Vision System for Teat Detection
    21.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180049392A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-22

    申请号:US15448761

    申请日:2017-03-03

    CPC classification number: A01J5/007 A01J5/017 A01J5/0175

    Abstract: A system includes a robotic arm, a laser, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether a distance between a left and right teat of a dairy livestock is less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and if so, command the robotic arm to move to a scan location that is between the left and right teats. The processor is further configured to command the laser to perform a scan of the teats after the robotic arm is at the scan location and to determine whether the left and right teats are found in the scan. If both the left and right teats are found in the scan, the processor commands the robotic arm to attach a teat cup to either the left or right teat.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-FLIGHT ROBOTIC ARM RETARGETING

    公开(公告)号:US20180009106A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15204768

    申请日:2016-07-07

    Inventor: Peter M. Linlor

    CPC classification number: B25J9/1664

    Abstract: A system comprising a robotic arm and a robotic arm controller. The robotic arm receives instructions from the robotic arm controller and moves along a path. The robotic arm controller comprises an interface, a memory, and a processor. The interface communicates with the robotic arm. The memory stores a first path and a second path. The processor applies a decreasing weight to the waypoints of the first path and an increasing weight to the waypoints of the second path. The processor combines the weighted waypoints of the first path and the second path to generate a third path wherein the third path defines a transition path from the first path to the second path. The processor further instructs the robotic arm to transition from the first path to the second path by traversing the third path.

    Vision system with leg detection
    26.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09807972B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-07

    申请号:US15239477

    申请日:2016-08-17

    Abstract: A system that includes a three-dimensional (3D) camera configured to capture 3D images of a dairy livestock. The system further includes a memory operable to store a thigh gap detection rule set and a processor operably coupled to the 3D camera and the memory. The processor is configured to obtain the 3D image, to identify one or more regions within the 3D image comprising depth values greater than a depth value threshold, and to apply the thigh gap detection rule set to the one or more regions to identify a thigh gap region. The processor is further configured to demarcate an access region within the thigh gap region. The processor is configured to reduce the width of the access region by shifting a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge of the access region and to determine position information for the first vertical edge and the second vertical edge.

    VAPOR COMPRESSION DEHUMIDIFIER
    30.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170122579A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-04

    申请号:US15405528

    申请日:2017-01-13

    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an air inlet configured to receive an inlet airflow. The inlet airflow comprises a process airflow and a bypass airflow. An evaporator unit receives a flow of refrigerant and is cools the process airflow by facilitating heat transfer from the process airflow to the flow of refrigerant. A condenser unit receives the flow of refrigerant and (1) reheats the process airflow by facilitating heat transfer from the flow of refrigerant to the process airflow, and (2) heats the bypass airflow by facilitating heat transfer from the flow of refrigerant to the bypass airflow. The process airflow is discharged via a process airflow outlet and the bypass airflow is discharged via a bypass airflow outlet.

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