Augmented Reality Horticultural Care Tracking System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large-scale horticultural operations face challenges in collecting and sharing information effectively, dispatching remedial courses of action to workers with varying capabilities, and verifying the efficacy of those actions, leading to inefficient and unaccountable management.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality-based system that uses image capture devices, sensors, and servers to automate the tracking, validation, and verification of horticultural care by capturing images, processing data, and providing real-time guidance and task management through augmented reality devices, ensuring timely and effective remedial actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If manual methods are used to collect and share horticultural information, then operational simplicity is maintained, but information collection timeliness and effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs multiple image capture devices (cameras, smartphones, tablets) that workers already possess, making the system universally accessible without requiring specialized equipment. These devices serve multiple functions: capturing plant images, storing data, and transmitting information, thereby improving information collection timeliness while avoiding increased system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Workers autonomously capture and upload plant images using their own devices without requiring centralized equipment distribution or complex manual data entry processes. The system automatically receives and processes images from multiple sources, enabling self-service information collection that improves timeliness while maintaining operational simplicity
2Measurement precision
If manual tracking of remedial courses of action is implemented, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but verification accuracy and accountability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback loops where images are captured before and after remedial actions, uploaded to a server, and compared to verify efficacy. This automated verification process provides precise measurement of action effectiveness and maintains accountability without requiring complex manual tracking procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The system captures baseline images of plants before remedial actions are taken and stores them for later comparison. This preliminary action enables automated verification of remedial effectiveness by comparing post-action images against pre-established baselines, improving verification accuracy while simplifying the tracking process
3Measurement precision
If automated image processing and augmented reality systems are deployed, then horticultural care tracking accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an augmented reality device as an intermediary that overlays digital information (task lists, plant identification, care instructions) onto the physical environment. This intermediary provides precise tracking and guidance information to workers without requiring them to interact with complex centralized systems, thereby improving tracking accuracy while managing device complexity through intuitive interface design
Data Source
AI summary
An augmented reality-based horticultural care tracking system to collect information about plants on a per plant or near per plant basis in order to identify issues and generate itineraries that include task lists for remedial courses of actions is disclosed. A network-enabled augmented reality device can be employed by operators of various growing operations in order to overlay digital information such as tasks, images, and related information in a real-time environment. The augmented reality device can communicate with administrative personnel at an operating station and/or intermediate servers in the network in order to send and receive status updates and notifications to properly execute the tasks in the itinerary and evaluate the courses of actions' efficacy.