Tractor Work Display Combining Machine State and Work Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional agricultural work machines cannot effectively present their state and work status to operators in an easily understandable manner, making it difficult for operators to match the machine's state with the work being performed.
Innovation Solution
A work method and system that includes detection, imaging, and display components to simultaneously show the work machine's state and acquired work images on a display device, allowing operators to easily understand the machine's status and work performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional detection methods are used to detect work machine state, then detection capability is provided, but the information is not presented in an easily understandable manner to operators
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the detection of work machine state (via sensors) with the imaging of work status (via imaging devices) into a unified display system. Both types of information are combined and presented together on a single display device, allowing operators to understand both the machine state and work status simultaneously in an easily comprehensible visual format.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device acts as an intermediary that transforms raw sensor data and imaging data into visually presentable information. The control unit processes and formats the detection results and images before presenting them on the display, making complex machine state information understandable for operators.
2Reliability
If separate detection and imaging systems are used, then comprehensive monitoring capability is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display device serves multiple functions: it displays both work machine state information from sensors and work status images from imaging devices. The control unit also performs multiple functions by managing both detection data and imaging data. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated display systems for each type of information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines separate detection systems and imaging systems into an integrated monitoring platform where both types of data are processed and displayed together. This merging approach maintains comprehensive monitoring capability while reducing overall system complexity through unified data management and presentation.
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AI summary
This tractor includes a work machine, a control device, and an imaging unit. The control device operates as a work machine state detection unit and a display control unit. The work machine state detection unit detects a work machine state relating to the work machine. The imaging unit acquires a work image by imaging the status of work performed by the work machine. The display control unit displays simultaneously on a display device a first display area that displays the detected work machine state, and a second display area that displays the acquired work image.