Agricultural Driver Assistance With Adaptive Process Strategy Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing agricultural working machine control systems struggle to achieve high-quality regulation when crop properties deviate significantly from expected norms or when operating in challenging terrains, such as sloping areas, leading to suboptimal performance.

Innovation Solution

A driver assistance system with a control and regulating device that uses characteristic curves to automate the setting and monitoring of working and quality parameters, suggesting changes in process control strategies if setpoints are not met, and allowing for operator interaction to optimize parameters, with communication in natural language for easy understanding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If existing control systems optimize working and quality parameters using predetermined strategies, then control precision is improved, but the system cannot adapt when crop properties deviate from expected norms or terrain conditions change

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol precisionVSAvoidadaptability to varying conditions
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors actual quality parameters during operation and compares them against target values. When deviations are detected, the system automatically adjusts working parameters to maintain optimal performance, enabling adaptation to varying crop properties and terrain conditions while preserving control precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The control system transitions from static predetermined strategies to dynamic adaptive control. The system automatically modifies working parameters in real-time based on feedback from quality parameter measurements, allowing it to adapt to changing conditions such as varying crop properties and terrain while maintaining precise control

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If automated control optimizes quality parameters using complex algorithms, then control quality is improved, but operator understanding and interaction become difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol qualityVSAvoidoperator understanding
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a natural language communication interface as an intermediary between the complex automated control system and the operator. This mediator translates complex control decisions and quality parameter status into easily understandable language, maintaining high control quality while improving operator understanding and interaction

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP2687923B2Driver assistance system for agricultural vehicle
Publication Date: 2023.05.03 CLAAS SELBSTFAHRENDE ERNTEMASCHINEN GMBH
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a driver assistance system (28) for an agricultural working machine (1) with at least one control and regulating device (23) which, by means of characteristic fields (48) stored in it, can be used to automatically set and monitor working and/or quality parameters ( 37, 40) of the agricultural working machine (1) and that automated monitoring and/or setting of at least one working and/or quality parameter (37, 40) of the agricultural working machine (1) takes place by specifying a selectable process control strategy (61), wherein the driver assistance system (28) proposes a change in the process control strategy (61) at least when the specified target value of one or more quality parameters (40) cannot be reached within the preselected process control strategy (61).