JP2014026378A - Terminal device, a server device, information process system, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal device for prediction of weather information corresponding to position and height of a shield of solar radiation placed in the surroundings.SOLUTION: The present invention includes a photographing means for photographing the surroundings and obtaining image information including image of a shield of solar radiation, a position information acquiring means for obtaining location information including latitude and longitude, and a communication means for transmitting the image information and the location information to a server and obtaining weather information including daylight hours from the server.

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device, a server device, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program for causing a terminal device to execute.

  When planting trees, flowers, lawns, etc. in the garden or ground, if the cultivation conditions do not match, the plant will grow poorly, and in some cases, it may die. There is a method for judging whether or not a plant can be grown by selecting one of a wide variety of plants and actually planting it. However, not only does it take time to determine whether or not to grow, but the landscape of the poorly grown planting part deteriorates, and it is financially and mentally lost. There is a problem that it is difficult for an amateur who does not have special knowledge about a plant to select a suitable plant for the target cultivation area.

  The characteristics of the cultivation area for judging the suitability of the plant include climate, soil quality, drainage, pH value, pest tendency and the like. Of these, soil quality, drainage, pH value, and pests can be controlled to some extent by soil improvement, fertilization, and chemical spraying.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a plant growth management system that makes it possible to easily obtain information on the application amount of a necessary drug corresponding to the growth situation of a plant, even if the person has no experience of plant growth. .

  This plant growth management system is provided in advance in a plant growth site, and includes various sensors and display means for detecting a plant physiological state and a soil state, and a management center connected to these sensors and display means via communication means. Have The data processing unit of the management center diagnoses the growth state of the plant by collecting and analyzing data from the various sensors described above, and determines the type and dosage of the drug based on the diagnosis result. The data processing unit notifies the person who is growing the plant of the necessary medicine and application amount by transmitting the determined medicine and the application amount to the display means.

JP 2002-153127 A

  On the other hand, the climate depends on the cultivated land and has a large impact on plants. Therefore, climate is a very important factor in selecting plants. "Climate" means the general state of the atmosphere that repeats every year with a cycle of one year, but there are information such as temperature, precipitation, and sunshine hours as indices that represent the climate.

  The temperature and precipitation can be estimated from the past statistics of the area. However, sunshine hours are affected not only by the latitude and season of the cultivation area, but also by the location and height of surrounding buildings, especially in urban areas. It is difficult to predict comprehensively.

  According to the method disclosed in Patent Document 1, data must be collected by attaching various sensors to the cultivated land in advance, and a plant suitable for the cultivated land cannot be quickly selected before planting.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems of the technology, and is a terminal that can predict climate information corresponding to the position and height of the solar radiation shield disposed around the present invention. An object is to provide a device, a server device, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program to be executed by a terminal device.

In order to achieve the above object, the terminal device of the present invention provides:
A photographing means for photographing the surroundings and acquiring image information including an image of the solar radiation shield;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude;
Communication means for transmitting the image information and the position information to a server, and acquiring climate information including sunshine hours from the server;
It is the structure which has.

Further, the server device of the present invention includes:
Communication means arranged around the terminal device, including image information including an image of a solar radiation shield, and position information including the latitude and longitude of the terminal device, from the terminal device;
Based on the image information, a boundary between the shielding object and the sky is detected, and a sunlight time in the position information is calculated from the detected boundary and information on the altitude of the sun specified by the position information, and the sunlight time is calculated. Control means for transmitting including climate information to the terminal device via the communication means;
It is the structure which has.

The information processing system of the present invention
Taking image of the surroundings and acquiring image information including an image of a sun-shielded object, and acquiring position information including latitude and longitude, the image information and the position information are transmitted to a server, and climate information including sunshine hours is obtained. A terminal device acquired from the server;
When the image information and the position information are received from the terminal device, a boundary between the shielding object and the sky is detected based on the image information, and information on the altitude of the sun specified by the detected boundary and the position information Calculating the sunshine time in the position information from the server for transmitting the climate information to the terminal device,
It is the structure which has.

In addition, the information processing method of the present invention includes:
Take a picture of the surroundings to get image information including an image of the sun's shield,
Get location information including latitude and longitude,
Sending the image information and the location information to a server;
Climate information including sunshine hours is acquired from the server.

Furthermore, the program of the present invention is stored in a terminal device.
Procedures to capture the image information including the image of the solar radiation shield by photographing the surroundings,
Procedure to get location information including latitude and longitude,
Transmitting the image information and the position information to a server;
A procedure for obtaining climate information including sunshine hours from the server is executed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to predict climate information at a place where the amount of solar radiation is affected in a complex manner according to the position and height of surrounding buildings.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the terminal device of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information processing system containing the terminal device of this embodiment. It is an external view which shows an example of the terminal device shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows one structural example of the terminal device shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the method in which the control part shown in FIG. 4 calculates | requires an elevation angle. It is a figure which shows an example of the selection menu screen for a user to select the plant of planting. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a server illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the planting table stored in the server shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the terminal device of this embodiment.

  A configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 includes a photographing unit 14, a position information acquisition unit 12, and a communication unit 13.

  The photographing means 14 photographs the surroundings and acquires image information including an image of the sun-shielding object. The position information acquisition unit 12 acquires position information including latitude and longitude. The communication means 13 transmits image information and position information to a server (not shown), and receives information transmitted from the server as a response.

  According to the above-described configuration, the terminal device 1 transmits the position information of the own device and the image information including the image of the shielding object to the server. Based on the received image information, the server detects the boundary between the shielding object and the sky, calculates the sunshine duration at the position of the terminal device from the solar altitude information specified by the detected boundary and position information, When the climate information including the time is transmitted to the terminal, the communication unit 13 of the terminal device 1 can acquire the climate information including the sunshine time at the position of the own device from the server.

The terminal device of the present invention is not limited to a communication terminal including a mobile phone, a smartphone, and a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), but is a game machine, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, and a PDA (Personal Data Assistance, Personal Digital). Assistants: portable information communication devices for personal use) and the like.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the terminal device of the present invention will be described in detail.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user operates the terminal device in the northern hemisphere, and the movement of the sun is described as an example in the northern hemisphere. When the user operates the terminal device in the southern hemisphere, “south” in the sun position may be replaced with “north” in the following description.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information processing system including the terminal device according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the information processing system according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a terminal device 101 and a server 50. The terminal device 101 and the server 50 are connected via the network 60. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal device 101 is connected to the base station 65 through wireless communication and is connected to the network 60 via the base station 65. However, the terminal device 101 is wired. It may be connected to the network 60. The network 60 is, for example, the Internet.

  FIG. 3 is an external view showing an example of the terminal device shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal device 101 includes a display unit 116 and a touch panel 118.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the terminal device shown in FIG.

  The terminal device 101 includes a storage unit 140, a communication unit 130, a display unit 116, a touch panel 118, a GPS (Global Positioning System) reception unit 120, a camera 122, an acceleration sensor 124, and a geomagnetic sensor 126. . The camera 122 corresponds to the photographing unit 14 illustrated in FIG. 1, and the GPS receiving unit 120 corresponds to the position information acquisition unit 12.

  Further, the terminal device 101 includes a display control unit 115 that controls the display unit 116, a touch panel input unit 117 that is an input circuit that receives coordinate information from the touch panel 118, a GPS control unit 119 that controls the GPS reception unit 120, It includes a camera control unit 121 that controls the camera 122, an acceleration sensor control unit 123 that controls the acceleration sensor 124, a geomagnetic sensor control unit 125 that controls the geomagnetic sensor 126, and a control unit 111 that controls each unit.

  The control unit 111 is connected to each of the ROM 113, RAM 114, display control unit 115, touch panel input unit 117, GPS control unit 119, camera control unit 121, acceleration sensor control unit 123, and geomagnetic sensor control unit 125 via the bus 112. It is connected.

  The control unit 111 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) that executes processing according to a program. The storage unit 140 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 113 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 114.

  The ROM 113 stores various control programs and application software programs (hereinafter referred to as applications) to be executed by the control unit 111 and predetermined fixed data. The RAM 114 is a working memory, and stores data that needs to be saved in the process in which the control unit 111 executes processing according to a program. The application stored in the ROM 113 relates to a method for obtaining a plant suitable for planting, but other applications may be stored.

  The ROM 113 functions as a nonvolatile memory, but the nonvolatile memory is not limited to the ROM 113 and may be a rewritable memory. The storage unit 140 may be provided with a rewritable memory separately from the ROM 113.

  The display unit 116 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display and an organic EL (electrofluorescence). The display color of the display unit 116 is not limited and may be black and white or color.

  The touch panel 118 is a transmissive touch panel, and is placed on the upper surface of the display unit 116. The touch panel 118 has coordinates set in advance corresponding to an arbitrary position on the screen of the display unit 116. When the touch of the operation object such as the user's finger and pen is detected, information on the coordinates of the touch position is input on the touch panel. To part 117. When touch panel input unit 117 receives coordinate information from touch panel 118, it transmits the information to control unit 111.

  The GPS receiving unit 120 acquires position information including information on the latitude and longitude of the current position of the terminal device 101. The location information may include altitude information. The GPS control unit 119 transmits position information to the control unit 111 via the bus 112.

  The acceleration sensor 124 detects the tilt of the terminal device 101 with reference to the direction of gravity. The acceleration sensor control unit 123 transmits posture information, which is information on the inclination angle detected by the acceleration sensor 124, to the control unit 111 via the bus 112.

  The geomagnetic sensor 126 measures the direction of east, west, south, and north. The azimuth is, for example, 0 degrees in the north and an angle in a direction from north to east → south → west in units of 1 degree. The azimuth angle to be measured is not limited to 1 degree, but may be other units such as 5 degrees. The geomagnetic sensor control unit 125 transmits azimuth information that is information of the azimuth measured by the geomagnetic sensor 126 to the control unit 111 via the bus 112.

  The camera 122 includes a lens (not shown) and an image sensor (not shown) that converts an image captured via the lens into an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal. The camera control unit 121 operates the camera 122 in accordance with a shooting instruction from the control unit 111, and transmits image information received from the imaging element of the camera 122 to the control unit 111.

  The communication unit 130 performs wireless communication with the base station 65 and transmits / receives data to / from the server 50 via the network 60. The communication unit 130 passes data received from the server 50 to the control unit 111, and transmits data received from the control unit 111 to the server 50.

  When an instruction for executing the application is input, the control unit 111 causes the camera control unit 121 to activate the camera 122. When the control unit 111 receives coordinate information from the touch panel 118 via the touch panel input unit 117, the control unit 111 specifies an operation image at a position corresponding to the coordinate from the images displayed on the display unit 116. Then, the control unit 111 recognizes that the user has selected the operation image, and executes a process associated with the operation image in advance. The operation image is, for example, the “start” button or the “stop” button shown in FIG.

  In addition, when the control unit 111 receives image information from the camera control unit 121 and receives direction information from the geomagnetic sensor control unit 125, the control unit 111 extracts a boundary line between a subject such as a building and a tree and the sky for each direction. Then, the control unit 111 calculates the elevation angle between the extracted boundary line and the optical axis of the lens of the camera 122 for each direction. This subject corresponds to a shield that blocks sunlight.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining how the control unit obtains the elevation angle.

  Of the screen of the display unit 116, an elevation angle table in which the elevation angle θX is described in advance in the ROM 113 in correspondence with the length in the Y-axis direction from the center position corresponding to the optical axis of the lens of the camera 122 (black circle in the figure). It is registered.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the subject is a building and a mountain, and the control unit 111 extracts a boundary line between the mountain tip and the sky. Then, when the control unit 111 obtains the length between the optical axis and the boundary line of the lens of the camera 122 in the image displayed on the display unit 116, the control unit 111 refers to the elevation angle table registered in the ROM 113, and calculates the length. Is converted into an elevation angle θX.

  In addition, when the control unit 111 receives image information from the camera control unit 121 and receives posture information from the acceleration sensor control unit 123, the optical axis of the lens of the camera 122 with respect to the direction of gravity is based on the posture information. If it is determined whether the terminal device 101 is tilted or not, the calculated elevation angle is corrected based on the posture information. Whether the lens is tilted is determined to be tilted when the tilt angle is ± 3 degrees or more, for example, when the optical axis of the lens is 0 degrees when the lens is perpendicular to the direction of gravity. This criterion is an example and is not limited to ± 3 degrees.

  When receiving position information from the GPS control unit 119, the control unit 111 transmits boundary information and position information including information on a combination of azimuth and elevation angle to the server 50 via the communication unit 130.

  Moreover, when the climate information is received from the server 50, the control unit 111 stores the climate information in the RAM 114, and causes the display unit 116 to display a selection menu for the user to select a desire regarding planting. Then, the control unit 111 transmits selection information including information selected by the user from the selection menu and the climate information to the server 50 via the communication unit 130. Furthermore, the control part 111 will display the optimal plant information on the display part 116, if the search result containing the information of optimal plant is received from the server 50. FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selection menu screen for the user to select a plant to be planted.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the selection items include the type of plant, the characteristics of the plant, and the purpose of planting. Plant types include, for example, evergreen trees, deciduous trees, annuals, perennials, lawns and the like. Plant characteristics include height, spread, fertility, presence of flowers and fruits, and maintainability. Planting purposes include symbol trees, hedges, and ground covers.

  The square operation image shown in FIG. 6 serves as a check box. When the user touches a square with a finger, the control unit 111 recognizes that an item corresponding to the square is selected. When the user selects one or a plurality of selection items and then presses the “selection end” button, the control unit 111 sets the information selected by the user in each selection item as selection information. To do.

  Next, the configuration of the server 50 in the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the server shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the server 50 includes a storage unit 51, a communication unit 52, and a control unit 53 that controls each unit.

  The communication unit 130 transmits / receives data to / from the terminal device 101 via the network 60 and the base station 65. The communication unit 130 passes data received from the terminal device 101 to the control unit 53, and transmits data received from the control unit 53 to the terminal device 101.

  The storage unit 51 stores a table in which information on sunrise time, sunset time, average temperature, and average precipitation is registered corresponding to position information of main areas. Here, it is assumed that the average temperature and the average precipitation are average values for each month, and the sunrise and sunset times are data for each day. This table is called a weather table.

  The storage unit 51 stores, for each plant name, a table in which the type, characteristics, and purpose corresponding to the selection items shown in FIG. 6, the sunshine duration, the average temperature, and the average precipitation are registered. . It is assumed that the sunshine duration is a value for one week. This table is called a planting table. This planting table is registered corresponding to each month from January to December. Furthermore, a calculation formula for calculating the azimuth and altitude of the sun at an arbitrary point at an arbitrary point and a value used for the calculation formula are stored in the storage unit 51 in advance.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a planting table. In addition, the grouping method of the plant demonstrated here is an example, and is not limited to this grouping method. The planting table shown in FIG. 8 is for any month of January to December.

  In this embodiment, the plant types are grouped into 6 groups of A1 to A6, the characteristics are grouped into 5 groups of B1 to B5, and the purpose of planting is grouped into 4 groups of C1 to C4 in advance. It shall be.

  Regarding the types of plants, the evergreen tree belongs to A1, the deciduous tree belongs to A2, the annual plant belongs to A3, the perennial plant belongs to A4, the lawn belongs to A5, and the type not belonging to any of A1 to A5 is A6. To do. Regarding the characteristics of the plant, the rank is classified into B1-1 to B1-3 with respect to the height of the plant, the rank is classified into B2-1 to B2-3 with respect to the spreading method, and the rank with respect to fertility is classified with B3-1 to B3. -3, ranks relating to the presence or absence of flowers and fruits are classified into B4-1 to B4-4, and ranks relating to maintainability are classified into B5-1 to B5-3. For example, regarding the height of the plant, the rank is divided into three (low (B1-1), medium (B1-2), and high (B1-3)).

  For the purpose of planting, the symbol tree belongs to C1, the hedge belongs to C2, the ground cover belongs to C3, and the case that does not correspond to any of C1 to C3 belongs to C4.

  In the planting table shown in FIG. 8, a group belonging to each selection item shown in FIG. 6 and climate information are described corresponding to the name of the plant.

  As for climate information, the range of each index is grouped as well as the selection items of plants. For example, it is assumed that the sunshine hours are grouped into D1 to D5 according to the length thereof, the average temperature is grouped into E1 to E5, and the average precipitation is grouped into F1 to F5. For the average temperature groups E2 and E3, as an example, the group E2 is in the range of 3 ° C. or higher and lower than 10 ° C., and the group E3 is in the range of 10 ° C. or higher and 17 ° C. or lower. The group in each index of the climate information shown in FIG. 8 indicates the optimum range for growing the plant.

  For example, in the plant X1, the sunshine hours are preferably in the range of D1 to D2, the average temperature is preferably in the range of E2 to E3, and the average precipitation is preferably in the range of F1 to F2. Although not shown in FIG. 8, not only the ranks related to B1 but also the ranks related to B2 to B5 are described in the feature column of the selection item. Although not shown in FIG. 8, the cultivation method may be registered in advance in the storage unit 51 for each plant.

  The control unit 53 includes a CPU (not shown) that executes processing according to a program, and a memory (not shown) for storing the program.

  When the control unit 53 receives the boundary information and the position information from the terminal device 101, the control unit 53 uses these pieces of information to calculate the sunshine duration as follows. The control unit 53 examines the sunrise time and sunset time from the latitude and longitude information specified by the position information, and calculates the altitude and direction of the sun every hour from the sunrise time to the sunset time at that latitude. To do.

  And the control part 53 makes the solar altitude and azimuth | direction of each time correspond, and an elevation angle, and calculates the sunshine time of one day. At that time, the control unit 111 compares the sun's altitude with the elevation angle for all directions from the sunrise time to the sunset time. If the sun's altitude is greater than the elevation angle, there is solar radiation at the target location. If the altitude of the sun is smaller than the elevation angle, it is determined that there is no solar radiation in the target area. In this way, the control unit 53 calculates a predetermined number of months for the sunshine hours from the date when the boundary information and the position information are received from the terminal device 101, and divides the calculated value by the number of weeks. And calculate the value for one week. Then, the control part 53 transmits the climate information containing the information of sunshine time with respect to the terminal device 101 which has transmitted boundary information and position information.

  Here, a calculation formula for calculating the azimuth and altitude of the sun at an arbitrary time at an arbitrary point will be briefly described.

  In Expression (1), h is the altitude of the sun and A is the azimuth angle of the sun. δ is the visual declination, H is the hour angle, and φ is the latitude at which the altitude and direction are determined. Here, the azimuth angle A is an angle in a direction from north to east → south → west, where 0 is north.

In equation (2), α is the celestial red longitude, θ is the local stellar time, and θ ₀ is the Greenwich stellar time. And t = ((time for obtaining altitude and direction) −standard time). In Japan, the standard time is 9 hours. λ is the longitude of the point for which the altitude and direction are to be obtained. Longitude is displayed as plus in the case of east longitude and minus in case of west longitude. A table in which Expression (1) and Expression (2) and day-by-day visual acuity, visual declination, and Greenwich star time are described is stored in the storage unit 51 in advance. A specific description of the calculation method is omitted.

  Furthermore, if the control part 53 receives selection information and climate information from the terminal device 101, the control part 53 will select the planting table of the moon corresponding to the day which received these information. And the control part 53 uses the selection information and climate information as a keyword among the plants described in the planting table, specifies the plant which matches these keywords, and uses the name of the specified plant as a search result, and the terminal device 101. Send to.

  Next, the operation of the terminal device 101 of this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the terminal device of this embodiment.

  When an instruction to activate the application is input via the touch panel 118, the control unit 111 reads the application from the ROM 113 and activates it. In step 201, it is determined whether or not the user has performed an operation of pressing the “start button” displayed on the display unit 116 (step 201). When the control unit 111 recognizes that the “start button” has been pressed, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 202. If the control unit 111 cannot recognize that the “start button” has been pressed, the process returns to step 201.

  In step 201, when the control unit 111 recognizes that the user has performed an operation of pressing the “start button”, the control unit 111 instructs the camera control unit 121 to perform shooting, and acquires image information from the camera 122 via the camera control unit 121. (Step 202). Subsequently, the control unit 111 extracts, from the received image information image, a boundary line between a building or a structure, a tree, a ridgeline of a mountain, and the sky, and the sky using a difference in color and brightness (step 203). ).

  The control unit 111 receives posture information detected based on the direction of gravitational acceleration from the acceleration sensor 124 (step 204), and acquires orientation information from the geomagnetic sensor 126 (step 205), the process proceeds to step 206.

  In step 206, the control unit 111 corrects the elevation angle of the boundary line extracted in step 203 with the posture information acquired in step 204. Then, the control unit 111 stores the corrected elevation angle information in the storage area of the RAM 114 for each azimuth of the azimuth information acquired in step 205 (step 207). Information including the elevation angle and direction is referred to as boundary information.

  After step 207, the control unit 111 determines whether or not boundary information has been stored in the storage area of the RAM 114 for all directions (step 208). If there is an orientation for which boundary information has not yet been stored, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 209, and if the boundary information has been stored for all orientations, proceeds to step 210.

  In step 209, when the control unit 111 recognizes that the user has performed an operation of pressing the “stop button”, the process ends. When the control unit 111 recognizes that the user has not performed an operation of pressing the “stop button”, the control unit 111 returns to step 202.

  In step 210, the control unit 111 acquires position information based on GPS radio waves received by the GPS receiving unit 120 from the GPS control unit 119. Thereafter, the control unit 111 transmits the boundary information stored for each direction and the position information acquired in step 210 to the server 50 (step 211).

  After step 211, when the control unit 111 acquires the climate information including the sunshine time information from the server 50, the control unit 111 stores the climate information in the RAM 114 (step 212). Subsequently, the control unit 111 displays on the display unit 116 the type of plant desired by the user (evergreen, deciduous, annual, perennial, lawn) and features (height, spread, fertility, presence of flowers / fruits). , Maintainability, etc.) and a menu for selecting a purpose (symbol tree, hedge, ground cover, etc.) is displayed on the display unit 116 (step 213).

  After step 213, the control unit 111 determines whether or not the user has selected a check box for each selection item in the selection menu (step 214). If it is determined in step 214 that the user has not selected any check box, the control unit 111 repeats the process in step 214 until the user selects a check box from the selection menu.

  On the other hand, when the user finishes the selection operation from the selection menu in step 214, the control unit 111 stores the selection information including the type, characteristics, and target information of the plant selected by the user and the climate information stored in step 212. 50 (step 215). And the control part 111 will display the related information of the recommended plant on the display part 116, if the information containing the name of the plant suitable for planting is received from the server 50 as related information of the recommended plant (step 216). . In addition to the name of the plant, the recommended information related to the plant may include information such as the characteristics of the plant and the cultivation method.

  According to this embodiment, since the predicted accuracy of the sunshine hours per week is improved according to the position and height of the buildings around the cultivation area, the amount of solar radiation is dependent on the height of the buildings and cultivation areas around the cultivation area. Even when it is affected in a complicated manner, it is possible to provide a user with a plant suitable for the cultivation area. Therefore, even if there is no technical knowledge about a plant, before actually planting a plant, the user can select a plant suitable for a cultivation place quickly.

  In addition, the sunshine hours for several months are calculated and converted to the sunshine hours for one week from the results, so even if the sunshine hours fluctuate greatly depending on the time up to several months ahead, they are required for the cultivation area. It is possible to accurately discriminate heat resistance / negative resistance indicators of plants.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the terminal device 101 notifies the boundary information to the server 50. However, the server 50 may obtain the boundary information from the image information and the position information. At that time, the terminal apparatus 101 attaches the orientation information to the image information and transmits it to the server 50.

  Further, if the image information includes one or more landmark images that can specify the latitude and longitude, the terminal device 101 does not need to attach the orientation information to the image information. The server 50 can determine the orientation of the image information received from the terminal device 101 as follows.

  For example, when the cultivation area is Tokyo, information on a map of Tokyo and images of landmarks such as Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo Tower, and Mt. Fuji are registered in the storage unit 51 in advance. In this case, the control unit 53 determines whether there is an image that is a landmark in the image information received from the terminal device 101, and if there is an image that matches any of the landmarks, the latitude and longitude of the cultivated land From the latitude and longitude of the landmark, it is possible to specify all the orientations in the image. If the image information does not include an image to be a landmark, the server 50 may request the terminal device 101 for direction information.

  Moreover, although the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated the case where the terminal device 101 transmitted the image information of all the directions for every predetermined angle to the server 50, it may not be the image information for every predetermined angle. For example, the display unit 116 shown in FIG. 3 shows images from the south direction to the southwest direction. In this case, since the image from the south to the southwest is contained in a single image, in the northern hemisphere, “from the southwest to the west”, “from the west to the northwest”, and “from the southeast to the south” If 360 degrees are divided into 45 degrees for shooting, a total of 8 pieces of image information is sufficient.

  Moreover, although the case of image information in all directions has been described, in the case of the northern hemisphere, image information on directions from at least the east to the west through the south may be used.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the boundary line between the building and the sky is detected on the assumption that the upper end of the building is shielded from the ground is explained. However, the inside of the structure such as a bridge or a steel tower is hollow. In such a case, the server 50 may calculate the sunshine time in consideration of the passage of sunlight through the hollow portion.

  In addition, when the terminal device 101 cannot sufficiently acquire the boundary line between the building and the sky or when an incorrect result is acquired, the user can perform additional input or correction by operating the operation screen for correcting the boundary line. You may be able to.

  Further, although the case where the terminal device extracts the boundary line between the building and the sky has been described, the terminal device 101 may transmit the image information as it is to the server 50 and perform the boundary line extraction process on the server side.

  In addition, the terminal device 101 measures the inclination of the own device with an acceleration sensor and corrects the elevation angle of the boundary line using the measurement result. However, the control unit 111 adds adjacent images taken by the camera 122 to the adjacent directions. By combining the images to be continuous, the boundary line between adjacent images may be corrected on the basis of an image for which the elevation angle does not need to be corrected.

  Moreover, after the terminal device 101 acquires the boundary information of a plurality of planned cultivation sites, the information is collectively transmitted to the server 50, and the results of the plurality of cultivation sites are collectively received from the server 50. It may be displayed. At that time, the control unit 111 may display the result on the map according to the position information so as to display the result on the map.

  In addition, after the terminal device 101 acquires candidate plants suitable for a plurality of planned cultivation sites, the candidates may be automatically narrowed down so as to be arranged in a balanced manner on the landscape.

  In addition, the user operates the terminal device 101 to upload the climate information including the sunshine hours of the cultivation area, the actually planted plants, photos, and comments to SNS (Social Network Service), etc., and information with other users May be shared. Furthermore, evaluations after the terminal device 101 has planted plants may be aggregated, and the information may be fed back to the server 50 as a recommended plant judgment material.

  Further, when the terminal device 101 displays a plant suitable for the cultivation area on the display unit 116, the terminal device 101 is linked to a mail order site so that the plant seeds and products necessary for cultivation can be purchased with a simple operation. Good.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, after the terminal device 101 transmits the boundary information to the server 50, the climate information including the sunshine hours for each week is acquired from the server 50, and the plant type / feature / purpose selection menu on the terminal device side. However, the server 50 generates the content for the selection menu as shown in FIG. 6, the terminal device 101 receives the content of the selection menu from the server 50, and displays the selection menu on the display unit 116. May be displayed.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the terminal device 101 extracts the boundary line between the building and the sky from the image of the camera 122 has been described. However, an electromagnetic wave or a sound wave is transmitted around the cultivated land, and the reflected wave is transmitted to the terminal. By receiving the device 101, a boundary line of a surrounding building or the like may be detected.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, although it was the method of searching for the plant suitable for the cultivation area, the target is not limited to the plant, and any other target may be used as long as it affects the climate information. Good. You may apply this invention to determining whether it is suitable as a place which builds buildings, such as an apartment house and a factory, for example.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 Terminal device 12 Position information acquisition means 13 Communication means 14 Imaging means 50 Server 51 Storage part 52 Communication part 53 Control part 111 Control part 120 GPS receiving part 122 Camera 124 Acceleration sensor 126 Geomagnetic sensor 130 Communication part

Claims (7)

A photographing means for photographing the surroundings and acquiring image information including an image of the solar radiation shield;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude;
Communication means for transmitting the image information and the position information to a server, and acquiring climate information including sunshine hours from the server;
A terminal device including The terminal device according to claim 1,
Direction information acquisition means for acquiring azimuth information, which is information indicating an azimuth including east, west, south, and north, for the shooting direction when the imaging means acquires the image information;
Control means for attaching the orientation information corresponding to the image information to the communication means attached to the image information;
The terminal device further comprising: The terminal device according to claim 1 or 2,
Attitude information acquisition means for acquiring attitude information which is information indicating an inclination angle when the terminal device is inclined with respect to a predetermined direction when the imaging means acquires the image information;
Control means for correcting the image information corresponding to the posture information with the posture information when the posture information exceeds a predetermined range, and passing the corrected image information to the communication unit;
The terminal device further comprising: Communication means arranged around the terminal device, including image information including an image of a solar radiation shield, and position information including the latitude and longitude of the terminal device, from the terminal device;
Based on the image information, a boundary between the shielding object and the sky is detected, and a sunlight time in the position information is calculated from the detected boundary and information on the altitude of the sun specified by the position information, and the sunlight time is calculated. Control means for transmitting including climate information to the terminal device via the communication means;
A server device. Taking image of the surroundings and acquiring image information including an image of a sun-shielded object, and acquiring position information including latitude and longitude, the image information and the position information are transmitted to a server, and climate information including sunshine hours is obtained. A terminal device acquired from the server;
When the image information and the position information are received from the terminal device, a boundary between the shielding object and the sky is detected based on the image information, and information on the altitude of the sun specified by the detected boundary and the position information Calculating the sunshine time in the position information from the server for transmitting the climate information to the terminal device,
An information processing system. Take a picture of the surroundings to get image information including an image of the sun's shield,
Get location information including latitude and longitude,
Sending the image information and the location information to a server;
An information processing method for acquiring climate information including sunshine hours from the server. On the terminal device,
Procedures to capture the image information including the image of the solar radiation shield by photographing the surroundings,
Procedure to get location information including latitude and longitude,
Transmitting the image information and the position information to a server;
A program for executing a procedure for acquiring climate information including sunshine hours from the server.

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