Greenhouse management system, greenhouse management device, greenhouse management method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11967008-B2
Application number	US-202017637704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	Sep 6, 2019
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

A greenhouse management system includes an image display, a storage that configured to store information, a greenhouse analysis chart generator that configured to generate a plurality of different greenhouse analysis charts including time axes based on the information stored in the storage, and a greenhouse operation comparison assistance that configured to simultaneously display a plurality of different greenhouse analysis charts on the image display.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A greenhouse management system for managing a greenhouse in which a plant is grown, the system comprising:
an image display;
a storage configured to store information including each of event information, environmental information, and growth information, the event information being information about an event affecting growth of the plant in the greenhouse, the environmental information including a physical quantity associated with an environment of the greenhouse, the growth information being information about growth of the plant in the greenhouse;
a greenhouse analysis chart generator configured to generate, based on the information stored in the storage, a greenhouse analysis chart showing, simultaneously on a common time axis, each of an event information graph, an environmental information graph, and a growth information graph,
the event information graph including an axis indicating at least an occurrence or non-occurrence of the event affecting the growth of the plant in the greenhouse and the common time axis,
the environmental information graph including an axis indicating the physical quantity associated with the environment of the greenhouse and the common time axis,
the growth information graph including an axis indicating a growth degree of the plant and the common time axis; and
a greenhouse operation comparison assistance configured to cause the image display to simultaneously display a plurality of the greenhouse analysis charts being different from one another, each of the plurality of the greenhouse analysis charts being simultaneously displayed respectively including the common time axis, the event information graph, the environmental information graph, and the growth information graph.

2. The greenhouse management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the greenhouse operation comparison assistance causes the image display to simultaneously display the plurality of greenhouse analysis charts for a plurality of different greenhouses.

3. The greenhouse management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the greenhouse operation comparison assistance causes the image display to simultaneously display the plurality of greenhouse analysis charts with different target periods.

4. The greenhouse management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the greenhouse includes an environment adjuster configured to adjust the environment of the greenhouse, and
the event information stored in the storage includes information associated with a change in an operating state of the environment adjuster.

5. The greenhouse management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the growth information includes a yield of the plant.

6. The greenhouse management system according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the event information, the environmental information, and the growth information includes information associated with a plurality of items, and
the greenhouse analysis chart generator generates a graph showing the information associated with one or more of the plurality of items.

7. A greenhouse management device to be included in the greenhouse management system according to claim 1 , the device comprising:
the image display;
the storage;
the greenhouse analysis chart generator; and
the greenhouse operation comparison assistance.

8. A greenhouse management method, comprising:
obtaining information including each of event information, environmental information, and growth information, the event information being information about an event affecting growth of a plant in a greenhouse, the environmental information including a physical quantity associated with an environment of the greenhouse, the growth information being information about growth of the plant in the greenhouse;
storing the obtained information;
generating, based on the stored information, a greenhouse analysis chart showing, simultaneously on a common time axis, each of an event information graph, an environmental information graph, and a growth information graph, the event information graph including an axis indicating at least an occurrence or non-occurrence of the event affecting the growth of the plant in the greenhouse and the common time axis, the environmental information graph including an axis indicating the physical quantity associated with the environment of the greenhouse and the common time axis, the growth information graph including an axis indicating a growth degree of the plant and the common time axis; and
causing an image display to simultaneously display a plurality of greenhouse analysis charts being different from one another, each of the plurality of the greenhouse analysis charts being simultaneously displayed respectively including the common time axis, the event information graph, the environmental information graph, and the growth information graph.

9. The greenhouse management method according to claim 8 , wherein
the causing the image display to simultaneously display the plurality of greenhouse analysis charts includes causing the image display to simultaneously display the plurality of greenhouse analysis charts for a plurality of different greenhouses.

10. The greenhouse management method according to claim 8 , wherein
the causing the image display to simultaneously display the plurality of greenhouse analysis charts includes simultaneously displaying the plurality of greenhouse analysis charts with different target periods.

11. The greenhouse management method according to claim 8 , wherein
the greenhouse includes an environment adjuster configured to adjust the environment of the greenhouse, and
the event information stored in the storing includes information associated with a change in an operating state of the environment adjuster.

12. The greenhouse management method according to claim 8 , wherein
the growth information includes a yield of the plant.

13. The greenhouse management method according to claim 8 , wherein
each of the event information, the environmental information, and the growth information includes information associated with a plurality of items, and
the generating the greenhouse analysis chart includes generating a graph showing the information associated with one or more of the plurality of items.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing an information processing apparatus to perform operations included in the method according to claim 8 .

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Miyake Kazunari
• Iwata Jiro
• Takagi Hiroshi
• Nagashima Atsushi
• Sugiki Toshikazu

Classifications

• G06T11/26 Primary

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06T11/206 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T11/00

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title

• A01G9/26 Primary

  Electric devices {(A01G9/249 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G06Q50/02

  Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining · CPC title