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US 12,290,024 · App. 17/490,129 · Granted May 6, 2025

Intelligent system and method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle

Inventors: Yuan Yao (Nanjing, CN); Di Wu (Nanjing, CN); Bo Wang (Xiangyang, CN); Qing-Quan Wang (Xiangyang, CN); Yong-Quan Shen (Xiangyang, CN); Chao Tong (Xiangyang, CN); Shun Fan (Xiangyang, CN)
Assignee: FJ Dynamics Technology Co., Ltd
A01D41/127A01D41/1278A01F7/00A01F12/18A01F12/22G06Q10/06G06Q10/06315G06Q10/08
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Patent No.
US 12,290,024
App. No.
17/490,129
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An intelligent system and a method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle are illustrated. The intelligent system comprises a harvester terminal and a logistics vehicle terminal. The harvester terminal comprises a repository monitoring module and a control module, wherein the repository monitoring module monitors storage information of a storage bin of the harvester. The control module receives the storage information from the repository monitoring module, and determines whether the storage location of the storage bin of the harvester reaches a preset location. The harvester terminal and the logistics vehicle terminal are communicatively connected. When the storage location of the storage bin of the harvester reaches the preset location, the control module sends a transport instruction to the logistics vehicle terminal to control the logistics vehicle to transport grain, thereby achieving intelligent coordination between the harvester and the logistics vehicle.

Claims (33)

1. An intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle, comprising:

a harvester terminal, wherein the harvester terminal comprises a repository monitoring module and a control module, the repository monitoring module monitors storage information of a storage bin of the harvester, the control module receives the storage information from the repository monitoring module, and determines whether a storage level of the storage bin reaches a preset level; and

a logistics vehicle terminal communicated with the harvester terminal, wherein when the control module determines that the storage level of the storage bin reaches the preset level, the control module sends a transportation instruction to the logistics vehicle terminal to control a logistics vehicle to move to the harvester for transporting grain, the control module sets the preset level of the storage bin according to a harvesting speed of the harvester, a threshing speed of the harvester and a remaining storage capacity of the storage bin.

2. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the harvester terminal further comprises:

a harvester positioning module, the harvester positioning module positions the harvester to obtain position information, the control module sends the transportation instruction with the position information to the logistics vehicle terminal.

3. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the preset level of the storage bin of the harvester is lower than a full location of the storage bin of the harvester.

4. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the control module comprises:

an unloader control module, the unloader control module controls an unloading device of the harvester, and the unloader control module is triggered by an arrival feedback signal sent by the logistics vehicle terminal to control the unloading device of the harvester to start.

5. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 4 , further comprising:

a granary monitoring module of the logistics vehicle configured to obtain a position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to an unloading port of the harvester, wherein the control module analyzes whether the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to an unloading port of the harvester is reasonable.

6. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 5 , wherein when the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to an unloading port of the harvester is unreasonable, the control module analyzes a reasonable position where unloading grain from the unloading port of the harvester to the storage bin of the logistics vehicle, and the unloader control module controls the unloading device of the harvester to move the unloading port of the harvester to the reasonable position.

7. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 5 , wherein when the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester is unreasonable, the control module analyzes a reasonable position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to an unloading port of the harvester and sends a position adjustment instruction to the logistics vehicle terminal.

8. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the granary monitoring module of the logistics vehicle obtains grain loading of the storage bin, and the control module analyzes whether the storage bin of the logistics vehicle is full according to the grain loading of the storage bin, and when the storage bin of the logistics vehicle is full, the unloader control module controls the unloading device to stop unloading.

9. The intelligent system for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the control module analyzes whether the storage bin of the harvester is empty according to the storage information of the storage bin of the harvester, and when the storage bin of the harvester is empty, the unloader control module controls the unloading device to stop unloading.

10. An intelligent method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle, comprising:

determining whether a storage level of a storage bin of the harvester reaches a preset level according to storage information of the storage bin, wherein, the preset level of the storage bin is set according to a harvesting speed of the harvester, a threshing speed of the harvester and a remaining storage capacity of the storage bin; and

when determining that the level of the storage bin reaches the preset level, sending a transportation instruction to a logistics vehicle terminal to control the logistics vehicle to move to the harvester for transporting grain.

11. The intelligent method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 10 , further comprising:

positioning the harvester to obtain position information of the harvester; and

when determining that the storage level of the storage bin reaches the preset level, sending the position information to the logistics vehicle terminal.

12. The intelligent method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 10 , further comprising:

obtaining a position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to an unloading port of the harvester; and

analyzing whether the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester is reasonable, and when it is unreasonable, adjusting the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester to a reasonable position.

13. The intelligent method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 12 , wherein analyzing whether the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester is reasonable, and when it is unreasonable, adjusting the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester to a reasonable position further comprises:

analyzing the reasonable position for unloading grain from the unloading port of the harvester to the storage bin of the logistics vehicle; and

controlling an unloading device of the harvester to move the unloading port of the harvester to the reasonable position.

14. The intelligent method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the analyzing whether the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester is reasonable, and when it is unreasonable, adjusting the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester to a reasonable position further comprises:

analyzing the reasonable position for unloading grain from the unloading port of the harvester to the storage bin of the logistics vehicle; and

sending a position adjustment instruction to the logistics vehicle terminal.

15. The intelligent method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 12 , further comprising:

when the position of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle relative to the unloading port of the harvester reaches the reasonable position, starting an unloading device of the harvester to unload grain.

16. The intelligent method for coordinating harvester and logistics vehicle of claim 15 , further comprising:

according to the storage information of the storage bin of the harvester and grain load of the storage bin of the logistics vehicle, when determining the storage bin of the logistics vehicle is full or the storage bin of the harvester is empty, controlling the unloading device of the harvester to stop unloading.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: YAO, YUAN; WU, DI; WANG, BO; WANG, QING-QUAN; SHEN, YONG-QUAN; TONG, CHAO; FAN, SHUN
To: FJ DYNAMICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910280343.0 · Apr 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTCN2019106980 · Sep 20, 2019
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