摘要:
A teat location system for automated milking systems comprises a light projection source and a camera having a two dimensional array of pixels, each of which is capable of returning time of flight information as well as intensity. Depth of field limitations and the problem of overlapping teat images are thereby overcome or minimized.
摘要:
A short milk tube for extending between a milker teat cup and liner assembly and a milker unit and the short milk tube includes a vent seat having an outwardly extending protective vent plug lip, and a stiffener at least partially surrounding the vent seat to control bending of the short milk tube.
摘要:
An arm device (6) for a milking-parlour arrangement for the automatic milking of milk-producing animals comprises an arm (10) and a holder (11), which is coupled to the arm in a pivotable manner and has a milking cluster (5), wherein the arm (10) is connected to an arm-drive shaft (12) and is mounted such that it can be rotated about an arm axis, wherein a holder-drive shaft is mounted in the arm-drive shaft (12) such that it can be rotated independently of the arm-drive shaft (12), wherein the arm-drive shaft (12) and the holder-drive shaft are designed such that they can be coupled to a drive unit (9), wherein the arm device (6) has at least one transmission element in the form of a pulling means for transmitting rotary or pivoting movements. The at least one transmission element is fixed in each case to respective wheels, with which it interacts in order to transmit rotary or pivoting movements. The invention also relates to a divider for a milking-parlour arrangement having said arm device (6), and to a milking-parlour arrangement.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a system for detecting and determining the position of moving objects, where electronic transceiver units communicate with at least two fixed transceiver stations. It is the object of the invention to perform a constant position determination of movable objects within a delimited area. This may be achieved if communication between the fixed transceiver facilities and the electronic transceiver units occurs in an ultra wideband frequency spectrum in a frequency range from 3.10 GHz to 10.6 GHz, wherein communication occurs in the form of transient pulses emitted from the electronic transceiver units, and where position determination is performed by calculating time or phase difference between receptions of a signal at least two transceiver facilities, respectively. By using high frequency wideband communication, it becomes possible to determine the position of the movable objects with very high accuracy.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for optically determining the position and/or orientation of an object in space on the basis of images from at least one camera (24a, 24b). At least one 2D image of the object is recorded; 2D contour information is extracted from the image. On the basis of the contour information, at least one area (40) of the object is determined. Furthermore, 3D information is obtained from the at least one 2D image or a further 2D image. A portion situated within the determined area (40) of the object is selected from this 3D information. The position and/or orientation of the object is then determined on the basis of the selected portion of the 3D information. The invention furthermore relates to a use of the method, a device for carrying out the method and a milking robot with such a device.
摘要:
A space divider (4) of a milking parlor arrangement (1, 1', 1'', 1''') for at least one milking parlor (3) for milking milk-producing animals (T), wherein the space divider (4) is arranged approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis of the animal (T) to be milked, has an arm device (6) having a milking cluster (5), which can be adjusted from a parking position to a working position and back. The arm device (6) is arranged with the milking cluster (5) in the parking position in the space divider (4) and can be adjusted into the working position laterally to the animal (T) to be milked between the front and rear legs thereof. The space divider (4) is designed in such a way that no additional space is required between adjacent animals (T), so that many animals (T) can be milked in a milking parlor arrangement (1, 1', 1'', 1''') while the smallest possible amount of space is required.