System and methods for selecting equipment and operators necessary to provide agricultural services
AssigneeHitchpin, Inc.
InventorTrevor MCKEEMAN
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for selecting equipment and operators necessary to provide agricultural services. Systems and methods are also described for scheduling the selected agricultural services and for rescheduling the scheduled agricultural services in response to events identified to be of potential impact to the services. The systems and methods are useful for increasing the utilization factor of equipment and equipment operators used in agriculture.
Claims21
1-13. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method for scheduling agricultural equipment and an agricultural equipment operator necessary to provide an agricultural service to a producer, the method to be carried out by at least one processor executing computer instructions, the method comprising:
- scheduling the agricultural service between the producer, the agricultural equipment, and the agricultural equipment operator according to an agricultural service requirement of the producer and one or more overall pairing scores;
- updating a global calendar of scheduled agricultural services between a plurality of producers, a plurality of operators, and a plurality of pieces of equipment with the agricultural service;
- identifying an event that impacts the agricultural service, wherein identifying the event includes:
- communicating control information to a measurement sensor to control the measurement sensor to take a measurement,
- receiving the measurement from the measurement sensor in response to the control information, and
- determining the event according to the measurement;
- dynamically rescheduling the agricultural service based on the event and according to a second overall pairing score;
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- updating the global calendar of scheduled agricultural services according to the rescheduled agricultural service.
A system for scheduling agricultural equipment and an agricultural equipment operator necessary to provide an agricultural service to a producer, the system comprising:
- a server including at least one processor configured to:
- schedule the agricultural service between the producer, the agricultural equipment, and an agricultural equipment operator according to an agricultural service requirement of the producer and one or more overall pairing scores;
- update a global calendar of scheduled agricultural services between a plurality of producers, a plurality of operators, and a plurality of pieces of equipment with the agricultural service;
- identify an event that impacts the agricultural service, wherein identifying the event includes:
- communicating control information to a measurement sensor to control the measurement sensor to take a measurement,
- receiving the measurement from the measurement sensor in response to the control information, and
- determining the event according to the measurement;
- dynamically reschedule the agricultural service based on the event and according to a second overall pairing score;
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- update the global calendar of scheduled agricultural services according to the rescheduled agricultural service.
A computer-implemented method for scheduling agricultural equipment and an agricultural equipment operator necessary to provide an agricultural service to a producer, the method to be carried out by at least one processor executing computer instructions, the method comprising;
- scheduling the agricultural service between the producer, the agricultural equipment, and the agricultural equipment operator according to an agricultural service requirement of the producer and one or more overall pairing scores;
- updating a global calendar of scheduled agricultural services between a plurality of producers, a plurality of operators, and a plurality of pieces of equipment with the agricultural service;
- identifying an event that impacts the agricultural service, wherein the event is indicated by one or more of a soil measurement of an agricultural site, a volumetric measurement associated with an agricultural storage container, a weight measurement associated with an agricultural storage container, a location measurement of the agricultural equipment, or a weather measurement;
- dynamically rescheduling the agricultural service based on the event and according to a second overall pairing score;
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- updating the global calendar of scheduled agricultural services according to the rescheduled agricultural service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.