Agricultural Data Synchronization via Wireless Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data management systems in precision farming are inefficient, requiring growers to physically transport and manually transfer data from various storage media to a remote computer for analysis, which hinders timely decision-making and real-time data processing during agricultural processes.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a synchronization device with short-range and long-range communication capabilities that connects agricultural implement data storage to a mobile device, which then transmits data to a server for processing, allowing for automatic compression and delayed transmission when cellular coverage is available, and provides user-guided instruction screens for data synchronization using QR codes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If growers use multiple types of precision farming equipment with different storage media, then they can capture data from various sensors and monitors, but they are required to transport storage media to a remote desktop application to extract and analyze the data, which is inefficient and prevents timely decision-making
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a synchronization device as an intermediary component that includes a short-range communicator. This device receives data from multiple storage media types (PCMCIA, CF, SD, USB) and transmits it wirelessly to a mobile device, eliminating the need for growers to physically transport storage media to remote desktop applications. The synchronization device acts as a bridge between diverse storage media and mobile computing platforms, enabling timely data access and analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of physically transporting storage media to remote desktop applications with a wireless communication system. The short-range communicator and long-range communication equipment enable data transmission without physical movement of storage media, substituting mechanical transport with electronic/wireless data transfer, thereby saving time and improving efficiency.
2Productivity
If growers need to make buying decisions within a few weeks of harvest to capture greatest discounts, then timely decision-making is critical, but the current process of bringing storage media to remote computers prevents meeting this time frame
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables growers to independently access and analyze their agricultural data using mobile devices without requiring remote desktop applications or service providers. The synchronization device automatically receives data from storage media and makes it available on the grower's mobile device, allowing them to perform data analysis and make purchasing decisions independently and timely, capturing discounts within the critical few-week window after harvest.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions data access from a fixed, location-dependent model (remote desktop applications) to a mobile, location-independent model. By enabling data access on mobile devices that growers can use anywhere, the system adds the dimension of mobility and flexibility, allowing growers to access data and make decisions at any time and place, not confined to remote computer locations.
3Speed
If real-time or nearly real-time processing of data collected by agricultural implements is required for planting, fertilizing, and harvesting processes, then timely data use is essential, but current systems require physical transport of storage media which hinders real-time processing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data transfer function from the complex process of physically transporting storage media to remote desktop applications. The synchronization device is specifically designed to extract and receive data from various storage media types and transmit it wirelessly, separating the data extraction function from the analysis function. This allows real-time or nearly real-time data processing during planting, fertilizing, and harvesting operations without the complexity of physical media transport.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for synchronizing agricultural data uses a synchronization device adapted to receive information from a storage medium associated with a monitor for an agricultural implement. The synchronization device has wireless communication with a mobile device to share the information from the monitor with the mobile device. The mobile device will compress and store the data until the mobile device has communication coverage. Once the mobile device has communication coverage, it will automatically communicate the compressed data to a remote server, such as a cloud server. The server will process the data. The processed data may be communicated back to the monitor via the mobile device and the synchronization device. The processed data may also be accessed on the server by a remote computer.