Controller for master work vehicle and method for controlling master work vehicle

1. A controller for a master work vehicle, comprising:

a wireless circuit to receive, from a slave work vehicle configured to travel automatically, first information indicating a state of work travel of the slave work vehicle, the master work vehicle being configured to work in cooperation with the slave work vehicle;

an acquisition circuit configured to acquire second information indicating a state of work travel of the master work vehicle;

a message generation circuit configured to generate a first message based on the first information and a second message based on the second information and to generate discrimination information to discriminate between the first message and the second message;

a display control circuit configured to control a display to display both of the first message and the second message in the display; and

a notification circuit configured to provide the discrimination information when the first message and the second message are displayed,

wherein the discrimination information includes sound data,

wherein the notification circuit outputs sound of first timbre based on the sound data when the first message is displayed, and

wherein the notification circuit outputs sound of second timbre based on the sound data when the second message is displayed, the second timbre being different from the first timbre.

2. The controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the discrimination information includes display data, and

wherein the notification circuit controls the display, based on the display data, to display a first message box in which the first message is to be displayed and a second message box in which the second message is to be displayed.

3. The controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the discrimination information includes display data,

wherein the notification circuit defines at least one of a first text color and a first background color of the first message based on the display data such that the at least one of the first text color and the first background color is different from a corresponding color of the second message.

4. The controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the discrimination information includes display data,

wherein the notification circuit controls the display, based on the display data, to display a first display item indicative of the slave work vehicle such that the first display item is displayed in relation to the first message, and

wherein the notification circuit controls the display, based on the display data, to display a second display item indicative of the master work vehicle such that the second display item is displayed in relation to the second message.

5. A master work vehicle comprising:

the controller according to claim 1 ; and

a cooperative travel management circuit configured to generate a first route based on a second route, the master work vehicle being configured to travel along the first route, the slave work vehicle being configured to travel along the second route.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the cooperative travel management circuit is configured to control the slave work vehicle to travel along the second route.

7. A controller for a master work vehicle, comprising:

receiving means for receiving, from a slave work vehicle configured to travel automatically, first information indicating a state of work travel of the slave work vehicle, the master work vehicle being configured to work in cooperation with the slave work vehicle;

acquisition means for acquiring second information indicating a state of work travel of the master work vehicle;

message generation means for generating a first message based on the first information and a second message based on the second information;

display control means for controlling a display to display both of the first message and the second message in the display;

discrimination information generation means for generating discrimination information to discriminate between the first message and the second message; and

notification means for providing the discrimination information when the first message and the second message are displayed,

wherein the discrimination information includes sound data,

wherein the notification means outputs sound of first timbre based on the sound data when the first message is displayed, and

wherein the notification means outputs sound of second timbre based on the sound data when the second message is displayed, the second timbre being different from the first timbre.

8. A method for controlling a master work vehicle, comprising:

receiving, from a slave work vehicle configured to travel automatically, first information indicative of a state of work travel of the slave work vehicle, the master work vehicle being configured to work in cooperation with the slave work vehicle;

acquiring a state of work travel of the master work vehicle;

generating second information based on the state of work travel of the master work vehicle;

generating a first message based on the first information and a second message based on the second information;

controlling a display to display both of the first message and the second message in the display;

generating discrimination information to discriminate between the first message and the second message; and

providing the discrimination information when the first message and the second message are displayed,

wherein the discrimination information includes sound data,

wherein sound of first timbre is provided based on the sound data when the first message is displayed, and

wherein sound of second timbre is provided based on the sound data when the second message is displayed, the second timbre being different from the first timbre.