Electronic Fence Monitoring for Agricultural Machine Boundaries
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Solution Overview
Problem
Agricultural machines operating in environments near mountains, water systems, or roads face safety risks due to the potential for collisions or falls, highlighting the need for effective operation monitoring systems to control their operating ranges.
Innovation Solution
An operation monitoring system that generates an electronic fence around the designated operating area, using environmental data to recognize and demarcate boundaries, and invokes safety strategies if the machine exceeds these boundaries, such as shutting down to prevent accidents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the agricultural machine operates in environments near mountains, water systems, or roads, then the working area and productivity are improved, but the safety risks increase due to potential collisions or falls
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes electronic fences around dangerous areas (mountains, water systems, roads) before the agricultural machine operates. The monitoring module continuously tracks the machine's position and predicts its movement trajectory, enabling preventive action before the machine actually reaches the hazardous zone. This preliminary positioning and boundary setting allows the machine to expand its working area while maintaining safety through advance warning and automatic shutdown capabilities.
2Reliability
If the electronic fence is set to trigger automatic shutdown, then the safety is improved, but the operation efficiency decreases due to frequent interruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a graduated response rather than immediate full shutdown. When the agricultural machine approaches the electronic fence boundary, the monitoring module first issues a warning signal. Only when the machine actually crosses or triggers the fence does the system execute the shutdown command. This partial action approach (warning first, then shutdown only if necessary) maintains safety while minimizing operational interruptions, thereby preserving productivity.
3Measurement precision
If the monitoring system continuously tracks the agricultural machine position, then the safety monitoring capability is improved, but the system complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs GPS satellites as an intermediary to provide position information to the agricultural machine. Rather than requiring complex onboard sensing and mapping systems, the machine receives location data from the GPS satellite network. This intermediary approach enables continuous, accurate position tracking with relatively simple onboard equipment, reducing system complexity while maintaining high measurement precision for safety monitoring.
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AI summary
An operation monitoring system and monitoring method are provided, the operation monitoring system is used for monitoring at least one agricultural machine, so as to control an operating range of the agricultural machine, the operation monitoring system includes a storage device and a processor, the processor recognizes at least one operating area and at least one non-operating area of an operation environment, and generates at least one boundary between the operating area and the non-operating area, the processor further generates least one electronic fence at the at least one boundary, the processor further acquires the position of the electronic fence and monitors a position of the agricultural machine, so as to monitor whether the agricultural machine is operating in the operating area on a side of the electronic fence, thereby controlling the operating range of the agricultural machine.