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US 11,027,248 B2Granted
Diagnostic monitoring and recording of hydraulic system components on agricultural mixers
AssigneeDigi-Star, LLC
InventorsJerome A. Bump, Jack Allen Danner, Christopher V. Horton
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Abstract
An Animal Feed Mixer (Dairy or Beef) Scale indicator system records Feed Mixer Operating Speed along with the operating temperatures and hydraulic & lube oil pressures of the mixer gearboxes and hydraulic drive system and notifies the operator and records the temperature or pressures, along with the weight, date, and time, when limits have been exceeded.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving data, at a machine control indicator located on a tractor, from sensors located on the tractor;
- controlling, by the machine control indicator, operation of the tractor based on the data from the sensors located on the tractor;
- receiving values, at the machine control indicator, from a plurality of sensors located on an agricultural mixer attached to the tractor;
- generating a mixing profile based on the received values;
- storing the mixing profile and each of the values with a respective date and time stamp;
- displaying a warning in response to determining that one of the values is above a maximum value or below a minimum value;
- storing the warning with a date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- associating first values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the warning in response to the displaying the warning, the first values associated with the warning based on the date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- transmitting the warning, the mixing profile, and the received values in real-time to a remote device of a service center;
- receiving user input to clear the warning;
- storing a date and time associated with the user input to clear the warning;
- associating second values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the user input to clear the warning in response to the receiving the user input to clear the warning, the second values associated with the user input to clear the warning based on the date and time at which the warning was cleared;
- receiving instructions from the remote device of the service center in real-time to operate the agricultural mixer in response to the warning and the received values;
- adjusting the mixing profile based on the received instructions;
- and
- operating the agricultural mixer based on the received instructions.
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An apparatus located on a tractor, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor controlling operation of the tractor;
- and
- a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at the processor, data from sensors located on the tractor, wherein the controlling operation of the tractor is based on the data from the sensors located on the tractor;
- receiving values, at the processor, from a plurality of sensors located on an agricultural mixer attached to the tractor;
- generating a mixing profile based on the received values;
- storing the mixing profile and each of the values with a respective date and time stamp;
- displaying a warning in response to determining that one of the values is above a maximum value or below a minimum value;
- storing the warning with a date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- associating first values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the warning in response to the displaying the warning, the first values associated with the warning based on the date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- transmitting the warning, the mixing profile, and the received values in real-time to a remote device of a service center;
- receiving user input to clear the warning;
- storing a date and time associated with the user input to clear the warning;
- associating second values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the user input to clear the warning in response to the receiving the user input to clear the warning, the second values associated with the user input to clear the warning based on the date and time at which the warning was cleared;
- receiving instructions from the remote device of the service center in real-time to operate the agricultural mixer in response to the warning and the received values;
- adjusting the mixing profile based on the received instructions;
- and
- operating the agricultural mixer based on the received instructions.
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A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for operation of a machine control indicator located on and controlling operation of a tractor, which, when executed on a processor of the machine control indicator, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at the machine control indicator, data from sensors located on the tractor, wherein the controlling operation of the tractor is based on the data from the sensors located on the tractor;
- receiving values, at the machine control indicator, from a plurality of sensors located on an agricultural mixer attached to the tractor;
- generating a mixing profile based on the received values;
- storing the mixing profile and each of the values with a respective date and time stamp;
- displaying a warning in response to determining that one of the values is above a maximum value or below a minimum value;
- storing the warning with a date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- associating first values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the warning in response to the displaying the warning, the first values associated with the warning based on the date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- transmitting the warning, the mixing profile, and the received values in real-time to a remote device of a service center;
- receiving user input to clear the warning;
- storing a date and time associated with the user input to clear the warning;
- associating second values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the user input to clear the warning in response to the receiving the user input to clear the warning, the second values associated with the user input to clear the warning based on the date and time at which the warning was cleared;
- receiving instructions from the remote device of the service center in real-time to operate the agricultural mixer in response to the warning and the received values;
- adjusting the mixing profile based on the received instructions;
- and
- operating the agricultural mixer based on the received instructions.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a machine control indicator located on and controlling operation of a tractor, data from sensors located on the tractor, wherein the controlling operation of the tractor is based on the data from the sensors located on the tractor;
- receiving values, at the machine control indicator, from a plurality of sensors located on an agricultural machine attached to the tractor;
- generating a mixing profile based on the received values;
- storing the mixing profile and each of the values with a respective date and time stamp;
- displaying a warning in response to determining that one of the values is above a maximum value or below a minimum value;
- storing the warning with a date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- associating first values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the warning in response to the displaying the warning, the first values associated with the warning based on the date and time stamp identifying when the warning was displayed;
- transmitting the warning, the mixing profile, and the received values in real-time to a remote device of a service center;
- receiving user input to clear the warning;
- storing a date and time associated with the user input to clear the warning;
- associating second values from the values received from the plurality of sensors with the user input to clear the warning in response to the receiving the user input to clear the warning, the second values associated with the user input to clear the warning based on the date and time at which the warning was cleared;
- receiving instructions from the remote device of the service center in real-time to operate the agricultural machine in response to the warning and the received values;
- adjusting the mixing profile based on the received instructions;
- and
- operating the agricultural machine based on the received instructions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.