Farm work management system, farm work management apparatus, and farming management method

A farm work management system comprising:

• a communication apparatus for transmitting location information of a worker carrying out a farm work;
• and
• a farm work management apparatus for managing a progress of the farm work based on the location information transmitted from the communication apparatus;
• wherein
• the communication apparatus comprises:
• an operation unit including a first button notifying a start or an end of the farm work, a second button notifying a transition to a next farm work and a third button notifying the interruption of the farm work,
• a communication unit for notifying the farm work management apparatus that the farm work is started or the farm work is finished in a case when the operation unit receives the operation by the first button, notifying the farm work management apparatus that the farm work is transited to the next farm work in a case when the operation unit receives the operation by the second button, and notifying the farm work management apparatus that the farm work is interrupted in a case when the operation unit receives the operation by the third button, and receiving information transmitted from the farm work management apparatus, and
• a display unit for displaying the received information;
• and the farm work management apparatus comprises:
• a progress management table for storing a work location, a work content to be carried out at the work location, and a progress of the work as being associated with each other,
• a receiving unit for receiving a notification from the communication unit;
• an accepting unit for accepting information about interruption reason in case the receiving unit receives the notification that the farm work is interrupted;
• a controller capable of performing operations of:
• generating a work history including the information according to the interruption reason based on the notification from the communication apparatus and the information accepted at the accepting unit,
• identifying the work location based on the location information transmitted from the communication apparatus,
• reading out information about the progress and the work content to be carried out at the identified work location from the progress management table,
• calculating an estimated work time from the read information about the progress, and
• transmitting to the communication apparatus the information about the read work content and the estimated work time having been calculated.

A farm work management method for obtaining location information of a worker carrying out a farm work and managing a progress of the farm work based on the obtained location information, the farm work management method comprising:

• storing a work location, a work content to be carried out at the work location, and a progress of the work and then storing the same in a progress management table as being associated with each other;
• receiving notification about a start or an end of the farm work, a transition to a next farm work and an interruption of the farm work;
• accepting information about interruption reason in case the receiving unit receives the notification that the farm work is interrupted;
• generating a work history including the information about the interruption reason based on the received notification and the accepted information;
• identifying the work location based on the location information when the location information is obtained;
• reading out information about the progress and the work content to be carried out at the identified work location from the progress management table;
• calculating an estimated work time from the read information about the progress;
• and
• transmitting to one or more other devices the information about the read work content and the estimated work time having been calculated,
• wherein the farm work management method is executed by a communication apparatus equipped with a first button notifying the start of the end of the farm work, a second button notifying the transition to the next farm work and a third button notifying the interruption of the farm work.