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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems with automatically moving floor cultivation devices lack the ability to accommodate individual user requests for specific soil cultivation activities, as they primarily operate based on predefined rules without considering user-defined sub-areas or soil types, leading to inefficient task allocation and execution.
Innovation Solution
A system with a computing device and database that analyzes user commands for sub-area and soil type designations, selects suitable floor cultivation devices based on device parameters and location, and prioritizes devices for optimal task execution, allowing for customizable and efficient soil cultivation activities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the system operates based on predefined rules without user input, then automation level is high, but adaptability to individual user requests is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The computing device serves as an intermediary between the user and the floor cultivation devices. It receives user commands, interprets them by matching sub-area names and soil type designations against the environmental map, and translates these high-level user requests into specific task assignments for appropriate devices based on their capabilities and current states.
2Productivity
If multiple floor cultivation devices are deployed, then productivity increases, but task allocation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses device parameters (such as device type, current position, battery status, and capability profiles) as changing variables to dynamically determine task allocation. The computing device evaluates multiple parameters simultaneously to match the most suitable device for each user request, optimizing productivity while managing complexity through systematic parameter-based decision-making.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system stores detailed area map information with sub-area names and soil types, then adaptability to specific user requests improves, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The environmental map stores differentiated information about different sub-areas, including specific sub-area names and soil type designations. This local quality approach allows the system to retrieve only the relevant characteristics of specific areas when needed, rather than processing entire maps, thus enabling precise user request fulfillment without excessive data processing overhead.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system with at least two self-propelled soil cultivation implements (1-5), a computing unit (6) jointly assigned to the soil cultivation implements (1-5), and a common database (7) in which an environmental map (8) with several sub-areas (9-14) and a planned operational activity are stored. To further develop such a system, it is proposed that a sub-area designation (15) and/or a soil type designation (16) be stored for each sub-area (9-14), wherein the computing unit (6) is configured to receive a soil cultivation command (17) from a user of the system, which soil cultivation command (17) includes, on the one hand, a specification of a soil cultivation activity to be carried out and, on the other hand, a sub-area designation (15) and/or soil type designation (16), wherein the computing unit (6) is configuredto determine the area sub-areas (9-14) corresponding to the sub-area designation (15) and/or soil type designation (16) specified in the soil cultivation order (17) from the majority of the area sub-areas (9-14) contained in the environment map (8) and to plan the soil cultivation activity specified in the soil cultivation order (17) according to predefined rules for execution by at least one soil cultivation implement (1-5), wherein the rules depend on an implement parameter of the soil cultivation implement (1-5) and a position of the area sub-area (9-14) to be cultivated in the environment.