US 12,274,192 B2
Communication system for agricultural machine
Tomohiro Kinoshita, Sakai (JP); Takanori Morimoto, Sakai (JP); and Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/202,325.
Application 18/202,325 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/048159, filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-219875 (JP), filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320247 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01)
CPC A01B 69/008 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system for an agricultural machine, the communication system comprising:
an information terminal to transmit first information to an agricultural machine;
a first communicator provided in or on an unmanned aerial vehicle to receive the first information transmitted from the information terminal; and
a second communicator provided in or on the agricultural machine to receive the first information transmitted from the first communicator; wherein
the second communicator transmits second information about the agricultural machine to the first communicator;
the first communicator transmits the second information to the information terminal; and
the unmanned aerial vehicle moves to a position where the unmanned aerial vehicle is allowed to transmit and receive the first information or the second information.