METHOD FOR DATA CONFIGURATION AND PROVISION, FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKING MACHINES IN PARTICULAR

• US 20080005177A1
• Filed: 06/26/2007
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (CLAAS KGaA mbH)
• Original Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (CLAAS KGaA mbH)
• Inventors: Grothaus, Hans-Peter, Wippersteg, Heinz-Hermann, Steckel, Thilo
• Application Number:
  US11/768,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20080005177A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 79/005 Precision agriculture

Abstract

In a method for data configuration and provision, and a device for implementing the method for objects, particularly agricultural working machines, an individualized data record for the particular object is assigned to the object in a higher-order data configurator. It is thereby ensured that efficient, machine-specific data provision is made possible. This has the advantage, in particular, that the information assigned to an object is now available in a process-independent manner, is not restricted to a specific application, and can be used to provide service concepts in a customer-oriented manner.

Claims

1. A method for data configuration and provision for objects, comprising the steps of obtaining an individualized data record for a particular object;

and assigning the individualized data record to the object in a higher-order data configurator.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising providing the higher-order data configurator as an Internet;

and providing the data record as an Internet web site in the Internet.

3. A method as defined in claim 2, further comprising assigning the Internet web site in an individualized manner to the object when it is delivered by a manufacturer to a recipient of the object.

4. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising providing the object as a mobile vehicle.

5. A method as defined in claim 4, further comprising providing the mobile vehicle as an agricultural working machine.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising generating the data record in the higher-order data configurator by external suppliers.

7. A method as defined in claim 1, further including in the object, means for automatically configuring the data records.

8. A method as defined in claim 7;

further comprising configuring the means as a computer-based data processing system.

9. A method as defined in claim 8, further comprising including in the computer-based data processing system at least one control and evaluation unit and an object-specific ID address.

10. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising editing the data record by the object and an external supplier such that the data record enables the object to incorporate itself in a working environment and/or for the object to perform self-organization.

11. A method as defined in claim 10, further comprising accomplishing the incorporation into a working environment and/or the self-organization by linking program modules with the data record.

12. A method as defined in claim 11, further comprising storing the program modules and/or generating at least in a control and evaluation unit assigned to the object, the data configurator or a data storage and editing unit that is operatable by the data configurator.

13. A method as defined in claim 11, further comprising storing and/or generating the program modules at least in a combination of a control and evaluation unit, the data configurator, or a data storage and editing unit operated by the data configurator.

14. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising providing the object as an agricultural working machine, and including in the data record information selected from the group consisting of manufacturer information, machine information, operator information, agricultural information, networking information, maintenance information, and a combination thereof.

15. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising depicting by the data record process chains, and forming the object as a component in one or more process chains.

16. A method as defined in claim 15, further comprising describing a modulation of program modules, using a universal modulation language.

17. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising editing the data record.

18. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising forming the data record via stepwise integration of program modules.

19. A device for data configuration and provision for objects, comprising a control and evaluation unit and a data configurator configured so that the control and evaluating unit assigns an object-specific ID address to the object, the control and evaluation unit provides data exchange with the higher-order data configurator, and the data configurator is configured to assign an individualized and editable data record to an object via the control and evaluation unit.

20. A device as defined in claim 19, wherein the device is configured so that a manufacturer of the object releases the ID address when the object is handed over to a recipient.