Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vision system for facilitating the automated application of disinfectant to the teats of dairy livestock
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Application No.: US15273929Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US09686962B2Publication Date: 2017-06-27
- Inventor: Henk Hofman , Peter Willem van der Sluis , Ype Groensma
- Applicant: TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A01J7/04
- IPC: A01J7/04 ; A01K13/00 ; B25J9/16 ; A01K29/00 ; A01J5/003 ; A01J5/007 ; A01J5/017 ; A01K1/12 ; G06T1/00 ; G06T7/73 ; A01J7/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T7/13

Abstract:
A system includes a camera, a controller and a robotic arm. The camera generates an image of an udder of a dairy livestock. The controller determines a position of the udder of the dairy livestock based at least in part upon the image. The controller further determines a spray position based at least in part upon the determined position of the udder of the dairy livestock. Determining the spray position includes processing the accessed image to determine a tangent at the rear of the udder and a tangent at the bottom of the udder. The spray position is a position relative to the intersection of the two tangents. The robotic arm is communicatively coupled to the controller and positions a spray tool at the spray position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170006819A1 VISION SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING THE AUTOMATED APPLICATION OF DISINFECTANT TO THE TEATS OF DAIRY LIVESTOCK Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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