Deere + Company

Ali Haidous

Noel Wayne Anderson

Gurmukh H Advani

A method of authenticating a robustly-identifiable system is provided. The method includes causing a processor of a mobile work machine to issue a challenge to a robustly-identifiable sensor module mounted relative to the mobile work machine. The method also includes receiving, by the processor of the mobile work machine, a response from the robustly-identifiable sensor module. The method also includes comparing, with the processor of the mobile work machine, the received response to an expected response to generate a match result. The method also includes selectively initiating trusted operation of the mobile work machine based on the match result.

Mobile machine with improved machine data authentication

An off-road mobile work machine data capture system includes a robustly-identifiable sensor module having a task sensor that provides a task sensor signal indicative of a task. The system also includes a processor coupled to the robustly-identifiable sensor module that is configured to issue a challenge to the robustly-identifiable sensor module and compare a response from the robustly-identifiable sensor module to an expected response to authenticate the robustly-identifiable sensor module. The processor is further configured to generate an indication of authentication failure if the response from the robustly-identifiable sensor module does not match the expected response.

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Ali Haidous