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US 2019/0155237 A1Published application
Remote control of multiple different machines
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsMichael G. Kean, Giovanni A. Wuisan, Leah B. Leffler, William W. Staidl
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Abstract
A control hub receives machine operation requests from multiple different machines that are located remotely from the control hub. The control hub selects a remote operator to service each of the machine requests, from a remote operator station. The control hub then facilitates communication between the machines requesting operation, and the operators selected to service those requests, from their remote operator station.
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A computing system, comprising:
- a machine request detector that detects a first machine request, for remote controlled operation, from a first machine located remotely from the computing system and that detects a second machine request, for remote controlled operation, from a second machine located remotely from the computing system;
- request parsing logic that identifies first machine information in the first machine request and second machine information in the second machine request;
- operator selection logic that identifies a first remote operator at a first operator station remote from the computing system, to provide remote controlled operation of the first machine based on the first machine information, and that identifies a second remote operator at a second operator station remote from the computing system, to provide remote controlled operation of the second machine based on the second machine information;
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- communication link control logic that facilitates remote machine control communication between the first operator station and the first machine and that facilitates remote machine control communication between the second operator station and the second machine.
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A remote control computing system, comprising:
- machine request detection logic that detects a machine request for remote controlled operation from a requesting machine;
- machine type identification logic that identifies a machine type corresponding to the requesting machine based on the machine request;
- mapping identification logic that identifies a set of user input-to-machine function mappings corresponding to the machine type of the requesting machine;
- user input detection logic that detects operator control inputs;
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- control data generation logic that generates control data, sent to the requesting machine to remotely control the requesting machine, based on the identified set of user input-to-machine function mappings and the detected operator control inputs.
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A computer implemented method, comprising:
- detecting a machine request, for remote controlled operation, from a machine located at a remote worksite;
- identifying operator filter criteria in the machine request;
- filtering a plurality of different operators based on the operator filter criteria to identify a remote operator at an operator station remote from the first machine, to provide remote controlled operation of the machine;
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- sending a request to the operator station to perform the remote controlled operation of the machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.