Work Vehicle And UAV Position Display For Clearer Coordination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display systems for work vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles do not effectively convey the positional relationships between them, hindering efficient coordination and operation.

Innovation Solution

A display system that utilizes a processor to obtain and display the positions of work vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles, enabling users to quickly grasp their positional relationships.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If position information of work vehicles and UAVs is displayed on displays, then users can quickly grasp positional relationships, but the system requires obtaining and processing position data from multiple sources

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepositional relationship informationVSAvoidposition information acquisition system

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A server acts as an intermediary to collect position information from multiple work vehicles and UAVs, then distributes this consolidated data to displays. This mediator approach simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing data aggregation and processing, eliminating the need for each display to independently query multiple sources.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The server provides a universal platform that handles position information for multiple different types of vehicles and UAVs simultaneously. This multi-functional system can serve various work vehicles (tractors, combines, etc.) and different UAVs with a single infrastructure, reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If multiple UAVs fly around a work vehicle for coordination, then task execution efficiency improves, but the coordination and control complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetask execution efficiencyVSAvoidcoordination control system

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors position information of work vehicles and UAVs, providing real-time feedback to the coordination control algorithm. This feedback mechanism enables dynamic adjustment of UAV positions and tasks based on current operational states, improving task execution efficiency while maintaining manageable complexity through automated control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The coordination system dynamically assigns tasks and adjusts positions of multiple UAVs based on real-time conditions. Rather than static pre-programmed sequences, the system adapts UAV assignments and flight paths dynamically, allowing efficient multi-UAV coordination around work vehicles while the automated algorithms manage the inherent complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250322754A1Display system and display method for work vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle

Publication Date: 2025.10.16 KUBOTA CORP

AI summary

A display system displays, on a display, positions of a work vehicle and one or more unmanned aerial vehicles flying around the work vehicle. The display system includes a processor configured or programmed to obtain position information of the work vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicles, and, based on the position information, display the positions of the work vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicles in a field shown on the display.