Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium for controlling a machine using a mobile communication device

US11163292B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deere & Company · US

Inventors

• Rasmus Adler · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Daniel Schneider · Stuttgart, DE
• Patrik Feth · Hochspeyer, DE
• Martin Kremmer · Mannheim, DE
• Benjamin Neermann · Mannheim, DE
• Stefan Volz · Mannheim, DE
• Norbert Fritz · Ilvesheim, DE
• Hans Juergen Nissen · Mannheim, DE
• Florian Reinmuth · Sinsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08C2201/93
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments relate to apparatuses, methods and computer programs for controlling a machine. The apparatus is suitable for a mobile communication device for providing a sensor input signal to a machine control entity to control a machine. The apparatus comprises one or more sensor modules for providing first user input sensor data and second user input sensor data. The apparatus further comprises a control module configured to determine the sensor input signal based on the first user input sensor data and the second user input sensor data. The control module is further configured to provide the sensor input signal for sensor data processing to the machine control entity to control at least one of a force transmission interface of the machine for an external component and an engine of the machine via an interface.