Dual-Channel Vehicle Automation for Dissimilar Fleet Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automated machine combinations in off-highway applications are limited in their ability to operate collaboratively with dissimilar machines, requiring significant redesign and modification for each unique machine configuration, and lack a standardized communication system for real-time interaction and mission planning.
Innovation Solution
An automation system with a universal application programming interface (API) facilitates communication between machines using both short- and long-range channels, enabling machines with different operating systems to share machine profiles and develop precise mission plans, allowing for collaborative operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If specialized communication systems with direct radio communication are used for collaborative machine groups, then machines can work together in coordinated tandem pairs, but the system cannot operate with dissimilar machines and requires significant redesign for each unique configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal communication protocol that enables different machine types and manufacturers to interact through a common data exchange standard. The system uses standardized message formats and communication interfaces that work across dissimilar machines, eliminating the need for specialized paired configurations and allowing flexible fleet-wide collaboration.
2Manufacturing precision
If machine-specific communication protocols are implemented for each collaborative feature, then precise control of interactive operations is achieved, but the communication system cannot be shared with other fleet participants
Solution Approach 1:
The communication system is segmented into standardized protocol layers that handle different communication functions independently. This allows precise control of interactive operations through specific protocol messages while maintaining a unified communication infrastructure that can be shared across all fleet participants without requiring multiple independent systems.
3Loss of information
If traditional cellular communication networks are used for machine telematics, then data sharing between machines is enabled, but real-time interaction and synchronized behavior cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges cellular communication infrastructure with dedicated short-range communication technologies to create a hybrid communication architecture. This combination enables both broad data sharing across the fleet via cellular networks and real-time synchronized interaction between nearby machines through low-latency direct communication channels.
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AI summary
A cross-platform automated vehicle communication and operational control system. The communication system may use a dual communication system that facilitates spaced vehicle operations that transition into interactive machine activities. This communication system uses remote communications to coordinate multiple vehicles, establish missions, conduct remote oversight and track a vehicle fleet. The system's dual communication also includes direct vehicle-to-vehicle communications to manage direct interactions without delay. The operational control system establishes a machine profile and mission planning system for multi-machine project control across platforms.