Centralized Server System for Agricultural Sequence Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for agricultural working machines limit the sharing and optimization of control sequences among users, restricting knowledge exchange and productivity gains, as learned sequences are primarily available to a small circle of users and are not systematically shared across similar configurations.
Innovation Solution
A centralized server system that stores and manages sequences of process steps for agricultural working machines, allowing global access and comparison, enabling operators to upload, download, and compare sequences, and automatically detect dependencies for variable parameterizations based on environmental conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If control sequences are learned and stored locally on individual control units, then the sequences can be automatically executed on specific fields, but the knowledge and sequences remain isolated to small circles of users and cannot be systematically shared
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines individual local sequence repositories with a centralized server system. Control units continue to store and execute sequences locally, while simultaneously connecting to a central server that aggregates sequences from multiple users. This merging allows automatic execution capability to be preserved while eliminating knowledge isolation through centralized storage and sharing.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized server system provides universal access to control sequences across multiple control units and users. The server acts as a multi-functional platform that stores sequences, manages user access rights, enables sharing, and facilitates systematic distribution of operational knowledge to any authorized user in the network.
2Loss of information
If sequences are shared across multiple users through a centralized system, then knowledge exchange and productivity gains are enhanced, but system complexity and infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized server acts as an intermediary between individual control units and users. Rather than requiring direct peer-to-peer connections between control units, the server mediates all sequence sharing and access operations. This intermediary approach enables systematic sharing while managing system complexity through a centralized coordination point that handles authentication, storage, and distribution.
3Manufacturing precision
If operators manually input control processes to generate sequences, then sequences with correct parameters can be created, but the process is time-consuming and requires operator expertise
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically detecting and storing sequences that operators manually input during normal operation. Instead of requiring operators to manually create sequences from scratch each time, the system captures the operator's expert input once, stores it as a reusable sequence, and makes it available for future automatic execution and sharing with other users.
Solution Approach 2:
Once a sequence is created through manual operator input, the system creates copies of this sequence that can be stored locally on the control unit and simultaneously uploaded to the centralized server for sharing. This copying mechanism allows the time-consuming manual creation process to be performed only once, while enabling unlimited reuse and distribution of the validated sequence parameters.
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AI summary
A server system for the administration of sequences for agricultural working machines made up of parameterized process steps of working devices includes a server and database in which a sequence inventory of sequences is stored. Sequence identifiers are assigned to each of the sequences of the sequence inventory, which describe one or more process steps of the respective sequence. A network interface to a global communication network is included to receive connection requests from a client and establish a connection-oriented, bidirectional data channel between the server and the client. The server receives a selection criterion from the client via the data channel, determines a sequence from the sequence inventory on the basis of a comparison of the criterion with the sequence identifiers and transmits the determined sequence to the client via the data channel.