Information processor for predicting a risk of pest damage to produce
Problem To provide an information processor capable of effectively reducing a risk of pest damage to produce. Solution An information processor 10 predicts a risk of pest damage to produce, the information processor comprising: a prediction unit for predicting an effect of reducing the pest damage risk for each of a plurality of countermeasure candidates for changing at least one influencing parameter affecting the pest damage risk; and a selection unit for selecting a countermeasure from among the plurality of countermeasure candidates while prioritizing a countermeasure having a higher effect of reducing the pest damage risk, on the basis of a result of predicting the effect of reducing the pest damage risk afforded by the prediction unit.
1 . An information processor for predicting a risk of pest damage to produce, said information processor comprising:
a prediction unit in communication with: a user terminal of a user associated with the produce to receive, from the user terminal, a location of a cultivation site of the produce; a sensor device at the cultivation site of the produce to receive, from the sensor device, at least one environmental parameter relating to an environment at the cultivation site; and a weather information server to receive, from the weather information server, weather information for the cultivation site;
wherein the prediction unit is configured to:
predict, using a prediction model, an effect of reducing the pest damage risk for each of a plurality of countermeasure candidates for changing at least one influencing parameter affecting the pest damage risk to the produce based on the location of the cultivation site of the produce, the at least one environmental parameter relating to the environment at the cultivation site, and the weather information for the cultivation site, and wherein the at least one influencing parameter includes a chemical agent application parameter relating to application of a chemical agent at the cultivation site of the produce; and
rank the plurality of countermeasure candidates based on the effect of each of the countermeasure candidates for reducing the pest damage risk to the produce;
a selection unit configured to:
identify ones of the plurality of countermeasure candidates having an effect for reducing the pest damage risk to the produce that satisfies a threshold; and
select a countermeasure from among only the ones plurality of ranked countermeasure candidates that have an effect for reducing the pest damage risk to the produce that satisfies the threshold while prioritizing a countermeasure having a higher effect of reducing the pest damage risk, on the basis of a result of predicting the effect of reducing the pest damage risk afforded by the prediction unit; and
an output unit configured to transmit the selected countermeasure to the user terminal, wherein the selected countermeasure includes instructions to change the chemical agent application parameter;
wherein, in response to the transmittal of the selected countermeasure, the user terminal visually displays the change in the chemical agent application parameter to the user whereby the user applies the chemical agent at the cultivation site of the produce in accordance with the changed chemical application parameter.
2 . The information processor according to claim 1 , wherein the selection unit makes a selection by prioritizing a countermeasure having a higher effect of reducing the pest damage risk and then prioritizing a countermeasure which is implemented with less labor.
3 . The information processor according to claim 1 , wherein the selection unit makes a selection by prioritizing a countermeasure having a higher effect of reducing the pest damage risk and then prioritizing a countermeasure which is implemented at a lower cost.
4 . The information processor according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions to change the chemical agent application parameter include information indicating an action to be undertaken by the user to cause the change in the chemical agent application parameter.
5 . The information processor according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one influencing parameter further includes the environmental parameter relating to the environment at the cultivation site of the produce.
6 . A method for reducing risk of pest damage to produce, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a location of a cultivation site of the produce from a user terminal of a user associated with the produce, at least one environmental parameter relating to an environment at the cultivation site from a sensor device at the cultivation site, and weather information for the cultivation site from a weather information server;
predicting, by the processor, an effect of reducing the pest damage risk for each of a plurality of countermeasure candidates for changing at least one influencing parameter affecting the pest damage risk to the produce based on the location of the cultivation site of the produce, the at least one environmental parameter relating to the environment at the cultivation site, and the weather information for the cultivation site, wherein the at least one influencing parameter includes a chemical agent application parameter relating to application of a chemical agent at a cultivation site of the produce;
ranking, by the processor, the plurality of countermeasure candidates based on the effect of each of the countermeasure candidates for reducing the pest damage risk to the produce;
identifying, by the processor, ones of the plurality of countermeasure candidates having an effect for reducing the pest damage risk to the produce that satisfies a threshold;
selecting, by the processor, a countermeasure from among only the ones plurality of ranked countermeasure candidates that have an effect for reducing the pest damage risk to the produce that satisfies the threshold while prioritizing a countermeasure having a higher effect of reducing the pest damage risk, on the basis of a result of predicting the effect of reducing the pest damage risk afforded by the prediction unit;
transmitting the selected countermeasure to the user terminal, wherein the selected countermeasure includes instructions to change the chemical agent application parameter;
in response to the transmittal of the selected countermeasure, visually displaying the change in the chemical agent application parameter to the user; and
applying the chemical agent at the cultivation site of the produce in accordance with the changed chemical application parameter.
7 . A method for reducing risk of pest damage to produce, the method comprising:
acquiring, by a processor, an environmental parameter relating to an environment at a cultivation site of the produce from a sensor device at the cultivation site;
predicting, by the processor, an effect of reducing the pest damage risk for each of a plurality of countermeasure candidates for changing at least one influencing parameter affecting the pest damage risk, wherein the at least on influencing parameter includes the environmental parameter relating to the environment at the cultivation site of the produce;
selecting, by the processor, a countermeasure from among the plurality of countermeasure candidates while prioritizing a countermeasure having a higher effect of reducing the pest damage risk, on the basis of a result of predicting the effect of reducing the pest damage risk afforded by the prediction unit, wherein the selected countermeasure changes the environmental parameter; and
in response to selecting the countermeasure, automatically changing, by the processor, the environmental parameter at the cultivation site of the produce in accordance with the selected countermeasure.