Remote Combine Harvester Settings Control Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for managing combine harvester settings are complex and inefficient, making it difficult for remote managers to monitor and adjust settings in real-time across multiple machines, leading to delays and potential human errors in communication, which can impact performance and increase the risk of mistakes.
Innovation Solution
A remote control interface system that includes a display controller and adjustment actuator, allowing remote managers to view and adjust combine harvester settings directly through a user interface, with verification notifications sent to the remote computing system, enabling real-time monitoring and control of settings across multiple machines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If remote managers use current informational systems to monitor combine harvester settings, then they can view operational characteristics, but they cannot make real-time adjustments and must rely on manual communication which causes delays and errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote computing system as an intermediary between the manager and the combine harvester. This system communicates with the combine's control system to transmit setting adjustments remotely, eliminating the need for manual intervention and reducing time delays. The intermediary system processes and relays control signals, enabling efficient remote management of multiple machines.
2Reliability
If remote managers manually communicate setting adjustments to operators, then they can control combine settings, but human errors in communication increase and performance impacts occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical communication system (manual verbal or written communication between manager and operator) with an electronic digital communication system. The remote computing system transmits setting adjustments electronically to the combine's control system, eliminating human error in communication and ensuring accurate transmission of control parameters.
3Ease of operation
If operators make manual adjustments outside the operator's compartment, then they can control combine settings, but the complexity of multiple subsystems makes it difficult to know how the machine is performing
Solution Approach 1:
The remote computing system serves as an intermediary that simplifies the operator's task by allowing setting adjustments to be made from within the operator's compartment through a user interface. The system handles the complexity of multiple subsystems by providing a unified control interface, reducing the cognitive load on the operator while maintaining full control capability.
4Productivity
If current informational systems are used to monitor multiple machines, then operational characteristics can be viewed, but real-time control and monitoring across a fleet is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The remote computing system is designed with multi-functionality to handle both monitoring and control of multiple combine harvesters simultaneously. It can receive data from various machines, process setting adjustments, and transmit control signals across the entire fleet, providing universal management capability that enhances productivity while maintaining real-time information accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A display controller controls a display device in a harvester to display an interface showing adjustments to combine harvester settings, received from a remote computing system, along with an adjustment actuator. A settings adjustment is made based on user actuation of the adjustment actuator input is received through the settings adjustment actuator on the displayed interface. A verification notification is sent to the remote computing system, showing the adjusted settings on the combine.