Harvest Planning Interface for Natural-Language Machine Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for planning the deployment of autonomous agricultural machinery lack operator involvement and guidance, limiting the client's ability to influence the configuration process.
Innovation Solution
A planning system that includes a user interface for interactive natural language communication, allowing operators to specify and optimize plans for autonomous agricultural machines and their implements, utilizing databases for process knowledge, and employing AI for simulation and optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a manually created customer-specific deployment plan is transferred to the assistance system, then the client can specify service requirements, but the client's ability to influence the configuration process is significantly limited and the planning process is opaque to the client
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface acts as an intermediary between the client and the assistance system, translating natural language client requirements into structured deployment plans while providing transparent feedback about the configuration process. This mediator enables the client to influence the planning process without needing to understand the complex internal workings of the assistance system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the client receives information about how their requirements are being processed and translated into deployment configurations. This transparency allows the client to adjust their input and understand the relationship between their specifications and the resulting plan.
2Productivity
If the assistance system automatically configures the autonomous vehicle based on a deployment plan, then the configuration process is efficient, but the resulting configuration and deployment planning are opaque to the client
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface serves as an intermediary that maintains transparency between the automated configuration process and the client. It translates the automated system's internal representations into client-understandable information, preserving planning transparency while maintaining configuration efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and presents simplified representations or copies of the deployment plan and configuration data to the client through the user interface. These copies maintain the essential information needed for client understanding without requiring the client to interact with the complex internal data structures of the assistance system.
3Ease of operation
If natural language communication is implemented for planning, then operator involvement and guidance are enabled, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces complex mechanical or procedural interfaces with natural language communication capabilities. Instead of requiring operators to navigate complex menus or understand technical specifications, the system processes natural language input, significantly improving ease of operation while the underlying complexity is managed by the AI processing layer.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a planning system (1) comprising a user interface (2), a communication unit (3), a computing unit (4), and a storage unit (5), wherein the planning system (1) is configured to generate a plan (6) for executing an agricultural harvesting campaign (18), which comprises at least one work process (19) comprising at least one sub-process, and to transmit it to at least one autonomous agricultural work machine (7) configured for carrying out the campaign, for controlling, regulating, and/or parameterizing the autonomous work machine (7) and at least one implement (8) adapted to the work machine (7), wherein the planning system (1) is configured to provide the plan (6) to be created and the setting and/or efficiency parameters included in the plan (6) to be created for controlling, regulating, and/or parameterizing the autonomous work machine (7) and at least one implement (8) adapted to the work machine (7), wherein the planning system (1) is configured to provide the plan (6) to be created and the setting and/or efficiency parameters for controlling,to optimize the control and/or parameterization of the at least one autonomous working machine (7) and the at least one attachment (8) by means of interactive natural language communication via the user interface (2) between an operator (16) and the planning system (1).