US 12,213,394 B2
Agricultural support system including transport vehicle capable of transporting agricultural machine
Kenji Tamatani, Sakai (JP); Yuji Okuyama, Sakai (JP); Kazuo Sakaguchi, Sakai (JP); and Yusuke Takahashi, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,534.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-102522 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400597 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); B60P 3/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01)
CPC A01B 69/008 (2013.01) [B60P 3/064 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural support system, comprising:
a first communication device in or on an agricultural machine operable to travel in an agricultural field, the first communication device including a first communication module to transmit information and perform wireless communication; and
a second communication device in or on a transport vehicle operable to transport the agricultural machine, the second communication device including a second communication module to acquire the information transmitted from the first communication device and to perform wireless communication; and
a route creator in or on the agricultural machine to create a travel route of the agricultural machine, the travel route being at least a travel route in the agricultural field; wherein
the first communication device is operable to transmit the travel route created by the route creator to the second communication device as the information when the agricultural machine is loaded on the transport vehicle;
the second communication device is operable to receive the travel route transmitted from the first communication device;
the transport vehicle includes a navigation device to provide a route guidance from a current position to a destination when the transport vehicle travels;
the navigation device includes a display to display a map including the current position of the transport vehicle and the current position of the transport vehicle on the map; and
the display is operable, when the map includes a blank region, to display on a position of the blank region a travel route to be superimposed on the blank region based on the travel route transmitted from the first communication device and received by the second communication device.