation of work information based on the detected data, and work indicated by the work information include two detection tasks. When executed by the vehicle AVc, data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass is detected in the second landing zone 8a, which is the remaining area, and maintenance of the airport is performed from the detected data. Work information indicating necessary work is generated, and the work indicated by the work information is executed.

The provision of the maintenance service for such an airport is performed in parallel at the three airports A1 to A3 in the unit AU1, and after the completion, as in the seventh embodiment, the three airports A1 to A3 in the unit AU1 are provided. At about the same time, the detection work vehicle AVc used for providing the maintenance service to each airport is returned to the office 8000.

As described above, in the eighth embodiment, the sensor unit 440 that detects data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass in the landing zone in the airport facility and the detection device equipped with the work device 650 that performs maintenance work of the airport facility are mounted. A work vehicle AVc is provided to the airports A1 to A5. The detection work vehicle AVc detects data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass, creates work information from the detected data, and based on the work information. Therefore, the maintenance work for the airport can be quickly performed without relying on the operator.

In the eighth embodiment, the maintenance management system 800 includes only the detection work vehicle AVc. However, the maintenance management system 800 includes the detection vehicle AV and the work vehicle according to the sixth embodiment in addition to the detection work vehicle AVc. It may include the AVa and the detection work vehicle AVb of the seventh embodiment.

In the eighth embodiment, the work control unit 810c of the detection work vehicle AVc may create work data indicating work performed by the work device 650 and record the work data in the memory 811c. In this case, when the detected work vehicle AVc returns to the business office 8000, the work data stored in the memory 811c is provided to and stored in the computer system ACsc of the maintenance management system 800, whereby the computer system ACsc. Therefore, it is possible to generate a work report based on the work data and output the work report.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 36B, the detection work vehicle AVb shown in Embodiment 7 or the detection work vehicle AVc shown in Embodiment A8 is connected to the vehicle AV in which the sensor unit 440 shown in Embodiment 5 is mounted. It is good also as a structure which connected towed vehicle EA carrying 650 and the work control part 710e which controls this with the coupler 680. FIG. Here, the work control unit 710e includes a memory 711e, and is configured to control the work device 650 based on work information stored in the memory 711e. The work control unit 710e is configured to control the position of the towed vehicle EA by controlling the drive control unit 330 of the vehicle AV in accordance with the work procedure.

Here, it goes without saying that the towed vehicle EA can be equipped with a working device for automatically spraying fertilizer, disinfectant, herbicide and the like.

Further, the vehicle provided in the maintenance management system of the fifth to eighth embodiments may be equipped with a mowing means for mowing plants such as turf and grass. In this case, the mowing work is performed for each of the other than the mowing work. This can be done in parallel with other vehicle operations (data detection, airport facility maintenance).

In the fifth to eighth embodiments, the maintenance management system detects data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass in the landing zone, and is necessary for the maintenance management of the landing zone based on the detected data. However, the maintenance management system detects data related to the growth of plants such as turf and grass, and detects turf and grass plants other than the landing zone in the airport. Work in growing areas, for example, in parks in airports, or in areas where plants such as grass and grass grow around taxiways and aprons, and create work information that indicates the work necessary to maintain these areas. May be.

Further, in the sixth to eighth embodiments, the case where the maintenance management system performs work in the landing zone based on the work information obtained from the data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass has been described. Works on the basis of work information in areas where plants such as turf and grass other than the landing zone in the airport grow, such as in parks in the airport or around taxiways and aprons. It may be performed in a growing area.

Further, in the above embodiment, the operation for maintaining the plants such as grass and grass growing in the airport is performed based on the data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass. The functional maintenance work of the landing zone against the withering of plants such as grass and grass may be performed according to the season without depending on the data related to the growth of plants such as grass and grass.

Hereinafter, as a maintenance service for airport facilities, a method for performing coloring work of plants such as turf and grass against the withering of plants such as turf and grass in the landing zone according to the season will be described as Embodiment 9.

(Embodiment 9)
A method for providing a maintenance service according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 33A to 33C.

FIG. 33A shows a plurality of airports A1 to A5 managed by establishments providing maintenance services, and FIG. 33B shows a state where a plurality of airport facilities handled by establishments providing maintenance services are grouped. Reference numeral 33C denotes an office maintenance management system.

Also in the ninth embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 33A and 33B, the maintenance management service to the airport is provided to a plurality of airports A1 to A5 which one office 9000 serves as in the fifth to eighth embodiments. The two units AU1 and AU2 are grouped and performed for each group.

In the ninth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 33C, the maintenance management system 900 provided in the business establishment 9000 replaces the plurality of vehicles AV included in the maintenance management system 500 of the fifth embodiment, and includes grass and grass. A work vehicle AVf configured to be able to color a plant such as grass or grass while moving on the area where the plant grows is included. Here, the computer system ACsf of the maintenance management system 900 is configured to obtain work data indicating work performed by the work vehicle AVf, and to create and output a work report based on the obtained work data. Yes.

(Work vehicle AVf)
As shown in FIG. 34, the work vehicle AVf includes a work control unit 910f that replaces the work control unit 610a of the work vehicle AVA of the sixth embodiment. A coloring means 950a for coloring plants such as grass is provided. The coloring means 950a is configured to color plants such as grass and grass on the landing zone while the work vehicle AVf is moving on the landing zone. In the memory 911f of the work control unit 910f, route information for moving the work vehicle AVf along a predetermined route is recorded. The work control unit 910f controls the drive control unit 330 and the coloring unit 950a so that the coloring unit 950a colors plants such as grass and grass while the drive control unit 330 is driving the driving unit 220. It is configured.

Note that the drive unit 220 and the drive control unit 330 are the same as those of the work vehicle AVA of the sixth embodiment.

Next, the maintenance service provided by the maintenance management system 900 of the ninth embodiment will be specifically described by taking the airport A1 as an example.

As shown in FIGS. 35A and 35B, the work vehicle AVf of the maintenance management system 900 is thrown into the airport A1 from the office 9000. Here, two detection work vehicles AVf are inserted into the first landing zone 1a of the airport A1, and one work vehicle AVf is one end of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a as shown in FIG. 35B. The work start point Sp1 is located near the work start point Sp1 that is close to (the front left side of the page), and the other work vehicle AVf is close to the work start point Sp2 that is close to the other end of the first runway 1 in the first landing zone 1a (the right side on the back side of the page). Be placed.

The work vehicles AVf arranged at the respective work start points Sp1 and Sp2 move the landing zone 1a along the routes AP1 and AP2, and color plants such as grass and grass on the movement route of the work vehicle AVf with a colorant. To do. Plants such as turf and grass are colored when the green of plants such as turf and grass still remains (for example, around November), rather than being colored green after plants such as turf and grass become white due to withering in winter. ) It is more efficient to go. The colorant is preferably green and has a tackiness to take up dust or dust that has risen in the air due to takeoff or landing of the aircraft. In this way, by using an adhesive colorant for coloring plants such as turf and grass, it is possible to prevent dust and dust that have risen during takeoff and landing of the aircraft from entering the engine. However, the coloring of plants such as grass and grass is not limited to the method using a coloring agent.

Specifically, when the work vehicle AVf starts to move on the first landing zone 1a, under the control of the work control unit 910f, the coloring means 950a has a portion such as turf or grass where the landing zone work vehicle AVf passes. The process of coloring the plant green with a colorant is started. Further, when the work vehicle AVf moves on a predetermined route on the first landing zone 1a and stops at the end position, the coloring means 950a uses a colorant to greenen plants such as grass and grass under the control of the work control unit 910f. Stop the coloring process.

When the work of coloring the plants such as turf and grass is completed by the two work vehicles AVf in the first landing zone 1a in this way, the turf and grass etc. are similarly applied to the remaining second landing zone 8a. The plant is colored.

The execution of the coloring work of plants such as turf and grass in the airport landing zone is performed in parallel at the three airports A1 to A3 in the unit AU1, and after completion, the seventh embodiment or the eighth embodiment. Similarly, the work vehicle AVf is returned to the office 9000 from the three airports A1 to A3 in the unit AU1 almost simultaneously.

After that, according to the schedule management, airport facility maintenance management services will be provided to the airports A4 to A5 of the other unit AU2 in the same manner as the airports A1 to A3 of the unit AU1.

As described above, in the ninth embodiment, work vehicles AVf equipped with coloring means 950a for coloring plants such as grass and grass to green are provided to the airports A1 to A5, and this work is performed while moving on the landing zone of the airport facility. Since the vehicles such as grass and grass in the landing zone are colored by the vehicle AVf, it is possible to avoid a decrease in contrast between the runway and the landing zone due to winter death of plants such as the grass and grass in the landing zone. The function of the landing zone, which plays an important role in the safe operation of the aircraft, can be maintained, and the safe operation of the aircraft can be ensured.

In the ninth embodiment, the colorant has a tackiness to take up dust or dust that has risen in the air due to takeoff or landing of the aircraft, but the colorant does not have such a tackiness. It may be a thing. In addition to or instead of this stickiness, the colorant has at least one of quasi-incombustibility in consideration of an emergency fire and the like and a property that promotes photosynthesis of plants such as grass and grass. You may do it. For example, the colorant can have the property of promoting plant photosynthesis depending on the color of the colorant. By promoting such photosynthesis, the underground temperature of the area where plants such as turf and grass grow can be increased as compared with that before coloring. Further, taking advantage of the characteristic of the colorant that the underground temperature is warmer than before coloring, a snow melting effect may be obtained with a certain amount of snowfall.

In the ninth embodiment, the work vehicle AVf includes only the coloring means 950a for coloring plants such as grass and grass as a work device. However, the work vehicle AVf further includes plants such as grass and grass. It may be provided with a mowing means for mowing.

FIG. 37 is a view for explaining the work vehicle AVg provided with the coloring means and the mowing means as described above.

The work vehicle AVg includes a work control unit (control means) 910g that replaces the work control unit 910a of the work vehicle AVA of the sixth embodiment. A coloring means 950a for coloring the plants, and a mowing means 950b for mowing plants such as turf and grass.

The coloring means 950a is configured to color plants such as grass and grass on the landing zone while the working vehicle AVg is moving on the landing zone, as in the working vehicle AVf of the ninth embodiment. Yes. The mowing means 950b is configured to mow plants such as turf and grass on the landing zone while the work vehicle AVg is moving on the landing zone.

The route information for moving the work vehicle AVg along a predetermined route is recorded in the memory 911g of the work control unit 910g. The work control unit 910g is configured so that the coloring of the plants such as grass and grass by the coloring unit 950a and the mowing of the mowing unit 950b are performed in a state where the driving control unit 330 is driving the driving unit 220. The coloring means 950a and the mowing means 950b are configured to be controlled.

In the work vehicle AVg having such a configuration, it is possible to color green on plants such as turf and grass while mowing in the landing zone, and effectively color the plants such as turf and grass shortened by mowing. It can be performed.

In the work vehicle AVg shown in FIG. 37, the work control unit 910g controls the coloring means 950a and the mowing means 950b so that the coloring means 950a performs the coloring of plants such as grass and grass and the mowing means 950b. However, the configuration of the work control unit 910g is not limited to such a configuration.

For example, the work control unit 910g uses the coloring means 950a to color the plants such as grass and grass after the harvesting means 950b cuts the plants such as grass and grass before the plants such as grass and grass wither in winter. The mowing means 950b and the coloring means 950a may be controlled so as to be divided into several times or several times. Alternatively, the work control unit 910g may cause the coloring means 950a to color the plants such as turf and grass after the cutting means 950b cuts the plants such as turf and grass before the plants such as turf and grass wither in winter. Further, the mowing unit 950b and the coloring unit 950a may be controlled so as to adjust the density of the colorant when coloring plants such as grass and grass.

Furthermore, in the ninth embodiment, the maintenance management system has been described with respect to the case where the coloring work of plants such as turf and grass is performed in the landing zone. However, the maintenance management system performs this coloring work other than the landing zone in the airport. You may carry out in the area | region where plants, such as turf and grass, for example, in the park in an airport, for example, the area | region where plants, such as grass and grass around a taxiway or an apron, grow.
(Modifications of Embodiments 5 to 9)
Furthermore, the vehicle of each of the above embodiments includes a collision avoidance sensor for a facility such as a sign provided in the landing zone, lighting equipment assuming night work, a laser device for bird damage countermeasures, a large sound generator, etc. May be installed. In addition, the vehicle is further equipped with a sensor that detects birds, and in response to the detection of the bird by the sensor, the laser beam emitted from the laser device for bird damage countermeasures is irradiated to the bird. A large sound may be generated by a large sound generator to threaten the bird. For example, the laser device for bird damage countermeasures may be a thermography laser beam facility. In addition, during the summer season when grass is growing significantly, the number of unmanned mowing operations such as mowing is increased using a vehicle equipped with the above-described mowing means, thereby suppressing the formation of bird nests flying to airport facilities. Thus, bird strikes can be reduced. Note that the harvested grass after unattended mowing can be efficiently collected by using an unmanned roll baler or the like. Furthermore, thatch (grass residue) generated after unattended mowing reduces the amount of residual material after mowing by spraying the decomposing agent with, for example, a working device that sprays the decomposing agent mounted on the work vehicle. can do.

In addition, the airport facility maintenance management service patrol plan provided by the offices of each of the above embodiments is a year-round plan taking into account the region and seasons, etc., so that the maintenance management system installed at each office The operating efficiency of vehicles equipped with can be improved.

Also, not only the maintenance of grass, but also the accumulated state of dead leaves and the occurrence of pests are subject to maintenance at the airport. Accordingly, by using a sensor capable of detecting these maintenance targets, for example, an image sensor, as a sensor mounted on the vehicle, it is possible to maintain and manage things other than grass at the airport. In particular, the damage to grass caused by pests can be effectively suppressed by predicting and dealing with the occurrence of large numbers of insects, and in the future, pests will be realized by realizing sensors capable of detecting such signs of large-scale occurrence. It is possible to almost eliminate the damage caused by grass.

In airport facilities in heavy snowfall areas, it is also necessary to remove snow that has accumulated on the roads of aircraft such as runways and taxiways in winter, and the snow conditions on the roads are subject to maintenance and management of airport facilities. Become.

Hereinafter, as a tenth embodiment, a method for providing a service for performing a snow removal operation for removing snow that has accumulated on an aircraft runway such as a runway as an airport facility maintenance management service will be described.

(Embodiment 10)
FIG. 38 is a diagram for explaining a method for providing a maintenance management service according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a maintenance management system provided in a business office that provides the maintenance management service.

Here, the establishment 9000a is a base that provides a service for snow removal work such as a runway and a taxiway to one or more airports (airport facilities) that the establishment 9000a is responsible for. In addition, this establishment 9000a does not take the form of providing a service for performing snow removal work for each group by grouping a plurality of airports as described in Embodiment 9 from the work content of snow removal work. The service is provided in such a way that a work vehicle is carried in advance to an airport where snow is expected in a weather forecast or the like. Below, the snow removal work in one airport is demonstrated.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing airport runways and taxiways for which maintenance management services are provided by the maintenance management system shown in FIG. Here, this airport is assumed to be an airport in heavy snowfall areas such as Hokuriku and Tohoku. In this airport, as shown in FIG. 39, a taxiway 6c is provided along a runway 61, and a region within a predetermined range around the runway 61 is a landing zone 6a.

The establishment 9000a that provides a service for performing snow removal work is provided with a maintenance management system 900a for maintaining and managing the airport facility by snow removal work. The maintenance management system 900a includes, for example, two types of work vehicles. Contains.

One type of work vehicle is a side-by-side snowplow AVh1 that brings snow accumulated on the road to the side of the road, and the other type of work vehicle is snow that has been drawn to the side of the road. This is a rotary type snowplow AVh2 that blows off to the area (green zone) where the plant grows adjacent to the side. Further, the maintenance management system 900a includes a plurality of side-by-side snowplows AVh1 and a plurality of rotary snowplows AVh2. However, the maintenance management system 900a only needs to include at least one side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and at least one rotary snowplow AVh2.

Further, the maintenance management system 9000a includes a computer system ACsh, and the computer system ACsh is configured to instruct work contents to the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the rotary snowplow AVh2. Specifically, the computer system ACsh depends on these work vehicles depending on the amount of snow, the type of road to be removed (for example, whether it is a runway or a taxiway), the width of the road, etc. A work schedule is created, and the work content is instructed to each work vehicle based on the created work schedule.

The work vehicle is configured to perform snow removal work based on the work content instructed from the computer system ACsh.

(Aside snowplow AVh1)
FIG. 40A is a diagram for describing a configuration of a side-by-side snowplow AVh1 provided in the maintenance management system 900a. FIG. 41A is a diagram schematically showing an appearance of the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 shown in FIG. 40A.

The side-by-side snowplow AVh1 has a vehicle main body 901a and a snow removal mechanism 901b attached to the front surface of the vehicle main body 901a. The vehicle main body 901a includes a drive unit 220 that moves the vehicle, a drive control unit 330 that controls the drive unit 220, and a work control unit 910 that controls the drive control unit 330 based on a work instruction from the computer system ACsh. . The work control unit 910 includes a memory 911 and a transmission / reception unit (not shown) for transmitting and receiving information via a line such as a wireless LAN. The memory 911 includes a line such as a wireless LAN from the computer system ACsh. Information such as the work contents received via is stored.

The snow removal mechanism 901b includes a snow removal plate 913 for bringing snow accumulated on the road to the side of the road and a snow removal plate support arm 914 for supporting the snow removal plate 913. The base portion of the snow removal plate support arm 914 is rotatably attached to the vehicle main body 901a, and the snow removal plate 913 is attached to the tip of the snow removal plate support arm 914.

(Rotary type snowplow AVh2)
FIG. 40B is a diagram for describing a configuration of a rotary snowplow AVh2 provided in the maintenance management system 900a. FIG. 42A is a diagram schematically showing the appearance of the rotary snowplow AVh2 shown in FIG. 40B.

The rotary snowplow AVh2 includes a vehicle main body 902a and a snow removal device 902b attached to the front surface of the vehicle main body 902a.

Here, the vehicle main body 902a includes a drive unit 220, a drive control unit 330, and a work control unit 920 in the same manner as the vehicle main body 901a of the side-by-side snowplow AVh1. The vehicle body 902a is configured to be able to supply the loaded grass powder CGr to the snow removal device 902b. Specifically, the vehicle main body 902a includes a grass powder storage unit 902 that stores grass powder CGr, a discharge means 924 for discharging the grass powder CGr from the grass powder storage unit 902, and the discharged grass powder CGr. And a conveying blower 925a that conveys in a flow, and is configured such that grass powder is conveyed by the conveying blower 925a to the snow removal device 902b via the conveying duct 925b. Here, the grass powder is obtained by finely pulverizing and coloring grass produced in the summer mowing operation, and is stored in a warehouse in the airport for recycling. The grass powder is transported from the warehouse as needed during snow removal work in winter and loaded into the rotary snowplow AVh2.

The snow removal device 902b includes a cylindrical snow scraping roller 926 that scrapes snow by rotation, a pair of left and right roller support plates 926a that rotatably supports the snow scraping roller 926, and a pair of upper and lower support plates that support each roller support plate 926a. And a support arm 926b. Here, the roller support plate 926a incorporates a motor for rotating the snow scraping roller 926. One end of the support plate support arm 926b is fixed to the roller support plate 926a, and the other end of the support plate support arm 926b is rotatably attached to the vehicle body 902a. The support plate support arm 926b is rotated by an actuator (not shown) attached to the vehicle main body 902a.

The snow removal device 902b further includes a mixer 927 that mixes the grass powder conveyed from the vehicle main body 902a with the snow scraped by the snow scraping roller 926, and a snow blowing unit 928 that blows out the snow SGm mixed with the grass powder. Have. The snow outlet 928 includes an outlet pipe 928a and an outlet blower 928b. The mixer 927 is fixed to the roller support plate 926 a, and the snow blowing part 928 is attached to the upper part of the mixer 927.

In this rotary type snowplow AVh2, the drive unit 220 and the drive control unit 330 are the same as those in the side-by-side snowplow AVh1, and the work control unit 920 is the work control unit 910 of the side-by-side snowplow AVh1. In the same manner as the above, a transmission / reception unit (not shown) for transmitting / receiving information to / from the computer system ACsh via a line such as a memory 921 and a wireless LAN is provided. However, the work control unit 920 controls the drive control unit 330 based on the work content instructed by the computer system ACsh, and also carries out motors for the carry-out means 924, the transport blower 925a, the mixer 927, the blower blower 928b, and the snow scraping roller 926. The actuator of the mounting plate support arm 926b is configured to be controlled.

Next, the maintenance service (snow removal work) provided to the airport shown in FIG. 39 by the office 9000a will be described.

When the computer system ACsh of the maintenance management system 900a of the business establishment 9000a acquires the snow cover information of the airport shown in FIG. 39, it instructs the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the rotary snowplow AVh2 to perform snow removal work. This instruction is received by the work control unit 910 of the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the work control unit 920 of the rotary snowplow AVh2 via a line such as a wireless LAN. Here, it is assumed that the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the rotary snowplow AVh2 are brought into the airport in advance from the office based on the weather forecast and stored in a hangar or the like in the airport.

First, a plurality of side-by-side snowplows AVh1 perform snow removal work on the runway.

FIG. 41B is a diagram for explaining an example of snow removal work by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 shown in FIG. 41A.

The work control unit 910 of the plurality of side-by-side snowplows AVh1 detects the position of the center line of the runway 61 based on the map information of the airport, and each according to the work content (execution of snow removal work) instructed by the computer system ACsh. The travel position with respect to the center line of the runway 61 of the snowplow is determined. When the running position of each side-by-side snowplow AVh1 is determined, the plurality of side-by-side snowplows AVh1 are arranged such that the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 running on the center line of the runway 61 starts as shown in FIG. 41B. A formation is formed so that a plurality of side-aligned snowplows AVh1 are arranged on both sides, and the runway 61 travels from one end side to the other end side. The snow Sn piled up on the runway 61 is brought to both sides of the runway 61 by the run of the side snowplow AVh1 on the runway 61. The operation of bringing snow to the side of the runway in this way is usually completed by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 running on the runway 61 one to several times. FIG. 41C shows a state where the snow removal work by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 shown in FIG. 41A is completed. When the snow removal work by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 is thus completed, the snow removal work by the rotary snowplow AVh2 is subsequently performed.

FIG. 42B is a diagram for explaining an example of snow removal work by the rotary snowplow AVh2 shown in FIG. 42A.

Here, the plurality of rotary type snowplows AVh2 perform a snow removal operation for removing snow collected on the side of the runway, and at the same time, the boundary between the runway 61 and the landing zones 6a on both sides of the runway 61 becomes clear. In particular, the work of coloring the landing zone regions on both sides of the runway 61 is also performed. The coloring operation is performed by scattering grass powder stored in the airport warehouse on the landing zone 6a.

Specific explanation will be given below.

In advance, grass powder CGr transported from the airport warehouse is loaded in the grass dust container 902 of a plurality of (for example, two) rotary snowplows AVh2. When the work control unit 920 of the rotary snowplow AVh2 receives an instruction of work content (snow removal work) from the computer system ACsh, the work control unit 920 detects the position of the center line of the runway 61 based on the map information of the airport. Then, based on the work content (snow removal work) instructed from the computer system ACsh, the travel position of the snowplow with respect to the center line of the runway 61 is determined. In the case of the rotary type snow removal vehicle Vh2, since the snow removal work for removing the snow that has been moved to the side of the runway 61 by the side-by-side snow removal vehicle AVh1 is performed, the scenery in front of the vehicle is photographed by an image sensor or the like while the vehicle is running, You may make it determine the driving | running | working position optimal for snow removal work by analysis of the image | photographed image.

When the two rotary snowplows AVh2 are positioned at the snow removal start position (for example, both side portions on one end side of the runway 61) and the snow removal work by the rotary snowplow AVh2 is started, The snow collected on both sides of the runway 61 is taken in by the snow scraping roller 926 of the snow removal device 902b, and the taken-in snow is blown out toward the landing zone side by the snow blowing portion 928 via the mixer 927. While the snow is being taken in and blown out, in the rotary type snowplow AVh2, the grass powder stored in the grass powder storage portion 902 is transported to the transport blower 925a by the transport means 924, and further the grass The powder is conveyed to the mixer 927 by the conveying blower 925a through the conveying duct 925b. Since the snow taken in by the snow scraping roller 926 is supplied to the mixer 927, in the mixer 927, the grass dust is mixed into the snow, and the snow SGm containing the grass is directed from the snow blowing portion 928 toward the landing zone side. And blown out. For this reason, the portion of the landing zone 6a adjacent to the portion of the runway 61 where the snow removal work by the rotary snowplow AVh2 has been completed, as shown by the dot display in FIG. Will be colored.

The operation of blowing off the snow collected on the side of the runway in this way is usually completed when the rotary snowplow AVh2 runs on the runway 61 at least once. FIG. 42C shows a state where the snow removal work by the rotary snowplow AVh2 shown in FIG. 42A is completed.

Further, the snow removal work by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the rotary snowplow AVh2 is performed not only on the runway 61 but also on the taxiway 6c.

However, at the airport, there is a case where the snow is removed from the runway 61 and the hands are not fully turned until the snow is removed from the taxiway 6c. In such a case, snow removal on the taxiway 6c may be only snow removal by the rotary snowplow AVh2. Because, in the taxiway 6c, the aircraft only moves by low-speed ground travel, so even if there is a little snow, if the boundary between the taxiway and the surrounding green zone (the taxiway green zone) can be clarified This is because the aircraft can move on the taxiway. Specifically, when the rotary snowplow AVh2 removes snow from the side edge of the taxiway, snow containing colored grass powder is scattered to the area around the taxiway (the green area of the taxiway). Road green zone is colored. As a result, the pilot can recognize both side edges of the taxiway.

As described above, when the snow removal work on the runway 61 and the taxiway 6c is completed, the aircraft can be taken off and landing at the airport.

When snow continues to fall, the snow removal work by the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the rotary type snowplow AVh2 is intermittently performed. However, when the snow has stopped, the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the rotary type snowplow AVh1. The snow removal work by the snowplow AVh2 is finished, and these work vehicles are returned to the hangar or the like. Furthermore, when it is predicted by the weather forecast that it will not snow for a while, these work vehicles are once returned to the office 9000a.

As described above, in the tenth embodiment, the side-by-side snowplow AVh1 and the rotary type snowplow AVh2 are provided to the airport, and the snowplow on the roads of the aircraft such as the runway 61 and the taxiway 6c of the airport facility is provided by these snowplows. Since the landing zone and the taxiway green zone are colored at the same time, the decrease in contrast between the road and the area around the road (green zone) due to snow can be improved simultaneously with the snow removal work on the road. Thereby, even in heavy snowy areas in winter, it is possible to maintain the functions of the roadway and the surrounding green area that play an important role in the safe operation of the aircraft, and to ensure safe operation of the aircraft.

In the tenth embodiment, for coloring, grass powder obtained by finely pulverizing and coloring the cut grass is used, but in order to color snow, the snow taken into the rotary snowplow AVh2 is used. You may make it mix | blend the ash and charcoal obtained by baking the cut grass. When charcoal is mixed in, the surface of the landing zone and taxiway green area will become black and the absorption of sunlight will be promoted, so the temperature will rise and snow melting and the photosynthesis of grass in the landing zone and taxiway green area will be Promoted. In the rotary type snowplow AVh2, it goes without saying that a snow melting agent may be mixed into the taken-in snow and the snow may be blown off together with the snow melting agent.

Further, to color the snow taken in the rotary snowplow AVh2, a scallop shell crushed or a scallop shell crushed color may be used. Because the scallop shells have a glossy surface, the surface of the landing zone and the taxiway green zone can be obtained by mixing the ground pieces of the scallop shells with the snow and rolling them over the landing zone and the taxiway green zone, even if not colored. Since it shines by receiving sunlight, the boundary between the runway 61 and the landing zone 6a and the boundary between the taxiway 6c and the taxiway green zone become clear.

In addition to the winter snow removal work, some airport facility maintenance management services according to the weather also provide a puddle removal work due to heavy guerrilla rain in summer.

Specifically, the area where the plants grow around the runway, such as the runway and taxiway (green zone) is not flat and uneven, so the landing zone and taxiway around the runway due to heavy guerrilla rain in summer, etc. There may be water pools in the surrounding taxiways. If you leave the puddles in the area where plants grow around the road in this way, many pests that feed on birds such as earthworms will be generated, which increases the number of birds flying to the airport. This causes a bad effect that the probability of occurrence of a bird strike increases. Especially in subtropical areas such as Southeast Asia, the phenomenon of storms with heavy rains (scalls) frequently occurs, so airport facilities in such areas are subject to such heavy rains (for example, up to 100 mm per hour) in advance. Although designed in consideration, when guerrilla heavy rain (for example, 300 mm per hour) occurs, water may be accumulated in a green zone (region where plants grow) around the traveling path. For this reason, depending on the airport, it is necessary to remove the puddle formed in the green zone due to guerrilla heavy rain, and the puddle formed in the green zone is also the object of maintenance of the airport facility.

Hereinafter, a method for providing a service for performing a puddle removing operation for removing a puddle formed in a green zone around a traveling road as an airport facility maintenance management service will be described as an eleventh embodiment.

(Embodiment 11)
FIG. 43 is a diagram for explaining a method for providing a maintenance management service according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration of a maintenance management system provided in a business office that provides the maintenance management service.

Here, the establishment 9000b is a base that provides a service for removing a puddle in an area where plants grow in one or more airports (airport facilities) that the establishment 9000b is responsible for. As with the establishment 9000a that provides the service for snow removal described in the tenth embodiment, the establishment 9000b also has a service in which a work vehicle is carried in advance to an airport where guerrilla heavy rain is expected by a weather forecast or the like. Take the form of Below, the puddle removal work in one airport is demonstrated.

44 is a diagram showing an airport where a maintenance service (puddle removal work) is provided by the office 9000b shown in FIG.

This airport A7 is constructed in, for example, an airport site La opened in a mountainous hill, and is surrounded by a mountain M. The airport site La has one runway 71 and a taxiway 7c parallel thereto, and the area around the runway 71 and the taxiway 7c is an area (green zone) where plants such as grass and grass grow. Yes, a predetermined range around the runway 71 is a landing zone 7a, and the circumference of the taxiway 7c is a taxiway green zone. In FIG. 44, 7b is an apron, 7P is an airport parking lot, and Lp is an airport access road. Since this airport A7 is surrounded by mountains, if it is seen in heavy rain, rainwater may flow into the airport site and the water may accumulate in the landing zone 7a or the taxiway green zone.

The establishment 9000b that provides a service for performing a puddle removal operation is provided with a maintenance management system 900b for maintaining and managing the airport facility by the puddle removal operation. The maintenance management system 900b is a puddle removal vehicle AVk. Is included.

Further, the maintenance management system 9000b includes a computer system ACsk, and the computer system ACsk is configured to instruct work contents to the puddle removal vehicle AVk. For example, the computer system ACsk is configured to identify the location of the puddle in the green zone based on data from the orbiting satellite and notify the puddle removal vehicle AVk. The puddle removal vehicle AVk is configured to move to a puddle in the green zone and remove the puddle based on the position information of the puddle notified from the computer system ACsk.

(Puddle removal vehicle AVk)
FIG. 45 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a water pool removal vehicle AVk provided in the maintenance management system 900b.

The puddle removal vehicle AVk includes a water intake unit 960 and a water discharge unit 970 instead of the coloring unit 950 of the work vehicle AVf of the ninth embodiment, and a work control unit 910k that replaces the work control unit 910f of the work vehicle AVf of the ninth embodiment. It is comprised so that the water of a water pool may be spread | diffused in the place where water does not accumulate, and evaporation of the water of a water pool is accelerated | stimulated.

Here, the water intake means 960 has a water suction port 961 and a suction pump (not shown), and is configured to suck up water in the water pool from the water suction port 961 with a suction pump. However, the configuration of the water intake means 960 is not limited, and the water intake means 960 is configured to scoop up the water in the puddle with an excavator or the like, or to take up the water in the puddle with a rotating brush or the like. It may be configured as follows.

The water discharge means 970 discharges the water in the water pool taken into the water pool removal vehicle AVk by the water intake means 960 to a place where water does not accumulate under the control of the work control unit 910k. Here, the water discharge pump 971 and And a water discharge pipe 972 connected to the water discharge pump 971 and a water discharge nozzle 973 attached to the tip of the water discharge pipe 972.

The work control unit 910k includes a transmission / reception unit (not shown) for transmitting / receiving information to / from the computer system ACsk via a line such as a memory 911k and a wireless LAN. The work control unit 910k is configured to control the water intake unit 960 and the water discharge unit 970 along with the control of the drive control unit 330 based on the work content instructed from the computer system ACsk.

Next, the maintenance service (puddle removal work) provided to the airport shown in FIG. 44 by the office 9000b will be described.

When the computer system ACsk of the maintenance management system 900b of the office 9000b obtains the information on the water pool Wp formed in the landing zone 7a of the airport A7 shown in FIG. 44 from the orbiting satellite or the like, the water pool removal vehicle AVk removes the water pool. Instruct them to do the work. When this instruction is received by the work control unit 910k of the puddle removal vehicle AVk via a line such as a wireless LAN, the puddle removal vehicle AVk executes a puddle removal work in the landing zone 7a. It is assumed that the puddle removal vehicle AVk is previously carried into the airport A7 from the office 9000b based on a weather forecast or the like and stored in a hangar or the like.

FIG. 46 is a view for explaining a puddle removing operation by the puddle removing vehicle AVk shown in FIG.

The puddle removal vehicle AVk exiting from the airport hangar arrives at the position of the puddle Wp in the landing zone 7a, for example, according to the position information of the puddle included in the work content (puddle removal work) specified by the computer system ACsh. Then, by driving the water intake means 960 and the water discharge means 970, the water in the water pool Wp on the landing zone 7a is sucked up and discharged toward an area where water does not accumulate in the green zone (landing zone 7a or taxiway green zone 7d). By doing so, the water in the puddle of the landing zone 7a is diffused so that its evaporation is promoted. Further, according to the position information of the puddle included in the work content (puddle removal work) instructed from the computer system ACsh, for example, the puddle removal vehicle AVk arriving at the puddle position in the taxiway green zone 7d is the landing zone. Similar to the puddle removal vehicle AVk arriving at the puddle 7a, the water in the puddle Wp is sucked up and discharged toward the area of the green zone (landing zone 7a or green zone 7d of the taxiway) where water does not accumulate. By doing so, the water in the puddle green zone 7d is diffused so that its evaporation is promoted.

As described above, in the eleventh embodiment, the puddle removal vehicle AVk is provided to the airport, and the green zone (landing zone 7a or taxiway green zone 7d) located around the aircraft driving path of the airport facility due to guerrilla heavy rain or the like. Since the water in the pool is removed, the bird strike caused by birds flying to the airport avoids the increase of pests that can feed on birds due to the accumulation of water in the green area of the airport due to guerrilla rainstorms, etc. Can be suppressed.

In the eleventh embodiment, the information indicating the position of the puddle in the green zone is information received from the orbiting satellite by the computer system ACsk of the office 9000b, but the information indicating the position of the puddle in the green zone. May be acquired by a detection vehicle that detects the position of a puddle in a green zone.

When the information indicating the position of the puddle is acquired by the detection vehicle that detects the position of the puddle in the green zone as described above, the maintenance management system 900b of the business establishment 9000b adds the puddle in addition to the puddle removal vehicle AVk. It is necessary to provide a detection vehicle. The water pool detection vehicle includes a water detection sensor that detects water accumulated on the ground instead of or in addition to at least one of the sensors 441 to 446 of the sensor unit 440 of the vehicle AV described in the fifth embodiment. It can be realized by providing. By causing a detection vehicle having such a water detection sensor to travel along a predetermined route in a green zone, it is possible to specify a position where a water pool is formed. Here, the information indicating the position of the water pool is work information that can be used for maintenance of the airport facility.

Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case has been described in which the maintenance and management of the airport facility is performed using the maintenance and management system owned by the establishment that provides the maintenance and management service of the airport facility. In addition, a computer system and a vehicle function constituting the maintenance management system of each embodiment described above may be mounted. In this case, the existing machinery owned by the airport facility will be used effectively, and it will be possible to partially reduce the maintenance cost of the facility at the airport.

As described above, the present invention has been exemplified using the preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention should not be construed as being limited to these embodiments. It is understood that the scope of the present invention should be construed only by the claims. It is understood that those skilled in the art can implement an equivalent range based on the description of the present invention and the common general technical knowledge from the description of specific preferred embodiments of the present invention.

The present invention provides information that can be used for maintenance and management of facilities such as golf courses, so that even a worker with little knowledge and experience or an unmanned work vehicle can manage and maintain facilities based on the provided information. The present invention is useful for providing a method and a system that can perform necessary work and, as a result, reduce the necessary expenses for facility maintenance.

The present invention is useful as a method and system that can improve the work efficiency of airport facility maintenance and management, thereby reducing the cost required for airport facility maintenance and management.

1 First Runway 1a First Landing Zone 1b First Apron 1c First Taxiway 2 Tea Ground 3, 4 Fairway 5 Rough 6 Bunker 6a, 7a Landing Zone 6c, 7c Taxiway 7 Green 8 Second Runway 8a Second Landing zone 8b Second apron 8c Second taxiways 10, 510, Dp, ADp Data processing units 10a to 10d, 610a, 610d, 710b, 710e, 810c, 910, 910f, 910g, 910k, 920 Work control units 11, 11a 11d, 511, 511a, 611a, 711b, 811c, 911, 911f, 911g, 911k, 921 Memory 20, 220 Drive unit 30, 330 Drive control unit 40, 440 Sensor unit 41, 441 Temperature sensor 42, 442 Humidity sensor 43 443 Wind direction sensor 44, 444 Soil moisture sensor 45, 445 Soil pH sensor 46, 446 Chlorophyll sensor 50, 650 Working device 61, 71 Runway 80, 680 Coupling machine 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 900a, 900b Maintenance management system 901a, 902a Vehicle body 901b Snow removal structure 902b Snow removal device 950a Coloring means 950b Mowing means 960 Water intake means 970 Water discharge means 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 9000a, 9000b Office A, AA Towed vehicle A1 to A5 Airport ACs, ACsa, ACsb, ACsc, ACsf, ACsh, ACsk, Cs, Csa, Csb, Csc Computer system ADb1 to ADb3, Db1 to Db3 Database AL, L Grounding Surface AP1, AP2, P1-P3 Path AU1, U1 First unit AU2, U2 Second unit AV, V Vehicle (detection vehicle)
AV0, V0 Towing vehicle AVa, AVf, AVg, Va Work vehicle AVb, AVc, Vb Detection work vehicle AVh1 Side-by-side snow removal vehicle AVh2 Rotary type snow removal vehicle AVk Puddle treatment vehicle C Clubhouse G1-G8 Golf course H Hole H1-H9 1st to 9th holes Sp1, Sp2, Sp3, Sp5 Detection start point (work start point)
Wp puddle

Claims

A method for providing maintenance service of a facility including at least one area where a plant grows, the method comprising:
Providing the facility with at least one vehicle movable on the at least one region, the at least one vehicle being equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data relating to the growth of the plant Being, that,
Based on data related to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point in the at least one region while the at least one vehicle is moving over the at least one region. Generating information that can be used to maintain the facility;
Providing the information to the facility.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the information includes work information indicating work necessary for maintenance and management of the facility.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information is displayed on a map of the facility.
The facility is a golf course,
The plant is turf,
The data related to the growth of the turf includes at least one of environmental data indicating the environment in which the turf grows and growth state data indicating the growth state of the turf,
The environmental data includes at least one of data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, data indicating soil moisture content, and data indicating soil pH value,
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the growth state data includes data indicating a concentration of chlorophyll.
A method for performing processing necessary for maintenance of a facility including at least one area where a plant grows, the method being executed by a computer system and at least one vehicle movable on the at least one area Is equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data relating to the growth of the plant, the method comprising:
The computer system is associated with growing the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point in the at least one region while the at least one vehicle is moving over the at least one region. Getting data to do,
The computer system generates information that can be used for maintenance of the facility based on the acquired data relating to the growth of the plant;
The computer system outputting the information.
A computer system for executing a process necessary for maintenance of a facility including at least one area where a plant grows, wherein at least one vehicle movable on the at least one area is related to the growth of the plant. At least one sensor that detects the data to be
The computer system includes:
Acquire data related to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point in the at least one area while the at least one vehicle is moving over the at least one area. And
A computer system configured to generate information usable for maintenance of the facility and output the information based on the acquired data related to the growth of the plant.
Providing the facility with at least one work vehicle movable on the at least one region, wherein the at least one work vehicle performs work necessary for maintenance of the facility based on the information. The method according to claim 1, further comprising mounting at least one work device to perform.
The information can be used in at least one work vehicle movable on the at least one region, and the work necessary for maintenance management of the facility is executed on the at least one work vehicle based on the information. The method according to claim 5, wherein at least one working device is mounted.
The information can be used in at least one work vehicle movable on the at least one region, and the work necessary for maintenance management of the facility is executed on the at least one work vehicle based on the information. The computer system according to claim 6, wherein at least one working device is mounted.
The information is usable in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle is further equipped with at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the facility based on the information. The method of claim 1.
The information is usable in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle is further equipped with at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the facility based on the information. The method according to claim 5.
The information is usable in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle is further mounted with at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the facility based on the information. The computer system according to claim 6.
A method for providing maintenance and management services for an airport facility, wherein the airport facility includes at least one landing zone, and plants grow on the at least one landing zone, the method comprising:
Providing the airport facility with at least one vehicle movable on the at least one landing zone, the at least one sensor detecting data relating to the growth of the plant. Is installed, and
Data relating to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one landing zone. Based on generating information that can be used for maintenance of the airport facility;
Providing the information to the airport facility.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the information includes work information indicating work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility.
The method according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the information is displayed on a map of the airport facility.
The data related to the growth of the plant includes at least one of environmental data indicating an environment in which the plant grows and growth state data indicating a growth state of the plant,
The environmental data includes at least one of data indicating temperature, data indicating humidity, data indicating wind direction, data indicating soil moisture content, and data indicating soil pH value,
The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the growth state data includes data indicating a concentration of chlorophyll.
Providing the airport facility with at least one work vehicle movable on the at least one landing zone, the at least one work vehicle being required for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information The method according to claim 13, further comprising: mounting at least one work device for performing various operations.
The information can be used in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle is further equipped with at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information. The method of claim 13.
A method for performing processing necessary for maintenance of an airport facility, the airport facility including at least one landing zone, and a plant growing on the at least one landing zone, the method comprising: At least one vehicle implemented by the system and movable on the at least one landing zone is equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data relating to the growth of the plant, the method comprising:
The computer system is configured to monitor the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one landing zone. Retrieving data related to
The computer system generates information that can be used for maintenance of the airport facility based on the acquired data related to the growth of the plant;
The computer system outputting the information.
The information can be used in at least one work vehicle capable of moving on the at least one landing zone, and the at least one work vehicle can perform work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information. The method according to claim 19, wherein at least one working device is mounted.
The information can be used in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle is further equipped with at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein:
A computer system that executes processing necessary for maintenance of an airport facility, the airport facility including at least one landing zone, on which plants grow, and the at least one landing zone At least one vehicle capable of moving on the landing zone is equipped with at least one sensor for detecting data relating to the growth of the plant,
The computer system includes:
Data relating to the growth of the plant detected by the at least one sensor at at least one point of the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one landing zone. Getting,
Generating information usable for maintenance of the airport facility based on the acquired data related to the growth of the plant;
A computer system configured to output the information.
The information can be used in at least one work vehicle capable of moving on the at least one landing zone, and the at least one work vehicle can perform work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information. The computer system according to claim 22, wherein at least one work device that executes the above is mounted.
The information can be used in the at least one vehicle, and the at least one vehicle is further equipped with at least one work device that performs work necessary for maintenance of the airport facility based on the information. The computer system according to claim 22.
A method for providing maintenance and management services for an airport facility, wherein the airport facility includes at least one landing zone, and plants grow on the at least one landing zone, the method comprising:
Providing the airport facility with at least one vehicle movable on the at least one landing zone;
The at least one vehicle is equipped with coloring means for coloring the plant and control means for controlling the coloring means,
The method wherein the control means controls the coloring means to color the plants on the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one landing zone.
The coloring means is configured to color the plant with a coloring agent,
26. The method of claim 25, wherein the colorant has a tackiness to take up dust or dust that has risen into the air upon take-off or landing of an aircraft.
The coloring means is configured to color the plant with a coloring agent,
27. A method according to claim 25 or claim 26, wherein the colorant has quasi-incombustibility.
The coloring means is configured to color the plant with a coloring agent,
28. A method according to any one of claims 25 to 27, wherein the colorant has the property of promoting photosynthesis of the plant.
The at least one vehicle is further equipped with a mowing means for mowing the plant,
The control means controls the mowing means to mow plants on the at least one landing zone while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one landing zone. 30. A method according to any one of claims 28.
The control means controls the coloring means so that the coloring means performs the coloring of the plant once or several times after the cutting means harvests the plant before the plant withers in winter. 30. The method of claim 29.
The control means controls the coloring means so that the coloring means adjusts the shade of the colorant and colors the coloring means after the harvesting means cuts the plant before the plants die in winter. Item 30. The method according to Item 29.
A method for providing maintenance and management services for an airport facility, the airport facility including at least one travel path on which an aircraft travels, the method comprising:
Providing the airport facility with at least one vehicle movable on the at least one roadway;
The at least one vehicle is equipped with a snow removal means for removing snow on the at least one traveling road, and a control means for controlling the snow removal means,
The control means controls the snow removal means so that snow removal on the at least one road is performed by the snow removal means while the at least one vehicle is moving on the at least one road. Method.
A method for providing maintenance and management services for an airport facility, the airport facility including at least one plant growing area, the method comprising:
Providing the airport facility with at least one vehicle movable over the at least one region, wherein the at least one vehicle takes in water from a puddle formed in the at least one region Means, a water discharge means for discharging water taken in by the water intake means, and a control means for controlling the water intake means and the water discharge means,
While the at least one vehicle is moving over the at least one area, the control means is configured to cause the water in the puddle formed in the at least one area by the water intake means and the water discharge means to be water. A method of controlling the water intake means and the water discharge means so that the water intake means and the water discharge means are diffused to a place where the water does not accumulate.