JP2010268760A - Agricultural work requesting system, method for requesting agricultural work, management server, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an agricultural work requesting system or the like, giving high convenience to a client. <P>SOLUTION: When receiving an agricultural work request from a client terminal 5, a management server 3 specifies equipment 11 to execute work, and orders a work terminal 7 for controlling the specified equipment 11 to perform the work. The management server 3 records the history of the work by the work terminal 7, and informs the client terminal 5 having requested agricultural work of a work result. The client terminal 5 sends an agricultural work request from a client to the management server 3. The work terminal 7 makes the equipment 11 execute the work ordered from the management server 3. Also, the work terminal 7 sends the work history showing the start or end of work to the management server 3 when starting or finishing the work of the equipment 11. The equipment 11 executes the agricultural work requested from the client based on the control of the work terminal 7. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a farm work request system or the like in which a borrower requests farm work from a remote place in a rented vegetable garden, etc., and executes and manages the requested farm work.

  In recent years, rented vegetable gardens where people can grow their own crops are gaining popularity as food safety is screamed. In such rental vegetable gardens, there are also places where a borrower requests farm work from a remote location and provides a service for paying the requested farm work for a fee. As a system for supporting such a proxy service, there is Patent Document 1.

  In Patent Document 1, a camera that shoots a cultivation area where crops are cultivated is installed, and a person who wants to cultivate crops living in a remote area can check image data captured by the camera on a terminal device, and also requests farm work from the terminal device. A remote farming support system that can perform the above is disclosed. In the system described in Patent Document 1, while observing the growth of crops at home in a remote place, the farmer is requested to perform farm work as needed, or the water supply mechanism is activated to automatically I can do it.

JP 2002-176855 A

  However, in the system described in Patent Literature 1, it is not possible to determine whether or not the requested work can be performed in light of the crop growth status, weather conditions, soil conditions, and the like. In addition, after requesting the work, there is no choice but to confirm the image data taken by the camera, so that the requester cannot confirm the completion of the work and the detailed environmental change after the completion of the work. Moreover, there is no mechanism for managing the work history, and it is impossible to confirm what work has been done before harvesting. If the client does not know what kind of work should be requested, support for the client who automatically sets the work content and execution time in the light of crop growth conditions, weather conditions, soil conditions, etc. Can not do.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a farm work request system that is highly convenient for the client.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the first invention is connected via a network to a client terminal that is a farmer's client's terminal and a work terminal that is a terminal that controls a device that performs the requested farm work. A work request information receiving means for receiving work request information including a cultivation area ID for uniquely identifying the cultivation area and a work ID for uniquely identifying the work content, from the requester terminal; Identifying a device to perform work according to the work request information, work command ID that uniquely identifies a work command for the specified device, work command information including the work ID and the cultivation area ID, Work command information transmitting means for transmitting to the work terminal that controls the identified device, time information indicating that the work has started or ended at the start or end of the work executed by the device, A management server comprising: work history receiving means for receiving work history information including a work command ID from the work terminal; and a work history database that is a database for recording the work history information. .

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a client terminal that is a farmer's client terminal, a work terminal that is a terminal that controls a device that performs the requested farm work, and a management server that manages the entire system via a network. In the farm work request system to be connected, the client terminal transmits work request information including a cultivation area ID for uniquely identifying a cultivation area and a work ID for uniquely identifying a work content to the management server. Work request information transmitting means, wherein the management server identifies a device to perform work according to the work request information, and uniquely identifies a work command for the identified device; Work command information transmitting means for transmitting work command information including a work ID and the cultivation area ID to a work terminal that controls the specified device, wherein the work terminal includes the work command information. In response to the farm work execution means for causing the equipment to perform the farm work, time information indicating start or end of work at the start or end of work, and work history information including the work instruction ID to the management server A work history transmitting means for transmitting, and the management server further includes a work history database which is a database for recording the work history information.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a client terminal that is a terminal of a farmer's client, a work terminal that is a terminal that controls a device that performs the requested farm work, and a management server that manages the entire system are connected via a network. A farm work request method in a connected system, wherein the client terminal includes work request information including a cultivation area ID for uniquely identifying a cultivation area and a work ID for uniquely identifying a work content. A work request information sending step for sending to the work order, a work command ID for uniquely identifying a work order for the specified equipment, wherein the management server specifies a device to perform work according to the work request information, and the work A work command information transmission step of transmitting work command information including an ID and the cultivation area ID to a work terminal that controls the identified device; and the work terminal includes the work command. A work history including a farm work execution step for causing the device to perform a farm work in response to the report, time information indicating that the work terminal starts or ends the work when the work starts or ends, and the work command ID A farm work request method comprising: a work history transmission step for transmitting information to the management server; and a work history recording step for the management server to record the work history information.

A fourth invention is a program for causing a computer to function as the management server described in the first invention.
A fifth invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as the management server described in the first invention is recorded.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a farm work request system that is highly convenient for the client.

System outline diagram according to the first embodiment Hardware configuration of management server 3 Hardware configuration diagram of client terminal 5 Hardware configuration diagram of work terminal 7 The figure which shows an example of the work request information 50 The figure which shows an example of the apparatus management information 60 The figure which shows an example of the work command information 70 The figure which shows an example of the work history information 80 The flowchart which shows the detail of the farm work request process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. System outline diagram according to the second embodiment The figure which shows an example of the work request information 50a The figure which shows an example of the land management information 90 The figure which shows an example of the growth condition information 100 The figure which shows an example of the work restriction information 110 The figure which shows an example of the apparatus management information 60a The figure which shows an example of the work history information 80a The figure which shows an example of the work price information 120 The figure which shows an example of the charge log | history information 130 Flow chart showing the flow of work request processing Flow chart showing the flow of environmental information collection processing Flow chart showing the flow of work execution processing Flow chart showing the flow of work history information registration processing by the client Flow chart showing the flow of work proposal processing

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

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a system outline diagram according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the farm work request system 1 includes a management server 3, a client terminal 5, a work terminal 7, and a device 11. The management server 3, client terminal 5, and work terminal 7 are connected via a network 9. The farm work request system 1 is a system for a borrower such as a rented vegetable garden to request farm work. The rented vegetable garden is rented to a plurality of borrowers by dividing the cultivated land where the crops are cultivated into certain sections. When the borrower cannot perform the farm work himself, the borrower uses the farm work request system 1 to request the farm work.

  The management server 3 is a server that manages the entire farm work request system 1. When the management server 3 receives a request for farm work from the requester terminal 5, the management server 3 identifies the device 11 that should perform the work and instructs the work terminal 7 that controls the identified device 11 to perform the work. Moreover, the management server 3 records the work history by the work terminal 7, and notifies the work result to the client terminal 5 that requested the farm work.

  The client terminal 5 is a terminal possessed by a farmer client. The client terminal 5 sends a request for farm work by the client to the management server 3. The client terminal 5 is preferably a mobile phone that is always carried by the client, but may be any terminal that can be connected to the management server 3 via the network 9, and may be a mobile computer, a desktop computer, or the like. .

  The work terminal 7 is a terminal that controls the device 11 that performs the farm work requested by the client. The work terminal 7 causes the device 11 to execute the work instructed from the management server 3. In addition, the work terminal 7 sends a work history indicating the start or end of work to the management server 3 at the start or end of work on the device 11. The work terminal 7 may control a plurality of devices 11. Alternatively, the work terminal 7 may be built in the device 11 and correspond to the device 11 on a one-to-one basis. Below, in order to demonstrate easily, the apparatus 11 and the work terminal 7 are demonstrated as what respond | corresponds to 1: 1.

  The device 11 performs the farm work requested by the client based on the control of the work terminal 7. The device 11 that performs “water supply” includes a water supply device that supplies water to a specific cultivation area. The water supply device may be a watering device such as a sprinkler. Moreover, the apparatus 11 which performs "fertilization" is a fertilizer application | coating apparatus which distributes a fertilizer automatically to a specific cultivation land.

  The network 9 is, for example, the Internet. If the client terminal 5 is a mobile phone, the client terminal 5 is connected to the network 9 via a base station of the mobile communication network. The management server 3 and the work terminal 7 are connected to the network 9 via an optical fiber, Ethernet (registered trademark), a wireless LAN, a mobile communication network, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the management server 3. The hardware configuration shown in FIG. 2 is an example, and various configurations can be adopted depending on applications and purposes.

  In the management server 3, a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a media input / output unit 23, a communication control unit 24, an input unit 25, a display unit 26, a peripheral device I / F unit 27 and the like are connected via a bus 28. .

The control unit 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.
The CPU calls a program stored in the storage unit 22, ROM, recording medium, etc. to a work memory area on the RAM and executes it, and drives and controls each device connected via the bus 28, which is performed by the management server 3. The processing described later is realized.
The ROM is a non-volatile memory and permanently stores a boot program for the management server 3, a program such as BIOS, data, and the like.
The RAM is a volatile memory, and temporarily stores a program, data, and the like loaded from the storage unit 22, ROM, recording medium, and the like, and includes a work area used by the control unit 21 for performing various processes.

The storage unit 22 is an HDD (hard disk drive), and stores a program executed by the control unit 21, data necessary for program execution, an OS (operating system), and the like. With respect to the program, a control program corresponding to an OS (operating system) and an application program for causing the management server 3 to execute processing to be described later are stored.
Each of these program codes is read by the control unit 21 as necessary, transferred to the RAM, read by the CPU, and executed as various means.

The media input / output unit 23 (drive device) inputs / outputs data, for example, a CD drive (-ROM, -R, -RW, etc.), DVD drive (-ROM, -R, -RW, etc.), MO drive, etc. And other media input / output devices.
The communication control unit 24 has a communication control device, a communication port, and the like, is a communication interface that mediates communication between the management server 3 and the network 9, and performs communication control between other computers via the network 9. .

The input unit 25 inputs data and includes, for example, a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, and an input device such as a numeric keypad. An operation instruction, an operation instruction, data input, and the like can be performed on the computer via the input unit 25.
The display unit 26 includes a display device such as a CRT monitor and a liquid crystal panel, and a logic circuit (video adapter or the like) for realizing the video function of the management server 3 in cooperation with the display device.
The peripheral device I / F (interface) unit 27 is a port for connecting a peripheral device to the management server 3. The management server 3 transmits and receives data to and from the peripheral device via the peripheral device I / F unit 27. . The peripheral device I / F unit 27 is configured by USB, IEEE 1394, RS-232C, or the like, and usually includes a plurality of peripheral devices I / F. The connection form with the peripheral device may be wired or wireless.
The bus 28 is a path that mediates transmission / reception of control signals, data signals, and the like between the devices.

  FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of the client terminal 5. The hardware configuration shown in FIG. 3 is an example, and various configurations can be adopted depending on applications and purposes.

  The requester terminal 5 is connected to a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, an input unit 33, a display unit 34, a communication control unit 35, and the like via a bus 36.

The control unit 31 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.
The CPU calls and executes a program stored in the storage unit 32, ROM, or the like in a work memory area on the RAM, executes driving control of each device connected via the bus 39, and is performed by the client terminal 5 to be described later. Realize processing.
The ROM is a non-volatile memory and permanently holds programs, data, and the like.
The RAM is a volatile memory, and temporarily stores a program, data, and the like loaded from the storage unit 32, the ROM, and the like, and includes a work area used by the control unit 31 to perform various processes.

The storage unit 32 is a flash memory or the like, and stores a program executed by the control unit 31, data necessary for program execution, and the like. With respect to the program, an application program for causing the client terminal 5 to execute processing to be described later is stored.
Each of these program codes is read by the control unit 31 as necessary, transferred to the RAM, read by the CPU, and executed as various means.

The input unit 33 includes an input device such as an input button or a touch panel, and inputs data. The requester can give an operation instruction, an operation instruction, data input, and the like to the requester terminal 5 via the input unit 33.
The display unit 34 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display and displays data. The requester confirms various information on the display unit 34.
The communication control unit 35 has an antenna and communicates with the network 9.
The bus 36 is a path that mediates transmission / reception of control signals, data signals, and the like between the devices.

  FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the work terminal 7. The hardware configuration shown in FIG. 4 is an example, and various configurations can be adopted depending on applications and purposes.

  The work terminal 7 is connected to a control unit 41, a storage unit 42, a communication control unit 43, a device control unit 44, and the like via a bus 45.

The control unit 41 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.
The CPU calls a program stored in the storage unit 42, ROM or the like to a work memory area on the RAM, executes it, controls the drive of each device connected via the bus 45, and is performed by the work terminal 7 to be described later. To realize.
The ROM is a non-volatile memory and permanently holds programs, data, and the like.
The RAM is a volatile memory, and temporarily stores a program, data, and the like loaded from the storage unit 42, the ROM, and the like, and includes a work area used by the control unit 41 to perform various processes.

The storage unit 42 is a flash memory or the like, and stores a program executed by the control unit 41, data necessary for program execution, and the like. With regard to the program, an application program for causing the work terminal 7 to execute processing to be described later is stored.
Each of these program codes is read by the control unit 41 as necessary, transferred to the RAM, read by the CPU, and executed as various means.

The communication control unit 43 has an antenna and communicates with the network 9.
The device control unit 44 transmits and receives signals to and from the device 11 and controls the device 11.
The bus 45 is a path that mediates transmission / reception of control signals, data signals, and the like between the devices.

Next, data used in the farm work request system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the work request information 50. The work request information 50 is data transmitted from the client terminal 5 to the management server 3 and indicates a farm work request by the client. As shown in FIG. 5, the work request information 50 includes at least a cultivation area ID 51 and a work ID 52. The cultivation area ID 51 is information for uniquely identifying the cultivation area. In the rented vegetable garden, for example, the cultivated land is divided into land 01, land 02, land 03, and the cultivated land ID 51 corresponds to each land on a one-to-one basis. The work ID 52 is information for uniquely identifying the work content. The work content is, for example, “water supply”, “fertilization”, and the like, and the work ID 52 corresponds to the work content on a one-to-one basis.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, “work 01 (water supply)” and “work 02 (fertilization)” are requested for the cultivation land “land 01”.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the device management information 60. The device management information 60 is a database registered in advance in the management server 3, and is used to specify a device that should perform work in response to a farmer's request for farm work. As shown in FIG. 6, the device management information 60 includes at least a cultivation area ID 61, a work ID 62, and a device ID 63. The cultivation area ID 61 is information having the same meaning as the cultivation area ID 51. The work ID 62 is information having the same meaning as the work ID 52. The device ID 63 is information for uniquely identifying the device 11. The device 11 is, for example, a water supply device, a fertilizer application device, or the like. The device 11 is assigned a range of cultivation land, and is assigned a different device ID 63 even for the same water supply device.
In addition, the management server 3 may have a database which links a cultivation place and a requester further.
In the example shown in FIG. 6, “device 01” performs “work 01 (water supply)” on “land 01” and “land 02”, and “device 02” performs “work 01 (water supply)” on “land 03”. Water supply) ”.
The management server 3 records the input device management information 60 in the storage unit 22 as a device management database.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the work command information 70. The work command information 70 is data transmitted from the management server 3 to the work terminal 7 and indicates a work command. As shown in FIG. 7, the work command information 70 includes at least a work command ID 71, a cultivation land ID 72, and a work ID 73. The work order ID 71 is information for uniquely identifying a work order. The work command information 70 is generated every time the client requests farm work, and different work command IDs 71 are assigned even if the cultivation area and the work content are the same data. The cultivation area ID 72 is information having the same meaning as the cultivation area ID 51. The work ID 73 is information having the same meaning as the work ID 52.
In the example shown in FIG. 7, “work 01 (water supply)” and “work 02 (fertilization)” are commanded to “land 01”.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the work history information 80. The work history information 80 is data transmitted from the work terminal 7 to the management server 3 and indicates a work history. As shown in FIG. 8, the work history information 80 includes at least a work command ID 81 and a work end time 82. The work command ID 81 is information having the same meaning as the work command ID 71. The work end time 82 is information indicating the time when the device 11 finishes the work. Instead of the work end time 82, information indicating the time when the device 11 starts work may be used. Information corresponding to the work end time 82 can be changed as appropriate according to the timing of creating the work history information 80.
In the example shown in FIG. 8, “instruction 01” ends at “09:30” and “instruction 02” ends at “09:40”.
The management server 3 records the work history information 80 received from the work terminal 7 in the storage unit 22 as a work history information database.

  Next, details of the operation of the farm work request system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the farm work request process according to the first embodiment.

The requester designates the farmland for which the farm work is requested and the work content through the input unit 33 of the requester terminal 5.
The control unit 31 of the requester terminal 5 inputs the work request information 50 including the corresponding cultivation place ID 51 and work ID 52 when the cultivation place and work content are specified by the requester (S101). It transmits to the management server 3 (S102).

Upon receiving the work request information 50, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 identifies the device 11 that should work according to the work request information 50 (S103). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 searches the database of the device management information 60 using the cultivation area ID 51 and the work ID 52 included in the received work request information 50 as search keys. The device 11 to be worked on is specified by the device ID 63 of the retrieved data.
When specifying the device 11, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 generates work command information 70 and transmits it to the work terminal 7 (S104). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 generates the work instruction information 70 by assigning the work instruction ID 71 and using the cultivation area ID 51 included in the received work request information 50 as the cultivation area ID 72 and the work ID 52 as the work ID 73. The transmission destination of the work command information 70 is the work terminal 7 corresponding to the device 11 specified in S103.

When the control unit 41 of the work terminal 7 receives the work command information 70, the control unit 41 controls the device 11 to perform the work based on the cultivation area ID 72 and the work ID 73 included in the work command information 70 (S105). ).
Next, the control unit 41 of the work terminal 7 sends the work history information 80 including the work command ID 81 corresponding to the executed work command and the work end time 82 indicating that the work is finished to the management server 3 when the work is finished. Transmit (S106). The work history information 80 may be transmitted at the start of the work including the work start time indicating that the work has started, or may be transmitted at the start and end of the work.

When receiving the work history information 80, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 records the work history information 80 in the storage unit 22 (S107).
Next, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 creates work result information based on the work history information 80, and sends the work result information to the client terminal 5 that has sent the work request information 50 in S102 (S108). . The work result information is information equivalent to the work history information 80, and is information including the cultivation place where the work was performed, the work content, the start time or the end time of the work, and the like.
When receiving the work result information, the control unit 31 of the client terminal 5 displays the work result information on the display unit 34 (S109).

  As described above, the management server 3 according to the first embodiment records the work history information 80 received from the work terminal 7. Therefore, the work history can be managed, and what kind of work has been performed before harvesting will be performed at a later date. Can be confirmed. Further, since the management server 3 transmits the work result information to the requester terminal 5, the requester can confirm the start or end of the work in real time.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment will be described. The same elements as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the same description is omitted.
FIG. 10 is a system outline diagram according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, the farm work request system 1 a includes a management server 3, a client terminal 5, a work terminal 7, a device 11, a worker terminal 13, an environment monitoring terminal 15, and a sensor 17. The management server 3, client terminal 5, work terminal 7, worker terminal 13, and environment monitoring terminal 15 are connected via a network 9.

The worker terminal 13 is a worker's terminal that performs farm work. The worker terminal 13 receives a request from the client via the management server 3. Further, the worker terminal 13 sends a work history indicating the start or end of work to the management server 3 at the start or end of work. In the following description, the worker terminal 13 is described as having a one-to-one correspondence with the worker, but may be operated so that a plurality of workers use the same worker terminal 13.
The hardware configuration of the worker terminal 13 is the same as that of the client terminal 5 shown in FIG.

The environment monitoring terminal 15 is a terminal that controls various sensors 17 that acquire environmental information such as the growth status of agricultural crops, the soil status of the cultivation area, and the weather status. The environment monitoring terminal 15 controls the sensor 17 based on the environment information acquisition command received from the management server 3, acquires the environment information, and sends it to the management server 3. The environment monitoring terminal 15 may control a plurality of sensors 17 or may correspond to the sensors 17 on a one-to-one basis.
The hardware configuration of the environment monitoring terminal 15 is the same as the hardware configuration of the work terminal 7 shown in FIG.

  The sensor 17 acquires environment information based on the control of the environment monitoring terminal 15. The sensor 17 is, for example, a camera for imaging crops, a thermography, an ion detector for detecting specific ions (for example, calcium ions and nitrate ions), an EC value meter, a pf value meter for measuring a pf value, an illuminometer, a photon Meter, thermometer, hygrometer, air flow meter, CO2 concentration meter, etc. The sensor 17 is installed as necessary depending on the type of crop and the environment of the cultivation area.

Next, data used in the farm work request system 1a will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the work request information 50a. The work request information 50a is data transmitted from the requester terminal 5 to the management server 3 and indicates a request for farm work by the requester. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the work request information 50 a includes a cultivation area ID 51, a work ID 52, a requester ID 53, and a work start condition 54. The client ID 53 is information that uniquely identifies the client. In the second embodiment, a plurality of clients may share one cultivation place. The requester ID 53 may be assigned for each requester, or a common ID may be assigned to a plurality of requesters sharing the cultivation area. The work start condition 54 is a condition for starting the requested work, and is used by the management server 3 to determine whether or not the target crop and cultivated land meet the conditions. The work start condition 54 is, for example, a growth situation, a soil situation, a weather situation, or the like. When the growth state is set as the work start condition 54, the growth state of the crop is classified in advance from level 0 to level 10 and the growth state is monitored using the sensor 17. Then, the management server 3 periodically determines whether or not the growth state of the crop meets the work start condition 54. Therefore, when the management server 3 receives the work request information 50a from the requester terminal 5, the management server 3 stores the work request information 50a in the storage unit 22 as a work request information database.
In the example shown in FIG. 11, the growing condition is the work start condition 54, and “work 02” for “land 01” starts when the growing condition becomes “level 3”. In addition, “Work 02” for “Land 03” indicates that it starts when the growth status becomes “Level 5”.
Further, the work start condition 54 is whether the environmental information (EC value, specific ion concentration, pf value, illuminance, photon, temperature, humidity, surface temperature of leaves or growth points, etc.) is equal to or higher than a certain value. It is also good.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the land management information 90. The land management information 90 is a database that links cultivation areas and borrowers. As shown in FIG. 12, the land management information 90 includes a requester ID 91 and a cultivation area ID 92. The requester ID 91 is information having the same meaning as the requester ID 53 of the work request information 50a. The cultivation area ID 92 is information having the same meaning as the cultivation area ID 51 of the work request information 50a. The management server 3 refers to the land management information 90 and determines whether or not the work requester is a person who has a valid authority, that is, a borrower.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 12, “land 01” indicates that “user 01”, “user 02”, and “user 03” are sharing. Further, “User 01” indicates that “Land 02” is also owned in addition to “Land 01”.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the growth status information 100. The growth status information 100 is a database that records the growth status of agricultural products. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the growth state information 100 includes a cultivation area ID 101, a growth state 102, and a health state 103. The cultivation area ID 101 is information having the same meaning as the cultivation area ID 51 of the work request information 50a. The growth status 102 is the growth status of the crop determined from the environmental information collected periodically. The health state 103 is the health state of the crops determined from the environmental information collected periodically. The management server 3 periodically sends commands to the environment monitoring terminal 15, collects environment information, and records the growth status of the crop.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 13, the crop of “Land 01” has reached the “Level 3” growth status, and the health condition is “Good”. In addition, the crop of “Land 03” has grown to “Level 4”, indicating that its health condition is “disease”.
In addition, you may make it record environmental information, such as EC value, pf value, temperature, and humidity, in the growth condition information 100 as needed.
The growth status information 100 may be recorded as a growth status history including date and time information.
The management server 3 records the generated growth status information 100 in the storage unit 22 as a growth status database.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the work restriction information 110. The work restriction information 110 is a database that records work whose execution is restricted for each section and time. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the work restriction information 110 includes a cultivation area ID 111, a restriction work 112, and a restriction period 113. The cultivation area ID 111 is information having the same meaning as the cultivation area ID 51 of the work request information 50a. The restricted work 112 indicates a work whose execution is restricted. The restriction period 113 indicates a period during which execution is restricted. The management server 3 registers the work to be restricted according to the type of crop and the content of the contract. Moreover, the management server 3 registers the work which should be restrict | limited according to the kind of agricultural crops cultivated in the surrounding cultivation place, and the contract content.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, “Land 01” indicates that execution of “Work 03 (pesticide spraying)” is restricted until “June 30”. Further, “Land 03” indicates that execution of “Work 03 (pesticide application)” is restricted until “August 31”.
The management server 3 records the input work restriction information 110 in the storage unit 22 as a work restriction database.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the device management information 60a. The device management information 60a is a database registered in advance in the management server 3, and is used to specify the device 11 or the worker who should perform the work in response to the farmer's request for farm work. As shown in FIG. 15, the device management information 60a includes a cultivation area ID 61, a work ID 62, a device ID 63, and a worker ID 64. The worker ID 64 is information for uniquely identifying a worker who performs farm work.
In the example shown in FIG. 15, “work 01 (water supply)” for “land 01” and “land 02” is executed by “device 01”. “Work 04 (mowing)” for “land 01” indicates that “worker 01” is to execute.
It should be noted that the worker ID 64 is not included in the device management information 60a, and a value that is not registered in the device ID 63 is not registered for a task that cannot be performed by the device 11, and a task that does not have a value in the device ID 63 is determined to be performed by the worker. May be.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the work history information 80a. The work history information 80a is data transmitted from the work terminal 7, the client terminal 5, and the worker terminal 13 to the management server 3, and indicates the work history. As shown in FIG. 16, the work history information 80a includes a work command ID 81, a work end time 82, and a work performer 83. The work performer 83 is information indicating the device 11, the worker, and the user who performed the work. The user who is the borrower of the cultivation area inputs the work history from the requester terminal 5 and transmits it to the management server 3 when he / she has worked. In addition, the worker who performs the farm work inputs the work history from the worker terminal 13 and transmits the work history to the management server 3 when the work is performed. The management server 3 stores the work histories received from the work terminal 7, the requester terminal 5, and the worker terminal 13 in the storage unit 22 in the same format and performs centralized management. When the management server 3 receives the work history information 80a from the three of the work terminal 7, the requester terminal 5, and the worker terminal 13, all the work performed before harvesting can be managed in a unified manner.
In the example shown in FIG. 16, the work of “command 01” is executed by “device 01”, the work of “command 02” is executed by “worker 01”, and the work of “command 03” is executed by “user 01”. Indicates that it has been executed.
The work history information 80a may include a cultivation area ID, a work ID, and the like.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the work price information 120. The work price information 120 is a database in which compensation for work performed by the device 11 or work performed by the worker is registered in advance. The work price information 120 includes a work ID 121, a user type 122, and a price 123. The work ID 121 is information having the same meaning as the work ID 52 of the work request information 50a. The user type 122 is information indicating the type of the user who is the borrower of the cultivation area. The price 123 is information indicating the price of work.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 17, for example, the price of “work 01” for a user whose user type 122 is “standard” is “XXX”.
The management server 3 records the input work price information 120 in the storage unit 22 as a work price database.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of the charging history information 130. The charge history information 130 indicates a charge history for the requested work. As shown in FIG. 18, the accounting history information 130 includes a requester ID 131, a work ID 132, and a fee 133. The requester ID 131 is information having the same meaning as the requester ID 53 of the work request information 50a. The work ID 132 is information having the same meaning as the work ID 52 of the work request information 50a. The charge 133 is information indicating the charged amount.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 18, for example, “XXX” is charged as a consideration for “work 01 (water supply)” for “user 01”.
The management server 3 records the generated charging history information 130 in the storage unit 22 as a charging history database.

Next, the details of the operation of the farm work request system 1a will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of work request processing.
The requester designates the farmland where the farm work is requested, the work content, and the work start condition via the input unit 33 of the requester terminal 5. In order to enable the client to easily specify the work contents and work start conditions to be executed by the management server 3 for the farmland owned by the client, and the crops cultivated in the farmer, in the client terminal 5 The client terminal 5 may display the cultivation area candidate, the work content candidate, and the work start condition candidate on the display unit 34.
The control unit 31 of the client terminal 5 receives work request information including a corresponding cultivation area ID 51, work ID 52, requester ID 53, and work start condition 54 when a cultivation area, work contents, and work start conditions are specified by the requester. The work request information 50a is transmitted to the management server 3 (S202).

  When receiving the work request information 50a, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 refers to the land management information 90 and authenticates the requester (S203). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 checks whether or not the combination of the cultivation area ID 51 and the requester ID 53 included in the work request information 50a exists in the land management information 90. Judge and continue processing. If it does not exist, it is determined that the request is from a person who does not have a legitimate authority, and a message to that effect is transmitted to the client terminal 5 and the process is terminated.

  Next, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 refers to the work restriction information 110 and confirms whether the work of the received work request information 50a is restricted (S204). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 searches the cultivation area ID 111 and the restriction work 112 of the work restriction information 110 using the cultivation area ID 51 and the work ID 52 included in the received work request information 50a as search keys. When there is matching data, it is confirmed whether or not the current time is included in the restriction period 113. If it is included, it is determined that the operation cannot be performed, and a message indicating that is transmitted to the requester terminal 5 for processing. Exit. When there is no matching data, or when there is matching data but it is not included in the limit period 113, it is determined that the work can be executed, and the received work request information 50a is recorded in the storage unit 22.

Next, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 transmits a reception result indicating that the work request has been received to the requester terminal 5 (S205).
When receiving the reception result from the management server 3, the control unit 31 of the client terminal 5 displays the reception result on the display unit 34 (S206).

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of environment information collection processing. The environment information collection process is registered as a periodic execution task of the management server 3 and is automatically executed periodically.
The control unit 21 of the management server 3 transmits an environment information acquisition command to the environment monitoring terminal 15 (S301).
The control unit 41 of the environment monitoring terminal 15 controls the sensor 17 to acquire environment information (S302), and transmits the environment information to the management server 3 (S303).
When receiving the environmental information, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 determines the growth state and the health state, and updates the growth state information 100 (S304).

The determination of the growth status and health status will be described by taking as an example the case where the crop is a strawberry. The environmental information to be collected includes the fruit acquired by the camera, the image of the leaves, the sugar content of the fruit acquired by the near-infrared sugar content meter. The management server 3 extracts the color from the fruit image, and by the redness level of the color (for example, the RGB color system R component threshold, difference threshold, Lab color system triaxial threshold, difference threshold, etc.), Determine the level of growth. Moreover, the management server 3 determines the level of a growth condition with the sugar content of a fruit. In addition, the management server 3 calculates the number of leaves, the area, and the like from the leaf image, and determines the level of the growth status. In addition, the management server 3 extracts colors and shapes from the leaf image, and determines whether or not there is a disease.
In addition, the management server 3 may collect the crop height using a distance sensor and determine the level of the growth state.
If necessary, environmental information such as EC value, pf value, temperature, and humidity may be collected and recorded in the growth status information 100.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the flow of work execution processing. The determination of the work start condition in the work execution process is registered as a periodic execution task of the management server 3 and is automatically executed periodically. For work requests for which work start conditions are not set, work command information 70 is transmitted after receiving work request information 50a, as in the first embodiment.

The control unit 21 of the management server 3 reads the work request information 50a stored in the storage unit 22 and determines the work start condition (S401). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 extracts the work start condition 54 included in the work request information 50a, and determines whether the work start condition is met. For example, when the work start condition 54 is a condition related to the growth status, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 searches the growth status information 100 and confirms the growth status 102 of the corresponding crop, thereby setting the work start condition. Can be judged.
When the work start condition is met, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 continues the process from S402. When the work start condition is not met, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 reads the next work request information 50a and repeats the determination of the work start condition.

  The control unit 21 of the management server 3 identifies the device 11 or the worker who should work according to the work request information 50a (S402). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 searches the device management information 60a database using the cultivation area ID 51 and the work ID 52 included in the received work request information 50a as search keys. The device 11 or worker who should work is specified by the device ID 63 or worker ID 64 of the retrieved data.

  When specifying the device 11 or the worker, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 generates work command information 70 and transmits it to the work terminal 7 or the worker terminal 13 (S403). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 assigns the work instruction ID 71, and generates the work instruction information 70 with the cultivation area ID 51 included in the received work request information 50a as the cultivation area ID 72 and the work ID 52 as the work ID 73. The transmission destination of the work command information 70 is the work terminal 7 corresponding to the device 11 specified in S402 or the worker terminal 13 corresponding to the worker specified in S402.

When receiving the work instruction information 70, the control unit 41 of the work terminal 7 executes the work by controlling the device 11 to be worked based on the cultivation area ID 72 and the work ID 73 included in the work instruction information 70 (S404). ). Or the control part 31 of the worker terminal 13 will display the information of the work command information 70 on the display part 34, for example, will notify a worker, if the work instruction information 70 is received, and the worker who confirmed the work content will work. Is executed (S404).
Next, at the end of the work, the control unit 41 of the work terminal 7 sends the work history information 80a including the work command ID 81 corresponding to the executed work command and the work end time 82 indicating that the work is finished to the management server 3. Transmit (S405). Alternatively, the control unit 31 of the worker terminal 13 at the end of the work, the work instruction ID 81 corresponding to the executed work instruction, the work end time 82 indicating that the work is finished, the device 11 that performed the work, or the worker The work history information 80a including the work performer 83 for identifying is transmitted to the management server 3 (S405). The work history information 80a may be transmitted at the start of the work including the work start time indicating that the work has started, or may be transmitted at the start and end of the work.

  When receiving the work history information 80a, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 records the work history information 80a and the charging history information 130 in the storage unit 22 (S406). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 registers the work performer 83 of the work history information 80a according to the transmission source of the work history information 80a. The control unit 21 of the management server 3 refers to the work price information 120 and registers the charge 133 of the charging history information 130 according to the work content of the work history information 80a.

The control unit 21 of the management server 3 transmits an environment information acquisition command to the environment monitoring terminal 15 (S407). For example, when the work content is “water supply”, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 may transmit the environment information acquisition command only to the environment monitoring terminal 15 that controls the hygrometer and the pf value meter.
When receiving the environment information acquisition command, the control unit 41 of the environment monitoring terminal 15 acquires the environment information by controlling the sensor 17 (S408), and transmits the environment information to the management server 3 (S409).

When receiving the environment information, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 creates work result information and transmits it to the client terminal 5 (S410). The work result information is information obtained by combining the work history information 80a and the environment information, and includes work contents, work start or completion time, and environment information before and after the work. When an abnormality occurs, the fact that the abnormality has occurred and the reason for the occurrence are transmitted to the client terminal 5 as work result information.
When receiving the work result information, the control unit 31 of the client terminal 5 displays the work result on the display unit 34 (S411).

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a flow of work history information registration processing by the client. The work history information registration process by the requester is executed when the requester performs the work himself.

When the cultivation area and work content are specified by the requester, the control unit 31 of the requester terminal 5 inputs the work history information 80a including the corresponding cultivation area ID and work ID (S501), and the work history information 80a. It transmits to the management server 3 (S502).
When receiving the work history information 80a, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 registers the work history information 80a (S503). The control unit 21 of the management server 3 assigns the work instruction ID 81 and registers the work performer 83 of the work history information 80a according to the transmission source of the work history information 80a.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the flow of the work proposal process. The work proposal process is registered as a periodic execution task of the management server 3 and is automatically executed periodically.

The control unit 21 of the management server 3 refers to the growth status information 100 and confirms the growth status of the crop (S601). Next, the control unit 21 of the management server 3 determines the work content to be proposed according to the growth situation, and creates and transmits work proposal information (S602). The proposed rules for determining the work content are determined in advance based on the growth status of the crop and environmental information. The decision rule is, for example, to propose a “mowing” operation when the growth state 102 of the growth state information 100 becomes “level 4”. In addition, for example, when the EC value of the environmental information becomes equal to or less than a certain value, the work of “fertilization” is proposed.
When receiving the work proposal information, the control unit 31 of the client terminal 5 displays the work proposal information on the display unit 34 (S603). When requesting the displayed work content, the requester can request the work by executing the work request process shown in FIG.

  As described above, the management server 3 in the second embodiment may determine whether or not the requested work can be performed in light of the growth status, weather conditions, soil conditions, contract conditions, and the like. it can. Further, the management server 3 can notify the requester of a detailed environmental change after the work is completed. Further, the management server 3 can perform billing management of the requested work. In addition, the management server 3 can propose work to the client in light of the growth status, weather conditions, soil conditions, and the like.

  Since the management server 3 in the second embodiment receives the work history information 80a from the three of the work terminal 7, the client terminal 5, and the worker terminal 13, it records all work histories performed until harvest. be able to. In addition, the management server 3 can record the growth status history of the farm work in the growth status information 100. Therefore, the work history information 80a and the growth status information 100 of the management server 3 may be lent to the administrator of the vegetable garden, and the cultivation land may be rated based on these work history and growth status history. The rating of the cultivation area may be disclosed to the borrower of the rented vegetable garden, and the fee may be changed for each rating.

  Moreover, in order to improve the security of a rental vegetable garden, you may provide the entrance monitoring terminal which monitors the entrance to a cultivation area. The admission monitoring terminal determines whether or not a person entering the cultivation area has a valid admission authority, and if not having a proper admission authority, issues a warning and notifies the administrator. The person who has the right entry authority is the borrower of the cultivation land or the worker who performs the requested farming work. The entrance monitoring terminal is an entrance gate using an IC card, for example. Moreover, you may use a surveillance camera together as an entrance monitoring terminal.

  As mentioned above, although suitable embodiment of the farm work request system etc. which concern on this invention was described referring an accompanying drawing, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in the present application, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a ......... Farm work request system 3 ... Management server 5 ......... Requester terminal 7 ......... Work terminal 9 ......... Network 11 ......... Equipment 13 ......... Worker terminal 15 ......... Environment Monitoring terminal 17 ………… Sensor

Claims (16)

A management server connected via a network to a client terminal that is a terminal of a requester of farm work and a work terminal that is a terminal that controls a device that performs the requested farm work;
Work request information receiving means for receiving work request information including a cultivation area ID for uniquely identifying a cultivation area and a work ID for uniquely identifying work contents from the requester terminal;
Identifying a device to perform work according to the work request information, work command ID that uniquely identifies a work command for the specified device, work command information including the work ID and the cultivation area ID, Work command information transmitting means for transmitting to a work terminal that controls the identified device;
Work history receiving means for receiving, from the work terminal, work history information including time information indicating the start or end of work and the work command ID at the start or end of work performed by the device;
A work history database which is a database for recording the work history information;
A management server comprising: Furthermore, it comprises a device management database that is a database that links the cultivation area ID and the work ID, and a device ID that identifies the device,
2. The management server according to claim 1, wherein the work command information transmission unit is configured to identify a device to perform a work with reference to the device management database.   The management server according to claim 1, further comprising: work result transmission means for creating work result information based on the work history information and transmitting the work result information to a client terminal that has transmitted the work request information. The work request information further includes work start condition information indicating a condition for starting work,
A work request information database, which is a database for recording received work request information,
2. The management server according to claim 1, wherein the work command information transmitting unit searches the work request information database and transmits the work command information when a condition of work start condition information is satisfied. A work restriction database that is a database that links the cultivation area ID and a work and a period for restricting execution with respect to the cultivation area ID;
The work command information transmission means refers to the work restriction database to determine whether or not the work of the work request information can be performed, and if so, transmits the work command information to the work terminal. The management server according to claim 1, wherein: A work price database that is a database that associates the work ID with the work price for the work ID;
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a billing history database that is a database that records the work price and a requester ID for identifying a requester when the work history information is received. Management server.   The management server according to claim 1, further comprising work suggesting means for proposing work to be executed at present according to a growing state of the crop. A farm work request system in which a client terminal that is a farmer's client terminal, a work terminal that controls a device that performs the requested farm work, and a management server that manages the entire system are connected via a network. Because
The client terminal includes work request information transmitting means for transmitting work request information including a cultivation area ID for uniquely identifying a cultivation area and a work ID for uniquely identifying work contents to the management server. ,
The management server includes a work instruction ID that uniquely identifies a work instruction for the identified equipment, a work instruction ID, and a cultivation area ID that identify a device that is to perform work according to the work request information. Work command information transmitting means for transmitting work command information to a work terminal that controls the specified device,
The work terminal is a farm work execution means for causing the device to perform a farm work according to the work command information;
Work history transmitting means for transmitting to the management server work history information including time information indicating the start or end of work and the work instruction ID at the start or end of work,
The management server further includes a work history database that is a database for recording the work history information. An environmental monitoring terminal that controls a sensor that acquires environmental information of a cultivation area is connected to the management server via a network,
When the management server further receives the work history information from the work terminal, the management server specifies a sensor from which environmental information is to be acquired according to the cultivation area ID, and acquires environmental information to an environment monitoring terminal that controls the specified sensor. An environment information acquisition command transmitting means for transmitting the command,
The environment monitoring terminal includes environment information transmitting means for causing the sensor to acquire environment information in response to the environment information acquisition command and transmitting environment information to the management server. Farm work request system. The management server further includes a growth status collecting means for periodically collecting the growth status of the crop by instructing the environment monitoring terminal to acquire environmental information.
A growth status database, which is a database for recording the growth status of crops;
The farm work request system according to claim 9, further comprising rating support means that enables browsing of the work history database and the growing situation database and supports the rating of a cultivation area. A worker terminal that is a worker's terminal acting on behalf of the farm work is connected to the management server via a network,
The work command information transmitting means identifies a worker who should perform work in accordance with the work request information, and transmits the work command information to a worker terminal of the identified worker. The farm work request system according to 8. The requester terminal further includes a work history transmission means for transmitting a history of work performed by the requester to the management server,
The worker terminal further includes work history transmission means for transmitting a history of work performed by the worker to the management server,
The farm work request system according to claim 11, wherein the work history database further records a history of work performed by the client and the worker. An admission monitoring terminal is provided to monitor admission to the cultivation area.
9. The farm work request system according to claim 8, wherein the admission monitoring terminal includes admission authority determining means for determining whether or not a person who enters the cultivation area has a legitimate admission authority. Agricultural work in a system in which a client terminal that is a terminal of a farm work requester, a work terminal that controls a device that performs the requested farm work, and a management server that manages the entire system are connected via a network. A request method,
The work request information transmitting step in which the requester terminal transmits work request information including a cultivation area ID for uniquely identifying the cultivation area and a work ID for uniquely identifying the work content, to the management server;
The management server includes a work command ID that uniquely identifies a work command for the identified device, identifies a device that should perform work according to the work request information, the work ID, and the cultivation area ID. A work command information transmission step for transmitting work command information to a work terminal that controls the identified device;
The work terminal, a farm work execution step for causing the device to perform a farm work according to the work command information,
A work history transmission step of transmitting work history information including time information indicating the start or end of work and the work command ID to the management server when the work terminal starts or ends work;
A work history recording step in which the management server records the work history information;
A farm work request method characterized by including.   A program that causes a computer to function as the management server according to any one of claims 1 to 7.   A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as the management server according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is recorded.

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