Tractor Driving Control Using Implement Weight Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current agricultural machines lack efficient methods for controlling tractor driving conditions during material application, leading to reduced productivity and increased operator fatigue, while also posing safety risks due to inadequate adaptation to varying terrain and material distribution challenges.
Innovation Solution
A method and system utilizing weight sensors and a tractor implement management system to generate control signals for adjusting tractor speed, gear shifting, and steering, based on weight and non-weight signals from sensors, to optimize the application of granular, liquid, or powder-form materials, ensuring stable and efficient material distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If tractor driving conditions are not dynamically controlled during material application, then the system structure remains simple, but productivity decreases and operator fatigue increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback control system where weight sensors continuously monitor material consumption in the supply container, and this information is fed back to the tractor implement management system. The system automatically adjusts tractor driving conditions based on real-time material availability, eliminating the need for manual monitoring and optimizing material application efficiency without requiring complex operator intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system performs self-service by automatically regulating its own operation through integrated sensors and control algorithms. The tractor implement management system autonomously processes weight sensor data and adjusts driving parameters without external intervention, reducing operator fatigue while maintaining simple overall system architecture through automated self-regulation.
2Manufacturing precision
If tractor driving conditions are not adapted to varying terrain and material distribution, then the control system remains simple, but material distribution uniformity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the tractor driving conditions adaptable and variable rather than fixed. The control system dynamically adjusts speed and other driving parameters in real-time based on terrain conditions and material consumption rates, ensuring uniform material distribution across varying terrain while maintaining a relatively simple control architecture through responsive parameter adjustment.
3Reliability
If real-time weight monitoring and dynamic control are implemented, then productivity and safety improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by designing the tractor implement management system to perform multiple functions: monitoring weight, analyzing terrain conditions, controlling driving parameters, and managing material distribution. This universal approach consolidates multiple functions into a single integrated system, improving safety and productivity without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
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 solution enhances productivity, reduces operator fatigue, and improves safety by dynamically adjusting tractor operations in response to real-time conditions, such as terrain and material availability, thereby optimizing material application and distribution processes.
Implementation Method 1
a weight sensor device having at least one weight sensor configured to sense an empty weight and a filling weight for the supply container
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to controlling a driving condition for an agricultural machine having a tractor, an implement for applying materials selected from the group of granular material, liquid material, and a powder-form material, the implement carried or trailed by the tractor and comprising a supply container, an application device, and a weight sensor device having at least one weight sensor and configured to sense an empty weight and a filling weight for the supply container. A tractor implement management system is provided and is operationally connected to the weight sensor device and configured for controlling driving conditions of the tractor. The method comprises driving the tractor, measuring first weight signals, indicative of a first driving condition, providing first tractor control signals, generated in response to the first weight signals and configured to apply a first control condition to the tractor driving, for controlling the tractor driving.