INTELLIGENT TOOL FOR COLLECTING AND MANAGING DATA DURING MANUAL HARVESTING OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

摘要

An apparatus for collecting and managing data during an agricultural manual operation is provided. The agricultural manual operation includes harvesting, planting roots, cutting flowers, and pruning and thinning fruit trees or vegetables. The apparatus comprises: an intelligent tool configured to log an event including an agricultural manual operation when a picker succeeds in picking at least one harvested product by using the intelligent tool, or planting event when a worker succeeds in planting at least one product, or cutting flowers event when a worker succeeds in cutting at least one flower product, or pruning and thinning event when a worker succeeds in thinning fruit trees. The apparatus further comprises a means for collecting a set of data relevant to at least one manually picking event, or manually planting event, or manually cutting event, or manual pruning or thinning event.

主权项

1. A method of collecting and managing data during at least one agricultural manual operation by using an intelligent tool; said method comprising:
(A) logging said at least one agricultural manual operation, wherein a laborer succeeds in said at least one agricultural manual operation by using said intelligent tool; and (B) collecting a set of data relevant to said at least one agricultural manual operation by using said intelligent tool; wherein said at least one agricultural manual operation is selected from the group consisting of: harvesting; planting roots; cutting flowers; pruning and thinning vegetables; and pruning and thinning fruit trees.