Agricultural Assistance System Coordination Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Coordination between rule interpreters and rule generators on different control hardware is challenging due to storage space restrictions and access limitations, making it difficult to optimize control parameters for agricultural assistance systems.
Innovation Solution
An agricultural assistance system with a coordination module that runs the rule interpreter on various control hardware, independent of its location, to generate and coordinate control parameters for prime movers and attachments, allowing for separate execution of the rule generator and driver assistance system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the rule interpreter is integrated with the rule generator on the same control hardware, then coordination between them is simplified, but storage space restrictions and access limitations prevent optimal implementation
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the rule interpreter and rule generator into separate functional modules that can be distributed across different control hardware units. The rule interpreter can run on the prime mover's control hardware while the rule generator operates on attachment control hardware or vice versa, eliminating the need to store all rule sets locally on a single device with limited storage capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rule interpreter is designed as a universal component capable of executing rule sets from multiple sources and different types of agricultural machinery. This universal rule interpreter can process rules generated for various prime movers and attachments, reducing the need for multiple specialized rule storage locations and enabling flexible distribution across different control hardware platforms.
2Quantity of substance
If the rule interpreter is distributed across different control hardware, then storage space requirements are reduced, but coordination between distributed components becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the rule interpreter continuously monitors the performance and state of distributed rule generators, and the rule generators receive feedback about rule execution results. This enables automatic adjustment and coordination of distributed components, managing complexity through self-regulation rather than requiring complex centralized control architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
A standardized communication interface and protocol acts as an intermediary between distributed rule interpreters and rule generators. This intermediary layer handles the coordination complexity by providing uniform methods for rule transmission, execution status reporting, and parameter exchange, allowing distributed components to interact without direct complex point-to-point coordination.
3Productivity
If control parameters are fully automated, then optimization of agricultural combination is improved, but user input and control are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The control system dynamically adjusts the level of automation based on operational context, machine state, and user preferences. Certain parameters can be fully automated through rule-based control while others remain manually adjustable, allowing the system to transition between automated and manual control modes as needed, thus maintaining both high productivity and user control flexibility.
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AI summary
An agricultural assistance system including a driver assistance system for controlling one or both of a prime mover and an attachment of an agricultural combination is disclosed. The agricultural assistance system generates control parameters for one or both of the prime mover and the attachment, has a rule interpreter that generates the control parameters by processing rules from sets of rules, and has a rule generator that provides a plurality of sets of rules. The agricultural assistance system executes the rule interpreter as needed on control hardware that is part of one or both of the prime mover or the attachment, and on control hardware that is disposed remote from the combination. The agricultural assistance system has a coordination module for this which, independent of the site at which the rule interpreter is run, coordinates the rule interpreter with the control generator and the driver assistance system.