GNSS Field Management Control for Crop Contamination Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing agricultural management systems often result in unwanted events such as cross-pollination and contamination due to actions by operators and machines, which can lead to contamination and impurity of plants, necessitating replacement and inefficiencies in agricultural processes.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a database and assessment unit with a GNSS receiver to determine the position of a mobile entity within a field management unit, assess its suitability for required or adverse interventions, and generate data signals to prevent adverse actions, ensuring accurate positioning and intervention adherence to prevent contamination and optimize agricultural processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If operators and agricultural machines are used to carry out agricultural actions, then agricultural processes can be performed, but unwanted events such as cross-pollination and contamination occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the position of mobile entities using GNSS receivers and compares it with stored georeferenced boundaries of field management units. When the mobile entity approaches or enters a restricted area, the system generates warning signals and can automatically intervene to prevent adverse actions, providing real-time feedback control to avoid cross-pollination and contamination while maintaining agricultural operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary assessment system that acts as a mediator between mobile entities (operators and machines) and field management units. This intermediary system evaluates whether the mobile entity is authorized to perform actions in the current field management unit by comparing its characteristics with stored information, thereby preventing unwanted cross-pollination and contamination without completely restricting agricultural activities.
2Reliability
If existing methods for preventing cross-pollination are used, then unwanted cross-pollination can be reduced, but other unwanted events induced by operators and machines cannot be avoided
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed as a universal protection mechanism that can prevent multiple types of unwanted events including cross-pollination, contamination from wrong substances, and other adverse agricultural interventions. The assessment unit compares characteristics of the mobile entity with stored information about required and adverse interventions, enabling the system to adaptively prevent various types of unwanted events rather than being limited to cross-pollination prevention only.
3Reliability
If manual monitoring and control of mobile entities is performed, then actions can be controlled, but high effort and inefficiency occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service monitoring and control by equipping mobile entities with GNSS receivers that automatically determine their position and transmit it to the server. The assessment unit automatically compares the mobile entity's characteristics with stored information and generates appropriate signals without requiring continuous manual intervention, thereby maintaining high control accuracy while significantly reducing the time and effort required for monitoring.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This method effectively prevents adverse agricultural interventions, ensuring seeds and plants are protected from unwanted cross-pollination and contamination, allowing for reliable and cost-efficient management of agricultural processes by ensuring only required interventions are carried out, thus improving the overall efficiency of agricultural processes.
Implementation Method 1
determining a current position of a mobile entity by using a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver for establishing a position of the mobile entity
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a method for controlling actions of a mobile entity on a field management unit. The method comprises providing a database, wherein georeferenced boundaries of field management units are stored in the database, providing an assessment unit, determining a current position of a mobile entity by using a global navigation satellite system receiver for establishing a Position of the mobile entity, determining a current field management unit, in which the mobile entity is located, based on the current Position of the mobile entity and based on the georeferenced boundaries of the field management units stored in the database, determining one or more adjacent field management units, which are arranged adjacent to the current field management unit, based on the current Position of the mobile entity and/or on the current field management unit and based on the georeferenced boundaries of the field management units stored in the database.