WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM

• Main Author: IWASE TAKUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 06.05.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; FERTILISING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PLANTING; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; SOWING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRAPPING; WATERING

To allow work support, which uses growth information about a crop, to be performed while suppressing cost increase, structure complication and the like.SOLUTION: A work support system comprises: an imaging unit 80A for acquiring color image information by imaging visible light in an imaging range set around a work vehicle; an obstacle sensor 86 for acquiring measurement information containing reflection intensity of near infrared light by projecting and receiving the near infrared light with respect to a measurement range set around the work vehicle, and detecting an obstacle on the basis of the acquired measurement information; work support parts 23E, 23H, and 80C for supporting work by the work vehicle on the basis of the color image information and the measurement information; a positioning unit for acquiring positional information by measuring a position of the work vehicle; a growth information acquisition part 80Ca for acquiring growth information about a crop cultivated in a farm field on the basis of the color image information and the measurement information; and a storage part 23G for storing the growth information so as to be associated with the positional information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】作物の生育情報を利用した作業支援を、コストの高騰や構成の複雑化などを抑制しながら行えるようにする。【解決手段】作業支援システムは、作業車両の周辺に設定された撮像範囲の可視光を撮像してカラー画像情報を取得する撮像ユニット８０Ａと、作業車両の周辺に設定された測定範囲に対する近赤外光の投受光により近赤外光の反射強度を含む測定情報を取得し、取得した測定情報に基づいて障害物を検出する障害物センサ８６と、カラー画像情報と測定情報とに基づいて作業車両による作業を支援する作業支援部２３Ｅ，２３Ｈ，８０Ｃと、作業車両の位置を測定して位置情報を取得する測位ユニットと、カラー画像情報と測定情報とに基づいて圃場で栽培された作物の生育情報を取得する生育情報取得部８０Ｃａと、生育情報を位置情報に関連付けて記憶する記憶部２３Ｇとを備えている。【選択図】図７