Work Vehicle Route Selection to Prevent Repetitive Topsoil Damage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Work vehicles performing automatic traveling on predetermined routes for spraying chemical solutions on crops consistently damage the topsoil due to repetitive travel paths.
Innovation Solution
A route determination method and system that generates multiple candidate routes for work vehicles to travel along, allowing selection of a first candidate route as the target route, which disperses travel paths and avoids repeated soil damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the work vehicle travels along a predetermined target route for automatic traveling, then the work vehicle can perform work efficiently with consistent routing, but the topsoil of the work site is damaged due to repetitive travel paths
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the target route changeable rather than fixed. The route determination device dynamically adjusts the target route based on accumulated travel frequency data, selecting routes that have been traveled fewer times. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain work efficiency while distributing travel patterns to prevent repeated damage to the same soil areas.
2Ease of operation
If the work vehicle follows the same target route every time, then automatic traveling is simplified and consistent, but the topsoil damage accumulates in the same locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by using a travel frequency management device that accumulates and tracks how many times the work vehicle has traveled along each route. This feedback information is then used by the route determination device to select alternative routes that have been traveled fewer times, creating a closed-loop system that automatically adjusts routing to prevent soil damage while maintaining operational simplicity.
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AI summary
[Problem] The problem is to provide a route determination method, a route determination system, and a route determination program for determining a target route where a work vehicle can work while performing automatic traveling without damaging the topsoil of the work site. [Solution] The solution is to provide a route determination method, a route determination system, and a route determination program for determining a target route where a work vehicle can work while performing automatic traveling without damaging the topsoil of the work site.