System comprising at least two ground processing devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing soil cultivation systems lack efficient adaptation to varying surface types and conditions, leading to suboptimal performance and potential malfunctions, such as getting stuck or high power consumption, due to the lack of real-time detection and adjustment of parameters like surface type, structure, and device status.
Innovation Solution
A system with multiple soil processing devices that share detection parameters through a common database, allowing each device to adjust settings like suction flow, attachment presence, and motor power based on detected environment and device status, ensuring optimal operation and reducing power consumption and malfunctions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If soil cultivation devices operate with fixed settings, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different surface types and conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by detecting surface properties (carpet height, material type) and automatically adjusting device parameters (suction power, brush rotation speed, driving speed) based on the detected conditions, enabling adaptation without manual intervention
Solution Approach 2:
The device transitions from fixed settings to dynamic adjustment where operational parameters change in real-time based on detected surface conditions, allowing the same device to optimize performance across different surface types
2Adaptability or versatility
If detection and adjustment mechanisms are added, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs self-diagnosis and self-adjustment by using its own detection devices to monitor surface conditions and automatically modifying its operational parameters without external control, reducing the need for complex external control systems
3Productivity
If real-time parameter adjustment is implemented, then performance optimizes, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes operational parameters (suction power, brush speed, driving speed) based on detected surface conditions to optimize performance while managing energy consumption, adjusting power levels to match actual cleaning needs rather than operating at maximum capacity continuously
4Reliability
If devices operate without parameter adaptation, then device complexity is low, but reliability deteriorates due to malfunctions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of surface conditions before initiating cleaning operations and pre-adjusts operational parameters to match the detected conditions, preventing malfunctions such as getting stuck on high-pile carpets or excessive power consumption on hard floors
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
The system enables efficient and successful operation by allowing devices to adapt to different surfaces and conditions, reducing power consumption and preventing malfunctions, through the sharing and processing of detection parameters across devices, leading to improved dirt absorption and mobility.
Implementation Method 1
a suction flow of a motor-fan unit
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system with at least two soil cultivation devices (1, 2) for the automatically controlled cultivation of an area using defined setting parameters (12) of the soil cultivation device (1, 2), each of the soil cultivation devices (1, 2) having at least one detection device (3, 4) for detecting at least one detection parameter (11) of the soil cultivation device (1, 2) and/or an area surrounding the soil cultivation device (1, 2). In order to further develop such a system in such a way that the soil cultivation devices (1, 2) work together advantageously and support one another, it is proposed that the system have a database (5) which is jointly assigned to the soil cultivation devices (1, 2) and in which the setting parameters (12) associated detection parameters (11) of at least two soil cultivation devices (1, 2) are stored for the respective soil cultivation device (1, 2).