Field Route Display for Predicted Work and Non-Work Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing agricultural machines lack the ability to predict and distinguish between work and non-work areas during travel in a field, leading to inefficiencies in agricultural work operations.
Innovation Solution
An agricultural work assistance apparatus that includes a route creator to generate travel routes and a display to show predicted and actual work/non-work areas, utilizing a path calculator to account for working device width and position data, enhancing visibility and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only work start/end lines and travel routes are displayed, then the basic work plan is clear, but the actual work coverage area cannot be known in advance
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation of the predicted work portion by projecting the working device's coverage area along the travel route before actual work begins. This allows the operator to see in advance where the working device will actually work, enabling better planning and avoiding unnecessary travel to non-work areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a visual copy of the predicted work portion on the display by overlaying it with the travel route and field boundaries. This graphical representation provides a simplified view of the actual work coverage area without requiring physical measurement or marking in the field.
2Productivity
If the agricultural machine travels along the planned route, then the work flow is continuous, but time may be wasted traveling to non-work areas
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time feedback by displaying both the travel route and the predicted work portion simultaneously. This allows the operator to see whether the planned route leads to actual work areas, enabling route adjustments to avoid traveling to non-work portions and improving overall work efficiency.
3Area of stationary object
If headlands are included in the work area, then complete field coverage is achieved, but the working device cannot perform work on headland portions
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the field area into distinct portions: the headland area where work cannot be performed and the interior area where work can be performed. By visually separating these areas on the display, the operator can understand which portions are operational and plan accordingly, avoiding attempts to work on inoperable headland sections.
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AI summary
An agricultural work assistance apparatus includes a route creator to create a travel route along which an agricultural machine is to travel in a registered agricultural field, and a display to display a predicted work portion where the agricultural machine is predicted to perform agricultural work with a working device connected thereto while traveling based on the travel route and/or a predicted non-work portion where the agricultural machine is predicted not to perform agricultural work with the working device. An agricultural work assistance system includes an agricultural work assistance apparatus, and an agricultural machine. An agricultural machine includes an agricultural work assistance apparatus, a traveling vehicle body, a connector to connect a working device to the traveling vehicle body, and a position detector to detect a position of the traveling vehicle body.