1. Ehime Agricultural Experiment Station Yasushi KOHNO
Precision citrus production concept based on information from mobile citrus fruit grading robot, field-server, and satellite
Ehime Agricultural Experiment Station
Yasushi　KOHNO

2. The news about the security of the food

3. Traceability of the agricultural production which used a QR cord

4. The production of citrus fruit in Ehime prefecture

5. A mandarin orange grows to the tree
Mandarin oranges on the trees

6. The information of the citrus fruit production
A NIR inspection system
A production history

7. Outline of the whole project
Analysis for posture control of the satellite
Improvement of the robot
Improvement of the field-server
Information Analysis on Orchard, Growth Environment, and Products
Information from satellite images
Information from the robot
Information from field-servers
Information from fruit grading facility and operators
Simulation for posture control of satellite
Manufacture of mobile fruit grading robot
Construction of field-server
Construction of the database

8. Mobile citrus fruit grading robot
NIR inspection device
machine vision systems
D-GPS
roller pin conveyor
Photo sensor
laser sensor
laser sensor

9. Information from Mobile citrus fruit grading robot
Location information
　　 Robot location, Time
Fruit Information
　　Fruit appearance,
Internal quality
Monitoring image for trees
　　 Leaf color
Canopy size
Flower quantity　etc.

10. Field-server Temperature，Humidity Soil temperature，Soil water
Quantity of sunlight
Precipitation
Wind direction and velocity
Image
　　Leaf color, Flower quantity, Canopy size

11. Satellite image Color image Near-infrared light image
Information of the garden
　　Inclination， Soil temperature ，Soil water
Information of the tree
　 Leaf color，Size of the tree， Quantity of the flower　etc.

12. The image of data Soil water , Shape of the tree Satellite image wide
Space scale
wide
narrow
Satellite image
Mobile citrus fruit grading robot
Field-server
Leaf color , Canopy size
Short Time scale long

13. A NIR inspection system

14. Information from fruit grading system
Farm ID
Sugar content，Acidity
Appearance
Size

15. Operation record
Farm ID
Feritilization
Irrigation
Time and date

16. Satellite Grading robot Field-server
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Wide-range giography
Environmental info.
Local climate Info.
Environmental info.
Operation record
Product info.
Database

17. The aim of this study
To clarify performance and accuracy of each device by multi-dimensional analysis with spatial consideration and time scale
To clarify required information for precise production of citrus fruit and performance and function of each sensor
To enable the database to be used for both tree management and food traceability to keep safety and security on food distribution