Fertilization Plan Management Device for Field-Specific Adjustments

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manually creating fertilization plans for entire farm fields is cumbersome due to varying geographical, climate, and soil conditions, making uniformly created plans inappropriate for actual conditions.

Innovation Solution

A device that generates and displays fertilization amount plan information based on measured growth data, allowing users to input corrections directly on a display unit, using color-coded information for easy plan adjustments, ensuring tailored plans for each farm field section.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a fertilization amount plan is uniformly created for entire farm fields using automated algorithms, then productivity is improved by reducing manual operations, but manufacturing precision deteriorates because the plan becomes inappropriate for actual local conditions of each farm field section

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of fertilization plan creationVSAvoidaccuracy of fertilization plan for actual field conditions

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The farm field is divided into multiple sections or zones, and fertilization amount plans are created separately for each section based on its specific growth conditions, geographical characteristics, and soil properties. This segmentation allows the system to maintain high productivity through automated processing while achieving manufacturing precision by tailoring plans to local conditions of each divided section.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different fertilization amount plans to different sections of the farm field according to their specific local conditions. Each section receives a customized plan that reflects its actual growth status, geographical features, and soil characteristics, thereby achieving manufacturing precision while maintaining overall productivity through systematic management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Manufacturing precision

If a manager manually creates fertilization amount plans for each section of the farm field, then manufacturing precision is improved by tailoring plans to actual conditions, but ease of operation deteriorates due to cumbersome manual operations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of fertilization plan for actual field conditionsVSAvoidconvenience of fertilization plan creation

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables the fertilization amount plan creation process to serve itself by automatically collecting growth information from sensors, analyzing the data, and generating customized plans for each farm field section. This self-service capability eliminates the need for cumbersome manual operations while maintaining manufacturing precision through automated local quality assessment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-collecting and analyzing growth information, geographical data, and soil characteristics before generating fertilization plans. This preliminary processing automates the information gathering and analysis steps that would otherwise require manual effort, thereby improving ease of operation while ensuring manufacturing precision through thorough preliminary assessment of actual field conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If color information is added to represent corrected fertilization amount plans, then ease of operation is improved by simplifying the input process, but device complexity increases due to additional information processing and storage requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of correction inputVSAvoidcomplexity of information processing system

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses color information to represent different corrected fertilization amount plans, allowing users to easily identify and select correction types through visual differentiation. This color-coding system improves ease of operation by simplifying the input process, while the device complexity is managed through systematic color-information mapping and storage protocols.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS10687462B2Fertilization amount information management device, method for controlling fertilization amount information management device, and fertilization amount information management program

Publication Date: 2020.06.23 TOPCON CORPORATION

AI summary

A fertilization amount information management device and the like are provided with which a manager of a farm field or the like can be free of cumbersome operation of drafting fertilization amount plans for entire farm fields and with which a dedicated fertilization amount plan tailored for an actual condition of each farm field can be drafted.A fertilization amount information management device 10 includes a display unit. Fertilization amount plan information 56 on each of farm field portions that are portions of a farm field is generated based on measured growth information 24 that is growth information on a measured plant and is displayed on the display unit 16. Corrected fertilization amount plan information 65 indicating correction needed for each of the farm field portions is able to be input based on the fertilization amount plan information for each farm field displayed on the display unit.