3D Mechanical Raking System with Artificial Intelligence and User Interface

Abstract

The Invention improves previous raking methods and processes by changing the orientation of the cylinder combination to a vertical positioning and with other additional stabilizing valves, adds a fully enclosed housing, a\k\a “embodiment” to add new strength and support, and protect inner housing mechanical components, and further innovates the art with additional software tools for improved operator visuals below ground for more precise, efficient, safe, and faster raking and dozing operations using with less resources. And within the scope of improvements made possible by the Invention System, raking operations can be seamlessly “switched-on” for a range of raking depths and “switched-off” by the operator from within the cockpit to switch between full dozing, grading and cutting and raking operations on demand. The Invention System may also shut down machine operations automatically in unsafe or hazardous conditions with sensing elements and/or operator override controls.

1 . INDEPENDENT 1—A 3D Mechanical Raking System with Artificial Intelligence and User Interface, comprising: an autonomous Mechanical Raking Device with Improved User Controls, a three-dimensional fully enclosed housing embodiment, machine telematics software and sensing technologies integrated by artificial intelligence, and an application programming interface (API) is also known as a user interface or dashboard monitor that work together as a system to perform new simultaneous utility systems and processes for raking, grubbing, cutting and grading.
 a) DEPENDENT 1—The Invention in claim  1  wherein said housing embodiment encloses and protects the inner working components, performs improved field operations in the art due to its innovative fully enclosed housing, a\k\a the “embodiment”, wherein said housing protects the mechanical parts from excess debris buildup and other undesirable environmental encumbrances problematic for prior art and keeps the tines cleaner, wherein said housing weight does not void OEM warranties. 
 b) DEPENDENT 2—The Invention of claim  1  wherein said autonomous raking device, further comprised of many tines and supports, is fully adjustable to support increased depths and force over prior art due to reinforcements enjoyed because of the fully enclosed housing embodiment, although the raking utility itself is not new. 
 c) DEPENDENT 3—The Invention of claim  1  wherein said autonomous raking device is fully retractable or extendable in real-time, is improved over prior art wherein said device performance is monitored with machine-readable telematics to display performance visuals by the interconnectivity of a virtual reference station network comprised of multiple inputs that are communicated to the user dashboard in an improved way resulting in new raking methods and processes, although the raking utility itself is not new. 
 d) DEPENDENT 4—The Invention of claim  1  wherein said user dashboard is fed machine-readable performance information when executed by a processor, wherein said user dashboard improves prior art by delivering a new ability for the operator to discern a new range of underground elements and understandable resistance related concerns over prior art when encountering said elements, wherein said analytics are communicable to the user dashboard, thus giving the operator new visibility to discern new information understandings over prior art in relation to safety, danger, and concerning potential liabilities in general. 
 e) DEPENDENT 5—The Invention of claim  1  further comprising front and back maintenance and repair access openings, wherein said openings are innovative over prior art to provide quick and easy access for field repairs and maintenance of said internal mechanical components and improve productivity of operations over prior art by reducing downtime with its innovative access points, wherein when said openings are fully closed, normal and routine raking and dozing operations are fully engaged without compromise. 
 f) DEPENDENT 6—The Invention of claim  1  further comprising an auto-shutdown mechanism, wherein said mechanism enables auto-shutdown of operations when unsafe conditions may be sensed by machine readable sensing information, wherein said mechanism improves safety of raking operations over prior art, which have no such mechanism. 
 g) DEPENDENT 7—A method of any preceding claim, wherein said Invention tines are fully retracted within the embodiment, allows the Invention to perform common machine operations customary in the art for common marketplace earth moving equipment having no raking attachment or component, although the raking device may continue to be engaged at the will of the operator without manual adjustment, whereas prior art requires some number of manual adjustments required to switch between raking and dozing operations. 
 h) DEPENDENT 8—A method of any preceding claim, wherein said raking tines may be extended to a full range of motion without disabling the raking device to perform common dozing operations with the switch of an operator hand control from within the cockpit, while in its fully retracted position, whereas the raking utility held operable from within said fully enclosed housing, improves land clearing operations over prior art, whereas prior art requires some number of manual adjustments required to switch between raking and dozing operations. 
 i) DEPENDENT 9—A method of any preceding claim, wherein said fully enclosed housing embodiment requires more metal than prior art and said fully enclosed embodiment is necessary to improve over prior art to protect the raking device from constant exposure to elements, the added weight does not cause OEM warranty issues related to excess weight. 
 j) DEPENDENT 10—A method of any preceding claim, wherein said user interface provides improved land development operations with its unique combination of electronically transmitted mobile information in machine readable form concerning environmental conditions and underground elements, wherein said user interface is able to improve operations over prior art by monitoring and reporting information with technologies not previously combined in the art into a user dashboard, wherein said combination of technologies may or may not include geofencing, ultrasonic proximity-sensing, and ground penetrating radar. 
 k) DEPENDENT 11—A method of any preceding claim, wherein said electronic auto-shutdown feature reduces general safety risks and other at-risk liabilities for operators and developers over prior art, wherein said feature is triggered by the usage of machine readable mechanical telematics and integrated API field metrics that deliver information and instructions to the user interface, wherein said telematics will cause machine operations to automatically shut-down when unsafe, unusual, or other potentially hazardous conditions are detected underground, wherein said user controls may also auto-shutdown equipment manually on demand.