UNHULLED RICE DIRECT SOWING APPARATUS
Technical Background
It is known to use flying bodies such as drones for cultivating crops. For example, a flying body control system for controlling a flying body that sprays chemicals onto a field is known. The system comprises a quality information acquisition unit that acquires, in association, quality information concerning the quality measured by a quality measuring machine of crops harvested in a predetermined area of the field and the corresponding area; and a planning calculation unit that calculates a chemical spraying plan and a flight plan for the flying body based on the quality information and the area. The flying body sprays chemicals onto the field based on the spraying plan and the flight plan.
The system further comprises a storage unit that stores a spraying management table in which the spraying plan sprayed onto the harvested crops and the quality information of the harvested crops are recorded in association with the area each time the crops are harvested. The planning calculation unit refers to the spraying management table to calculate the flight plan by referring, for each area, to the transition of the quality information of crops harvested in the past and the spraying plan.
Current Problems
Due to recent global warming, there are places where conditions suitable for the growth of grains are being lost in areas traditionally known as grain production regions. In particular, high summer temperatures inhibit the development of ears, resulting in a decrease in yield. For this reason, cultivation of grains in relatively cool mountainous areas is being reconsidered.
However, in mountainous areas, it is sometimes difficult to move machinery for sowing or harvesting ears, due to reasons such as steep terrain and narrow roads.
In one aspect, the present invention aims to provide a technique for sowing grains in a short time regardless of the type of grain, even in locations where the introduction of agricultural machinery is difficult.
Means for Solving Problems
To achieve the above object, a disclosed rice direct-seeding apparatus is provided. The rice direct-seeding apparatus is mounted on a drone-type flying body and comprises an injection unit that injects rice seeds along a plurality of parallel virtual furrow lines, determined at predetermined intervals based on the shape of a captured area, thereby planting the seeds into the soil.
Accordingly, it is possible to perform seeding in a short time regardless of the type of grain, even in locations where the introduction of agricultural machinery is difficult.
Scope of Claims
[Claim 1]
An implanting unit that is attached to a drone type flying object and injects seed rice along a plurality of virtual striations parallel to each other at predetermined intervals determined based on a shape of a photographed area to implant the seed rice in soil The planting part has a placing part for placing the seed rice on a biased drop lid, a pipe part connected to the placing part, and an injection part for feeding compressed air to move the drop lid into the pipe part against the bias and planting the seed rice passing through the pipe part in soil.