Farm Work Planning Alerts for Incomplete Spray Tasks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional work management systems fail to accurately reflect current work status and do not properly account for spray work planning, leading to incomplete or improper execution of spray tasks in farm fields.

Innovation Solution

A work management method and system that acquires and displays work plans associated with specific work sites, determines if alerts are needed for incomplete tasks, and calculates spray amounts and times based on target routes, enabling proper work planning and execution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If conventional work management systems are used to send pre-registered work plans to workers, then workers can check work content before starting, but the current work status cannot be reflected in the work plan when workers fail to accomplish or forget work

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvework status informationVSAvoidwork plan accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by automatically notifying workers of upcoming work plans through mobile terminals. The notification system provides real-time information about scheduled work, allowing workers to receive reminders and update their status, thereby ensuring current work status is reflected in the work plan system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of manufacture

If conventional systems send work instructions based on pre-registered plans without considering spray amount and time, then work plans can be created simply, but spray work cannot be done as planned and improper spray matter may be applied

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvework plan creation simplicityVSAvoidspray work accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary calculations of spray amount and spray time based on the target route before creating the work plan. By pre-calculating these parameters and incorporating them into the notification sent to workers, the system ensures that spray work is executed with proper quantities and timing while maintaining ease of plan creation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Device complexity

If workers are not notified of upcoming work plans, then the system operation is simple, but workers cannot accurately know their work status and may leave work undone

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification system complexityVSAvoidwork completion rate

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs a self-service notification mechanism where workers automatically receive work plan notifications on their mobile terminals without requiring manual intervention from supervisors. The notification system operates autonomously, sending reminders about upcoming work plans and allowing workers to check their status independently, thereby improving work completion rates while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20230153709A1Work Management Method, Work Management System, And Work Management Program

Publication Date: 2023.05.18 YANMAR HLDG CO LTD

AI summary

An operation management method does: acquiring a work plan that mutually associates a farm field F where a work vehicle does work, work content of the work to be done by the work vehicle at the farm field F, and a scheduled work day of the work; determining whether or not a first work plan that needs to be alerted for the work vehicle to do the work as planned in the work plan is present in plural work plans that include the work plan; and notifying work information on the first work plan, when the first work plan is present in the plural work plans.