公开(公告)号：US10154645B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-18

申请号：US15977333

申请日：2018-05-11

Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corporation

Inventor： Mark A. Foresman ,  Peter Willem van der Sluis ,  Robert J. Godfrey

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  A01J5/007 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T7/70 ,  A01J7/00 ,  A01J5/017

Abstract: A system includes a robotic arm, an imaging device coupled to the robotic arm, a board coupled to the robotic arm, and a processor. The imaging device captures imaging data of a rearview of a dairy livestock through a field of view of the imaging device. The board is able to pivot from a down position to an up position and has an aperture through which the imaging device can pass through when the board lowers from the up position to the down position. The processor is coupled to both the imaging device and the board and is configured to identify a tail of the dairy livestock within the imaging data captured by the imaging device and send one or more instructions to raise the board from the down position to the up position, thereby moving the tail out of the field of view of the imaging device.

公开(公告)号：US20160135419A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-19

申请号：US15008695

申请日：2016-01-28

Applicant: TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Inventor： Henk Hofman ,  Peter Willem van der Sluis ,  Ype Groensma

IPC: A01J5/01 ,  A01J5/007 ,  A01J7/00

CPC classification number: A01J7/005 ,  A01J3/00 ,  A01J5/007 ,  A01J5/01 ,  A01J5/013 ,  A01J5/0133 ,  A01J5/0135 ,  A01J5/0138 ,  A01J5/04

Abstract: A method comprises receiving a flow of milk at an inlet of a manifold. The inlet comprises a first end coupled to a hose that receives a flow of milk from a teat cup and a second end terminating in a chamber of the manifold. The manifold comprises one or more other inlets and a plurality of outlets. The plurality of outlets includes one or more milk collector outlets and one or more drain outlets. The method proceeds by causing the flow of milk to be directed to a corresponding milk collector outlet by causing a shut-off valve corresponding to the inlet to open, and by causing a drain valve corresponding to the inlet to close. The method concludes by causing the flow of milk to be directed to a corresponding drain outlet by causing the drain valve corresponding to the inlet to open.

Abstract translation: 一种方法包括在歧管的入口处接收牛奶流。 入口包括联接到软管的第一端，其接收来自奶杯的牛奶流，以及终止于歧管的腔室中的第二端。 歧管包括一个或多个其它入口和多个出口。 多个出口包括一个或多个集奶器出口和一个或多个排水出口。 通过使对应于入口的截止阀打开，并且通过使与入口对应的排水阀关闭，导致牛奶的流动被引导到相应的收集器出口。 该方法的结论是通过使对应于入口的排放阀打开来使牛奶的流动被引导到相应的排出口。