Abstract: A method for controlling a utility vehicle includes detecting, via a sensor, an elevation profile of a region located in front of the utility vehicle in the direction of travel. The method also includes initializing a grid comprising a plurality of grid cells. The grid extends at least in a longitudinal direction and in a vertical direction of the region. The method further includes assigning the detected elevation profile to associated grid cells by writing elevation profile data into grid cells and controlling the vehicle based on the elevation profile data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recognizing a tilting movement of a vehicle having at least one camera installed on the vehicle The method includes recording an image sequence by the camera, determining an optical flow of the image sequence, determining an optical flow to be expected on the grounds of a travel movement of the vehicle and a topography of the underlying surface, and checking of the optical flow of the image sequence and of the expected optical flow for deviations. A vehicle adapted to perform the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: An arrangement determines a gradient signal in a vehicle. The arrangement has: a position capture device that determines a vehicle position at a first and second time and ascertains therefrom a distance traveled as a motion vector, and a laser distance sensor on the vehicle front at an angle to a vehicle longitudinal axis and configured to emit a laser beam in a direction of a first measuring point in front of the vehicle at the first and second time, and a length sensor to ascertain the length of the laser beam and its associated vector at the first and second time, and at least one detection device to ascertain a differential vector from the motion vector and the ascertained vectors and to form a gradient signal therefrom.

Abstract: A method for controlling a utility vehicle includes detecting, via a sensor, an elevation profile of a region located in front of the utility vehicle in the direction of travel. The method also includes initializing a grid comprising a plurality of grid cells. The grid extends at least in a longitudinal direction and in a vertical direction of the region. The method further includes assigning the detected elevation profile to associated grid cells by writing elevation profile data into grid cells and controlling the vehicle based on the elevation profile data.

Abstract: A control method for a vehicle (101) in which the vehicle (101) is controlled manually while sensor data, from at least one sensor of the vehicle (101), is collected and stored. Then the vehicle (101) is controlled autonomously while sensor data, from the at least one sensor is detected and matched to the stored sensor data.

Abstract: A method for operating an agricultural machine includes applying provided machine data of a work flow along a working route for an autonomous operation of the agricultural machine. The provided machine data includes a plurality of data sets. The method further includes recording, during the autonomous operation of the agricultural machine, a working position of the agricultural machine, and selecting and applying, as a function of the detected working position, a respective data set from the plurality of data sets of the provided machine data as a function of the detected working position.

Abstract: An arrangement determines a gradient signal in a vehicle. The arrangement has: a position capture device that determines a vehicle position at a first and second time and ascertains therefrom a distance traveled as a motion vector, and a laser distance sensor on the vehicle front at an angle to a vehicle longitudinal axis and configured to emit a laser beam in a direction of a first measuring point in front of the vehicle at the first and second time, and a length sensor to ascertain the length of the laser beam and its associated vector at the first and second time, and at least one detection device to ascertain a differential vector from the motion vector and the ascertained vectors and to form a gradient signal therefrom.