INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PRODUCING CONTROL SIGNAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20170118925A1
• Filed: 01/11/2017
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: NOGUCHI, Takashi, MASUDA, Kensuke, OSHIKIRI, Kohji, DENDA, Takeshi, MATSUMURA, Shohei, TOMII, Yasuhiro, YAMANAKA, Yuji
• Application Number:
  US15/403,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20170118925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/00 Botany in general
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/24 Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature , illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/247 Watering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 2003/1213 Filters in general, e.g. dichroic, band
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0208 using focussing or collimating elements, e.g. lenses or mirrors; performing aberration correction
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0264 Electrical interface; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/027 Control of working procedures of a spectrometer; Failure detection; Bandwidth calculation
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0278 Control or determination of height or angle information for sensors or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/2803 using photoelectric array detector
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/2823 Imaging spectrometer
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/36 Investigating two or more bands of a spectrum by separate detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/42 Absorption spectrometry; Double beam spectrometry; Flicker spectrometry; Reflection spectrometry beam switching arrangements G01J3/08
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/46 Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters measuring colour temperature G01J5/60
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2021/8466 Investigation of vegetal material, e.g. leaves, plants, fruits
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/21 Polarisation-affecting properties G01N21/19 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/251 Colorimeters; Construction thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/188 Vegetation
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/12 using optical feedback
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 : Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an obtainment unit configured to obtain spectroscopic information generated from image information of a plant captured by an imaging unit; and a generation unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling a degree of water stress of the plant, based on the obtained spectroscopic information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an obtainment unit configured to obtain spectroscopic information generated from image information of a plant captured by an imaging unit; and

a generation unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling a degree of water stress of the plant, based on the obtained spectroscopic information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtainment unit obtains a NDVI value as the spectroscopic information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtainment unit obtains a PRI (Photochemical/Physiological Reflectance Index) as the spectroscopic information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtainment unit obtains an NDVI value and a PRI,

wherein the generation unit generates the control signal for controlling for a period of time longer than a threshold, based on the NDVI value, and generates the control signal for controlling for a period of time equal to or shorter than the threshold, based on the PRI.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the obtainment unit obtains polarization information of the plant in addition to the spectroscopic information, and generates the control signal based on the obtained spectroscopic information and the polarization information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtainment unit obtains size information of the plant in addition to the spectroscopic information, and generates the control signal based on the obtained spectroscopic information and the size information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates estimated information based on the spectroscopic information, and generates the control signal based on the generated estimated information and input information input by a user.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit obtains a control condition for having a current state of the plant transition to a desired state in a predetermined period of time, based on the spectroscopic information, and generates the control signal based on the control condition.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates amount information about an amount of control by the control signal, and based on the amount information, generates the control signal or a non-control signal representing that control by the control signal is not to be executed.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtainment unit obtains predicted information for predicting behavior of a predetermined target, from an external source,

wherein in a case where control by the control signal is to be executed, the generation unit does not generate a control signal based on the predicted information, and in a case where control by the control signal is not to be executed, generates a control signal based on the predicted information.

11. A device controlled by the control signal from the information processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

another obtainment unit configured to obtain distance information about a distance from the device to an object, in response to the control signal; and

an operational unit configured to execute predetermined work on the object, based on the obtained distance information.

12. An information processing system that processes information to generate a control signal for controlling a device, the information processing system comprising:

an imaging unit configured to obtain image information by capturing an image of a specific plant;

a calculation unit configured to calculate spectroscopic information generated based on the image information of the plant; and

a generation unit configured to generate the control signal for controlling a degree of water stress of the plant, based on the calculated spectroscopic information.

13. The information processing system according to claim 12, further comprising:

an obtainment unit configured to obtain predicted information for predicting behavior of a predetermined target, from an external source,

wherein the generation unit generates a control signal so that control based on the predicted information is not to be executed in a case where control by the control signal is to be executed, and generates a control signal so that control based on the predicted information is to be executed in a case where control by the control signal is not to be executed.

14. A method of producing a control signal to control a device by processing information, the method comprising:

obtaining spectroscopic information generated from image information of a plant captured by an imaging unit; and

producing a control signal for controlling a degree of water stress of the plant, based on the obtained spectroscopic information.