Patent Application
20220408657
The present invention relates to a growing environment control system for controlling a growing environment in which plants such as crops and fruit trees are cultivated in a plurality of agricultural houses.
In order to increase productivity, it is required that the cultivation of plants such as crops and fruit trees be managed so as to maintain an appropriate growing environment in accordance with a growth state of the plants. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an environment control system that controls an environment in an agricultural facility (hereinafter, referred to as an agricultural house) such as a plastic greenhouse or a greenhouse.
As disclosed in Patent Document 1, the agricultural house is provided with various kinds of measurement instruments for acquiring data on an internal environment, such as temperature, humidity, sunlight, and carbon dioxide concentration. The agricultural house is further provided with conditioning equipment that adjusts the internal environment, such as an air conditioner, a blower, a temperature and humidity control device, a carbon dioxide gas generation device, and a sunshade device. Patent Document 1 further discloses a case where a control device of the environment control system controls the conditioning equipment on the basis of various kinds of data acquired by the measurement instruments provided in the agricultural house to maintain the internal environment of the agricultural house under a setting environment set to the house via an input device serving as a user interface.
In order to control environments of a plurality of agricultural houses, it is however necessary to operate an input device provided for each agricultural house to input a corresponding setting environment to the control device. For this reason, when a setting environment the same as a setting environment set to one agricultural house is used for another agricultural house, the same setting environment needs to be input again for each of the agricultural houses to which the same setting environment is set, and when the number of agricultural houses to which the same setting environment is set is relatively large, a load of setting work becomes large. Further, data on the setting environment used in the past is not left, and how to manage data on the setting environments set to the agricultural houses is mainly left to the discretion of an individual producer, such as making notes of the data on a memo pad or the like. For this reason, producers who cultivate plants using agricultural houses have demanded the sharing of information on past setting environments set under a specific condition such as a low temperature, a high temperature, and a lack of sunlight, which inhibits the growth of plants.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-87100
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a technology to allow environments of a plurality of agricultural houses to be controlled on the basis of data used for controlling a surrounding environment.
According to the present invention for solving the above-described problems, provided is a growing environment control system including a house environment control device configured to control a surrounding environment of plants under cultivation in an agricultural house, and a parameter management device configured to manage, in a collective manner, environment parameter information used by the house environment control device and pertaining to control of the surrounding environment, the parameter management device including a manager configured to create template parameter information including the environment parameter information and identification information pertaining to content or an attribute of the environment parameter information and used for identifying the environment parameter information, hold the template parameter information created in a storage, and provide the template parameter information held in the storage in response to a use request from the house environment control device.
This allows the parameter management device to create template parameter information that can be used in common for a plurality of house environment control devices on the basis of environment parameter information used by the house environment control devices and hold the template parameter information in the storage. The template parameter information thus created includes identification information pertaining to content or an attribute of the environment parameter information from which the template parameter information is created and used for identifying the environment parameter information. For this reason, a producer or the like who reuses template parameter information can select or determine to reuse desired template parameter information on the basis of the identification information. Then, the parameter management device can provide the template parameter information held in the storage in response to a use request from the house environment control device. The parameter management device of the present system can provide a technology to allow environments of a plurality of agricultural houses to be controlled on the basis of data used for controlling the surrounding environment.
Here, the identification information can include information on at least one of a name of a creator of the environment parameter information, a name of the template parameter information, classification information used for classifying conditions pertaining to the control of the surrounding environment of the house environment control device that has used the environment parameter information, a comment of the creator, a usage record of the environment parameter information, a comment of a user of the environment parameter information, or an evaluation of the environment parameter information. This allows the parameter management device to present a plurality of pieces of information used for making a determination on whether the environment parameter information included in the template parameter information can be reused. A producer who cultivates plants using an agricultural house can select template parameter information suitable for control of a desired surrounding environment from the template parameter information held in the storage on the basis of the identification information.
According to the present invention, the growing environment control system may further include a data recording device configured to record a history of cultivation data pertaining to the surrounding environment or a growing condition of the plants under cultivation measured by the house environment control device, and the manager may provide mapping information used for associating the house environment control device that uses the template parameter information to the cultivation data recorded in the data recording device of the house environment control device with the mapping information added to the template parameter information. This allows the history of cultivation data pertaining to the surrounding environment or growing condition of the plants under cultivation measured by the house environment control device using the template parameter information to be accumulated in the data recording device mapped by the mapping information. Then, cultivation data identified on the basis of the mapping information can show the actual surrounding environment or growing condition of the plants under cultivation controlled using the template parameter information. The present system can collect and convert, into assets, know-how for managing the environment in the agricultural house suitable for the growth state of the plants, which is mainly left to the discretion of an individual user.
Here, the cultivation data may include information on at least one of a temperature and humidity, a CO2 concentration, sunlight, an amount of moisture in soil, an amount of nutrients in soil, an amount of rainfall, a wind speed, a flow rate of sap in the plants, or an amount of nutrients absorbed by the plants. This allows the actual state of the control of the environment in the agricultural house for which the template parameter information has been used to be grasped in more detail.
Further, the mapping information may include communication address information on the house environment control device, structure information on the agricultural house, an identification number of the house environment control device, communication address information on the data recording device, and security information used for recording a history of data pertaining to the surrounding environment in the data recording device. This allows the house environment control device serving as a source of data accumulated in the data recording device and the history of data pertaining to the control of the surrounding environment of the agricultural house for which the template parameter information has been used to be associated with each other and managed in a centralized manner on the basis of the mapping information.
According to the present invention, the parameter management device may further include a display processor configured to create graph information showing changes in the cultivation data over time from the history of the cultivation data recorded in the data recording device, and the manager may provide, when providing the template parameter information, the graph information created from the history of the cultivation data of the house environment control device that has used the template parameter information. The present system allows the parameter management device to provide a record of cultivation data pertaining to the surrounding environment or growing condition of the plants under cultivation measured by the house environment control device using the template parameter information as a historical graph showing changes over time. A result of controlling the environment using the template parameter information can be provided to the producer in the form of a graph for easy visual recognition.
Further, according to the present invention, the manager may provide the template parameter information to a plurality of the house environment control devices registered in advance by batch or to a plurality of the house environment control devices corresponding to designated identification numbers. Further, the template parameter information may include partial environment parameter information used in common among the house environment control devices. This allows the same setting environment as the setting environment set to one agricultural house to be set to the other agricultural houses by batch or with an address designated. Further, the partial environment parameter information common among the plurality of agricultural houses can be set by batch or with an address designated. Even when the number of agricultural houses built in a cultivated field is relatively large, it is possible to reduce the load of work related to the setting of the environment parameter information.
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technology to allow environments of a plurality of agricultural houses to be controlled on the basis of data used for setting environments.
Hereinafter, an application example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Hereinafter, the application example of the present invention will be described. The invention according to the application example is a plant growing environment control system that can control environments in a plurality of agricultural houses on the basis of parameter information pertaining to control of a surrounding environment of plants under cultivation in the agricultural houses. As illustrated in
The setting parameter management device 10 creates and manages, on the basis of environment parameter information pertaining to the control of the surrounding environment of the plants under cultivation in the agricultural house provided from the house environment control device 20, template parameter information that pertains to the control of the surrounding environment and that can be used in common among the plurality of house control devices. The template parameter information includes identification information pertaining to content or an attribute such as the purpose of the use of the template parameter information and a state of the surrounding environment controlled via the house environment control device 20 and used for identifying the template parameter information. The template parameter information managed by the setting parameter management device 10 is provided to the house environment control device 20 that uses the template parameter information to control the surrounding environment of the plants. Then, the cultivation data information on the house environment control device 20 using the template parameter information is recorded at regular intervals in, for example, the cultivation data management DB 30 that is a data recording device associated with the house environment control device in a one-to-one relationship, and a history of cultivation data information is accumulated. The setting parameter management device 10 acquires, from a corresponding cultivation data management DB 30, a history of cultivation data information on the house environment control device 20 that has used the template parameter information to control the surrounding environment of the plants.
More specifically, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
Further, as illustrated in
Further, in response to a request from the house environment control device 20, the setting parameter management device 10 provides the template parameter information set to the house environment control device 20 to a plurality of house environment control devices 20 registered in advance by batch or to an address corresponding to a designated identification number of the house environment control device 20. Further, the setting parameter management device 10 provides, as the template parameter information, partial environment parameter information used in common among the agricultural houses by batch or with an address designated.
This allows the setting parameter management device 10 to use the template parameter information created on the basis of the environment parameter information pertaining to the control of the surrounding environment and used for one agricultural house and to control the environments of the plurality of agricultural houses using the template parameter information.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As illustrated in
Further, the house environment control device (20#1 to 20#n) provides the cultivation data management DB (30#1 to 30#n) with the cultivation data information pertaining to the surrounding environment of the plants under cultivation in a corresponding agricultural house. As described later, the cultivation data information includes environment data on the inside and outside of each agricultural house and growth data on a biological record showing a growth state of the plants. The cultivation data information is collected and accumulated at regular intervals in the cultivation data management DB 30 associated with each house environment control device. Further, from the cultivation data management DB (30#1 to 30#n) to the setting parameter management device 20, cultivation data history information showing a history of cultivation data on the agricultural house associated with each cultivation data management DB collected and accumulated at regular intervals is provided.
As illustrated in
As will be described later, the history of environment data is a history of data detected by an environment sensor group 20d included in the house environment control device 20x. Examples of the environment data include a temperature, a humidity, a CO2 concentration, illuminance, rainfall (presence or absence of rainfall, the amount of rainfall), and a wind speed. Further, the history of growth data is a history of data showing a degree of growth such as the rate of photosynthesis in plants detected by a biological sensor group 20e included in the house environment control device 20x. Examples of the growth data include the amount of nutrients absorbed by the plants, the flow rate of sap in the plants, and the like. Note that the data showing the degree of growth may include a captured image of the plants captured by an imaging device such as a camera installed in the agricultural house. The degree of growth of the plants can be estimated on the basis of a result of comparison of the growth state among the captured images captured at regular intervals. The above-described environment data and growth data provided from the cultivation data management DB 30 as the cultivation data information correspond to an example of “cultivation data pertaining to a surrounding environment or a growing condition of plants under cultivation measured by a house environment control device”.
The setting parameter management device 10 has a function of holding and managing a template parameter group that can be used in common among the plurality of agricultural houses on the basis of the environment control parameter information provided from each house environment control device. The template parameter information held by the setting parameter management device 10 can be accessed and used by all users who receive the service from the system, and is provided to each house environment control device as template parameter information. Further, the setting parameter management device 10 has a function of managing evaluations and usage records of the template parameter information thus held. Such functions are implemented by functional elements (components) included in the setting parameter management device 10. More specifically, the setting parameter management device 10 includes a parameter manager 101, a parameter evaluator 102, a cultivation result display processor 103, a usage record manager 104, a UI 105, an evaluation and record management DB 106, and a template parameter DB 107 as functional elements. Here, the parameter manager 101, the parameter evaluator 102, the usage record manager 104, and the UI 105 included in the setting parameter management device 10 correspond to examples of components constituting a “manager”, and the “cultivation result display processor 103” corresponds to an example of a component constituting a “display processor”. Further, the evaluation and record management DB 106 and the template parameter DB 107 included in the setting parameter management device 10 correspond to examples of components constituting a “storage”.
The parameter manager 101 enters the environment control parameter information provided from each house environment control device into the template parameter DB 107. The environment control parameter information includes parameter data showing operation settings for the environment conditioner 20f for securing and maintaining a target temperature, a target humidity, a target CO2 concentration, and the amount of sunlight set as environment control targets. For example, as parameter data for securing and maintaining the amount of sunlight, an opening and closing setting for a blackout curtain as the environment conditioner 20f, an opening degree setting based on a relative difference from illuminance measured by an illuminance sensor as the environment sensor group 20d, and the like can be given as examples. Similarly, for the target temperature, the target humidity, and the target CO2 concentration, an operation setting based on an environment amount detected by the environment sensor group 20d of the environment conditioner 20f associated for securing and maintaining each target environment can be given as examples.
Further, the environment control parameter information can include a setting name of the parameter data, a creator name of the parameter data, TAG information (for example, an extreme weather such as a high temperature, a low temperature, and a lack of sunlight, a name of a pest against which measures have been taken using the parameter data, a name of an area in which the parameter data has been used, a house structure, and the like) used for classifying the parameter data, a comment of the creator, and the like. Therefore, when such pieces of information are included in the environment control parameter, the parameter manager 101 adds the pieces of information to the parameter data and stores the parameter data into the template parameter DB 107 as template parameter information. Note that the template parameter information is also added with identification information used for uniquely identifying the parameter. This causes, as indicated by a balloon dashed line A1, a template parameter group classified by the TAG information to be constructed in the template parameter DB 107. A setting parameter A (107a), a setting parameter B (107b), a setting parameter C (107c), a partial parameter D (107d), and a specific condition parameter E (107e) in the balloon dashed line A1 are examples of the template parameter group classified by the TAG information, for example. Here, the partial parameter D (107d) is, for example, partial template parameter information that can be set by batch to the plurality of agricultural houses.
The parameter evaluator 102 manages evaluations on the template parameter information provided from the setting parameter management device 10 to each house environment control device. As one form of how to make an evaluation, a cumulative evaluation point, an average evaluation point, the number of evaluators, the number of usage records, and the like of users who have used the template parameter information can be processed and managed as an evaluation index of the template parameter information. The parameter evaluator 102 stores the evaluation index processed for each piece of template parameter information into the evaluation and record management DB 106 with the evaluation index associated with the identification information on the template parameter information.
Note that each template parameter of the template parameter group may have a bulletin board function such as a forum in which a discussion about the template parameter information can be conducted. The use of the bulletin board makes it possible to attach the content or purpose of the template parameter information discussed, a comment such as user's impression about usability or contrivance using the template parameter information, and a captured image obtained by capturing a growth state.
The cultivation result display processor 103 performs display processing so as to allow the user to visually check the history of cultivation data provided from the cultivation data management DB 30. For example, processing of displaying a graph in which normalized intensity is plotted for each unit step time (for example, per hour, per day, per week, per month, or the like) on the vertical axis with the vertical axis showing a time axis can be given as an example. For example, the setting parameter management device 10 can graphically display the cultivation data history information associated with the house environment control device 20 to which the template parameter information is provided to provide the cultivation data history information to a user who uses the template parameter information for the first time as a historical graph of environment data and growth data.
The usage record manager 104 collects and manages a template parameter information usage record. For example, the usage record manager 104 collects a usage time, a usage period, a usage count, and the like for each piece of template parameter information as information showing the usage record with the usage record associated with the device identification information on the house environment control device 20 to which the template parameter information is provided. Then, the usage record manager 104 stores the usage record collected with the usage record associated with the identification information on the template parameter information into the evaluation and record management DB 105. Here, when there is information pertaining to an evaluation forum for each piece of template parameter information (for example, address information such as a URL), the usage record manager 104 can also collect such information. This causes, as indicated by a balloon dashed line A2, a usage record, an evaluation, a comment or an image, an address information on an evaluation forum, and the like for each piece of template parameter information to be managed in the evaluation and record management DB 106. The UI 105 receives an instruction request or an operation input from a user. The instruction request or the operation input received via the UI 105 is passed to the parameter manager 101, the parameter evaluator 102, the cultivation result display processor 103, and the usage record manager 104.
The environment control parameter information set and input via the UI 20b is provided to the setting parameter management device 10 via the environment control IF 20a. For example, the user creates the environment control parameter information by following a guidance screen provided by the environment control IF 20a and displayed on the touchscreen 20b serving as a display device. Here, the guidance screen provided by the environment control IF 20a includes, for example, a GUI used for issuing, to the setting parameter management device 10, a request to browse the template parameter information or a request to enter the environment control parameter information created by the user into the template parameter, or notifying the user of the determination of use of the provided template parameter information. For example, the user operates the GUI to issue the request to make an entry into the template parameter to output the environment control parameter information created by following the guidance screen provided by the environment control IF 20a to the setting parameter management device 10.
Further, when the user operates the GUI by following the guidance screen provided by the environment control IF 20a to issue the request to browse the template parameter information managed by the setting parameter management device 10, for example, a list of the template parameter information stored in the template parameter DB 107 is displayed and output on the display screen serving as the UI 20b via the environment control IF 20a. The user searches the list displayed on the display screen using a keyword or the like associated with tag information or the like by following the guidance screen provided by the environment control IF 20a. Similarly, the user browses the graph information showing a history of past cultivation data associated with template parameter information, a comment or evaluation about the template parameter information, an attached image, or the like. Repeating such an operation causes template parameter information desired by the user to be selected.
The user operates the GUI by following the guidance screen provided by the environment control IF 20a to output the notification of the determination of use of the selected template parameter information to the setting parameter management device 10. Upon receipt of the notification of the determination of use via the environment control IF 20a, the setting parameter management device 10 adds the device-cultivation data mapping information to the template parameter information and provides the template parameter information to the house environment control device 20 that is a request source.
As illustrated in
For example, the setting parameter management device 10 consults the template parameter DB 107 and the evaluation and record management DB 106 on the basis of the identification information on the template parameter information of which notification of the determination of use is provided to acquire a corresponding setting parameter x (107f) and evaluation and record information 107f1. Then, the setting parameter management device 10 acquires device hardware information (IP address, house structure information, and the like), a device identification number, and house communication information (information on an address on the network of the cultivation data management DB 30, a security certificate, and the like) on the house environment control device 20 that is a request source. Such pieces of information are acquired, for example, via the environment control IF 20a. The setting parameter management device 10 creates the house environment control parameter 201 by combining the setting parameter x (106f), the evaluation and record information 107f1, and the device-cultivation data mapping information 107f2, and provides the house environment control parameter 201 to the house environment control device 20 that is as a request source.
Returning to
Note that operating the GUI by following the guidance screen provided by the environment control IF 20a allows the setting parameter x (107f) and the like displayed on the display screen of the UI 20b to be set to a plurality of other agricultural houses. For example, the user may operate the GUI by following the guidance screen to set the setting parameter x (107f) and the like by batch to the plurality of other agricultural houses located in a cultivated field (batch setting), or to an address corresponding to a designated device identification number of the house environment control device 20 provided in another agricultural house (designated setting). The same applies to partial information (partial parameter) used in common among the plurality of agricultural houses. Regarding the setting parameter x (107f) and the like of its own house, the given setting (batch setting, designated setting) request is transmitted to the setting parameter management device 10 via the environment control IF 20a. The setting parameter x (107f) and the like set to the house environment control device 20x are set to the house environment control device 20 of another agricultural house in the cultivated field in accordance with the given request via the setting parameter management device 10.
As illustrated in
Further, the environment sensor group 20d includes a temperature and humidity sensor that measures a temperature and humidity around the plants, a solar radiation sensor that measures the amount of sunlight, a CO2 sensor that measures the amount of CO2, a soil moisture sensor that measures the amount of moisture in soil, a soil nutrient sensor that measures predetermined components in soil, a rainfall sensor that measures presence or absence of rainfall outside the agricultural house and the amount of rainfall, and a wind speed sensor that measures a wind speed outside the agricultural house. Further, the biological sensor group 20e includes a sap flow sensor that measures the flow rate of sap in the plants and an absorbed nutrient sensor that measures the amount of nutrients absorbed by the plants.
An environment record that is environment information on surroundings of the plants measured by the environment sensor group 20d and a biological record that is biological information on the plants measured by the biological sensor group 20e are output to the environment control device 20c. The cultivation data information obtained by adding the device-cultivation data mapping information to the information obtained by combining the environment record (environment data) and the biological record (growth data) is transmitted from the environment control device 20c to the cultivation data management DB 30.
The house environment control device 20 is provided with the environment control IF 20a, the UI 20b, and the environment control device 20c. The UI 20b and the environment control IF 20a are connected to each other, and the environment control IF 20a and the environment control device 20c are connected to each other. Further, the environment control IF 20a and the environment control device 20c are connected to the network N.
The environment control device 20c is connected with the environment sensor group 20d and the biological sensor group 20e, and is capable of measuring a temperature and humidity, sunlight, a CO2 concentration, the amount of nutrients in soil, the amount of moisture in soil, and the like in the agricultural house 21, and transmitting the measurement to the cultivation data management DB 30 as cultivation data information. The environment control device 20c is further connected with the environment conditioner 20f, and is capable of controlling a temperature and humidity, sunlight, a CO2 concentration, the amount of fertilizer, and the amount of moisture in the agricultural house 21.
The processor 11 is a CPU, a DSP, or the like. The primary storage 12 includes a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like. Examples of the secondary storage 13 include an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), a hard disk drive (HDD), a removable medium, and the like. The removable medium is, for example, a flash memory such as a USB memory or an SD card, or a disc recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD disc, or a Blu-ray disc. The secondary storage 13 stores an operating system (OS), various kinds of programs, various kinds of tables, and the like. The processor 11 performs its function by loading the various kinds of programs and the like stored in the secondary storage 13 into a work area of the primary storage 12 and executing the various kinds of programs to control each component and the like.
Note that some or all of the functional units may be implemented by a hardware circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). Further, the setting parameter management device 10 is not necessarily implemented by a single physical configuration, and may be implemented by a configuration including a plurality of computer devices cooperating with each other.
The input unit 14 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like, and receives an input operation from the user. The output unit 15 includes a display, a speaker, or the like, and provides information to the user. The external interface (denoted as UF in
Next, a description will be given of processing of registering template parameter information in the setting parameter management device 10.
In step S104, the information extracted in step S102 is stored into the template parameter DB 107 with the information associated with the identification information on corresponding template parameter information. Then, the processing proceeds to step S105, and the information extracted in step S103 is stored into the evaluation and record management DB 106 with the information associated with the identification information on the template parameter information associated in step S104. After step S105, this routine is temporarily exited.
Next, a description will be given of processing of providing information pertaining to template parameters determined to be used in the setting parameter management device 10. As described with reference to
Next, a description will be given of processing of setting information pertaining to template parameters to another house in the setting parameter management device 10.
After the start of the processing, the type of the setting request for another house (batch setting or address designation with the device identification information on a setting target designated as an address) is determined in step S121. When the determination results in batch designation (step S121 “batch”), the processing proceeds to step S122. On the other hand, when the determination results in batch designation (step S121 “address designation”), the processing proceeds to step S123.
In step S122, device identification information on the plurality of house environment control devices 20 within a range of batch designation is acquired. Registration of such device identification information on the house environment control devices within the range of batch designation is stored in advance in the setting parameter management device 10. In step S122, device identification information on other house environment control devices 20 obtained by excluding device identification information on house environment control devices 20 for which the setting request for another house has been made is acquired from the range of the pre-registered batch designation. After step S122, the processing proceeds to step S124. In step S123, the device identification information on the house environment control device 20 designated as an address is acquired. After step S123, the processing proceeds to step S124.
In step S124, the device-cultivation data mapping information for each device identification information is acquired. The device-cultivation data mapping information is acquired by processing the same as in step S114 illustrated in
In step S125, information pertaining to template parameters (house environment control parameter) for each device identification information is created. The information pertaining to template parameters is created by processing the same as in step S115 illustrated in
As described above, the setting parameter management device 10 according to the embodiment is configured to create the template parameter information showing a common parameter that can be used in common among the plurality of house environment control devices 20 on the basis of the environment control parameter information whose registration is requested by the house environment control devices 20. Then, the components of the template parameter information thus created are held in the template parameter DB 107 and the evaluation and record management DB 106. This allows the setting parameter management device 10 to share and hold individual know-how for managing the environment in the agricultural house suitable for the growth state of plants as the template parameter information. For example, data management of setting environments set for the agricultural houses, which is mainly left to the discretion of an individual user, can be centralized. It is further possible to use, as a shared asset, information pertaining to past setting environments set for a specific condition, such as a low temperature, a high temperature, or a lack of sunlight, which inhibits the growth of plants.
Further, in the embodiment, the template parameter information includes components such as a usage record, evaluation information, comment information, and image information. Then, a history of environment data pertaining to the agricultural houses using the template parameter information (a temperature, a humidity, a CO2 concentration, illuminance, rainfall (presence or absence of rainfall, the amount of rainfall), a wind speed, and the like) and growth data showing the degree of growth such as the rate of photosynthesis in plants (the amount of nutrients absorbed by plants, flow rate of sap in plants, and the like) is accumulated in the cultivation data management DB 30. The environment data and the growth data accumulated in the cultivation data management DB 30 are provided to the user as a historical graph. This makes it possible to provide the user with an objective index for determining the use of the template parameter information for the selection of the use of the template parameter information.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, template parameter information used by one house environment control device 20 is set to other house environment control devices 20 under batch setting or address designation with the device identification information on a setting target designated as an address. The template parameter information set from one house environment control device 20 to other house environment control devices 20 includes a specific condition parameter and a partial parameter that can be set in common to a plurality of agricultural houses. This allows the same setting environment as the setting environment set to one agricultural house to be set to the other agricultural houses by batch or with an address designated. Further, partial information common among a plurality of agricultural houses can be set by batch or with an address designated. According to the embodiment, even when the number of agricultural houses built in a cultivated field is relatively large, it is possible to reduce a load of setting work for environment control.
Note that the growing environment control system according to the present invention is not limited to the configurations described in the above embodiment. The configurations of the above embodiment may be combined in an allowable manner without departing from the problem and technical idea of the present invention.
Note that, in the following, the components of the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the drawings in order to allow the components of the present invention and the configurations of the embodiment to be compared.
<Invention 1>
A growing environment control system (1) including:
a house environment control device (20) configured to control a surrounding environment of plants under cultivation in an agricultural house; and
a parameter management device (10) configured to manage, in a collective manner, environment parameter information used by the house environment control device (20) and pertaining to control of the surrounding environment, the parameter management device (10) including a manager (101, 102, 104) configured to create template parameter information including the environment parameter information and identification information pertaining to content or an attribute of the environment parameter information and used for identifying the environment parameter information, hold the template parameter information created in a storage (105, 106), and provide the template parameter information held in the storage in response to a use request from the house environment control device.
1 growing environment control system
10 setting parameter management device (parameter management device)
101 parameter manager (manager)
102 parameter evaluator (manager)
103 cultivation result display processor (display processor)
104 usage record manager (manager)
105 UI (manager)
106 evaluation and record management DB (storage)
107 template parameter DB (storage)
20 house environment control device
20
a environment control IF
20
b UI
20
c environment control device
20
d environment sensor group
20
e biological sensor group
20
f environment conditioner
30 cultivation data management DB (data recording device)
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-228370 | Dec 2019 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2020/045539 | 12/7/2020 | WO |
