Invention Application
- Patent Title: SENSOR ARRAY FOR LOCATING AN OBJECT IN SPACE
- Patent Title (中): 传感器阵列用于定位空间中的对象
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Application No.: US13697778Application Date: 2011-05-13
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Publication No.: US20130061806A1Publication Date: 2013-03-14
- Inventor: Aaron D. Carroll , Kristopher C. Hall , Benjamin D. Nibali
- Applicant: Aaron D. Carroll , Kristopher C. Hall , Benjamin D. Nibali
- International Application: PCT/US11/36524 WO 20110513
- Main IPC: G01B11/14
- IPC: G01B11/14 ; A01J5/007 ; A01J5/017 ; G01S15/04

Abstract:
The present invention is a detection device, system and/or method for locating the position of at least an object present in space, such as the position of a teat of an animal. The device may include an array of sensors. Each sensor in the array may incorporate a transmitter-receiver pair. The transmitter and receiver within each pair may be disposed at an angle, to detect an object in space, through the use of signals. Embodiments of the present invention may include one or more detection devices and may be utilized to detect one or more objects present invention space. The device of the present invention may be used in a system for milking dairy animals.
Public/Granted literature
- US09119372B2 Sensor array for locating an object in space Public/Granted day:2015-09-01
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