# US 11,907,908 B2 · Method and system for ascertaining information relating to a collection, a start and/or an end of a period spent in a workshop and/or in storage and/or a delivery of a green space and/or cultivated area treatment device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,908 B2 - Document ID: US11907908B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/644,922 - Filed: 2021-12-17 - Published: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-18 - Assignees: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG - Applicants: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG - Inventors: Robert Boeker - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907908B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/103: {Workflow collaboration or project management} - G06Q 10/20: Administration of product repair or maintenance - G06Q 10/04: Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202) - G06Q 10/0631: Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q 10/083: Shipping - G06Q 10/0843: {using forecasting or optimisation} - G06Q 10/109: Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting - G06Q 50/02: Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method and system ascertain information relating to a collection, a start and/or an end of a period spent in a workshop and/or in storage and/or a delivery of a green space and/or cultivated area treatment device. The method involves the steps of: providing a growth characteristic variable, wherein the growth characteristic variable is characteristic for plant growth on and/or in a space/area treated and/or to be treated by way of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device; and ascertaining the information on the basis of the provided growth characteristic variable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for ascertaining information relating to a collection, a start and/or an end of a period spent in a workshop, in storage, and/or a delivery, of a green space and/or cultivated area treatment device, the method comprising the steps of: a) automatically providing a growth characteristic variable, wherein the growth characteristic variable is characteristic for plant growth on and/or in a space/area treated and/or to be treated by way of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device; b) ascertaining the information on the basis of the provided growth characteristic variable; c) transmitting and/or outputting the ascertained information to a courier and/or delivery service, a workshop, a warehouse operator and/or a user, of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device; wherein step b) comprises: ascertaining the information relating to the collection and/or the start of the period spent in the workshop and/or in the storage if the provided growth characteristic variable is characteristic for the plant growth falling below a growth limit value, and/or ascertaining the information relating to the end of the period spent in the workshop, the storage and/or the delivery if the provided growth characteristic variable is characteristic for the plant growth reaching and/or exceeding a growth limit value; wherein step a) comprises: automatically detecting the growth characteristic variable by way of a growth characteristic variable sensor in a region of the space/area; wherein the growth characteristic variable is averaged over several days or weeks, and/or several treatment processes of the space/area, wherein the information comprises an instruction relating to the start and/or the end of the period spent in a workshop and/or in storage, and wherein the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device is an autonomous mobile green space robotic lawnmower. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: releasing, delaying and/or blocking the transmitting and/or the outputting of the ascertained information to the courier, the delivery service, the workshop and/or the warehouse operator, on the basis of an input by the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the input by the user is at a time after the transmitting and/or the outputting of the ascertained information to the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein step a) comprises: detecting the growth characteristic variable by way of the growth characteristic variable sensor of a green space and/or cultivated area treatment device in the region of the space/area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein step a) comprises: detecting the growth characteristic variable by way of the growth characteristic variable sensor of a further green space and/or cultivated area treatment device on and/or in a further space/area in the region of the space/area, and wherein step b) comprises: ascertaining the information relating to the end of the period spent in a workshop and/or in storage and/or the delivery, on the basis of the detected growth characteristic variable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein a plant growth has been detected by way of the growth characteristic variable sensor of the further green space and/or cultivated area treatment device after a smaller amount of, or no, plant growth has been detected by way of a growth characteristic variable sensor of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of: the growth characteristic variable comprises a drive characteristic variable of a drive of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device, the growth characteristic variable comprises a meteorological characteristic variable and/or a soil characteristic variable, or the growth characteristic variable comprises a meteorological and/or phenological season. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the drive characteristic variable is a power consumption and/or a variable corresponding to the power consumption, of a tool drive of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device, the meteorological characteristic variable is an amount of precipitation, an air temperature, a global radiation and/or an albedo, the soil characteristic variable is a soil moisture content and/or a soil temperature, the meteorological and/or phenological season is spring and/or autumn. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information further comprises: a route guide to a collection location for the collection, and/or a delivery location for the delivery of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: ascertaining a workshop treatment and/or delivery sequence for workshop treatments and/or deliveries of green space and/or cultivated area treatment devices on the basis of a growth sequence of a respective last plant growth on and/or in spaces/areas treated and/or to be treated by way of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment devices, and/or a collection sequence of collections for the green space and/or cultivated area treatment devices, and/or a start of a period spent in a workshop and/or in storage sequence of starts of periods spent in a workshop and/or in storage for the green space and/or cultivated area treatment devices. ### Claim 11 A system for ascertaining information relating to a collection, a start and/or an end of a period spent in a workshop, in storage, and/or a delivery, of a green space and/or cultivated area treatment device, the system comprising: a provision unit, wherein the provision unit is designed to automatically provide a growth characteristic variable, wherein the growth characteristic variable is characteristic for plant growth on and/or in a space/area treated and/or to be treated by way of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device; a growth characteristic sensor for automatically detecting the growth characteristic variable in a region of the space/area; an ascertainment unit, wherein the ascertainment unit is designed to ascertain the information on the basis of the provided growth characteristic variable, including: ascertaining the information relating to the collection and/or the start of the period spent in the workshop and/or in the storage if the provided growth characteristic variable is characteristic for the plant growth falling below a growth limit value, and/or ascertaining the information relating to the end of the period spent in the workshop, the storage and/or the delivery if the provided growth characteristic variable is characteristic for the plant growth reaching and/or exceeding a growth limit value; a transmitting and/or output unit for transmitting and/or outputting the ascertained information to a courier and/or delivery service, a workshop, a warehouse operator and/or a user, of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device; wherein the growth characteristic variable is averaged over several days or weeks, and/or several treatment processes of the space/area, wherein the information comprises an instruction relating to the start and/or the end of the period spent in a workshop and/or in storage, and wherein the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device is an autonomous mobile green space robotic lawnmower. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, further comprising: the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device, and/or a charging station for charging the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device.