Method and Control System for Controlling a Wired Vehicle Fleet
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorBernd Opitsch
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Abstract
A wired vehicle fleet having a first vehicle connected with a supply unit by a first bendable connection element and a second vehicle connected with the supply unit by a second bendable connection element is controlled by a control unit to avoid a collision between the first and the second bendable connection elements.
Claims17
A method for controlling a wired vehicle fleet, the vehicle fleet comprising a first vehicle connected with a supply unit by a first bendable connection element and a second vehicle connected with the supply unit by a second bendable connection element, the method comprising:
- determining a minimum and a maximum height of the first bendable connection element;
- determining a minimum and a maximum height of the second bendable connection element;
- determining a first wayline of the first vehicle;
- and
- determining a second wayline of the second vehicle depending on the heights of the first and second bendable connection elements.
A method for controlling a wired vehicle fleet, the vehicle fleet comprising a first vehicle connected with a supply unit by a first bendable connection element and a second vehicle connected with the supply unit by a second bendable connection element, the method comprising:
- determining a first wayline of the first vehicle;
- determining a second wayline of the second vehicle;
- determining a first safety zone in consideration of a length of the first bendable connection element and a minimum and a maximum height of the first bendable connection element;
- determining a second safety zone in consideration of a length of the second bendable connection element and a minimum and a maximum height of the second bendable connection element;
- anticipating variations of the first safety zone based on anticipated variations of the first vehicle moving along the first wayline;
- anticipating variations of the second safety zone based on anticipated variations of the second vehicle moving along the second wayline;
- anticipating a collision of the first bendable connection element with the second bendable connection element if an anticipated variation of the first safety zone intersects an anticipated variation of the second safety zone.
A control system for controlling a wired vehicle fleet, the control system comprising:
- a supply unit;
- a first vehicle connected with the supply unit by a first bendable connection element;
- a second vehicle connected with the supply unit by a second bendable connection element;
- and
- a control unit configured to—
- determine a minimum and a maximum height of the first bendable connection element;
- determine a minimum and a maximum height of the second bendable connection element;
- determine a first wayline of the first vehicle;
- and
- determine a second wayline of the second vehicle depending on the heights of the first and second bendable connection element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.