Method of and device for operating working machines

• US 20050004737A1
• Filed: 06/30/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (CLAAS KGaA mbH)
• Original Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (CLAAS KGaA mbH)
• Inventors: Fitzner, Werner
• Granted Patent: US 7,415,340 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/50
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 41/127 Control or measuring arrangements specially adapted for combines

Abstract

A method of operating working machines with a changeable nominal value of at least one specific parameter of a working machine has the steps of forming by the changed nominal value an actual value of the specific parameter of the corresponding working machine; and deriving from the change of the respective actual value of a plurality of working machines a pronounced user behavior; and a device provided for performing the method.

Claims

1. A method of operating working machines with a changeable nominal value of at least one specific parameter of a working machine, comprising the steps of forming by a changed nominal value an actual value of the specific parameter of the corresponding working machine;

and deriving from the change of the respective actual value of a plurality of working machines a pronounced user behavior.

2. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising registering the change of the respective nominal value of the at least one specific parameter of a plurality of working machines; and

determining a frequency of the change of the respective nominal value.

3. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising determining the change of the respective nominal value in a manner selected from the group consisting of qualitatively, quantitatively and both.

4. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising forming by the changed nominal value an actual value;

assembling the actual values in frequency classes having same or similar actual values; and

from the frequency classes determining a frequency of the change of the parameters of the frequency classes on which the actual values are based, boundary conditions selected from the group consisting of inner boundary conditions, outer boundary conditions, and both, in data set.

5. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a qualitative determination of a frequency of the change of the actual value by registering a number of changes of the corresponding actual value.

6. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising performing a qualitative determination of a frequency of the change of the actual value by registering the change of the respective nominal value in regions with identical or similar actual values.

7. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising carrying out the change of the actual value by driving operators of the working machines.

8. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising registering the change of the actual value of the specific parameter of the working machine controlled by an event.

9. A method as defined in claim 3;

and further comprising storing determined frequencies and at least the parameter of the frequency classes depending on both.

10. A method as defined in claim 4;

and further comprising forming the parameters of the frequency classes so that they include the corresponding actual values.

11. A method as defined in claim 4;

and further comprising selecting the inner boundary conditions so that they include specific parameters of the working machine.

12. A method as defined in claim 4;

and further comprising selecting the outer boundary conditions so that they include weather-specific data, geographic data and crop-specific data.

13. A method as defined in claim 4;

and further comprising defining the pronounced user behavior by data sets which include the actual values the nominal values determined by the actual values, the frequencies, the parameters of the frequency classes, and the inner and outer boundary conditions.

14. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising deriving from the determined pronounced user behavior, general controls by a control generator and transmitting the same to the specific parameters of other working machines under other inner and outer boundary conditions.

15. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising determining specific customer profiles from the determined pronounced user behavior, with consideration of boundary conditions selected from the group consisting of inner boundary conditions, outer boundary conditions, and both.

16. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising using the determined pronounced user behavior for generation of basic adjustments of the nominal value of the specific parameter of the working machine.

17. A method as defined in claim 16;

and further comprising making available the determined basic adjustments for any working machines.

18. A method as defined in claim 16;

and further comprising retrieving the basic adjustments depending on the relevant inner and outer boundary conditions.

19. A method as defined in claim 18;

and further comprising performing automatically a step selected from the group consisting of carrying out the basic adjustments by an operator of a working machine and carrying out their adjustment on the working machine.

20. A method as defined in claim 16;

and further comprising providing such basic adjustments which are changeable.

21. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising performing a generation of the pronounced user behavior centrally; and

providing a plurality of working machines with these centrally generated data.

22. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising performing a generation of the pronounced user behavior in a decentralized manner; and

providing only a selection of working machines with these decentralized generator data.

23. A method as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising using agricultural working machines as the working machines.

24. A device for operating working machines with a changeable nominal value of at least one specific parameter of the working machines;

comprising means for forming by a changing nominal value an actual value of the specific parameter of the respective working machine;

at least one input and indicating unit provided on a plurality of working machines for generating data sets;

means for transmitting these data sets through a data exchange system to a data bank system, said data bank system generating from these data sets a pronounced user behavior; and

means for retrieving the pronounced user behavior through the data exchange system from the input and indicating unit of a plurality of working machines.