Electric Mower CAN Bus Control for Intelligent Module Coordination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electric mowers lack intelligence and informatization, struggling to efficiently collect, analyze, and interact with large amounts of information, which limits their mowing capacity, efficiency, and versatility.

Innovation Solution

A CAN-bus-based electrical control system for electric mowers, comprising an energy source control module, instrument display module, traveling control module, mowing control module, and sensor module, connected via high-speed and low-speed CAN buses, enabling efficient signal processing, communication, and control, with logic threshold-based control modes for motor and battery management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If traditional control systems are used in electric mowers, then the device complexity is low and ease of manufacture is good, but the degree of intelligence and information processing capability is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedegree of intelligenceVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control system is segmented into multiple independent control modules (traveling control module, mowing control module, energy source control module, instrument display module, sensor module), each responsible for specific functions. This modular architecture enables high intelligence and information processing capability while maintaining manageable complexity through clear functional separation and standardized CAN bus communication interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If more electronic devices and control modules are added to improve mowing capacity and efficiency, then the information processing demand increases, but the existing technology cannot satisfy the interaction of large amounts of information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemowing efficiencyVSAvoidinformation interaction capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The CAN bus serves as an intermediary communication network connecting all control modules. It enables efficient information exchange and coordination between the traveling control module, mowing control module, energy source control module, instrument display module, and sensor module, thereby supporting high productivity while maintaining complete information interaction capability across the system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If a CAN-bus-based electrical control system is implemented, then the information processing efficiency and intelligence are enhanced, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation processing efficiencyVSAvoidmanufacturing difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs universal CAN bus communication protocols and standardized module interfaces that enable multi-functional control modules to be integrated into a unified architecture. This universality allows the system to achieve high information processing efficiency and intelligence while simplifying manufacturing through standardized components and assembly procedures rather than increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250098568A1Can-bus-based electrical control system for electric mower
Publication Date: 2025.03.27 LUOYANG TRACTORS RES INST
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AI summary

Provided is a controller area network (CAN)-bus-based electrical control system for an electric mower. Based on CAN bus technology design, an energy source control module, an instrument display module, a traveling control module, a mowing control module and a sensor module in the electrical control system implement signal collection, reception, analysis, processing and transmission by a CAN module and an interface of the CAN module the integration level and information processing efficiency of the electric mower. An intelligent boundary of the electric mower is expanded by a topological structure of a CAN bus, and a development platform is provided for information-based precise control of the mower.