Method for communication between two utility vehicles
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsFlorian Schott, Norbert Fritz, Juergen Hollstein
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Abstract
A method of communicating information via optical data transmission between two utility vehicles includes providing a control unit on a first utility vehicle, a work light on the first utility vehicle, and a second utility vehicle. The method also includes generating activation signals by the control unit of the first utility vehicle in dependence on transmission data to be transmitted, activating the work light by the activation signals, and emitting light signals via the activated work light to the second utility vehicle. The light signals represent the transmission data.
Claims17
A method of communicating information via optical data transmission between two utility vehicles, comprising:
- providing a control unit on a first utility vehicle, a work light on the first utility vehicle, and a second utility vehicle;
- generating activation signals by the control unit of the first utility vehicle in dependence on transmission data to be transmitted, wherein the transmission data identifies a location and a technical status of the first utility vehicle which is provided at the first utility vehicle;
- activating the work light of the first utility vehicle by the activation signals to change its light intensity in dependence on transmission data transmitted by the second utility vehicle, wherein the transmission data emitted by the second utility vehicle is provided at the second utility vehicle and represents a location and a technical status of the second utility vehicle;
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- emitting light signals via the activated work light to the second utility vehicle, where the light signals represent the transmission data of the second utility vehicle.
An arrangement for communication between a first and a second utility vehicle by optical data transmission, comprising:
- a control unit located on the first utility vehicle for generating activation signals in dependence on data to be transmitted, wherein the data to be transmitted is first utility vehicle transmission data that identifies a location and a technical status of the first utility vehicle received through a first utility vehicle CAN bus;
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- a work light located on the first vehicle activatable by the activation signals of the control unit to emit light signals representative of the first utility vehicle transmission data and in response to second utility vehicle transmission data that identifies a location and a technical status of the second utility vehicle.
A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a control unit for generating activation signals in dependence on data to be transmitted via optical data transmission, wherein the data to be transmitted is utility vehicle transmission data received through the utility vehicle CAN bus;
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- a work light activatable by the activation signals of the control unit to emit light signals representative of the utility vehicle transmission data;
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- an optical receive unit for receiving light signals from another utility vehicle, wherein the received light signals are based on another utility vehicle transmission data received through the another utility vehicle CAN bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.