COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE AND STATIONARY DEVICES

• US 20080242335A1
• Filed: 05/07/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Heinz-Hermann Wippersteg, Thilo Steckel, Werner Fitzner
• Original Assignee: Heinz-Hermann Wippersteg, Thilo Steckel, Werner Fitzner
• Inventors: Wippersteg, Heinz-Hermann, Fitzner, Werner, Steckel, Thilo
• Granted Patent: US 8,213,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 79/005 Precision agriculture
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 41/12 Details of combines
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0278 using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0282 generated in a local control room
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0289 with means for avoiding collisions between vehicles vehicle fittings for automatically controlling speed including means for detecting potential obstacles B60K31/0008; avoiding obstacles by action on the steering system B62D; radar, sonar, lidar systems designed for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/00 Network topologies

Abstract

A communication system for mobile and stationary devices has at least one transmitter/receiver unit provided for the mobile and stationary devices and covering a defined transmission/reception range, and is formed so that at least partial overlap of the transmission/reception ranges of the mobile and/or stationary devices results in accidental communication between the mobile and/or stationary devices, and this accidental communication changes to a targeted communication.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A communication system for mobile and stationary devices, comprising a transmitter/receiver unit provided for the mobile and/or stationary devices and covering a defined transmission/reception range, so that at least partial overlap of the transmission/reception range of the mobile and/or stationary devices induces accidental communication between the mobile and/or stationary devices and, whereby, this accidental communication then changes to a targeted communication when event-dependent and/or location-dependent relationships exist between the mobile and/or stationary devices.

18. A communication system as defined in claim 17, wherein the system communication is formed so that the communication is controlled in a location-dependent manner, and a control of the communication in the location-dependent manner is carried out using GPS.

19. A communication system as defined in claim 17, wherein the mobile devices are designed as agricultural working machines, and the targeted communication is a drive-support system that transfers planned driving routes, instructions for load-transferring processes between the agricultural working machines, and safety-relevant data, as needed.

20. A communication system as defined in claim 17, wherein the mobile devices are designed as agricultural working machines, and the targeted communication is a method data transfer system that includes authorization and release of users and functions for defined working methods and working procedures, and a documentation of process data.

21. A communication system as defined in claim 17, wherein the mobile devices are designed as agricultural working machines, and the targeted communication is an information service system that provides machine-specific and plant-specific parameters and external basic conditions.

22. A communication system as defined in claim 21, wherein the machine-specific parameters are parameters selected from the group consisting of machine settings, plant-specific parameters of harvested crops, properties, and external basic conditions of ground conditions and climate information.

23. A communication system as defined in claim 21, wherein the system communication is formed so that the provision of machine parameters includes region-specific provision of machine settings.

24. A communication system as defined in claim 17, wherein the system communication is formed so that the communication is carried out in an Internet-based manner.

25-40. -40. (canceled)

41. A communication method for mobile and stationary devices, comprising the steps of providing a transmitter/receiver unit for the mobile and/or stationary devices;

which covers a defined transmission/reception range;

at least partially overlapping of the transmission/reception range of the mobile and/or stationary devices, including accidental communication between the mobile and/or stationary devices; and

thereby, changing accidental communication to a targeted communication when event-dependent and/or location-dependent relationships exist between the mobile and/or stationary devices.

42. A communication method as defined in claim 41;

and further comprising controlling the communication in a location-dependent manner; and

carrying out the control of a the communication in the location-dependent manner is carried out using GPS.

43. A communication method as defined in claim 41;

and further comprising designing the mobile devices as agricultural working machines; and

performing the targeted communication as a drive-support method that transfers land driving routes, instructions for load-transferring processes between the agricultural working machines, and safety-relevant data, as needed.

44. A communication method as defined in claim 41;

and further comprising designing the mobile devices as agricultural working machines; and

performing the targeted communication as a method data transfer method that includes authorization and release of users and functions for defined working methods and working procedures, and a documentation of process data.

45. A communication method as defined in claim 41;

and further comprising designing the mobile devices as agricultural working machines; and

performing targeted communication as an information service method that provides machine-specific and plant-specific parameters arid external basic conditions.

46. A communication method as defined in claim 45;

and further comprising selecting the machine-specific parameters from the group consisting of machine settings, plant-specific parameters of harvested crops, properties, and external basic conditions of ground conditions and climate information.

47. A communication method as defined in claim 45;

and further comprising including in the provision of machine specific parameters, region-specific provision of machine settings.

48. A communication method as defined in claim 45;

and further comprising carrying out the communication in an Internet-based manner.