Work Vehicle Error Reporting for Multi-Vehicle Autonomous Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Monitoring multiple work vehicles that operate autonomously in a field or across multiple fields is challenging, as operators struggle to promptly identify which vehicle has encountered an error when errors occur simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
An automatic run method and system that enables work vehicles to autonomously operate, detect errors, and report specific information to an operation terminal, allowing for real-time monitoring and easy identification of faulty vehicles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple work vehicles automatically run in a field simultaneously, then productivity is improved through parallel work operations, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring error states increases making it hard for operators to grasp which vehicle has an error
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where each work vehicle's error detection unit continuously monitors its own state and transmits error information to a central operation terminal. This feedback loop enables real-time monitoring of multiple vehicles, allowing operators to immediately identify which vehicle has encountered an error through displayed error information, thus resolving the difficulty of detecting errors in parallel-operating vehicles while maintaining high productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The operation terminal serves as an intermediary between multiple work vehicles and the operator. It collects error information from various vehicles via communication units and presents it in a centralized display, acting as a mediator that simplifies the operator's task of monitoring multiple vehicles simultaneously without reducing the parallel work capacity
2Productivity
If operators monitor multiple work vehicles simultaneously, then productivity is improved through parallel operations, but the loss of information occurs as operators cannot grasp which specific vehicle has an error
Solution Approach 1:
The error detection unit in each vehicle provides specific feedback about its own error state to the operation terminal, ensuring that no information is lost. The terminal displays this information with vehicle identification, allowing operators to precisely determine which vehicle has an error while maintaining simultaneous monitoring of all vehicles for continuous productivity
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AI summary
[Problem] Provide an automatic run method, an automatic run system, and an automatic run program that enable a user to easily grasp, when a plurality of work vehicles is automatically running, a work vehicle to which an error has occurred. [Solution] A detection process unit 112 detects an error of at least any of a plurality of work vehicles 10. A report process unit 113 causes, when an error of a work vehicle 10a among the plurality of work vehicles 10 is detected, specific information on the work vehicle 10a to be reported at an operation terminal 20 communicable with each of the plurality of work vehicles 10.