Cultivation Condition Prediction for Physiological Trouble Prevention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current agricultural systems lack effective methods to estimate and maintain optimal cultivation conditions for new plant varieties, often resulting in physiological troubles and chemical usage, which can lead to cultivation losses.

Innovation Solution

A cultivation assistance system that utilizes sensors, terminals, and a dedicated apparatus to detect environmental and plant data, generate Bayesian network models, and estimate suitable cultivation conditions to prevent physiological troubles without chemical intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional cultivation methods are used without precise environmental monitoring, then operational simplicity is maintained, but physiological troubles occur and chemical usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecultivation stabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by detecting environmental conditions and predicting physiological troubles before they actually occur. The prediction unit analyzes current environmental data to forecast future troubles, allowing preventive measures to be taken in advance, thus maintaining cultivation stability without chemical interventions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback by monitoring environmental conditions, comparing them against learned patterns from historical data, and adjusting cultivation conditions accordingly. The learning unit processes accumulated data to improve prediction accuracy over time, creating a self-improving feedback loop that enhances reliability without requiring complex manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If environmental conditions are not precisely controlled, then operational simplicity is maintained, but cultivation losses increase due to physiological troubles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecultivation efficiencyVSAvoidoperational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system operates autonomously by automatically detecting environmental conditions, predicting physiological troubles, and notifying operators only when intervention is needed. The learning unit continuously processes data without manual input, and the notification unit provides automated alerts, reducing operational complexity while improving cultivation efficiency through timely interventions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual monitoring and decision-making with automated detection and prediction mechanisms. Sensors continuously monitor environmental conditions, and the learning unit automatically analyzes patterns to predict troubles, substituting manual mechanical operations with intelligent automated systems that improve productivity without significantly increasing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If chemical substances are used to prevent physiological troubles, then plant protection is improved, but environmental pollution and cultivation losses from resistance increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephysiological trouble preventionVSAvoidchemical pollution
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies preliminary anti-action by predicting physiological troubles before they occur and implementing preventive environmental adjustments. By identifying risk patterns in advance through the learning unit and taking preventive measures through the notification system, the system prevents troubles from developing, eliminating the need for chemical interventions and avoiding associated pollution and resistance issues.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Data Source

PatentUS20230032038A1Cultivation assistance system, cultivation assistance method, and recording medium
Publication Date: 2023.02.02 YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP
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AI summary

Provided is a cultivation assistance system including a cultivation condition acquisition unit configured to acquire a cultivation condition under which a plant is cultivated, a trouble acquisition unit configured to acquire a trouble occurrence situation in cultivation of the plant, a model generation unit configured to generate, by using the cultivation condition and the trouble occurrence situation, a model for predicting one of a cultivation condition or a trouble from the other, and an estimation unit configured to estimate, by using the model, a cultivation condition for suppressing occurrence of a trouble in cultivation of the plant. The cultivation assistance system includes a preprocessing unit to perform preprocessing on data of at least one of the cultivation condition or the trouble occurrence situation. The model generation unit is to generate, by using the preprocessed data, a model for predicting one of the cultivation condition or the trouble from the other.