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- 专利标题: Arrangement and method for determining positions of the teats of a milking animal
- 专利标题(中): 用于确定挤奶动物的乳头位置的布置和方法
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申请号: US12812635申请日: 2009-01-16
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公开(公告)号: US08624744B2公开(公告)日: 2014-01-07
- 发明人: Hans Holmgren , Thomas Axelsson , Bohao Liao
- 申请人: Hans Holmgren , Thomas Axelsson , Bohao Liao
- 申请人地址: SE Tumba
- 专利权人: Delaval Holding AB
- 当前专利权人: Delaval Holding AB
- 当前专利权人地址: SE Tumba
- 代理机构: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- 优先权: SE0800149 20080122
- 国际申请: PCT/SE2009/050040 WO 20090116
- 国际公布: WO2009/093965 WO 20090730
- 主分类号: G08B21/00
- IPC分类号: G08B21/00
摘要:
An arrangement is provided for attaching teat cups to teats of a milking animal in a rotary milking system having a milking stall for housing the milking animal during milking. The arrangement comprises a three-dimensional camera configured to be directed towards the udder of the milking animal in the milking stall and to repeatedly record three-dimensional images of the udder of the milking animal in real time. The three-dimensional camera is further configured to be directed towards the teat cups located in a magazine and to repeatedly record three-dimensional images of the teat cups in real time. The arrangement also includes an image processing device configured to repeatedly detect the teats of the milking animal and determine the positions of the teats in three spatial dimensions based on said repeatedly recorded three-dimensional images of the teats. The image processing device is also configured to repeatedly detect the plurality of teat cups and determine the positions of the teat cups in three spatial dimensions based on said repeatedly recorded three-dimensional images of the teat cups located in the magazine. The arrangement also includes a control device configured to control a robot arm, based on the determined positions of the teats of the milking animal and the determined positions of the teat cups, to automatically attach at least one teat cup to at least one teat of the milking animal in the milking stall.
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