公开(公告)号：US20200272317A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16872579

申请日：2020-05-12

Applicant: LINDSAY CORPORATION

Inventor： Mark William Miller

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of mobile agricultural devices that includes establishing electronic communication with a plurality of transceivers mounted to the mobile agricultural devices and building a model including a virtual representation of each of the mobile agricultural devices. The method also includes displaying the model at a user interface including a display and a gesture sensor. The method further includes receiving location data regarding the mobile agricultural devices via the transceivers and adjusting at least one of the virtual representations of the mobile agricultural devices within the model to reflect the location data. The method still further includes receiving, via the gesture sensor of the user interface, a user input comprising a command relating to operation of a first one of the mobile agricultural devices and transmitting the user input command to one of the transceivers, which is mounted to the first mobile agricultural device, so as to implement a change in operation of the first mobile agricultural device.

公开(公告)号：US10732812B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US16029070

申请日：2018-07-06

Applicant: LINDSAY CORPORATION

Inventor： Mark William Miller

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F9/54

Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of mobile agricultural devices that includes establishing electronic communication with a plurality of transceivers mounted to the mobile agricultural devices and building a model including a virtual representation of each of the mobile agricultural devices. The method also includes displaying the model at a user interface including a display and a gesture sensor. The method further includes receiving location data regarding the mobile agricultural devices via the transceivers and adjusting at least one of the virtual representations of the mobile agricultural devices within the model to reflect the location data. The method still further includes receiving, via the gesture sensor of the user interface, a user input comprising a command relating to operation of a first one of the mobile agricultural devices and transmitting the user input command to one of the transceivers, which is mounted to the first mobile agricultural device, so as to implement a change in operation of the first mobile agricultural device.

公开(公告)号：US10231390B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-19

申请号：US15163162

申请日：2016-05-24

Applicant: LINDSAY CORPORATION

Inventor： Mark William Miller

IPC: A01G25/09 ,  F16H9/04

Abstract: A center-pivot irrigation system having mobile towers interconnected by spans actuatable about a center-pivot, constant speed motors for each of the mobile towers, and variable gear ratio transmissions each driven by one of the constant speed motors and each driving one of the mobile towers. The irrigation system may also include a control system sending command signals to the variable gear ratio transmissions, independently increasing or decreasing a speed of the mobile towers via the variable gear ratio transmissions. The irrigation system may also include a sensors for providing alignment information regarding the spans to the control system. The control system may independently command the transmissions to speed up or slow down one of the mobile towers relative to alignment information received from the sensors.