Device and method for safely operating an autonomously operable agricultural machine

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device (14) for safely operating an autonomously operable agricultural machine (12), said device comprising: an input interface (30) for receiving a sensor signal from an environment sensor (18) on the agricultural machine, said signal comprising information about objects in the surroundings of the agricultural machine; a processing unit (32) for recognizing a fault situation based on the sensor signal; a classification unit (34) for assigning the recognized fault situation to a fault class based on a predefined assignment rule; and a transmission interface (36) for periodically transmitting a message to a control device (16) of the agricultural machine via a vehicle bus system (20) of the agricultural machine, said message comprising the fault class if the fault situation was recognized. The present invention also relates to a method and a system (10) for safely operating an autonomously operable agricultural machine (12).

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