Assembly and an autonomous agricultural machine for performing an agricultural operation, in particular crop processing

1. An assembly for performing crop processing, the assembly comprising:

an agricultural machine that is movable over a parcel for performing the crop processing; and

a control unit for automatically controlling the movement of the agricultural machine, the control unit comprising a memory containing sound-standard data, the control unit controlling the movement of the agricultural machine with the aid of the sound-standard data to define an allowed area of operation within the agricultural parcel in which the agricultural machine may perform the crop processing and a forbidden area of operation within the agricultural parcel in which the agricultural machine may not perform the crop processing.

2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the agricultural machine can perform the crop processing in a number of modes, the control unit controlling the agricultural machine to perform the crop processing in one of the modes with the aid of the sound-standard data.

3. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the memory contains sound-standard data per point of time.

4. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the assembly is provided with a position-determining system for determining the momentary position of the agricultural machine in the parcel.

5. The assembly as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the memory contains sound-standard data per position.

6. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the assembly further comprises a sound meter.

7. The assembly as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the control unit controls the functioning of the agricultural machine with the aid of data from the sound meter.

8. The assembly as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the sound meter is disposed on the agricultural machine.

9. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control unit is disposed on the agricultural machine.

10. A self contained autonomous agricultural machine for performing crop processing on a parcel, the autonomous agricultural machine comprising:

a sound meter;

a position-determining system for determining the momentary position of the agricultural machine in the parcel; and

a control unit for controlling the movement of the autonomous agricultural machine, the control unit comprising a memory containing sound-standard data, the control unit controlling the movement of the autonomous agricultural machine on the basis of the momentary position with the aid of the sound-standard data and data from the sound meter.

11. The autonomous agricultural machine as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the agricultural machine can perform the crop processing in a number of modes, the control unit controlling the autonomous agricultural machine to perform the crop processing in one of the modes with the aid of the sound-standard data or data from the sound meter.

12. The autonomous agricultural machine as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the memory contains sound-standard data per position.

13. The autonomous agricultural machine as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the memory contains sound standard data per point of time.

14. The autonomous agricultural machine as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the control unit controls the position of the autonomous agricultural machine with the aid of the sound-standard data.

15. The autonomous agricultural machine as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the control unit controls the position of the autonomous agricultural machine with the aid of the data from the sound meter.

16. A method for controlling the sound emission of an autonomous agricultural machine that is movable over an agricultural parcel for performing crop processing comprising:

providing a memory containing sound-standard data;

providing a control unit for controlling the agricultural machine; and

controlling the movement of the agricultural machine with the aid of the sound-standard data to perform the crop processing only in an allowed area of operation within the agricultural parcel.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the agricultural machine is operable in a number of modes and the agricultural machine is controlled by selecting a mode of operation with the aid of the sound-standard data.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 further comprising:

detecting sound produced by the agricultural machine; and

comparing the detected sound with the sound-standard data to produce a comparison result;

wherein the mode of operation is selected with the aid of the comparison result.

19. The method as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

detecting sound produced by the agricultural machine; and

comparing the detected sound with the sound-standard data to produce a comparison result;

wherein the agricultural machine is controlled with the aid of the comparison result.

20. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the position of the agricultural machine within the parcel is controlled with the aid of the sound-standard data.

21. A self-contained assembly for performing crop processing, the assembly comprising:

an agricultural machine that is movable over a parcel for performing the crop processing;

a sound meter disposed on the agricultural machine; and

a control unit disposed on the agricultural machine for controlling the functioning of the agricultural machine, the control unit comprising a memory containing sound-standard data, the control unit controlling the functioning of the agricultural machine with the aid of the sound-standard data to define an allowed area of operation within the agricultural parcel in which the agricultural machine may perform the crop processing and a forbidden area of operation within the agricultural parcel in which the agricultural machine may not perform the crop processing.

22. The assembly as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the control unit controls the functioning of the agricultural machine with the aid of data from the sound meter.