VEHICLE CONFIGURATION SYSTEM

• US 20140300451A1
• Filed: 04/09/2013
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deere & Company
• Original Assignee: Deere & Company
• Inventors: GARDNER, MICHAEL L., REISING, ROBERT J., LORENTZEN, ROBERT E., BAXTER, GARRY E., ROYAL, ADAM J., KLEMME, KENT A., HITCHLER, BRADLEY J.
• Application Number:
  US13/859,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20140300451A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 7/005 Special arrangements or adaptations of the spraying or distributing parts, e.g. adaptations or mounting of the spray booms, mounting of the nozzles, protection shields nozzles B05B1/00; spray pistols B05B9/01
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 7/0053 Mounting of the spraybooms
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 7/0085 Tanks
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0724 the arrangement being a circuit for communicating at a plurality of frequencies, e.g. for managing time multiplexed communication over at least two antennas of different types

Abstract

A system for configuring a vehicle that comprises a feature. An electronic tag is coupleable to the feature. The system comprises a reader in communication with the electronic tag. The reader is configured to perform at least one of detecting a presence of the electronic tag, detecting an absence of the electronic tag, and receiving a feature data communicated by the electronic tag. A processor is in communication with the reader. The processor is operable to configure the vehicle based on at least one of the presence of the electronic tag, the absence of the electronic tag, and the feature data.

Claims

1. A system for configuring a vehicle comprising a feature and an electronic tag coupleable to the feature, the system comprising:

a reader in communication with the electronic tag, the reader configured to perform at least one of detecting a presence of the electronic tag, detecting an absence of the electronic tag, and receiving a feature data communicated by the electronic tag; and

a processor in communication with the reader, the processor operable to configure the vehicle based on at least one of the presence of the electronic tag, the absence of the electronic tag, and the feature data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic tag is a RFID tag and the reader is a RFID reader.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the RFID tag comprises a RFID antenna.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the feature is a wheel and the feature data communicates at least one of a width of the wheel and a diameter of the wheel.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the processor is operable to configure the vehicle by optimizing a wheel spacing to prevent the wheel from contacting at least one of a frame of the vehicle and a fender of the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to configure the vehicle by optimizing a logic circuitry configuration of the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is an agricultural vehicle.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to configure the vehicle to achieve at least one of a desired performance and an optimized performance and communicate via a user output.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the desired performance is provided via at least one of a user input and a memory.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic tag is a RFID tag and the reader is a RFID reader.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the feature is a wheel and the feature data communicates at least one of a width of the wheel and a diameter of the wheel.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to configure the vehicle by optimizing a wheel spacing to prevent the wheel from contacting at least one of a frame of the vehicle and a fender of the vehicle.

10. A method for configuring a vehicle comprising a feature and an electronic tag coupleable to the feature, the method comprising:

providing a reader in communication with the electronic tag, the reader configured to perform at least one of;

detecting a presence of the electronic tag,

detecting an absence of the electronic tag, and

receiving a feature data communicated by the electronic tag;

communicating with the reader using a processor; and

configuring the vehicle based on at least one of the presence of the electronic tag, the absence of the electronic tag, and the feature data.

14. An agricultural vehicle comprising:

a feature;

a RFID tag coupleable to the feature;

a system comprising a RFID reader in communication with the RFID tag, the RFID reader configured to perform at least one of detecting a presence of the RFID tag, detecting an absence of the RFID tag, and receiving a feature data communicated by the RFID tag, and a processor in communication with the RFID reader, the processor operable to configure the agricultural vehicle based on at least one of the presence of the RFID tag, the absence of the RFID tag, and the feature data.

15. The agricultural vehicle of claim 14, wherein the feature is a wheel and the feature data communicates at least one of a width of the wheel and a diameter of the wheel.

16. The agricultural vehicle of claim 15, wherein the processor is operable to configure the vehicle by optimizing a wheel spacing to prevent the wheel from contacting at least one of a frame of the vehicle and a fender of the vehicle.

17. The agricultural vehicle of claim 14, wherein the processor is operable to configure the agricultural vehicle by optimizing a logic circuitry configuration of the agricultural vehicle.

18. The agricultural vehicle of claim 14, wherein the processor is operable to configure the agricultural vehicle to achieve at least one of a desired performance and an optimized performance.

19. The agricultural vehicle of claim 14, wherein the feature is a tank and the feature data communicates a volume of the tank.

20. The agricultural vehicle of claim 14, wherein the feature is a boom and the feature data communicates a length of the boom.