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Device and method for coordinating a machine fleet

US7873617B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz-Hermann Wippersteg · Stromberg, DE
Thilo Steckel · Harsewinkel, DE
Werner Fitzner · Warendorf, DE
Norbert Diekhans · Gütersloh, DE
Kai Oetzel · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2007
Grant date	Jan 18, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/951
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for coordinating a machine fleet includes a memory for storing a large number of data records, an interface for communicating with several users who are capable of making changes to the data records, in the case of which each data record represents a given portion of the working capacity of a machine in the machine fleet, and the changes relate to the assignment of the portion of the working capacity represented by the data record to the users making the change, and an administration unit designed to allow a change to be made to a data record by a user requesting the change if the data record is not assigned to any other user and an urgency of the change indicated by the requesting user reaches a threshold specified for the particular portion.

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