Work Vehicle Parameter Coordination for Consistent Automatic Traveling
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Solution Overview
Problem
In coordinated traveling work by multiple work vehicles, maintaining consistent traveling work parameters is challenging due to differences in vehicle specifications and implement specifications, leading to inconsistent work results, especially when initial settings are subject to unexpected changes during automatic traveling.
Innovation Solution
A work vehicle coordination system that includes a traveling work parameter setting section, communication processing, traveling work parameter acquisition, difference data generation, and parameter correction mechanisms to ensure consistent parameter settings across vehicles, with optional master-slave configurations and individual corrections based on GPS positioning and work field variations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple work vehicles with different specifications engage in coordinated work with individual parameter settings, then each vehicle can be optimized for its specific capabilities, but maintaining consistent traveling work parameters across vehicles becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically acquires traveling work parameters from each work vehicle, compares them to detect differences, and provides feedback information to the operator. This feedback mechanism eliminates the need for manual checking and adjustment of parameters across multiple vehicles, resolving the contradiction between vehicle adaptability and operational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
Each work vehicle automatically transmits its traveling work parameters to the coordination system, and the system automatically compares and identifies parameter differences. This self-service approach replaces manual parameter verification with automated systems, making the coordination process easier while maintaining adaptability to different vehicle specifications.
2Reliability
If manual checking of traveling work parameters is performed for all work vehicles before automatic traveling, then parameter consistency can be ensured, but the operational burden and time required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the mechanical process of manual parameter checking with an automated information processing system. The traveling work parameter acquisition section automatically collects parameters from each vehicle, and the difference data generation section automatically compares them, substituting manual verification with automated digital processes that are both faster and more reliable.
Solution Approach 2:
The coordination system acts as an intermediary between multiple work vehicles, automatically acquiring and comparing their traveling work parameters. This intermediary function eliminates the need for operators to manually check each vehicle's parameters, reducing time loss while ensuring parameter consistency through automated comparison and feedback.
3Productivity
If initial parameter settings are made before coordinated work, then work vehicles can be prepared for traveling, but unexpected parameter changes during automatic traveling can lead to inconsistent work results
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors traveling work parameters during automatic traveling and automatically detects when parameter differences occur between vehicles. This real-time feedback mechanism allows the system to identify and address parameter instability during operation, maintaining reliability while preserving work preparation efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
A work vehicle coordination system includes a traveling work parameter setting section (41) included in each work vehicle for setting a traveling work parameter to define a traveling work of each work vehicle, a communication processing section (71, 72) for effecting data communication between/among the plurality of work vehicles, a traveling work parameter acquisition section (42) for acquiring the traveling work parameter set in each work vehicle, a difference data generation section (43) for generating difference data indicative of a difference between/among the traveling work parameters set in the respective work vehicles, and an informing section (56) for informing the difference data.