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公开(公告)号：US10729094B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-04
申请号：US15948139
申请日：2018-04-09
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Joel R. Henry , Bruce A. Schroeder , Adam R. Hachey , Rizwan Ajaz , Peter Willem van der Sluis
Abstract: An apparatus includes a platform, controller, and first and second extension members, brush tool members, and brush tools. The platform has a length orthogonal to and greater than its width. The first and second extension members are movably coupled to the platform and their longitudinal axes are parallel to the length of the platform. The first and second brush tool members are coupled to and extend along the longitudinal axes of the first and second extension members respectively. The first and second brush tools are coupled to and extend along the longitudinal axes of the first and second brush tool members respectively. The controller moves the first extension member towards the front end of the platform, retracts the first extension member towards the back end of the platform, and at a second time after the first time, moves the second extension member towards the front end of the platform.
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公开(公告)号：US10701889B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-07
申请号：US15948224
申请日：2018-04-09
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Joel R. Henry , Bruce A. Schroeder , Adam R. Hachey , Rizwan Ajaz , Peter Willem van der Sluis
Abstract: A system includes a platform, an extension member, a spray tool member, and a spray tool. The platform is coupled to and positioned above the carriage. The platform has a length greater than and orthogonal to its width. The extension member is coupled to the platform and its longitudinal axis is parallel to the platform's length. The spray tool member's back end is coupled to the extension member's front end. The spray tool is coupled to the spray tool member's front end and includes a first nozzle oriented in a first direction, a second nozzle oriented in the first direction and positioned in line with the first nozzle, a third nozzle oriented in a second direction and positioned between and offset from the first and second nozzles, and a fourth nozzle oriented in a third direction and positioned between and offset from the first and second nozzles.
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公开(公告)号：US10598528B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-24
申请号：US15813745
申请日：2017-11-15
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Robert E. Hanes, Jr. , Richard L. Pettys, Jr. , Daniel T. Nichols , Richard B. Voigt , Joel R. Henry , Roma M. Montifar , David M. Headley , Dustin R. Reynolds
Abstract: An apparatus includes a tube, first and second pairs of electrodes, a reference device, and a processor. The processor determines a speed of a fluid traveling between the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines a reference conductance of the fluid using the reference device. The processor also determines a measured conductance of the fluid using at least one of the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines, based on the reference conductance and the measured conductance, a cross-sectional area of the fluid at an electrode. The processor further adds a correction factor to the determined speed to produce a bulk speed of the fluid. The processor further determines a volumetric flow rate of the fluid based on the bulk speed and the determined area and determines a volume of the fluid based on the determined volumetric flow rate.
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公开(公告)号：US10373306B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-06
申请号：US15401234
申请日：2017-01-09
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Henk Hofman , Cor de Ruijter , Menno Koekoek , Peter Willem van der Sluis
IPC: G06K9/00 , G06T7/00 , H04N13/204 , A01J5/007 , A01J5/017 , A01K29/00 , H04N7/18 , G06T7/70 , G06T7/593 , H04N13/271 , G06K9/52 , G06T7/20 , H04N13/00
Abstract: A system for processing an image includes a three-dimensional camera that captures an image of a dairy livestock, wherein the image comprises a plurality of adjacent pixels, each pixel associated with a depth location. The system further includes a processor communicatively coupled to the three-dimensional camera. The processor determines that the depth locations of a first portion of the adjacent pixels fluctuate beyond a predetermined threshold over time, and discards the first portion of the adjacent pixels from the image based at least in part upon the determination.
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公开(公告)号：US20190230890A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-01
申请号：US15948224
申请日：2018-04-09
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Joel R. Henry , Bruce A. Schroeder , Adam R. Hachey , Rizwan Ajaz , Peter Willem van der Sluis
Abstract: A system includes a platform, an extension member, a spray tool member, and a spray tool. The platform is coupled to and positioned above the carriage. The platform has a length greater than and orthogonal to its width. The extension member is coupled to the platform and its longitudinal axis is parallel to the platform's length. The spray tool member's back end is coupled to the extension member's front end. The spray tool is coupled to the spray tool member's front end and includes a first nozzle oriented in a first direction, a second nozzle oriented in the first direction and positioned in line with the first nozzle, a third nozzle oriented in a second direction and positioned between and offset from the first and second nozzles, and a fourth nozzle oriented in a third direction and positioned between and offset from the first and second nozzles.
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公开(公告)号：US10349616B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-16
申请号：US15675186
申请日：2017-08-11
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： John Seehafer , Todd Willfahrt
Abstract: A milking system includes an assembly, a controller, and a milking cluster configured to attach to one or more teats of a livestock. The assembly includes a clevis, a piston, a pulley system, and a sensor. The clevis includes a first member, a second member, a base member, and a cylinder. The cylinder is coupled to the base member. The piston is positioned at least partially within the cylinder, and is configured to move within the cylinder. The pulley system of the assembly includes a cord configured to be coupled to the milking cluster. The assembly includes a sensor configured to generate a displacement signal in response to detecting that a portion of the clevis is within a predefined distance of the sensor.
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公开(公告)号：US10303939B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US16054801
申请日：2018-08-03
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Henk Hofman , Cor de Ruijter , Menno Koekoek , Peter Willem van der Sluis
Abstract: A system comprises a memory operable to store first light intensity information for a first pixel of an image that includes a dairy livestock, and second light intensity information for a second pixel of the image. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to determine that a difference between the first light intensity information and the second light intensity information exceeds a threshold, and discard one of the first pixel or the second pixel from the image. The system further includes a robotic attacher configured to position milking equipment relative to the dairy livestock based at least in part upon the light intensity image, excluding the discarded pixel
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公开(公告)号：US20190029214A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-31
申请号：US16150467
申请日：2018-10-03
Applicant: TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP.
Inventor： Peter Willem van der Sluis , Henk Hofman
CPC classification number: A01J5/017 , A01J5/0175 , A01J5/041 , A01K1/126
Abstract: A milking robot includes a movable arm having a first end that couples to a frame and a free extremity at a second end that extends telescopically in a longitudinal direction. The milking robot further includes at least one gripper coupled to the free extremity of the movable arm at the second end, wherein the gripper is extendable away from the movable arm in the longitudinal direction based at least in part upon the telescopic extension of the free extremity.
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公开(公告)号：US20180341800A1
公开(公告)日：2018-11-29
申请号：US16054801
申请日：2018-08-03
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Henk Hofman , Cor de Ruijter , Menno Koekoek , Peter Willem van der Sluis
CPC classification number: G06K9/0055 , A01J5/007 , A01J5/0175 , A01K29/005 , G06K9/00362 , G06K9/00664 , G06T5/002 , G06T7/136 , G06T7/73 , G06T2207/10028 , G06T2207/30128
Abstract: A system comprises a memory operable to store first light intensity information for a first pixel of an image that includes a dairy livestock, and second light intensity information for a second pixel of the image. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to determine that a difference between the first light intensity information and the second light intensity information exceeds a threshold, and discard one of the first pixel or the second pixel from the image. The system further includes a robotic attacher configured to position milking equipment relative to the dairy livestock based at least in part upon the light intensity image, excluding the discarded pixel
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公开(公告)号：US10104863B1
公开(公告)日：2018-10-23
申请号：US15948645
申请日：2018-04-09
Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
Inventor： Joel R. Henry , Bruce A. Schroeder , Adam R. Hachey , Rizwan Ajaz , Peter Willem van der Sluis
Abstract: An apparatus includes a carriage, camera, spray tool, and controller. The carriage is movably coupled to a track. The camera and spray tool are coupled to the carriage. The controller moves the carriage along the track away from a starting position based on a first signal from the camera, and as the carriage moves away from the starting position, discharges, through the spray tool, a solution for a first time. The controller moves the carriage towards the starting position after the solution has been discharged for the first time, and based on a second signal from the camera as the carriage moves towards the starting position and before the carriage reaches the starting position, moves the carriage away from the starting position. As the carriage moves away from the starting position, the controller discharges, through the spray tool, the solution for a second time.
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